The dead swamp was now rife with action, both Jacques and Izayoi had thought out their next moves very carefully, and their teacher Nishikii could do nothing but 'watch' as he used his abilities to track the ethereal movements of the battlemages.

Jacques decided to rush towards, his opponent with a Centurion and Blacksmith, wielding two swords in tandem. Because the drifter Jaques was originally from the chess islands the swamp environment was not totally alien to him, and was able to navigate the murky floor with some effort. 

Izayoi in [b]Lizard Fighter[/b] form was again hindered by the swamp terrain, and his pole vault maneuver had him fall short in front of Jacques, significantly off balance! Jaqcues managed to hit him with the [b]Sword-breaker[/b] for 14% (boosted because of the [b]wily blacksmith[/b]) damage  which was enough to finish off the rest of the lizard fighter transformation and attempted to follow with the [b]Arcane Longsword[/b], but the Loyal [b]Man Wolf[/b] jumped in the way to take the attack for his master. Although powerful, the Man-Wolf's increased life was enough to sustain the hit and keep fighting. He then countered the attack, swiping with his own claws for [b]6% Damage[/b].

Now reeling from the [b]Man-Wolf[/b], Jacques felt the cold terrible bite of the [b]Etheral Wolf[/b], who was pretty much invisible to him up to this point, biting his blind side for 10%, The Etheral Wolf then discarded itself after its lengthy time on the battlefield.

The [b]Patrol Hounds[/b] were both making their approach to attack Jacques, but the [b]Frontline Centurion[/b] with his improved blade was slowly getting himself in position. As one Patrol hound leapt towards Jacques the soldier positioned himself perfectly in defense, bashing the wolf midair and then peircing the hound's throat with his gladius in one fluid motion. Saluting to his master and plodding carefully to where the Man-wolf was.



[b]Jacques:[/b] 70%
[b]Izayoi:[/b] 76%

[i]Man-Wolf, Patrol Hound, Frontline Centurion and Wily Blacksmith are still in play.[/i]