It turned out his feint was not as good as he had thought it would be. Karaulish saw the movements of his adversary and was unpleasantly surprised when during his initial attempt to block the feint Tojiko managed to place his weapon in such a way that it actually prevented him from completing his actual attack. He had, however, managed to lower his left arm to his belt. Upon witnessing the ongoing maneuver, the old warrior realized he would be unable to do anything to keep the spear in his hands, or his hands on the spear, so he dropped it.

 His right arm went flying out of the way, while his left arm wrapped around the sword at his left side, swinging from his belt up, towards Tojiko's chest, with a reverse grip on the weapon. His left arm would avoid the attack launched by Tojiko, but he was not sure his right arm would get out unscathed. The attack Karaulish was performing would reach his adversary's stomach and had the potential to cut through him and deal a lot of damage, if the opponent did not avoid the attack or block it.