[center][h3]~ Cal Family Mausoleum ~[/h3][/center]

[center][i]Interacted with:[/i] [@VitaVitaAR], [@Crimson Paladin][/center]

The fight between the hooded man and his mooks against Jarde and Sir [u]Fleuri[/u] began. 

The hooded man opened up with a shot from his crossbow at [u]Fleuri[/u] who narrowly evaded it. The two lunged at each other and their duel began, leaving Jarde to take on the rest of the hooded warrior's men. Jarde felt he was more suited in duels but then again, his specialty was striking at the sides to support his allies. A head-on fight was not his element but this was the situation he was in and there was little he could do about it.

Jarde bent backwards to evade a horizontal sword swing before making a leg sweep to knock the enemy mercenary off his feet. His next attacker had an axe and went for an overhead swing which Jarde blocked with his sickles before kicking the attacker's left leg to force a crouch. Jarde finished it with a rising knee to the chin.

More were coming at him, but there were also some going after Sir [u]Fleuri[/u]. A single, distracting blow from them could tip the duel against the Iron Rose knight and Jarde was not going to let that happen. He needed all the mooks' attention on him. 

He ducked and weaved through swings until he reached his targets. They were focused in getting a hit on Sir [u]Fleuri[/u] and so they did not see Jarde's flying kick that knocked one of them away. Realizing that Jarde was onto them, they broke off from [u]Fleuri's[/u] duel and went after Jarde. Now the senior knight can focus on the duel but unfortunately, Jarde was more outnumbered than before.

He needed to take whittle them down as fast as he could, to reduce the mob's combat effectiveness. Jarde aimed for their hands, their feet and joints. They would be expecting fast killing blows so they did not expect being attacked on their seemingly non-vital parts. Jarde's sickles sliced and cut, leaving mercenaries screaming on the floor and clutching their limbs.

But quantity was beginning to prove its quality when a mercenary managed to land a blow, a sword slash to the back while Jarde was busy with another. His light armor managed to protect him, but Jarde realized that they got a hit in. He needed to up his game. The mercenary now tried for a thrust with his blade but Jarde, almost a blur in speed, spun to dodge before slashing the mercenary's leg and then his sword arm. All within half a second.

The mooks' numbers were thinning now. All Jarde needed to do now was finish them off and maybe help out Sir [u]Fleuri[/u] against the hooded warrior.