[Center][@Loksfjoer][@Saiyan][/center]

[i]Her! The unswattable fly! Couldn't see her until it was too late.  Timing flawless.[/i]

Fenna's Ascended spear struck clean and true, the sharp tip striking magical steel armour, scraping up an inch and into the seam of the steel plates at Zigmund's waist, breaching the armour and penetrating flesh.  A splash of blood and water came from the entry wound.

"Argh!"

Zigmund managed to slant Barracker's blade away as he stumbled, Fenna's charge pushing him sideways, her spear digging deep.  Blood and water seeped down his hip, but he grabbed the shaft of the spear, his other hand swinging his bardiche at the woman to make her dodge, giving him time to pull the spear from his body, turn to water and drop into nothing more than a puddle.

He moved fast along the floor to safe space and jumped back up into form - first water then physical.  However, the grevious wound in his waist remained.

[i]How!? How can she possess the ability to bypass my defences?  How are they all so strong!?[/i]

Now he was hurt.  Now he was angry.  And speaking of angry-

"ZIGMUUUUND!!!"

[i]No more games.[/i]

The swings were so wild, Zigmund didn't have to do much anyway.  But he was angry too.  With an old Ascension power of his own, from back when he was a simple-minded human - an Adventurer just like them - he activated a temporary strength and endurance boost.  Then he summoned dual Sai's - water upgrade-transformed to steel - easily dodged one of Zell's swings then- [b]STAB[/b] -then dodged another then- [b]STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB![/b]  It happened to fast, Zell was treated like a pin cushion and then spinning kicked 15 feet away.

[u][b]Zell had taken critical damage and would be out of the fight for 2 rounds.  A cure spell could reduce this penalty to 1 round.[/b][/u]

Zigmund was about to attend to other fighters who [i]weren't[/i] punctured up and eating dirt, until...

[i]In my anger I did not see it, at first.  But that man has MY sword.[/i]

Zigmund threw down a steam bomb to blind the entire area of his next move, then headed toward Zell to reclaim what was rightfully his and make his first kill of the fight.  His dual Sai's turned to water and reformed into a exectuioner's axe.  Fitting.  As he neared, the axe turned to Titanrock and...

[u][b]Suffice to say, considering Zell's condition, this attempted killing blow was undodgeable.[/b][/u]