[color=A0A0A0][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]

[i][color=A0A0A0]Oh no,[/color][/i] Fleuri thought as a Talderian knight, impaled on his greatsword, suddenly gripped the weapon and held it to them.  He knew exactly what was going on- this fellow was using the last of his or her strength to hold Fleuri in place for a companion to strike at.  Indeed, out of the corner of his helmet's eye slit he saw another Talderian moving in on him.

This wasn't the first time this happened to him.  Back during the War of the Red Flag, when Fleuri and his paladin mentor confronted the necromancer behind the body-snatching of both the loyalist and traitor dead, the evil mage proved quite adept at controlling his undead servants.  A zombie managed to grab hold of his sword as it ran out of momentum cutting through its torso, while another dead soldier came at him with a mace and if it weren't for his mentor stepping in, Fleuri might have died then and there.

It was fortunate that training with Florian and Rui had allowed him to work on improving his footwork.  In battle, being mobile was key, and being immobilized could mean swift death.  Fortunately, Fleuri wasn't immobilized- only the end of his sword was.  He rotated around the hilt of his sword away from his assailant, taking cover behind his weapon and deflecting the incoming spear with the hilt and crossguard.  He then gripped the hilt with all of his might, ripped it from the grip of the first Talderian, and swung it at the second with intent to decapitate, and continuing back around to hit the impaled knight in case the hole in their chest hadn't yet caused them to collapse.  Merely fatal blows would no longer suffice- their strikes must be to kill or incapacitate.

Upon hearing Renar's command, he complied and formed up, following the other knight's lead in his attempt to punch through the Talderian knights' lines.  As Renar pointed out, victory here was not to defeat the Talderians, but to get past them.

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