The swords poked through her skin, spouts of blood popping from the wounds inflicted - but just when Vos thought he'd be taking the lead and landing a solid strike with the Killer's Ring, Alexis slipped out of his bladed vise and dulled his hopes of quickly winning with a display of wicked speed. Vos left her the smallest fraction of a second to react, and when she escaped, it left him both surprised and mildly frustrated. Not that he wasn't expecting his opponent to be a challenge, but opting to reveal his trump card so early in the fight and having it fail right after was surely a vexing experience.
Despite those emotions prompting a hasty retreat, the mageblade decided against this course of action and went on to redeem himself, trying to capitalize on Alexis' recklessness for a second time. The Killer's Ring gave him one advantage, and he'd be a fool to waste it: the girl was now airborne, robbed of her mobility and thus, vulnerable. Vos sprung up into the air, cocking his right leg into position for a kick, and then thrust his foot into the girls abdomen, which would make her pivot around her center of mass and land face-first into the ground.