Metal_Sabre assumes his fighting position, his left hand forward, and his right arm drawn back, with sword in hand. His legs are spread apart, creating a strong base, and you notice the muscles in the Azure Knight's arms tighten, as he prepares himself for Ayrios' attack.
Ayrios places his hand on the hilt of his weapon, his fingers gripping it tightly as he pulls his ancestral sword free. The midnight hued blade instead of reflecting the light about it, appears to absorb it. With a dark grin he slowly walks about the knight before him, looking for some sort of opening. When his is ready the dark warrior rushes at Metal_Sabre from the side, raising his blade so that it's next to his cheek, the point aimed toward his opponent. At the last moment before the two duelist collide Ayrios sends the blade out with lightning speed at his foes throat hoping to skewer it and end this fight early....
Metal_Sabre ducks down in the nick of time, anticipating the attack. Upon ducking, Metal_Sabre also pivots on his left foot to the right. He swings his right arm out, keeping it perfectly horizontal. The blade comes spinning around along with the rest of Metal_Sabre's body, towards Ayrios. Still in his slightly lowered position, Metal_Sabre's blade looms towards the right side of Ayrios' rib cage at an alarming speed.
Ayrios stumbles a bit as his attack completely misses, then quickly looks around to see where his foe went. Too late his sees him, and barely has time to readjust his sword to intercept Metal_Sabre's. It decreases it the force of the strike, but does not stop it as the blade cuts through Ayrios' shirt and slices through his skin, causing a crimson stream of blood to flow down his side. Leaping away he places his hand over the wound, and closes his eyes, trying to block the pain away as he breathes heavily. As he draws his shield wielding arm back he looks down at the sticky substance that now covers his digits, then at the one who dared strike him. His emerald eyes fill with hatred as he again asses the armored knight, then an evil smile spreads over his lips. Ayrios raises his sword point up into to the air, and dark clouds fill the once peaceful sky blacking out the sun. The animals go quiet as they sense something is not right, and the unholy knight swings his blade directing it Metal_Sabre. At that instant an obsidian colored bolt of pure negativity streaks down from the above condensation headed towards its summoners armored foe with the intent to blast him from this world and leave behind only a pile of smoldering ash...
Metal_Sabre quickly dives forward, the bolt of black energy giving him a minimal amount of room below it to manuever around in. Metal_Sabre tucks upon impact with the ground and somersaults, pushing hard off the ground, his strong legs vaulting him towards Ayrios. As he hurdles forward, Metal_Sabre quickly switches his sword from right hand to left, also turning it upside down. The Azure Knight lands to Ayrios' left, a bit behind the unholy knight, and with his back to his opponent. In a crouching position, Metal_Sabre leans forward, spinning his left leg out towards the back of Ayrios' knees, in an attempt to trip. At the same time, Metal_Sabre holds out his left arm, the upside down blade pointing to the blackened sky, so that if the trip is successful, the Knight of Karchan's sword would pierce straight through Ayrios' back.
Ayrios curses as he watches the Karchanian knight dive out of the way of the bolt, the ground where he was standing only moments before becoming a medium sized crater. His attention is once more brought back to the fight as feels his leg swept out from under him, and instinctively turns around to try and see what his attacker has planned when he lands. His face drains of color as he finds that instead of the ground, a sword point awaits him should he do nothing. Using amazing agility and speed he moves his shield so that it will clash with sword instead. The force of the fall, and Ayrios' own weight cause the weapon to slide through the human material and jab into his arm. Screaming in agony, he manages to roll away as he finally reaches the earth. The blade slides out of his skin, and Ayrios flings his shield off and tears off a piece of his cloak to wrap about the injury before the loss of blood does him in. A pool of the red liquid is hungrily absorbed by the flax filled field. Teeth clenched tight the mage knight gathers his wits, knowing the battle isn't over. His gaze settles on his weapon, which he somehow managed to keep close to him, and he picks it back up. However as he tries to get up, his head spins causing him to fall to one knee. A series of words that would turn the ears of the hardiest sailor red escape him. Knowing that his doom will be near if he doesn't act, he lifts his sword and plunges it deep into the ground until only the hilt and handle are above the soil. The dark knight whispers softly, what little light remaining seems to grow dimmer, then even more dim, until it fades completely, leaving only the absolute inky blackness of total darkness. After a time, two red pinpoints of light can be seen. They move closer to Metal_Sabre, though what they are exactly is a mystery. From out of nowhere a flash of light illuminates the area briefly, causing a hiss of rage from Ayrios. The moment of brightness reveals that the pinpoints are actually the eyes of huge hounds, of obsidian hue, the dark having hid their bodies. They growl viciously showing rows of razor sharp teeth, and as their drool hits the ground it causes a vaporous steam to rise with sound of something melting, and indeed the place it lands does vanish as the acidic saliva eats it away. What's more, is there are now many of these hounds from hell surrounding the protector of the land. Then all fades back to the inky blackness, all that is except the eyes that circle closer to Metal_Sabre, their owners wishing for nothing more than to tear him to shreds and feast upon him, after playing with their food of course....
Derianur lifts his bow, his motions so quick that almost unseen. He aims in the middle of two red points and waits for a sign the Azure Knight will need his help.
Derianur is tired to wait and lets the string loose, a hissing follows then a breif howl and two of red points extinguish. Me whistles innocently hoping noone saw anything in the inky blackness.
Metal_Sabre hopes that his eyes would adjust to the darkness in order to help his other senses out at least a little bit, but to no avail, he can barely see anything. Metal_Sabre remains calm, and watches the pairs of crimson dots as they round him. Suddenly, the eyes shoot forward, attacking the Azure Knight, one from in front, the other from the back. Metal_Sabre can tell, even in the darkness, that the hound attacking from the front is a bit closer than the other. Metal_Sabre waits until the exact moment he feels the monstrous front paws of the hound touch his body, then places his hands to the beasts sides as the monster's weight knocks them both to the ground. Before the hound has time to begin gnawing on his body, Metal_Sabre sticks his right foot into the animal's stomach and pushes against the hound with all his might. The beast is much heavier than the Azure Knight anticipated, but he manages to heft the beast into the air, controlling it's trajectory with his arms. The hound flings up and over Metal_Sabre, ramming into the other beast hard, before the second hound even has time to act. Metal_Sabre then kips up to his feet, simultaneously switching his sword back to his right hand. Now on his feet, Metal_Sabre pulls back, then throws his sword with incredible strength towards Ayrios, hoping his aim is close to a vital part of Aryrios' body, though he can't tell for sure in the blackness around him. The sword cuts through the air, zeroing in on Aryios with alarming speed.
Ayrios frowns as he hears the yelp of his canine helpers, but even he can't see much at the moment. Then his ears catch another sound, that of metal slicing threw the air, and it's getting closer much to quickly for the dark knights liking. Using his instinct, he moves as fast as he can to the side, hoping the weapon will pass him by at the same time wishing he still had his shield. With a blood curdling yell, Ayrios find his judgment was off, the blade cutting deep into his leg and staying there. Gasping for breath and fighting the pain he reaches down and pulls it out. The clouds break off and light streams back onto the field, the scene that awaits is one of carnage that reflects what happened just moments ago. The hounds seem to sink into the ground, preferring to avoid the sun. Once more Ayrios uses his cloak to bandage his wound. He then casts a glance at Metal_Sabre as he slowly gets to his feet "You do show some skill knight, perhaps there is hope for you guild after all. I look forward to facing you again sometime." As he says this he limps off, sheathing his sword, and picking up his shield.
Metal_Sabre makes his way over to his blade, wiping off some of the blood on the ground a bit.