Starglint let out a third roar, bellowing into the cave. Soon rats and weasels started to spill out of the cavern, surrounding the badger lord and the clearing. All with weapons at the ready, menacingly glaring at the huge, bloodied brock. The forest became eerily quiet, as even the birds and the insects quieted down.
Out stroke a tall fox, red fur underneath a glistening chain-mail cuirass. By the looks of his equipment and his stature, this was certainly the leader of the rag tag bunch. He drew out his weapon, a long, thin shamshir, a weapon from far away, made to carve flesh from bone with swift strokes. As Starglint was rendered naked in the fight, such a thing wouldn't be too difficult if he landed a blow.
"I am Edwardo Felanirus, Lord of the Black Fang Clan, and you..." the fox pointed with his weapon, "You are the annoying gnat that keeps following us. I see that you're as fighter as you are a tracker. However..." he draws himself into an elegant fighting stance, "Today you shall meet your end."
The rats were more honourable than Starglint had expected, not rushing in to ambush the badger, but still screaming for his blood, watching the fox and the badger circle one another. Starglint readied his weapon, however he knew this was going to be a difficult fight. His own martial training had been self-taught; brutish and aggressive. Edwardo moved with a grace and elegance that suggested decades of formal training. The only advantage with Starglint's informal training is that he might surprise the fox, but looking at his opponent, it didn't seem likely.
Edwardo made the first move, slashing forward with a practiced step. Starglint didn't have time to move his blade to block the weapon, resorting to a haphazard dodge, putting him off balanced for a heartbeat, giving Edwardo time to attack again. With Starglint's blade at the ready defensively, he knocked the thin blade aside, just barely. The sound of metal striking metal rang in both of the combatant's ears.
Starglint smiled, the sound was unmistakable. Edwardo's weapon was sharpened to a razor's edge, however that meant every strike that wasn't true, was dulling his blade that much faster. The Badger Lord went on the defensive. Keeping one eye on the weapon, and the other on his opponent's eyes, quickly learning his tells as the fox fenced the warrior. Each blow turned aside with Efreeti meant one step closer to the fox merely fighting with a thin blunt stick.
The warriors circled for an hour and a half. The crowd cheering on Edwardo, seeing his aggression putting him well in the lead, however in the heavy chain-mail, the fox's speed quickly tired as he felt more and more drained. The todd, in need to end the fight quickly made a wide, sweeping slash, leaving his whole body open. Starglint knocked at the sword, sending it spiraling out of the fox's hand, and then slammed the hilt of his weapon into the fox's chest, making him double over onto his hands and knees.
The rats all were quiet, seeing the duel had ended, and their champion had lost. The sound of weapons being dropped clattered around Starglint as they knew they were defeated. Starglint shouldered his heavy weapon, walking around in slow circles around Edwardo. "F-Finish me... you've won." the todd plead.
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