257 CCLVII. Damage Mitigation

During the moments of pause before the match, Reidar looked at Sivert, noting that his mocking smile had not disappeared from his face and fearing that he might hide something. 

"Let the fight begin!" yelled Sander, returning to the stairs next to Kjell and allowing the crowd to unleash freely from the stands.

As soon as he kicked off, Ellen placed the tip of the spear in the terrain in front of her and smeared it on the ground forming a semi-circle and raising a considerable amount of dust, which forced Dag to retreat, to see her opponent's movements.

Predictably, Ellen sprang out of the dust cloud at great speed, waving the spear toward Dag, who parried the blow by crossing the two axes in front of his face and pushing them backwards.

"Dag is using the same technique he used against Taya. Waiting motionless for the enemy's attacks, and then counterattack when fatigue takes over" Gridd said to Karl, who was watching in silence.