My arms almost gave up on me as the weight of his attack made me fall to my knees. I was almost tempted to use my head as more leverage to stop my guard from failing, but I had better ideas!
"GET OFF HER!"
*SLASH!*
Lise's attack audibly made the man hurt as the sound of armor being shred tipped me off. We finally got a hit in!
"Well done!" Grigori congratulated, his hammer still bearing down on me despite the damage he clearly sustained. "Now I can really see how you two perform!"