Solo shieldsmash

[Kuza]

shieldsmash 18 winter 512 Antinous Training Grounds Kuza met the other knight the next day, as promised. He was standing in the simulated field with only a few boulders marking the small area. It was colder today than it was before, her breath leaving puffs of steam as she walked up to him. "What's your name?" "Sornil Braklin." "Kuza of the Straight Arrow." "My patron was a Myrian." "Who?" "Ran of the Skinned Vipers." "Oh. Mine was Aquila Brock." They began sparring almost immediately after their short conversation, starting with him slashing her leg and causing her to jump. She had to pay more attention or else it would happen again, for sure. Kuza kept to her toes, dancing around and avoiding his sword while trying to hit him with her shield. He struck her again with a wild swing, and she retaliated by smashing her shield into his chest, dropping down to a knee and stabbing him in the stomach. She didn't block the top of her head, though, and he brought down the shortsword on her shoulder, causing her to lurch forward and stumble. She rolled out of the way and stood up, jumping over a boulder.

[Kuza]

She tripped over the boulder, landing on her side in the grass before jumping up as quickly as she fell. Kuza smashed her shield into his, reaching her other arm around and jabbing him in the side. He kicked her in the shin at the same time as he smashed his shield into her chest, during her one moment of stopping, and she fell. This is why you have to keep moving, she thought angrily at herself as she rolled over and stood up, blocking his next swing with his shortsword with her shield. It was also important to stand up almost instantly when you fell, and it was just as important not to fall. But she seemed to be tripping all over these boulders, and she'd have to practice her jumping and balance. She decided to use her feet as weapons now, kicking Sornil in the shin as she spun away from him. With gladius, you couldn't stand toe to toe with someone - you'd be destroyed. She leaped behind him and hit him in the back with her shield, hitting him at the base of the neck with the hilt of her gladius right after. He spun around and she parried his shortsword, twisting away by pushing into him with her shield. She leaped over a boulder (she saw it this time) and remembered another important lesson - know your surroundings. He came leaping after her and Kuza jumped back, blocking his jab with her shield.