Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24449631-20140917204356/@comment-29461586-20140922210857

Elizabeth was now growing impatient. She wanted to duel Griever so badly.

"I guess we can settle this now. The higher-ups are growing impatient."

"...You really haven't changed at all."

The former began approaching the latter as the two enter combat.

Elizabeth bewildered Griever with her precise movements before letting out a jumping thrust attack, but the latter managed to block it and counter with a normal bash before trying to slice at the former's throat.

The former blocks the attack and counters with a kick that almost knocks the latter off-balance. The latter managed to regain her footing and enter a defensive stance. Elizabeth again performs a string of strikes that slowly break through Griever's defense before letting out a power attack once the latter's defense was weakened.

Unable to block with a shield, Griever uses her sword to block the attack before swiping with her shield, hitting Elizabeth in the face. The latter spits at the side, revealing a bruise in her left cheek.

Griever remains focused, as she knew how dangerous Elizabeth is when provoked. The latter performs co-ordinated thrusts that were hard to predict, causing the former to block before attacking when there was an opening. Griever performs a power attack with her sword before folliwing up with another sideway swing that almost slits Elizabeth's throat.

The older vampire was now focused on the offensive. She threw her shield like a throwing weapon at Griever, staggering her. The former tried to end it quickly by performing another jumping attack at the latter, but Griever managed to evade it in a split second.

"Well?" Elizabeth taunted Griever.

"Tch..." The latter spitted out some blood. The shield thrown by Elizabeth hitted hard like a ramming mammoth.

The two then enter a fierce sword-to-sword combat. There were no shields helping them this time. Only swords can be used for blocking from here on out.

Elizabeth managed to slice Griever at the left thigh before trying to stab her in the shoulder. The latter quickly counters this by dodging and performing a back-hand blow at the former's face, knocking her back.

The latter quickly performed a string of slashes that the former struggled to block. Griever kept slashing her way through until-

"Ungh..!" A loud grunt can be heard. Elizabeth was stabbed in the left shoulder by Griever, who managed to somehow slip through the former's tight defense.

The men in black armor simply watched and refused to act. It was clear that Griever won the duel.

"There... Fulfill... your end... of the... bargain..." Griever told Elizabeth. The former showed signs of injury as well. Her left arm was sprained badly after blocking a thrown shield, and she had a superficial cut in the left thigh.

".........Very well. I concede... my defeat." Elizabeth accepted.

The duel was now over in a matter of minutes. Griever's speed and skirmish tactics proved to be effective against Elizabeth's strategy. The men clad in steel plate armor tended to their leader while Griever knelt in intense pain. Despite under great duress, she made her way to Azarath and Elana.

"Your name... is... cleared..." She muttered in pain as she sat down, her left thigh bleeding badly.

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"How do we deal with this now, milady?" Cerberus asked Elizabeth.

"Simple. We honor the agreement... Back... to Wayrest then..."

"Yes, milady." Elizabeth and her men then boarded a carriage and left for High Rock.