🗣️ Hardcorus bellows: “Let the Gods Decide!”

🐾 Elle Woods commands Eurasian Wolf forward with a gesture.

R1: Elle Woods harasses Hardcorus with darting strikes from range though the strike connects, Hardcorus is unmoved.

R1: Hardcorus demonstrates textbook form, shield protecting as the blade strikes Elle Woods finding the gap in Elle Woods's armor perfectly.

R2: Elle Woods feints brilliantly then CRITICALLY hammers Hardcorus!

R2: Hardcorus absorbs Elle Woods's strike and returns fire with the gladius but Elle Woods turns it aside for only a glancing graze.

R3: Elle Woods rotates the shaft for a different angle at Hardcorus but the strike barely bites through Hardcorus's guard.

R3: Perfect form! Hardcorus executes a CRITICAL cut that nearly fells Elle Woods!

R4: Elle Woods times the retreat then explodes forward at Hardcorus but Hardcorus catches it on the armor's edge.

R4: Elle Woods casts the weighted net — Hardcorus is tangled and floundering!

R4: Hardcorus tears the net away — but the opening has passed.

R5: Elle Woods controls the range and picks Hardcorus apart from distance — Hardcorus's armor does its job, no penetration.

R5: Hardcorus delivers a shield punch that rattles Elle Woods before cutting and Elle Woods staggers back a half-step, jaw clenched.

R6: Elle Woods feints high and stabs low at Hardcorus yet Hardcorus plants their feet and endures.

R6: Hardcorus drops the shoulder and drives through Elle Woods and Elle Woods feels their edge slipping away.

R7: Elle Woods seizes the moment with a CRITICAL thrust at Hardcorus!

R7: The weighted net catches Hardcorus across the shoulders — trapped!

R7: Hardcorus tears the net away — but the opening has passed.

R8: Elle Woods feints high and stabs low at Hardcorus yet Hardcorus plants their feet and endures.

R8: Hardcorus demonstrates classic technique, advancing on Elle Woods and Elle Woods feels the bite of well-placed steel.

R9: Elle Woods angles the weapon low and rakes Hardcorus's leg yet Hardcorus absorbs it without breaking stride.

R9: The weighted net catches Hardcorus across the shoulders — trapped!

R9: Hardcorus thrashes free of the net but loses the initiative.

R10: Elle Woods circles clockwise and punches the trident through Hardcorus's guard — a cosmetic cut, Hardcorus's fighting spirit intact.

R10: Hardcorus wedges the shield into Elle Woods's guard then stabs yet Elle Woods absorbs the blow with practiced ease.

R11: Elle Woods demonstrates patience before striking Hardcorus yet Hardcorus shows no weakness from the contact.

R11: Hardcorus locks shields with Elle Woods then twists and stabs yet Elle Woods plants their feet and endures.

R12: Carnage! Elle Woods lands a horrific CRITICAL on Hardcorus!

R12: Hardcorus shield-bashes Elle Woods and drives the gladius home — Elle Woods takes it on the bracer, no real harm done.

R13: Elle Woods uses the net to bind then follows with steel at Hardcorus — a glancing strike, more sound than fury.

R13: Hardcorus dominates the clinch, shield up, blade working at Elle Woods and Elle Woods grunts as the steel bites deep.

R14: Elle Woods times the retreat then explodes forward at Hardcorus but Hardcorus times a half-step back perfectly.

R14: Hardcorus builds pressure with the shield then converts to blade at Elle Woods driving Elle Woods to one knee before they recover.

R14: Elle Woods's vision blurs, legs wobbling — they're finished!

R15: Elle Woods darts forward on the balls of the feet and strikes Hardcorus but Hardcorus shifts just enough to avoid the worst.

R15: Hardcorus marches forward like a battering ram, blade finding Elle Woods but Elle Woods catches it on the armor's edge.

R16: Elle Woods punishes Hardcorus's error with a CRITICAL blow!

R16: Hardcorus uses shield feints to create openings against Elle Woods though the strike connects, Elle Woods is unmoved.

R17: Elle Woods uses the net to bind then follows with steel at Hardcorus — a flesh wound that won't slow Hardcorus down.

R17: Hardcorus shield-bashes Elle Woods and drives the gladius home but Elle Woods refuses to give satisfaction of a reaction.

R18: Elle Woods finds Hardcorus's weak spot and CRITICALLY exploits it!

R18: Elle Woods ensnares Hardcorus in the net — a perfect opening looms!

R18: Hardcorus thrashes free of the net but loses the initiative.

R19: Elle Woods keeps distance and lances Hardcorus with the trident though Hardcorus deflects most of the impact.

R19: Hardcorus absorbs Elle Woods's strike and returns fire with the gladius finding its mark as Elle Woods absorbs the punishment.

R20: Elle Woods pivots smoothly and redirects the trident at Hardcorus but Hardcorus shifts just enough to avoid the worst.

R20: Absolute perfection — Hardcorus lands a CRITICAL that drops Elle Woods!