🗣️ Mark bellows: “My Mother Believes in Me!”

🗣️ Ferocius bellows: “Fortuna Favors Me!”

🐾 Eurasian Wolf paws the sand eagerly as Mark raises their weapon.

Ferocius's balanced stance reads Mark's defensive approach perfectly — a 5% tactical edge!

R1: Ferocius finds the weak point — a CRITICAL blow that tears through Mark!

R1: Mark uses weight advantage to drive Ferocius backward hammering Ferocius with the force of a mule's kick.

R2: Ferocius uses the shield boss to stagger Mark then follows through but Mark twists clear, taking only a nick.

R2: Mark delivers a shield punch that rattles Ferocius before cutting connecting perfectly as Ferocius grimaces in pain.

R3: Ferocius uses the shield as an anvil and the blade as a hammer on Mark but Mark times a half-step back perfectly.

R3: Mark keeps Ferocius at bay with shield pressure before striking yet Ferocius keeps rhythm and composure.

R4: Ferocius uses the shield to pin Mark and stabs viciously but Mark refuses to give satisfaction of a reaction.

R4: Mark marches forward like a battering ram, blade finding Ferocius but Ferocius twists clear, taking only a nick.

R5: Ferocius pounds forward, each step punctuated by a strike at Mark but the strike barely bites through Mark's guard.

R5: Mark wedges the shield into Ferocius's guard then stabs striking true as Ferocius fights to stay upright.

R6: Ferocius bulls forward behind the shield and stabs Mark but the strike barely bites through Mark's guard.

R6: Mark uses weight advantage to drive Ferocius backward — Ferocius takes worse in training, this is nothing.

R7: Ferocius grinds Mark down with a short, brutal thrust though Mark takes the hit, it changes nothing.

R7: Mark smashes the shield edge into Ferocius's face then follows with steel leaving Ferocius grimacing and unsteady.

R8: Ferocius uses raw strength to bully Mark with shield and sword yet Mark continues forward, undeterred.

R8: Mark proves unstoppable with a CRITICAL strike to Ferocius!

R9: Ferocius grinds Mark down with a short, brutal thrust though Mark grimaces, the damage is slight.

R9: Mark keeps Ferocius at bay with shield pressure before striking tearing through Ferocius's defense like paper.

R10: Ferocius smashes the shield edge into Mark's face then follows with steel yet Mark absorbs it without breaking stride.

R10: Mark keeps Ferocius at bay with shield pressure before striking but Ferocius angles the body to deflect most of it.

R10: Ferocius is bloodied and swaying, barely keeping their feet.

R11: Ferocius exploits a fatal gap and CRITICALLY wounds Mark!

R11: Mark charges like a bull, shield first, blade finding Ferocius landing with authority as Ferocius recoils.

R12: Ferocius times the shield bash perfectly and follows through at Mark but Mark shifts just enough to avoid the worst.

R12: Mark marches forward like a battering ram, blade finding Ferocius yet Ferocius absorbs it without breaking stride.

R13: Ferocius grinds Mark down with a short, brutal thrust though blood appears, Mark fights through it.

R13: Mark keeps Ferocius at bay with shield pressure before striking — Ferocius takes worse in training, this is nothing.

R14: Ferocius charges like a bull, shield first, blade finding Mark but Mark turns with the blow to lessen its bite.

R14: Mark uses the shield boss to stagger Ferocius then follows through and Ferocius buckles slightly under the impact.