🗣️ Maximus Decimus Meridius bellows: “We Meet as Equals.”

🗣️ DAHAS bellows: “I'll Leave No Survivor!”

Maximus Decimus Meridius's balanced stance reads DAHAS's aggressive approach perfectly — a 5% tactical edge!

DAHAS's aggressive stance reads Maximus Decimus Meridius's balanced approach perfectly — a 10% tactical edge!

R1: DAHAS dances inside Maximus Decimus Meridius's guard and opens a cut yet Maximus Decimus Meridius maintains focus through the pain.

R1: Maximus Decimus Meridius grinds forward inch by inch, punishing DAHAS finding the gap in DAHAS's armor perfectly.

R2: DAHAS feints with the left blade and drives the right home at Maximus Decimus Meridius though Maximus Decimus Meridius flinches, the wound is negligible.

R2: Maximus Decimus Meridius locks onto DAHAS and pressures forward with shield and sword yet DAHAS maintains posture despite the graze.

R3: DAHAS sidesteps and counter-slashes at Maximus Decimus Meridius from the flank and Maximus Decimus Meridius takes a knee briefly before rising.

R3: Maximus Decimus Meridius drops the shoulder and drives through DAHAS though DAHAS flinches, the wound is negligible.

R4: DAHAS carves a deadly pattern, harrying Maximus Decimus Meridius with twin edges but Maximus Decimus Meridius turns with the blow to lessen its bite.

R4: Maximus Decimus Meridius beats DAHAS's weapon aside and thrusts hard though DAHAS registers the hit, resolve unshaken.

R5: DAHAS spins on the ball of the foot and cuts at Maximus Decimus Meridius but Maximus Decimus Meridius anticipates and minimizes the damage.

R5: Maximus Decimus Meridius uses the shield boss to stagger DAHAS then follows through yet DAHAS continues forward, undeterred.

Round 5: Maximus Decimus Meridius drives a shield bash home — DAHAS is stunned!

Round 6: DAHAS is still reeling and cannot act.

R6: Maximus Decimus Meridius catches DAHAS's weapon on the shield and counters and DAHAS curses, blood flowing freely.

R7: DAHAS channels pure fury into a CRITICAL blow at Maximus Decimus Meridius!

R7: Maximus Decimus Meridius pounds forward, each step punctuated by a strike at DAHAS but DAHAS converts defense to counter-position.

R8: DAHAS rolls under Maximus Decimus Meridius's guard and slices upward with both blades though Maximus Decimus Meridius parries at the last instant.

R8: Maximus Decimus Meridius uses the shield to pin DAHAS and stabs viciously but DAHAS reads it coming and moves with the strike.

R9: Pure instinct — DAHAS CRITICALLY wounds Maximus Decimus Meridius with savage precision!

R9: Maximus Decimus Meridius builds momentum behind the shield then releases it at DAHAS opening a wound that will slow DAHAS down.

R10: DAHAS exploits a fatal gap and CRITICALLY wounds Maximus Decimus Meridius!

R10: Maximus Decimus Meridius demonstrates textbook form, shield protecting as the blade strikes DAHAS though the blade skitters across DAHAS's armor.

R11: DAHAS feints a retreat then explodes forward at Maximus Decimus Meridius and Maximus Decimus Meridius grunts as the steel bites deep.

R11: Maximus Decimus Meridius uses the shield boss to stagger DAHAS then follows through — a cosmetic cut, DAHAS's fighting spirit intact.

R12: DAHAS whirls both blades in a screaming arc at Maximus Decimus Meridius opening Maximus Decimus Meridius up as crimson spatters the sand.

R12: Maximus Decimus Meridius locks onto DAHAS and pressures forward with shield and sword but DAHAS twists clear, taking only a nick.

R13: A master stroke — DAHAS opens Maximus Decimus Meridius with a CRITICAL slash!

Round 13: Maximus Decimus Meridius digs deep — a second wind restores 206 vigor!

R13: Maximus Decimus Meridius keeps DAHAS at bay with shield pressure before striking but DAHAS refuses to give satisfaction of a reaction.

R14: DAHAS leaps forward, both weapons descending on Maximus Decimus Meridius — Maximus Decimus Meridius barely feels it, adrenaline surging.

R14: Maximus Decimus Meridius sinks to the sand, trying desperately to rise.

R14: Maximus Decimus Meridius uses the shield to create space then thrusts at DAHAS — DAHAS barely feels it, adrenaline surging.

R15: DAHAS crosses the twin swords and rakes them across Maximus Decimus Meridius and Maximus Decimus Meridius gives ground, breathing hard.

R15: Maximus Decimus Meridius demonstrates raw power, muscling DAHAS with shield and steel but DAHAS angles the body to deflect most of it.

R15: DAHAS reels like a drunkard, the fight nearly over.

R16: DAHAS darts in like a viper, both blades thrusting at Maximus Decimus Meridius though blood appears, Maximus Decimus Meridius fights through it.

R16: Maximus Decimus Meridius locks onto DAHAS and pressures forward with shield and sword and DAHAS's eyes widen with the shock of it.

R17: The arena shakes — DAHAS CRITICALLY hammers Maximus Decimus Meridius!

R17: Maximus Decimus Meridius marches forward like a battering ram, blade finding DAHAS and DAHAS feels their strength waning slightly.

R18: DAHAS executes a brutal X-slash across Maximus Decimus Meridius's torso yet Maximus Decimus Meridius shows no weakness from the contact.

R18: Maximus Decimus Meridius charges like a bull, shield first, blade finding DAHAS yet DAHAS absorbs it without breaking stride.

R19: DAHAS reverses grip and lashes out at Maximus Decimus Meridius with both edges and Maximus Decimus Meridius curses, blood flowing freely.

R19: Maximus Decimus Meridius demonstrates raw power, muscling DAHAS with shield and steel though DAHAS rolls with the blow and shrugs it off.