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[ Should I use the same character as the other fight? As well, good luck, Nyrk Saron ! Though you won`t be needing much, seeing how poor my rolls have been lately! xd ]

Since Markus was more than a bit incapacitated due to his last battle, the good judges of the new Battle Dome decided to bring someone else in to fill his place until the poor ol' demon could get back on his feet.

Why they chose Hans Reuter, the world would never know. He fought nothing like the demon, and had not a hint of evil or demon-ness in him. A bit of mischief, maybe, but nothing too serious.

Ah, maybe the judges just wanted to see the poor lad turn into a splat. And as Hans` opponent finally arrived, it was already quite clear that the judges would get what they wanted, for Hans was almost a speck of dust compared to Nyrk, who was of an impressive build and carried an innumerable amount of weapons. Hans would have felt intimidated, but as he always loved a challenge, he did not falter. Instead, he smiled broadly and bowed extravagantly to his opponent.

"Hallo, mein Herr!" He stood again, readied the blade strapped tightly onto his arm. "A pleasure to fight you." But already, Hans had a plan. If he can only use his speed to his advantage, he should be able to defeat Nyrk. Speed, if anything, seemed to be the greatest advantage he had over his opponent.

Nyrk took a look at his opponent, not willing to underestimate any facet of him. Not that Nyrk ever dared underestimate even cannon fodder, though. "Ready?" he asked his opponent, who responded with a decisive nod. Nyrk used his axe this fight, swinging it heavily across the arena. The first blow to strike made a loud report as it struck Untergang's armblade. The next blow met the same fate, but the one succeeding it was Untergang's scoring a wound on Nyrk's left arm. It was deep enough to force Nyrk to drop his axe, and he resorted to a one-handed weapon. His one-handed weapon of choice: the stake.

The exorcist slashed at Untergang, parrying and countering with his own blade. Nyrk, however, with his lighter weapon, was more capable of parrying his foe's strikes as well, and though Untergang was able to break his stake, Nyrk only withdrew more as they splintered beyond usefulness. Eventually the battle was decided with a debilitating strike into the shoulder. It was Nyrk's stake, Untergang's shoulder.

Nyrk took a step back, claiming victory without undue violence.

[Let`s see what roll the dice have in store for me now. xd
Bahh, I had a feeling that would happen. Oh well!]

Hans stumbled backwards, momentarily dizzy from the burning pain in his shoulder. And, just his luck, it was the shoulder of his preferred arm! It seemed his arm-blade would be of no further use. But Hans regained himself just quickly enough to dodge another strike from Nyrk, and as his opponent struggled to regain balance, Hans quickly took the stake out of his shoulder.

Despite the pain, the young man laughed. This fight was only in good spirit, yes? "Clever, mein Herr. . ." He shrugged his shoulders to help ease the pain a bit, and then abruptly dove in to slash at the bag containing the stakes with a dagger he held in his other hand. Before Nyrk could react, his wooden weapons had scattered across the arena floor. They would be of no more use to him, not if he wanted to keep his eyes on his opponent.

But Hans wouldn`t escape that strike without consequence. Before he could get out of range of all of Nyrk`s weapons, the Exorcist whirled about and dealt quite a blow to the young man`s head with his Bible. Hans stumbled back and fell onto his rear. He was terribly dazed and open to attack, even as he slowly got back onto his feet.

[Yes, I think so ! It looks like this round will go to you, Nyrk !
. . . Or not? Heheh, I apologize for robbing the victory ! xd ]

Hans grimaced as he struggled to get back onto his feet. That knock from the last fight had certainly dealt a fair amount of damage. The young man prodded at his ribs and quickly noticed that the flesh surrounding them was sore. Something had probably broken. Breathing was laboured. But he powered on anyway.

"My turn !" the young man forced between his gasps for breath. Nyrk seemed to question his foe`s ability to carry on, but soon found that he had no reason, even yet, to underestimate Hans.

For, before the exorcist could do much damage, Hans had swiftly swept in and sliced at one of Nyrk`s knees, jumping back just in time to evade much of the retaliation that followed. Nyrk, unable to support the weight of his cross on just one knee, promptly crashed to the ground and was held immobile by the cross.

But Hans had not escaped completely unharmed. He had a fair share of cuts and bruises from Nyrk`s precise blows. But he most certainly wasn`t in too much of a bad shape compared to Nyrk.

[Heh, I wonder how this will go, then! xd
I apologize for the wait. I was getting restless from sitting at the computer so I went for a short walk.]

"Familiar?" Hans chuckled as he backed up. He wasn`t going to give Nyrk a chance to attack him at close range. "Maybe so. . ."

There was no time for chit-chat. Hans knew that his opponent was extremely clever, and this was probably another one of his ploys. No, he would dive directly into the action. A broad grin split across Hans` face. "Maybe I should mix it up."

Before Nyrk could respond, Hans had already charged at him, jumped up and dealt a fierce kick to the exorcist`s torso. Nyrk wobbled but managed to stay standing, and immediately turned towards Hans, who was skidding to a halt. A bottle of holy water to the eyes startled the young man just enough for Nyrk to have the chance to drive another stake into his foe`s arm.

But Hans retaliated before the wound became too deep. A swift cut to both of Nyrk`s arms sent him reeling back, and the stakes to the floor. Hans plucked the stake out of his arm and immediately went in for another strike. He attempted a punch, but Nyrk expertly blocked it. But while the exorcist was busy on the defence, Hans swept in with another punch, which landed onto Nyrk`s face with just ferocity and force that it cracked some bone. Nyrk stumbled back and fell, defeated for now. But Hans knew that he would be up and at him in no time.

-blows whistle and raises flag-

I declare Nyrk Saron the winner of this fight.

Good fight guys!

Nyrk, you get to face the green consolation winner... whenever they get to their fights... neutral

( Same to you! Though I'm still curious, who is your character? I think this is the first time I've fought him. )