Chapter 3: The Battle Begins
A flag in the center is waved, and both opponents charge on their horses. Sir Robert keeps his lance up in the air, but Thrall lowers his too quickly and has trouble maintaining its aim. At just the right moment, Sir Robert lowers his lance and hits Thrall with a perfect strike to the center of his chest, cracking the lance in half. Thrall misses completely. In fact, Thrall barely moves; his size and weight make him more like a tank than a human being, and even though Sir Robert's strike is true, it does very little damage.
Sir Robert drops what's left of his lance and grabs another from one of his attendees. He quickly turns around and charges at Thrall again. Thrall does the same but isn't as quick as Sir Robert. Just like the previous attack, Sir Robert lowers his lance at just the right moment. He hits Thrall hard in his shoulder. This time, Thrall manages to slightly hit Sir Robert, but it's brushed aside by his shield. The blow Thrall receives seems more powerful this time and causes him to lean back. He has to drop his lance early in order to maintain control of his horse. Now comes the third and final pass.
Sir Robert gives Thrall a few seconds to compose himself and grab another lance before charging again. Sir Robert begins to lower his lance like before, but then he does something that you've never seen him do before. Rather than lower it all the way, he rests it slightly on his shield, so it's tilted up. When the two men meet, he hits Thrall by smashing the end point of the lance directly into his face. Thrall loses his balance and falls off his horse. The crowd cheers. Sir Robert takes off his helm and holds what's left of the lance high up in the air.
Thrall doesn't move. For a few seconds, it looks like he could be dead, until suddenly he rolls over and gets up. He takes off his helmet, which still has wooden splinters in it, then roars something at Sir Robert and starts walking forward. Sir Robert drops his lance, jumps off his horse, and signals someone to give him his sword. Thrall's two attendants run up and give him a huge, two-handed war hammer, which he seems to wield in one hand like it weighs almost nothing.
Thrall and Sir Robert meet, and Thrall makes an overhead strike at him. Sir Robert dodges at just the right moment and the attack misses, hitting the ground with a thud so loud that everyone in the arena hears it. Sir Robert then attacks Thrall, seeing he's open and off balance, but his thick armor makes his sword look more like a toothpick. With surprising speed, Thrall swings his war hammer around, catching Sir Robert nearly off guard. Sir Robert is able to put his shield up just in time to take most of the impact.
His shield cracks under the heavy weight of the war hammer, causing Sir Robert to fall to the ground, shield flying down at his side. Thrall then ferociously attacks again. Sir Robert rolls to the right, dodging the blow. Harito only seen Sir Robert in a position like this a handful of times. He ponders for a few moments, thinking what he would do if he was in similar situation Sir Gale was in...
"I would throw sand into Thrall's eyes to blind him, maybe that'll work" he thought, It would probably be viewed as dishonorable, but if it meant not getting smashed to smithereens, it would be worth it.
Sir Robert gets up and holds his sword with both hands, keeping some distance between him and Thrall. Thrall lifts his war hammer high in the air. Rather than dodging, Sir Robert jumps toward Thrall and stabs him in the armpit, finding a weak spot in his armor. Thrall grunts and swings his war hammer. Sir Robert rolls forward past Thrall, spins around, and attacks Thrall's hamstrings; this is another weak spot in the armor. Thrall cries out in pain this time, then falls to one knee.
Sir Robert continues his attack, and even though Thrall is on one knee, they stand at about the same height. Thrall parries Sir Robert's next blow with his war hammer and tries to stand back up. Sir Robert kicks Thrall hard in his knee, causing him to fall down again. Then Sir Robert puts his sword close to Thrall's throat. After a moment of hesitation which seems like forever…Thrall finally yields. Sir Robert helps Thrall up and shakes his hand. Then he raises his sword in the air and looks at the crowd, which is cheering in excitement. Sir Robert leaves to take his armor off and prepare for the closing ceremonies.
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