Longfinger Kirk

Exiting Rosaria's fanciful Chamber you continued on your prowl though the Cathedral, finding little on the path upwards you continued your search on the bottom floor, you fought once more the Cathedrals knights; their massive shields and Maces proving formidable weapons and the knights themselves becoming more and more Aggressive the further you travelled through the Cathedrals long halls and rooms, Suppose this means i am close to whatever lives in this cathedral? you thought coming out into what seemed to be the bottom of the Cathedral's ground floor which opened into a large open space, you looked down as the splashing sounds of water sounded bellow you, water? the floor of the open space was filled with a shallow pool of clear and cool water, observing your surroundings in the distance you saw a large form That would be the giant... bellow the Giants massive form the pool seemed a lot more, brown and swampish certainly more dense than the water; turning around you saw in the distance another large form, behind it at the end of the very large hall where a pair of colossal doors akin to the once you used to enter.

turning back to the other giant you noticed that next to him was a set of mahogany stairs, following them up you saw that they led to a floor that radiated a lot of light "Seems all the action is going on up there..." you said to yourself, you did realise there was a giant and very possibly a couple more knight in between whatever was up there so you began thinking of a plan of attack.

you felt a sudden chill as the sound of shifting plates of steel drew nearer behind you, throwing yourself around and lifting your shield out of instinct, you caught a blade which bounced off of it widely, bashing the unknown attacker with your shield, he flew back only regaining his footing after some seconds of wild slipping and steadying; observing the attacker he was definitely strange, he was adorned in armour, but instead of the standard solid plates his armour was covered in spiked plates, his shield and sward also where maliciously barbed "if I take a hit from that sword ill be tending for the wound for hours..." you though preparing for battle.

"You attack me from behind, really; what a coward you are?" the man remained silent merely circling with you with his shield raised ready for you to attack, "...well if you wanted to fight you only had to ask..." you charged at the man taking your aggression with shock and surprise, you unsheathed you blade unleashing a heavy slashing attack, dodging out of the way the Barbed warrior swung again at you his short blade once again bouncing off of your solid defence, clashing sword you fought the man rather easily his light build and attacks proving insignificant in comparison to your strength and speed combined.

after a minute of back and forth attacks you landed a strike on his shoulder you blade cleaving into his shoulder, releasing a grunt he kicked you away throwing you off balance and releasing what you would find out was his trump card. two handing his short blade The Barbed warrior pounced forward into a barging charged, he slammed into you and in effect the thick barbs of his armour pierced your chest, winding you and lightly lacerating you, he land on top of you tried to stab you while you where down, but you managed to slam you shields edge right into his helmet, making a loud 'clang' sound "_that had to of hurt, i know i am" m_anaging to stand back up you felt your chest ooze heat and pain, you looked down quickly to see a deep crimson shine on your chest-plate, _Fuck I'm Bleeding _you thought sucking it up and re'focusing on the Barbed Warrior, he shook his head regaining his composure from your clever blow, once he saw that you where bleeding from your chest plate he seemed to become more bold charging at you and delivering a flurry of slashes which you attempted to block, blow after blow required more and more effort, the effort made your heart pump furiously and therefore made your chest wounds bleed more profusely.

after a short time you felt yourself become slightly light headed and after a moment of hesitation you felt your arm drop, the second you arm dropped the Warrior slashed at you arm cutting savagely through the metal plates and lacerating your arms flesh, you fell to the ground in pain and exhaustion, as he approached slowly preparing to deliver the finishing blow you grinned slightly "...Cowardly tactic for a cowardly Foe..." you said gripping your ruined arm, he seemed to release a growling sound "For my lady Rosaria..." he went to end the battle until familiar grunt came from behind the Barbed Warrior.