Castle Crasher (Closed)

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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[Uesugi Kenshin]

Kenji always seemed to get a stroke of luck whenever his end seemed imminent! He would successfully manage to pull the Rider to the ground, flooring him and slamming his skull into the ground! The Rider let go of the whip, and was momentarily stunned! Perhaps Kenji would be able to deliver a finishing blow!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

The end of the Rider was nigh, or so Kenji hoped. With one hand, he pulled the whip loose so that he could breathe, and with the other, rose up and slammed his elbow down as hard as he physically was able onto one of the cracks on the Rider's skull.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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Kenji would be able to elbow the Rider, but he wasn't able to hit him hard enough to finish him off! In anger, the Rider would punch Kenji's face hard, before starting to pound away at his stomach!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

While the face hit only bothered Kenji briefly, his nose and other important bits intact, he was more concerned with the renewed hammering on his stomach by what was clearly an angered - and desperate? - Rider. Powering through the repetitive fists, he decided to return the favor, pounding away on the Rider's skull.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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(OOC: Man I wish you'd just get a high roll already... >_>; )

Kenji's fists would deal more damage to the Rider, causing the cracks to spread wider! Victory seemed so close! But in anger, the Rider would rise to his feet, grabbing Kenji and throwing him against the wall nearby! The Rider then turned around, planning on picking up his whip sword from earlier!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

(( OOC: Not my fault. The damn dice roller is mental. <_< ))

Kenji locked his feet and legs as he hit the wall, allowing him to fall onto them and stand, thus saving him some effort and energy. With the Rider's back turned, he knew what should come next, pulling Yawarakai-Te's sheath from his sash and rushing forth, intending on clobbering the Rider's cranium from behind with a two-handed swing. If successful, he would not stop as he proceeded to wail hard and fast on the cracked skull of his opponent.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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The Rider would turn around in the middle of Kenji's assault, taking the blow directly to the front of his skull! The blow would be enough to kill him, but not before the Rider was able to get one final attack on Kenji, backhanding him as hard as he could, tearing his cheek open gruesomely! The Rider would fall to the ground, dead. His weapon was now lootable, as was one piece of armor! (Shawl, Greaves, Tasset (wouldn't grab this though unless you run into a second Rider, just saying), Necklace, Gauntlets) He was now free to go on!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

Kenji collected himself after the particularly grueling throwdown. Even if he'd healed up partway through the fight, it was probably more difficult than the Knight from the middle path. He dusted himself off and collected all his fallen weapons, as well as the knight's whip-swords, taking a few moments to figure out the means to shift the forms before putting them into whip form for easy storage. As for the armor, the merc decided to loot the gauntlets, feeling that he could use an extra oomph to his punches.

A nice sword and chestplate from one enemy, and a couple weapons and gauntlets from another... Pretty nifty. Plus whatever was in the chest in this part of the maze, and that shiny chest from the middle path. Now Kenji just had to finish this one, and maybe the left if he had the stamina for it.

Moving on, the shugyosha returned to the hall from whence the Rider came, and took stock of his options for where to go next.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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Kenji's only options were to go left, back the way he came. Or to go right, down a path that seemingly twisted and turned for what looked like forever. If he took this route, there would be one left turn and one right turn at the end.

He was also safe of any dangers, for now!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

Kenji decided to chance taking the twisting path to the right, hanging a left turn at the end. Not a whole lot of thrills.

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Kenji would have absolutely no problems as he traveled across the pathway! As he took a left turn, he would be greeted by a dead end... but as well as another lootable chest!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

Convenient. Kenji would loot the chest, then turn back to take what would've been the right path to see where that would lead.

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Kenji would have no trouble getting to the next path, and what laid before him was a vortex! It looked like it would take him somewhere else in the maze!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

Now, things were becoming interesting again. A vortex that could warp Kenji god knows where in the maze, but no indication of where? Very risky, to say the least... Still, he did not hestiate, holding tightly onto his nodachi with one hand as he ventured into the vortex, ready to strike if there was something on the other end waiting to ambush him.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

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Kenji would make it out on the other side with no issues! Nothing dangerous to greet him! He would be met with a single path, it twisted and turned for some ways! At the end of it lay another choice. There were a series of three right turns, one after the other!

[Miyamoto Kenji]

Curious... Only three right paths to take. Continuing to maintain his guard, Kenji contemplated the routes in turn before deciding to advance down the rightmost path.

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