>"Make sure nobody else inturrupts, would you?"
>She courteously bows out without a word. A bright, cloudy light surrounds the yard, barring all exit and entry.
>You swap out your shield for Logan's Catalyst and quickly cast your own set of
Crystal Homing Soulmass, followed by
Crystal Magic Weapon. The Balder Side Sword is wreathed in crystal once more.
>He bows again; an action you mirror.
>Chivalry was odd in Lordran. Sometime Invaders just wanted a good fight. This guy...well, seems like he's one.
>Fine by you then.
>He handsprings towards you and brings his weapon down in a diagonal swing. You slip out of the way with a roll of your own and deflect the followup lunge with your shield, wincing under the surge of soul energies that travel up your arm. Even if blocked, that Butterfly Horn is dangerous...
>Both sets of satellite spells fire off in the meanwhile, colliding with each other and canceling the other out, the straight trajectories of your Soulmass versus the curved ones of his Pursuers. A surprise...and not just to you. The Invader seems somewhat confused as well. That's never happened.
>You weave and roll out of the way as he forces the distance between you two with the Butterfly Horn's superior range. Can't take too many blocked hits either; same result in the end. In that case...
>Once again you swap out your shield for your Catalyst, this time bringing it up to cast a
Dark Bead. A row of pitch black orbs blast out, covering the area in front of you in a fan shape.
>He smartly rolls backwards to avoid it, as you aimed at the floor. Aiming straight for him would let him roll under, which would be problematic.
>The roll forces even more distance between you.
>Perfect. A
Crystal Soul Spear flies, forcing him this time to roll to the side. That brings him closer to the fence...
>
White Dragon Breath. A row of crystals races along the floor, corralling him even closer.
>And in the split moment that he's recovering from the repeated evasions, you charge in without even swapping your catalyst out.
>He throws out another piercing attack, but you predicted that desperation move!
>Your catalyst flies out, slapping the Butterfly Horn aside and leaving him wide open. The shock up your arm again is no matter when you riposte, sending your blade clean through his abdomen.
>A good strategy, in the end. Spacing with the Moonlight Butterfly Horn, waiting for an error in movement, then punishing. But that strategy had a very specific range that it worked at, and you simply countered by staying away rather than futilely try to get close. What kind of crazy man tries to get away from a spear user instead of get closer, anyway?
>He melts away into a Bloodstain as you release your blade from the confines of his gut.
>Clapping is heard as the cloudy light disappears. "Well done, good knight. But I assume that isn't the last of them, from what you were saying."