Post by Mr. Moon on Nov 4, 2020 14:59:14 GMT -5
Magnus #8
Orous was complete amateur. This sole thought resonated through Magnus´s mind when he saw the way his new student was preparing for an attack. No stance, no guard, no nothing, just his hands stretching towards him in an ill planned attempt for grab, that left his chin wide open for counter. So far, all the fisman Magnus ever met were experienced fighters so this situation caught him off guard. Actually, he was so surprised, that his instinct kicked in, leading his body as if he was in a real battle and not in the middle of student assessment.
Rotating his “Shield” arm, he knocked Orous´s arms away, clearing path for what should come next. Short step forward, switching from left to right stance, while throwing powerful straight punch from his waist, against the fishman´s chin. He was for real, both his immense weight and killing intent were behind this punch, however at the last moment Alexander´s mind regained control over his body, and he pulled his punch to cause as little damage as possible.
“Uh, are you alright?”
The instructor asked afterwards, dropping his stance to check on Orous.
“Sorry about that I was...I never saw fishman using grappling techniques so I was surprised for a moment. But anyway who taught you that move?”
The question was filled with sincere curiosity for a reason he stated right afterwards.
“Because nothing against grappling, it´s great when you are fighting one on one, but if your goal is self defense you should probably drop it in favor of regular striking techniques. I mean, you can not use both of your hands to deal with one guy, when there is five of them around you. You have to do whatever you needs to do as fast as possible and then move to another guy.”
{Shield}Alexander takes a stance with one of his forearms in front of him and clenched fist pointing upwards thus making his large forearm resembling a shield. With his arm in this position he can stop and redirect incoming attacks taking only small portion of the damage rather than full brunt of the attack. However since he didn´t mastered the ability to turn his muscles into steel his arm still accumulates damage over time meaning he had to rely on his inhuman toughness when using this technique for longer period of time. It also makes this technique usable only against unarmed opponents as weapons can still cut or pierce his forearm without much difficulty.