Kaiden appeared to be taking his words to heart and Hadama watched the promising young shark with quiet satisfaction as the lesson made it past their armor of pride. They were fast and fearless and the King had taken a personal interest in ensuring their survival to the best of his abilities. For now, that meant training them in the sort of weapons work that would help to handle "civilized" foes that fought with more than just teeth and muscle.
He didn't have long to wait before Kaiden closed the distance again in another sprint, this time going to the side instead of down.
But in the end it was still a charge with a direction change at the last moment. The spear tip came close but the mermanta twisted in place on his tail, both hands shortening the haft of the trident as he knocked Kaiden's attack to the side in a sharp, explosive movement that kept his own polearm partially shielding his body crosswise. Their weapons reverberated in their hands at the solid impact. But unlike last time he kept moving, using the momentum from his block to bounce his weapon back to point at Kaiden again.
This time his back hand slid the short-gripped trident's shaft forward like a pool cue through his front hand as his looser forward grip aimed it towards the shark's chest in a fluid jab now that the other Mer was wide open.
He didn't have long to wait before Kaiden closed the distance again in another sprint, this time going to the side instead of down.
But in the end it was still a charge with a direction change at the last moment. The spear tip came close but the mermanta twisted in place on his tail, both hands shortening the haft of the trident as he knocked Kaiden's attack to the side in a sharp, explosive movement that kept his own polearm partially shielding his body crosswise. Their weapons reverberated in their hands at the solid impact. But unlike last time he kept moving, using the momentum from his block to bounce his weapon back to point at Kaiden again.
This time his back hand slid the short-gripped trident's shaft forward like a pool cue through his front hand as his looser forward grip aimed it towards the shark's chest in a fluid jab now that the other Mer was wide open.
