There was time to think as they moved, though Hadama was quickly sensing that it was deceptively easy to overextend and overcommit without realizing it. He was patient, however, and had always preferred a defensive style of combat that prioritized protecting himself and his allies over the dealing of large amounts of damage. And he studied his opponents, so that when the time to deal damage came he could do it in the most efficient way.
Koa’s foot sliding forward was not missed by the newly-minted demigod. Hadama did not entirely understand the intent behind it, but he sensed a chance to use his own height and reach to his advantage by sliding his own foot forward in a delayed mirror until his knee was even with the middle of Koa’s thigh. It stretched his stance out as he twisted his chest and shoulders sideways with the rotation of his right shoulder away from the other man and his left shoulder towards him, but the King had long legs, even if they were shorter than his tail. It also allowed him to keep his torso upright so he didn’t have to lean as he pushed into the dragoon’s chest, though as Koa’s wrist rose he allowed his arm to be raised with a gleam in his emerald eyes.
Right until the moment he reached the top of Koa’s shoulder. Then he straightened his fingers and twisted his wrist to extend past his opponent’s neck and turned his hips and, most importantly, his forward leg, attempting to slowly and carefully push his knee against the dragoon’s thigh to try and interrupt his balance while his hand put pressure against the dragoon’s neck in an effort to topple him sideways from his stance.
Attack 3
Koa’s foot sliding forward was not missed by the newly-minted demigod. Hadama did not entirely understand the intent behind it, but he sensed a chance to use his own height and reach to his advantage by sliding his own foot forward in a delayed mirror until his knee was even with the middle of Koa’s thigh. It stretched his stance out as he twisted his chest and shoulders sideways with the rotation of his right shoulder away from the other man and his left shoulder towards him, but the King had long legs, even if they were shorter than his tail. It also allowed him to keep his torso upright so he didn’t have to lean as he pushed into the dragoon’s chest, though as Koa’s wrist rose he allowed his arm to be raised with a gleam in his emerald eyes.
Right until the moment he reached the top of Koa’s shoulder. Then he straightened his fingers and twisted his wrist to extend past his opponent’s neck and turned his hips and, most importantly, his forward leg, attempting to slowly and carefully push his knee against the dragoon’s thigh to try and interrupt his balance while his hand put pressure against the dragoon’s neck in an effort to topple him sideways from his stance.
Attack 3
