The fight had been fierce indeed. Jayle kept up a furious pace with her assaults, barely giving her opponent space to breathe and coming at him from seemingly every angle. In contrast, Gong had kept his cool, playing a defensive game and focusing on dodging her relentless attacks and keeping himself healed, getting in the occasional powerful counter and trying to simply outlast the Einherjar.
But such a stalemate cannot last forever, as Gong knew very well. He had run out of healing, but his counters and taken their toll on Jayle, and she had no healing at all. It was all or nothing now, he had to end this in the next pass. Suddenly changing his stance from a defensive one to an attacking pose, the mighty monk launched himself at the lady knight as Jayle drew her sword up and uttered the words he had been dreading all fight...
"In the name of my lord! Finishing Strike! Eternal Raid!"
With that cry, she charged as well, coming in faster then Gong had expected. But no matter, this would end in the next strike...one way or the other.
Like a pair of runaway trains the two collided, Gong bringing up a knee strike so powerful it would shatter rock, while Jayle's sword moved at blinding speeds. A moment later they parted...and Gong fell to the floor.
Panting heavily from his collapsed position, the beaten monk was bewildered, "You still stand, woman? Your back should be broken from that blow."
Leaning on her sword for balance, Jayle laughed, "It is. You'd be surprised what you can take after you've died once already."
Gong could only chuckle bitterly as his consciousness slipped away...
