The battle rapidly intensified. Forced to use two swords to defend against four sabres and a polearm, Astrid needed to rely on a combination of her armour and intelligent use of her afterimages to keep herself in the fight.
She'd realised the shadow clone's attacks weren't strong enough to pierce her armour, so she was using that to her advantage and focusing on fending off Zohran and Nasir themselves.
Unfortunately, she couldn't simply ignore the clone. With her armour being focused on agility rather than defence, it had plenty of openings and consisted of both metal and leather-like parts. She had to constantly twist her body to ensure the clone's attacks landed on the metal parts of her armour.
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