Once again, they lunged for each other.
With Quill out of the way, Liam was finding it harder to avoid those precise strikes from Celeste. He wielded the spear as if it were an extension of his body.
Finally, Liam handed a crushing blow to Celeste's right hand, and the dagger was sent flying out of his hand.
With this massive opening he has created, Liam dived in for the finishing strike.
Celeste was already attacking again, and Liam still dived in recklessly, but brilliantly. He stepped into Celeste's attack and let the blade graze his shoulder, not deep, but enough to shock Celeste off his rhythm.
Then Liam drove forward again and seized Celeste's wrist, slamming the spear shaft under Celeste's jaw and pinning him backwards by sheer strength. The tip of the spear angled up, the sharp iron point hovering an inch beneath Celeste's throat.
If Liam thrusts upward, Celeste would die.
But Celeste was no amateur.
