It was as if his opponent was reading his mind, each and every of his actions being a complete suprise for Ido, almost catching him off guard - but this time, Sol had made a grief mistake, prone to be mercilessly exploited by his foe. 

Why wasn't Ido expecting his rapid descent? How come it caught him by suprise even if he were aware of Sol's wind magic? The answer is simple: because that wouldn't put him out of Ido's reach at all. Thanks to his formidable height, he only had to lift himself some 10 inches above the ground to catch the blade with a downwards elbow strike, and now, the windmage would slide right underneath his feet, a hair away from being crushed by the ruthless behemoth. Or to be precise, [/i]could[i] slide, if Ido let him do so.

Unfortunately for Sol, that wasn't going to happen. During his travels, the demon had studied various martial arts and participated in numerous fights - thus, he understood well the importance of controlling one's own momentum, creating a continious, rapidly flowing motion, where the force of one action is swiftly transferred into another. With the bushy abundance of supernaturaly sensitive hairs on his tail, Ido could clearly read his opponent's descent and the following attack, so he knew everything required to avoid it. Using the downwards force of the elbow slam to bring himself closer to the ground, the beastman continued spinning, eventualy turning his back on Sol, and landed the heel of his right foot squarely onto the windmage's solar plexus. Relaxing the muscles of his back, he hunched away from the blade, making it impact at such a steep angle that the stab was turned into a slice, which would cut into his back muscles and glance off his metallic ribcage without actualy harming any vitals.

If he would suceed in pinning down his opponent, Ido would then proceed to use the curel, inhumane, yet also effective weapon in his arsenal: flame. As he would stretch his arms behind his back, several inches away from his knucles, two jets of Kzich would erupt, heading for Sol's face, and as soon as they would connect, the demon would ignite the two jets, setting him ablaze, flaying skin, boiling the eyeball liquid and charring the windmage's skull. Within seconds, Sol's whole body would be engulfed in it - but by that time, Ido would already be out of the fire's reach, the 75 litres he had been preparing now at his disposal, in case his opponent would struggle a bit too much.