Quick, maybe quicker than me even with armour slowing her down, this will be bad.

Brennus was unused to his opponents showing considerably more agility than him, but so far two fairly solid strikes to his opponent’s body had been avoided. He had already written off the first as a testing strike, but the second was dangerous, and still she had managed to deflect it with her shield rather than slipping like any normal warrior would have done. It was unusual, and worrying. 

Brennus was not so inhumanely quick, and despite the head being a bad target for spear work of this kind he still couldn’t avoid the spear. He could however duck and raise his shield simultaneously, while also dragging his right hand leftward and back, having the effect of drawing the spear’s head across his opponent’s legs unless she was aware of the danger behind her. Her own spear clattered hard against his shield, but luckily for him the hide-reinforced wood was able to sustain the attack, as he stepped backwards on his right foot.

With his left foot leading in the same fashion that he started the fight he shot his spear out blindly to catch his opponent if she immediately tried to follow him. He fired it out centrally, so it would buy him time if nothing else. Then he lowered his shield and surveyed the scene, drawing back his spear as he did so.