BytheSpleen

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Iosef parries the hit, and instead charges forward and makes a wide horizontal arc, using the unpredictably longer length of his bastard sword to his advantage.

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It may come to the murloc's surprise, then, that Iosef didn't appear behind the man for the first few seconds.

It wouldn't come to the man's surprise, one would suppose, that Iosef came in swinging his blade (both hands on the sword) at the murloc's knees from behind. Steel armor or not, the murloc's joints would have a good banging. Once that was that, Iosef simply slammed the blade at the murloc's neck, repeating the same swing as he did when he used to forge large farm implements.

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Iosef glares at the murloc, and sighs as he nods. He then takes the horse by its reins, and walks into the brush for a good place to hide.

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Iosef is about to stop, but he really, really needed some money.

The Endless Deserts, as Iosef heard, were incredibly difficult to navigate without supplies to stock up on, so...

"Oh, alright! State your business; I'm already busy as-is."

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Iosef only glares at the murloc as he finishes cleaving through the lasso, and stands up with sword in hand.

"I've got trades that pay better for less," spits the hob-goblin, "and I'm certainly not handing any part of me to you."

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Iosef draws his sword, and chops at the lasso as best he can. Just like striking with a hammer, except with the end of a blade, right?

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Iosef nods at the two red eyes, but keeps his hand on the handle of his sword as he continues galloping onwards. A few meters up ahead, he leans on the horse so his body can be more streamlined, and whips the reins once with digging heels to go a little faster.

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Iosef rides on, and re-adjusts his posture so he can sit straight up as opposed to hanging off the side of the saddle by the reins. Gold and petty fights were below him now; he wanted that blade, badly.

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Unfortunately, Iosef is already slamming his heels into the horse's thigh, urging it to go on in a full gallop. He hangs quite precariously from the saddle, but if he can clear the range of the human's swings, then re-adjusting the seat could be addressed later.

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Iosef gulps, and nods in thanks as he rushes North. He clambers up the side of a building relatively close to the end of the city limits, and waits to pounce onto the nearest horse or wyvern that dares to pass by road or low skies.