Chapter 67: One against two.
Even though Lee got rid of one opponent, the fight became much more difficult.
Turns out that the earlier exchange was more lesson to the boy scouts than him. The scale-covered guy quickly reassessed the tactics and gave the shorty few instructions, annoying Lee to no end.
Now, no matter how he tried, at no point it was possible to position himself in any other way than directly between the two opponents.
Lee was rather confident in his speed, but no matter how he jumped, rolled, sidestepped or feigned attacks, the short guy made sure to keep Lee between the two of them. The shorty turned out to be more annoying than a mosquito, and many times quicker as well.
The upside was that while mostly focusing on positioning, his attacks were rare and weak at that. Mostly his spear left a long mark across the back of Lee's breastplate, but it was only a matter of time until he managed to get in a heavier hit.
Seeing there was no way to directly deal with the quickest opponent, Lee began to attack the scaled guy first. Fortunately this one mostly tanked Lee's hits, although the parries were nimble and at no point Lee actually touched his armor.
If they were one on one, the situation might've been different, and realizing this Lee changed his tactics again.
Technically he still faced the scaled guy, but mostly went back in the defensive mode. He couldn't effectively attack the opponents while they landed a hit only now and then. The few pokes and smacks that went through, apart from making him slightly dizzy, didn't directly hurt – having the armor actually worked in his favor.
To the bystanders it looked like Lee gave up on winning by overpowering the opponents, and tried to wear the two down. Of course, it was obvious he was spending much more energy, in addition to occasionally getting hit.
It was only a matter of time until he fell, but his choice got a barely visible nod of approval from the cyclops.
Butalax was slightly upset since his guy was starting to loose, but as the reality check hit in, even he understood that the fight couldn't go any other way.