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2024-10-29 19:42:56The weight on his back wasn't heavy, but it hit hard. Shinra was flattened to the alley floor before he knew what happened.
'What? I thought we killed all the assassins.' He didn't know who attacked, but it was an entire guild of assassins, maybe they already found out about the massacre. Shinra wasn't at his best right now, it had been a long day of fighting and he was spent. He didn't think about that though.
He pulled his knee up under his chest, then explosively tried to stand. It turned into more of a roll, as the attacker held onto his shoulders, so he twisted his torso and launched a spinning elbow strike as he fell over onto his side.
Shinra wasn't an expert at fighting mages yet, but this was the first one he'd hit that felt like a brick wall… 'Shit, did I break my elbow?' he thought as he continued the roll. He doubted how effective the attack was, but the hit and the roll were enough to dislodge the person from his back,
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