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It did indeed not go as planned. Jean had hoped that she wouldn't notice. He was wrong, which would not please his master at the moment. Nevertheless, he would continue fighting.

When Javelin would thrust the broken blade, it would give Jean the chance to react. She had given him the proper force needed. He would pull his right hand back, and hard. With the daggertail wrapped around the busted sword, and the combination of his force as well as his opponent's, he would proceed to rip the blade out of her hand and would toss it far back with the daggertail. Once it would land, a lava geyser would spew out below it, disentigrating it in the heat...

With the blade gone, Javelin would only be left with one blade. With this, Jean would slash the daggertail at her vertically down her body, from head to toe. Even though she was standing on a platform, this would not be a problem. As Jean would stand in at around 7 feet, and the daggertail itself being quite a few feet long, it would easily be possible. Javelin could defend from it the way she did the other slash, but she probably did not want to risk her other blade being lost in the process, leaving her defenseless save for her earth manipulation, which could easily be countered.

"Hmmph..."

So, she would break free. No matter to Jean. A second blade would not do much against him. In fact, this could indeed give him a chance to disable her once and for all. However, it would take a little time in order to do so. First thing would be to distract her, and then conjure the flesh...well, he should correct that. No conjuring would have to be done whatsoever.

As she stepped down and took a stance, a glowing ball would appear by his free hand. It would be unclear about what it would be immediately for. She'd have to find out on her own, as he took his own stance, waiting to counter whatever she had for him...

"If one can find a way to not take a hit..."

The ball, now much larger, would let forth itself as what appeared to be a beam of light, straight towards Javelin. However, it was not light, but concentrated fire, as it was not straight. The area around the beam would be exposed to a massive amount of heat. Jean himself would get scalded as well, but nothing too severe.

"then there is no reason to take one."

"Grrr...I came here to fight, not to chat. If you wish to fight, then make your move. Your talk will do nothing more." He would pull back his right hand, as if to get the daggertail ready to strike..

Jean would keep turning his head and, if necessary, his body in order to spy her movement. As she would throw the knife, Jean would squat his entire body down. If he would've merely bent his head down, he would've lost track of her for a bit, as he would end up staring at the ground. By squatting, her position could still be tracked.

As soon as she would come in range of the daggertail, since she'd have to eventually, Jean's right arm would fling forward as he would pivot his body to accel the blade as much as possible. He'd aim for the back; too high to jump, and too low to duck without risking manuverability and potentially giving yourself up for a free hit. If she would manage to block the hit with her blades again, he'd immediately pull back in hopes to get rid of it and burn it up like the rapier. Of course, she may pull back in the end...

Upon popping out of the air, Jean would observe her direction carefully. Once he had a good idea on where she was going, which wouldn't take long at all, he'd swiftly switch the daggertail position to the projected landing spot, and would give a heavy "fling" upwards towards Javelin. His aim? Hit her hard in the front in hopes to do a little damage and knock her down.

Oh, and Jean would move out of the way of course. Didn't wanna get hit by a falling body.