Locked in Combat
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You start to use your weapon, but your foe strikes first. You feel a jarring thud at the spot where the side of your neck meets your shoulder. The blow brings you to your knees. Everything swims in front of you for a second, and then another blow hits you, and another. You collapse to the ground, barely conscious.
The hooded man stands over you for a second and then delivers one last ferocious kick. You writhe on the ground, and everything dissolves into pain ...