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The Dark Knight - Heir to the Demon #18
Much to my surprise, the assailant who I thought I’d dealt with, attempts to attack me whilst I’m momentarily distracted dealing with his colleague. A cunning move. Hardly noble, but most definitely cunning. There’s a reason people say that there’s ‘strength in numbers’. It’s because it’s true. Though I do highly doubt that phrase was coined with the idea being that you’d sacrifice one of your allies for the opportunity to land a fatal blow to your opponent. But yet, it also perfectly describes the doctrine Ra’s enforces amongst all members of the League. Not the strength that comes from others, or the lessons that can be learnt from them. No, the League of Assassins teaches you one thing above all else.
The weak have no place in this world.
They must be purged.
Evidently this assailant now associates his colleague as being a member of that category due to his inability to best me when I had already been disarmed. However, he should not be so quick to cast aside those who unlucky enough to lose to me in combat, especially since he’s about to join that prestigious club.
Unlike most combatants though, he chooses to make no noise as he rapidly charges towards me with his katana at the ready. It’s frankly more thanks to luck that I was able to spot him moving in the corner of my eye before it was too late. Given the small amount of time I have to process his actions and plot a counterattack, it’s a miracle I was able to accomplish anything at all. Six seconds. That was how little time I had to respond.
Instinctively, I lean back and narrowly avoid the katana’s blade. My opponent is not as lucky. With his opportunity wasted, the assailant desperately tries to readjust himself. Only a fool wastes the element of surprise as poorly as he did. Now the advantage is mine, failing to land the critical blow he wanted, the assailant has thrown himself off balance and he’s in no position to defend himself in this moment.
Rather than attempt to extract any information out of him, I instead choose to bring the fight to an end. All members of the League of Assassins are trained to resist all known forms of torture as a precaution as well, so it’s unlikely I’d be able to make him talk without wasting time I don’t have. Instead, I decide to neutralise him by clenching my left hand into a fist and swiftly punching him in his Erector Spinae. The blow causes him to cry out in pain as the impact briefly paralyses his muscle causing him to collapse onto the ground. To the untrained eye, it would appear as though I have some form of super strength with how I was able to neutralise the assailant in one punch, but the reality is, how powerful your blows are is irrelevant. All you need, is to know where to land your blows. As I just demonstrated.
I’m doubtful many people know where and what the Erector Spinae is, nor the best way to momentarily paralyse it. The answer to the second question is that it’s the muscle that holds up your spine and gluteal muscles. Take it out, or momentarily inure it and you won’t be able to stand upright for quite some time, thus why my opponent almost immediately collapsed to the ground following my surgical blow. He won’t have to worry about any serious damage, the muscle will have fully recovered in an hour or two, but it gives me the opportunity to restrain both members of the League.
Given the GCPD’s difficult restraining the Crimson Knight, it’s for the best that both assailants are restrained before they arrive. It’s as I remove two pairs of handcuffs that I see the incapacitated assailant attempting to drag himself across the floor to his katana. He’s persistent, I’ll give him that. Ra’s would be proud.
Unfortunately for him, I’m not Ra’s Al-Ghul.
I grab hold of the back of his robes lifting his torso up off the ground with my left hand, before immediately using my right hand to slam his head against the wall. Aggressive? Absolutely. Fatal? Absolutely not. Though I’d be lying if I said that I would have done the same action if I didn’t know the masks were padded to protect the user’s head from as much damage as possible. However, since I know the masks shield the user from most blows to the head, I end up simply knocking the assailant unconscious as I’d intended.
Two down, at least a hundred more to go.
The Dark Knight - Heir to the Demon #18
Much to my surprise, the assailant who I thought I’d dealt with, attempts to attack me whilst I’m momentarily distracted dealing with his colleague. A cunning move. Hardly noble, but most definitely cunning. There’s a reason people say that there’s ‘strength in numbers’. It’s because it’s true. Though I do highly doubt that phrase was coined with the idea being that you’d sacrifice one of your allies for the opportunity to land a fatal blow to your opponent. But yet, it also perfectly describes the doctrine Ra’s enforces amongst all members of the League. Not the strength that comes from others, or the lessons that can be learnt from them. No, the League of Assassins teaches you one thing above all else.
The weak have no place in this world.
They must be purged.
Evidently this assailant now associates his colleague as being a member of that category due to his inability to best me when I had already been disarmed. However, he should not be so quick to cast aside those who unlucky enough to lose to me in combat, especially since he’s about to join that prestigious club.
Unlike most combatants though, he chooses to make no noise as he rapidly charges towards me with his katana at the ready. It’s frankly more thanks to luck that I was able to spot him moving in the corner of my eye before it was too late. Given the small amount of time I have to process his actions and plot a counterattack, it’s a miracle I was able to accomplish anything at all. Six seconds. That was how little time I had to respond.
Instinctively, I lean back and narrowly avoid the katana’s blade. My opponent is not as lucky. With his opportunity wasted, the assailant desperately tries to readjust himself. Only a fool wastes the element of surprise as poorly as he did. Now the advantage is mine, failing to land the critical blow he wanted, the assailant has thrown himself off balance and he’s in no position to defend himself in this moment.
Rather than attempt to extract any information out of him, I instead choose to bring the fight to an end. All members of the League of Assassins are trained to resist all known forms of torture as a precaution as well, so it’s unlikely I’d be able to make him talk without wasting time I don’t have. Instead, I decide to neutralise him by clenching my left hand into a fist and swiftly punching him in his Erector Spinae. The blow causes him to cry out in pain as the impact briefly paralyses his muscle causing him to collapse onto the ground. To the untrained eye, it would appear as though I have some form of super strength with how I was able to neutralise the assailant in one punch, but the reality is, how powerful your blows are is irrelevant. All you need, is to know where to land your blows. As I just demonstrated.
I’m doubtful many people know where and what the Erector Spinae is, nor the best way to momentarily paralyse it. The answer to the second question is that it’s the muscle that holds up your spine and gluteal muscles. Take it out, or momentarily inure it and you won’t be able to stand upright for quite some time, thus why my opponent almost immediately collapsed to the ground following my surgical blow. He won’t have to worry about any serious damage, the muscle will have fully recovered in an hour or two, but it gives me the opportunity to restrain both members of the League.
Given the GCPD’s difficult restraining the Crimson Knight, it’s for the best that both assailants are restrained before they arrive. It’s as I remove two pairs of handcuffs that I see the incapacitated assailant attempting to drag himself across the floor to his katana. He’s persistent, I’ll give him that. Ra’s would be proud.
Unfortunately for him, I’m not Ra’s Al-Ghul.
I grab hold of the back of his robes lifting his torso up off the ground with my left hand, before immediately using my right hand to slam his head against the wall. Aggressive? Absolutely. Fatal? Absolutely not. Though I’d be lying if I said that I would have done the same action if I didn’t know the masks were padded to protect the user’s head from as much damage as possible. However, since I know the masks shield the user from most blows to the head, I end up simply knocking the assailant unconscious as I’d intended.
Two down, at least a hundred more to go.