[While that first blow did hurt, Dante was simply too used to being hit hard to stop after one hit. Some of the harder subsequent blows may have made him briefly clench his teeth, but he wasn't stopping until he fell over. He's fought enough opponents like this- graceful and with decades on them. Men of their craft. Unfortunately for Dante, this one was willing to fight dirty.
He continues trying to take aggressive strikes, trying to take advantage of how light his sparring sword was. With the way Anton was blocking those attacks, his best bet was going to be to wear him down until he slows down. He's used to dealing with dirty tactics, but it's the sudden change of style that catches Dante off guard- it was a technique he only recently figured out himself, and he was thus hasn't seen it properly countered yet.]
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He continues trying to take aggressive strikes, trying to take advantage of how light his sparring sword was. With the way Anton was blocking those attacks, his best bet was going to be to wear him down until he slows down. He's used to dealing with dirty tactics, but it's the sudden change of style that catches Dante off guard- it was a technique he only recently figured out himself, and he was thus hasn't seen it properly countered yet.]