I am invading in Upper Sen's Fortress, as I like to do. I spawn near the boss door, and habitually check the condition of the firebomb thrower and the crossbow hollow. Any sign of life from either would clue me in to the position of my target, but they remain still.
What does clue me in is the telltale sign of damage from the stone dropping giant. This is a tricky situation, for I do no always make the jump to the tower, much less the jump to the giant's area. Still, my options are limited. A moment is taken to cast Replenishment before I make the plunge.
I make the landing, and the battle commences.
He wields a uchigatana, a very common weapon. Bleed would have been an issue, but I happen to be clad in pieces of Black Iron, so it's not an issue to me. He also has a Dark Wood Grain Ring, resulting in him flipping harmlessly through my attacks. This game of cat and mouse continues for a moment, him slashing at my shield and I waving my axe harmlessly through his flips. Eventually I manage to strike him once, a strike that liberates him from a good portion of his health. I've invaded quite a bit, so I know what comes next. He attempts to retreat to consume Estus, but I interrupt this maneuver by lobbing a Lloyd's talisman at him, barely catching him in the effect. The future of this battle is obvious-unless he can manage a backstab before I can strike again, he's surely doomed. He must not have thought it was possible, for he leaped down the hole.
I was given only a moment to process this move, to think that if I let him do this then he would surely disappear into the fortress, before I followed suit. I threw out a plunging attack in a slim hope that he had hesitated on the ground. My reward for this precaution was the delightful sound of a successful attack, and the sight of my target, still mid fall, falling to the ground.
Target Destroyed. Returning to your world with newfound Humanity.
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