A dance in the dark and a flash of a blade
'It's a katakan' he thought. (Katakan's have the appearance of enormous bipedal bats with half-foot long talons. They are also Faster stronger and smarter than ekimmara, plus they have the ability to turn invisible). This one was smart. it was circling the witcher in the dark, and even with his super human sense's he couldn't track its movement. He couldn't attack it because he couldn't see or hear it, and he couldn't wait for it to attack because the strike could come from any direction at any moment and he wouldn't be ready to counter it. He had to think.
And then it came to him.
He quickly drew the sign of yrden (the magical sign of containment slow's and traps all foe's who pass through it) on the ground at his feet and readied himself.
He didn't have to wait long.
He heard a rock shift behind him and he ducked, low and fast, he then rolled to safety. Just in time as well, a moment later and he wold have fallen prey to the katakan's powerful vertical swing.
The swing brought the katakan straight into the yrden trap, it became almost completely immobilized. But the witcher could tell it was fighting the control of the sign and would soon brake free.
He moved fast. Dealing one horizontal slash to the creature's gut with the tip of his sword, and another slash to its outer thigh with the mid-section of his blade.
The monster shrieked in pain. and, before the witcher could strike another blow. The monster broke free of the sign, and tried to retaliate with a broad swing of the talons. But the witcher was to fast, he dogged away backwards, and, in counter attack, threw a handful of powdered dimeritium silvers (dimeritium blocks magic of all kinds including monsters magical ability's as well as causing horrible pain) at the monster causing it to recoil in pain.
Now that the monster could no longer turn invisible the odds were all most even. But witcher's were never ones for even odds or fair play. While the monster was clawing at itself trying to get rid of the dimeritium, the witcher drew another potion from its strap and drank it in one draw (this potion is thunderbolt it gives witcher's enhanced reflexes).
The witcher could tell the monster was hurting bad. Between the laceration wound's and the dimeritium the monster was in terrible pain. Soon it would be time to strike the killing blow.
As if It could sense his thoughts, the monster lunged into a frenzied series of blows. The witcher managed to evade and parry most of the strikes, but one managed to slip through his guard and It slashed him across the top of his forearm, he grunted in pain. Thanks to his leather vambrace the slash was shallow, but he'd still have to stop the bleeding.
The witcher knew he'd have to end this fight soon. For when it came down to a battle of endurance the katakan would win.
The witcher got into a light stance and looked the monster straight in the eye's.
The monster saw the challenge in the witcher's eye's, and took it. Charging the witcher with a powerful downwards strike.
"Bad move" The witcher said in a grim tone.
The monster seemed to realize its mistake a moment to late. The witcher was anticipating the strike and dodged left, while doing so he brought his sword upward's. The monsters arm and the witcher's blade met.
A moment later the monster was on the floor writhing in pain. It's amputated forearm siting motionless a few feet away.
Slowly the monster began to still as it bled out. The witcher stepped over to the monster. Panting and tired, he razed his blade above the monsters chest and looked it in the eye's.
It was looking straight back.
He bowed his head to the monster once in recognition...
And drove the sword through its heart.
