Dorian focused primarily on David, even with Lyannah leaping over his head Dorian didn't slow down; he could handle two adversaries easily with his new A.I. and naturally superior reflexes. Lyannah was like a flea or a mosquito; distracting him from the more significant threat, David Wesker.

With a quick shove, David was down, with Lyannah soaring high over his head thrusting her sword again at Dorian's face. He parried her thrust and threw her over his head behind him and quickly targeted her. Even though Dorian was in the middle of it all; he wasn't concerned.

Lyannah unsheathed her dagger and ran for Dorian, locking her blades with his. She struck at him first with quick swipes and thrusts, but Dorian's enthusiasm hadn't changed, he effortlessly intercepted her strikes with ease like before.

Several clashes later into their feud, it took only a mighty boot to Lyannah's shin to cease her endless fury of attacks. David tried to land a thrust on Dorian, but he just blocked it without a single look and rammed his meaty bumper sword's hilt into his abdomen, crumbling the plate under his chest.

The heft took all the breath out of David and left him gasping for more. As he thought Dorian's focus was back on Lyannah, David turned around and got swatted the side of his head. With a quick tumble, David's heavy body collapsed onto the ground.

Lyannah charged at Dorian while his back was turned, though she lost the element of surprise as he stared her dead in the eyes. Lyannah dropped, sliding on the dry ground, between Dorian's legs.

Dorian turned quickly to see Lyannah already leaping at him with her two blades, gouging them right into his chest, piercing through the metal plating. Both dagger and sword was skewered into his chest, and she clutched onto him, using her blades as leverage.

An unusual method, Dorian believed. Lyannah wrapped her legs around Dorian's back and fixed herself into place. She dug her dagger into his left shoulder and left it buried into his helmet; she pummelled the rest of his face with her free hand.

She was far too close to use his bumper sword on; he had to get rid of her quickly. Lyannah removed her dagger and aimed it at Dorian's forehead, managing to penetrate his metal helmet. He didn't care. He firmly grasped her fist, and with a twitch, he snapped it at the wrist.

She yelped and cried in the horrible gritty pain she was hoping to forget. With her still crying on and on, Dorian unravelled her right leg from him and threw her away at David.

David caught Lyannah as he got back up on his feet, she grimaced in his arms from the pain. Anything and everything she deals with Dorian always leaves her battered and broken, with him feeling in tip-top shape. The only person that has any insight would be David; he didn't look like he could do any better than she did.

"This guy's a lunatic!"

David sighed. "Where have I heard that before?"

Lyannah pressed on her stomach. "This fuckin' hurts! How do we kill this guy already?"

"Do you trust me, Lyannah?"

"Yes… David."

David took out his combat knife and ran it down his cheek. "You know what to do."

Lyannah nodded in confirmation.

David stood up and helped Lyannah up on her feet; he went the extra mile and gave her a boost. She felt strong enough to use her ring to shoot shadowy shards at Dorian as hard as she could.

As expected, Dorian shielded his face with his bumper sword, the shadows struck but didn't pierce. The very second Lyannah's shards skimmed through the air David reached for a compartment in his thigh and pulled out a light blue grenade and threw it at Dorian.

The grenade exploded in a flash as bright as the sun, right in Dorian's face. He got the full blast and staggered, finally catching him off guard. He appeared to be blind as a bat but stood calmly, awaiting any further advances from David or Lyannah. He expected their assaults.

David rushed at Dorian and threw the most energetic punch he could at his face. At the point of contact, he was surprised to find that Dorian anticipated his actions and swerved his body out of harm's way.

"Still working on that."

David threw another punch at Dorian; he was able to slide David's clenched fist away and leaving him to trail off. Dorian kicked David's rear end, and he staggered. Suddenly, from behind Dorian, Lyannah clutched his waist and threw his mass over her head into a suplex. As he was about to get up on his feet, Lyannah followed up with a kick that landed right where his nose should be, laying him flat out on the ground below the cliffside.

Dorian's movements gradually slowed down, as Dorian sluggishly rose to his feet. Lining him up and knocking him down was working. Dorian removed his metal helmet, showing his full face, looking almost like David only ten or so years older and with robotics replacing half his head. His red eyes glimmered.

"I should have killed you centuries ago... David."

David shrugged. "We both should be dead, yet, we're still here."

"You were lucky to be born outside of my knowledge." Dorian cackled. "If I knew you were gonna be this much trouble, I would've aimed my bitter hatred at your parents a lot sooner."

Lyannah backed away from Dorian; he was even meaner than she had envisioned but also less intimidating. She had to hold David back before acting on pure rage due to the nasty tease Dorian was throwing his way.

"Do you fear nothing, Lanius?" Lyannah asked.

"Nothing within your power, Dragonborn, that's for damn certain."

David gripped Sally with both hands, ready to face off whatever Dorian has in mind. Dorian started walking to the pair, but they both saw his face twitch and his hand move to his stomach. His fingers dipped into his armour, bringing out a syringe housing a colourless liquid.

A quick shot to the neck and Dorian relaxes with a sudden rush like it was adrenaline or some booster. David took some time to look around for anything that could prove useful; he noticed Red Hare near Dorian's tent. Even if it was empty, it could be handy as a club; it had weight and provided some damage potential.

Without a pause, Dorian leapt into the air and landed dead between the pair; the shockwave sent David towards the crashed tent and Lyannah tipping over near the ledge. Dorian continued his assault on David with his bumper sword against Sally, leaving Lyannah feeling weaker by the second.

The dirty stairs below was around a ten-metre drop, could easily break some bones with her body being so weak. She couldn't stop Dorian, she just never faced such an opponent before, hell even the dragons from her world were never this persistent or this formidable.

David knew his way around this brute; she didn't. She never felt so inferior up until now, but she couldn't let David die. Lyannah ripped her dagger from Dorian's helmet and sent forth a battle cry, latching herself onto Dorian's back again. Dorian didn't seem to care, so she went away and plunged her dagger several times at his head, all over where his brain should be.

Every stab appeared to whittle her dagger away, blunting it. The durability of the left portion of his head was nothing short of phenomenal compared to his armour. Robotic. The organic half wasn't any weaker despite not being cold, hard steel.

With a solid backhand to the face, David was thrown off his feet far towards the rocky side, under the even higher high ground. They were going around in circles, like a predator with prey. Dorian took this moment to pause and to deal with David's little sidekick, leaving his bumper sword in the ground.

Dorian clutched Lyannah's shoulders and heaved her body at the same wall David impacted, only further away to the left side - the tent scattered around her. David's power armour plating was giving away and coming apart from the constant torment, and Lyannah laid on the ground surrounded in broken scraps.

Dorian smiled. "Poor performance, indeed."