The hooded man said nothing, only raised his right hand, and Isaac watched as the shadows around him condensed and came together to what appeared to be a sword. The man, then spoke in a voice that sounded like it was coming from somewhere on the other side of a void. He said,

“Fight me.”

With those words, Isaac felt the warmth of his blade on his back again, though curious, Isaac was itching to break these guys’ spines and get out of here. He put himself in his readied position, and drew his fullblade.

“Your move.”

The two men then charged at one another, Isaac crying out with a battle cry of fury. Isaac struck first, trying his usual underhand uppercut. It didn’t work. The man in the black gear merely blocked it with his sword of shadows. Isaac struck again, this time with an overhead diagonal slash with the full force of his blade. The black garbed man simply sidestepped, and parried with a blow Isaac couldn’t block, due to his massive fullblade’s momentum.