Benevolent Monk
T
he air was still as Jake closely observed the monk. His opponent had yet to even take a stance, simply standing in a relaxed pose with his palms held against each other. Yet even so, Jake hesitated to attack.
No openings.
It didn’t matter what Jake thought up. No matter what, his intuition told him whatever he did had a low chance of not ending with him getting a punch to the face. Jake considered dragging out the time and whether that would be good or bad for him, but considering the nature of the monk, it wouldn’t surprise Jake if the guy was happy with a tie where no violence occurred.
Not feeling like he had much of a choice, Jake stopped delaying and moved in. Arcane energy entered his legs as he went for a low-committal low kick to start with. He did so with th
