It was a weird feeling for Cohnal to see a younger and weaker warrior charging toward him. Usually, he would do that and make the enemies run away with his pressure. Losing a strength of contest was something that hadn't been experienced in fifteen years… and yet, the more diminutive warrior was slowly but surely forcing him to retreat.
It didn't take long for him to understand how. In the same way, he didn't want to give Zaos time to use magic. He was attacking fast enough and not letting Cohnal building momentum for his attacks. After all, he was big and fast, but he needed some preparation to do that.