Rocky knew he could not beat Blackbeard in a fair fight.
Blackbeard was a far superior swordsman, and there was no way that Rocky could win by actively taking him on.
Rocky understood that to beat Blackbeard his only hope was to think outside the box and come up with a creative solution to win the fight. As only by using the external environment around him could he hope to defeat Blackbeard.
Looking around, his eyes landed on the ship's mast, towering above the deck, as an idea began to form in his head.
While Blackbeard menacingly walked towards him, a predatory glint in his eyes, Rocky quickly thought of a plan to hopefully win this fight as he created a sequence of events in his head that if executed perfectly could help him achieve one moment of opening up Blackbeard's defenses.
Looking at the mast, Rocky thought of a plan where he could use the ship's massive and heavy mast to his advantage.
