The rat king had been lenient enough to wait until Zach got back on his feet before attacking again, but that was all the grace he would give Zach before attacking again. He thrust at Zach's leg this time.
Zach stepped to the side, and when the rat king redirected his spear, Zach's sword came down to meet it.
It wasn't a perfect block. Far from it. Zach wasn't even sure if he could call it that since he had just struck the spear's shaft with his sword before the spear could hit his thigh, hoping he would be strong enough to block it.
Fortunately, Zach's strike and the barrier around in front of his thigh were enough together.
Zach didn't bother trying to shove away the spear and destabilize the rat king or make him lose his grip on his weapon. He let the rat king pull back his spear again without stopping him. He did, however, take a step forward. He had to make up for the distance he lost when getting knocked back, after all.
