Even though Takashi was pretty good with his dual knives, he was still an archer. And maybe skipping the battle classes had been a bad idea afterall. If he had been to the classes then he would have known that retreating and hiding in the trees to ambush the enemies had been a better strategy than to keep standing there to fight. When comparing a sword with a knife then usually the sword wins. Especially when being surrounded by people using swords. Takashi was very agile and thus could evade being struck for quite some time, while dealing non-lethal strikes back here and there. He still breathed a sigh of relief when Willow came by for a moment. He had wanted to go with her, but he couldn't escape from the fight at that moment. The course of action he had choosen had been stupid. He was outnumbered, the enemy had better hand to hand combat weapons and skills, there was no way he could possible win. His inherent ability to calm people around him down, was also more of a disadvantage. This was because a fighter needed to calm his mind down even in the heat of the fight to make the right decisions. Whether it was luck or just pity, at some point the enemies around him got bored of trying to fight him head on. One of them got behind him and struck him with the back of his blade, knocking Takashi unconscious. That he subsequently didn't get trappled to death must be pure luck though.