The burly man who used the shield had no other weapons except for the shield, which he used to block and then slam Stanley with. From time to time, he would also throw the round shield at him, and it would somehow always return back to the man.
Stanley's health was slowly chipped away while the man with the shield barely lost any at all.
By the time Stanley had only half of his health left, the man had lost only a sliver of it. And that was because Stanley managed to dodge one of the slamming attacks and cut at his feet.
The man hadn't given such an opportunity afterward.
Stanley wanted to continue fighting, to win, but as he was right now, it did not work. He needed a new plan, a new angle of attack.
And that was when his blue bar was filled.
Stanley could use that.