"Never... SEEN IT" The second part of the sentence was more because he was trying to parry the swings and barely keeping up. If Halfborn or Mallory were here, they would have totally been making fun of him for not being better at this. TJ would cheer him on regardless because TJ wasn't a jerk.
Magnus silently cursed Jack for refusing to help and got what he was pretty sure was the middle finger in return even though swords didn't have fingers at all. The third swing caught him in the arm, slicing downward. He had stupidly brought up his other hand to block like he had a shield in it - damn training with a shield. You very little actually had a shield on you in the middle of chaos with giants.
He could almost feel the water at his back, though he wasn't quite there yet. While he might be connected to Njord, water wasn't his element. It wasn't even summer yet. He also had no urge to be sliced again.
Magnus decided he needed to go on the offense or else he was going to get wet and his ass handed to him so he swung his sword at Percy in an upward manner and followed it up with a kick hoping the odds that one of the two moves would actually hit the angry teen in front of him.