Dialogue and writing critique needed for my first novel

Some context: this is an example of dialogue from my novel, it's high fantasy, this is just a small dialogue snippet between two characters - both are main, one is a male protagonist and the other is a female antagonist. <br><br>Sometimes I feel like I'm a little too on the nose with my writing in general, so I'd love for you to critique anything you find jarring or anything that could be better! <br><br>Here is the example:<br><br>####<br>Renn ducked past her guard and clutched at her throat.<br><br>“Do you have any idea how *hard* it was to convince my father to let me go on this expedition instead of him? And yet you insist on making me *look bad*? By pitting yourself against me, you have ensured your own death, and you bring shame on all the good men in your army by making them look weaker by association.” She snarled, and then she raised her hands and the two crossbow bolts that had been stuck in either side of Renn’s shoulders disappeared. Blood still ran from the holes, and Renn groaned as he rolled onto his front and began to slowly push himself up.<br><br>“Kill me if you want, but I won’t let you say things that aren’t true.” He said, wincing as he stood up. “You’re not pretty, and you’re not even a decent fighter. You’re an abomination.” He spat at her feet.<br><br>“You’re *brave* I’ll give you that, but you are *stupid.* Do you have any idea what I am? Do you know what my kin do to humans? I think you do, or you wouldn’t have come after me alone.” She drew her sword, and the blade glowed with a soft blue light.<br><br>“I know that I have to protect the things I love, and that it doesn’t matter how strong you are if you’re evil. I’d rather die than let you win, and I don’t care if you torture me. Nothing you do will ever make me say that you’re a good person.” Renn drew Finn and began to circle around her.<br><br>“Oh, *I’m not that kind of monster,* and I’m not evil. I’m just trying to protect my kin, the same as you. But now, you’re just being stubborn. You know you can’t defeat me, and if you keep insisting on trying, I’m going to have to hurt you badly.” She began to circle back.<br><br>“I can defeat you, because I’m not going to fight you. I’m going to execute you.” Renn lunged, and the two blades clashed as Kaida laughed.<br><br>“You *are* braver than I thought. But you’re still going to die.” <br><br>####<br>Thank you! <br><br>I know there's a lot of high fantasy out right now, and I know this isn't the most creative subgenre, but it is what I've been most passionate about for years now, and so I'm trying my best to put a fresh spin on some of the things you've seen before, or to present them in a different way. Any help or critiques or advice are *very* welcome!<br><br>I have a full draft of this novel, about 85,000 words and I'm working on the second draft, but I don't have any beta readers or anything like that, only one or two people who are looking over it for grammar and spelling errors even that I haven't heard back from yet, so any feedback you have would be very helpful!