Cid - Skill Issue

“Here’s a fact you can take with you to the grave: My power level’s four thousand three hundred.”

And in one fluid motion, Goldy closes the distance between them and strikes.

“Demonic Golden Dragon! Fatality Strike!!”

The wave of golden magic seems to take the form of a golden dragon, devouring Mundane whole.

Or at least, it’s supposed to.

Suddenly, an achoo! rings out, and the dragon vanishes.

“Blargh!!”

And as it does, Goldy gets sent spinning through the air.

The crowd stops murmuring.

Instead, they gape, dumbfounded, as Goldy crashes to the ground and stops moving.

“Th-the winner is Mundane Mann!!”

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“So what’d Mundane do at the end there?”

Annerose crosses her arms, sighing. “If I’m not mistaken…he sneezed.”

“What?”

“The Golden Dragon must not have been too bright. When he sneezed, he brought his sword down, and Goldy ran right into it.”

“No, that doesn’t make any sense. You’re saying a sneeze beat a dragon?”

“It certainly seems that way. Goldy said Mundane missed a golden opportunity, but maybe Mundane didn’t see it as one. He could have taken Goldy down whenever he wanted. In other words, he didn’t need to seize every opening… Or maybe to Mundane, Goldy was never not defenseless…?”

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Volume 2, Chapter 5