Cid - Peak Nerves

“That would be annoying. How good are you with a sword?”

“I can muddle through.”

“Sounds like it’d be easier if I just took it.”

Violet returns my sword, and I slash at a nearby soldier.

I cut him in half with a single strike, but more and more of them keep getting up and surrounding us. I quickly give up on eradicating them and instead choose to charge forward and break their ranks.

Violet stomps one of the downed zombies beneath her heel.

“Looks like you’re struggling without magic,” I comment.

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I swing my sword in a wide sweep and slice apart an onrushing zombie.

“I’ve been able to use magic since I was a baby, so I restructured myself as I grew. My body is the optimal shape for combat. My muscles, my nerves, my bones… I used magic to manipulate them all into their best shapes.”

I take out three in one swing, then, with a kick, blast away another attacking me from the side.

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Volume 2, Chapter 2