Daria's attack missed.
Not because the girl was slow. She was far faster than Mathew ever expected her to be, especially with how little time she had to get used to this new ability of hers.
Daria's attack missed because the zombie leader somehow could predict that it would come and it implemented proper countermeasures in advance.
'Well, it's better not to waste time right now,' Mathew thought, shaking his head to purify his mind from all the useless thoughts before he charged forward, ready to pit himself against the ultimate enemy of today.
'Will you please... die?' Mathew thought, sending a horizontal slash with his saber while simultaneously creating two mana blades in his spare hand and sneakily sending them in as well.
The zombie leader deflected Mathew's blade with ease, sacrificing its wrist to redirect the strike to his side. Yet, when the two half-circles of Mathew's mana blades finished their long detour, both of them struck the zombie squarely in the back.
