283 Bloodless skirmish

The leader of the other party took a step forward and raised his axe. Mathew rushed forward… and reached the man before he could even prepare himself to attack.

'They seem surprised,' Mathew leisurely took note of the changing faces of the rest of the people within the other team. He then held himself back from yawning before swinging his saber and striking the man's waist with the side of his weapon.

He had no reason to kill the man nor any wish to do so. All he wanted was to discipline him and show the difference in their power.

And yet, Mathew was still not used to his newfound strength. The zombies they encountered in the mall were too damn weak to serve as proper training dummies for him, too slow to make him realize the new limits of his body.

The man raised his axe… only to drop it when he suddenly bent in half and was sent flying several feet back.

He never managed to fully raise his weapon before the fight reached its conclusion.