C4Wielding the golden sword

(NICTAS POV)

I ask Ciora if I could have her sword, it's not like she'll be needing it soon, we're running away now. She hands it to me and I tell her to go ahead, that I'll stop them and give the others a chance to get to the maiden, it's almost full night now and if I know the rising sun scripture right that beacon will hurt her badly. I slide back into battle, dodging under the wolf beast... why the fuck is there a wolf beasts in the desert? What god is laughing at me right now? I shake my head and settle in, the wolf falls and doesn't get up Celeste never ended our conversation, I can feel anger, but suddenly it turns into surprise, I cut two more open and kick off the ground, a beast, it looks like a lion but the mane is marred badly, tries to bite me but I kick the falling bodies of its comrades and twist, slicing open its stomach, my back hits the ground and I slide under another lion-like beast, slicing open it's belly, I'm in much more danger than anyone else realizes, but my hearts beating too strongly, the pounding in my ears makes me feel alive, my sword gets eaten by a beast and I relish the feel of pulling it back "what are you doing?" Dammit! I lunges backwards and take a second to cover my side, that burns a lot, the claws might be poisoned, speaking of poison, why haven't I seen a snake? I shake my head and get back into the feeling of the fight, soon I'm the one in last place, and quickly I get surrounded, that just makes my heart beat even louder. I can't hear the howls of my enemies, the scent of blood fills my nose, my eyes are glued to those near enough to strike me. And my arms are just waiting to end somethings lease on life my arm stopped bleeding at some point, a gift from my sperm donor one of the only things I was given by him, advanced regeneration. It only works when I've been wounded, and it draws on my own stamina and energy to heal which means if I take too many hits I'll go down even if I heal "I'm showing off, if I kill every beast here, including those in that horde, you'll have to take me as your student, then I can start on my path." She feels confused but doesn't say anything after that, every once in a while she says something to the city master but that it, meanwhile I draw a dream of blood and death across the field, using the bodies of the living and dead I'm able to keep the beasts at heel, and can even get the advantage most times, but I'm not just running around and hiding, every ounce of my battle instinct if focused around me and trying to protect me from any attacks, I've staged them all off so far but this sword is starting to wear down, I can't kill as easily as I could earlier. The weakness of my sword art is precisely that, while I do t use a lot of force the sword takes a lot of damage if I do t hit just right, and since I'm still a long way from completing this art I'm nowhere close to seamless killing yet. If the sword were stronger, or the beasts weren't so damn built it would be easier, if this were humans... assuming I were to go against zombies it would be a lot easier to fight "hey, you don't have to kill everything, you've proven yourself." Get voice cools my raging heart, and this time I rush to capture the feeling, if it hadn't surprised me the first two times I'd have caught it before now, but the only thing I caught either time was a wound. This time I use the feeling to put my roiling blood to rest, cooling my body, it doesn't work very well, but I'm surprised it does work "hey, keep talking to me, its helping." She obliges and tells me about her thoughts the first time she saw me, saying that the first time I fought she had her eyes on me, after that I just made her more interested. I keep the enemy at bay with the sword and focus on the head and neck, since they're rushing me head on I don't have to struggle to hit my mark, but my vision is covered by blood, fur, and scales. "You've made your point, I don't think even Ren could have a reason to complain, though I do have to question how you got into his city without alerting the guards or sentinels?" I don't understand her question so I focus on trying to get out "if I had a new weapon it would be easier this ones gone dull and I can't kill the beasts by slicing their necks anymore." I hear a chuckle and a sword slams down in front of me, it's golden, and when I touch it I feel the strength of a sun in my hands, it's a gentle heat, but blazing nonetheless. "My personal weapon, I forged it in the hottest volcano on this planet, but even that is only a tithe on the full power of a sun. It serves to hold back my... fiery nature." I do t think it helps much, but as she starts speaking to the city master I don't say anything, when I cut a beast with this sword the fire enters their veins and burns them from the inside out, screams start and die quickly all around me, and slowly I submerge in the moment of battle.