Cocytus - Speed

Zaryusu’s full-speed sprint, with no thought for defense, was hopelessly slow from Cocytus’s point of view.

In the white haze, the black figure of Zaryusu came dimly into view. Cocytus reached out and deftly grabbed Frost Pain’s blade, just like before.

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AS LONG AS I’M HOLDING HIS ONLY WEAPON, ZARYUSU IS NO ENEMY. ALL THAT CHANGES IS THE ORDER IN WHICH I’LL KILL THEM, thought Cocytus, and he swung his sword.

One blow.

He sliced Shasuryu, great sword and all, right in half. Before his corpse even hit the marsh, he’d brought his katana back around to cut down Zaryusu and-

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Volume 4, Chapter 5.2