The forest was a living blur of emerald and shadow as Nico tore through the undergrowth at speeds that would've shattered his bones if not for Ice Reinforcement.
His Ice Reinforcement hummed through every fiber of his being, turning his body into something beyond human, and the sheer joy of it threatened to split his face in half as he vaulted over a moss-covered log without breaking stride.
This was it, the moment every isekai protagonist got to experience, the pure, unfiltered rush of discovering superhuman power and cutting loose with it in the world.
"HECK YEAH!" Nico roared into the rushing wind, though the next three steps after the shout were clumsy enough that he nearly ate dirt when his reinforced boot caught a root.
But his enhanced cognition fired a correction, and his body twisted mid-stride while his ice-plated leg pivoted with inhuman precision without breaking momentum.
