-AAAAHHH!
The infected man unhinged his jaw, letting out a feral shriek, and leaped straight at me with his blood-soaked hands outstretched.
It should have been the perfect jump scare. A point-blank, highly lethal ambush from a fast-moving zombie.
But… well, between my two-second Precognition and the 5 MP worth of Ice Reinforcement actively supercharging my brain, the element of surprise didn't actually exist.
-Whip!
A thick, almost pitch-black root violently erupted from the ground right as the infected man launched himself into the air, locking around his right ankle like a snare, and pulling taut before he could even cross half the distance between us.
-Crash!
The man slammed face-first into the hard-packed earth, his jaw cracking loudly against the stone floor.
But the heavy impact didn't even slow him down. He instantly scrambled to his hands and knees before thrashing wildly like a rabid animal caught in a bear trap.
