"It was more magical enhancement but last time I timed it, it took about ten minutes to explain in a satisfactory manner," Nida shrugged, but he's actually smirking a bit at that comment.

Not that he found Malik completely right about his conclusions.

"Speed I have, precision I'm trained in, but those aren't always enough when you're dealing with a dragon. Thick scales, twenty feet tall, and more than smart enough to keep the fragile bits away from the pointy end of the stick."

Thus the strength was needed to cut through where stabbing didn't work. Even then you had to go for certain areas to take advantage of weaker areas of scales.