“Ah…?”
Isaac let out a foolish sound, when the very next moment, Yuugo was right in front of him.
There was supposed to be a good deal of space between them, but it vanished in a second, leaving Isaac bewildered by Yuugo’s speed. He tried to intercept him, but Yuugo’s right fist caught his chest first, throwing him back.
“Gaha!! Y-youuuuu!!”
Isaac’s anger boiled, as the exaltation and excitement of getting the power of the magic swords was being spoiled, and he let it drive him as he swung his twin swords.
Dark red magic energy slashes were fired one after the other at a speed too fast for the eye to see, but Yuugo dodged it all with minimal movements while approaching Isaac again.
“Wha…!? H-how… Gafuh!!”
Isaac saw a dancing flame approach him, and as he stood surprised by how easily Yuugo was dealing with his high speed, his surprise turned to fear.
He was shaken by the explosive offensive power he was so proud of being outdone, as Yuugo approached him while leaving flames with each footstep, and swung his fist. Isaac was thrown against a wall, and let out a pained groan.
His breathing was erratic, as he looked up at Yuugo with a mixture of anger and fear, and yelled.
“What!? What was that!?”
“Ah, An. What is this Blaster…!?”
Phi was also surprised by the change in shape and the mysterious power being unleashed by Blaster that turned this situation around, and he asked An about it.
Angel answered with a heavy tone, as she watched Yuugo press upon Isaac, but still had a grave expression on her face.
“…That’s a still unfinished function, so it doesn’t have a name yet. We’ve been tentatively calling it flaming armor. Do you see the magic crystal in its chest?”
“Y-yes. It’s the fire crystal he got from Skull, right?”
Said Phi with a nod.
The magic crystal appeared to be flaming, with its red and orange glow. Angel watched the flames coming out of the neck area and the crimson lines that seemed to be supplying magic energy to the limbs, and continued.
“That’s basically a heart. Hearts are the driving force of people’s blood circulation, and that crystal is similar to that, making magic energy flow in Blaster and Yuugo’s body. The hot magic energy boosts Yuugo’s heart and lungs, and his muscles, and supplies flaming magic energy to the crystals in Blaster’s limbs. This dramatically increases synergy.”
“Wow…! Then that mobility is the power of the flaming armor!”
“That Yuugo can be mean too. Why didn’t he bring out that trump card from the start?”
“…He didn’t intend to use it. I didn’t want him to use it either. It’s… Too dangerous.”
“Eh…!? W-what do you mean?”
Yuugo’s friends were impressed by Yuugo’s new power, as they watched Isaac struggle with him despite unleashing the power of the magic swords, but their expressions changed as Angel continued.
This flaming armor had the power to outdo even magic swords that twisted people’s hearts, but Angel’s expression turned even more pained as she spoke about its downsides.
“I told you it’s unfinished… The moment that form is activated, the fire magic crystal continuously intensifies that power. The more time passes, the higher the performance of the flaming armor, but… Continuing to go higher puts an abnormally high pressure on both Yuugo and Blaster.
Yuugo is basically fighting with the sun on his back, and when he can’t handle the heat anymore… His body will begin to break.”
“No way…! Then those five minutes he said before were…!?”
“The flaming armor’s time limit. But that’s the very limit. It’s not like he’ll be fine if he can finish it within five minutes. His body takes a lot of damage the moment he activates that power.”
“…So Mister Isaac is currently an opponent Mister Yuugo cannot beat without forbidden power that sacrifices his well-being?”
Yuugo knew he could not beat Isaac without activating the double-edged sword that was the flaming armor. Claire thought that was why he unleashed that power that also put a strain on him… But Phi disagreed.
“No… That’s not it. He didn’t activate that armor to save himself, he did it to save Isaac.”
“Eh…?”
Claire was surprised, but Melt agreed.
“You saw it, right? Isaac’s body is under a lot of pressure after receiving the power of the magic swords. He’s even bleeding from his nose and eyes. If that continues, his life could be in danger. Yuugo is risking himself by using that armor to put a stop to it as soon as possible.”
“No way…!? Why would he go that far…!?”
“Isn’t it obvious… Because there’s a person in need in front of him, and he has to save him as a hero. It might not seem like much, but to Yuugo, that’s all he needs to risk his life.”
After hearing Melt, Claire once again watched Yuugo’s fight with Isaac.
He accepted the request of his former fiancee, who abandoned him and ran to another boy, simply because he wanted to help someone in trouble. This realization hit her again, and she put her hands together with tears welling in her eyes.
“Mister Yuugo… Please be safe…!!”
It was because of her that he was throwing himself into such a dangerous fight.
She cursed her powerlessness, as all she could do was pray for him, and as she watched with the others, Yuugo attacked Isaac again.
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