A rainbow light flicked, and a Blaster-clad Yuugo appeared.
The arachlaw shrunk back from this sight, and Yuugo went straight into the offense… Or he would have normally, but first spoke to Neries.
“So Neries. How do I cook them?”
“Well…”
Yuugo understood this was a test to judge Neries’ decision making and moves, so he left it up to her to decide what he should do.
Neries heard Yuugo’s question, saw the arachlaw wary of what they just saw and not moving, and began to think because she had plenty of time to do so.
What she should prioritize in this situation… First, she asked Yuugo a question.
“Yuugo, do you feel anything abnormal, like not being able to use your strength or your moves being dull?”
“Not really. I feel normal…”
“The weakening didn’t affect your power or agility. Maybe the magic hasn’t worked yet, or your defense went down.”
First she had to check her partner’s condition. She had to know if Yuugo had been debuffed, and formulate a plan from there.
It would be absurd to let the enemies have her full attention and miss changes to her partner… Neries learned from her training to not lose her cool in an actual fight, and her priorities were in order.
She heard Yuugo tell her about his condition, and responded based on that.
Saying what she was thinking and communicating made it easier to formulate a strategy, and she spoke to Yuugo as she held up her staff.
“I’m casting offensive boosting magic! That level of opponent shouldn’t be a match for you!”
“Offense is the best defense! Okay!”
She felt very well how strong Yuugo was during training.
Arachlaw did not stand a chance. Uno understood it as well, and surely summoned them as a preliminary test.
Then rather than waste magic energy, they should get through them with the minimum buff.
After the arachlaw went down, two rounds remained. She should avoid using her full power there.
With that in mind, Yuugo, who agreed with her, moved so as to put down the enemies in one blow and not take damage. He charged into the enemies with her support.
“Blaster Punch!!”
“Gogyah!?”
Yuugo executed a magic energy infused punch into the arachlaw in front of him with no hesitation.
The intense clean hit caught the arachlaw and sent it flying, before it shattered into magic energy particles.
The monster armor beasts were too surprised to move, and Yuugo executed chops and kicks to quickly eliminate them all.
“All right! All good, all good!”
“Ahh…! Arachlaw aren’t even a warm up for Yuugo. He should have at least brought out more.”
The friends watching cheered them on as the arachlaw went down easily.
Uno also watched from the control room as the duo got through the first wave without any issues, and whispered with a nod.
“So that level of opponent really did not put up a fight. Then how about this?”
He gave instructions to summon the next.
After a bit, light gushed out in the training area, and took the form of a monster armor beast.
It was only one, but much larger than an arachlaw. A burly bull monster covered in rock emerged from the light.
“Bumoooooooooooooh!!”
“Bull Golem…! The difficulty went up suddenly!!”
“It looks strong… And it’s big…!!”
“But my big brother won’t lose to that monster armor beast!!”
The next monster armor beast was a mixture of minotaur and golem, a bull golem.
Yuugo fought bull golem before, but their power and defense were astounding.
Still, Yuugo could do it without any problems, they all thought, but the handicap from the bracelet activated.
“Uu? Ooh…!?”
“What’s wrong, Yuugo!?”
“I can’t get power in my body…! Is it the bracelet debuff…?”
He clenched his fists and swung his arms, but could not get much power into them.
Yuugo knew it was because of the weakening effect of the bracelet, and Neries groaned with a chill running down her spine as she looked at Yuugo and the bull golem in turn.
“Yuugo has to fight a bull golem, that excels at power and defense, with his attack power down… That’s pretty nasty.”
The bull golem not only had a sturdy body, but it was covered in rock. And Yuugo would have to face it in his powered down form.
A direct test of power would be to his disadvantage. Even if his attacks hit, it was hard to think they would pierce the tough armor to deal damage to its body.
Neries thought they really took compatibility into consideration to create a tough situation, but it was not as though there was no way out.
She came up with a plan on the spot, and yelled it at Yuugo.
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