“Yuugo! Are you feeling any difficulties with anything besides attacking!?”
“I can move normally!”
“Understood! Then let’s attack with magic instead of just physically! I’ll enchant an element, and you attack!”
Yuugo’s offensive power being down and the enemy being covered in a sturdy armor gave the impression that it would be hard to deal damage… Physically that was.
The armor covering the bull golem was weak to magic. Even if Yuugo was weakened, attacks infused with an element could deliver plenty of pain.
Neries learned how to deal with plenty of opponents when she trained, not just ones with robust bodies.
She thought back without panicking, and calmly cast the element on Yuugo.
“I attached a fire element! You should be able to fight like normal!”
“Ok!! Thanks Neries!!”
Yuugo clenched his fists and glared at the bull golem, after receiving the element he was most familiar with.
He kicked the ground and started running, approaching the monster armor beast in a second before punching it in its abdomen covered with tough rocks.
“Uraaaaah!!”
“Buguh! Bumoh!?”
The bull golem groaned as the fire magic energy and the impact was felt from the stomach to its back.
The fire that hit it with the fist burst from its back, and as it bent over as it staggered, Yuugo delivered a flying knee to its face.
“My Style Special Move ・ Crimson Lotus Roaring Kick!!”
“Bumoooooooh!?”
The bull golem was hit in the face with a flying flaming knee, and was blown back while screaming.
After unleashing that big move, Yuugo’s opponent showed an opening as it got back on its feet, and Yuugo glared at it without any carelessness.
(He’s cool-headed. Clay isn’t going too far forward, and he’s leaving the commands to Seiren.)
Uno watched the fight, and as he watched Yuugo shift his fighting style on the spot to deal elemental damage, he nodded at Neries’ ability to pick that way of fighting.
This opponent was stronger than arachlaw, but Yuugo had the flaming armor. His offensive power was lowered due to the bracelet, but he could get over it if he used that.
The test was about whether Neries could match her opponent and find a way to fight it, and she surpassed Uno’s expectations.
Yuugo also thought this was about Neries and she was the commander, so he followed her instructions without saying anything.
In Uno’s eyes, Neries was living up to Yuugo’s trust, and deciding how to fight without relying on his power too much, so she seemed bigger than usual.
(Did she pick the fire element because Clay uses it? They seem to trust each other more than I thought.)
Neries told Yuugo to fight like he normally did, and Uno smiled a little, understanding why she picked that element.
They did not know each other for long, but understood each other. Seeing them made him think Neries had grown, and made him happy.
They were in the middle of an exam, so he had to judge it strictly… He thought as he hid his smile, and Neries yelled to Yuugo.
“Yuugo! I’m changing the element to wind! It should be effective!!”
“Got it!”
Yuugo dropped his posture as he watched the bull golem yell and run towards him.
He positioned himself like he was going for an iai, focused wind magic energy in his right hand, and swung his arm as himself and the bull golem passed by each other.
“…Blaster Haze Cut!”
“Gubumooh!?”
The hand with buzzing wind hit the stomach guarded by rock, and the raging tempest quickly broke it into sand.
There was a flash as a sharp chop hit the exposed stomach. This time it was a physical attack, not an elemental one, and the damage and pain the bull golem felt was more severe than the flaming fist. It screamed and collapsed.
“Now! Boosting attack!!”
Neries saw a chance to finish off the bull golem after it took big damage, and boosted Yuugo’s offensive power.
Thanks to her, Yuugo got his normal power back, and he released his magic energy to strengthen the wind element.
“Aaaaaaah!!”
Yuugo stood in the center of a raging wind torrent.
It gradually turned into a tornado and lifted the heavy armor, taking it high into the sky.
“Let’s finish it!”
Once Yuugo was high enough, the tornado changed direction.
With the humming tornado behind him, Yuugo set his sights on the bull golem, and used the momentum of the tornado pushing him to descend with a kick.
“Spinning Blasteeeeeer!!”
“Bugoh…!?”
The moment the bull golem looked up, a large hole was opened in its body.
The tornado-clad kick penetrated its body, and as Yuugo landed, the bull golem let out its final sounds as it exploded.
“Ugoooooooooooooo!?”
“Hehe…! If I threw a card here, it would be perfect…!!”
Whispered an amused Yuugo, prompting Neries to tilt her head.
She chalked it up to meaningless muttering, and Uno gave a big nod to how they effortlessly got through the second test.
(She calmly thought about an unforeseen situation, and dealt with the enemy in an effective manner. I can’t discount Clay’s raw power, but Seiren did plenty to support him.)
They were overwhelming opponents like this because Neries picked Yuugo, but the result of the battles would not have changed had she picked someone else.
She saw through the enemy’s weaknesses, picked effective ways to fight and boosted Yuugo’s power at the right time… If she could provide support like that, it was enough.
Uno saw Neries’ power in the fights with arachlaw and a bull golem.
She recovered mentally, and was the same as she was… No, better than before, so he did not have to worry about her.
She seemed to have plenty of friends to support her… He felt she had the young bonds and power of friendship, both reliable and naive, and figured there was no need for more testing, but…?
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