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"Pfft—!"
Hughes and Hughes, who had slammed heavily into the wall, both spat out mouthfuls of blood. Their bodies slid limply down the wall before collapsing onto the ground, unable to get back up.
"Hughes!"
"Hughes!"
Watching Hughes and Hughes, fellow captains of the Magic Combat Unit, fall in an instant, Erza and Lili both shuddered inwardly.
"Is that all it took?"
Noah turned around and cast his gaze toward Erza and Lili, whose expressions had suddenly changed, speaking calmly.
"Looks like these two so-called Magic Combat Unit captains are different from you."
That much could be seen from the Magic Weapons Hughes and Hughes had used.
The Command Wand Hughes used seemed capable of granting simple life to inanimate objects and controlling them.
The Rose Sword used by Hughes could soften anything it touched. It was likewise magic that could only affect nonliving matter.
Both of their magic relied on manipulating existing objects. Other than their magic, they themselves had nothing particularly outstanding about them.
In other words, Hughes and Hughes had only been fighting through the power of their Magic Weapons.
Unlike Erza, whose Ten Commandments Lance possessed ten forms and ten effects, each one could only display its power under Erza's control.
Lili's Mother of Destruction was even simpler. It was merely a Magic Weapon that could freely alter its size.
The magic and weapons the two used were both suited for close combat.
Without a certain level of combat ability, how could they possibly use such Magic Weapons?
In contrast, the Magic Weapons of Hughes and Hughes relied only on pure magical effects.
They relied