212 Perfect duo (1/2)

He was happy that now that Claire had her moment he could become the hero of the day as he had this small belief that the best should always come last. This was something he picked up from spending a lot of time reading and watching Japanese shows and comics.

”Watch over me, sensei... I shall make you proud!!” Joseph whispered while raising both of his sliced shields.

Ellie and Claire kept watching with disbelief while the boy continued to savor his moment.

”Hey, Ashley...” Ellie said, ”what exactly is Joseph's affinity...?”

”From what I could gather... His affinity is the exact opposite of my brother's...” Ashley explained.

”What...?? Doesn't that mean that Xadi is the worst person to teach him?”

”Not exactly... They might have different affinities but the basic rules of learning magic should still apply... Evlin taught you magic right, and the two of you don't have the same affinity either...”

”I guess...” Ellie admitted.

”My brother's affinity is distance... His spells are all designed to help him either keep people away from him or they are ways to keep himself away from people...” Ashley continued, ”Joseph's affinity seems to be closeness.”

”... What exactly does that mean...?” Ellie asked, still not fully understanding.

”You know how he doesn't feel really connected to his parents and how he always tries to get all the girls to look at him?” Claire interjected.

”Yeah...?”

”Well... His spells seem to be made to make people get closer to him... To help his desire of being the center of attention...”

”...” Ellie still was confused, ”how does that work with lighting and fire magic?”

”You'll see...” Ashley commented while smirking.

Joseph looked back to stare at West who was still trying to hold up the portal between the two worlds and threw a few kisses towards her which made the young-looking goddess shiver.

”Keep your eyes on me, my love!! I'm about to mesmerize you with my outstanding magic!!!” Joseph shouted.

”Where did you learn to talk like that...?” Xadi wondered while noticing the young mage using words he never used before.

”I spent all night last night looking up on my phone to make me look cool...” the boy whispered.

”Of course you did...” Xadi replied, ”you do have a plan, right?”

”Sure I do!!”

Joseph then released magic energy from his shields and began to charge his fists with electric magic.

”I'm going out there and I'm going to kick some ass!!”

”Oh boy...” the frog plush toy shivered as he wondered if it was a smart choice to stay on top of this kid's head.

”Here comes one!” Xadi alerted.

Joseph turned around and spotted a large bull demon coming right at him with full speed. The boy launched his whips on the bull's horns and began to blast him with an electro-shock.

The beast got burned to death and fell on the ground right as it was about to reach the young man.

”Holy cow, it worked!!” he whispered.

”Wait, what?? What do you mean it worked?? You said you had a plan!!” Xadi complained.

”I- I mean... Aha!! Another one falls before my great mighty!!”

”...”

”Keep your eyes up, sensei!! We're just starting!!” Joseph shouted as he continued to go after more demons and monsters to blast with his lightning magic.

The creatures just kept coming one after another but thanks to Xadi acting like eyes behind his back, Joseph was never caught by surprise no matter where they tried to attack from.

”On your left!!”

”Got it!!”

”Above you!!”

”I see it!!”

”Right behind you!!”

”Right behind me!!”

The toy kept yelling directions and the boy kept following his commands and unleashing his electric whips all over the field. It didn't take long for a pile of fried monsters to start to gather around him.

”Oh, wow, this is actually a breeze...” Joseph commented, surprised with how many monsters he was taking down so fast, ”maybe I'm more badass than I imagined...”

”Incoming!!!” Xadi shouted.

”What!?” Joseph gasped and suddenly got hit on the back by something that moved way too fast for him to see, ”Guaahh!!”

The boy rolled on the ground from the impact and almost ended up being squashed by a huge demon that was about to step on him by accident.

”Oh!! Mamma!!” he yelled while launching a whip to latch onto a nearby demon and propel himself away from the impact.

Once the demon saw that the boy was grabbing onto him, it tried to raise a weapon to pierce him, but the boy reacted in a panic and just unleashed a blast of electricity through his whip to fry the beast.

”Oh, wow... this was close...” he whispered while cleaning the sweat from his forehead.

Ellie just kept looking at him worried if he would be ok and tried to hold herself from going into the field and taking him out of there before things got dangerous.