Manuel was astonished!
'How did he manage to hit me through the barrier of lightning?!?'
His martial art focused on defense, logically speaking, it had to match Noah's attacks.
However, Noah still successfully hit him.
He didn't know that after his second time witnessing that technique, Noah could clearly see through its weak spots.
'Being a rank 2 mage is wonderful. The speed of my thoughts increased drastically and I can notice details that I was completely ignorant about!'
He felt that he could see through everything!
Some merit must be addressed to his battle experience though, seeing a weakness and exploiting it were two different things after all.
"Do you surrender or you want to see if my "Breath" will last till I hit your throat?"
Noah mocked him with his own words.
He was holding back, not using any of his new spells.