Talk:The Golden Shadow Vs. The Exalted Blacksmith/@comment-26595384-20170415015442

Hello, your Jigoku Games judge here. So aside from introductions, there is little content that makes up the actual fight of this match. Perhaps it was due to busy schedules or not a long enough time limit, but there were really only two exchanges here where I could grasp the skill and teamwork abilities between the four mages in the story.

With the first exchange, there was little detail given as to how exactly Zero was able to sense Aurelia's wind blades, aside from what I see as the cop-out "instincts" defense. Amirah had a very well said defense, and countered the arrows and the blades rather effectively, even able to send out a counter spell that had good power and coverage.

But this solo attack by Amirah was rather easily defended by Aurelia, with Zero being rather unsupportive in the attacking side of his partner. Zangetsu's defense was a bit more questionable, as solar energy would probably melt just a normal sword, leaving Zangestu to be hit by the blast. If there was some description of using Sword Beam or Reinforce on the sword to give it more penetrative power against magic, I would have let it slide, but sadly no such detail was give.

Ultimately, from what is put on the page, this battle comes down to the face off between Amirah and Aurelia. Though both showed good versatility and execution in their short spell exchange, ultimately Aurelia came out on top. So I will give the win to Aurelia and Zangetsu based purely on the short exchange. Teamwork from both sides was utterly lacking, defeating the real purpose of this first round, but with Zero showing no interest in working alongside Amirah, that kind of put them at a disadvantage...Let me know if you have any comments or concerns with my ruling and I will happily address them.