"Moving on to his strength… Rafael is quite strong. His overall raw strength is similar to Jay's, but his profession is that of a Guardian like Ragna. His weapon of choice is a sword and a shield.
"While it's true that he is a guardian, his swordsmanship won't be losing to an extremely good swordsman. If he abandons that shield, his sword will become stronger… since he basically ignores his defense.
"As a Tier 4, he has Muscle Augmentation as well. In terms of raw strength, I can say that Jay is still slightly above him, but in overall evaluation, I have to say that Jay will lose unless you have something you haven't shown me this far. For example, a hidden strength beyond my analytic skills.
"Anyway, he has a calm and collected attitude, but this competition weighs a lot on his shoulders, so that's something you can take advantage of." Erwin stopped, allowing them to think about it.
