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Old 2013-01-05, 14:46   Link #2396
Akiyoshi
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Originally Posted by Rising Dragon View Post
Zest was also on death's doorstep and couldn't seem to use his magic properly anymore thanks to his body breaking down. He likely couldn't put any magic into his barrier jacket, or more likely wasn't even bothering because hey--he wanted to die. Laevatein and Bardiche are also bladed magical weapons, so... yeah.
Funny, Barrier Jackets seem to function all the better when their wearer is in worse condition (guess that's kind of the goal of wearing on on first place), Mages have been beaten awfully on the story and the BJ always seems to give it's better defensive powers when the wearer is as it's weakest which makes sense as those are made to save the live of the wearer. Mages even had fallen uncouncsious with their BJ's still trying to prevent further damage.

Zest was on death's doorstep even before the beginning of the season and was enough to deal with two Belkan Knights and then finsihed off a combat cyborg without even breaking a sweat. I can buy he hasn't the concentration or will to pull out a defensive spell on his last duel but i doubt that has something to do with his Knight Clothing's functions xDU

Nanoha able to gather and firing Starlight Breaker even after being brutalized by Vita and core crushed by Shamal serves as good example magic is not directly related to health condition, Precia was also dying (and probably in even worse condition than Zest) but that didn't prevented her from laying the smackdown on pretty much everyone. Zest wanted to die, but he wanted a honorable knight's death which is, dying in fair fight with wathever strenght you still have, stand still waiting for the sword would be enough if he really wanted to die the way you implied.
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