[Chaosbringer, for his part, simply waves a hand grandiosely to dismiss those concerns.]

Not going all in on the 'damage is everything' position, but you know I'm pretty good at this, and the stronger you get the less the distinction matters. I'll take point and absorb the hits for you guys.

[Plus there's whatever he can borrow off the three of them. Sonic's ability isn't quite useful in the middle of combat, but that leaves two more to Drive. Which he isn't doing to start with -- this definitely isn't the scenario where one cracks out the S-rank power right from the get-go.]

Bonus is, you don't even have to worry about me if some of your attacks get a little vigorous in their areas of effect!