Ah, how wise(?) of our MC to parry that attack and attack their magic core.
As stupid as the story goes, I await on what BS the MC's parry will create next time.
"He must have undisclosed abilities!" "I'm so gonna hurl..."
And I can speak from all my years of motion sickness experience -- deliberately choosing to ride in the backwards-facing seats of a station wagon is about the most foolish choice one can make.