Orders were being shouted every which way, but Cloud forced himself to focus. Protect the seeds, beat this monster. All they had to do was get rid of this thing and they'd be in the clear. Sparks was the paladin, he could handle the protection side of things. Cloud was a black mage and his job was damage.

He's skeptical about Luffy's command, expecting that throwing his fire at the monster directly would make more sense but it looked like he was preparing something strong. How was his body doing that? In any case, he'd seen members of SOLDIER using Elemental materia to enhance their attacks. Was he trying for something similar? He had to trust him.

"FIRE!" Gripping his staff with both hands, he felt the power surge through him. He took a step forward and thrust the arcane tool forward, propelling that burning energy into Luffy's hand.