Julian couldn't help but smirk a bit in relief as he watched the ball go rolling away on it's own. However, that made him a bit complacent when she suddenly changed up tactics by sending entire chunks of earth at him, and he did indeed take a few solid hits to the chest because of that. "Agh!" He stumbled back, showing a moment of weakness before he recovered. If she charged and tried to attack him in that time, he'd still be able to put up his shield in order to block the attack.