Chapter 393: Watch Your Wording!
“I’m not done yet! Bring it on!”
“My, how impressive. Then here… have another.”
The celebratory feast, held at Amira’s insistence, was in full swing. She had already downed an entire bottle of wine Xeno had brought in, and was now howling triumphantly, thoroughly drunk and entirely unbothered by it. Leleia, in a manner that bordered on sommelier-like, topped off Amira’s empty glass.
[She’s definitely aiming to drink her under the table and take the caregiving victory lap. That’s low.]
Despite matching Amira glass for glass, Leleia’s eyes still gleamed with calculation like a predator waiting for the right moment to pounce. Sensing danger, Tsutomu made a mental note never to let those two out of his sight tonight. Still, he reached for one of Ollie’s prepared cheeses and nibbled at it.
“Heh heh heh… Now’s our chance to snag a win ourselves,” Xeno said, raising a glass. “Ealdred Crow’s momentum has been broken. We can’t let this window slip away.”
“Paladin skills seem to have properties that prevent you from turning undead.” Korinna added. “But the issue of organ regeneration still needs figuring out…”
“That IS a valid concern. However, I believe both Leleia and Diniel have the capability to deal with it. If we can keep the undead effect at bay, it might just come down to a war of attrition.”
“The move where it sacrifices its heart, or whatever it does, is still a complete mystery… If I could see it directly, maybe I’d understand more, but watching through the Pedestal leaves too much to guess. I wish I could use [ the way Tsutomu does…”