☀️ Arselia and Akonia

-- Bea? Gion? I wanted to say that our chances of success are now greater than I thought. Initially, I planned to develop a strategy based on somehow suppressing the annihilation, and against everything else, we would have to increase our affinities, boost our speed, craft items that deal 100% health damage, and so on, separately developing countermeasures for each unpleasant aspect of the enemy's profile. Now, in the ideal case, everything is much simpler. But not entirely. And it will be especially unpleasant if we don't receive one of the blessings. Our priority is fire, then air, earth, and water are approximately equal. I think we should also inform Her Highness about this, in light of the Competitive event. Everything else depends on us.

-- Well, now, guys, tell me, how does it feel? -- the redhead smiled. -- When the fate of the world is literally on your shoulders. Before, you just believed our suzerain that this was the case, but now you see it clearly. Actually, this scale is also unusual for me, although not the very question itself. But until now, I have seen that everything you did, you did willingly, you are really great.

- Our chances are now... less hopeless, - Beata grinned. - I agree with the priorities, - Gion nodded. - Without fire, we have almost no chance, but! Every blessing is important. The absence of even one of them will make the battle unbearable. - Her Highness must be kept informed, especially if we are going to kill someone... Hmm, or should we turn the beauty contest into a deadly Competitive event? But then I'm out. - I don't think Nadia will approve. And this Competitive event shouldn't be held within Carneol. Otherwise, we will have exactly one person with an affinity, do we need that? And I don't want to say this, but we may need to split up. Every minute counts, and it would be great to get two or three blessings at the same time. - I don't want to split up, first, it's safer as a group, second, it's more fun, - Beata pouted. - But we should see how the situation develops. If we had a herd of Eclipses... - I won't split up with you, don't even hope. - I'll stun you, tie you up, and leave you as soon as we're outside the empire. - I'll come back and take revenge. - On me or the dragon? - Whoever survives, I'll take revenge on them. Beata shook her head. - I think we need to look at our candidates. And hold a general meeting of the Carneolians to outline a plan of action. And figure out what to do with Baldr's school, - Gion continued to plan. - And you guys are missing the Competitive event... - Let Rinze go to that Competitive event, we need to save the world! Beata laughed again at the boss's last question. - I feel silly. How can I be a savior of the world? I'm just a bandit... An adventurer with a dark past, okay. But you will be an excellent savior of the world. And Gion too. But me... I just got involved with you for fun. - I still can't believe this is happening to me, - Gion smiled. - I always thought I was very insignificant. And now... I'm just glad to be useful.