☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- I heard that during the first hunt for the Apostle Carneolus, a certain priestess from Mitsurugi helped, and she had an item that attracted the Apostle's madness, which, among other things, decided the battle. If we had such an item, we could set up camp near the supposed location of the attack... And make it attack us instead.

- Of course, we don't have a good and reliable option. Distraction? Where would we get more green auras? Perhaps some items have them; to be honest, I haven't thought about it, but technically, it would be difficult to correctly choose the distance between our location and the location of the distraction, so that we can both catch the dragon and divert the priest's attention where it needs to go. Could we camouflage a cannon battery in the nearby mountains, preventing the priests from emerging from their shelters and looking up at the sky? There are difficulties, both technical, because the enemy has aerial reconnaissance, and even political; Phaerellia will take it personally... If she hasn't already declared war on us, of course. - Erephir was slightly embarrassed that she had missed such an important news item amidst all the hustle and bustle.

- But the loss of Cridea means that even a subsequent victory over the dragon will weaken the Empire; people will decide that they are just cheap pawns in this war, and they will be right. I want to find another way. Or maybe we really have to hope that we will be far enough away from the priest, but close enough to the dragon. Perhaps if we knew the future, perhaps if we could accurately predict its trajectory, we could catch it in the middle of its path... No, even being within the priest's area of effect seems acceptable to me, as long as we have time to kill the scaled beast before we are destroyed by something else. I don't know what my comrades will say, but I would prioritize it that way. If, however, as a result of the risk we take, we lose completely... What does the Suzerain say about this?