I had an earlier start today than usual, so I'm afraid I'm uploading before work yet again (since I went straight to bed after completing the page last night). -v-)/ I had things I wanted to update here but no time to write it up unfortunately, so it'll have to wait for Monday.
I hope you enjoy today's update/lesson and I'll see you guys on Monday with the next update!
Wow all under control - prepare the counter attack...
So, the black disc summon will destroy the summoner? Why then is he still alive and nicely tucked away? Is he strong enough to keep the summon in check? He did not seem that way when we saw him...
Beautiful update, Rufi <3 I guess the mayhem commences next update =)
Not necessarily destroy, but to subjugate. Speedcaster would be under the puppy's control! I do not think he's strong enough to keep the puppy in check.
(at least that's how it appears to me)
Explained more clearly below :)
Both, probably. I expect the death of the summoner terminates the link, so a black disk summons would try to first subjugate the summoner so that the entity can't be dismissed, then drain the summoner of spirit for as long as possible, prolonging the summons and eventually leading to the death of the summoner through spirit-depletion.
But also no asking him (the summoner) questions about True Imperia and Briar's involvement. Not to mention I expect attacking the summoner is such an obvious tactic that the dark entity has defenses in place against exactly that kind of thing.
Hmm...given the summoner guy is stuck right on the behemoth's chest after summoning it, I think that's the equivalent of the big glowy red spot you aim for on a boss character in shooter games.
In panel 5, the summoner's mark looks like Lenna's, and the summoner looks like it could be Lenna. Though the summon looks different from Ishi. I guess either it's a different summon, or the look of the summon can vary.
You are observant my friend! :) It is indeed Lenna's silhouette and Lenna's mark. I deliberately did not use Ishi there as he's a bit of a special case. -v- But she does have other summons in her dischold! And the one shown here is an example of a different summon. ^_^
Everyone keeps guessing that Taking out Speedcaster is the answer, but i'm not so sure. I think Killing speedcaster will allow the Black Behemoth to swallow all of speedcasters spirit, and maintain form on his own.
I'm guessing that Ellis has a plan that will temporarily sever the link between Speedcaster and the Summon... Something similar to the curse on Cain's chains, albeit temporary: Kind of an "anti-spirit wall". If it can hold long enough, the Black Behemoth will be forced to return for lack of spirit energy to sustain itself.
I think that Ellis' plan is going to center around having two white mages that can craft and maintain such a wall.
I'm just guessing, and could be way off mark (again)...
One morbid solution would be to drug the summoner to negate their control over the tug of spirit war> summon reduces them to a husk> summon has nothing left due to fighting and vanishes.
Other solutions: dispel/banish, a more powerful summoner taking control of the disc, or getting the summon to hurt itself to the point of weakening its Own spiritual energy into something manageable.
Technically if Sylvia (Ellis's twin) had been here, she might have actually been able to try hijacking the control of the dark disc.. But she's in Clandest, boo. XD;; It's okay though, Ellis has a plan!
I like this explanation about summons and contracts and mutual loveliness but... I am distraught at the implications on that last panel.
Poor Speedcaster. You're probably gonna be excised like a very doomed tumor... or zit... either way, your odds of making it out alive and untraumatized are near nil, if any.
Really this battle has been in the works for a long time (read: years) so I'm hopeful that it'll look the way I've been envisioning it. ;v;*)/
Makes sense. So how will they use that fact?
It's foundational to understand why they're going to do what they're going to do, you'll see what I mean next page XD
So, the black disc summon will destroy the summoner? Why then is he still alive and nicely tucked away? Is he strong enough to keep the summon in check? He did not seem that way when we saw him...
Beautiful update, Rufi <3 I guess the mayhem commences next update =)
(at least that's how it appears to me)
Explained more clearly below :)
But that's just my guess.
I do think there's a chance that the idea was to let the black behemoth run rampant, so maybe he's just plain focusing on staying alive.
megados and Gil are pretty much correct! :D
I would say that Speedcaster is definitely focusing right now on just breathing, probably XD
In other words, aim for the guy.
And yay, interesting exposition!
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I'm glad you find it interesting! <3
((Do remember to breeeeathe XDD))
I'm guessing that Ellis has a plan that will temporarily sever the link between Speedcaster and the Summon... Something similar to the curse on Cain's chains, albeit temporary: Kind of an "anti-spirit wall". If it can hold long enough, the Black Behemoth will be forced to return for lack of spirit energy to sustain itself.
I think that Ellis' plan is going to center around having two white mages that can craft and maintain such a wall.
I'm just guessing, and could be way off mark (again)...
Other solutions: dispel/banish, a more powerful summoner taking control of the disc, or getting the summon to hurt itself to the point of weakening its Own spiritual energy into something manageable.
Poor Speedcaster. You're probably gonna be excised like a very doomed tumor... or zit... either way, your odds of making it out alive and untraumatized are near nil, if any.
Also I just burst out laughing when I read 'zit' XDDD poor Speedcaster, viewed as a zit :'DDD