#but with how it's going and malleus catching up to everyone alarmingly quickly it's looking like besting him in combat isn't the solution

[ventique18]

I know the plan is to get everyone to beat Malleus with the power of friendship but I actually don't want that to happen. 😭 I want them to feel like they're finally winning, but when they "beat" Malleus he goes into third phase and turns into a dragon they couldn't possibly overpower.

And then... And then I want Lilia to "defeat" him. Wouldn't it be more poetic for the man who saved him once to save him again, compared to a bunch of angry teenagers saving the world from the big bad evil?

I don't want anyone besting him when it comes to strength since that would defeat the entire point of him being an impenetrable wall; I want him to willingly put down his arms. I want him to realize that Lilia's love for him is worth so much more than the constraints life could possibly contain it in, and finally accept that he was never truly alone and will never be alone again.