Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City
"You mean... leave the battlefield?" Aqualas asked.
"Yes." I nodded.
"Wouldn't that count as running away?" Aqualas immediately replied.
I stared at her. Then I stared a little longer.
"Let me get this straight. You saw a battle formation specifically designed to weaken anyone trapped inside it, and the thought, 'Maybe we should leave the area designed to weaken us?' didn't cross your mind?"
This time Aqualas didn't answer and let me continue, "Instead, your plan was to stay inside, suffer the effects, and brute-force your way through it?"
The silence continued.
I suddenly understood why the Supreme Beings' campaigns were so terrifying. Not because they were cautious strategists. Because they were apparently led by beings whose first solution to every problem was to punch it repeatedly until reality gave up.
