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"... Frikkin' polytheistic hierarchies ruining everything..."

Now, meanwhile, Yliss. She let everything that happened resolve in silence. That was for several reasons.

First, she didn't expect this fight to swing in their favor that fast, even with Asuna's wrath pretty much carrying the entirety of them so far. She did the thing, she did a splendid job and even though she got temporarily wiped out, her performance was great. Better than SAO Asuna ever was in the anime, that's for sure.
Second, Succubi twins. Simple as that.
Third, Keith offering a truce and a way for the remaining demons to escape was so out of nowhere, yet so characteristic of him. It reminded her of the many, many, many, too many anime shows she watched where the ultimate message was "Friendship wins every time". She always snarked at it when such a moment happens, making fun of it on forums and via both social media accounts and live-streamed reactions and reviews. Yet there she was, in what is the closest thing to reality right now, and some kind of mutual agreement born out of protagonist stupidity happened.

Yliss looked at her blade when everything was said and done and she looked at it for quite some time. The realization was clear.

"... I guess I'm not the protagonist of this story."
"I guess I never was back then, and won't be one now..."
"... Keith's the one."

//Sorry for double-post, but I only noticed now that Tugtupite is in a pickle and I don't want Feli and Doom to miss it.


"To the Republic of Irtis, to the Republic of Waolachia.

This act of aggression has not gone unnoticed by the University-State. We believe in progress through knowledge and a bloodbath only hinders the sacred order to pursue knowledge as given to us by the gods.
Waolachia, we urge you to cease your path of aggression. You can still redeem yourself, but if you continue like that, then you are marching towards the event horizon of morality. Please weight the long-term benefits of our treaty against the short-term benefits of conquering a neighbor's province and reconsider your actions.
Irtis, please understand that we are not capable of waging a war. Tugtupite lives in the shadows of three giants and focusing on any one front, even if allied with a second front, will mean making ourselves wide open for a third front, a moment of weakness we will never recover from if exploited. However, our prayers are with your countrymen in the besieged region."

Was "54 to 53" illegal or was not doing it just an oversight?

Also huzzah, finally successes! Fortune is with the bold!

After the situation has been resolved somehow for now, Tanec looks at Morgan and Emilia, then towards Gunvald while pointing towards the former two. His voice had a bit of a jester's charm to it now.

"If I need to babysit twice as many people than planned, I expect to get paid twice as much, dowahahahaha!"

"Hey, not-Kirito, since we're... all kinda working together with you for now, how 'bout saying your name for convenience's sake?"
"I mean, I can call you not-Kirito all day long, but that's something only Ito there and I would understand why. The rest aren't Revivians. Aside from Keith over there, but he's gotten here long before SAO even existed as a brainfart."

She then turned her head towards the twins.

"That reminds me, the group would very much apprechiate knowing your names, too... and share your contact data on the crystal tablet thingies, so we can stay in touch if we ever need your help again, healers and archers are always something a group of any size would love to have."

Smooth.

"They'll ask for a relatively low sum, then make a bullcrap excuse to raise the sum requested to put you into a trap. Refuse to pay the new price and you'll get shouted at for being a cheapskate and pressured into paying up because if you can already pay the old price, why shouldn't you pay the new one? Obviously you can affort a sketchy toll! And if you still refuse..."
"... then the rest of the bandit group will come out of their hiding spots."

Tanec grabs his bow and quiver.

Continue siege, research, and not doing much else.