"Not bad, but it feels like something's still missing."
The Magic Technique aimed at Molu never paused, yet Emerald suddenly spoke as if chatting idly: "Since you came to the Jade Book Gallery in search of the Source of Beasts, you should have been prepared to face me. If you only defend passively, there's no way you'll achieve your goal."
"Or rather, if you're counting on a war of attrition until I run out of Magic Power, I'd advise you to switch strategies. If we just keep playing like this, then even by the time all your other fronts have reached a conclusion, my Magic Power still won't have hit bottom."
Emerald thought aloud: "So that means… your goal isn't to break through me, but to stall for time?"
Molu silently endured Emerald's offensive, but her gaze flickered.
"You haven't tried to put a 'price' on 'me'."
