When a boy who dreamed of martial arts adventures saw Zhao Ling'er holding him back and calling him Brother Xiaoyao.
When Luo Ji opened the door and saw Zhuang Yan standing outside.
When the Trailblazer walked through Penacony once more and saw Firefly smiling as she ran toward them from the roadside...
Anyone would hesitate, and hesitation meant an opening. Even the slightest opening meant defeat here...
A blue arm suddenly appeared and plunged an ordinary ritual dagger into Boss Slick's chest, piercing straight through his divine core.
The sneak attack was perfectly timed, striking just after Boss Slick had finished merging his consciousness, when his vigilance was at its lowest and his defenses were weakest.
"How could you be so underhanded?" With his divine core shattered and a sealing spell nearing completion, Boss Slick snapped viciously, having only just recovered from that moment of human weakness.
"No, no, no. I only wanted to sit down and have a proper talk with you. After all, I don't want you punching me in the face the moment I appear. That wouldn't be good, wouldn't be good..."
Tzeentch's hands rapidly wove magic while a gentle voice soothed Boss Slick, as though Tzeentch were his best friend.
A tremendous force erupted from Boss Slick's divine core, breaking through several layers of magical seals. Tzeentch wove even faster.
Boss Slick had spoken to distract Tzeentch and break through the sealing magic. Tzeentch devoted a portion of consciousness to speaking with him, while pouring far more attention into weaving the magical seals to imprison him.
"You really are different from Khorne. At least I could trap him in an illusion of battle for a while. You're much calmer, and far more dangerous."
Seeing that he could not find an opening in Tzeentch's divided attention, Boss