The healing agent's effects and the incineration of the original flames had largely stemmed the bleeding from Lumian's wounds. Flesh and blood had even started to regrow and form scabs over his skin.
Putting on the Lie earring, Lumian tried to shift the gruesome hole in his chest and abdomen to a less vital location. As he did so, he stared intently at the oil painting hanging on the rocky wall, his thoughts racing.
As an Overseer, Perle is unlikely to directly engage in combat herself?
Has her true form been lurking in the shadows this whole time to avoid any potential mishaps?
But if she had personally intervened, perhaps we would have been defeated long ago, with no chance for any slip-ups…