Aha! So she can steal glyphs and use them.

Noa used Thief! It's super effective! Noa swiped Cvet's ward!

–Annie: She can talk! –Kat: She can talk! ?Rey: She can talk! –Noa: I CAN SIIIIIIIIING!

Yeah, that's what I expected was about to happen. Now the question is how will they work with that. Will they avoid any runes or will they try to overwhelm her with lots of (incompatible) runes.

Yeah, that's what I expected was about to happen. Now the question is how will they work with that. Will they avoid any runes or will they try to overwhelm her with lots of (incompatible) runes.

Oh so she CAN still speak.

[strike]EARN IT[/strike] STEAL IT• She speaks! And swipes the apps (glyphs) right off your phone (body) and got alllllll your fast food orders (weapons)!

Calling it now: they're going to defeat her by tricking her into stealing a glyph she's gonna wish she hadn't.

That's just not fair

I am so curious as to how they’re going to win this fight, if they do so at all. Noa seems to be able to counteract most physical and magical attacks. I’m guessing the only ace our heroes have up their sleeves is Kat. Even if the witches have an understanding of current court technology, Kat’s experimental tech likely lies beyond their comprehension. Making it the only thing that could potentially combat Noa.

If it's Kat who figures out how to win this fight I'm giving up on the comic for good.

"Curse you Emperor Zombie!"

GIVE IT BACK

Nice lettering.

Well, she just revealed that she’s a Glyph specialist, which is critical for them to know. Her greatest strength was in not letting them know anything, but she couldn’t help herself, so that’s a start.

Good to know Noa approves. Sigil sommelier.

Noa speaks!

Oh. A Glyph Thief too.

Nooooooo! I'd be so mad in Cvet's place. Maybe Kat can reverse-engineer her separation device and tie Noa to that source of power? Maybe the fairies can distract her in the Ether?

Hey! You didn't earn that!!

alright bro :/ this will be a satisfying defeat when it comes

Gotta catch 'em all!

Has she actually ever earned anything? Seems like all she does is rely on the power of others by stealing them. She was never enough, just keeps taking and taking.

She didn't know what it was until she grabbed it. Need to hit her with something her rune won't proc for and she can't identify on the fly. Either we need an attack from the ether (risky) or something science-y. Or interfere with her connection to Zimmy. …or Kat has to go godmode.

Okay, I’m calling it, Noa is OP. Completely throws off the meta. Please Nerf asap.

and she is not even the final boss

Thought that might happen given Noa's reaction to Cvet activating her ward. The gang will need to channel the ether through force of will rather than pretty symbols for the remainder of this encounter, which might be problematic given Annie's lack of impact. Unless Kat manages to assume her mecha-god persona, I suppose. :)

Looks like Parley is going to have to fight without using any wards that Noa will be able to see, else she will literally steal them.

CALLED IT

Yoink!

Oooooh, you just got YOINKED, dude!!!

She speaks! It looks like you're going to need a different way to erase the Queen of Wards. Who has that kind of innate ethereal ability? Annie didn't have the right kind of power; Kat might - as long as her robotics aren't too closely related to wards that Noa can seize control of them; Red & Ayilu might - maybe an illusion to distract her; Reynard - absolutely, but he will be the last option.

I tried to vocalize "ZZZW" and now I just want to make that noise all the time.

It's probably just the release format, but this is starting to feel... glacial. Narrative roadblock after roadblock, a powerful enemy who breaks the rules established and seems insurmountable. It's not that it's being done, it's that it seems happens pretty much every chapter now. I suspect it will have a great payoff, but man, it's getting tough to read. At least she's talking now, this could go somewhere interesting yet.

I’m gonna be honest, I have no idea what the plot of this comic is anymore lol

Oh great, she's even more untouchable. /s This fight isn't doing anything for me. Might be one of those times I check out for a few months and see if we're past it.

The way she just snatched Cvets ward away ToT (and seemingly absorbed it, can she access Parleys weapons now?) But yeah Parley and Cvet are Not the ones to fight Noa if she can just snatch their wards away like that. It's nice to see the wards, which were introduced so early on, have a significant role now much later in the game

Oh lord she just collects runes/symbols, that’s terrifying

Oh ok that's cool I'm not jealous or anything nope not at all

Uh oh.

Oh come on

After rereading ch. 87, it seems clear that the white glow represents Zimmy’s power, and the only way Parley is going to survive this duel is by removing Noa’s power source, which will kill Zimmy. The only one powerful enough to do that is Kat with her glowy green technology. Getting Kat to the scene will probably involve some action by Loup (who Annie will be forced, tricked or manipulated into killing), and Sylvie of the hitherto undisclosed and fearsome power. This may have already been established (or refuted) in the comments section, but I haven’t been reading it lately.

Ah! An old one, nice! Your ward will make a fine addition to my collection!

She didn't earn it!

HAX

I really don't want anyone to die. :c

Oh dear, it's so much worse than a zealot. She's still a nerd for the glyphs, which will make it much harder to deal with.

I'm calling it now: her death will be by exploding due to overload.

She has the metaglyph

'Near-mint? Original card backing, too. Very nice.'

Well that's just rude

Uh, oh crap oh crap oh crap

Throw Kat in the ring already!

She is like the magical equivalent to painting your house gray for resale value and I want to tar and feather her.

Welp uhhh I guess Noa has access to all their weapons now

The yoinkening

Now we´re talking... meta rune magic!

yoink

Kat, will you kindly please obliterate Noa?