"We got into the main building, enough to see Shadows below. Took on the first one we encountered. Before we even went in, I could tell it was overwhelmingly strong. It broke into a party of three—the central one was an Alilat, flanked by two Uriel. Sound familiar?"

Ice attacks on the one hand, swords and Megidolaon on the other. It had been tight. But Futaba had said she could get him through it, and she had.

There's no way he can lead a party that way, though. Not even close.