Draiss' plan was quite good, and, under most circumstances, against most opponents, it would have worked, flawlessly. Unfortunately, unlike Draiss, Verdelet had gone into this battle, prepared to fight on a level such as this, and had more than a few counters of her own prepared. Unlike Draiss, who puts everything into the offensive, she knew getting out was going to be much harder than getting into the impenetrable fortress, and prepared a full array of defensive counters. And, she has access to all the multiverse's knowledge, as she quickly displays.<br/><br/>She's affected by his first attack, but, as his second is about to land, she invokes the<em>cure</em>for his divine disease, bringing up just enough defense to ward off the worst ravages of his poison. Her bottom pair of arms shatter and detach from her body, withering away uselessly, but it doesn't seem to affect her otherwise, and the holy fire is converted back to her natural unholy<em>almost</em>as quickly as he can turn it; it still hurts her, but not enough to finish her. Finally, she strikes back, cutting through his mental assault with a spell that slashes his attack like a knife cutting through a blanket. "Mental attack? Really? You truly should stick to your specialty, you might actually do more damage," she replies, as she starts fleeing down the corridor, invoking an odd combination of spells as she flees; Web, and Magic Missile, although both powered beyond anything a mere mortal caster might attempt. Oddly, it doesn't seem to accomplish anything, as she flees down a corridor, though it does leave a noticeable magic residue behind her.