Mikhail literally had his body forcibly hijacked by a chunk of a magical being... a dragon so strong it's basically a god. Not only could he not control what the dragon was making his body do, but it didn't even give him the memories of what he did. He'd just snap out of it and go "omg there's bodies, I killed again" and would sob in guilt and fear. The dude is a victim. It's kinda traumatizing to have your body used as a puppet to literally kill people without your knowledge. I'd be full on insane.
ALSO anyone paying attention should notice that Mikhail only went after the paladins, usually after they recognize and try to attack him first. There's only one time he technically attacks first- he was surprised to see a paladin and the dragon basically went "shoot, no, eliminate before they can attack".
All the obvious signs are there. He had zero control or desire on a personal level to hurt those people y'all are upset about. His body is is being taken over, blacking out, and being ridden by a magic being that really hates paladins. To be fair- the paladins are constantly trying to kill him, too, the second they know who he is. I'd start to hate any group of people trying to kill me, too.
Anyway, I read 81 chapters, and Mikhail is actually the nicest and smartest of the whole story. Everyone, and yes the paladins too, are so murder happy and NO ONE seems to know how to talk for 10 seconds instead of trying to stab each other because "but I'm team blue and you're team red". There's one braincell in the story, and Mikhail's usually hogging it.
For example: someone has no weapon entering a battle. They're freaking out because they're unarmed. What do they do? Instead of running away while on their horse, they just jump off the horse almost right in front of a group of armed enemies. Seriously. They do NOT pick up weapons from the surrounding wounded and dead soldiers.. they kick a soldier in the shin, tripping them. Then close their eyes and wait to die when a second person attacks. This is one tiny part of the story. But that shockingly dumb behavior? That's how almost all of them act... all the time. The twists just kept making less and less sense and there seemed like bizarre unnecessary drama from a dozen different directions, plot holes get so common you stop trying to keep up, etc etc. It felt like it devolved into a weird fever dream.
Anyway thank you for coming to my TED talk, byyye.
Mikhail literally had his body forcibly hijacked by a chunk of a magical being... a dragon so strong it's basically a god. Not only could he not control what the dragon was making his body do, but it didn't even give him the memories of what he did. He'd just snap out of it and go "omg there's bodies, I killed again" and would sob in guilt and fear. The dude is a victim. It's kinda traumatizing to have your body used as a puppet to literally kill people without your knowledge. I'd be full on insane.
ALSO anyone paying attention should notice that Mikhail only went after the paladins, usually after they recognize and try to attack him first. There's only one time he technically attacks first- he was surprised to see a paladin and the dragon basically went "shoot, no, eliminate before they can attack".
All the obvious signs are there. He had zero control or desire on a personal level to hurt those people y'all are upset about. His body is is being taken over, blacking out, and being ridden by a magic being that really hates paladins. To be fair- the paladins are constantly trying to kill him, too, the second they know who he is. I'd start to hate any group of people trying to kill me, too.
Anyway, I read 81 chapters, and Mikhail is actually the nicest and smartest of the whole story. Everyone, and yes the paladins too, are so murder happy and NO ONE seems to know how to talk for 10 seconds instead of trying to stab each other because "but I'm team blue and you're team red". There's one braincell in the story, and Mikhail's usually hogging it.
For example: someone has no weapon entering a battle. They're freaking out because they're unarmed. What do they do? Instead of running away while on their horse, they just jump off the horse almost right in front of a group of armed enemies. Seriously. They do NOT pick up weapons from the surrounding wounded and dead soldiers.. they kick a soldier in the shin, tripping them. Then close their eyes and wait to die when a second person attacks. This is one tiny part of the story. But that shockingly dumb behavior? That's how almost all of them act... all the time. The twists just kept making less and less sense and there seemed like bizarre unnecessary drama from a dozen different directions, plot holes get so common you stop trying to keep up, etc etc. It felt like it devolved into a weird fever dream.
Anyway thank you for coming to my TED talk, byyye.