The flashback structure this episode is doing a lot. Sei learning the goddess manipulates everything through stats and levels while Lufas in the present is literally absorbing the mana of things she kills is a parallel I did not expect them to actually pull off this well. Megrez carrying the guilt of the betrayal for two centuries and deciding to join her cause because of it gives the whole revenge plot a real emotional spine. The pacing juggled a desert fight, a castle meeting, and a final showdown without any of it feeling rushed which is not something I say about this studio often. Still not fully sold on Dina but the ending shot of those three versions of her has me rewatching the whole season