That... That was... I love this comic.

It's the perfect ending for this arc.

I love this comic.

Can someone explain the 'What spell I cast" thing for those of us who don't play a bunch of D&D?

Explosive Runes. It's less of a pure D&D thing than one of V's personal quirks, she's done this a few times before. You write magic text, and it explodes when read.

Ahhh, I suppose I should read through the archives again. I seem to miss a lot of these little things.

Might possibly be V's favorite spell, next to Disintegrate and Invisibility.

"V, you magnificent bastard!" is what I thought when I read that. How can one guy contain so much awesome? Beating Xykon in magnificent bastardry. . . provided it beats him that is. Or at least dents him.

On top of the previous acts of genocide and all that V is quickly becoming the most polarized member of the cast; I love him and hate him more than all else. Weird.

That might be a little bit of a stretch. As always, the comic really can go in absolutely any direction right now, so there's room for an explosion followed by Xykon taking his Phlactery and going, yeah, sorry, nice try though.

Not beating him beating him, just one-upping him in badassery. Well, if Xykon knew about V's explosive runes running gag he'd he'd be so pissed at falling for it. . .