I don't hate Orphell but damn did I love it when Lispen wiped the floor with him. I know I'm evil 3:)
seriously though, this is an awesome chapter, I loved seeing Rood in total control, Meridith looked like a helpless kitten in the last panels. As I said at the beginning I loved the action with Lispen, he is so powerful and he looks super cool when he awakens(?), I also love his loyalty towards his king, characters like this always make it to the top of my fav characters list.
Let's not forget the fact that Rood entrusted the students to Shic which was both cool and funny in the sense that Shic is always like "I don't give a shit about anything aside from fighting you" and Rood went all "protect the students" on him as if he'd give a damn if they take another breath :p I wouldn't be surprised if, before Meridith even reaches out to Rood's hand, he gets kicked (or at least attacked) by Shic lol
I loved it when that 2nd ruler of the tower was all "not even a 1st class magician can break out of here" and 1 panel later the field was breached like "seriously woman" ? :v
and finally, yay the master is alive. Honestly I like his character a lot but this isn't what I was most happy about in this chapter. yep I'm definitely evil :v