I think Lorelei is the name of the boss mermaid. Lorelei is taken
from German mythology, the name of a siren who lured boaters on the
Rhine onto a dangerous rock.

And, just to nit pick, Urd was using an electrical attack on Lorelei.
Urd's fire magic owns water magic, as we saw in "Another Me", the
chapter where World of Elegance appeared. Unless Lorelei is way more
powerful than Belldandy with Holy Bell, Urd's "Consume By Fire" spell
would have easily toasted both Lorelei and her water spells. 

I don't think the sisters were looking for a serious confrontation,
given the fact that they weren't using angels, though they were
dressed in battle gear. Lorelei is apparently a bit paranoid,
however, and escalated early. 

--- David Mandalis <mandalis@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Latest chapters of Afternoon have Keichii snared by some Lorieli,
> with the boss 
> having some martial attentions planned, of course Urd and Skuld try
> to break him 
> free with ineffective results (Skuld because of low power and Urd
> because she's 
> fire to water).  Belldandy has about had it and (is she losing her
> temper more 
> often lately) is about to get serious.  Last panels have some
> reinforcements 
> show up from the Lorieli community.  As a side note, you'd think
> that the 
> goddesses would have given Keichii some sort of charm or ward by
> now to keep him 
> from getting into these fixes.
> 
> Dave M.
> 
> stan l. wrote:
> > kind of quiet here recently. *pokes*
> > 
> > Anyone has news of the newest chapters? care to give a preview?
> ;)
> > -stan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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