Comparisons

Karl watched the beasts fight with the two Lamia bodyguards, while Rae and Remi compared them to the bodyguards and Golems that they had.

It was hard to tell whose were the most deadly between Karl and Rae, as they both had [Offensive Optimization] available, and the Lamia had to hold back against the student beast.

But there was some argument over whether four arms with swords was better than eight legs, when only the front two were normally used to attack.

They wanted to test the theory, but they didn't want to give away their actual power level while they were still being observed by others. The beast clerics weren't bad sorts, at least not in the mind of the beasts, but they weren't part of the team.

[They told us the first day that you should always have a secret reserve of power that nobody else knows about.] Hawk reminded them.

Not So Evil Lady had said it very clearly.