Thread:Stray Bird/@comment-28048698-20170613021249/@comment-28209103-20170724053204

wait, one of the reason why Darnic stopped Gordes in the LN is because using Balmung will spoil Sieg name to the Red Faction and thus Darnic stopped Gordes so that his name will be safe, however he already introduced himself to Karna so there's no point of saving his Noble Phantasm, he might as well use it to test if it's able to pierce Rider invul or not.

Meanwhile in the LN his name is pretty much safe till that point so using Balmung without knowing the source of Rider of Red invul is a bad gamble because once he used it his true name will be known, meanwhile he had a feeling that Balmung might not be effective thus it's the reason he resisted the order at first.

This is my concern from last episode but I didn't write to avoid spoiler, that is how will they handle the scene where Sieg refused Gordes order, in the LN the main reason is those 2 above, that is it'll spoil his name and he feels it won't be effective hence he refused the order, on the anime tho there's no need for him to hide his name no more as such it's better to test Balmung on Rider even if he knows it won't be effective, afterall prana is no concern of his..

Also this is just a random thought but, since Atalanta arrow are able to pierce him, can she shoot his back from his chest? like if the arrow pierced the chest all the way to the back does it counted as hitting his weak spot?