Man, what a boring action sequence. Even if the Kraken "has lost its composure", the artist sure as hell could have shown some sort of actual... movement and action. Now they're just standing there and talking like they're discussing where to find the milk in the grocery store. Make the Kraken...
It's been months since the last chapter and... I don't even remember this minor? antagonist anymore. Why should I care? This could have been three or four panels of flashback easily.
I can't get over how the strangest thing in this fantasy story is that people throw so much good, useful stuff away in a medieval economy. Everything in that dump would be recycled! Glass bottles?? Are you kidding me?? Spears of METAL! Someone has a use for that!
Strange Grand Dukes lying in palaces distributing roses is no basis for a system of match-making. Supreme matrimonial compatibility derives from a long period of trial and dating, not from some farcical botanical ceremony.