Panel 5 confused me a bit. Because of the text splitting it up like that I thought it was panel 5 and the lower part was panel 8, which kinda ruined the flow for me.
the direction issue bothered me a bit too. Not too much though.
You can solve this problem by simply adding arrows that lead the reader in the right direction. If you orchestrate it like that, it's no longer confusing, it's artistic freedom.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while. School's been piling it on and I just had openinng ceremonies for soccer.
Anyways, this strip was different battle-wise in the sense that Dalana finally killed something. It's about time someone other than Aranion got damaged.