Hearing the old lich's words, Aleister immediately felt a powerful sense of relief.
Matthias's Fear Aura earlier had even been able to pierce through the Night Demon's defenses... yet Matthias himself was only a Fifth Level Transcender.
Even if the Lich profession was a "Hidden Profession" in the current version, just like the Great Sin Scholar, it was impossible for it to cross two levels and pierce through the resilience save of a Sixth Level Greater Phantom Demon like the Night Demon.
This meant that the boost from such powerful strength either came from the enhancement of a rare Path Trait, or from equipment capable of increasing priority. It was hard to say whether the former existed, but as for the latter... Aleister was certain he had one.
To put it more clearly, it was the Spirit Tower itself.
As the true Tower Master of the Spirit Tower, Matthias could certainly access part of its power. And at the core of the Spirit Tower was the spine of the Amber Angel.
The mages of the Narcissus Principality could often wield power more than one level above their own within their Mage Towers. And the Spirit Tower, which had been passed down for thousands of years, undoubtedly contained far more power than those Mage Towers.
It possessed enough power to threaten even a descending Angel. That was why the Fallen Angel had not come to attack the First Black Prime Minister.
Stibium's First Red Prime Minister and First Black Prime Minister were both killed only after Iver, as an NPC, obtained the Great Beast Master in Version 5.0. The Millennial Vow Spirit Tower was the mainline dungeon belonging to the First Black Prime Minister.
In other words, in Version 3.0, when the Fallen Angel descended, both of them were still perfectly