Death and the others wanted to know the answer to this question as well, so they all turned to Andrew and waited for his reply.
"Why?"
Andrew smiled and said, "Of course, it was to seal you. If I acted in advance, I could certainly stop the Great Demon God from descending, but as long as you detonated the Altar, you could escape. At worst, you could kill yourself.
"On the other hand, if I let you successfully summon the Great Demon God, then no matter what you intended to do, once you summoned the Great Demon God, your confidence would soar and you would carry it through to the end. That would give me a chance to seal you."
Chthon's expression darkened slightly. He continued, "You're that confident? Aren't you afraid that after the Great Demon God descends, you'll lose to me?"
"Chthon, why wouldn't I be confident? When has your Losers Alliance ever beaten me?"
Andrew burst into laughter. "Not only am I confident, I'm extremely confident. And the facts proved that I was right.
"Perhaps you'll say that was because the King of Negativity sabotaged you. Heh, even without the King of Negativity, I wouldn't have lost. And even if I really had lost, I was confident I could have retreated unscathed."
Chthon, Death, and the King of Negativity were all furious. Andrew might as well have pointed at their noses and called them trash. The problem was that they had no way to refute him, because they really had never beaten Andrew. They had been losing all along.
Under such circumstances, it was perfectly normal for the King of Abilities to be confident. If it were them, they would definitely have chosen the risky approach as well.
Andrew asked with a half-smile, "Chthon, I've said everything