Afterward, the devils' attention was drawn to a mysterious device standing at the breach in the twelfth wall.
The device looked bizarre. It was not any kind of siege weapon the devils had ever seen, though it somewhat resembled the cannons used by mortals—only with a far stranger design. Its sigma-shaped base could adjust its elevation and rotate a full three hundred and sixty degrees. (Note: In the Abyss and Hell, demons and devils rarely used mortal cannons. This was especially true in Hell, where most environments were filled with flames. Gunpowder was therefore an extremely dangerous substance to devils, since it might blow them sky-high before it could do anything to the enemy.)
Deep down, every devil felt that this thing was extremely dangerous. Yet each of them quickly reassured themselves that the defenses of the Final Fortress would surely protect them! Even that terrifying Balor King had personally attacked the walls before and failed to achieve anything, so what could this strange contraption possibly do?
It could be called avoidance. Solam had truly frightened them badly. Even though they knew that thing was definitely no good, they still lacked the courage to leave the Final Fortress and attack it, because they were afraid of facing Solam.
So rather than confront Solam directly, they preferred to hide behind the protection of the walls and console themselves.
"Get ready!"
Solam gave the devils watching them from atop the walls a cold glance, then spoke to Horus at his side.
After saying that, Solam turned and jumped onto the cannon's control platform. Calling it a control platform was an exaggeration—it was really just a simple mechanism for adjusting the angle, with a very basic and uncomplicated structure. Since the cannon's power was simply too great, any overly precise adjustment mechanism