"Actually, the Black Mystery Tower had the worst luck..." Kayo's two teammates abruptly stopped him.
Jerry was almost panicking. "Do you think this place is safe just because it's inside our teacher's Isolation Formation?
The Defense Tower was doing things inside its own Mage Tower back then!
Don't think being a tiny ant means the storm clouds won't notice you!"
Smack! Kayo slapped himself first, then immediately apologized. "I got carried away today. It won't happen again."
"It's about time. Let's head out!" Jerry didn't continue the discussion, but he still offered his leader some comfort. "Just be more careful next time. We're simply too powerless!"
Hill smiled. Jerry was clearly the sort who knew a great deal but kept it to himself... Wasn't the implication that even someone as oblivious to outside news as Kayo knew why the Black Mystery Tower had suffered because his family had discussed it openly?
Since the Archmages could talk about it, it naturally wasn't anything too serious.
But it wasn't a suitable topic for small fry like them... Even if the people who overheard them weren't from the West Asia Tower they feared most, there were plenty of people in their own Despair Tower who would kill them over those words.
Kayo must have understood, because he quietly apologized again.
Nothing serious would happen to him over such idle talk, but his two teammates, who had no backing, were another matter.
The three rather lively young mages finally left together at a sluggish pace.
Hill didn't move.
Even when he sensed the Isolation Formation beginning to be dismantled, he remained perfectly still.
Sure enough, after three hours had passed, two people appeared soundlessly on the ground above.
"Not a single fluctuation. It seems I really was just lucky this time." A somewhat aged