"It wasn't very good," Hilbert answered decisively.
Pete pursed her lips. "I know. You think working with me would bring even more danger, while the benefits... If I can't get a larger share, why should I get involved?
Right?
I could simply wait until you and Delifus fought to the bitter end, then step in after both of you had suffered heavy losses.
After all, I do have a few reasons on my side... The esteemed Tower Master Xiya's punishment for me won't be too severe."
Hilbert leisurely shifted his posture. "Mage Pete, everything you said depends on me leaving the Black Mystery Tower's territory.
If I only go to Archmage Rute's place when I leave, what can Delifus do?
If he truly has the nerve... Heh."
Pete naturally understood Gilbert's mockery. Delifus's little moves right now could do nothing more than irritate Gilbert.
If Gilbert truly stayed put and showed no interest whatsoever in Sia Tower's affairs, there was actually very little Delifus could do.
At most, he could use various puppet-like hands to strike at Gilbert's territory on the edge of the Black Mystery Domain. But he would never dare show himself, much less have those puppets attack the location of Rute's main tower.
Rute had remained silent about recent events not because he had abandoned Gilbert, but because things had not yet reached the point where he had to intervene.
But an attack on his main tower would be enough to make him turn completely hostile and pursue the mastermind behind those puppet Mages.
Though Delifus's puppets would not reveal the truth, people like Pete, who knew a little of his secrets, would certainly expose his weaknesses and testify against him.
Pete could not help clenching her fist. Maybe she had overestimated herself.
But based on what