The outer defensive magic array of Hilbert's Territory had been fairly easy to breach.
After all, although the resources he had received were abundant enough to construct a powerful magic array, the Energy Crystals in Hilbert's hands could not withstand such enormous consumption.
Therefore, the outer array mainly served as an initial defense and to activate the Mage Tower's full defensive mode the instant it was damaged.
And, incidentally, sound an alarm.
When Delifus, the Ninth-Circle female Mage behind him, and the three Eighth Ring male Mages confidently waved their hands and shattered that thin layer of defensive array in one blow, they were stunned by the terrifying noise that made their ears bleed.
Leaving aside the absurdity of Gilbert, as a Seventh-Circle Mage, making his first response to an attack a call for help... few Mages were willing to owe others favors, even their own teachers.
So generally speaking, when faced with the vicious event of being attacked, they would first try to struggle on their own.
What if the opponent was someone they could defeat?
Paying back favors was hardly more comfortable than repaying loan sharks' debts! Especially for Mages.
Was Gilbert Hainalson not worried that this might be a probing attack?
What if Delifus had chosen to let someone else make the first few moves?
What kind of Archmage set up a distress signal that went off instantly like this... What the hell was Gilbert thinking?!
Where was his Mage's pride?
And what the fuck was that sound?!
How could it be this awful?
Even those high-level spells that attacked people with sound waves were not this destructive!
Hilbert tilted his head, his ears slightly itchy, and felt deeply satisfied.
Ever since he had encountered the little Gold Dragon Telly, he had known just how much of