'Aislin', who was flying swiftly toward Gilbert's Mage Tower, suddenly raised a hand, stopping Rosero behind her.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Rosero asked gently. Though he wore white robes, he seemed to blend faintly into the unusually bright moonlight.
"Delifus seems to have brought out a Magic-Energy Giant Crossbow," 'Aislin' said softly. "Wasn't that tower master supposed to have destroyed all the Defense Tower's special wondrous items before he died?"
"A father really is different, after all!" Rosero's tone was laden with meaning. "Even though his own child sided with the enemy, that father still left him one final safeguard."
'Aislin' completely failed to 'understand' his insinuation.
After all, Glasya was the one she was going after.
Whether that princess of Hell was defying her own father had nothing to do with someone like her, who still had to struggle to stay alive.
Her position might actually serve the Lord of Hell's interests better!
Just like Rosero's.
They were the ones who truly didn't want Glasya turning this world upside down until Asmodeus had to descend in person to clean up his daughter's mess!
'Aislin' merely pointed at the figure who looked somewhat sleazy from the side. "Just what kind of grudge does Delifus have against the Hainalson Family?
"Isn't this thing supposed to be his last resort for staying alive?
"Now that everyone knows he has it, even if it saves him from the worst this time, who's going to give him another chance to use it?"
Sometimes, a deterrent was most effective just before it was unleashed.
Once it was actually used, and the onlookers understood its power and how it worked, someone would eventually find a way to counter it.
Delifus had plenty of enemies, all of them powerful families in the Sia Tower... They were probably watching