'Aislin' suddenly sighed. "We, along with that pack of greedy fools under Fengo, plotted for so long, only for it all to come down to a magically enhanced crossbow with a limit lock..."
Though she left the last few words unsaid, Rosero understood that 'Aislin' simply did not want to call herself stupid.
But they really were rather stupid right now, especially with Delifus repeatedly using that damned crossbow.
"He must have some other scheme. It doesn't seem like he's really... gone mad." Rosero could only reluctantly salvage some dignity for the Ninth-Circle Mage of his own Mage Tower.
Although 'Aislin' could be considered one of their own, they had stood here for so long, and their conversation while hovering so conspicuously in the air... At the very least, Rute was definitely listening.
That Nicholson probably had the means to hear them as well.
Otherwise, 'Aislin' would not have spoken so politely to him.
When she was alone with him, even when she was not actually doing so, she still tried her best to adopt Glasya's way of thinking and tone.
"Other than that giant crossbow, what other special weapons did the Defense Tower have?" 'Aislin' asked somewhat bewilderedly. "Is that Hainalson really that strong?"
"I'm not entirely sure either." Rosero thought for a moment but still could not say for certain. "Back then, the Tower Lords of the Defense Tower were all a little crazy.
They basically focused solely on offense and ignored defense, so we have seen the power of the giant crossbow. But... if they had defensive artifacts, we may never have seen them before the other side simply blew up."
"I've confirmed from every angle that the people of the Defense Tower were a little mad." 'Aislin' looked mournfully at the high-nosed Archmage charging up like