After casting off the burden that had clearly weighed nothing yet felt extraordinarily heavy, Hill felt much lighter. He even had the mood to direct those puppet insects to fly around and inspect the condition of Sia Tower.
What surprised Hill slightly, though not entirely, was that aside from the temple where battle was already underway, there was not a single trace of a Devil anywhere else in Sia Tower.
Even the Advanced Magi from the Black Tower and White Tower had vanished without a trace... and neither of those two towers had any Low-Rank Mages.
There was no need to mention the Black Tower. Anyone Fengo had accepted under his command was either especially cunning or exceptionally capable. The moment Lathander descended upon Sia Tower and Fengo and Glasya fled in disarray, those black shadows immediately went madly shaking off their opponents and slipping away.
Though Sia Tower was still engulfed in chaotic fighting, it was clearly all among the so-called "neutral faction"... someone was probably settling accounts afterward.
Though Delifus had gone the furthest among the traitors, that did not mean the other traitors had not harmed the Mage Towers they came from.
Those Lurks had probably endured until they were hardened by suffering and could bear it no longer.
As for the White Tower, there was even less to say. They had withdrawn most decisively, fleeing the instant their tower collapsed.
What surprised Hill was only how decisively they had retreated... before he immediately realized that he had helped them.
The greatest problem with Devils was their greed. They were always reluctant to give up the little treasures in their hands.
So they always dragged things out until the final moment before running.
However, both the Black Tower and White Tower had collapsed.
Even if there were