Hill looked up at the three tall Main Towers in the distance, and slightly furrowed his brow.
Ruth, Kamente Tower, and Nicholson, with their various preparations from a while ago, clearly showed that they felt there was still a little bit of time.
Although Ruth's attitude was still somewhat tense, Hill estimated his various preparations and it was clear they were calculated for a year's time.
Hill had some understanding of this Archmage; according to his cautious and step-by-step approach, he surely believed that the Tower of Dark Enigma had at least a year, likely more.
Therefore, the sudden advance of Sia Tower caught him off guard.
Though Ruth was a bit stunned, compared to Gilbert's panicked senior students, his bewilderment looked more like... a blow he had long anticipated.
It seemed as if something he had always suspected was finally confirmed by this event... and this truth was a destabilizing blow to him.
