"The only luck we need is a continuous stairway." Did they even need to hurry at this point? ...Ah. Perhaps he should mention the state of the Tower when they had last seen it. "The countdown in the Tower is finished. Whatever that means now."

He walked around a deep hole gouged into the concrete, smirking as he imagined what had initially happened after the mentioned summoning. Had the battle been immediate? Had this god-like demon taken its time looking down on humanity?