After a brief silence during which no one could believe that that devastating maelstrom of destruction had been prevented from hitting its intended target in this way, the crowd burst into loud cheers at the spectacle.
Viewing their excitement, Daneel shook his head while smiling.
His training session the day before with his elder brother had been…very fruitful, and he couldn't wait to enter the ground. He had considered whether to continue training even now, but it wouldn't be smart to leave things completely unsupervised.
Seeing Cassandra's smug smile while she walked to the sidelines of the ground to allow mages to repair the damage, Daneel realized that he had been played by his commander.
She had definitely wanted to do something like this since the beginning, and her impassionate speech before to get the order from him had just been a means of making him give her the permission to do whatever she wanted in the match.
