The Airship carrying the Forbidden Magic Device had been heavily protected, but all those defenses failed when the Forbidden Magic Domain was deployed. Even as Magic Power began to return to the environment, the Mages aboard the Airship still needed time to restore their full protective measures.
This window of vulnerability after firing was when the Legendary Airship was at its weakest.
The golden light was Joseph—not Joseph Rorschach, but his old acquaintance, Gray-robed Bishop Joseph.
From the very beginning, he had disapproved of the all-or-nothing gambit of massing the Holy Kingdom's northern Holy Knights. However, many Bishops within the Church had supported it. Without Dipresy to manage the overall situation, Joseph had no choice but to yield to the other high-ranking bishops.
