User blog comment:B214/General Discussion/@comment-1359322-20150428161805/@comment-208.169.65.209-20150429160220

1) I know how Issei used Ascalon before but he doesn't use it now there is literally no mention of him using Ascalon in the last couple of volumes. 2) I know they are in an alliance but they gave away 3 out of 4 of their most powerful weapons and they don't even have the last one(Caliburn) and like I said before they shouldn't have given it away to the Devil Faction alone they should have given something to the Fallen Angel Faction too but you know what they get data and volunteers from other factions to participate in their experiments (but you know they get to keep their new found power and go back to their own factions so all they really get is data.) 3) They didn't form an alliance cause other factions wanted to destroy them they formed an alliance to survive and crush a faction who were going to cause the end of the world, and an alliance is just a written/verbal agreement why would they suddenly start trusting each other give gifts of such magnitude(and again think about it to Devil Faction alone) all they really needed was data this was proved when the Angel Faction became a whole lot more powerful just from data they got(and the Holy-Demonic Sword which has only a fraction of Excalibur's power.) So basically let me put it this way the DF got data Ascalon, Excalibur, and Duranda all three of which mastered can give you the power of a Satan which means they got the big end of the stick, the AF got data(and in return the Brave Saints system was created which is pretty powerful admittedly) and the Holy-Demonic Sword(which does not measure up to what they gave away) they got a decent deal but in comparison to the DF they fell short, the FAF got data and volunteers that's all and if after all of this and someone still thinks that they all benifitted equally read it all again and than it might just click.