CH 105

The girl who survived, Emily, fell asleep wrapped in the blanket Louise had prepared for her.

There might have been something she could have told us, but Shamil, who had escaped with her, explained that she had been able to escape the disaster alone by taking early refuge underground. She probably doesn’t know anything about what happened above ground.

At any rate, she needed to rest for now. I didn’t want to ask the girl, whose sorrow would not disappear for a long time, to dig deeper.

All eyes were on Souya. To answer their expectations, Soya slowly stood up and turned his body toward the four platinum-class adventurers. At his side, Shamil stepped back and stood upright as if he were an assistant.

“So let’s talk about what Shamil and I saw in Lingen.”

Souya suddenly remembered the presentation he had given at the trading company where he worked. For a brief moment, a nostalgic feeling that I had almost forgotten came back to me.

However, what he had to say now was extremely serious, and he should not try to make things up to make the audience feel better. I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

“You’re not looking too good, are you? Do you regret letting the Red Horn get away?”

Perhaps she noticed the heavy mood, but Siren gave Souya an unreserved talking-to.

“Somewhat. If we could’ve gone a little further, we might’ve gotten a clue to our next move. “

“Even though Souya is a demon slayer, it’s not enough if it’s just you two.”

It seems that she is defending that I let it go. I’m not sure if it’s because of her personality that she’s so outspoken about such things.

“If you want to tell people that you can’t help it, you should have said it more normally.”

Phyllis, while tuning her bowstring, muttered to herself in astonishment at the foul-mouthed Siren. 

“…… Master didn’t move because I was too scared to. Just by looking at it from a distance, I couldn’t stop shaking. I didn’t expect it to be so sinister.”

Shamil, perhaps remembering the series of events caused by the Red Horn surveillance, began to tremble slightly, held his mouth as if trying to hold back nausea, and bowed his head apologetically.

No one blamed him for it. However, from Shamil’s frightened expression, they might have been able to tell that the Red Horn was an extraordinary presence.

“–Souya-san. The extent of the damage is more extensive than before. I think there’s a high possibility that it’s transformed into something more vicious than what I witnessed in my hometown.”

Seran, who had been silent for a long time after the break, opened his mouth.

He had been present at the village destroyed by the Red Horn twice before, once in his hometown and once in a village called Lugina six months ago.

And this is the third time. I wondered if the extent of the damage meant the extent of the destruction of the town. In some way, he seemed to sense that the Red Horn was evolving into a powerful being.

“I want to hear Souya-san’s point of view. –With all these people here, I wonder if we have a chance against the Red Horn or not.”

Siren glared at Seran while frowning at Seran’s line, which can be said to be straightforward. Louise looked at Souya seriously, waiting for him to speak. If even the people here are unable to stand up to them, then it will be difficult for the forces of Ilstadt to stand up to them.

Should he answer his own thoughts honestly or not. Souya’s answer had already been decided.

“–There’s no point in trying to say this to a platinum-class adventurer. I only know a fraction of what you are capable of. I want you to listen to this as just one opinion.”

Souya let out a sigh and, as Seran urged, decided to share his opinion.

“I’ll start with the conclusion. The Red Horn is undergoing demonization electrum. It’s probably evolving into a more troublesome existence than before, as you think, Seran-kun. Even if my friends here join forces, we’ll only last for five minutes away. The vision of winning without casualties doesn’t come to mind right now.”

At Souya’s words, Louise closed her eyes and held her forehead with the palm of her hand. I guess that’s exactly what you call a headache. She might be thinking about future measures. I felt bad for her, but I didn’t want to give her any comforting excuses at this point.

I’m not sure if Seran had imagined the Demonization Electrum to some extent, but there was no significant change in his expression. In combination with the previous question, this attitude could be taken as a change from imagination to certainty.

Phyllis looked up at the sky for a moment and made a troubled expression, but she didn’t seem to be upset in any way, and she was checking the tension of the bowstring in an indifferent manner.

“Demonization Electrum in progress, huh …… Souya, you’re not mistaken, right?”

Siren seemed to have taken the situation very seriously and came at Souya.

I’m sure she doesn’t really think he misjudged it either. Perhaps it was a reconfirmation to make up her mind. Souya decided to answer it.

“I wish that was the case. Shamil witnessed it too.”

Souya held out his hands to the approaching Siren and coaxed her to calm down. When Siren turned to Shamil, Shamil hurriedly nodded three times to affirm Souya’s remarks.

“I was able to witness the moment of the Demonization Electrum’s progress. It seems that cannibalism of the same class of “colored” demons can fulfill the conditions for evolution.”

“…… Wait, Souya-san. Eating the same class of “colored”, don’t tell me …… There was another SIlver Demon in Lingen?”

Souya nodded quietly to Louise, who muttered with a dumbfounded expression. Perhaps shocked by this statement, everyone’s gaze was once again focused on Souya.

“What Shamil and I saw was a one-sided massacre. Against the Red Horn, the other silver Demon was beaten and preyed upon without being able to fight back.”

Without changing his expression, Souya began to speak again. It was descriptive and matter-of-fact, but he almost chuckled when he realized that he had no good story to tell.

“The Red Horn can no longer be regarded as a Silver Demon. If we dare to talk about it within the framework of the Silver Demon, he is definitely at the top of the list.”

Half of it is the Silver Demon. And the other half is the Gold Demon.

That’s why he is called the Gold and Silver Electrum and is a specially named being.

Souya, who had finished giving his opinion, took out his leather-covered water bottle and quenched his thirst. There were still some things that needed to be said, but they would need to organize their thoughts in order to understand the information.

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