After Jis, a few days south......

I had no particular problem with the pagos.

Along the way, we've encountered demons, but with A-rank Axes and cells, they're not our enemies.

Approximately, we were able to reach Pagos in the shortest possible time.

"... that's terrible"

Stepping into the village, I frowned.

Everyone else feels the same way.

Half the house has burnt marks and is charcoaled.

The other half was shattered as if the giant had waved his fist down into mischief.

There are other things, small craters, deep cracks running in the earth...

What the hell, how many things do I have to do to get like this?

I can't even imagine...

Here, there is no doubt that a storm of destruction has blown over common sense.

"It's like you're in a hell of a storm."

Tania leaked that feeling.

Sola and Luna agree to that.

"Right...... I heard from the Rains and thought it was terrible...... no way so far. That's more than I imagined."

"Mm-hmm. Neither did I. While exposed to all this' power ', the villagers often managed to survive by half...... Ah, no. Surviving is a pleasure, and you're not gonna say it's bad, are you?

"A little careless, but I thought something similar."

"Right..."

I agree with Luna and Tania.

Though half the villagers survived, it is a joy to be fortunate during misfortune.

However, when I am shown so many traces of destruction, I wonder how I could have survived.

I don't know what was going on...

If the power was being wielded to make the village this way, I would normally get involved and lose my life immediately, I think.

Doesn't mean...

... Could it have been deliberately missed?

Oh, I thought so.

It's just groundless. It's just a thought.

Even though we want any little clue now, we can't just speak of speculation.

It just unnecessarily confuses everyone.

More importantly, myself, I'm not sure why I thought that.

For once, I decided to leave it in the corner of my head...

Now, let's just keep it quiet.

"Nyah... I can't believe this much can be done, after all, is it the most powerful species?

That's what Canade said as he looked around the village.

"Probably more likely."

"How...?

She doesn't know why she broke it, and Nina tipped her little neck.

"When it comes to trying to do this, a massive army needs to move. Or someone with such mighty power as the mightiest species. You know what that is?

"Uh-huh."

"When the army moves, it should leave a lot of footprints"

"If it's a footprint... there is, isn't there?

Nina pointed to the visible footprints there.

But that's shallow.

Those in armor should be able to step in and have deeper footprints.

Explain that.

"Become, I see..."

"Well, it's possible that it was moving lightly. Still, even if people get rampaged, it won't be like this.... It's not going to be that bad."

"Mmm..."

"And the survivors told me that I did it alone. It's hard to think of anything other than the most powerful species that can do this alone."

"Oh, well."

"Nyah... Mud will be painted on our sign"

Canade snapped unhappy.

Then I look at this one, feeling a little frightened.

"... Rain got scared of the most powerful species?

"Yeah?"

"Did you do this... scared of us?

Canade looks like he's layering himself with the killer.

That's not true.

"Nha."

Poop, I'll stroke your head.

Canade narrowed her eyes to make her feel good.

"Canade is... and so is everyone... not like the killer who did this"

"Rain......"

"There's no reason to be scared. Canade is Canade."

"Yeah, thanks."

Happily, Canade's tail swayed a little.

……

Canade seemed anxious...

Others don't always think the same thing, do they?

This time it may lead to the persecution of the most powerful species.

I need to do everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen.

We have to catch the killer at all costs.

I want information for that.

Continue strolling through Pagos.

"Still, it's weird."

I heard voices from Yakan, whom Canade was putting on his head.

It belongs to Tina.

Because you can't walk with local power... they can fly with magic, but they won't last long because they're tired... so Canade carries Tina on top of her head.

... I don't care, I'm walking with Yakan over my head, but there's no sign of him dropping it.

How did you get the perfect sense of balance?

"Nyah, what's weird?

"Let's talk about the strongest species that did this?

"That's right."

"So, the most powerful species of it is called the devil. Us, we've lived for quite a while... yeah? Alive? That's a weird expression too, he's already dead... well, yeah. Anyway, it's been a long time, but that's the most powerful species I've ever heard of. Does Canade know?

"Hmmm...... it's a girl, wearing a black dress, with wings growing, right? Still, the devil... I don't know."

That's right, the problem is.

According to stories we've heard from survivors, the killer is likely the most powerful species.

By looking at the scene in this way, I strongly believe that the idea is correct.

Those who have the power to cause such a tragedy are limited to a very small number.

So I don't think the idea that the killer is the most powerful species is a mistake...

I can't think of the strongest species in question.

"The best part is, do the wings. But we don't know the most powerful species with wings. Does Canade or Rain's husband know?

"Yeah, I don't know."

"Me too..."

I don't know, I felt faintly uncomfortable trying to say.

Do you really not know that?

In the corner of my memory, something is caught...

I wonder what it was.

I don't know, something to worry about...?

"Whoa."

He called me back.

Looking back, I saw Axe and Cell.

They were acting differently.

We're exploring the village.

And Axe and Cell had him go check out the temple where the demon was sealed.

"How's that? Did you find anything?

That's what Axe asked me.

In contrast, I shake my head sideways.

"No. You don't have a clue like this. If you insist... do you mean the killer is a monster this time"

"Oh, I agree with you about that. I've only seen the village lightly... but I can't believe there's someone in the world who can do this."

"Axe, this is out of the question."

That's what the cell said, so that he could jerk off Axe.

"Oops, bad"

"How'd it go with the Axes?

I found something like a shrine.

... seemingly?

In Axe's rhetoric, I learned something that caught on.

"I'd rather you actually look at it than talk about it. I wonder if there's anything left to investigate in the village."

"No..."

Look at everyone's face.

Guys, I shook my head sideways.

"Not at the moment."

"Then will you come with me?

"Okay."

Once, I left the village.

Then climb the mountain to guide Axe and Cell.

Along the way, you'll be walking on beast paths, etc., but there was also guidance on Axe and Cell, and you never got lost.

And then I went into the mountains for about half an hour... and I arrived at my destination.

"That's the temple."

"This is..."

Because the existence of a demon is uncertain, there was some half-heartedness about whether the temple existed...

The temple existed properly.

... but it was broken by some hand.