The purification was over and the day began to set, so we left Lake Richnal behind.
There is no reason why the investigation should be closed... and we have to continue our exploration for a few more days to see if there are any other differences.
So today I'm camping by moving to some distance.
"This time I was really helpful on a request with you guys. What would have happened if we were alone..."
"No, because Mr. Mars helped me where I was in danger, too. It's good to be with you, Mr. Grett."
"Right. Something my brother and I couldn't eat thanks to."
Because I could almost eat by Crocodiles Rex...... I need to thank Mr. Mars.
That Mr. Mars is sitting as far away as he's going, but I feel like he's looking at us.
Mr. Grett and the others talk about today's anomaly.
"I was wary when I heard about the investigation I was going to ask the B-Rank 2 party to do, but I didn't think it would be awesome so far"
"It was enough that Rex couldn't count Crocodiles to 12, and this is already a big crusade. I've never been on a big crusade, and I've had a good experience."
"Idiot, what a good experience. Surrounded by these massive clocodiles, life expectancy has shrunk."
Mr. Vail is putting a penetration into Mr. Azery.
We've already experienced the Grand Crusader many times, but I don't think the Grand Crusader happens that often.
In all, 12 Crocodiles Rex appeared and defeated all of them with only ester and knoll.
The skins on the drop items have been properly recovered due to the fact that they are quite rare material.
Looks like it's going to be protective material, so I guess I'll give this to Dius and the others.
With that in mind, Mr. Mars approaches, who was just looking at it slightly until just now.
He looked like a bad guy with his hand in his pants, but he called out to me.
"Well, what... I'm sorry about all this"
Ma, Mr. Mars has apologized!? What happened suddenly?
Sissha laughs happily when she sees me elsewhere in confusion, Mr. Mars, who has apologized.
"Ugh, looks like you're finally willing to recognize us. Don't you have an honest part of being honest with me? I'm impressed."
"Ugh! Damn, is this guy really a cleric..."
"I'm so sorry about our cleric..."
You're here to apologize for what you said! You're a priest who really can't help it.
But that distracts me. Mr. Mars, who looked like a bad person, is totally back to his usual condition.
Then when he turned to a serious look, he looked at me jiggly.
"What's wrong?
"... I'm sorry I said something particularly scattered to you. Otakura, you helped me when I was surrounded."
"Hey, that's..."
I can't believe Mr. Mars thanked me! Besides, you've never called me Ogura before!
Can I assume that you have admitted this?
... That, something is wrong. You're talking about when the scaffold collapsed, aren't you?
How can you thank me if Sisha was supposed to have done the sanctuary of the goddess then?
After finishing my conversation with Mr. Grett and the others, I decided to discuss it with them.
"Hey, why is Mr. Mars thanking me? If you're going to tell me, aren't you going to Sissha?
"Maybe that guy realizes it was Osakura who used the sanctuary of the goddess. That's a lot to do."
"It's amazing not to be fooled by Sissha, who said so confidently. If I were you, I'd totally believe you."
"I don't know if you're aware of it because I'm not sure. But what I've been saying on purpose might mean something. So that's how well you look around."
Indeed, at that time the sanctuary of the goddess unfolded around me, the user.
Are you saying that I was the one who saw it and activated it?
Mr. Grett said he was vigilant, but I didn't think he'd notice anything like this.
Mr. Mars is also the one who found the god of Testudo buried in the mud, and isn't he a pretty amazing man?
The question was also cleared, and the next thing I know, we're going to talk about this anomaly.
"I'll keep investigating for a few more days, but for one thing, you said you could solve Lake Richnal's anomaly."
"Right. I don't think we can do that many times, and I don't think there's going to be any more anomalies here."
"That was awesome this time. The individual strengths were considerable, but if there were more Lex, it would have been a threat."
"Ugh, it's also thanks to me for purifying the lake that I was able to stop it! You can praise me, can't you?
"Yes, yes, thank you for doing so well."
"You're not feeling it. Well, fine."
Sissha seems dissatisfied with my reply. This guy gets on well when he praises you too much.
I really appreciate you purifying the lake.
"And I wonder why I made such a freak out of this place. The presence of Master Testudo's body means it was planted after the disturbance at the temple, right?
"Wasn't the attack on the temple meant to lose the patron saint's protection, but to take away your body?
"Is it reasonable to think so? When I take your body, I lose protection from Severia. Considering the trap and the demons over there, it seems like they were doing a lot of work."
"Even if we're crushing that idea, it's a nasty opponent to be thinking and acting on a second-hand, three-handed basis. I keep chasing you from Quelles, but I still can't even grab your tail."
Beginning with Quelles, I haven't been able to get any clues other than speculation.
Is there really a demon involved, or is another being doing it?
But unlike when I was Grandis in Quelles, it seems like I'm still working in Severia this time, so I'm not going to get away with it that easily.
If we keep following him, we might be able to get to the mastermind.
"There's also that red demon thing, and this time it's full of things you don't know"
"It was similar to Diabolus and I'm pretty sure he's one of us. More than that, let's think about what's coming now."
"In the meantime, we have to figure out what the Diabols are up to."
At the end of the day, why did you make a freak over there and even take it away from your god?
It's hard to decide how we should move if we don't know.
Mr. Estelle gave me an opinion on my question like that.
"Um, yeah. Maybe we should go to the temple after this investigation."
"I did find your body, and I think you should just report it."
"Yes, not only that, but we also have to check the size of the stolen goddess. If it was about the same size as it was when I worshipped the temple, it would mean that there are still stolen gods left."
"Does that mean that there will be another anomaly like this one..."
"You're a punitive opponent for causing a metamorphosis in your divine body to mediate. If the temples find out, they'll be furious."
Even that grown-up Irina would be pissed off if she found out she was using the patron saint's goddess to generate demons.
It's a place to blaspheme God in a way, you're going to get scared of what kind of reaction you'll just have to go tell him.
"And it's also important to know if this anomaly was just an experiment or if it had any other purpose."
"Other aim?
"For example, while Severia was in disarray after losing her patron saint, she was going to create a mass demon."
"But if you were to, wouldn't that red demon have also been used to protect the temple?
"Right. So there's a good chance this anomaly was happening with or without protection."
"Are you saying I didn't count on you for protection? Then it will be aimed at something else..."
So you're saying he was trying to cause this anomaly unrelated to the matter of the shrine?
The loss of the patron saint's protection was only a top priority.
"And then you chose this place on purpose. Simply because it's far from Severia seems like a good reason, but maybe not."
"They were looking at Diabols, and if that's the case, it looks like we could change places."
"That's why it had to be here... I don't know"
"Um, all I can think of is that it's easy for me to develop into a great crusade because it's far away... but to give my opinion from a clerical standpoint, is it compatible with your gods and demons or something?
"Is it compatible?"
"Yes, as I said before, I think Master Testudo is a monster. Does the compatibility with the demons that are the source of that power make it different?
"Oh, I wonder if the idea would be cleric. Maybe I didn't think of it. Don't do it, Sisha."
"Ugh, I'm glad Mr. Estelle rarely praises me."
It's compatible with demons. So you're saying that Master Testood is a species close to Crocodiles?
That's why so many demons sprung up at once.
I wonder if there are various conditions in the place where demons are generated, so that they can cause anomalies anywhere.
Speaking of which, the place where the anomaly had occurred before was where the demons originally appeared.
Sometimes it's unusual for Sissha to give an opinion that impresses Estelle.
"What I thought was that the ocean was close, and the kind of demon it was. If we could have generated a large number of demons here, there could have been a large number of them in the ocean as well as on land. And I'm not saying there's an island near here that has something to do with the temple."
"Oh, you mean that!
If you were doing something with that island, you might have been thinking about generating a mass of demons here, releasing them to the sea, keeping the ship away.
If Rex or something attacked me at sea, there wouldn't be a single one.
I doubt crocodiles can operate in the ocean, but I guess it's no problem because they're demons there.
"But there's also protection in the ocean, right? Then you can't get close to the island, can you?
"I don't know if that's true either. What a bunch of demons that happened with the power of a patron saint. Coverage can break through without problems."
I see, so you're saying it doesn't matter if you have or don't have patron saint protection?
But then again, new questions arise.
"I think the protection here was pretty thin for that, too. What do you say?
"I wonder if that's the only place they didn't expect it to be. I was fortified, too, and you didn't think Sissha could purify the lake, did you?
"There was only one strong demon before, but this time it was generating a lot of demons there. Did you try to beat it in more quantity than quality?"
"Ugh, it's more of a way to fight for us than to defeat them in large numbers. Isn't this something they regret?"
I fought Diabols to keep us out of sight as long as I could.
There is a good chance that the opponent has not been identified as capable of fighting this way.
But thinking about it, from now on, I feel like I'm going to put more effort into it... will I be able to get to the mastermind safely?