Summoners War: Only I Summoned Divine Beasts - Chapter 1196: Reason Behind the Death Society’s Appearance
Chapter 1196: Reason Behind the Death Society’s Appearance
“About that…” Johan’s expression turned grim. “Actually, I have an idea. My lord, do you remember the report about the empire’s sudden movement toward the coast?”
“Hmm?” Johnson widened his eyes, recalling something. “Now that I think about it, not long ago, the empire’s nobles moved toward the coast.
“From what I have heard, there is something dangerous across the ocean, so they are moving to the coast to prepare for an alien invasion.”
“!!!” Evelyn raised her eyebrows. ’Are they talking about us? No, they are talking about Cthulhu, right?
’I see. Back when we were about to land on this continent, Kun informed us that we couldn’t land because of the ships around the coast, which led us to the dynasty that didn’t guard its coast that tightly.’
Johan continued, “Due to that movement, the nobles are diverting too much power to the coast. As a result…”
“I see. The defense has been weakened, huh?” Johnson understood why they attacked the city. It was indeed reasonable for them to attack the empire’s side.
“Yes, my lord.”
“This can be seen as an opportunity, but this has happened once when the ash cloud came to our continent. Yet, they didn’t attack at that time.” Johnson frowned.
“We don’t know their motives yet.”
Johnson nodded. “Still, you are at the crystal armor stage. You are fast enough to reach this place before them, yet for some reason, they have arrived first, so that woman must be out as well. And their movement is so fast that it’s like they come with the intention of killing us.”
“As expected, even though we know the empire has given them the opportunity to attack, they only attacked because they are aiming for something?”
Johnson agreed. “Looks like we have to rebuild our base elsewhere. Tell all our people not to say a word about the relocation.”
“Understood.” Johan acknowledged the order.
Once Johan left, Johnson added, “Your information will be crucial for our investigation. Are you willing to talk?”
“Yeah. Since I need to stay here, I might as well cooperate.” Evelyn nodded. After making sure no one was spying on them, Evelyn began recounting her story.
Johnson asked for the smallest details. Even the shop owner wasn’t spared by him.
Yet, he found it weird.
“Hmm. Who is the link to the Death Society?” Johnson rubbed his beard. “The marquis? Someone under him?
“From your story, you only met a few people in the dynasty, especially in the imperial palace. The right and left guardians are the emperor’s bodyguards. If the emperor doesn’t trust them, he can’t trust anyone else in the dynasty.
“Her Majesty is loyal to the emperor. On the other hand, the second wife is the one giving the opportunity called the cloud-repelling device. If she didn’t have loyalty to the dynasty, there’s no way she would reveal the opportunity.
“On the other hand, the seventh princess is a bit too insignificant. There’s no information reaching her other than the fact you are giving her the summoning circle, no?”
“Yes,” confirmed Evelyn. Everyone looked clean, so who would be the spy?
“I see. It’s no wonder your fiance chose to become bait.”
“Hmm? What do you mean?”
“Once you realize that everyone looks so clean, you will start suspecting other things without letting go of your suspicion of the clean ones.
“By becoming the bait, he will be able to find out the level of information they have during the chase.
“If you look carefully at this, the ones who know about the space element are the marquis, his daughter, the manager of the marquisate, the emperor and his wives, and the guardians.
“In other words, the princess is freed from suspicion. Then, the only ones who know about the manuals are the right guardian, the emperor, and the empress.
“If they know about the manuals, those three will be the prime suspects. If they don’t know, it means they’re clean, and we should point our fingers at the left guardian and the second wife.”
“He is trying to figure out who the spy is from the information they possess. It’s a clever trick. That’s what I would probably do if I were in his shoes.
“Sadly, I’m not capable enough to have come up with that plan while fighting three enemies. No wonder he is your fiance.”
Evelyn wanted to snort. What fiance? The first thing he did after introducing her as his fiancee was to abandon her like this.
She let out a long sigh before asking, “Still, the timing is weird. Their speed…”
Johnson waved his hand. “If you are worried about that, I have got the gist of the situation. There are more than five people who have broken through the isolation.
“As you already know, their names have their own codenames based on their ability or personality.
“The one who likes to crush someone and grind them, Bell Crusher. The one who kills people from far away, Sniper. The fiend that loves to draw so much blood from his target, Bloody Fiend. A person who loves to tear apart his opponent, Alex Tear. And the person who destroys souls, Soul Devourer.
“These five don’t have the capability to move that fast. In other words, that person is there. The one who is known for tossing people from the air, Lala Sky. She should be the one responsible for transporting them here.
“But the fact that she is not here…”
Evelyn squinted her eyes. “…It means she is transporting another group of people elsewhere for another purpose.”
“Exactly.” Johnson nodded. “Hence, we have three objectives right now. First, we need to find the spy in the imperial palace.
“Second, we will investigate the people who have come out. Third, we will figure out their objectives.
“It is weird for them to suddenly become active, so they might be preparing something.”
Evelyn nodded. “All right. I don’t mind joining you in the investigation as long as I have the right to information as well.”
“Of course.” Johnson accepted her without hesitation. Of course, he was also suspicious of Nathan and Evelyn. It was better to keep Evelyn close to figure out whether she was an enemy or not.
“There is one last question. Why did Soul Devourer and Alex Tear leave us all of a sudden earlier?”
“That’s…” Johnson scratched the back of his head. “Actually, Soul Devourer is said to be able to see one’s soul. He might figure out something from it and retreat.”
“They don’t have any communication devices or something?”
“Not that I am aware of.”
“…” Evelyn suddenly felt like stretching Nathan’s cheek until he cried. Nathan actually chose to split up because of a coincidence.
