Chapter 169: Monster Queens
"Thank you all for coming. As I’m sure you’re aware of by now, we have a rather concerning situation on our hands, with the appearances of these mutated Monsters," Remarked Jules, as she looked around at the others with a grimace.
It was the 8th of October, 1919, three days since the joint-squad effort to investigate and deal with the unusual Monster activity.
As it turned out, it wasn’t just Raven and Wein’s groups that encountered the mutated Monsters, several of the other groups did too, which all but confirmed that these mutated Monsters were the cause of the unusual activity.
Each of the teams had submitted reports, along with the corpses of the mutated Monsters, to the Knights headquarters, where a team had analyzed the bodies to find out what was going on.
With the results of their analysis complete, Jules decided to hold a meeting with several of the high-ranked members of the Knight Order, in order to share and discuss the results, and decide on their next course of action in response to the situation.
"I’ll get right to the matter at hand. Our team of analysts finished their assessment of the mutated corpses last night, and after thoroughly inspecting the bodies, they reacted the conclusion that these mutations occurred as a result of exposure to an excessive concentration of Mana in the air. Furthermore, they determined that each of the mutated Monsters were born around the same time, around mid-June, so a little under four months ago," Jules informed them.
"Uh...I was summoned to this world on the 16th of June, could that be connected?" Suggested Akila nervously.
"Hm, come to think of it...I did sense a sudden spike in the concentration of Mana that night. I also felt a slight, unusual element mixed into the Mana, though that faded after a couple of days," Recalled Raven thoughtfully.
"Oh, yeah, I remember you mentioning that," Chimed in Celia with a nod.
"Then, there’s a fairly high possibility that the Hero Summoning Ritual was the cause of this, the timing feels too close to be a coincidence," Surmised Raven.
"O-Oh, crap, is this my fault?" Responded Akila, a remorseful look on his face.