Vol. 13 - Ch. 767 - Doubtful Days (2): Doubtful Days (2)
The main question that arose between Allen and his party was 'when they should launch their attack?'.
Shea's expressions were calm as she posed the question. She perhaps had decided to take over the role of common intermediary, allowing the rest of their party members to judge the situation and articulate their answer through her argument.
(It's a trap, no doubt. And even if we try to launch raids now, there's just too many things that we don't know. Well, it's not surprising Keel and Merus would object against leaving Lupto in the den of enemies for so long. And here, the sacred beast stone situation is still unresolved. I don't know how long it will take to deal with it. We also have a mountain of stuff to do......)
Allen went over the situation inside his mind, in parallel to the conversation.
He had explored the world, had brought together over tens of peoples to form a party. But they're not monoliths by any means, each had their own ideology. Even his summoned beasts—S-rank in particular had some who wouldn't listen to his commands.
Keel, who walked on the path of virtuousness, seemed to have wanted to take it slow, and cautiously. However, Merus wanted nothing more than to rush for his twin sister's rescue immediately.
Allen lowered his gaze, took out his grimoire, and then checked at the sacred beast stone he had stored earlier. What should have been a beautiful, aquamarine crystal wrapped in soft glimmering light was corrupted by pitch black hue—It was the one containing the soul of one of Demon King's army executives, Virdiga.
«Virdiga's soul has rejected the procedure. Negotiation with the soul for the role of S-rank Bug summoned beast...»
(Oh? It was 'under talks' a while ago, and now it has progressed to 'negotiation'. The gods should be in no less shamble, and Lupto had been kidnapped too, I really can't thank Aula and other angels enough.)