When the chimera-like creatures attacked, most of the soldiers who took advantage of the attack were
　Every single one of them was crushed in front of the large number of skeletons that Sarah created, but some of them survived.
　The most.
　The survivors were all captured after being beaten to a pulp by Lil Pop, and they are still unconscious.
　Although they are all alive, it will likely be a long time before they can be questioned.

　In the meantime
　I've been in Gehmose, working on the recovery and healing process.
　The lord of the frontier city of Batcombe, Gelter, came to ask for you.

　Since he was unable to ride his horse due to an injury he sustained during the Chimera-mobbing riot, he was visiting by carriage.

　According to him.
　He took on the chimera-like creature head-on, breaking multiple ribs, bleeding profusely, and suffering countless bruises and bruises, and the doctors have ordered him to stay in bed for at least a month....
　But.
　In spite of this state of affairs, Gelter was said to have continued to spearhead the reconstruction work in Batcombe.

　
　When I met with him, Gelter's complexion was quite pale.
　Anyway, before we start the interview, let me apply my healing and recovery magic.
I'm sure you'll appreciate the sentiment, but you can use it on the villagers. I'm just going to spit on it and it will heal itself.
　With that, Geltor tries to terminate my treatment prematurely.
You will put up with a lot of skinny-dipping.
　His daughter, Biblina, who had accompanied him, poked him in the side for his words.
　

　Biblina is in a great panic.

'You're not just an injured man I'm sure Biblina knows that...'
　At my words, Biblina nodded repeatedly and said, "I'm sorry," and she apologized honestly.

　Once Gelter was well enough to talk.
　He was able to tell me what information he was able to learn at this stage.


　First of all, about the chimera-like creature that appeared

　There were three monsters used in the synthesis of this chimera.
　One of them, the Cyclops.
　It is said that the military faction of Batcombe had encountered and captured this when they marched to the northern mountainous region in the past.

　As expected of Gelter, he never dreamed that such a large monster was hidden underneath the city.

　However, the identity and source of the monster that was fused with the cyclops remains unknown.
"We've detained the people who were involved in covering up the cyclops over here and asked them what happened, but they say they don't have any idea.
　Gelter frowns abjectly and sighs.

　He also heard that there are no wizards in Batcombe who can use magic powerful enough to create chimeras.
　It's a good idea to be able to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
It's a very good idea to have a good idea of what you're looking for.
　Foldente, arms folded, looks unusually reluctant in thought.

　The sum total of this story.
　There is a high possibility that someone other than Batcombe's military faction was involved in the appearance of the chimera, and that person was at least able to use magic in the demon world to fuse multiple demons to create a chimera....
　At the same time, that person was likely to possess at least two giant monsters as well.

''Although........if they brought such a stupid big monster into the city, I'm sure my guards would notice it......but that's not the case at all.......''
　Then, Geltor scratches his head.

　I folded my arms and pondered this and that...
　Suddenly I thought of something.

　The magician Jambalea, who is using the underground labyrinth (dungeon), usually seals the huge monsters that appear in the underground labyrinth (dungeon) in small capsules.

　If the person who seems to be the mastermind behind this event is someone who can use magic in the demon world, he may have brought in a giant monster to be synthesized in a small capsule just like Giambalea.......

　Nevertheless, there is no way to confirm whether this hypothesis is correct or not, as the person who knows the truth about this case has not been caught yet.


　Since no new ideas about the chimera pseudopod was likely to emerge from my thoughts, I put the subject aside for a moment and asked him about the mysterious soldiers who had taken advantage of the chimera pseudopod fiasco to attack the city.

　According to Gelter's story.
　As for the 500 or so men who attacked the city, it was believed that they were definitely from Batcombe's faction.
　After the incident, I checked all the soldiers in Batcombe's army and found out that
　The number of troops in the military faction had been unnaturally reduced by about 500.
　Incidentally, when I asked them to check on the soldiers who had been severely wounded and had yet to wake up, they said they all looked familiar.
''.........or rather, it's a mixture of the twin-sworded heroes and their party members.......''
　With that, Gelter crouched down with his head in his hands as hard as he could.
...you are nothing more than a disgrace to the city.
　As for Biblina, it was hard to stop her as she emitted a momentum that was about to cut into the heroes who had not yet woken up.

　Inside the Batcombe.
　They've got every single one of the military guys in custody, and they're listening to the details.
　Many of the top brass in the military faction have disappeared after the incident.
　The only people who were detained were the lowly ones, so there was very little information that could be obtained.
　After all, we can only expect to see what the Twin Swords Hero will tell us after he wakes up.


　The story so far is almost all that Gelter can tell us at this point.
　We were assured that he would be the first to contact us if he could obtain any new information in the future, and on that day, Geltar and Vibrina returned to Batcombe to work on the recovery.

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　It's been a few days now.

　Beyond the northern fort, Sarah, still in her salamander state, continued to shake her body from side to side while repeatedly burping with her large belly.

　She had inhaled all of the chimera that had attacked her, but she still hadn't been able to fully digest them, so she couldn't return to her human form.

At any rate, there's nothing we can do about it.
　Jean Barea, who came from the control room of the underground labyrinth (dungeon) after hearing about the situation, took out some capsules to contain the demons and threw them into Sara's mouth while looking at her in that state.
　Then, within a few minutes, Sarah's abdomen was suddenly caved in.
　Even Sarah was stunned by the sudden change in her condition.

　This is...
　This was thanks to Jambalea forcing the chimera-like substance that remained undigested in Sarah's stomach to be stored and sealed inside the capsule.
　The capsule that contained its contents in Sarah's stomach was
Hey, we need to get this stuff.
　Giambalea chanted briefly as he said this, and was instantly back in his hands.
'In the meantime, I'm going to analyze this and find out what monster was used.
　Saying that, while staring intently at the recovered capsule, Jambalea went back to the control room of the underground labyrinth (dungeon).

　In addition, it should be noted that
　Sarah's stomach had returned to normal and she was supposed to be able to return to her human form at any time, but for some reason, even after half a day, she was still sitting there in her salamander form.
　Foldente continued to stare at her, frowning.
You?　Masakaa, you've forgotten the magic of getting back to normal, haven't you?
　He said this and looked at Sarah with zit eyes.
　At those words, Sarah
No no no, I'm not, I'm going to be back soon, yes.
　And then I nodded.
So, you know ... well, yeah, okay, just give me a few more days anyway ... I'll remember it soon enough.
　........Just as Foldente had intended, Sarah seemed to have forgotten about the chanting.

　It wasn't until a day later that she returned to her human form.

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　I had asked the people in Liberty Village who were involved in this battle as an interceptor to submit a written report on the status of the battle and what they had noticed, but there was one thing that bothered me as I was checking it out.

　It was a report from Lil Pop.
　According to her description, there was a suspicious luminous body floating around the chimera shadowy figure that was rampaging this time.
　Therefore, in order to destroy it, she kept firing magic bullets repeatedly even while Sarah was engaged in a struggle with the chimera monster.
　As a result, when most of its light body was destroyed, the chimera monster's movements became sluggish and the jelly-like condition of its body obviously became worse.

　I tried to get Lilpop to tell me about this light-body, but he told me that he hadn't seen it for the past few days.
　According to the guards, 'I have found it,' he said, 'but it was too soon, or it disappeared at a great rate.
　Although I don't think she is in any danger, I hope she will come back soon.

　Anyway, there are still a lot of things we don't know about her
　And it's an obvious fact that we have a lot of work to do.

Master, are you okay?　You're a pale bear.
　Korok was very concerned about me.