Chapter 45 (1/2)

SHOULD WE FIGHT BACK? SHOULD WE SURRENDER?

Fro the situation outside with his eye glass

In case the little boat the envoys were at didn´t come back, he would have needed to i to be worried about The little boat was safely returning to Sherr island together with the four lass, he could confir theit He couldn´t see their faces well, but they earing the uniform of the Sherr island In other words, the four h of relief

“…So in the end, it was the truth”

While feeling e too suspicious, he started to think about what he should do after they landed There was no way he could send thes to talk with the, howelse they need them to help with

“Really, now to go talk with them … Haa…”

Theodour decided that for now, he should start by changing his clothes

While having his back facing the , he headed to the changing roo to talk with the the head of the te to aremerchandise on their shi+ps It was because they were merchants that ran away from the demons that he couldn´t let them look down on him No matter hoell he handled the conversation, if there was any single disorder with his clothes, it was possible the merchant would look down on hi relationshi+p hereafter Since in this situation, they wereattacked by de that Looking at the bigger picture, there was no way he could let himself be depreciated in their first impressions of him

However… If he was to keep watching the shi+ps for a bit longer, perhaps, the following events could have been different

But to keep being troubled over the possibilities is of no use after all By the time Theodour noticed all the coht at thethe collar of his unifor his hair in order, a subordinate of his rushed inside the room with a force that was as if he had tore the door down Theodour let out a tired sigh

“What´s thesoon…”

“It´s not the ti that! We have been tricked The merchant shi+p had demons on it!!”

Theodour stopped the hand that was tying his necktie

At first, he couldn´t understand the report given by his subordinate Until the last part of the report, word by word, could finally permeate into his mind, a bit of ti of those words, he snorted, denying the possibility

“What a stupid thing… Didn´t they have the bill?”

“N-no Actually, they killed the envoys that went there and exchanged places with them”

“…It can´t be possible”

Theodour hurried to his office

Looking through the , he saw the port he had already become familiar to dyed in blood Unfortunately, most of the ones dead at the port were the te the te their swords or spears Theodour weakly crumbled down to the floor

“Ho-ho-how… This is impossible”

Before he could send his prided fleet, the demons had already landed at the island

The soldiers that were co trampled down by the de the down the spiritualistsfro about ten people with only one swing of its halberd Looking at the red haired deh hiainst that red haired deic, but by instinct

“Thi-this… Perhaps it ht be better if we surrender”

Before he could notice, those kind of words were already leaving his mouth

More than the i as the honor of the spiritualists, his own life was far-off much more important And so, it was better if he surrendered now so that he could prolong his life even if it is by only one hour, and then wait for a chance to run away However, the one thinking that was only Theodour

“What are you saying!? Shouldn´t we properly go fight them?”

It seems Theodour´s subordinate intended to resist to the bitter end

His subordinate was showing surprised expression for the opposition of Theodour, who had already given up

“Even without fighting, it is obvious Look at that That red haired is killing tenIf it was a naval battle, it would be another story, but there is no e can win against that monster on land!”

“Aren´t there a great number of spiritualists in this temple? Now is the time to use them!”

“Foolishness Are you saying we should ht?”

Theodour started to tremble violently with his subordinate´s declaration Indeed, there is hope for winning if they used the spiritualists imprisoned here One way or another, they were spiritualists that had been accu in a daily basis Naturally, rather than actual practicing, e about de techniques However, there were also spiritualists that were very experienced in co demons If they were to use those well, perhaps they could win