Urgh...

Impossible... I, a disciple, have been defeated for a second time...

Grrh...

However! I can see it!

I see you suffering at the hands of those very humans you seek to protect!

And one day, the whole of Grand Gaia will fall at the wake of human civil war!

Enjoy your peace while it lasts!

Because you humans are cursed to destroy one another!

...h-hello?! Hans?!

Are you all right? You're not hurt, are you?

Thank goodness!

I couldn't get a hold of you, so I got a bit worried.

Oh, and I finally found out what that demon's ability is!

It turns out that those disciples you have been running into are apparently connected to the powers of that demon.

To put it in simple terms, the demon has the ability to read the mind of any human as long as they are in a certain area.

It then uses their memories of whatever they fear or feel menaced by...

...and manifests itself in that form, pretending to be the original source of that particular human's fear.

Which is what leads me to believe that those disciples you've been forced to fight again were created by the power of that demon.

What? How did I find this out, you ask?

Well, I have a lot of influence when it comes to my superiors, so I just convinced them to spill the beans...

......

I'm sorry. That was a lie.

Noel from the Summoners' Research Lab is the one who told me.

Just when I was getting ready to get scolded by my superiors, and told to go back where I came from once I reached the Hall...

...I got a message from Noel.

"I guess it's about time I told you."

That's what he said.

But, if you think about it...

...doesn't that mean that Noel knew about this demon the whole time?!

If he had just told us about it from the beginning, maybe you wouldn't have run into so many problems!

However, just because we know what that demon is capable of doing...

...it doesn't make it any less dangerous.

Now more than ever, please take care of yourself out there!