This chapter opens with Toby Horhorta, a young man who has returned to the village after a long absence. He is happy to see his old friends. He tells them that the ice devilslayer attacked the village, but that they were unable to defeat him because of the "eternal flame" of the flame atlas. He says that the other members of the guild were placed on guard duty, but they were able to defeat the enemy because of "some other reason" why the village was frozen. When Toby asks what happened, he says that he and his friends had a great time in the outside world, but now that they are back in the real world, they are happy to be home. They tell him that the night before the attack, they sang and drank with the giants, and forgot about the words they had heard the day before. When they heard the words "devilslayer" and "demonslayer," they were so happy that they forgot about them. They ask what happened in the guild hall, and they are told that the news of the village's loss has already reached the other guild members.