After making his preliminary judgment, Irving quickly returned to his shelter with the stone tablet in hand. He decided that he needed to return to the real world first. He hoped to take the tablet to the Knowledge Fairy, who should be able to decipher the meanings of the other symbols engraved on it. Only after that would Irving share his suspicions with his companions.
Irving wanted to ensure he was fully prepared before revealing the news of the impending apocalypse to them. In this situation, he felt more confident that he could quickly calm his companions' panic.
Not long after Irving left with the tablet, the Apocalypse Proclaimer returned to the battlefield. He frowned as he looked at the corpses of the monsters. Although he had not suffered a significant blow in his confrontation with Irving, he had lost all the monsters he controlled. Without them, his subsequent actions would be extremely challenging.