Yes, but Silver wasn't exactly doing a good job of judging whether his info was accurate or not.

Mouthless, never blinking, doll jointed mother trucker comes up to you calling himself Mephiles the goddamn DARK tells you go kill this bright eyed young hero.
Is that even tricking at that point? Dude put zero effort into not sounding like the actual devil from the bible and Silver still went along with it.