"Master Luke!　That's no fun, there seems to be one very strong enemy in the enemy camp!

　Almost at the same time Sakura screamed as she wiped the blood from her forehead, a dark elf in armor appeared through a hole in the barrier wall.

　A strong warrior with a large body covered in brown skin, with the exception of his head, which was covered in metal armor.

　If someone who only knew the demon race called elves from books would see them, they would be devastated by the difference between their appearance and that of the elves they had imagined.

　On the contrary, they looked like a different animal compared to the dark elves they had seen so far.

''Hey, White Wolf's ...... that guy, does he have a much different vibe than the other dark elves?''
You look like a physical person.

　Behind the dark elf warrior, soldiers from both sides are fiercely battling each other.

　That warrior is clearly one level higher in ability.

　Pushing him back out of the hole and then [repairing] the wall is not realistic, as is the case with stones.

　Of course, the decision in this kind of case was discussed with the head of the Dwight base beforehand.

　A divisional strategy.
　We're going to carry out [repair] while leaving that thing inside the defensive wall, isolate it within the camp, and then attack it.

''(If you can get that guy to stop while I approach the wall ......)''

　Instead of signaling the execution of the mission, I looked around for Sakura, Garnet, and Noir, who was a bit farther away.

　However, Noir didn't even notice my gaze, and was stiffening, trembling with a pale face.

''Ah ...... ah, ah ...... Nor, Zuri ......''
Ho, it's the escaped black wizard. I've heard reports that he was guiding the knights, but I didn't expect to see you here.

　Sakura and Garnett slashed at each other with swords and long swords in hand.

　However, the dark elf called Norzuri was able to flow away the two slashes with one great sword.

　And even while doing so, he has the luxury of turning his attention to Noir.

'I wonder what my sister who was left behind would think if she saw me. No, it was my sister?　Well, it doesn't matter either way.
Stop acting like a f*cking idiot, you piece of shit!

　A great sword wielded with one hand intercepted Garnett's clicking blow and sent the long sword flying high.

　Aiming at Sakura, who came around behind him with [Shrinkage], Norzuri pointed his other hand and received the blade that was brought out.

　It wasn't just the strength of his armor that prevented him from doing so.
　The blade and hand were frozen together upon contact, stopping the severing.

'It's an interestingly constructed sword. It's like a mineral we don't know. It would be fun to take it as a trophy of your death.
d*mn it ......!

　Sakura used the [Ignition] skill on the sword blade to give it high heat, and then struck the hilt head hard with one hand to break the contact between the ice and the blade, and quickly pulled the sword out of Norzuri's hand.

　In doing so, Norzli's palm was cut shallowly across his armor, and a small amount of blood stained the ice thinly.

'...... increasingly interesting.'

　I took advantage of the gap in the offensive and defensive battle to hang [Repair] on the defensive wall and completely blocked the large hole in the wall.

　The division was successful.
　However, will I be able to defeat that dark elf?

''(Norzuri ...... I remember that name ......!)

　This is a name that was once mentioned only once when Noir told the story of the heroic party's disappearance.

　Four dark elf warriors who followed the Demon King Gandalf and engaged the brave Falcon.
　Two of them Noir knew the names of - Norsuli and Austri.

　Even though they had the trouble of breaking their weapons, they were still one of the enemies who defeated the brave Falcon.

"I sealed up the wall and it is ...... a good example of [restoration]. A complete restoration in an instant when you take your eyes off ...... Oh, I see. So that's how it is.

　Countless ice spikes arise from under Norzuri's feet.

　Immediately after Sakura and Garnett took their distance with a quick reaction, Norzuri turned his back to them without hesitation and rushed towards me without a pause.

''The source of this--!

　You're going too fast. My body's movements don't seem to be able to keep up.

　Even faster than the motion of trying to escape is halfway over, Norzuri, who raised his great sword, had reached in front of me.

''-- It's you!

　The great sword is swung down at an unnoticeable speed.

　During that moment, Sakura, who appeared in front of me with a 【shrinkage】, is greeted with a slash of divine speed.

　A high-pitched metallic sound that resounds.

　In exchange for deflecting the trajectory of the great sword away from me, Hihiirokane's sword was snapped in half, and Sakura's body was literally--completely cut in two halves as two pieces of meat.

''----!''

　I don't even know what I screamed.

　The moment my outstretched arm touched Sakura somewhere, I poured all the magic I could muster into it.

''--Kahaha!　Geho!

　Sakura, who had come up for air in her tenth body, coughed repeatedly as she tried to hold back her breath as if she was going to collapse.

　A few seconds in time, no, it just felt like a long time, but in reality it was less than a second.
　Both the severity of the damage that was [repaired] and the short time spent on [repair] are the highest ever.

　It was a miraculous 【Restoration】 that I couldn't help but be truly surprised.
　Even if I were told to do 【Restoration】 at the same speed again, I don't feel as if I could do it again.

　However, we weren't the only ones who were astonished.

'What ...... is that?'

　Norzuri muttered in a dumbfounded manner, then contorted his face in anger and roared.

''You!　What have you done?　You're kidding me!　I don't think that's acceptable.

　A great sword that tries to be raised again in anger.

　But before it could be wielded, Garnett grabbed its arm.

''Mmm ......!''
Yeah, yeah!

　With the interference of the monstrous force by surprise, Norzuri was thrown in the opposite direction from the wall - the direction of more knights rushing in and thrown away.

　The quickest way to draw him away from us and hit him with more forces.

　However--

What?

　--a huge wall of earth suddenly appears between Norzli and the knight.

　This is not something that Norzli caused.
　Because he himself was astonished.

　However, it was Norzli who responded to the current situation the quickest.

　He changed his posture in midair and landed on the wall.
　As if that was the signal, the earthen wall deformed and shattered as if it was pushing Norzuri away.

　In coordination with the invisible 'third party', it comes flying in at a speed that far exceeds the speed at which Norzuri was thrown away.

　And Norzuri's body, clad in a block of ice, collided with the garnet and crushed the entire surface layer of the defensive wall.

''----!''
Garnett!

　I didn't scream or scream, but I saw a blood antithesis being spat out.

　I couldn't think of anything other than to [repair] Garnett, and I was running out in a straight line without pretending to be.

　Norzuri, who stood up, swung back with a large sword in his hand and broke Garnet's legs as if to provoke me.

　Its eyes were burning with only the killing intent against me.

　Hence, I couldn't notice the assassin who attacked me from out of sight.

''Ggaaah!''

　A dagger stabbed into Norzuri's right eye.

　It was held by Nagi, who suddenly came down from above and landed on both of Norzuri's shoulders like a lightning strike.

'Now!　Do it!

　In reaction to Nagi's disappearance with her high-speed movement skill, Norzuri loses her stance even more.

　Norzuri swings his great sword in distress, but with one eye crushed and his stance broken, he is unable to aim, and the great sword passes over my head and pierces the defensive wall.

　In a moment of running underneath it, I poured my magic power into the great sword and the defensive wall, causing the two to [fuse] together.

　A strange nobleman's order to make a sword stuck in a rock that can't be removed - I used the ability I once had to respond to that, and made Norzuri's great sword become one with the defensive wall.

　If he [disassembled] it, he would be able to give up in an instant, but this would be indistinguishable from simply being stuck, and he would be wasting extra time.

'Garnett!　We'll get you well in no time. ......!

　Just as he aimed, while Norseli fumbled to pull out the great sword, he activated 【Restoration】 while running, holding the stunned Garnet in his arms.

　How ironic.
　This time I'm in the position to pick up Garnett with both arms.

''Dumbass ...... I'm not happy that I was able to get back at you in this way ......
Let him go!
Master Luke!

　With the instantaneous movement system skill 【Shrinkage】, Sakura rushes behind me.

　Immediately after, a tremendous cold air rushes through the surroundings.

　In the next moment, I noticed that a distorted ice dome was covering my path - no, a distorted ice dome on all sides.

The fact that the human fortress appeared in the blink of an eye and that this operation is failing ...... was all caused by you alone ...... It was only ......!

　Besides us, there's only one other person inside this one, Norzuri.

　We touched the ice wall and tried to [disintegrate] it, but it was regenerated from the side that was destroying it, and it was going to take a lot of time to break through.

''We were misguided!　The one that should have been eliminated!　Not anyone else!　It was you!　Only you, I will kill you myself!　I will offer up that head to His Majesty Gandalf!
Oh, okay. ......

　While laying Garnett, who had completely finished [Restoration], on the ground, I remembered what I had once said to Garnett.

　--If an important guy had been subjected to the same thing, I wouldn't have been able to forgive him for the extent of his self-inflicted destruction--

　-- I don't care what the others say, I'm sure he wanted to retaliate to his heart's content with his own hands --

　Oh, yeah. And rightly so.

　That's why I couldn't help but say it, even though I knew it was reckless.

'That's odd. I'm about to kill you too.