The scene spreading beyond the collapsed passageway that had been [repaired] - it was pitch blackness where it was impossible to see even a few steps ahead.

　You could vaguely tell by the atmosphere that a large space was spreading out, but there was no light source at all, other than the lighting coming in from the passage.

''Hm?　Is this the only place that doesn't have magical lighting?

　Travis tilts his head.
　I touched my hand to the wall near the entrance of the pitch-black great hall and let the magic of 【Analysis】 spread thinly and widely across the wall.

''It looks like the control panel for the lighting is still broken. The location is the wall at the back of the room ...... It seems difficult to remotely [repair] (fix) it from here.
We'll have to go. Somebody get me some light.
I'll do it.

　With that, the one who stepped forward was Eddie, the younger brother of Ezell the Brave.

'Torchlight,'

　Eddie activates his magic and makes a fist-sized light ball appear in his hand.

''I told you that I have a taste for the [White Magic] skill, didn't I? I don't have enough skill to make it fly far away, so I'm going to walk at the front of the pack.
Then I'll escort you and the white wolf together. Sakura and Nagi, if you get in trouble, just fly over.
Oh, I'm coming with you.

　In the end, the four of us - me, Garnett, Ezell and Eddie - went ahead to fix the lights, while the other eight of us split up the role of alerting the perimeter in the rear.

　Every time I walked, I could feel something hard to step on through my shoes.

What is this? That's creepy, man.
It doesn't look like it's metal, but for ...... ceramic, you can step on it and it won't break. ......

　Garnett and Ezell are in unison in their voices, creeping out the large amount of wreckage scattered on the floor.

　I'm curious about this identity as well, but the first thing we need to do is restore the magic lighting.

　Since I arrived at the opposite wall without any interruptions, I immediately began to work on [repair].

　When the broken control panel is repaired, the ceiling blinks dazzlingly and a daytime-like brightness illuminates the entire area around it.

　The amount of light was so great that it made me dizzy, and after a few seconds my vision returned to normal...

...... Whoa!

　-- who was really the one who raised such a voice?

　Everyone in this place peeled their eyes away from the bizarre scene that unfolded before them.

''Doll, is it ......?''

　The objects scattered on the floor were scattered everywhere.
　It was the bare body of an elaborate human-sized doll - the remains of one.

　There is no clothing. No individuality.
　The spherical joints came off in pieces and the head, which didn't even have hair on its head, was damaged here and there.

　Ezell realized that what he was stepping on was the doll's head, and let out a short scream of surprise as his gaze met with the inorganic orbs, and Eddie stopped him from almost falling down.

　--a doll, and the basement of the Demon King's Castle.

　The two elements blinked together in my brain, leading to the worst possible outcome within the scope of what could be expected.

'Not good!　Let's get out of here!

　It's too early to shout that, or a wave of magical power so strong you can feel it on your skin runs through the hall.

　The wreckage of the doll leaps into the air in less than a second.
　They regained their doll form in an instant, as if assembled by invisible hands, and rushed at the people present.

''d*mn it!''

　Garnet swings her sword without pause.
　Mithril's blade easily slashes down several dolls.

　Then Sakura's sword, Ezell's sword, and Travis's fist crushed the dolls one after another, and the other adventurers fought off the approaching dolls with their signature weapons.

　Furthermore, Nagi used her skill and nimbleness to run over the crowd of dolls and landed in the void created by Garnet and Ezell's onslaught.

'Luke-san. Captain Travis has a message for you. He wants you to tell me if these are the same autonomous dolls that you say were in King's Landing.
'No. ...... That guy had a personality that was indistinguishable from a human, and he was a few steps stronger than these guys. It's more than even with Garnett. Is it simply a poorly performing mass-produced model, or is it the effect of being buried in the rubble ......?

　If this group of dolls were as good as the Night Ripper, some of us would have already been killed.

　But fortunately, that's not the case, and our disadvantage in numbers seems to be overshadowed by the difference in our ability to fight.

...... Garnett!　Underfoot!

　In response to my cry, Garnett delivers a lower level slash in response to my cry.

　The doll's arm being severed.
　The doll that crawled across the floor and approached was trying to grab onto the leg.

''Huh ......!　He's the guy who just cut you up!
'Not just him!　The broken doll is back in place!

　In the same way that joints that were out of place in the first place are reassembled, the severed and shattered parts are connected and regain their function.

　Of course, it's not a complete restoration; the shattered parts, for example, end up being imperfectly joined.

　However, it wasn't very negligible that nearly ninety percent of the dolls destroyed so far had already regained their functions.

''(d*mn!)　(I'm not kidding!)

　Holding his hand over his right eye, he activates the Right Eye of Wisdom and simultaneously removes the repeating crossbow from the holder on his hip with his left hand.

　He stares at the dolls with his right eyeball, which has turned into a mass of magical power like a blue flame, and attaches the cartridge containing the spell load to the crossbow. He immediately squeezes the trigger.

　The arrowhead (bolt) that struck them immediately exerts a magical effect, swallowing the entire body of the dolls with stinging ice and shutting down their movements.

　It's just as expected - no matter how much of an automatic restoration function it has, as long as its output is modest, it can be neutralized if it can't be made to move.

　And another weakness was also seen(──).

'Break its head!　These guys are golems!
'Haha!　So that's it!　It's easy to understand!
'Golem ...... I see!　Just cut out the magic letters and it will stop!　That, but I can't find the letters: ......
'There must be a double-layered face!　What you see on the front is a mask, and the bare(ish) face(ish) inscribed with magic letters is underneath it!

　While skipping instructions to Garnett and Ezell, who were close by, he entrusted Nagi with an additional message to Travis.

'Ice attribute magic, binding magic, whatever. Tell him that if you can't break his head, then block his movements. There should be something just right in the magic tool I gave Leila.
Certainly, ma'am. Have a good day.

　Nagi took it back with such speed that I thought it had disappeared.

　I fired off all three of the new spell armor bullets and then replaced it with a cartridge containing six regular spell armor bullets.

　The three types of spell armor in my hand are fire, wind, and the ice that was developed just before the search.

''If it's a closed space, it's dangerous if it's an explosion or a gust of wind, and I've made one that doesn't have too wide an area of effect.

　I remember Alexia handing me the ice-cold bullets with such a light attitude.

　I couldn't help but send my heartfelt thanks to that guy and to Noir, who was probably the center of the development.

''(After the normal specs of the ice-cold bullets have used up the remaining six ...... rounds, do we have no choice but to cover them with [Restoration] while pushing them back with wind pressure bullets ......?'''

　While pouring the minimum amount of 【Restoration】 magic power into the repeating crossbow, I fired six consecutive cursed bullets in succession, sealing the limbs of several dolls and slowing their movements.

　If it's fragile and you don't know when it's going to break, then you can use it to fix(──) it from the beginning.

　Even if it's impossible to repair it by hand, it's a countermeasure that's possible with my 【Restoration】 skills.

　And the poor aim won't be a problem if the target is swarming in such large numbers.

　Just pull the trigger towards the one that doesn't have any allies, and it will hit some part of one of the dolls.