Hey, white wolf!

　Garnett yells out a kaisaiya as he slashes the doll vertically.

　The usage of the repeating crossbow is quite a good feeling.

　It's not much different than when you're trying to prevent damage by constantly applying the 【Restoration】 method, but if you're only trying to undo minute damage, it's not much of a burden, and it's not much different than when you're trying to repair it after it's broken.

　The total amount of magic consumption will increase somewhat, but it's cheap considering the risk of breaking at the worst possible time.

''Sorry, but the guy who freezes it is out of stock right now. If you can get them to make more of them, you can go to .......

　The remaining problem is the bullet count limit, but that's not something I can do about with my operation.

　The moment I turned around while loading another type of curse-loaded cartridge, a doll that slipped through our blind spot tried to jump on me.

''Oh no! ......!''
Stasis!

　It was Eddie's spell that stopped it.

　Noticing that the doll had suddenly slowed down and become sluggish, I quickly grabbed its face and shattered it with the entire magic letter inside [Dismantling].

''Thanks for the help, thanks.''
'Don't expect too much. The current spell consumes a lot of magic and has a short duration of effect. If my opponent was a living thing, I could stop it efficiently with paralysis: ......
Paralyzed. ...... That would certainly work.

　I chuckle as I think back to the memory of the last time I was showered with them.

　Then I felt a hint of magic playing on the other side of the swarm of dolls, and a few of them were put together and iced.

''It's Leila. It's a new type of magic tool made by Noir-Honestly.''

　I think Alexia said something about spell-loaded projectiles ...... or something like that.
　In theory, it seems to be the same magic tool as a spell-loaded projectile.

　Instead of fixing the spell to the tip of the crossbow's arrowhead (bolt), it's packed into the palm of your hand in a volume large enough to be called a small scroll, and thrown with your bare hands instead of a crossbow.

　The effect itself is much stronger than casting a normal spell, and although the number of spells you can carry around is limited due to its size, it's a very promising alternative as a means of attacking someone who doesn't have magic-based skills.

'I wondered what would happen at one point, but I think I can handle this one.

　I let out a breath of relief as I feel the battle situation tilting in my favor.

　As long as the weakness of the magic letters has been cracked, there is no reason for the guys here to fall behind in the white army battle, and even if they try to push with physical quantities, they can be dealt with by blocking their movements with magic and magical tools.

　This will soon be settled - right after I thought that, a second wave of magic power crossed the great hall.

''...... what?''

　As if that was the signal, the countless dolls came together and stopped moving with a snap.

　The unexpectedly sudden stop caught everyone here by surprise, and at the moment when they relaxed their attackers' hands to assess the situation, all the active dolls rushed towards them.

''Nah, ......!''

　I turned my back on Travis' side, which has a full force, to this side where there are only four of us, including me.

　They're not trying to crush the one with lesser numbers first - that's not what they're trying to do.
　They are clearly aiming at me alone.

　I'm not going to be able to get the best out of it.

''Luke!''

　Garnett, sensing the dolls' aim, raises his voice and breaks in on the direction of their progress.

　And Ezell, following Garnett's lead, is about to intercept the crowd of dolls.

"Blow them all to pieces!
"Heavenly Sword!

　An intense sideways slash of magical power unleashed from the garnet's blade.

　As a signal that Ezell has turned the cutting edge, more than a dozen bare, unrefined swords unfold around him.
　It's not just a matter of time before you can get your hands on a new one.

　The dolls at the front of the line have been cleaved off and stitched together, but the dolls behind them are furiously climbing over even that.

　We stepped over, ran up, and leapt - a huge wave of dolls shot up high to engulf us.

'Let's run down!'

　It's one of the few choices I'm allowed to make. I choose that one without hesitation.

　A free fall that begins with the [disassembly] of the floor.
　Just before the great wave of incoming dolls catches up with me, I [repair] the floor while falling - the part that will be the ceiling from now on, and completely block the escape route.

............ guffaw!

　It was good to the point where I busted through the floor in style, but I failed to land completely and was knocked to the floor downstairs, letting out a voice that sounded like the sound of a toad being crushed.

　I get up while putting [repair] on myself, and call out to everyone else while looking at the situation around me.

''Are you alright?　Sorry, I was late on my signal: ...... Huh?

　The surrounding area is a maze that is narrower than the upper floor, and the magic lighting is mind-numbingly dim.

　Moreover, Garnett and Ezell are nowhere to be found.
　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find a way to make it.

It's a good thing that you're able to get away with it,...... but how violent ...... are you safe, sister,......... ...Sis?

　When Eddie noticed that Ezell wasn't there, his eyes changed color and he ate at me.

'Where's your sister!　You didn't leave me there, did you?　Guess who that person is: ......!
Relax. Maybe it was a maze down there, and he just fell in a different place than we did. There's no way I would have left Garnett with him in the first place.

　When I told him this calmly, Eddie made a pretense of gritting his teeth and took his hands off my clothes and took a few steps back.

'I'm ...... sorry, I was distraught. My apologies.
'I know that she's not in a normal position. But I don't know the details of the situation, so don't tell me who you think she is.

　I put my hand on the wall and activate 【Analysis】 to figure out the structure of the area and the location of the humans.

　There are two human figures beyond the three walls.
　It seems that they fell on the opposite side between the two narrow passages.

　While confirming that there are no golems or demonic beasts lurking around [Analysis], on the other hand, I continue to talk to Eddie.

I can tell it's not a simple sister and brother (sibling) relationship when you refer to Ezell the Brave's father as 'father and son' in a stranger manner. If you'd like, please tell me as much as you can talk about it.
............

　Eddie looked down lightly, thoughtfully, and then began to speak in a muttered voice.

'I'm an adopted child. I'm a distant relative of my sister's father, who took me in because he didn't have any relatives, and I'm not treated as an official child ...... so as not to interfere with my inheritance and so on.
'I see, that makes sense. The fact that you're a sister and brother and you're acting like a stranger and you're acting like a squire, and the fact that I felt you had a great fondness for me.
Hey!　Favors ......!

　Eddie's voice trails up behind me.

　For a squire and his own brother, I thought Ezell's reaction to Ezell's familiarity with the guys, including me and Garnett, was excessive.

　However, if they are not related by blood, it makes sense in a strange way.

''Let's meet up with the two of you anyway. There shouldn't be any golems or demonic beasts on the other side of the wall.''

　I'm going to [disassemble] the wall and make a big hole in it.

　-- from the other side of the hole, a huge translucent wraith's face appeared swiftly from the other side of the hole, and his mouth, which was ripped open to his ears, twisted into a grin.

''Whoa!''
Ohhhh!

　A pathetic scream resonated, and a spell chant from the depths of my stomach echoed.

''Turn undead!''

　Under a direct hit of the desperate white magic, the giant face-shaped spirit body disappeared as if drowned out by the light.

　Me and Eddie looked at each other, breathing on our shoulders.

'Huge Ghost ...... I was so careless that my life span was shortened ......
How did you not know what to do: ......?
'Maybe they didn't get caught up in [the analysis] because they don't have a physical form. They didn't tell me there was a ghost system. ......

　As we managed to calm our breathing and heartbeats, we stepped out into the passageway behind the wall to join Garnet and Ezell as soon as possible.