As we rushed out of the momentary gap created by Lionel, the demonic beast Skoll was visibly aware of us and tried to flip his upper body.

　The moment the force was put into his paws to pounce, Noir and Norzuuri's magic restrained Skoll's huge body.

　While inwardly thanking them for their exquisitely timed backup, they continue to run without turning aside.

　Passing by the side of the demonic beast Skoll, I went further back.

　Instead of turning around and attacking from behind, my goal was the other side of the great hall.
　With my back to the fearsome demonic beast, I sprint towards the wall that emits light like the sun.

''The white wolf!　It's like they've noticed you!
I know!　Please!

　The thick bundle of tubes connecting Skoll to the wall pulsated, and when I thought that countless eyeballs and fangs had emerged on its surface, the Fenrir Wolf's ruined chunks of flesh came flying out like a dam.

　Garnett's wielding sword and Eddie's unfurled spell scrolls met the forceful interference head on.

　The reason for attempting to interfere in a great hurry even by generating an incomplete subordinate - it was almost certainly behind that wall that emitted dazzling light and heat.

''(--Gggg!)

　Even though there was still quite a distance to the wall, the heat was so intense that it was painful to my skin.

　Just when I thought that I couldn't go any further without [repairing] my flesh, the amount of light on the wall suddenly halved, and the pain that burned my skin rapidly faded.

''(Hild?!)　(I guess it worked!)

　Furthermore, Eddie spread his spell scrolls behind him, gusting the high heat air that blocked his path.

　This clears the way. But there's still more that can be done.

　I also load my repeating crossbow with ice-magic spell shells and slam all the rounds into the still-heated wall with my fastest continuous fire.

　Even if it's not as good as Norzuri's magic, you should be able to expect a significant amount of cooling if you shoot this much.

　Then, stepping over the last few seconds' worth of distance, I press my hand against the wall surface where the heat content has dropped.

''Gu......!''

　Even though the magic power flowing in was reduced, the hot air was blown away by a gust of wind, and the wall surface connected to the demonic beast Skol was still hot enough to scorch a human body even after being cooled by the ice spell ammunition.

　If he hadn't taken away the heat through multiple measures, his entire body would have been burned to a crisp just by getting close enough to reach it.

　Enduring the pain, he gritted his teeth and poured his magic power into the wall with all his strength while applying 【Restoration】 to himself.

''Activate the skill ...... [Decomposition] ......!

　A crack runs across the wall.

　Scorching magic power erupts from the cracks, and the pressure of the cracks causes countless debris tinged with killing power to scatter.

　The rain of wreckage pouring down is stopped by Garnett's magic barrier and magical slashes.

　The glow is lost in the blink of an eye.
　The depths of the wall that had been covered up are exposed.

　What was there was another wall - the same bundle of tubes connected to the demonic beast Skol, intricately intertwined and towering high in the mountains.

　I ran the gaze of the Right Eye of Wisdom and searched for the one point that could be considered the center of everything.

　A palm-sized artifact embedded near the apex.

　A large medal-like artifact with a decorative stone like a wolf's eye set in the center.

　Everything is connected to that relic.
　The demonic beast Skol, the tentacles that produced its subordinate, Fenrir Wolf, and the countless tubes that undermined the magic transmission circuit behind the wall.

''Topmost!　Can you see it!
"...... That's it!　I'll take care of the rest!

　Garnett concentrated the full output of his body-enhancement skills into both legs and leapt in a straight line at the target artifact.

　At the same time, a tentacle with distorted fangs sprouted from the deformed wall and all at once attacked Garnett.

　However, Garnett cut off every one of the onslaught in the air and extended his arms with the momentum.

''I got it!

　A medal-shaped artifact is pulled out with all the force it can muster.

　The flesh-like peripheral objects are torn apart with a buzzing and raw sound, and the deformed wall pulses as it screams.

　Back and forth with the garnet landing lightly, the huge body of the demonic beast's front half only collapses with a roaring sound.

　-- The information obtained through the "Right Eye of Wisdom" really conveys how the magic power and vitality is rapidly disappearing from Skol's body.

　This is the end. The demonic beast Skoll has fallen and his soldiers, who were fighting independently, are being defeated one by one.

　As I was temporarily suppressing the excitement bubbling up from the depths of my chest, Garnett, holding a medal-shaped artifact in her hand, rushed over to me at a hurried pace.

''The white wolf!　How's that working out for you!
'Yeah, I guess that artifact was the core (core) of a magical beast Skoll. I have no idea what the principle is, but ......

　I stared at the artifact that Garnett was holding with the Right Eye of Wisdom, and at the same time, I touched it with my fingertips to activate the normal [Analysis] at the same time.

　However, it was as if I couldn't grasp what was inside rather than on the surface.

　Just as the enormous magical power of the Demonic Beast Skol was a wall that blocked the perception of the 'Right Eye of Wisdom', something unknown must be preventing the analysis.

　Nevertheless, I could only grasp that this artifact was in a state of inactivity and was no longer able to influence the outside world.

'...... At least it doesn't look like it's going to restart right now. It looks like it's completely shut down.
I didn't get it out of your hands, but is this what you want?
Yeah. I don't even know how we got into this mess. The more clues, the better.

　Once the artifact received from Garnett was put away, the overall balance of light intensity in the entire Great Hall became homogeneous, and the unevenness in brightness from earlier was eliminated.

　Then Hild reported the completion of the mission in a loud voice from the other side of the great hall.

''Commander!　I managed to optimize the magic pathway!　It looks like that demon was blocking the fix after all!

　I looked at Garnett and smiled at each other in relief.

　Originally, our role was not to defeat the magical beast Skoll.

　Our role was to investigate the reason for the loss of the luminescence phenomenon in the ceiling of this hierarchy, and if possible, to restore it.

　It's important to note that no matter how well we defeated Skoll, as long as we can't restore morning to the underground space, we won't be able to say we've fulfilled our role, and Hild's report is exactly what we've been waiting for.

　--The first thing you can do is to get your own copy of the book.

'Norzli!'

　I called out to him, and Norzli turned around with a look of deep-seated disgust on his face.

'What's the matter. The operation must be over. Then I'm done getting used to it. It's up to you guys to report to Fraxinus--'
Thank you. You've been very helpful this time.
----

　Norzuri's eyes widened for a moment as he opened his mouth to speak, and then quickly twisted both of them into a disgusted shape.

'You're a fool, you idiot. It's no more than a truce between us because we're in a boat," he said. Or do you want a thank-you note from me?
No way. No way... this guy is a dead man. It's a fact that I was able to help out in various ways, so we should settle up now instead of dragging it behind us.
Hmm ...... It's a tradition I have a hard time understanding.

　Snorting abominably, Norsuli turned on his heel and disappeared into the spiral staircase.

''--But this time I'll go with your style. You guys have served more than enough. That contribution is commendable.

　The sound of hard footsteps moving away.

　I was strangely struck by the fact that Garnett was cowering his shoulders with an indescribable expression beside me as I exhaled briefly, "Oh dear.