Summarize the current situation in your mind as quickly as possible and consider the choices you think are best for you.

　Given the situation, there was little time for grace.

　That this decision would change the course of the war was obvious without needing to ask anyone.

'(There seems to be no ...... probably no need to wait for Norzuri to return. There's no way that guy is going to come back in a disciplined manner in the first place.)

　Demon General Norzuri has moved away while engaging with the automaton, and the distance between us is so wide that we can no longer hear any sound.

　I decided not to think about joining him for the moment.

　Probably our friend's army is divided into two parts: the adventurer's party in the garrison and the White Wolf Knights of the Great Capitol.

　Although we should still think about joining up with one of them - considering the fact that the automatons were involved in such a large scale destructive activity, the danger is much greater in the Great Capitol.

　Considering the magnitude of the return on the cost invested, the target should not be the garrison of adventurers, but the Great Capitol, where the administrators and other councilors are gathered, most likely.

　With that in mind, the action to be chosen would be self-explanatory.

''Chandler, take the tree man (dryad) there as a guide and meet up with the White Wolf Knights of the Great Capitol.
"Jupiter (dryad)?　Oh, that's him!　You look more human-like than that guy down south!
And Nagi. I want you to come with me. Chandler doesn't know the faces of the other members of the group. It would be a disaster if they mistook him for an automaton and attacked us.

　Nagi lightly steps down from the tree tops.
　Quickly, Melissa comes running over to her.

I understand. It's not in the request, but we'll take care of it for an additional fee. Since it's just me and you, I'll give you a discount.
'If Nagi's going, then so am I!　Don't let me tell you that wizards are useless!

　Now I'm in a situation where I need one person to help me.
　If they're willing to voluntarily accompany me, there's no reason to refuse.

　Then, after sending the four of them out, I'll give instructions to Mark and Ulysses, who will remain.

We'll get the refugees off the island. Can we still get that boat out of here?
You can take out as much as you want. The magic is eaten up when you move it, you know. They don't move by catching the wind with their sails, they move by controlling the water current with magic.

　Ulysses was about to turn on his heel and head towards the lake, but he suddenly stopped and looked back at me.

'By the way, I haven't seen one of you since a while ago. You didn't pass out or anything from the impact of the landing, did you?
'Ah!　Indeed!
'I'll leave that guy to you. I don't want to get involved with him too much because he stinks too much. We didn't say a word to him after all.

　Mark raises his voice in a panic and explains to me about the other one and whatnot.

　Meanwhile, Ulysses left this place to prepare the ship and moved to the shore of the lake.

''It's Sir Ambrose of the Suigan Order!　You said you had a message for me from Lord Garnett's brother: .......
From your brother?　Do you have a message from a different knight in charge of the Knight Commander's message?
No, I'm not the Knight Commander of the Silverwing.
"Nah, ......!　Valentine!

　Garnett peels her eyes away and exclaims her surprise.

'It was really sudden. He seemed to show up out of the blue with Lord Ambrose in tow and said he had something he wanted to tell Lord Garnett, so he was going to take him to this level or something.

　Mark glanced at Garnett, noticing his reaction, and began to explain to me what happened on the ground.

　I've heard that out of the two older brothers alive, the third son, Sir Carmine, is the leader of the Silver Wing Knights, but the second brother, Valentine, is living away from the public eye due to injury or illness.

　The content of the message left by such a man is not something that can be predicted.

It's Sir Sophia's judgment that if I refused, she might intrude without permission, and so we discussed it. It was decided that he would take his agent, Lord Ambrose, and two others to meet the new members of the group as well.
'Nagi and Melissa are guiding the way and doing right by the guild. So ...... you?
''You can't just send a new knight whose face you don't know and an adventurer who is an outsider. When I thought about who would stay on earth, me or Sir Sophia, it had to be this way by process of elimination.

　Mark shook his head in disgust.

　Indeed, it was unlikely that this guy would be sent to the deepest part of the dungeon willingly.

　There's no doubt that there were unavoidable circumstances, and the reasons he explained to me were sufficiently convincing.

'...... More importantly, I need to find Lord Ambrose. If anything happens, Sir Sophia will yell at me later .......

　At that moment, a strange-looking figure appeared from the shadows.

　The figure was dressed all over in a thick robe-like costume, and its face was hidden by a deeply covered hood and a front hanging that was dyed with a pattern of patterned eyes, a style that could only be considered suspicious.

　In contrast to Garnett, who revealed his wariness, Mark called out to the figure with a relieved face.

'Ow!　Oh my God, where have you been hiding?　See, this is Lord Luke the Commander and Lord Garnett the Silverwing.
Is that Ambrose?　You're a very suspicious bastard by any measure, but--
That's good. The stage is all set for you.

　An unfamiliar man's voice comes from someone calling himself Ambrose.

　Unlike me, who was convinced that that was Sir Ambrose's voice, Garnett and Mark both had a look of astonishment on their faces, but the cause of their surprise seemed to be different from each other.

'You were able to speak, you!　He hasn't spoken a word since we left, so I'm pretty sure he'll be .......

　Mark was surprised that Ambrose had spoken the words.

　But Garnett, on the other hand, was struck with astonishment for an entirely different reason.

'...... That voice, you're not you ...... Valentine or ......!
'You were taught to respect your elders, weren't you?　There's a sense of decorum in a close relationship, Garnett.

　Valentine Argentia.
　The one who called himself Ambrose accepted being called by that name as if it were a given.

'Valentine, because ......!
'What?　Ah, Lord Ambrose!　What are you talking about!

　Sir Ambrose of the Order of the Green Eye - no, Valentine of the House of Argentia, who leads the Silver Winged Knights, turned his face, hidden in his prehensile, towards me with a gesture of tilting his head.

'I apologize for my deception, Mark Easton. I really wanted to meet him here in person. Me and Lord Ambrose were the ones who had to hide our true faces from each other, so it was easy to switch back and forth by consent.

　Mark froze, aghast and speechless, as he was told this without seeming to be offended at all.

　If the real Lord Ambrose was someone who was dressed like that and never spoke a word, it must have been easy to replace him now.

　Or did Valentine plan even this replacement, and dare to have Sir Ambrose accompany him as a collaborator?

'What do you mean by that, Valentine!
'Just as Sir Mark has explained to me. Garnet, I have something to tell you. I know your father was still planning to rush you, but as far as I'm concerned, I wanted to let you know while you were in this dungeon.

　Valentine held up his glove-wrapped index finger and held it up in front of his mouth where it should be through the front droop.

　It was as if he was telling them unspoken that this was secret information.

'The illicit mithril circulated on earth by Agart Ram. "The mithril weapons used by the Night Ripper - and the remains of the scene of the murder of that person. It turns out that all of these mithril weapons contain the same impurities.