At first I thought it was an auditory hallucination.
　There was no way Luke could rush to a place like this, as he was busy repairing the great tree.

　But as the power of the [Restoration] circulating in his physical body strengthens and the bleeding in both severed arms stops, he understands that the situation is definitely changing.

　As I did so, Luke's voice resounded directly into my head with the same feeling as when I was called out by Fraxinus.

'Thank goodness ...... looks like you made it in time. I'm getting Flaxinus to help me focus the majority of the magic power of the [Restoration] skill on everyone.''

　There is no indication that this voice has reached Hadary.

　He seems to be busy dealing with Sakura, who is fighting back with the burning sword and [Shrinking Land] without even realizing that Garnett's bleeding has stopped.

　Perhaps it's a voice that can only reach those who have received the effects of 【Restoration】.

　I'm going to have to say that I'm not going to be able to get it right.
　It's a whirlwind of sunlight produced by Sakura herself, clothed in flames like a thin robe, and the incandescent sword of the hibiscus kane.

　From time to time, Sakura also tried to thin the flesh by using 【shrinkage】, but each time the sword bends and attacks the point where it appears, forcing it to retreat.

　It's an offensive and defensive move that makes me feel ashamed of myself for having fallen out of the battlefield.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work for you.

　Out of the corner of Garnett's vision, Ezell and Nagi, slashed and blown to pieces, are trying to wake up their wounded bodies.

　But Garnett's arms don't return with the tips of his elbows missing.

　That's true.
　No matter how much [Restoration] is done, it can't increase the total amount of matter.

　As long as I don't recover the severed arms lying at Hadary's feet, I can only poke my knees in the air with my body unable to fight.

　In principle, he might even be able to reconstruct both arms if he could pull the flesh and bone material from other parts of his body.

　But my body wasn't big enough to endure such a thing.

''The only thing I can do from this place is [repair] ...... indeed, it's hard to hit [disassembly] through someone else's tree trunk (body), ...... but as long as my life is safe, I'll definitely heal you!

　Ezell and Nagi returned to the front lines and began to cover Sakura with the ejection of swords of magic power made to appear with their summoning skills, as well as a combination of fast movement and magic tools.

　Hadary, with a look of rage on her crumpled exterior face, increased her thin, long, whip-like sword to two swings and began to overwhelm Sakura and the others with twice as many hands.

'Regeneration again!　Just like Fraxinus!　That's a really nasty ability!

　The inner walls of the Great Capitol were chipped away, one after another, countless pieces swirling like a sandstorm in the midst of a silvery whirlwind.

　It's such a juggling act that if they weren't fighting themselves, they might even be impressed.

　The only one who has been able to continue fighting unharmed is Sakura, who has activated the God Descent, while Ezell and Nagi have been wounded many times, but continue to stand up with Luke's [Restoration].

''Algernon!　He's probably hiding somewhere anyway!　Let Muspel self-destruct!

　Hadary screams out to nowhere.

　Then the outline of the flaming giant with only its upper body collapses and changes its shape into a spherical flame floating in the air.

　If it was Sakura's Hihiyrokane sword, it could slice through even a mass of flame due to its flame-heat-absorbing nature.

　However, while crossing the onslaught of Hadary's increasing momentum, you can't get to the point of attacking the sphere of fire.

''............ d*mn it.''

　Oh - how pathetic.

　Just as my mother, who sheltered her young self, could only watch her mother grow colder and colder with every second, can I only watch my friends continue to fight while they are hurting?

　Can you only wait for the explosion of the fiery giant's evil footsteps to reappear in the Great Capitol?

　Can you only accept that the automaton (Hadary) that you have identified as one of your avengers to strike, completely ignores you as a defeated soldier who can kill you at any time?

'I don't like ......, I refuse to do that ......!

　The hatred for his revenge and the anger at himself mingled in the back of his chest and rose up as a fierce fighting spirit.

　I wouldn't have come this far if I could snap at this level.

　I would have given up avenging myself long ago and returned to life as the daughter of the Argentean family, only wearing a beautiful dress.

　She should have stopped holding a sword as soon as possible, and resigned her knighthood without ever meeting the A(n)yi(n).

　I don't know what background the automatons have and what purpose they had in attacking Athropolis.

　But I can assure you of this from the bottom of my heart.

　The ten years dedicated to the preparation of revenge, and the life that you decide to live after your revenge is complete, will not be so light that you will be delayed by the dolls' objectives.

"Do you hear me, white wolf?
"Garnett!　Is your arm okay?　The pain is well and truly gone, isn't it!'
You see that much? I'm dying of embarrassment.

　He speaks to Luke in the distance through Fraxinus, whispering lightly.

'Fraxinus is a tree person (dryad), right? That means he used to have normal arms, legs and a face, and then he got big and became this big tree, right?
'...... That's what it should be. Even when using [Restoration] in this way, it feels different from ordinary wood.'
Good thing you're not. Luke, I need you to do something for me.

　Garnett bent his whole body low and poked the severed surfaces of both arms covered by the magic of 【Restoration】 on the floor while looking at Hadary, who ignored him and hurt Sakura and the others.

　It was as if he was getting ready to start running now.

''Arm (...), (...). Now. As long as you can hold the sword, I'll do whatever you want with it.
"Nah, ......!　But the material for [restoration] is ......!
It's all over the place.　A material that used to be part of a tree man (dryad) with arms and legs.

　It's a joke of a request that I don't even know if it's possible.

　The fact that I would say such a thing soberly on the face of it makes me seem calm, but maybe I'm just out of my mind.

　But right now, I couldn't stop the edge of my mouth from rising in conviction that I could do it.

'Maybe it's worth trying ....... If I can't do it, it just won't change the situation.'
'Right?　I believe you, Luke.
'Haha ......!　You can't fail when you talk like that!'

　An enormous amount of magical power flows into the arms pressed against the floor.

　The sensations in both of my lost arms are regained as if they were seeping out of a section.

'Run, Garnett!'

　Taking Luke's voice, which was sinking into his heart, as a signal, Garnett ran out of his low-bent stance.

　A new pair of arms pulled out of the magical light that covered the floor.

　They were ruggedly shaped, resembling the basket hands (gauntlets) of armor formed from living trees, but they were solid 'arms' that had a solid sensation that passed through to the tips of their fingers.

　While sprinting, Ezell picked up Evaldi's sword, which had been left off of his body, and ran in a straight line towards Hadary.

''You could still move!　Next time I'll slash your head in four!

　Hadary was caught off guard as she realized Garnett's approach and tried to swing her arms to change the trajectory of the two whip swords.

　At that moment, several plant ivy suddenly grew out of nowhere, tangling Hadary's arms from behind and slowing him down.

　The source of the outbreak was the bump-like shelter where Fraxinus hid the injured - one of them had been pried open from the inside, and the hyrd of the rainbow scales that had been [repaired] the burned-out body was activating magic.

　As if to say that Garnett (you) wasn't the only one who couldn't end up like this.

Nah......!　You ...... elfishness!

　The thin ivy was able to hold the automaton (Hadary) back for just a moment.

　It was torn off in the blink of an eye by an inhuman physical force and immediately resumed its attacking action.

　-- A moment later, Ivaldi's sword cut off Hadary's head vertically.

'---- is...'
Agat Ram!

　The coating that gave rise to the extraordinary strength of the skeleton (frame) was turned into a weapon, so it is obvious that the strength of the body is significantly reduced.

　A single sword carrying Garnett's full strength split Hadary's head, vertically severing his chest, ripping open his belly as well, and slashing the Hitogata created by his advanced technology in half.

　At the same time, Sakura, seeing the slackness of the attack, thrust the blade of the baboon kane into the giant fireball on the verge of exploding and sucked up the burning heat.

''--Kon, na, thing--!
This is my...

　The automatic doll (Hadary) contorted her face in confirmed defeat while crumbling down as she was cut in both directions vertically.

　Garnett, with every possible thought, swung the sword of Ivaldi, which had evolved into a mithril alloy by Luke's hand, with a precise and unmatched trajectory, into a horizontal cleave.

''--Declaration of war!

　The vertically split head was further severed from the neck and separated from the torso and rolled to the floor.

　Garnett propped his sword against the floor and leaned his weight against it, breathing on his shoulder to make sure Hadary wasn't moving anymore.

　The giant fireball that the fire giant had changed into was also quelled without exploding, and there was no sign of Algernon hiding somewhere to make a bad move.

　The conviction that he had finally won, reminding him of the current state of his body, weakened by fatigue and blood loss, draining the vitality from his entire body.

　This is not the end of revenge.
　It's the first step I've finally taken.

　...... Even though I understand it in my head, I can't stop the joy from welling up in me that makes me want to cry.

　Now I just wanted to share my joy as quickly as possible.

　With that one man, the only one in the world who affirms revenge and accepts everything, including even that.