'Whoa!　Gohhhh ......!

　-- I coughed violently, barely pulling back the consciousness that nearly jumped out of my head.

　It seems that the price of forcing myself and the medallion [fusion] that I executed so self-consciously - without rehearsal - was not light, and an uncomfortable feeling as if the contents of my head had been stirred up, accompanied by a sensation of vomiting, rose up unstoppably.

　My memory of a few minutes ago is vague.
　It's hard to remember how I escaped the predicament.

　I tried to get up anyway, but I lost my balance and immediately fell down.

　Oh - of course. It's because the right limb is still taken away.

　I feel like I had managed to make up for it earlier, but until the muddiness of my consciousness and memory clears, I'm not going to be able to even recall what happened.

　The broken crossbow.
　The medallion still clutched in his left hand.
　The adamantine sword that has disappeared from its sheath at his waist.

　The threads of my memory have become so haphazardly entangled that it's going to take a while to unravel.

　I somehow reach out to my right leg that was cut down and iced over, and while holding it against the cutting surface, I crush the ice with [disassembly] to [repair] it.

　The fact that it was frozen instantly worked conveniently, and since most of the blood remained inside, there was no lack of blood on the contrary due to the leg being connected.

　Apparently, it was true that Norseli was going to put me back together later.

''Gulp ...... arms, right arm is ...... where ......?
You ...... again, you're getting your feet scooped up ...... groggily!

　He stood up on his linked legs and looked up.

　Then Norzuri also stood up, with his adamantine sword stuck in his abdomen, and pulled it out with his slender arms with great force.

''There's ......!''

　Normally, this is an outrage that could even cause massive blood loss, but Norseli has suppressed the blood loss by freezing the wound.

　Earlier, he was licking his lips at me, 'I don't think I can kill you,' but that guy is pretty much the same in that regard.

　In the Demon King's War, I am reminded that the reason why Norsuli was able to kill the strong body he originally used in the Demon King's War was because our hand was not cracked at all.

''The Ice Silver Wolf ...... Hattie's Medallion or ...... you got it from somewhere on earth(where). ......
"Hattie ...... that's his name: ......

　The haze that hung over my memory is slowly clearing.

　I've been able to remember bits and pieces of what happened after I became one with the medallion.

It's a shame that you can't finish me off with that kind of tacked-on weapon ......!

　Norzli threw down the sword he had pulled from his stomach and spat out the blood that flooded his throat.

　Maybe it was because he had reworked the sword's make up to Garnett's liking, or maybe he simply didn't look at it, but it seems that Norzuri didn't realize that thing was the sword of Demon King Gandalf.

　It proves that the reason for his attack is not a medallion or the Demon King's sword, but a matter that has nothing directly to do with me, as I said earlier.

''Luke White Wolf!　You're going to take me to His Majesty and I'm going to take you there!　"I'm sure his Majesty will be pleased to see you when you look into his right eye...

　The ice wall shatters behind the barking Norzuri.

　A few arrows fired by Chandler pierced the ice wall.

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

Nah ......!
Pull out!

　A flash of burning white hits the astonished Norzli as he turns around.

　A cross-slash slash cuts down the wounded Norseli - and Garnett rushes to my side without even a glance.

''Luke!　You're okay!　......, hey!　My arm!　And your face: ......!
...... Don't make that face. You've got a face that the rest of the world can't see.

　It's an awful look of impatience and anxiety all rolled into one.

　I'd like to hug her with my left arm, but I gingerly hold back and keep my hand on her shoulder.

The first one is Norzuuri. He's not the kind of guy to go down with that.

　He shifted his gaze to Norsuli while calming Garnett down.

　Although Norseli was still reluctant to get up, if he was in such a wounded state, Garnett and Chandler should be able to dismiss him.

''Guh...... this is not the way to face His Majesty......''
He barely saved his life. That's a lucky way to end up on your own.

　Not only us, but even Norzuri looks up in astonishment at the voice that suddenly descends.

　Before we know it, a figure is standing on the ice wall.

　It covered its entire body with cloth, and although it didn't reveal its true face, or even a speck of skin, its voice was certainly familiar.

''No way, you're ......!
Suzuri!　You are not fooling me!

　Suzuri of Fire, one of the four demon generals of the Demon King's Army.

　A dark elf swordsman who took the body of Sakura's father, who is of a different species, just as Norzuri uses the body of his gendered kindred, as well as the body of his father.

　Suzuri shifted the cloth covering her face slightly with her fingertips and took a glance at Norzuri with her steeplechase eyes before shifting her gaze to me and Garnett.

I'm sure you'll be able to see with your own eyes how well prepared and ready you are to enter the fourth level. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get the benefit of the true enemy if you are half prepared.

　If I hadn't been mistaken, I could hardly sense anything resembling wariness from Suzuri.

　It's as if she only showed up to explain the situation.

'You mean the true enemy ...... Agart Ram?'

　Holding Garnett's shoulder, which was growing deadlier in contrast, he first tried to draw out as much information as possible.

''If you want to fit the designation on the ground, you're right. If we pass through this hierarchy with our feeble forces, we will definitely be defeated, and we will only end up making them embark on an aggressive offensive, as if we were poking at a dragon's nest.
So you wanted to make sure we were on the same page?
If it wasn't enough, I wouldn't let any of them leave alive. If we confronted them with the result of annihilation, would they be more inclined to withdraw from the hierarchy or send in a stronger force?

　Both Garnett and Chandler are fully prepared to attack, and are ready to take on Suzuri at a moment's notice if I give the signal.

　Feeling the weight of the Knight Commander's responsibility, I continued to stare at Suzuri without a care in the world.

''It's ......, but Norzuri has gone beyond the role of scout and gotten to me.
"This man thinks you have humiliated him by making him lick his lips too many times. It is understandable that he is obsessed with it. If he succeeds, he may have been complimented by His Majesty, but ...... the result is this.

　Norzuri also looked up at Suzuri bitterly as she froze her injuries and blocked the bleeding.

''So, can I assume that we've met the Demon King's Army's expectations?''

　I said this sarcastically, but Suzuri didn't find it particularly sarcastic and simply shook her head in affirmation.

You are not the enemy to us. Our mission is to defeat the real enemy. If you think that Agat Ram is the enemy and you have the right forces in place, then we have no intention of interfering with you.
...... Surely the humans were not the ones you guys needed to defeat. It's material for a new weapon to fight Agart Ram.
'That plan has already been foiled. It's hard to get a steady supply of people now that we've been blocked off to the ground.

　Suzuri didn't show the slightest sign of ill will and fully affirmed my statement.

''On top of that--if you guys have stepped on this ground with sufficient resolve and strength, you have asked me to convey your Majesty's words.
The words of Gandalf, the Demon King?
'Yes,' His Majesty said. "I wish to have an audience with the representative of the human race on earth and to be granted an audience with the representative of the earth and to be granted the honor of .......