We had marched into the twilight danger zone, level 3. Level 1 and 2 had been nothing special so far. That's right, there was nothing. The only thing that happened was a swarm of Scorpions attacking, but other than that we didn't encounter any other demons.


　Those who have been to the twilight many times would have noticed this strange feeling. I heard there was a meeting at the command center about it as well, but the only conclusion they came to was to give strict attention to it. But that would be true too. The only thing we can do is to pay attention to our surroundings, which is a very natural thing for us to do.


'This is the twilight...'


　It was Aries-san, or rather Aries, who muttered that. After this incident, she had asked me to call her by her name. That's why I decided to do so, but the way she called me is still 'san'. According to her, we've been doing this for a long time, so it feels strange to change it now....


'Dusk is just a land ruled by demons, mainly demons, though.
No well I'm just happy to be out there.
There's a chance you could die.
'But still. Because I'm not going to be able to....


　The front line of the first platoon. The battle is Belle-san walking, and behind her is me and Aries. From there, the first- and second-grade anti-magician people go inside, and in the back are Noah and senpai....... Normally, I don't want the magic-using anti-magician to happen on the front line, but with her strong wishes, it's in this form now.

　Well, if it's level 3 or so, it's possible to protect her.......but still, I'm worried about what I'm worried about. This is a completely unknown ability. The information said that it has magic that rivals that of a special class anti-magician, but a picture is worth a thousand words. I was conscious of being able to protect her, just in case.


''........What's the matter, Yulia-san?''
........This is the enemy. Mr. Bell!
Copy that, sir. Everyone get ready for battle...


　I perceived the existence of the demon through my constantly deployed twilight eye, Twilight Sight. They were lined up side by side, as if they were waiting for us. At a distance........roughly, about 5 kilometers.


　The demon's proper name is the giant spider 《Huge Spider》. He is an opponent with many fates, but he already knows how to fight. Cut off its legs, crush its head, or use fire as an effective magic attack. In addition, there were spider webs everywhere, as if they were spitting threads around him. Its stickiness was quite strong and once caught, it would be quite difficult to escape on its own.......


　Then, after sharing information with everyone in the first platoon, we prepared for battle.......and then we all ran across the land.


　Of course, Belle and I are leading the way. With the wind knocked out of us, we ran across the land at an uncommon speed. The Invisible Blade has already been activated from the Multiple Knife, a compound dagger held in both hands. As it is, me and Belle-san raise their blades at each other in an attempt to cut the individual in front of us.......but in the next moment, the unbelievable thing happened.


'Explosion...?'


　It's gonna blow up. It's gonna blow up. It explodes. There were roughly nearly two hundred giant spiders, the Huge Spider, but all of them exploded one after another. Even after they explode, their remnants continue to burn. I was stunned to see them continue to burn, as if there was no need to leave anything on the spot.


　No way, senpai, or was it Noah who did this?


　Thinking that, I turned around and saw that the person who was activating the magic was.......Aries. With her right hand thrust out in front of her, she continued to activate her magic without wiping the sweat that was flowing out. And.........it would have lasted less than three minutes. The swarm of giant spiders 《Huge Spider》 was drowned out by its presence. Nothing, not even a piece of it, remained. There was only something that had burned out. That was all.


''Ah........I......well, perhaps I did something unnecessary?''
No, no...


　Just as I was about to formulate those words, the counter-magicians around her surround her.


''Wow, wow!''
Elves are still amazing!
I've never seen magic like that before.
'Mr Aries?　Was it?　You're amazing!


　She was enclosed and seemed happy, though she was somewhat bitterly smiling. Seeing this, Belle-san, Senpai and Noah approached around me.


''Senpai, Noah. That........can you reproduce it?
It's impossible. 'I can do the explosion itself. We can vaporize the liquid inside the demon and add some magic to make it explode a bit, but that's a problem. But the problem is its personal field.
''Hmmm. I'm not sure if it's possible for me to do that either.......just like Eira-san said, the personal field is still a problem. It's a bit of work to break through that, and even if you use a permanent engine, it's probably impossible to recreate that.
Well...


　Now magic. I've seen Eve-san use it before, so I know the logic. But the problem is that, as the two of them said, the intrusion of the "personal field" is tremendous. I'm sure you'll be able to use a magic called "Diffusion" to disable the personal field, but to do that many at once is impossible.


　To begin with, my realm diffusion is to diffuse my personal field. If I had to say it, it would be more accurate to say that I physically intervene and use force to pry it open. But while this is effective in one-on-one combat, it's next to impossible in a group battle like the one we're having now.


　In other words, Aries's magic is not at the level of being comparable to a special class anti-magician. It's a level that exceeds the Special Class Counter-Magician by a long shot.


''Mr. Bell you should probably report to the top.
I'm going to ... this is just not what I was expecting, you know?


　So we worked with the platoon that came after us to create another base of operations in the danger zone level 3. So far, so good, as we expected. If we can get to level 3, we can do just fine. That insight was probably shared not only by the command center, but also among the antimagicians. But the problem starts at level 4. From here on out, the twilight gets even thicker. In my case, the influence of dusk is no longer equal to that of dusk. Rather, it seems like the darker the twilight gets, the more optimized my body becomes.


　But the others...normal humans. I don't know what kind of effect it will have on me. Besides.........what about the elves' resistance to twilight? Since they are sub-humans, they probably have more resistance than humans, but whether they will really be strengthened like other demonkind or raped, it's still unknown.


　Besides........I was still curious.


　Aries. Who is she? Her proficient magic skills. I heard that she was one of the best wizards among the elves, but I didn't expect her to be this good.......................Elves are skilled in magic. So there's nothing strange about it. Yes, maybe it's rather obvious. But I had a strange feeling that something was wrong........


''Ah, Julia-san. I'm glad to see that I was able to help you earlier.
Aries is ... good at magic, isn't he?
''Well ... yes. By nature, I'm very good at magic, even among the elves, and I've been practicing it for a long time!
I see.


　He doesn't seem to be lying. She's probably a truly gifted elf. And despite the fact that she might be anxious to be among humans, she's acting like she's in good spirits. I... well, even though we met at the beginning by chance, we're in the same squad. Maybe we should talk a bit more so that I can get used to being one of the humans in many ways.


　Of course, that has a calculating connotation. I'm also curious about that magic........


''What did you do with that magic just now, what did you do with the inherent domain [personal field]?''
A personal field?　I'm sorry ... that's a little unfamiliar to me.
It's not like he was just using normal magic or anything.
''Ha, yes. As for me, I thought I used normal magic as usual, but...


　Is that the usual and normal...?

　I realize once again that this world is much bigger than I thought. This world is much bigger than I thought it was.