'Have you finished your strategy meeting, you cowardly adventurers? I'm tired of waiting for you to come and attack us. I want to finish this stupid fight as soon as possible and get back to my research.''

Alice continued to provoke me.
I ignore her and check with my friends.

'Do you all understand the plan? It's no exaggeration to say that everything depends on Satsuki in this operation. I'm counting on you.

'Yeah, I'll leave it to you. I'll make sure I get you in one blow.'

Satsuki exhaled and seemed to be concentrating.
She looked at Alice with quiet eyes, neither underestimating nor devouring her.
If she looks like this, she'll be fine.

On the other hand, when I looked at Mee and Cyril, they also nodded at me with straight eyes.
Their role is to act as insurance in case Satsuki fails, but neither of them seems to be taking that role lightly.

They seem to be in perfect health.
Satisfied with their condition, I looked at Alice in front of me and gave the order.

'Then let's go. Three, two, one. ...... Go!

With that call, I kicked the ground and started running toward Alice.

Satsuki, Cyril, and Mee were chasing behind me.
Satsuki and Mee, who were faster than me, slowed down their running speed to match mine.

In other words, all of us were charging as one, as a team.
It was a bit silly, but it wasn't the time to worry about appearances.

'Oh, you're finally ready to come. Now I'm going to make you fall prey to my magic.

Alice says this in a theatrical but happy tone, and starts chanting a spell.

How dare she?
She has no intention of falling prey to magic.

Normally, it is a fool's errand to attack a sorcerer in a mass.
The theory is to keep as much distance as possible from each other and attack in a scattered manner.

There is of course a certain significance in ignoring this theory and attacking in this way.
Because of the effects of the spell I used earlier, this form is preferable.

And...
When we had closed the distance to Alice to almost half, Alice finally finished chanting the spell and waved her staff.

The spell she used, when we were still too far away for the attack spell to reach her, was...

'Dispel!

With Alice's voice, the 'wall' that had been dividing the space disappeared as if it were shattering with a momentary glow.
And then, on the other side of the wall that disappeared, a flock of zombies with longbows appeared side by side, a total of twenty of them.

Well, that's what's coming.
With the wall in place, the zombies won't be able to see us.
In order for them to shoot at us, we need to get rid of that 'wall'.

'Ha-ha-ha-ha! You're stuck, you stupid adventurers! Let's shoot them all at once! Shoot those fools dead with a rain of arrows!

The zombies, who were already waiting in their arrow-slinging forms, quickly drew their bows and aimed them at us.

''That's ridiculous ......! How can the undead use a bow and arrow? ......! d*mn it, we'll just have to go through it ......!

That's my line.
I've prepared this line in advance, but it's a little too obvious for my taste.

'Ha-ha-ha-ha! There's no way I can make it in time, you idiot! Let go of me!

Alice waved her wand in delight.
At the same time, the arrows were released from the bows of the zombies.

With a bang, bang sound of strings bouncing, the arrows flew at high speed.

They flew towards us like a stampede...

All of them deflected off to the side in the space in front of us.
The arrows that had unnaturally changed their trajectory flew backwards, unnaturally dodging our group.

''Is ......?''

Alice looked dumbfounded, still wielding her wand.

At that moment, a shadow came from behind me, overtaking me at breakneck speed.
It was Satsuki.

'I'm counting on you, Satsuki!

'Alright, I'm on it!

Satsuki increased her speed and started to run at her natural speed, but she quickly overtook me.

'Hey, hey, what's going on ......? I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on, but I'm not sure you'll be able to.

Alice is flustered.
I'm not sure if you've heard of it or not.
And after her, the fast-footed Mee chased after her, and then me and Cyril chased after her.

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm sure it's a good idea.

Alice looks completely flustered and unsure of her next move.
You're right.
No one is more prone to collapse when things don't go according to plan than a researcher-like mage.

And it's that hesitation that kills.
In actual warfare, quick and flexible judgment of the situation and decision-making are the decisive factors when the time comes.
A person who is usually engaged in static research cannot make quick and accurate decisions like an adventurer who is always engaged in dynamic activities.

It was the effect of my missile deflection spell that deflected the arrows fired by the zombies.
The other spell I used immediately after the wizard eye reconnaissance was this one.
The reason we all attacked as one is because the effect of this spell is on the area around the wizard, which is me.

And that's all I have to do.
Now it was up to Satsuki, who had been entrusted with the role of attacker.

I saw that Satsuki had quickly rushed close to Alice.
This was the speed of Satsuki, who had much higher leg strength than normal people due to her aura.

Alice finally realized what she should do, and seemed to have started chanting in a hurry, but...

'Fire...'

'Too late!

Satsuki plunged like an arrow into Alice's chest.
The two of them stopped moving.

Both of them stopped moving.
Next, Alice's wand was removed from her hand, and she fell to the ground with a thud.

Satsuki stepped back and pulled out her sword, and Alice's body collapsed.

It was a dull moment at the end, but it seemed that the game had been decided.

'...... Cutting down a person is not a good feeling at all. I'm not going to let them create any more people like Philia. ......'

Satsuki's murmur echoed quietly in the silent room.