The cave where Finola and the others were initially based.
A short distance from the entrance to the cave, I was waiting, hidden in the trees of the forest.

Beside me stood a lovely girl with cat ears and a tail, snuggling up to me.
Mi looks up at me with her dull eyes and opens her mouth.

'Maybe it's time?

'Yeah. Hopefully, LeFania will be successful.'

With that, I turn my gaze towards the cave.

In front of the entrance of the cave, there is an open meadow without any trees for about ten meters.
This is the place that will be the key to this mission.

At that moment, Mee tugged at the hem of my robe.

'It's here, William. There, in Lephaniah.'

I looked in the direction she was pointing.
But beyond that, all I could see were the trees of the forest.

No...
If you look closely, you can see something moving in the direction that Mee is pointing, far ahead.

If you look closely, you can see an elf running through the trees.
The sky-blue-haired elf girl ran, occasionally looking behind her, and gradually approached us.

'How can you notice it ......'.

'Hmm, I'm confident in my eyesight. If you want, you can pat me on the head and give me more praise, William?

'Ah, yes. That's Mee.''

'Yah. Nyaaaaah.'

When I stroked her hair as Mee requested, the beastman girl narrowed her eyes and seemed to feel good.
She was as cute as ever.

But that's beside the point.

When LeFania approached me to some extent, I waved my hand and gave her a signal.
Refania seemed to notice this, turned around once more, and came running towards us.

I cast the Insensible spell just as LeFania joined us.
The effect of this spell, which affects the area around the sorcerer, enveloped Mie and LeFania in the area of effect at the same time.

'Haha, haha, haha ......!

'Good work, you did well. How did it go?'

'A lot. ...... I think it's catching on. ......'

I'm not sure what to make of that.
It seems to have worked out pretty well.

As I waited for a while, I began to see a huge green sub-race in the distance, in the direction where I first saw LeFania.
It was a pack of Orcs.
They were moving slowly through the forest, looking around as if they were spying on their surroundings.

Okay, that's good.
And then...

I cast the Illusion spell at the right moment.
The target area is the square in front of the cave.

When the spell is complete, an elven girl with sky-blue hair will appear in front of the cave.
She looked exactly like LeFania.

'It really is just like me......'

'Now, will the orcs bite ......?

Both LeFania and Mee let out their own impressions.
Of course, the real LeFania was right beside me.

As I waited for a while, a group of Orcs came into view of the square in front of the cave.

There I gave instructions for the effects of the spell.
The phantom in the form of LeFania looked at the Orcs, gave a frightened look, and then rushed into the cave in a panic.

Then, as if caught by it, a group of Orcs gathered in the square in front of the cave.

Soon, more than thirty Orcs in total filled the entire square.
Among them, there were nearly a dozen individuals who seemed to be of a higher species mixed in.

'It took me a while. Interesting. ......'

'Alright Mee, contact me.'

'Yes, sir. You got it.'

Mee quickly got out of the insensible range and ran to the rear.
Mee, who was good at covert action, was best suited to escape from this place quietly and undetected by the Orcs.
In fact, she disappeared into the trees of the forest without being noticed by the Orcs gathered in the square.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more information on this on the web. It's amazing, it's really just like William said ......'.

I'm not sure what to make of it.

The strategy I've devised this time is a very simple one.
Lefania would be 'found' by the Orcs on purpose and run away.
The Orcs chasing her would be tricked by an illusion spell to draw their attention to the cave.
The idea was to surround the Orcs gathered in one place in front of the cave with the entire allied army and attack them all.

'If there were some intelligent Orcs among the higher species, I might suspect the possibility of some kind of trap. But if you see how the elves ran into the cave, you would think that the trap was set inside the cave. They're probably thinking hard about how to get into that cave right now.

In fact, the fact that we were gathered in the square in front of that entrance is itself a trap.
If they're so tightly packed together, it's easy for my magic to wipe them out, and they'll be good targets for the elves' concentrated fire of bows and arrows and magic.

'But this is not a victory. The conditions for victory are 'not to let even a single enemy escape', and above all, 'to destroy the enemy without causing any damage to your allies'. From here on, it will be a contest of pure power and skill. Don't let your guard down, LeFania.

'Uh, yeah, of course. It's funny, though, that ...... this was supposed to be a rather desperate battle, wasn't it?'

Lefania said, tilting her head curiously.