He managed to take out five Sahagin Tempests.
　Amidst the jubilation, the one who looked up with a huff was Sarasa.
　Her eyes glowed with a blur.
　She activated her [Future Vision].

''It's coming!　Twenty!

　He showed another hole from earlier.
　Apparently, he chose to go around it.

'As expected....'



　Cecil and Rowan set up their respective gains.

　I looked over to Sheila beside me.
　My sister smiled and nodded emphatically.

'Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. I'll fight, too.

　Sheila extended her three-section portable wand.

'That'll help!'
With Sheila, you're a hundred strong.
Let's go for it.

　Hearing the welcoming words filled Sheila with motivation.
　She stood at the front of the party.

　Indeed, with Sheila's entry, the forces were in place.
　But her opponent was the Sahagin Tempest.
　In addition to its lightning attribute, it was also strong against heat.
　It has a strong resistance to the lightning and fire attributes that aquatic monsters have a weakness in.
　It is a troublesome opponent for wizards, who mainly use attribute magic.
　It's not easy to defeat it alone.

　It's important to find a way to cooperate with the party.

　I'm a little worried.
　However, it seems that even he understands that.

''I think it will be difficult to kill them with [Mage (Wizard)] magic. Therefore, I'll hold them back, so I'll ask you all to do the finishing touches.

Okay.

I'm on it!

　Rowan strikes the back of his hand.
　There was a cracking sound.

'Miss Sarasa, I'll leave you to your timing.

I understand.

　Sarasa activates her 【Future Vision】.
　She tracked the figure of Sahagin and the others creeping noiselessly from the depths of the cave.

''Coming...10, 9, 8.......''

　The count echoes.
　It's as if the sound is inaudible.
　Still, Sarasa must be able to see it.
　The figure of a shadow creeping up on her.

　One, zero...!

Now!

　A moment later, Sheila unleashed the magic she had concocted in advance.
　She invoked the magic.

　[Frozen Prison]!

　It was a sharp attack that stole Chairman Vael's stock.
　The water on the ground froze in an instant.
　The ice ran and perfectly captured the movement of the Sahagin Tempest that was about to attack.

　In the blink of an eye, an ice statue of a demonic beast was created.
　Brilliant.
　In an instant, the B-ranked demonic beast was frozen.

''Amazing........''

You've done it all!

'No!　I'm coming!

　Sarasa denies it.
　Her words were correct.
　A companion appears from behind the frozen Sahagin Tempest.
　'Gupepe! He pounced on her, making a strange noise.

　Rowan and Cecil ran past Sheila, who was bracing herself, to the side.
　With their respective gains, they took out the Sahagin Tempest.
　In addition, Sarasa supports him with her bow.

　It's a good partnership.

　Sheila's magic makes the first move and the others follow up against the leaking monster.
　It's only recently that we began training our party to work together.
　But a pattern was already forming.

''Ah!''

　Sarasa notices something.
　He activated [Future Vision] once again now.

''The effect of [Frozen Prison] will expire. Seven more beats to go!

　If you look at it, there was indeed a crack in the ice statue of the demonic beast.
　The effect of 【Frozen Prison】, which is a restraining magic, must be about to run out.

　However, there was no need to worry.

　Sheila's hand already held the magic power of the next bullet in her hand.
　It activates.

　【Vajra Many Bullets】!

　A large rock formation floated up.
　It was divided and formed the shape of countless spears.
　In the dimness, the tips glowed like vaulted stones.
　A moment later, they were ejected by Sheila's instructions.

　The countless stone spears attacked the Sahagin Tempest, who was still unable to move.
　When they pierced through the entire ice, the demonic beasts were shattered into pieces.
　Every single one of them was overrun.

　The end.
　Twenty Sahagin Tempest were defeated in less than sixty beats.

''Whoa. Amazing.........''

Maybe you don't want us here.

　Rowan gawked and dropped a paragraph.
　Cecil, who was surprised beside her, seemed to be as well.
　He nodded in agreement.

''That's not true.''

　I shook my head in denial.

''Sheila's attack power is one of the best. But even though [Mage (Wizard)] is the strongest profession, it's not an all-powerful one. That can be said of Sarasa as well.

　The key to this party is Sarasa's [Future Vision].
　And Sheila's overwhelming offensive power.

How to protect and fight against it is going to be the key. In other words--

So it has something to do with how well I'm going to protect you and Cecil.

　Rowan steeled himself.

'Right. Come on, Rowan!'

　Cecil and Rowan high-five each other.
　They are as close as ever.
　But not bad.
　If the coordination that can be placed on the two defenders is increased, Sheila's ability to take over will also increase.
　The attack power of the entire party would increase.

　As it were, they would be able to lay waste to the battlefield like a giant tank.

But even with Sheila in the room, it was a perfect decision, wasn't it?

Yeah. It's easy to work with.

From the beginning, I felt safe as if I was at the party.

It would be.

""What?"

'Do you think I've been letting you practice coordination exercises without a second thought?　Of course that's where you were leading me and Sheila to decide whenever we went in there.

　In training our party, I've given each of us a concept in mind.

　Cecil's role is to be the weapon of the party.
　Rowan is the shield.
　Salasa is the brain.

　But no one has ever been a clear-cut "attacker".
　Because it's me and Sheila.
　The three of us are the pillars that support the attacker.
　That's why it's only natural that Sheila and I work well together.

"Oh, you thought of that too, huh?

Actually, I don't think it's a punch line that they can even use [future vision].

'No!　[Future vision] That's it!　Amazing!

That's my brother.

　I praise him.

　I snorted lightly.

'Don't be surprised, boys. There's more awesome stuff waiting for you in the back of this one.

　I grin.

　I'll be even more surprised than I am now.
　After all, there's a dungeon in the back here....

　The dungeon I created is expanding.