When we reached the Merician Mountains, we headed a little north along the mountains and stationed the Hanging Garden above the Steer Mine. I look at the mining site below and open the "gate" to transition to the ground. Sheska is staying in the gardens.
　When I landed on the ground, the area was quiet and the atmosphere was rather eerie.

''Is no one there?''
'That's because no one goes near a golem's territory. I've heard that the thing has a tendency to eliminate anyone who intrudes on its territory. Maybe if they see us, they'll come to us.

　As I listen to Yumina and Else's conversation, I search for "Mithril Golem" on the map app. Ah, there it is. It's moving slowly in the depths of the tunnels. It seems to be heading this way.

There's a danger of collapse, so it's nice that it's coming out this way. "We're in danger of collapsing, so it's good that he's coming out this way.
"That's the hardest thing I've ever seen...
"I don't want this to happen again...

　Kuroshio and Coral murmured with a puzzled face at my words.

''But wouldn't that make it impossible to defeat them? I don't think a golem would cry and beg for forgiveness like these guys.'
"Godd*mn it!
"Amber are you trying to pick a fight with us?

　I thought for a moment, calming the three animals that were about to turn nasty.
　Hmmm, even though I could certainly do some damage from a slip and fall, it would be hard to beat them with it. With Coral and the others, I used that method because it was limited to sunset, but....
　Hmm, another method........I've thought about it a bit before, but let's give it a try, that one.

'I'm going to go get ready for a bit, so just wait for me.

　I said to the others and opened the "gate" and headed to Sheska's place in the hanging gardens.



　When I returned to the quarry after getting ready, I heard a thumping sound. It seemed that the golem was already close by.

'Hey! Where have you been! I can't afford it anymore!
Sorry, that took a while.

　While apologizing for Else's words, I handed about fifty bullets with 'Explosion' granted to Linse and Yumina. In the meantime, I'll also hand the New Model Army and the bullets I've granted to Yae, who won't be able to fight with the sword this time.
　I'm sure it's not necessary for you to do what I want, but you never know what might happen. It's better to be careful, isn't it?
　A thud, thud, thud. I think we're going to see him. I stare at the entrance of the tunnel. This tunnel is huge.... It's not just a matter of time before we find out what's going on here. If that's the case, the size of the golem might be as high as the height of that tunnel.
　But still.........isn't this footsteps sound strange? It's like two things: one far away and one close....

'Here they come, that is!

　A silver body emerged from the entrance of the tunnel, illuminated by the sun.
　It was a craggy, rocky body, but all of it had a metallic sheen to it, and it must have been six meters in size. Its legs were short and its arms were large and long. Its face is slumped, with a black, hollow hole visible where its eyes meet. The inside of it glowed eerily red and seemed to be glaring at me.

''And, Fuyao-san, that!

　Another golem slithered out of the tunnels that Yumina was pointing at and appeared. This one's body also shone silver and emitted a dazzling light.
　Two mithril golems. Holy crap. No wonder there should be two vibrations. I hadn't noticed them when I saw them on the map app earlier. Two of them are overlapping each other. Don't tell me they're a couple?
　Mmm, if you zoomed in, you could see that there were two of them beforehand... and they wouldn't even come up with a child golem, would they?
　Regardless of my feelings, the golem lifted a large rock that was beside me and threw it at me. Whoa, watch out!
　Everyone scattered and avoided it. It crashed into the ground and shattered pieces of rock scattered in all directions around the area.

'Water, come on, impact bubblebomb.

　As Linze chanted the spell, a few soap bubble-like spheres appeared and fluffily drifted towards the golem. And the moment it came into contact with the golem, it caused a chain of explosions, and thud thud thud thud! And the sound of the explosion echoed around the area.
　Foggy smoke lingered from the explosion, but the golem that emerged from it seemed to be unharmed.

''It's not working...?''

　No. Is there an attributional problem? As I recall, the earth attribute was strong against the water attribute.
　Dun dun dun, Yumina fired a series of M1860 Armies. The part of the shoulder that was hit exploded with the effect of 'Explosion'. However, it still doesn't even enter what looks like a crack.
　d*mn, there's nothing I can do about this. I'll have to try it out.

"We'd like to try something.

　Everyone looked dubious at my words, but they quickly backed off as I said. The golems are coming straight towards us. It's because they are indeed made of mithril, but their steps are surprisingly fast. Well, it can't be as light as a balloon, so I guess it has some weight to it....
　Well, if not, then it's time.

Axel!

　He used acceleration magic and jumped into the golem's bosom in an instant. He held his hand out to the ground underneath the golem's feet where it stood and activated the decisive magic.

''Gate!''

　A large gate of light appeared on the ground with a bow, and the golems disappeared into the ground, like the golems falling into the water. Yeah, it was a success.

''And, Fuyao-san! Was that...?
Hmm? Yeah, I used the 'gate' to transfer it. Apparently it's not only perpendicular to space, it opens horizontally as well.

　Yumina ran up to me and asked me about it, so I'll give her a quick explanation. I knew I could probably do it, but I'm glad it worked.

''Transferring it to where, that is?''

　At Yae's question, I laughed and pointed my index finger upwards.

''Right above here. Ten thousand meters above the altitude.
" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

　I check the location of the golem on the map app while everyone else is looking puzzled. I can't get an idea of the altitude, but it's still off from here. Well, that's because of the air resistance or something. It's a problem even if it falls straight down.
　There's only a mining town to the south, and it's not headed that way, so it should be fine.
　I just had Sheska go up to 10,000 meters above and check the exit for this. However, when I think about it, maybe we didn't need 10,000 meters.
　As I recall, once the falling object was subjected to air resistance and eventually reached a certain velocity, I don't think the height mattered anymore. Terminal velocity, was it?
　Well, let's just say that I raised it high just in case, I guess.
　Soon, with a high-pitched screeching sound, two tremendous crashes came from the west of the mining site. 'It's fallen. I didn't expect it to fall straight down here, but it was quite a bit off.
　I used "Axel" to rush to the place where the golem fell. Everyone else used the "Axel" granted to the ring and accelerated as well to keep up with it.

"Well, it's still moving...

　The two golems were trying their best to stand up in a large mortar-shaped area that was already filled with dust and smoke, even though they were covered in cracks all over. That's less damage than I thought. Is mithril really that light?

"Here comes the water, here comes the bubble bubble bomb.

　As if not to let that happen, the magic released by Linse explodes at the golem's chest in front of her. The mithril of the chest rattles and crumbles as it is impacted by the cracked body. A dull, shiny, dull silver ball can be seen behind it. Could that be the central core by any chance?

''Accelboost!''

　Else used a combination of body strengthening and acceleration magic and dove into the golem's chest like a released arrow. The gauntlet in her right hand, which she swung, emitted a red light that completed the charge.
　Gakiyin! It was as if a part of the central core shattered with a sound as if it had been struck by heavy metal. As it was, the golem fell from its back to the ground with a resounding thud and didn't move a muscle.
　Beyond that, dang dang dang! And then the sound of a gunshot, followed by a doggerel! And now the sound of an explosion was roaring out. To the other golem, Yae had attacked it with my New Model Army.
　Like the previous golem, the exploded chest collapsed, exposing the central core.

''Thunder, pierce me, hundred thunder contraption, Lightning Javelin!

　As if waiting for it, several lightning bolts hit the central core from Yumina's palm. Pow! And with a sound of "I don't know what to do", the nuke shattered in half.
　With the nucleus shattered, the golem here also fell on its back and stopped moving.
　Both bodies were completely silent, and the area was filled with dust and fine crushed mithril. Oh, at the end, I didn't do anything.

''Nice work.''
No, all I do is open the "gate.

　He replies to Ember's words as she approaches, smiling back.
　Else gets the partially shattered central core, and Yae gets the central core that was shattered in half. The size of a volleyball, it was a dull, dull silver color rather than the silver color of the body.

''We've got the parts to defeat, so I guess that completes the request.

　Else raises the central core while smiling. Surely this completes the request, but aside from the golem itself, isn't it a bone to recover even the shattered fine mithril.... No, if we only store the mithril in 'storage' we can recover it all. Well, I'll give it a shot.

Storage: In/Mithriel.

　When I activated my storage magic, the magic circle floated to the ground and the golem in front of me sank to the ground with a stonking motion and disappeared. I examined the ground where the golem disappeared, but I couldn't find a single piece of mithril. Yeah, it seems to be okay.
　In the same way, I used 'Storage' to store the other golem. The capacity of the 'storage' depends on the magic power, so if it weren't for me, I wouldn't be able to store it in a body the size of this one.

Okay, then, let's go home.

　We can report to the guild tomorrow. I've collected the golem itself, and there's no hurry.
　When I opened the 'gate' and went out to the garden of the mansion, I found Rene practicing her bicycle with Cecil-san. Rene was dressed boyishly, not in her usual maid's uniform, but in a shirt and suspendered trousers. She had fallen all over the place, though she was dirty here and there. As I recall, today was Rene's day off, so I wonder if Cecil-san is doing it by going with her to practice in between work.

''Ah~ Welcome back, master~''
I'm back, Cecil.

　Rene noticed us at the sound of Cecil-san's voice, and he rode his bike towards us. He brakes firmly in front of us and stops. You're already able to ride. You were faster than the duke, weren't you? Youthfulness, huh?

Welcome home, Fuyao-chan!
I'm back, Renee. I see you're back on board.
Yeah!

　I pat Renee's head as she smiles happily. I'm really glad I made it when she's this happy.
　Well, for now, I need to take a bath to get rid of the dust and sand. Renee can go in with the others. I'll go in slowly afterwards, I guess.

"Huh?

　Seeing us about to enter the mansion, Renee tilts her head as she straddles the bike. Is something wrong?

Where's your sister, Sheska?
"[A]nd...

　...Oh, shit. I forgot.