Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Back when Waltz and Catalina (and Schwartz) were making Ardelheit feel unexplained anxiety that he didn't get.

The town, 'Octofesta', which was on the other side over the mountain range from the town of Wespel where they were, was laid with a strict attitude by the Mid-Eden-Boreas coalition forces that occupied the town. It was the first night since the occupation and he feared that a counterattack would come from the Eclerian side.

If the Eclerians were to come, there could be no other way but metastatic magic. It can't be a battalion march, like traveling hundreds of kilometers across an untouched road in a short time. Even if the movement could be physically achieved, the hips of the soldiers on the vehicle should be on the verge of collapse or suffering from spinal hernia...... It was inconceivable to take such a harsh means of travel that a loss would be confirmed before we fought.

Alternatively, there was no chance that Sylvia and the others would fly in using the kind of airship they saw the other day, but the odds were very low. In what could be termed the first battle, he suffered a loss until he was completely skinless. You must have understood that the Mid-Eden - Boreas faction cannot be beaten by a single airship, so it still flies and other bones of stupidity. If it were to fly, it was more likely to come this time in the form of support for ground forces, rather than alone.

Then, as mentioned earlier, there was no possibility that the preceding ground troops would be here any time soon, so there was also almost a 0 chance that the airship would fly. So, Sylvia and the coalition were wary of what --

"What's the North Side investigation?

"Confirmation of the entire house confirmed one case"

"... what about the East Side?

"Two, sir."

"What about the South Side?

"Luckily it was 0"

"West Side"

"Two, sir."

"A total of five places...... It's definitely still out there somewhere."

Like —— there was a hidden Eclerian magic formation inside the general dwelling, and it was likely that the Eclerians would use it to transfer. Especially now at night. As the Sylvias did last night, they were likely to be ambushed.

So it seems that Sylvia and the others, as soon as they found the magic formation, were going around disabling it. It was also conceived of a way to wait for them to leave in front of the magic team, but when they sent the explosives, there would be no more ex-girlfriends or children, so we talked about turning them off from the beginning.

But still, it was hard to say that I was out of search for everything. It is almost impossible to discover if the magic formations were painted not only in the house, but also underground, behind the ceiling, on the roof, etc. in a way that was hidden in the walls, painted with invisible magic guide ink, or unpredictable in the first place.

In other words, Octofesta, although occupied by coalition forces, was still in a state of battlefield similarity and could not be distracted in any way. Therefore, Sylvia and the others were insured about their safety…. Well, let's take that up later.

As a result, Lisa reacts to Sylvia's whining with a serious look on her face.

"What do you want to do? Senior. Do you want to run?

"Master Cortex's investigation hasn't been completed, and there's no escape? Besides, I think people probably don't want to leave town, so there's no reason to leave them..."

"I don't think we can help talking about Master Cortex, but hanging out with people who don't want to run away and this one being at a disadvantage, I can't solve it. Shouldn't you just leave me alone?

"We'll leave the cause behind later... That's not how it works. In the worst case scenario, I'd ask Master Cortex or Katarina to go in the direction of letting everyone sleep and then kidnapping them, but isn't that still the time?

"Do you have something?

"Because --"

and at the time Sylvia spoke ——

Gacha......

"... will that really catch me?

"Yeah, definitely. Mr. Waltz and Mr. Cortex said no doubt about it."

—— Yuki and Yulia return inside the Operations Command Office.

"--Master Yuki and his predecessors are motivated, and you just don't feel the need to run away in the first place..."

"... Well, you do seem to be able to do something with your strength moves..."

"Hmm? What are we both talking about? Running?"

"I'm talking about whether tactical retreat is possible."

"Oh yeah...... I can't admit to fleeing in front of my enemies... but that's not true. You shouldn't have to talk about it in the first place."

And it was the moment Julia spoke.

Mhhhhhh!

Out of nowhere, I hear roaring, something vibrating, such an indescribable sound.

The sound sounded like it was coming from the lord's hall in the heart of town. Realizing that, Yuki and Yulia open their mouths to each of them...... Its contents--,

"... you're really here"

"... somehow pathetic"

—— seemed to contain a bitter laugh that Apparently something prepared as an Eclerian countermeasure has begun to harm the Eclerians who have transferred as expected.