While complaining to the light-hearted, he retrieved the medallion of the demonic beast Nemeos Leon from Travis and stood up with his hand on Garnet, who had regained consciousness.

''Travis. Is your body okay?

'I'm feeling a little tired, but nothing too bad. I'd rather be worn out before I got here.

...... Yeah, yeah. What the hell happened to the diversionary force? Aren't they supposed to be out of there long ago?

Perhaps I just don't know it, but each place has been contacted through Roy's spirit animal.

Galatia and Theodore, a series of battles with two medallion equipped dolls, must have been too intense for the spirit beasts that were with us to break in.

It's possible that they may have been burned by Galatia's lightning without my knowledge.

'Can we keep moving, if you don't mind. I've got the others waiting for you.

As we moved after Travis, we were briefed on what happened to the diversionary force.

According to him, just as they were about to turn back when they judged that they had completed a sufficient diversion, a medallion-equipped doll attacked the Ulysses ship that Travis and the others were carrying.

And it wasn't just one or two dolls, but multiple dolls that appeared in rapid succession.

One enemy was successfully defeated, another was forced to retreat, but it was difficult to escape against the water currents while under the onslaught.

They had no choice but to ride the torrent of the waterway and swerve away at full speed, and in the end they were almost stranded on the island.

I was trying to fix the boat for a while," he said, "and then I saw that winged doll coming down. I thought it was a chaser or something, so I came alone to see what was going on: ......

We were fighting the doll.

I could not believe my eyes. You know, I wouldn't have thought you'd be here, of all places. What happened to you?

'It was a good thing we got to the point where we rode into the castle, where important documents were kept secret, and successfully secured the great archives.

There, they were attacked by Galatia, a special class doll, and while they were engaging in a battle while pulling away from the castle to prevent the destruction of the Great Library, Theodore from earlier appeared as reinforcements - and

And as I was briefly explaining how we got to this point, Garnett squeezed my shoulders more closely together and leaned deeper into me.

'Sorry ......, it took me a while. I won't miss it next time.

No, you're not failing at anything. I wasn't good enough. It's not good enough to just [synthesize] or [fuse]. ...... If I could at least take it one more step further, ......

Fenrir's medallion, which was shattered into two fragments during the battle with Alfazul, was transformed into a separate medallion and stood on its own.

Even if you used the [Synthesis] of the two substances as one for these, they didn't become the Fenrir medallion as they were originally, but only changed into a new ...... yet unstable existence.

Even if he couldn't handle such a substitute, Garnett was not responsible for it.

If there's anything to improve, it's me.

''Both of you, the review meeting can be done later. For now, I'm going to ask you to [repair] the ship. And the recovery of the wounded.

...... Where are the dead?

'So far, fortunately. It's fortunate that as soon as we figured out that they were going to make a serious move, we made a swift escape move. Well, there are some guys who aren't going to be able to get back on the front lines even if they get ...... [restored].

Travis said, then looked at my expression and added an explanation.

'The personnel we borrowed from the White Wolf Knights are fine. I wouldn't say they're unharmed, but they're only lightly wounded.

'Well, ...... that's good to know, you can't just say .......

The ship's been beaten up pretty badly, but thanks to the medallion I put in it, it's holding up pretty well. Now, where's the ship's stash: ......?

Suddenly, I thought I heard the sound of a bird flapping its wings and a single spirit beast bird swooped down.

It's not the spirit beast that came to me a while ago.

As far as Travis is concerned, it doesn't seem to be an individual that was assigned to a diversionary unit, either.

''I finally found it! Mr. Luke! Are you alright!

Yeah, thanks for joining up with Travis. How's the war going elsewhere? Where are the others in the Great Library? Is Norzli still alive?

'I'll report back to you in order. The battle dolls carrying the Thunderbird medallion, the divine beast, engaged Norzuri for some time after that, and then retreated when Sakura-san and Ezell the Brave joined them. The materials of the Ark's Castle and the Underground Grand Archive are still in our hands.''

On the other side of the spirit beast, Roy spoke up rather quickly, rattling off a status report.

You can't help but understand that there is a pile of things that need to be spoken about in a great hurry.

'But the overall war situation is not good. It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with your friends.

You're beginning to understand that if you're playing hardball, you're going to lose.

''Yes, ...... In light of the documents Luke discovered earlier that describe the status of the medallion's recovery, it seems safe to assume that all but a few of the divine beast classes have begun to be turned in.''

Garnett clicks his tongue sharply as he rests his weight on my shoulder.

The fact that they're cornered and upset is, frankly, painful. It's not worth it if they're pushed to the limit. We've got to do something about it. ......

Roy. We in the diversionary unit are going to join the attacking force as soon as we finish [repairing] the ship. This will make things a little better. Oh, and by the way, Luke ......, I have one suggestion for you.

Travis pulls an unfamiliar medallion out of his pocket and throws it over to me with a light wave of his hand.

Garnett catches the medallion-shaped chunk of metal instead of me, who was caught off guard.

"Use the medallion on the others, just as you did on me and Garnett. That way, we can greatly increase our strength.

...... I think it's a great idea. Except that it's physically impossible.

Garnett's mouth twists in frustration.

'There's only one white wolf's. It's just not practical to fly around the battlefield and use your skills all over the place.

''There's no need to spread anything all over the battlefield. Just using them in the vicinity first, and then going around, would be a big enhancement.

As a knight and an A-ranked adventurer - while Garnett and Travis calmly exchanged opinions, I was thinking about something else again.

'...... No, maybe we can do well.'

I covered the 'Right Eye of Wisdom' that I had left activated with the opposite hand of the one supporting Garnett's body and muttered with conviction.