Satou here. When busy, and small tasks begin to accumulate, I often forget them and end up in a rush. Nowadays, I have something that reminds me what to do, so that rarely happens anymore.
“Sorry I’m late.”
I apologized to my friends as they all hugged me in greeting. When I checked on how they were doing, I noticed there were more and more high-ranking demons popping up, and I was in a panic. In the rush to unleash the barrage of reflective lasers, part of the forest caught in the cross fire with the high-ranking demons was reduced to scorched earth.
“Is everything fine on your end?”
“Eh, I guess.”
The adventurers who had been fighting the undead earlier took quite a bit of time to retreat, delaying me.
“The Tauruses didn’t stampede, so everything is fine with that, at least.”
“Did you take all of them out?”
“Nah, I didn’t want to get in the way of everyone leveling up so I blocked the gate using Wall and made it so they couldn’t get out.”
I made sure the Tauruses couldn’t get out so easily by blocking the gate with a thick sixty-five-foot wall, then used Hard Clay to strengthen it even more. If they still made it out after that, then we’d just have to take down their leaders, the general and the lords. We could buy some time until the next leader appeared, and a Taurus without a leader made for a good hunt target.
“It looks like you guys had a hard time here.”
I listened to them tell me about their battle with the high-ranking demon as I transferred mana to them using Mana Transfer. Arisa and Mia had increased their MP lately, so halfway through, I had to recharge my own mana with a battery.
“That reminds me! Master, could you look for Fenrir? I doubt you caught him in the cross fire.”
“It’s fine. I sent a golem out.”
It was a lightweight golem made from a theory of Goddess Karion. It wouldn’t bring the Divine Beast here, but it would deliver some healing potions to him.
“Master, the fortress function took a beating, I declare.”
Ugh, really?
“Are you hurt?”
“No, Master. Shall I take off my armor so you can inspect it? I ask.”
“N-no, Nana!”
“Shameless.”
Perhaps because I hurriedly touched Nana’s body over her armor, the two members of the Iron Wall reacted with extraordinary reflexes. I could see from the AR display that Nana wasn’t injured, so she was probably fine.
“It must have been difficult not having Fortress, right?”
“No, Master. We were able to recover with Castle.”
I’m glad but I think the reason the Fortress function ended up banged up was because the Castle function was incorporated. Although I’ve conducted several operational tests pushing it to its limits, that’s no excuse. We need to improve the safety circuits even more.
“Master, is the battle at the fortress city over?”
“It looks like it. Oh, look, Ms. Tia is here.”
I checked my map as Arisa spoke, and sure enough, there was a marker with the name Ms. Tia making her way toward us. I changed my appearance to the hero Nanashi as I waited for her to arrive.
“Master, she’s in Great Sorceress mode.”
She was wearing a decorated robe and holding a staff, and her hat was so big, it covered her eyes and hid her face.
“Was it your magic that defeated the high-ranking demon?”
“Yes, Great Sorceress Arcatia.”
Tia made an attempt to lower the pitch of her voice, so I followed suit.
“True hero, I thank you for your assistance. We will hold a feast to celebrate.”
“Thank you. But there’s somewhere I need to be. Please hold the feast for the other adventurers, though.”
“I see. In that case, I will not stop you. But please, take this.”
Ms. Tia handed me an amulet. It had a variety of runes carved into it, and it sparkled gold.
“What is this?”
“It’s a healing talisman. Those who yield great magic should value it.”
“Are you sure I can have this?”
“Please. Such an item is useless to me, who is in harmony with the source.”
“In that case, I thank you.”
I accepted the amulet and showed it to my friends using Magic Hand, as I also lifted myself up into the air, too.
“Well, I’ll be off.”
I waved at Ms. Tia, and I used Return and left the area.