The crystal clear ice arrows flew across the battlefield one after another, and accurately pierced into every single Shikigami. Though there wasnt significant damage, the movements of the Shikigamis that were hit slowed down. Then they were struck down by either the soldiers or the battle dolls, turning into pieces of paper.

Eh? A Magician finally arrived at the southern gate as well?

A soldier looked over, and revealed a weird expression when he saw me. You Why are you wearing a light armor?

Because a Magician is frail, so naturally, I have to wear thicker armor Though

Im not exactly a legit Magician to begin with.

Though I said that, in the end, I opened up my inventory and changed into my academys magician robe directly from there.

These clothes Are you a student of the Magic Academy?

Sorry. Your boss has yet to give me a new set of clothes, so I can only wear this to identify myself. But, Im still one of your countrys State Magicians.

With this said, I threw an Ice Fall into the distance. As I have already recognized all of the battle dolls and soldiers as my party members, even if randomly throw my spells everywhere, theres no need to worry about collateral damage at all.

This This is the same spell used by the Princess! This is great! Our opponents appeared too suddenly, and we have yet to receive any reinforcements from our Magicians!

Is that so, but its understandable. Our opponents had already realized they was exposed, so acting immediately was the correct decision. But I did not actually expect them to arrive at the imperial city this quickly.

The dispatchment of Magicians obviously wouldnt make it in time. With the earlier incident at Wors City, some of the war potentials must have been dispatched there to investigate the details, right? As for the imperial city Just what is that old man doing?

Yes, Sir Magician. Those weird dolls suddenly popped out from the crowd. Before we could even react, we suffered an attack. The city gates were quickly taken over by them, and the only people capable of battling them are us, the city guards.

I see, so youre telling me, all the city gates are in their hands?

Yes. I dont know about the other gates, but currently, the southern gate is indeed being controlled by them.

I understand, Oyado! What is it, big brother?

Hearing my summons, Oyados figure immediately flashed right before me,

scaring the soldier who was beside me.

Dont bother about those Shikigamis any longer. Head straight for the city gate, and find a way to kill their commander.

Understood!

After saying that, right in front of us, Oyado disappeared in a flash. So So impressive! Was that your sister?

Thats right!

Then the person behind you is

Behind me? I turned back to look, and currently, Aliyah was grabbing two Shikigamis by her hands, and was looking at me with a scary expression. Then, with the squeeze of her hands, the two Shikigamis immediately turned into paper.

A comrade of justice?

Hah? Is that so In any case, I will be returning to battle!

With that said, without turning back, he rushed back into the battlefield. Alright, actually, Aliyah isnt that scary, you know

Fir!

What is it!

The moment I heard her unhappy shout, I hurriedly turned to face her.

Seems like youre really formidable~ Since we cant die anyway, why dont we take this time to have a little chat~?

Are you really going to simply chat with me? Why are you holding your sword against my neck?

What

Though I know you wanted to save her, why did she become your little sister? This This really isnt my fault. She decided to address me that way on her own.

It definitely wasnt a request of mine. Eh~ Really?

Her expression tells me she doesnt believe me at all! Really, am I really that untrustworthy to you? Im a man of good faith, you know!

Haah. I already told you not to form too many relations with this world. Why dont you listen to my advice at all? I dont know why were here in this world, but this world is really Ah, whatever. I dont know anymore.

When she was saying all these, Aliyahs eyes began to glisten. Did something happen to her recently?

The inhabitants of this world might be real as well I did say that this world was similar to a game before, but but, it might just be a problem of our perspective

Hey hey, just what are you talking about? Just what happened in these few days while I was gone?

Its nothing much! Dont ask about a girls troubles, idiot!

After saying that, she stabbed her two swords to the back, and the head of the Shikigami which was about to approach us was pierced by the swords. Its hand which was holding onto a weapon stopped in mid air, and slowly drooped down.

Speaking of which, all of us have the attack warning system installed. So a surprise attack of this level wouldnt be a problem at all, huh?

In any case, I dont completely accept your point of view, but I will say this again. Dont explode everything you see. If one day, the cops were to arrest you, dont blame me for not reminding you.

Hey! I havent done anything yet! And theres no cops in this world

Whatever the case, lets hurry and settle this issue and return to the academy! Princess Michelle is our friend, her business is our business, right!?

Thats of course. I never said I wasnt going to help, right? Alright, we talked for quite a long time. Lets hurry up and deal with this problem. But, these Shikigamis dont really attack us at all. Other than the Shikigami I just killed earlier, the rest arent approaching us at all. Are these actually all semi-automated?

It might be possible. This means that the person controlling them isnt here, or hes probably doing something else. Lets hurry up and move.

Un, but theres so many Shikigamis here. Looks like rushing to the city gate will be difficult.

Its fine, grab onto my hand.

Eh? What are What are you planning to do?

Really, do you despise me that much? Haah. Then, you had better stand firm. Ice Totem!

The Ice Totem which shot out from the ground immediately smashed us towards the direction of the city gate. The moment we were sent flying, Aliyah immediately grabbed onto me!

Aaaaahh, you bastard, why do you always use these sorts of crude methods! Because its convenient.

I stretched out my hands and held onto Aliyah tightly. Then, I leaped down from

the ice totem. At the same time, I threw an Ice Fall directly onto the bunch of Shikigamis on the city walls.

Then, with a flip, I landed onto the empty space cleared out by the Ice Fall. It was basically perfect!

Bastard! Let me go!

Other than getting punched in the face by Aliyah in the end, it was indeed perfect. Why did you hit me again!?

Thats for not telling me the method youre going to use to get on top of the city walls! You bastard!

Its a pain to explain.

It seems you still love to use those weird spells of yours, Fir. Then, the battle doll beside me suddenly spoke!

Dont look at me like that. Im Yoei. In this vicinity, only this doll is equipped with

a voice system, so I can only use this doll to speak with you. Speaking of which, I didnt expect that you could actually make it back in time. I heard that you fell into the Abyss.

Ah Hahaha, thats right.

So these dolls are actually being controlled by him? Speaking of which, not too long ago, I sliced his doll into several pieces. Hopefully, he doesnt know it was my doing. Looks like I cant use my bow in front of him, huh.

Oh right, compared to these Shikigamis, your dolls are rather inferior, you know.

They are not formed by physical means, so compared to my dolls, theres no need to mind about some key restrictions Haah, in any case, I trust in your abilities. Hurry and deal with the situation here.

Ye Yeah.

Looks like he didnt realized it was me. But later on, I will have to change Dales appearance as well, otherwise, something will definitely happen.

And currently, we had already arrived on the walls above the city gate. A bunch of Shikigamis were weirdly intertwined together, blocking the device used to open the city gate. And outside, Oyado and the surrounding soldiers were currently attacking those Shikigamis relentlessly.

Aliyah~ Un?

I recall that you love to destroy things, right? Thats right~

Aliyah smiled, and then kept her dual swords into her ring.

Let me show you my newest weapon, which was created with the resources provided by the Ice Empire! Hahaha!

After saying that, two new weapons appeared in her hands. Oh my god, theyre actually a pair of electric chainsaws!