Enemy golem activated. Some of them are going above ground. Be careful.

Uragan is on the line.

Sir, did you hear that?

"Yes. Have the ...... security golem prepare to intercept.

Yes, sir!

The five guard golems that I brought with me line up and take up arms against the abandoned mine.

However, each of the five has a different weapon. They have a sword, a spear, a mace, a shield, and a bow. These five men would make up one squad.

Behind them, ten guards formed a siege formation with swords in their hands. The remaining 10 men are free to move about as rangers.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Underground, Rhodoth's golem, Uragan, is fighting hard.

He has not lost a step against three enemy golems.

The fact that they were in a narrow tunnel made it difficult for them to take advantage of their superiority in numbers and their lack of powerful magic attacks helped, but they still put up a great fight.

Nevertheless, 16 golems had passed Uragan and were walking away.

Sixteen golems out!　Please be careful!

Uragan sent such a message to Rhodes.

Uragan sent such a message to Rhodes.

"Attention! Sixteen enemy golems are coming out!

Rhodes announces after receiving the report from Uragan. Hearing this, Duke Breu gives the order.

Immediately thereafter, golem after golem emerged from the abandoned mines.

"All hands prepare for battle!　Here they come!

The Duke then takes a wind-powered blower-floater and ascends to an altitude of about 10 meters. He will command the whole operation from that position.

This is a good move because it is safer than being on the ground.

"Reiko, will you cover Uragan?　Hope, we're taking off too."

Jin also instructed Reiko and Hope.

"Okay, sir. I'll be right back."

Reiko, clad in invisible wards, a higher form of stealth, headed for the abandoned mine like a gale.

On the way, the last of the sixteen golems got in the way, so she jumped over it.

"......It's not much of a golem, but the Duke's golem is similar to it. ......Let's hurry."

As for Reiko, all she can think about is getting back to Jin as soon as possible.

One minute into the abandoned mine shaft. She hears a dull metallic sound.

"It's an uragan."

After passing through a slight curve, the view opens up.

There, we saw Uragan, who was evenly matched in a three-on-one fight.

Reiko, who had deactivated her invisibility, said, "I'm going to help you,

"I will help you.

"I will help you. She then struck one of the enemy golems head-on.

Uragan's fist strike required two blows to destroy the chest armor, but this time the golem was crushed with a single blow and blown away.

Uragan, now down to two against one, overwhelms the enemy golem.

Reiko joined the fray, and the battle was soon over.

"Sixteen golems have gone outside. Let's go back.

Reiko said that since she knew from the Peeper that the five in the back had already escaped, it would be better to clear out the enemy golems, putting off the internal investigation until later.

Uragan obeyed her advice and decided to return to the ground.

* * * *

"You're pretty strong!"

On the ground, the five guard golems prepared by the Duke of Bruu were engaged in a fierce battle with 15 enemy golems.

The 10 guards were in the rear guard, providing covering fire with and at a slight distance.

Although these magical attacks could only check the enemy golem, they were still useful to disturb it, and the guard golem was able to go toe-to-toe with it despite the threefold difference in strength.

"There is no way that Markitas could have prepared such a large force by himself. He must have had a whole army. They must have built that golem."

"Perhaps they did. From what I've seen, it's close to the .

Jin and Rhodes are analyzing the enemy.

"I see. But it's not as good as the one used by Markitas.

Jin sees that it is not even close to the battle golem that Markitas used.

(If so, the one used by Malquitas must have been made by the support golem made by , and this one was made by an ordinary engineer. And this one was made by an ordinary engineer.)

This guess was right on the mark.

There were engineers who supported the production of more combat golems and the construction of <>.

They were the masterminds behind this incident.

* * * *

"......You managed to escape, didn't you?"

"Yes.

But you're saying you're not ready yet?

That's what the results suggest.

But now that we're here, there's nothing left to do.

The five who had been in the depths of the abandoned mine had escaped to another location by means of a transfer magic circle.

"This is the last stronghold of the that we have built with Mr. Markitas.

In the true sense of the word, the last stronghold is the ruins on Mount Nakyu, the highest peak on the continent of Pandor, but they had not been informed of this.

They are now in a stronghold built by Marchitas, the greatest engineer of the .

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"Let's think about what we're going to do."

The five of them are originally from a technical field, so they are not used to making plans and taking action.

For this reason, the previous attack on was suppressed without much success.

"I think I've heard that launching forces one after another is a bad idea."

"...... I don't know if you've heard that by now."

Let's just make the best of it next time.

In any case, we have no choice but to build up our strength at this base.

* * * *

I'm here to help!

Uragan comes out of the abandoned mine and joins Duke Bulou's security golem.

Meanwhile, Reiko, once again clad in invisibility, returns to Jin's side.

"Thank you, Reiko."

Jin thanked Reiko for coming back.

"Father, there is no one in the depths of the abandoned mine. What do we do now?"

After receiving a brief report, Jin thought for a moment.

"Well, I'd like to ...... check it out, but I don't want to ruin the Duke of Bruu's face, so let's finish the battle first."

Jin asked Reiko to join him. But limit the output to ten percent.

"Yes, sir!"

Reiko puts on her armament of some sort. Of course, it was brought from Horai Island by a transporter.

A metal bowl, a breastplate, a brace, a trowel, and a shin guard.

And in her hand she holds a .