Jin regretted his naivete and prepared to go out on a sortie.

After much consideration, he told Erza in Kunlun Island that Reinhardt had been kidnapped. I knew that we would not be able to have lunch together the next day depending on the future developments.

Since she might be worried if she could not contact Jin at that time, she decided to explain the current situation to him while she still could.

"Unification Party (Unifiler)...... to Brother Rai ......"

Elsa's voice sank.

"Brother Jin, please help brother Rai."

"Yeah, I'll take care of it. I'm on my way.

Jin disconnected the call and continued to prepare for launch.

Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, Falcon 1 to 3, were ready to launch, so they would be included. Piloting the aircraft was Air Force Golem Skies 11 to 13.

"Well, now that I look at it this way, we are still short on means of transportation.

Jin feels that he does not have enough means to get to the site when something happens.

"Do we need a supersonic aircraft? ...... No, it's better than that."

What he came up with was a runaway warp gate. If we lose the receiving side, we don't know where we are going to go, but if we can control it.

The ship was ready for departure, so Jin boarded Falcon 1 and left Horai Island.

Accompanying him on Falcon 1 are Reiko and 10 SPs with Jin. Reiko has brought a railgun with her. She also carried a small warp gate.

Falcon 2 has army golems from Land 41 to 60.

Falcon 3 carried Marine 5, a Navy golem, and Hydro 5 was suspended, just in case. This was Anne's idea, considering the possibility of using it in the mighty Asur River.

The three Falcons were flying at top speed in the night sky. Roughly 600 kilometers per hour. This is an astonishing speed for an aircraft of this size.

"When the carrier is ready, we can send them to the West Sea, and they can fly there by the warp gate," said Reinhardt.

During the trip, Jin was concerned about Reinhardt, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he listed the things they lacked and thought of ways to improve them.

"Yes, Reiko."

"Yes, father."

I have a question for you. Do you think you can control the runaway warp gate?

Reiko flew around the world many times to find Jin when the warp gate went out of control. Jin was trying to get a clue from Reiko's experience.

"Yes, it was a runaway, but it was not directional. I didn't feel any regularity in the destination.

"I see. ......"

Jin is a little disappointed.

"But there was one phenomenon that caught my attention.

What is it?

Yes, there seems to be a connection between the magic power consumed by the warp gate and the distance between the destination and the institute.

According to Reiko's impression, the more magic power is consumed, the farther away the destination is.

"I have not been able to measure it, but the points that are currently known from the survey are the mountains north of the village of Kaina, the forest outside of Blueland, and Potrock. The distances are almost the same.

This is good news. If the distance can be controlled by consuming magic power, the only thing left is the direction.

A warp gate is a magical tool to connect the space between two points.

In the case of a transfer, the receiving side is merely a landmark, and the sending side is almost everything. Jin understands that much.

"So, if we can designate the receiving side without the device, we can ......".

Jin was absorbed in this thought for an hour and a bit before Dali.

"Father, we will be over Dali soon."

"Oh, I see."

Jin breaks his reverie and returns to reality. It is night here. Jin can't see anything.

"Falcon 1, deactivate stealth. Reiko, look down. Do you see anything that interests you?"

Jin asks Reiko to use her vision to look for anything suspicious. Jin puts on his own reinforced suit and helmet.

"Nothing so far."

But unfortunately, nothing is found.

"d*mn, I guess I'm too late."

Jin thinks of a way to find Reinhardt.

If he knew Reinhardt's magic pattern, he would be able to search for him with a detector in Horai Island, but he did not have such a detector at hand at the moment.

"There is no magic power left in the guild card case that I got from the guild.

Then a thought occurred to him, and he contacted Sage and Cosmos, the covert task force (SP) who were supposed to be in Dali.

"Yes, Chief. This is Sage.

"Okay, look, is there anything that has Reinhardt's magic power left in it that we can use to detect him?"

I asked and immediately received a response.

"Yes, the destroyed Black Knight (Schwarzlitter)."

"What?

Jin was surprised. According to the report, he was lying on the ground with his limbs torn off.

"Is the Black Knight (Schwarzlitter) really that destructive?

Compared to the enemy golems we've seen so far, this one has far more power.

"Well, good. Then, can you carry the black knight (Schwarzlitter) over here?

"Yes, I think it will be fine as long as we both use overlapping stealth fields to carry him.

Okay, then hurry up. The rendezvous point is ......

Sage, the rendezvous point with Cosmos is about 10 kilometers north of Dali, up the Asur River. Of course, the plane will be stealth when it lands.

There are no settlements in this area, even though the walls of the Kingdom of Cerroa are visible across the river. Jin wondered what kind of defensive thought they had.

Sage and Cosmos arrived less than 10 minutes after Falcon 1 landed. That's impressive how fast they arrived.

"Thank you, Sage and Cosmos."

"Chief, I'm sorry we couldn't protect Mr. Reinhardt."

As soon as they arrive, Jin tells them not to worry about it.

"I'm over here. Black Knight (Schwarzritter), this guy is terrible ......."

His limbs have been forcibly torn off, causing a leakage of magic power, and he has stopped working.

"But the control core has nothing to do with it."

With this muttering, Jin takes out the control core from the chest of the black knight (Schwarzlitter).

"Okay, this is enough to understand Reinhardt's magic power pattern. Sage, jump to Horai Island by the warp gate of Falcon 1, and hand this control core to Laozi. And let him search for Reinhardt's whereabouts. According to the time, he probably isn't far from Dali."

"Yes, sir."

Sage took the control core and jumped to Horai Island through the warp gate.

Jin just waits for the call from Laozi. While he waits, he thinks again.

I should install a magic detector in Falcon and Raptor.

And then he thought.

"I see. If we want to improve the accuracy of position calculation, we should install it not only on Horai Island, but also on Kunlun Island and the aircraft carrier that will be completed in the future.

The greater the distance between two measuring instruments, and the closer the distance between the instrument and the object, the more accurate it becomes. It would be effective to install it on the Falcon, which can be stopped in mid-air.

While I was thinking about this, I received a call from Lao Tzu.

"You're early. Did you get it?

"Yes, my lord. The magic power of Reinhardt-sama was so great that it was easy to identify him.

In addition, Lao Tzu was getting used to it.

And the location?

"Yes. It's about 10 kilometers north of where the master (my lord) is now, right by the river.

Okay. Thank you.

Sage returned almost as soon as we lost contact with him. He had a simple map in his hand.

"Chief, I also got an abbreviated map from Lao Tzu."

"Thanks for your help, Sage. All right, Falcon 2 and 3, descend!

The two aircraft descended in stealth. Unlike jet engines, magical jet propulsion engines (magijet engines) make little noise. There would be some dust, but the area was covered with gravel, so it could be disguised.

Even if they are noticed, the landing is so short that the plane will have already taken off by the time a patrol comes to look around.

"Lands 41 to 60 from land. Sage and Cosmos with me. Bring down hydro five. Me, Reiko, and Marine 5 will take the boat. Falcon 1 through 3, cover us from the air.

Copy that.

This is a land, sea, and air envelopment operation. Preparations are complete in three minutes. Jin and Reiko boarded the Hydro 5 and Falcon 1 to 3 took off into the sky.

"Let's go!"

Jin commanded, and Lando and the others started running. Once they were near the enemy base, they left the approach to the stealth-equipped Sage and Cosmos, and set up a perimeter.

Jin headed up the Asur River in the Hydro-5 piloted by Marine 5. He does not care if he is seen.

"Unifiler, this time I'm going to make you regret it!"

Purcell, who claimed to be the head of Branch 8, did not have much information. He was really a low-level person. He was a small-time employee who had built his position in the Unification Party (Unifiler) with money.

He was not stupid enough to inform important secrets to such a newcomer and upstart.

Jin was determined to siphon off important information this time.

The Hydro 5 was moving along the river at 50 kilometers per hour, or about 27 knots.

And the army golems were moving at about the same speed.

The 10-kilometer distance was covered in a little more than 10 minutes, and the enemy base they were aiming for was right in front of them.

It was a watchtower abandoned by the Kingdom of Cerroa.