Meanwhile, in the emergency room, the unconscious man came to his senses and tried to get up.

"Doctor, I'm a patient, is it safe for me to move?"

a hired nurse who was with the healer asked the healer anxiously.

"I think he will be fine now."

The nurse helped the man to get up.

"Um, may I ask your name?"

the nurse asked the man as he got up from the bed.

"My name is Garik. My name is Garrick Ashe.

"You must be Garik. Well, take care of yourself.

The nurse made a note in the emergency room record and, without further ado, let the man who had identified himself as Gariq leave.

The man named Garik stopped, turned around, and asked, "Oh, my God, what happened to you?

"Ah, what happened to my carriage?　And my baggage?

"Oh, your wagon has been moved to a place outside of the parking lot. Some of your luggage was overturned, but I have reloaded it.

"What!"

Garik's color changed when he heard the word "overturned".

"The contents!　Are the contents safe?

"I don't know.　I don't know. ......

"...... got it."

As soon as the nurse answered, Garrick ran toward the tarmac.

"...... are you safe......?"

Checking the cargo, Garik let out a sigh of relief.

"Some of the armor is damaged, but this shouldn't be a problem. But what happened to the pieces?

Garik hesitated, wondering if he should go looking for it or if he should do what he was supposed to do.

"......I guess the objective comes first."

Then the two guards who had seen Garik came in.

"Hey, are you feeling better now?"

"Uh, yes, thank you for your help. ......"

Garik didn't know the guard's face, but he guessed that it was probably either the one who had brought him to the aid room when he fainted or the one who had moved the carriage here.

"No, that's fine, but since our main job is to guard this venue, we'd like to check the cargo.

We want to make sure that no dangerous items are brought in," he says.

"Oh, that's fine."

Garrick nodded smilingly and pointed first at the armor.

"As you can see, this is armor. As you can see, this is armor. It has a special construction and is light. However, it is a little weak because of that. ......

"I see. It's a little chipped from the fall earlier."

The guard nodded at Garik's explanation.

"And what about these barrels?"

He points to a barrel that he had tapped earlier and heard a heavy sound.

"Well, I don't know if you know, but it is <>.

Generally speaking, the danger of mercury is not yet recognized.

Hence, the security guard is satisfied to hear that.

"Oh, mercury. And you, Mr. ...... sorry, can you tell me your name?

"Uh, yes. My name is Garrick. Garrick Ash.

I see. Well then, Mister Garik. Are you an alchemist?

Mercury was a liquid metal known to be used by alchemists.

"Yes, I suppose so."

Garik nodded.

"I see. So it makes sense. Mercury is heavy, right?"

"Yes. It is lighter than gold, but heavier than iron, copper, and lead."

"Hmmm. ...... If you don't mind, can you tell me what you use mercury for?"

At this question, Garik looked a little puzzled.

"I'm afraid so. ...... For an alchemist, it's a matter of life and death to show his hand."

"I see. I'm sorry about that.

But Garik smiled thinly and said.

"No, that's okay."

After exchanging a few words, Garik parted from the guards and headed for the venue of the Golem Games.

"I'd like to see the Golem competition," he said.

"You're a fanatic when all you have left to do is the final match.

Garik only laughed when he was told this.

I paid the admission fee of 200 dollars and went to the standing room at the very back. All the seats were full.

Although we were standing at the back of the hall, there was no inconvenience for us to watch the show because of the large magic screen.

"...... just in time, huh?"

And a little earlier, Vivienne and Lukor were also sitting in the audience of the golem competition (gompetition).

"I didn't know there was only one final left. You should have given us half the price.

Lukor grumbled.

Vivian, however, did not pay attention to the golem, which was about to play in the finals.

His eyes, of course, are on number 41, the Phantom.

* * * * * *

Now, the exciting Golem competition (gompetition) is finally coming to a close!　It's the final round!

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The final game was about to begin. 40, Mr. Donald Callow, <> and 41, Mr. Jix, <>!　The first and second place winners in the cumulative score so far in this tournament!

It's the last and the greatest game of the season. I'm looking forward to it.

The playing field, which had been slightly damaged by the previous battles, was repaired in about 10 minutes.

Finally, the final match is about to begin.

This time, both fighters are armed with longswords.

They are holding them with one hand.

What do you make of this, Mr. Tolff?

Well, I think it's a result of the fact that they want more speed than the greatsword, and more reach than the shortsword.

* * * *

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"I think both of them chose the size that would maximize their performance."

"But brother Jin, why doesn't <> use the two sword ...... style?"

Jin pondered over Erza's simple question.

"Well, well,...... I'm not an expert in martial arts at all, so I may be off the mark."

After such a preface, Jin expressed his opinion.

"I can wield two swords as a kata, but when it comes to fighting, I'm not so sure.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, assuming that <>'s control core>> has the processing power of two ordinary golems, if it is allocated to control the left and right arms, it would be possible to use two swords. But <> is a real warrior. He will not be able to win if he does not give his all. In such a situation, it might be better to concentrate the processing power of the control core on one sword ......."

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Laojun also supported Jin's idea.

"Probably, the less processing time required for <>, the more efficient it is."

In other words, the less time you have to , the better the result will be if you concentrate on in one ...... formal.

Jin is not at all sure if this applies to human swordsmen such as for example. This is only a story for golem's movement control.

"Oh, it's about to start!"

Jin and the others looked at the magic screen.