"f*ck ......!"

"Shut up!"

Fritz twists the bandit's arm, ties it with his belt, stands him up, and brings him over to Moritz and Elsa.

"Take care of him."

One of the servants brought a rope and carefully bound and gagged the bandit.

Fritz says,

"That's first. Now we go over there.

Fritz muttered to himself and was about to intervene in the battle between Edgar and .

"Wait, brother. ......<>"

Erza casts a healing spell on her brother.

Fritz had been wounded again, albeit shallowly, in the previous battle.

And then..,

"Fritz, take this.

Mauritz offered Fritz a shortsword he had been carrying for protection.

"Thanks for the loan, brother."

It is a little slender, but has more attack power than the short sword.

"Brother, wait a minute. ......<>"

Elsa toughens the shortsword.

"Oh, thank God!"

"But if you're going to help Edgar, I think it would be better to help him with magic."

The battle between automata and golems is a battle in a realm reserved for those with reaction speeds many times faster than humans.

There is no room for flesh and blood to intervene.

"Maybe ......."

Fritz then decided to hang the stunned bandits.

The servants help him tie them up with ropes and gag them to prevent them from using magic.

Erza secretly thought that she would borrow a from Jin during the interrogation.

Meanwhile, the battle between the remaining two groups was becoming increasingly fierce.

< and the blue-eyed golem trying to suppress it.

The blue-eyed golem is now wounded to the bone.

It has no sense of pain, so it will not be inhibited in that respect, but its bodily functions will be devastated.

The right arm was already gone from the shoulder, and the left leg was bent from the middle of the tibia.

Finally, the left leg broke off from the shin.

"d*mn, that's it. What a pity."

The blue-eyed golem slumps to the ground.

ignores the golem and heads for Edgar and , who are still fighting.

had lost the function of one of his eyes, and had been hit by more than half of Edgar's attacks.

As a result, it is slowing down just like the blue-eyed golem.

< entered the battle, when Edgar's knife pierced <>'s right elbow, causing him to malfunction from the elbow onward.

"Edgar, be careful!"

But even Erza's warning was too late, for the golem was too fast.

"Whoa!"

Edgar, who had been focusing his attention on the <> in front of him, is blown away by a kick from the <>.

Fortunately, he does not seem to have sustained any serious damage.

"......2 to 1, huh? That's a bit of a disadvantage.

Edgar quickly stands up, glances at Erza, confirms that she is out of harm's way, and turns to face the two golems again.

A <> is released between the two golems.

Fritz released them at Erza's request.

"Thank you very much.

With this magic, the two bodies instantly move apart, one leaping to the right and the other to the left.

One jumps to the right and the other to the left, thus reducing the possibility of a coordinated attack.

"I'll crush them first!"

Edgar pulls out his second knife and takes on the slow-moving . He aims for the leg. The knee joint.

The knife successfully pierces the right knee joint. He successfully hits it through the gap in the metal armor.

This visibly slows down <>'s movements. Edgar can now concentrate on the red-eyed golem, <>.

Erza, who was watching the battle, was relieved.

However, the situation became even more chaotic.

"Excuse me, Miss Erza."

"Who is it?"

Erza looks around as she is suddenly called by name.

A figure appears next to her.

< and of the , who have been freed from their .

This time, Erza has been escorting her in the shadows as she is going back to her hometown.

And there is another automata.

Deneb22, aka Jumi, is from the fifth row (quinta). Jumi opened his mouth as a representative of the group.

I am Jumi, Deneb 22. The chief of staff has asked me to respect the wishes of Erza-sama and to interfere as little as possible, but it seems that the situation has calmed down now.

Jumi bowed and gave a brief report of what had happened so far.

"While investigating the bandits, we found a mysterious golem and an automata, and we followed them until we arrived here.

"Mysterious automata?"

So far, the only thing I've seen is a golem.

"Yes, that's it."

Jumi pointed to a blue-eyed golem that had become immobile.

"It seems to be called <>. It's disguised to look like a golem."

"...... still don't have a good grasp of the situation. We need to get this under control."

I understand. This is Elsa's parents' house. We'll get this under control as soon as possible."

Just after Jumi said this, three shadows appeared next to Edgar. Lands 783, 784 and 785.

"Mr. Edgar..."

"Lando's unit?

"Yes. Elsa-sama asked me to take care of the situation immediately. I'm with you.

Thank you, sir.

Three members of the Rand team, each more capable than Edgar, have joined them. < and were quickly neutralized.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but they won't listen to us."

Both of them had their legs broken from the knees down and their arms broken from the shoulders, rendering them inoperable.

At last, calm had returned to the room.

To clarify the situation, we divide them into three groups: the bandits, the bandit's golem, and <>, and question each of them or ask them what is going on.

"You are the bandits who have been trolling around the Shoro Kingdom lately, aren't you?"

"......"

Fritz begins to interrogate the bandits.

Erza slowly approaches the golem, which seems to be named .

Edgar and Jumi flanked her and put up a barrier.

Are you called ?

...... yes.

I need you to tell me what the hell is going on here.

"No need to tell me."

<

"That's not true. This is the Randall family property. You have the right to ask me what's going on.

Erza reiterates, and <> seems to understand the meaning of her words.

"Well, you have a point. I see. I'll explain it to you briefly, if you don't mind."

"Please, I will."

Moritz, who had no experience with such negotiations with automata, could only watch his sister in silence.