"What?"

In Horai Island, Jin received an urgent message from the old man.

"You can't get in touch with the Shoro Kingdom?"

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What the hell is going on?

<<

"Too little information. What about from the 5th column (Quinta)?"

<

"Hmmm... ......"

Jin pondered.

"Do you think it was an attack on ......<>?"

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Since their mentality seems to be quite different from that of the Ars human race, he could understand what the old man meant.

"Whether it is an attack or not, we can't leave them alone.

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Then Elsa came in.

"......What the hell happened?"

Jin honestly told her that he did not know.

The fifth column (quinta), which is located far from Leuthart, had reported that nothing had happened.

<, and Mira 11, a.k.a. , who were closest to us, will arrive in a few minutes.

Regulus 9 was in charge of the area near Montt, a key point on the road, and Mira 11 was in charge of the area near Lake Wass.

and , are on their way from Eno and Pente, respectively>.

"Okay. Be careful."

And then they wait for 3 minutes.

My Lord, <>, <> and <> have arrived in Chevelle. I'll send them to Leuthart while we leave the road a little bit.

"Yes."

But five minutes later.

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"What?

I've been monitoring from <<<< watcher and it seems to have suddenly stopped just past the town of Riale>>

"Stopped?"

Jin thought about the situation.

"The biggest possibility is that it ran out of energy.

"Then let and be more careful."

<

I decided to let them take the same route.

<

"Yes, that's good."

The idea is that if the one ahead stops, the rope can be reeled in.

"Even if there is no free magic element (ether), we can say that the boundary between the two is clear.

This is also evident from the fact that < and suddenly stopped.

It is not a gradual loss of free magic element (ether).

"And I don't think they simply ran out of free magic element (ether).

It is because the current Horai Islanders have been improved to be able to act for a short time even in a place where there is no free magic element (ether) at all.

<

"Brother Jin, are you talking about something like an ether eliminator or a magic canceller?"

Erza, who had been silently thinking about something, opened her mouth.

"...... I think so. And if I were to go further, it would be something like a combination of the two with an <>."

A <> is a magical tool that forces mana to be converted back into free magic element (ether).

And <> removes free magic element (ether) from an object and stores it in an ether tank.

When these two are combined, the object is deprived of its mana. And since free magic element (ether) is not free either, it has to be stopped.

However, unlike <>, the effect on human beings is small.

"How is that ...... possible?"

I was about to say, "How is that possible?

We have found <<<<< Rie>, <, <> and <>. We will now approach with <> in the lead.

The scene seen from <>'s eyes is projected on the magic screen.

<<> has a rope tied around her waist, and she advances slowly in that position. Ahead of him are and , both of whom have collapsed and are motionless.

At the moment he comes close enough to touch and , Rie collapses.

quickly pulls the rope and pulls <> back.

Then <>, which had stopped, began to move.

"I knew it, was the mana taken away from her? ......"

.

"Now it's clear. Can we somehow reactivate and as well?"

So <> and <> untied the ropes that were connecting them to each other and used them as lasso, and retrieved <> and <>. They are successfully reactivated.

"That's a relief. By the way, has the boundary line not changed?

If it seems to be gradually expanding, it would be a big problem.

"Brother Jin, can't you make some kind of measuring instrument?

"Hmmm, well, I think we can monitor it by using ...... small <> magic tool."

"Sure."

So Jin and Erza carved small magi-crystals into the formulas of the < formula.

After making about ten of them, he sent them to and with a transporter.

The two hold the magic tools with outstretched arms and move forward slowly. If it disappears, that is the boundary.

They place the grimoire on the boundary and observe it.

After about 30 minutes of observation, the boundary of the <> is found to be unchanged.

"That's a relief."

"That's a good thing," he said, "because if it had expanded, the damage would be even worse than it is now.

"Split up and mark where the boundary is."

Jin and Elsa made another 100 or so of the same thing and told them to place them at the boundary.

"Now ...... the next step is how to solve this problem ......."

For now, whether it is a golem or an automata, it is certain that it will stop once it enters the <> boundary.

"Brother Jin, can't we use a barrier to prevent the effect of the warding?"

Erza asked with a difficult look on her face.

"It might be possible, but in that case, we can only use free magical energy (ether) inside the barrier. <. ......"

While explaining to Erza, Jin himself considers countermeasures.

"First of all, we need to check if <> can prevent it."

<

The old man decides to let check it out.

As a result, the <> protected <> from the <>.

This also proves that the effect of <> is magic.

"Yes!

Jin is pleased that this is a step forward.

"Then, ......"

Jin thinks about the steps of the countermeasure.