A man who looked like a commander was wearing full body armor and was riding a golem horse.

He was accompanied by two large dogs. They must have followed the scent of Jin and his men.

(They use dogs? They were almost nonexistent ......400 years ago. Is this some kind of progress?)

Jin thinks fluently. Meanwhile, the pursuer was talking to Rhodes.

"Once again, Lord Rhodes, I ask you to leave with me.

Are you his pursuer, Zelga Somundt?

The pursuer seemed to know Rhodes, Jin thought.

"Come on, go back."

"What if I say no ......?"

I'll bring him back by force. Surround them!

Twenty golems surrounded .

"I'm sorry, but you're going to have to take an arm or a leg!"

"I don't want to hurt you. !

"Whoa!

Rhodoth suddenly unleashed an advanced wind magic, the <>.

Three golems are blown away.

However, that did not do much damage, and the three golems, which had been blown away about 10 meters, got up as if nothing had happened.

"......It's not just for combat, is it?"

"You're not too late now. It's not too late. Surrender.

I refuse.

Then we have no choice. Then we have no choice.

Just before he uttered the last syllable, the two golems collapsed.

"What the hell?

Do it, Hanako!

Yes, master.

Hanako, the automata, had attacked from outside the siege, undetected by the golems.

"Oh, that's great!"

Even Jin was impressed by her fighting spirit.

The battle golem, which must have been 10 times its weight, was being blown away like a piece of wood.

"Well, that's a good move. Is the skeleton ...... magi-adamantite?"

Jin observes Hanako's movement and analyzes it out of habit.

"Na,na,na,......."

The commander's face changed color when he saw this.

"You mean to tell me that a battle golem is no match for you?　I can't believe there's such a strong automata!"

Hanako, in the meantime, has managed to disable two or three of the golems.

"You're using engineering magic to disable them from combat. ...... That's a good way to fight."

Jin sees that Hanako is now using to destroy the joints of her opponent's Golem.

Without a fixed joint as a fulcrum, no matter how strong her muscles are, she will not be able to exert enough force.

"There are no magical countermeasures, or ......."

At that time, a golem attacked Jin.

"Leave it to me!"

Hope dealt with the golem with a little time to spare. After throwing it away twice, the golem stopped moving. The internal magical board (plate) must have been damaged.

The previous << match> with the golem of <> had not been in vain.

At the same time, Jin has activated his , so magic can be blocked with no problem.

"A golem of that size won't even be hit by a punch.

Also, against physical attacks, he felt safe for the moment.

"Uh-uh!　You've been hiding your ...... abilities!"

"<> has warned you many times. Why are you fighting with your neighbors? Why do you not join the World Congress? You are closing your own future.

"We will not accept such interference!　We will go our own way!

Why are you so stubborn? You are a nation that came out of a congress.

"Not anymore!　We have been independent for generations!

"Independent?　We are not independent. < to survive, don't we?

We are paying for it!

"That is true. It is true, but the do not insist on paying for it. Rather, we are trading with you for your assistance.

"Ugh... ......"

Zelga Somundt exclaimed.

Jin, who was listening at the side, guessed that this Zelga must be a man of a certain rank.

Meanwhile, the number of battle golems of the pursuers was decreasing.

Hanako had 15 and Hope had 5.

In the wilderness, which had begun to lighten up, there were now a number of stuck battle golems and Zelga, Jin, and Rhodes astride their golem horses. Hanako and Hope were also in the wilderness.

Incidentally, the two dogs had run away the moment the battle began.

"ugg......"

"Come on Zelga, it's no use. Give up and go back. And report back to us. ."

"......"

Zelga Somund does not answer.

"Jin-san, let's go."

Zelga would have liked to have breakfast, but she could not eat it here.

Jin and Rhodotos ignore Zelga's refusal to move, and let the golem horse walk toward the rising sun of Serang.

"Wait!"

A voice called out to the backs of the two. It was Zelga.

Do you really think you can escape?　You're in the Principality of Norway now! Crossing the border is a mortal sin!

Rhodoth answered without looking back.

It is your law. I am a foreigner. I am not bound by such laws. Isn't it a greater crime to kidnap and imprison me?"

"Ugu......"

This time, Jin and Rhodes walked away.

"......That Zelga guy is one thing, but aren't the people of the Duchy of Jagus a bit strange?　Oh, I mean strange in an ideological sense."

"It certainly seems so. I heard that Jin-san liberated our clan from the brainwashing tool called the a long time ago.

"Ah, that."

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But we couldn't find such things in their brains, though.

Rhodes continued.

"Then there's the forbidden <<>, but there's no sign of that either."

"I see. ......"

Furthermore, he said that he could not find any magic tools or spells that have the effect that Elena, who used to rule the , had.

"Then, either the people who originally thought like that are gathered here, or they are ......"

"So either they used unknown means or ......."

It was not something I wanted to think about, but I could not deny the possibility.

"I wonder if they are not aware of the folly of fighting on this narrow ars."

"Maybe if you force these people out into space, they'll wake up."

How big is the universe? How small is the world we live in compared to it?

How small it is to fight in that small world.

If you realize that, you might change your mind. Jin said half jokingly.

"Yeah, that might be a good idea.

Rhodes agreed with a smile.

The sun had been up for an hour.

Jin and his friends crossed the creek to the other side of the river to fool the dogs' noses.

It was around 7:00 in the morning.

Jin and the others stop moving and have breakfast.

Hanako and Hope take a look around.

"We will continue across the Principality of Norway.

They say they have enough food. Water can be replenished by condensate.

After finishing their meal, Jin and the others begin to move eastward again.