Tesshin and Taichi advanced and lined up beside Shimizu. Shimizu, an offensive magic user, was fighting at a farther distance than the living magic users, so he was still too far away to attack the iron golems.

Don't do anything you don't have to."

　Shimizu tried to stand up, but staggered and fell on his buttocks.

Don't worry. Don't worry, we'll take care of the rest, thanks to your showing us 'Flare Burst'."

　The iron golems were moving strangely due to the "flare burst" that made them hot until they turned bright red. They approached us with more awkward movements than usual.

This is easy. Maybe a good tactic would be to have the attacking magician fire a 'flare burst' blow and then take him down."

　Taichi said, watching the movements of the Iron Golems. He then activated "Crash Ball" on the Iron Golems and finished them off by hitting the D-particle vibration ball precisely in the center of their chests.

　When Tesshin and Taichi had killed about eight of them in this way, the reddish body of the iron golem cooled down and returned to its original color. Then, its movement also returned to normal.

Now, let's give it our all."

　Taichi raises his voice. The number of remaining iron golems had been reduced to six. Tesshin and Taichi ran and attacked the Iron Golem, moving violently.

　Taichi avoided the iron golem's swinging hand, and then he went behind him and slammed the quint blade into the back of the iron knee. As the iron behemoth fell to the ground face down, he activated his Quint Crush Lance and fired a D-particle lance at its back.

　Its D-particle lance punched a hole about 30 centimeters in the iron body. It seems that the spatial vibration wave reached the metal ball, the heart of the iron golem, and it stopped moving.

　Tesshin moved 20 meters away from Taichi and activated his Seventh High Blade at a distance of 10 meters from his opponent, creating a huge D-particle blade and swung it down. The D-particle blade hit the shoulder of the Iron Golem, knocking it down while carving a wound on its iron body.

　Tesshin quickly ran up to it and slammed a D-particle vibration ball into the center of its chest to finish it off. It would have been difficult for Tesshin to finish off the iron golem before he had mastered life magic.

　This is because a magic-armored wizard needs some kind of magical weapon to defeat a huge iron body. But even if he had a magic weapon, it would take courage to attack a metal monster.

　Even if it is a magic weapon, the blade can chip. However, if the weapon is made of purplish-gold steel, it will be automatically repaired after a certain period of time, so it can be used to slash and pierce with all its might.

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　Tesshin and Taichi used life magic to destroy the iron golem. They picked up the magic stones and golem cores, and after discussing it, they decided to give all the golem cores to Shimizu.

　It is true that their words and actions interfered with Shimizu's hunt for the Iron Golem. For that, we apologize.

　Tesshin and his team went to the cave and checked the treasure chest. To their delight, the treasure chest had been restored. The last time they had come to the cave to raise their level, it had not yet been restored, but this time, the lid was closed and it was placed at the back of the cave.

　Wary of the trap, I opened the lid and found three rings.

Maybe it's the 'efficiency-doubling ring'?"

　Tesshin says happily.

I'll look into it."

　Shimizu seems to be able to use "Item Analyze". After checking, I found out that it is not a "ring of doubled efficiency" but a "ring of agility".

　Tesshin was a little disappointed, but the "Ring of Agility" is also a proper magical equipment.

Come on, let's go back."

　I started to leave at the sound of Tesshin's voice. Shimizu also started walking with a somewhat dissatisfied look on his face.

Taichi is going to make a shadow puppet too, right?"

Yes," he said. I saw Alisa-senpai and the others using shadow puppets as lookouts when they were encamped, and I thought it was necessary."

　Taichi works solo or with Shun. When working solo, shadow puppets are useful.

　Shimizu showed interest.

I know that shadow puppets are kind of like pets," he said. I don't think they're that useful."

　Tesshin shudders as he recalls how Elmore was moving quickly in high-speed combat mode.

No, that's not true. Some shadow puppets can do more than a C-level magician.

　Shimizu looks incredulous.

Was the new Elmore so awesome?"

　Taichi had not seen the new version of Elmore, but had only heard about it.

They say you can increase your speed up to six times."

I like it. I'd love to make a shadow puppet like that, but it wouldn't be easy, would it?"

　Tesshin nodded.

'It seems we need a sorcery eye for high speed combat. He said no ordinary mage craftsman could make it."

　After talking about such things, Tesshin and the others returned to the ground, camping out in the middle boss's room.

　Tesshin and Taichi then purchased a three-piece sorcery set and spray paint for shadow puppets, and Grim showed them how to make a cat-shaped shadow puppet.

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　While Tesshin and the others were hunting darkcats, I was building the tracking function. That was finally finished and I decided to give it a try.

　I headed for the Narukami dungeon. I entered the dungeon and went to the fifth level through the transfer gate on the first level, and then entered the ruin area on the sixth level. From there I proceeded toward the church. I took Elmore and Tamegoro out of the shadows to escort them.

　Elmore and Tamegoro defeat most of the undead they encounter and arrive at the church. From the warehouse-like room, we descended to the basement and entered the underground area. Bloodbats were living here, and they decided to test the tracking function by targeting these bloodbats.

　Bloodbats fly in a shimmering, erratic trajectory. If you can track its movement, you can handle anything.

　For Tamegoro, who does not have night vision, "Light" was activated and a ball of light floated above his head. Incidentally, Elmore's new Sorcery Eye also has night vision built in.

　The first bloodbat is encountered and activates the "Guided Brit" which incorporates a tracking function. Immediately after that comes the request to set a target and turn your attention to the Bloodbat. It is now locked on.

　D-particle guided bullets fly toward the bloodbats, tracking the fluttering targets and hitting them beautifully. Then about five blood bats are killed using "Guided Blitzes".

　The newly developed tracking function is based on a method that identifies the D-particles contained by the target and tracks them. It is similar to the image identification guidance of missiles developed when electronic devices were available.

　So it should be possible to activate multiple parallel launches and simultaneously guide multiple D-particle guided bombs to different demons. I left the underground mall and moved from the transfer room on the fifth level to the tenth level. Then, descending to the tenth layer, I look for a swarm of running slugs.

　Tamegoro is back in the shadows and only has Elmore out. This is because Elmore can escape from a swarm of running slugs in fast combat mode.

　I spotted a huge group of slugs and approached them to test my "Guided Blitz". The running slugs noticed me and Elmore and started running. There were twenty-four of them.

Isn't that too much to try?"

　I hear Metis' voice.

I agree." Let's try multiple parallel activation and then we'll run away."

　I activated the "Guided Blitz" with a sevenfold parallel activation. Seven D-particle guided bullets were formed in the air and released, each with a separate running slug head assigned to a target.

　All at once, D-particle guided projectiles took flight, chasing and hitting the moving running slug's head. Spatial vibration waves are released, destroying the running slug's head.

It's a success, but it's better to run away."

　Me and Elmore ran off toward the stairs.