Gorgeous ice arrows flew across the battlefield, accurately hitting every shikigami. Although they didn't cause much damage, the shikigami that were hit slowed down and were then directly attacked by the soldiers or humanoid fighters, turning into paper.

"Oh? Has the South Gate finally summoned a mage?"

A soldier looked over and gave me a strange expression when he saw me.

"You...why are you wearing soft armor?"

"Because mages have thin blood and naturally need to wear thicker armor...although I'm not a formal mage myself."

Although I said that, I immediately changed my equipment to my academy's magic robe in the item bar.

"This outfit...are you a student from the Magic Academy?"

"Sorry, the boss didn't give me new equipment, so I can only wear this. But at least I'm a National Mage."

Saying so, I directly threw an Ice Fall towards the distance. Since I considered both the fighting humanoids and the soldiers as teammates, even if I threw randomly, I wouldn't accidentally hurt them.

"This...this is the same magic as the princess! Great, the enemy appeared too suddenly, and we haven't had any mage support here yet!"

"Is that so? But I can understand. The enemy has already realized they've been exposed, so it's the right move to act immediately. But I didn't expect them to have all reached the Royal City."

Of course, it was impossible for the scheduling of the mages to catch up. Perhaps something happened previously in the Walz City, so some forces were sent to investigate other cities? As for King City...where did that old man go?

"Yes, Lord Mage, those strange humanoids suddenly appeared in the crowd, and we didn't have time to react before being attacked. Moreover, the enemy quickly occupied the city gates, and the only ones able to fight are us, the city guards."

"I see. So they have all the city gates in their hands?"

"Yes, I don't know about the other gates, but the Southern Gate is still under their control."

"Understood, Oyado!"

"What's the matter, big brother?"

When Oyado, who I called, heard that, she appeared in front of us in a flash, startling the soldier next to me.

"Don't worry about those shikigami. Go straight to the city gate and find a way to kill their commander."

"Understood!"

After saying that, Oyado disappeared in front of us.

"Wow...amazing. Is that your sister?"

"Yes."

"And the one behind you..."

Behind me? I turned my head and saw Aliyah holding two shikigami in her hands, looking at us with a very terrifying gaze. Then she squeezed them, and the two shikigami turned into paper directly.

"A righteous ally?"

"Huh? Is that so...anyway, I'm going back to continue the fight!"

After saying that, he rushed out without even looking back.

Well, Aliyah isn't really that scary...

"Fir!"

"What's the matter?"

As soon as I heard Aliyah's displeased shout, I quickly turned towards her.

"It seems like you're pretty amazing~ Since we can't die anyway, let's chat now, shall we?"

Am I the one confirming that we're going to chat? Why is your sword at my neck?

"What...?"

"Although I know you want to save that guy, why did it turn into a sister?"

"This...this has nothing to do with me. That guy just called me that on his own. It wasn't my request, I swear."

"Really~?"

That gaze completely shows disbelief. Really, am I such an untrustworthy person? I'm clearly known for my integrity and honesty!

"...sigh, I told you early on not to get too involved with this world, why didn't you listen? Although I don't know why we're in this world, but...never mind, now I don't even know anymore."

As she spoke, Aliyah's gaze continued to flicker. Has something happened to her recently?

"The people in this world...may be real or maybe not...although I said before that this world is similar to a game world, but...maybe it's just because of our perspective..."

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you talking about? What happened these past few days?"

"It's nothing, don't bother asking about girl stuff!"

After saying that, this guy dual sword stabbed backwards, piercing through the head of a Shikigami that was approaching, holding his weapon arm in the air, before slowly dropping down.

Speaking of which, we both have attack warning systems, so there shouldn't be any problem with this level of surprise attack, right?

"Anyway, I don't completely agree with your viewpoint, but like I said, don't keep causing your element to go haywire all the time. Don't blame me if you get arrested one day and I didn't warn you."

"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't done anything! And where are the police here..."

"Hmph, anyway, let's quickly resolve the situation here and return to the academy! Princess Michelle is our friend, her problems are our problems, right?"

"Well, of course. I never said I wouldn't help, did I? Alright, enough talking, let's quickly deal with the problem here. But these Shikigami don't seem very interested in attacking us, except for the one that got close to you just now. Could it be that they're semi-automatic too?"

"It's very possible. This means that the person controlling them is not here or is doing something else. Let's move quickly."

"Yeah, but there are so many Shikigami here. It looks difficult to reach the city gate."

"It's alright, hold onto my hand."

"Huh? What... what are you going to do?"

"Looking at your disgusted expression, sigh... just stand firmly. Ice Totem!"

The ice totem that appeared from the ground directly slammed into the direction of the city gate. Just as we were starting, Aliyah directly grabbed me!

"Ah, why do you always use such rough methods!"

"Convenient and efficient."

I grabbed onto Aliyah's hand and then jumped down from the ice totem. At the same time, I threw an Ice Fall at the group of Shikigami on the city wall.

Then, I somersaulted and landed perfectly on the empty space created by the Ice Fall!

"Damn it! Let go of me!"

Except for getting punched in the face by Aliyah at the end, it was indeed perfect.

"Why did you hit me again!"

"Who told you to use this method to climb the city wall without telling me beforehand! Idiot!"

"Explaining is too troublesome."

"You still like using these strange skills, Fir."

Then, the humanoid fighting next to us suddenly spoke!

"Don't look at me like that. I'm Yuyi. There's only this humanoid around with a voice device, so I can only communicate with you through this humanoid. By the way, I didn't expect you to come back, heard you fell into the abyss."

"Ah... hahaha, yeah."

So Yuyi was controlling these fighting humanoids as well? Speaking of which, not long ago I shattered his humanoid into pieces. I hope he doesn't find out it was me; it's better not to use a bow in front of him.

"By the way, your humanoid is far inferior to those Shikigami."

"They are not formed by physical matter, unlike my humanoid. I don't have to worry about certain key limitations... Ah, anyway, I believe in your abilities, so quickly resolve the situation here."

"Yeah... okay."

It seems he didn't notice any problems. But I'll have to make Dell change his hairstyle and appearance later; otherwise, there will definitely be trouble.

And in front of us, we had already reached the city wall at the top of the gate. Far in the distance, a group of Shikigami intertwined in a weird form, blocking the device to open the city gate. And outside, Oyado was constantly attacking those Shikigami along with the surrounding soldiers and fighting humanoids.

"Aliyah~"

"Hmm?"

"I remember you love cutting things into pieces, right?"

"...Yes~"

Aliyah smiled and then retrieved her dual sword back into her ring.

"Let me show you the weapon I created using the resources from the Ais Empire! Hahaha!"

After speaking, she had two new weapons in her hands.

Oh my god, they were actually two slender chainsaws!