Noon.
In a secluded hill.
"Azu, is this the place?"
Aozaki Touko looked around. Towering trees stood everywhere, thick layers of leaves covered the ground, and several rocks jutted out from the earth. The place was already quite far from human habitation, though it was still situated along the ley lines of the Aozaki Household.
"Mm... It's far from human habitation and suitable for constructing a bounded field."
Kuonji Alice nodded slightly, then took out more than a dozen dolls and tossed them down. In an instant, more than a dozen medieval soldiers appeared. Alice pointed toward a pile of tools in the distance and ordered the soldiers:
"Dig a grave here. It should be about ten meters deep and roughly three or four meters wide."
At those words, the dozen or so medieval soldiers all looked dumbfounded. They had thought their master had summoned them to fight, but they had never expected to be sent out to dig a grave.
However, they had no way to disobey the order. After exchanging a few glances, they removed the swords from their waists, picked up shovels and hoes, and began working.
"...I feel a little sorry for them~"
Seeing that the soldiers had really gone to dig, Aozaki Touko remarked with some pity. Then she summoned the Doll Army from her Reality Marble and began efficiently arranging several bounded fields.
Of course, the area being arranged wasn't limited to a dozen or so meters. Instead, it encompassed the surrounding five hundred meters, using the power of the ley lines to turn the area into another world.
"These are your combat dolls... They seem somewhat beneath your level?"
Nearby, Kuonji Alice furrowed her brows. She could easily see the condition of the dolls. Their craftsmanship was quite refined, but they didn't seem