Night-Kirin City's Industrial New District. Ben Kaul looked at Wendy and Gleia and asked in surprise, "You're going with him to fight the Beastmen?"
"Yes. According to the intelligence, the Beastmen may be preparing for a decisive battle within the next two weeks, one that will completely open up Iowa Valley," Gleia said with a nod. "From the battles so far, we know that no matter how sturdy our shields are, they can't withstand more than two attacks from an avatar. So we plan to use spells as shields and buy Landen a little more time. We prepared these shields for ourselves, just in case."
"You're going yourselves?" Ben's eyes widened in disbelief. "That's far too dangerous. You're no different from the High-Ranks of the Tower of Purity or the Salt and Iron Department, and you have far less combat experience than they do. Why not let them handle fighting the Beastmen up close?"
Wendy turned away, clearly unconvinced. "That's different. We're Tania's Retainers. We should be here to defend this place."
"Don't worry. We're not going to fight those brutes hand-to-hand. We'll just use our magic to support Landen." Gleia patted Sophia, who had just walked over. "We've come up with a relatively practical plan. We'll set up a Magic Array in Iowa over the next couple of days, and we should be ready in time for the decisive battle."
"You know when the Beastmen will launch their all-out attack?" Alexei looked at the girls, unable to figure out where they had gotten their information.
"Mm. Redbird is keeping a close eye on the Beastmen at the mountain pass. There shouldn't be any problems with the intelligence."
The real source of Wendy's confidence was, of course, that two days ago, Landen had treated a certain little cat to another