"Help—me—!"
It was already the second day. Fujimaru Ritsuka and his group had set out with Cursed Arm Hassan and Hassan of the Hundred Faces for the settlement beyond the mountains to rescue Hassan of Serenity. They had only just left the mountains when raging winds whipped yellow sand across a scorched plain, forcing everyone to wrap scarves around their faces against the sandstorm.
Then they heard the voice from above.
"Help me—! Somebody save me——!"
Ah, there it was again.
"Doctor. Are you sure that's the 'extremely powerful magical energy signature' your radar detected?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked flatly, moving closer to Roman's projection.
"Huh? Ah? Well, but, even now the radar is showing..." Roman babbled for a long while, unable to explain himself.
While they were traveling, he had detected what appeared to be an incredibly powerful magical energy signature on the radar. He had hurriedly opened communications with Fujimaru Ritsuka, warning them to be careful and advising them to avoid it if possible.
But no matter how they looked at it, the scene before them had nothing to do with "extremely powerful."
Though it was possible the other party was deliberately pretending to be weak, but...
"Senpai, we should help her."
Mash watched the female Servant clutching a water jug as she fled in blind panic from a pack of Demonic Beasts, then tugged on Fujimaru Ritsuka's sleeve.
"Mm. Mr. Liao Ye, Miss Carmilla, I'll leave it to you two." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded. Without much hesitation, he directed the two Servants to rescue the female Servant fleeing with loud wails.
"Hey—" Hassan of the Hundred Faces was startled and hurriedly tried to stop them, but Carmilla had long grown accustomed to fighting under Fujimaru Ritsuka's command. In an instant, she vanished into a crimson haze and flickered toward