Arnold and others were explaining the decontamination of the in .
A joint research team from the Kingdom of Franz, the Kingdom of Klein, and the Nordic Federation visited the island ......<> between the Laurent and Gondor continents to investigate.
From the Kingdom of Franz was Zorana Gogibel, chief of the Ministry of Magic.
From the Kingdom of Klein, Sasha Dae Corriere, chief of the Ministry of Magic and Technology.
From the Nordic Federation, Maricka's apprentice and friend of Rhodes, <> Rulstner.
Each of them has one guard and two assistant golems.
The three guards are also female knights and soldiers, and all the members of this troop are women except for the golem.
Such are the members.
The means of transportation are six Nordic blowplanes.
"It's still cold even though it's ......4 March.
"But there's not much snow here, so it's easy to survey."
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Nevertheless, its location between the Laurentian and Gondorian continents means that it is at a fairly high latitude, and the average annual temperature is necessarily low.
"Are you sure there are ruins here?"
"Probably."
The reason why this island was chosen for investigation is due to a journal discovered during the investigation of the ruins...... constructed by Phylicius of the recently discovered ruins......<> in the Nordic Federation.
It was recently discovered that he had written about his plan to build a final base on a <> between two continents.
<> is this .
Therefore, it was decided to send people from each of the three neighboring countries ......<<<> to conduct a survey.
"Why didn't you at least wait until after the ......?"
said Zorana Gogibel of the Kingdom of Franz.
"I agree with you."
Sasha Dae Corriere of the Kingdom of Klein agreed.
"However, the information is uncertain, so I am not sure if we could get any more help than we are getting now," he said.
said.
"Well, that's true," he said.
"Well, that's one thing," he said, "but if something happens, you'll be able to get help right away."
"I think that's still true, though."
<, is Marikka's apprentice and friend of Rhodes.
He knew Jin, the current Magecraft Meister, and expected him to come to his aid if anything should happen to him.
After all, he had participated in the <.
The group went to the east side of the island, and then to the west side.
The group landed their blowplane on a flat area on the east side of the island, near the coast, and proceeded to investigate to the west.
They had guessed that if there were ruins, they would be on the plains or in the center of the island.
Since we could not find any ruins on the plain, we decided to go to the center of the island.
Due to the cold climate, there were no dense forests growing, only sparse coniferous forests, which made it easy to move around.
The assistant golem cleared away some of the bushes, and the group was able to smoothly make their way to the center of the island.
< is nearly an oval shape, long from east to west. The distance from east to west is 40 km.
Therefore, the distance from the coast to the center is 20 kilometers, and it would take less than 7 hours walking at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour.
This meant that we could not reach the site in a day, so we had to make camp along the way.
All the heavy luggage was carried by the assistant golem, and the other members carried only their personal belongings on their backs, so they were not too tired.
"It would have been easier if we could have flown to the center of the site in a <>."
"Then you would have only been able to survey the points."
"Well, that's true."
Zorana is a bit of a whiner, Rulstner thought with a wry smile.
But, despite the hastily formed survey team, they are doing reasonably well.
"Your meal is ready.
"Thank you."
Sasha Dae Corriere thought, "It's easier since it's all women (except for the golem).
In the two previous expeditions she had participated in, more than half of the participants were male researchers or soldiers, which made it a little uncomfortable for her to change clothes, do errands, etc. On the other hand, this time all the participants were women.
On the other hand, since all of us were women, we did not have to worry about anything and were able to relax.
The tents are what we call "domed" in modern Japan, and the outer shell, called a "flysheet," is also unfolded to keep the tent warm and dry.
In addition, Rurstner's < magic tool had created a barrier to keep the temperature from escaping, so it was not cold even at night.
"You were Marikka's apprentice, weren't you, Rulstner?"
After the meal, when we were drinking warm milk, Zorana spoke to us.
"Yes."
"I also heard one of Marikka's lectures once before in ."
"Oh, I see.
"That was very informative."
Zolana said in a sincere voice. Rulstner's affection for Zorana increased when he realized that Zorana was looking up to his master.
Zorana's love for her mentor has increased.
After sunset, all that was left was to rest.
The three guards sleep near the entrance of the tent, and the three investigators sleep in the back.
We were relieved to know that six golems would be on guard.
We were not tired and did not need sleep.
Although there are no large animals on the island, we must be on our guard.
So, the group used Marikka's specially made magic tools.
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Of course, the old man was aware of the activities of this research team.
Marikka had also reported to him, so he checked with his <> and found that there was some kind of facility under the center of the island.
However, we could not see the back of the facility even with <>.
There is probably some kind of a barrier that blocks the magic power.
Therefore, the old man was watching the movement of the survey team and was ready to rescue them if anything happened.
Nothing happened that day and the night passed quietly on Gasmada Island. .......