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Mordecai ducked as a chunk of automaton went whizzing by at what felt like (but probably wasn't) a hair's breadth away. When he looked up again, he saw the strange patterns that his companion's halo made whenever she activated her Arte arcing towards the remaining fiends.

: "Don't worry, I have no intention of running off." Especially now that the giant bat was going down in a gout of flames; Reeve's work probably.

Safely back on solid ground, 42-1 took advantage of the fact that everyone fled from the battle in order to commandeer one of the deserted food stands. Soon he had a kettle full of tea, the various fixings his companions most preferred, and a plate of packaged cookies that were only slightly squashed.

: "Drink this, Miss Sitri, it should help settle your stomach. I can attempt to heal you instead, but the tea would probably do you more good." The homunculus deftly placed a steaming mug in front of the half-snake girl and moved on among his companions. Eventually he reached a new pair.

: "Sir Satan, Sir Lucifer? May I offer either of you a cup?"

: "..."

: "Are they...supposed to blow up like that?"

: "This is the only adventuring group I have any experience with, but I get the strangest feeling that the scope of our activities is somewhat irregular. You will note that many of the other teams fled from the battle, while this one rushed in eagerly."

: "Hm, perhaps a return to the ground is in order for Miss Sitri. I would be happy to prepare tea for everyone, and perhaps scrape together something to eat. Murderkrool could probably use a rest as well."

: "Here, sir. What do we have to do for a villager to be considered "safe"? Is there a location we need to bring them to? Do we escort them out of the village?"

Oh! That was right, there was a reason everyone was flying around on wyverns above the city. Nudging Murderkrool's flanks to direct the actually rather placid creature, 42-1 made for the deserted finish line and crossed it. Victory! Hopefully the prize money would help Marta's ambitions.

: "'The World'? It's supposed to have something to do with new beginnings, isn't it? I am not very familiar with how this method of divination works."