--I forgot that this was a teleportation-prohibited area.
While regretting my foolish mismanagement, I moved to the foremost black hand with Ground Shrink and helped Tama escape from it.
It seems Holy swords can easily cut the black hands but they grow back every time they're cut so Tama couldn't escape from them.
I stretched my hand toward Arisa but tsunami-like shadow hands pushed me away, she got kidnapped together with the princesses and the others to beyond the barrier.
"Barrier~?"
Tama repeatedly hits the surface of the barrier that was closed before her.
Then, Hikaru came back while dragging beastkin people who seemed to be the Wyvern Riders.
"Satou, I've defeated them--wait, what about Arisa and the others?"
"They were taken by the shadow."
Looking at the map, Arisa and the others seem to have been taken to the innermost room in the maze-like castle.
"Wait a minute, I'll use the barrier puncture magic--"
"There's no need."
I stopped Hikaru's talk midway.
--Things like barrier, I'll just tear them off.
I'm being dominated with a slightly violent thought from the impatience of losing Arisa.
While doing self-analysis like such, I throw away my restrain and extend my hand at the barrier.
--Huh?
For some reason, the barrier doesn't reject me, my hand is slipping right through it.
Tama who's still hitting the barrier is still denied of entry.
I tried to pull Tama's hand and we could enter together.
"Hikaru, let's go together. Tama, wait at the rock with the carved seal board after you've delivered these guys to the knight."
"Un, I got it."
"Tama will wait."
Hikaru agreed with my instruction, Tama nodded and talked with a stiff not-slow voice.
After patting Tama's head once to relieve her, I took Hikaru along beyond the barrier.
--Now, let's go help Arisa.