Hm. Well, these elezen didn't seem to have any reason to help them beyond just genuine decency. Even if they did, that problem could be dealt with later.

Before that, the implications of that artifact were too important to pass up.

"You can even fend off the storm?" Kisegawa watched the woman work her magic with interest. "Then it looks like you've saved our lives in more ways than one."

After all, even with the Iron Giants gone, they still could very well have frozen to death out here.