Soul of Burning Steel

At the moment the magical projection that claimed to be No. 3 appeared, Joshua raised his vigilance to the highest level. 〔Mao Fengmei〕

He swept his eyes, observing the direction of the magic power around him, and began to build models in his brain to speculate the source of the other party's magic power. The eyes of a soldier comparable to professional equipment can clearly see that the source of the power of this projection comes from the tallest and largest machine building in this steel rune city. On the silver-white steel template on the top of the huge building, there are countless runes. The brilliance is flowing, and the endless magic power is projected here.

At the moment when the source of the opponent was determined, Joshua's right hand condensed an astonishing grudge, firmly locked in that direction, and Rin on the side also tacitly walked to his left hand, ready to be intelligent at any time.

This is not an overreaction. You must know that Joshua is now wearing a full set of armor forged by Morea, but the artificial intelligence in front of him can easily pass through the armor and bodyguard without even noticing it. It must be known that there is the existence of the sage relic of the Azure Orb in his hand.

In the face of such an existence, raising one's vigilance can never be considered excessive. Joshua has always believed that communication only exists in the existence of reciprocity.

"No need to look hostile."

No. 3 noticed Joshua’s hostility, which is different from the soul-oriented alchemy creatures Shenji Yinghua and Rin. As a machine-oriented artificial intelligence, although she has lost some emotional capabilities, she has extreme speed in pure response. With a big advantage, she quickly said: "I have no malice against you. In fact, you can come here so smoothly because of my arrangement."

When he said this, No. 3’s voice was still so calm and cold. On his delicate face, the gray-blue pupils seemed to be stagnant, as if everything had nothing to do with him: “Otherwise, the fortress’s automatic defense measures would have been activated long ago. Now, even if you can forcibly break in with your strength, it will never be uncomfortable. [Princess Stealing the Heart: The Heart-warming Pet of the King of Ghosts]"

This is indeed the case, and there is no need for the other party to lie. Joshua felt the terrible power contained in the magical lightning spreading above his head, which was enough to threaten his life. He nodded slightly and accepted the explanation.

But he still has one thing puzzled.

"You call yourself No. 3... Then No. 3, I'll make a long story short."

Qiao Xiu looked around at the magic flow around him. He knew that the other party’s body was actually in this piece of steel rune machine. The projection in front of him was just a human-shaped terminal for communication. He said in a deep voice, “Why are you so friendly? But it’s not a Carlisian, it’s an obvious outsider, even an intruder."

"If you have communicated with us from the beginning, it makes sense, why wait until we come to this central dogma district before meeting us?"

Moria and Claire on the side looked at the magical projection of Joshua and the stranger with confusion and perplexity. They communicated in completely incomprehensible language. The elves could barely distinguish some stars. The traces of the boundary language are still meaningless, and the two of them don't even know what they are talking about.

"When did Joshua learn foreign languages..." Kleier murmured: "From his great grandfather's generation, I have never seen anyone in their family who can speak more than two languages."

"No, they will at least learn a little dwarf and elf language. [Weird space]" Moria retorted subconsciously, but he also shook his head, not knowing how to sigh: "This guy..."

"Master, what are they talking about..."

Rin talked to himself softly. He could understand the meaning of the other party through the spiritual communication with the warrior, but the supernatural boy was only awakened recently. He only knew about the affairs on the Mycroft continent, and couldn’t tell from Joshua and 3. No.’s dialogue to obtain information he can understand.

"Race is meaningless. The Carlisians never distinguish people by blood."

The magic projection of No. 3 has obviously done a fine design. When she speaks, every detail is done very well. Whether it is the movement of lips or the flapping of the wings behind the waist, it is so real. She blinked her eyes. Calmly said: "What's more, the world has long been destroyed, the civilization of the Carlisians has been buried in the dust, and the fire has been extinguished. In this gloomy world, there is only a meaningless life like me... You invade It does not matter whether it is or not, because I have nothing to protect."

When talking about this, the projection of No. 3 was slightly bent down, and her tone changed for the first time. She seemed to say from the heart: "You...only you are different."

"Where am I different?" Qiao Xiu frowned, and said with some unpleasantness while guarding.

He likes to be admired by others, and he likes to hear words of praise, but the warrior does not like this special treatment for no reason, especially in the face of the existence of 03 that can threaten his power: "Me and my partner Why is it different?"

The projection of No. 3 looked around the old dwarves and elves very humanely. Her eyes stayed on Rin's body for a while, but she also quickly turned around.

"Two alien creatures, they don’t have the power of order. An artificial life similar to me but not the same. Although it has the power of order, it comes from the other..." She said slowly: "Only You, the person who holds the relics of the sages, you have the sun, the flames, and the traces left by the sages-your body has the power of order and is extremely strong."

No. 3 said softly. The way she said it was to shake the atmosphere with magical power and send out sound waves: "For me, the artificial intelligence whose programs have been written down, this is the most important thing-the Carlisians have long been annihilated and civilized. Severance. Although I don’t know where you came from, you are the only creatures in this world—and the holders of the only order power that I have seen. For me, you are the holder of the new authority This is the key to fighting the enemy."

"...It makes sense, but it's far-fetched."

Joshua grudgingly accepted this explanation, but he was still vigilant and said bluntly: "But on the 3rd, your intelligence is beyond my imagination. I am not an ignorant person, and artificial intelligence has also seen a lot. It stands to reason. For an artificial intelligence of your level, the so-called written program is no longer a reason to restrain you."

"You have wisdom." The soldier said with a low voice: "With wisdom, you are human, but humans will lie and abandon the existence of vows."

"You are right. Logically speaking, when I met you, I should have given you full authority directly, but due to my wisdom, I did not have it. Although according to my thinking and judgment, this is not the best choice. But I did it anyway."

After listening to Joshua’s words silently, as if to refute, No. 3, as if she didn’t know how to lie, told her all her thoughts, her expression remained unchanged: “As for why I’m still following the procedure, the reason is very good. simple."

After a while, the voice sounded again.

"Because other than that, I don't know what to do."

No. 3 raised her head, she looked at the top of the large vertical pothole, the bright golden light was shining, that was the energy core of the entire fortress, and countless magical powers gathered above everyone's heads.

Looking at the light, No. 3's expression finally became more vivid. She looked a little sad. This was the first time she showed such a clear expression: "The world has plunged into darkness, and the Karlis people who wrote the program for me also Already all dead, I drove alone in the deserted wilderness, fighting against the chaos, drawing the only power of existence in the world, just like this, day and night, through the millennium... My wisdom is useless, except for the mechanical basis. What else can I do besides the program?"

She seemed to laugh at herself~www.novelmtl.com~ No. 3 looked at Joshua, her gray-blue eyes were only projections, but they seemed to contain the soul. She calmly said: "I was just not wise. The program is used to maintain the operation of the fortress, but in the last day of the Karlis civilization, in order to maintain the power of the crystal sun, people put their lives into the body of'I', and the power of countless souls leaves no souls And the wise me became what I am now-a fortress with my own will."

"After a thousand years of time, I can no longer express other feelings. I finally have a soul and watched it damage little by little in unbearable loneliness. This is my experience."

Joshua was silent. He looked at the magical projection in front of him and sensed that the energy flow in the entire fortress was trembling with this artificial intelligence.

"In my body, there are countless Carlisian roars-revenge, revenge towards chaos, order, the pursuit of the strongest order-this is the only purpose and criterion of my actions."

Speaking of this, No. 3 looked directly at the pair of red pupils behind Joshua's helmet: "It's too much talk, a soldier with the power of order." She nodded slightly and said: "What do you want to do?"

(To be continued.) ()