In the main city of Northland Mea, the Kirba Empire, an inconspicuous caravan slowly drove into the city, and the high heat brought by the magic engine evaporated the surrounding snow, causing white steam to spread like a mist to both sides of the road.

The city of Maia is an ancient city with a history of more than 600 years, founded by the Maia family, who migrated here from the western part of the empire, and in the magic energy revolution more than 100 years ago, the Maia family took the lead in supporting the transformation of magic energy, and became the industrial base of the northern region of the Kelba Empire in one fell swoop.

Everywhere in the city, you can see towering chimneys and factories, as well as colorful demon scum smoke, which is a waste miniature magic crystal produced by the operation of the magic energy engine, which can damage human health and cause a variety of lung diseases, although the empire has repeatedly ordered rectification, and even asked to stop work to check the level of pollution, but the industrial area is the economic lifeblood of the entire northern region, not only the factory owners, even for their own work, the workers do not agree to the requirements of the empire.

And because of the rich economy brought about by the first magic energy, as well as the independence of being in the remote north, the Maia Lords and the Imperial Officials have always been inseparable, almost a country within a country, and as the local lord, the largest factory owner, in the face of the increasingly aggressive, intent on integrating the big nobles from all over the world, to complete the centralization of the Imperial Official, the Maia Lord will naturally rise to the idea of 'independence'.

However, in addition to magical technology, this world also has extraordinary powers...... And as the royal family of the Kelba Empire with the power of the dragon, it is the greatest deterrent.

Lord Maia believed that if he showed the slightest hint of independence, the imperial family would burn him to death in his own bed, even at the risk of provoking the displeasure of all the nobles—of course, the result would probably be that the Korba Empire would be in ruins, if not divided.

But so what? By that time he was already dead.

- You have to have power.

— but not for the Empire to perceive.

Lord Maia, who walked on a tightrope, even if he could sleep peacefully, was afraid that his family's achievements over the years would be forcibly seized by the imperial family, and the glorious Maia family would eventually become a disgraceful footnote in history...... Outsiders can only see his majesty like a little emperor in the Northlands, but they can't see it, and he has been so afraid for decades.

It wasn't until twelve years ago that a mysterious man with a Dragon Ball appeared in a small mountain village on the edge of Maia's territory.

- Dragon Ball.

This ancient word immediately reminded Lord Maia of distant myths and legends...... Yes, if you want to fight against the royal family of the Kirpa Empire who holds the power of the dragon, you can only rely on the dragon balls, and only by making a wish to the dragon of the ancestors and obtaining the power of the dragon yourself, can you fight against the winner of the last dragon ball ceremony!

Since then, the Maia family has been secretly looking for traces of the Dragon Ball holder who disappeared in the Northlands, but unfortunately, he seems to have disappeared out of thin air, almost completely disappeared, if it weren't for the fact that there are still Orions in the mountains from time to time who say that they have seen the traces of a huge dragon in the Kobol Mountains, I am afraid that everyone would think that he has left the Northlands.

And because of this, all the people around the world who have ideas about Dragon Ball...... Even the other people who held the Dragon Balls seemed to be attracted by gravity and converged towards the Northland.

Leading the team of lords disguised as a caravan, back to the private mansion, the Maia Lord, whose face had returned to normal, took the scholars to their respective rooms, put them under house arrest in the best conditions, and then he returned to his own study, opened the secret door with the magic seal, and entered the hidden underground chamber.

The underground chamber is simple, just an ordinary room covered by a layer of camouflage runes, and in the center of the room, a mercury mirror is placed.

Without any hesitation, after entering the secret room, Lord Maia directly connected his magic power to the mercury mirror, echoed the other mercury mirror on the other side, and then entered the information.

"The dragon was summoned, but it was not 'Nidhogg' but 'Candleday'...... Because of the successful summoning, I was arrogant for a while and offended the other party, and Candle Day's personality was obedient and able to resist the control of the Dragon Ball, although he did not kill us, but he took the Dragon Ball and the android together and disappeared into the wilderness. ”

Lord Maia did not add to the fire, but objectively recounted his failure: "Unfortunately, I think that I have no way to fulfill the agreement, this is the responsibility of our Maia family." ”

And after more than ten seconds, the mercury mirror began to fluctuate, and strings of words appeared on the mirror.

[Can resist the power of Dragon Balls? Candlelight actually has such a strong power, which is not shown in myths and legends...... I already know. 】

is also crisp and neat, without any nonsense, and a large number of words began to appear on the mercury mirror: [Just admit your failure in time, instead of choosing to hide it from me, you are not incompetent. Originally, my expectations for you were nothing more than a fish that muddied the waters, but now, a divine dragon that is strong enough to resist the power of the Ancestral Dragon is more useful than the expected 'Desperate Black Dragon', and it is a good thing to leave your hands." 】

In the face of the entire empire, which is also considered to be the leading noble, the attitude behind the mercury mirror is still very casual, but Lord Maia has no opinion on this - not that he does not feel anger and shame, but he knows deeply that the other party is not an existence that they can use power to coerce.

In fact, the dragon ball that summoned Candle Sun was given to the Maia family by the other party, and in the face of a powerful unknown existence that can take out a dragon ball at will and give it away, it is impossible to be too cautious.

It seemed to think for a while, and after a while, after the old words were gone, on the smoothed mercury mirror, words appeared again: [Can you determine the location of that divine dragon? 】

"The artificial human has a tracking beacon in its body."

[Well, that's fine, pay attention to the other party's position, and report to me as soon as there is a big change - this is a matter of your family's fate, you should also understand the importance of this matter without me urging you.] 】

"Yes." After a brief reply, the mercury mirror regained its composure, and even reflected Lord Maia's slightly aged face.

Lord Maia, who has always maintained the most basic calm and sanity, showed a hideous expression when facing himself reflected in this mercury mirror.

"Damn it!" He roared under his breath, and wanted to swing his fist against the mercury mirror, but just as his fist was already raised, he slowly lowered it.

But in this way, the anger on his face was even worse: "Damn! ”

Just as Lord Maia was gritting his teeth, wondering who he was cursing.

"I didn't expect you to have a transmitter on you."

Northland, in the wilderness area, in a windless area in the hilly jungle, Su Yan, who lit the bonfire, stretched out his hand in surprise and pointed to the eyebrows of Ora who was sitting in front of the bonfire, motionless: "That group of people is quite cautious, but fortunately, I have always been careful and observant. ”

With the power of the Thoughtless Heart, Su Sun could clearly hear that there was actually a rather active heart node in Ola's almost void-like mind...... Don't guess, there must be ghosts!

Therefore, the young man's index finger was a little, and the blue-purple aura flashed.

When he landed, the huge power vibrated in the air, directly turning a certain delicate spiritual power node powder hidden in the eyebrows of the android girl into pure spiritual energy and returning it to heaven and earth.

In this process, Ola, who was wearing an overcoat, did not even blink his eyes, and his red eyes reflected the dancing bonfire, as if he was in a daze.

In this regard, Su Sun did not find it strange, after all, he had already learned from Lord Maia that Aura was just an artificial person who was only three days old, and it was a tool specially prepared to replace the Maia family in the Dragon Ball competition and summon the Divine Dragon.

In addition to the basic general knowledge of androids, all that was left in her mind was the ritual of summoning the dragon, and if no one else gave her orders, then Aura herself would not have any superfluous actions.

"Although I came out with this little guy to avoid trouble, what should I do with her......

Su Sun is actually quite distressed about Ora's existence - he is not a visitor from another world who was purely summoned by the Dragon Balls, even if Ola, who is the summoner, dies, Su Sun feels that he will not be rejected by the world, but even so, his itinerary in the Yara World will definitely have a great impact, not to mention, he is already very interested in the Dragon Ball Wish Ceremony.

Therefore, ensuring the safety of Ola is one of Su Sun's tasks now, and this kind of thing in the Dragon Ball War, according to Su Sun's guess, is definitely not like the Elf Treasure X Dream on the other side of the earth, that is, the dragons are fighting back and forth, and everyone's first task must be to bombard the other party's summoner first, so that no matter how powerful the dragon is, it will be rejected by the world.

In this way, as an artificial person, Ola, who does not have the fear and reflexes of ordinary people at all, can be said to have the lowest survival rate, and even Su Sun cannot guarantee that he can protect the other party.

After all, now, the seven Dragon Ball holders are all in this area of the Northland - the first time in 800 years that all the people have gathered, which means that the war for the Dragon Balls is almost imminent, no matter where in the Northland, when it is, there is a possibility of a battle breaking out at any time.

Just now, Su Yan flew to the sky and looked down on this area, and in the sky, the most conspicuous thing was the city and the major satellite cities and scattered villages and towns built by the river, with the main city of Maia as the source, and then the snow-white wilderness where he was located in the north, and the mountain range area further north.

"If the battle is going to happen, it should be in these places, and when the time comes, look around and see if you can find any clues."

Thinking like this, Su Sun took out the 'Dragon Ball' he had obtained from Ola from his arms.

The Dragon Ball was originally a pure pale golden ball, with a hard texture, like a crystal, but after Su Sun was summoned, there was an extremely simple, ancient totem division of the white dragon on it, with wings of light like flames behind it.

The light of the campfire was reflected on it, and there was even a faint illusion that the wings of light were vibrating.

After two smacks, Su Sun stared at his dragon balls and totems, and he couldn't help but sigh: "It's only been a long time, the earth is only three years, why do I even have totems in other worlds?" Look at this way, the original, at least it was designed thousands of years ago......"

"What's so strange about that."

In response, Yara sighed: "Three years on Earth, maybe a thousand years have passed in other worlds...... Isn't that the same for a day in heaven and a year on earth? Faster than this time comparison is. ”

"It's normal that you're my covenanter, and your message will travel faster in my world...... What's more, the transmission of information is inherently unreasonable, and may even be replaced and confused, just like your story is told in another way, which is very similar to Nidhogg - in some worlds, the two of you in the legend may even gradually be confused and confused, and a new dragon will be born. ”

"I'm not weird about this kind of thing."

Su Ri, who had replaced Nidhogg, nodded slightly, his expression was quite emotional: "I just didn't expect that one day, I could also fight with the legendary dragons I had heard of as the 'divine dragon' in myths and legends, this experience ......"

Saying this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "The transcendent world is really interesting. ”

After sighing for a moment, Su Sun put down the dragon ball and continued to turn his head to look at Ora.

The red-eyed girl's face was exquisite, her skin was as white as snow, and at this time, in addition to the white robe, she was also wearing a large black trench coat.

"If you wear something like this, won't those people in the Maia family be afraid that you will die of cold?"

The black coat on Ola's body was the clothes that Su Sun put in his personal space for changing, and after he noticed that there was nothing but a white robe on the girl, he put it on the other party, and she didn't refuse.

In response to Su Sun's direct inquiry, Aura raised her head, she looked at Su Sun, showed a business smile, and said in a soft voice: "The Platinum Workshop has been specializing in manufacturing artificial humans for four hundred years, and its reputation is guaranteed, and it can withstand temperatures from minus fifty-three to eighty-five degrees, and there will be certain changes according to the concentration of mana, and the upper and lower errors will not exceed three degrees, which can support stronger and stronger reinforcement modifications." ”

"The Platinum Workshop, the best alchemy workshop in the Kerba Empire."

“…… There are even built-in advertising instructions. ”

After answering the question, Aura lowered his head again and looked at the bonfire, and Su Sun also knew very well that the other party was indeed not an ordinary human, and his body was much tougher than that of ordinary humans.

In this regard, Su Yan also asked with interest: "Ola, I remember you said that you only have less than thirty days left in your life, right?" This is long or short, and the average android is a few days. ”

"And what would happen if the artificial man died?"

"My use period is set to thirty-one days, which is an extended enhancement type, the use period of the general android is seven days, the term of the professional combat android is one day, and my remaining use time is 27 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes and 21 seconds."

To Su Sun's completely rude question, Ola's answer was still soft and polite, his voice was clear and beautiful, and he had a great sense of rhythm, listening to it in the language of the Kelba Empire, it was like singing: "After the expiration date of the android is over, the magic in the body will automatically dissociate and be reduced to raw materials, which can be used for the refining of new androids." ”

"Really...... Sure enough, there was no fear at all. ”

After asking the question, Su Sun used his supernatural powers to listen carefully to Ola's heart.

The result was simple, he didn't hear any sound - although the android girl had a rudimentary artificial soul, there was hardly any active thinking module...... In other words, she is essentially a moving doll, with human hardware and a brain, but because she has only been born for a few days, she doesn't know how to use it to think.

This result, on the contrary, made him interested.

"Su Day, what do you want to do? It's hard to ......"

In this regard, Yala, who was lying on top of Su Sun's head, vaguely guessed a little bit of Su Sun's thoughts, and the young man simply nodded: "After all, it's the little guy who summoned me, I can't really let her wait for more than twenty days to turn into ashes, right?" Of course, I can prepare a good ** for her, which is not an artificial person, but the premise is that at that time, she is no longer a doll like she is now, but a 'person' who at least has basic thinking skills. ”

As he said this, his tone became playful: "And, don't you think it's funny? ”

"It's like the ancient snake at the beginning, tricking the original couple into swallowing the divine fruit, so that they can distinguish between good and evil, and know shame...... Gain 'wisdom'. ”

"Of course, I'm not going to bewitch—I'm just going to teach." Saying this, Su Sun smiled happily: "It's just right, you can also let me test how accurate my experience of the 'mental power' and the analysis of the human soul are." ”

"One thing to say, indeed." Hearing this, the snake spirit's tail cocked slightly, and it nodded in a pleasant tone: "This idea is indeed good."

Ola, who was staring at the bonfire, did not hear Su Sun and Yara's words without concealment, because of the logic of her thinking, she would not react to anything unrelated to her mission.

But soon, Su Sun's words caught her attention again.

"Are you really not afraid of death at all?"

"I don't have that emotion, my lord."

"That's not going to work."

For Ola's simple and simple answer, Su Sun said in an extremely serious tone: "You must learn to be afraid, to be afraid of death. If you are not afraid of death, and you do not avoid danger or attack, you will be more likely to die than someone who is afraid of death. ”

"And if you die, I will be weakened, the Dragon Ball may be taken away, and the mission will fail - the fear of death is to ensure survival and the success of the mission."

This series of logic was forcibly stuffed into Ola's mind by Su Day.

"Victory in the Dragon Ball Wars...... Highest priority. Fear of death is a condition for supporting victory. ”

Blinking, the white-haired and red-eyed android girl looked a little dazed, but soon, she repeated: "In order to ensure the success of the mission, I must protect survival, and to ensure survival is tantamount to fear death." ”

"That's right!"

In this way, Professor Su Tiansu, an outstanding professor of Qinxing College and a model of young teachers in the country, showed a smile as a teacher: "The first step to success in the mission is to learn how to be afraid. ”

And just when Su Sun instilled the correct three views on the android girl.

A few hours earlier, Ora's summoning ritual had been successful, and a purple aura had descended on the world.

An invisible wave that began to resonate between all the Dragon Balls.

- In a small inn near the city of Maia in the Northland.

A wandering mage, dressed rather shabby and wearing glasses, who was working on a magic book, pulled out a golden orb from his bosom in a somewhat dazed manner.

The wandering mage's black hair was disheveled, and he was draped behind him in a messy dreadlock.

"The last Dragon Ball holder to summon a dragon...... Finally appeared. ”

"War...... It's time to get started. ”

Thinking of this, the wandering mage's expression carried a hint of helplessness and fear, but also a hint of yearning.

But it didn't help to think too much, so she took a deep breath, then slowly calmed down and started the book in her hand again.

A huge shadow of snake hair loomed behind him.

- In the wilderness, in a small unremarkable riverside house.

A sturdy middle-aged man with short white hair was examining his tools—a dozen bottles of alchemical potions of various colors, a crossbow that could be tied to his hand, a crimson scimitar that shimmered with a dim magical glow, and a large pile of disassembled parts.

It was clear that the sturdy middle-aged man should be a bounty hunter, and he still had the badge of the union on his chest, and at this time, he seemed to sense something, but he was not affected by the resonance of the dragon balls, and simply began to assemble the pile of parts in front of him.

Soon, a large-caliber armor-piercing pistol covered in gray and silver with magnificent runes engraved with magnificent runes was assembled, and it was faintly visible that the boiling evil qi was spreading on the pistol that was enough to hunt the behemoth.

"Don't make a noise."

Suddenly, he spoke, and said to the empty river outside the window: "There is when you eat...... Until then, be patient. ”

Hearing the order, the incomparably huge giant serpent phantom showed a crazy fierce light that belonged to the monster alone, but then, it still unwillingly floated in the river, and then disappeared.

- Northland wilderness, ice-free lakes, on luxury yachts.

The man with long blond hair and luxuriously dressed looked at the dragon ball in his hand with a reserved face, and then shook his head and said: "The rebels are gathered, I didn't think that there might be enough seven people, but I didn't expect that eight hundred years have passed, and there are still people peeking at the power of the dragon balls." ”

Beside him, rows of samurai in sturdy power armor were silent, like statues standing, unmoving.

"Well, it's just a matter of catching them all as a gift for me to my father."

The freezing-free lake began to slowly ripple, and a huge whirlpool began to take shape.

Loomingly, a behemoth that looks like a fish and a dragon is swimming in it.

- The main city of Maia, the Temple of the Ancestral Dragon.

A young priest was meditating at this time, but an inexplicable induction interrupted his practice, and he could only sigh helplessly.

Leaving his ashram, he went to the secret room under the temple, took out the dragon ball from the secret cabinet, and then called softly, calling for the return of the dragon that was sleeping in the distant vault, and informing it that the war had begun.

- High in the Northland, above the clouds.

The young man in the mountains, who was enjoying the thrill of flying, standing above the clouds and looking up at the sun, was opening his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the golden warmth of the source of all things and bask in its brilliance, but soon, his complexion changed slightly.

And in the sky that seemed to be empty, there was a deep heart: "Be careful, I sensed that the last divine dragon has arrived...... If you want to survive, then you have to work hard. ”

"I understand." The young man, who seemed to be a hunter, nodded solemnly, clenched the longbow in his hand, looked down at the arrows in the quiver at his waist, and smiled confidently.

- Finally, the Northland Mountains, the deepest.

In the dark underground cavern, the fluorescence of the magic crystal emitted a faint light, and in this light, a man of unknown age was playing chess with a winged dragonman.

However, when the man was about to fall, he raised his head in some confusion and looked up, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the earth and rock formations, and see beyond the cave.

"Strange...... How can this breath be so similar to you? ”

Hearing this, the winged dragonman narrowed his eyes slightly, he sensed it for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "I thought it was your illusion, but it's really amazing, and it's indeed a little similar—but it's different from your plan, right?" ”

"Yes, but it doesn't matter." Shrugging his shoulders and saying this, the man landed a shot towards the chessboard, his expression was very confident, and he said calmly: "Everything is still in my expectation. ”

In the jungles of the Northland wilderness, young people teach android girls what 'fear' is and why they need 'fear'.

All the elements are in place.

The ancient ritual that had been silent for nearly a thousand years was reactivated.

Whether it's a high-spirited careerist, or an ordinary person caught up in it, whether it's a conspirator with an ulterior purpose, or an unwavering fanatic.

All people, all beings, are ready for the inevitable war.

-- If we say that the war of ordinary people has always gambled with the blood and lives of both sides, competing for the interests of the mundane.

Then, the stakes of this war related to the 'ancestors' and 'wishes' are a bigger future and fate.

And this is the first day of Su Day's arrival.