The moment the self-proclaimed No. 3 magic projection appeared, Joshua raised his vigilance to the highest level. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His eyes swept, observing the direction of the magic around him, and he began to build a model in his brain to speculate on the source of the other party's magic. The warrior's eyes comparable to professional equipment could clearly see that the source of the power of this projection came from the tallest and largest machine building in this steel rune city, and on the silver-white steel template at the top of the huge building, there were countless runes flowing brightly, projecting an endless stream of magic power here.

The moment he determined the source of the other party, Qiao Shuya's right hand condensed an amazing fighting spirit, firmly locked in that direction, and Rin on the side also tacitly walked to his left hand, ready to be transformed at any time.

This is not an overreaction, you must know that Joshua is now wearing a full set of armor forged for him by Moria, but the artificial intelligence in front of him can easily know the existence of the Azure Orb, a sage relic, through the armor and talisman without him noticing.

In the face of such an existence, raising one's vigilance is never too radical, and Joshua has always believed that communication only exists in the existence of reciprocity.

"There's no need to act hostile."

No. 3 sensed Joshua's hostility, unlike the soul-biased alchemy creatures' Hotaru and Rin, as a machine-biased artificial intelligence, although she had lost some emotional abilities, she had a great advantage in pure reaction speed, and she quickly said: "I have no ill will towards you, in fact, you have been able to come here so smoothly all the way because of my arrangement." ”

When he said this, No. 3's voice was still so calm and cold, and on his delicate face, the gray-blue pupils seemed to be frozen, as if everything was none of his business: "Otherwise, the automatic defense measures of the fortress would have been activated a long time ago, even if you can force your way in, it will not be comfortable." ”

Indeed, there was no need for the other party to lie, and Joshua felt the terrifying power contained in the magical lightning circulating above his head, which was enough to threaten his life. He nodded slightly, accepting the explanation.

But he still has one thing to understand.

"You call yourself Number Three...... Then number 3, I'll make a long story short. ”

Joshua looked around at the flow of magic around him, he knew that the other party's body was actually in this steel rune machine, and the projection in front of him was just a humanoid terminal that was convenient for communication, and he said in a deep voice: "Why are you so friendly, we are not Kallis, we are obvious outsiders, and even intruders. ”

"If you have communicated with us from the beginning, you can make sense, why wait until we are in this central dogma district to meet us?"

Moriah and Cleelle on the side, all looked puzzled and puzzled at this time, looking at Joshua and the otherworldly man's magic projection in a completely incomprehensible language, the elf could barely distinguish some traces of the astral language, but it still didn't make any sense, the two of them didn't know what the two were talking about.

"When will Joshua speak the otherworldly language...... "Kleelle muttered, "I haven't seen anyone in their family who has spoken more than two languages since his great-grandfather's generation." ”

"No, they'll learn at least a little dwarven and elven language." Moriath subconsciously retorted, but he also shook his head, not knowing how to sigh: "This guy ......"

"What the hell are they talking about...... master"

Rin whispered to himself, he could understand the meaning of the other party through the spiritual communication with the warrior, but the god machine boy had only recently been awakened, and he only knew the things on the Microf continent, and there was no way to get the information he could understand from the conversation between Joshua and No. 3.

"Race doesn't mean anything anymore, and the Kallis never distinguish people by blood."

No. 3's magic projection has obviously been finely designed, and when she speaks, every detail is done very well, whether it is the movement of her lips or the flapping of her wings behind her waist, it is so real, she blinked her eyes and said calmly: "What's more, the world has long been destroyed, the civilization of the Karlis people has also been buried in dust, the fire has been extinguished, and in this obscure world, there is only a meaningless life like me...... It doesn't matter if you invade or not, because I don't have anything to protect. ”

As she said this, No. 3's projection bent down slightly, and her tone changed for the first time, and she seemed to say from the heart: "You...... Only you are different. ”

"What's different about me?" Joshua frowned, a little unpleasant in his wariness.

He likes to be adored by others and to hear words of praise, but the warrior doesn't like this kind of special treatment for no reason, especially in the face of 03's manipulation that threatens his power: "How am I different from my partner?" ”

Number 3's projection looked around the old dwarves and elves in an extremely humane manner, her gaze lingering on Rin's body for a moment, but also quickly turned around.

"Two otherworldly creatures, they don't have the power of order in their bodies, and an artificial life similar to me, but not the same, although it has the power of order, it comes from others......" She said slowly, "Only you, the one who holds the relics of the sages, you have the sun, the flames, and the traces left by the sages - you have the power of order in your body, and it is extremely strong. ”

Number 3 said softly, her way of saying it was to shake the atmosphere with magic and emit sound waves: "For me, an AI that has long been programmed, this is the most important thing - the Kallis have long since been extinct, civilization has been cut off, although I don't know where you came from, you are the only living beings in this world - and the only holder of the power of order that I have ever seen. For me, you are the new Authority Holder, the key to the fight against the enemy. ”

“…… Reasonable, but far-fetched. ”

Joshua reluctantly accepted this explanation, but he was still vigilant and said bluntly: "But No. 3, your intelligence is beyond my imagination, I am not an ignorant person, and artificial intelligence has also seen a lot. It stands to reason that for artificial intelligence of your level, what program has been written down is not a reason to bind you for a long time. ”

"You have wisdom." The warrior said, his voice low: "With wisdom is man, but man can lie and break his oath. ”

"You're right, logically speaking, when I met you, I should have given you a full set of permissions directly, but because of wisdom, I didn't, although according to my thinking, this is not the best choice, but I still did it."

After listening to Joshua's words silently, as if to refute it, No. 3 said all his thoughts as if he didn't know how to lie at all, and his expression remained unchanged at all: "As for why I'm still doing things according to the program, the reason is very simple. ”

After a moment of silence, the voice rang out again.

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

Number 3 looked up, and she looked at the top of the vertical crater, where a brilliant golden light was flickering, which was the energy core of the entire fortress, and countless magical powers gathered above everyone's heads.

Looking at this light, No. 3's expression finally became more vivid, she looked a little sad, this is the first time she has shown such an obvious expression: "The world has fallen into darkness, and the people of Karlis, who wrote the program for me, have all died, and I am driving alone in the barren wilderness, fighting Chaos, absorbing the only remaining existential power in the world, and spending thousands of years day and night...... My intellect is useless, what can I do but do it mechanically according to the program? ”

Seemingly laughing self-deprecatingly, Number Three looked at Joshua, her gray-blue eyes were obviously just projections, but they seemed to really contain souls, and she said calmly: "I was originally just a program without wisdom to maintain the operation of the fortress, but on the last day of the civilization of the Kallis people, in order to maintain the power of the Crystal Sun, people put their lives into the body of 'my', and the power of countless souls made me without soul and wisdom into what I am today - a fortress with my own will." ”

"A thousand years have passed, and I have been unable to show other feelings, and I finally have a soul, and I have watched it deteriorate little by little in unbearable loneliness. That's how I experienced. ”

Joshua was silent, he looked at the magic projection in front of him, and sensed that the energy flow in the entire fortress was vibrating with the artificial intelligence's words.

"Within me is the roar of countless Kallis—revenge, revenge against chaos, order, the pursuit of the most powerful order—this is the only purpose and criterion of my actions."

Speaking of this, Number 3 suddenly fell silent, she looked directly at the pair of red pupils behind Joshua's helmet, and said softly, "Too much, warriors with the power of order. She nodded slightly, "What do you want to do?" ”

(To be continued.) )