Chapter 57: The Man I Look Up
Unlike the Irghna world, which was full of rain and gloom and thunder, the late night in Moldavia was warm and quiet, and the dry summer breeze blew through the western hills and moors through the empty streets, leaving the city without the slightest light except for the ever-bright stone lanterns. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Except for one.
Lord's Palace.
The Lord's Mansion in the center of the city is still lit up at night, and on the third floor of the mansion, next to Joshua's study, there is a strange room, which is full of many complicated magic circles, they are all drawn by the masters of the Royal Mage Guild, and some are even painted by Nostradamus himself, and in the center of the magic circle all over the room, where all the magic power converges, a violet crystal rune core is embedded here.
The crystal shimmered with misty brilliance, and a petite figure floated above it.
Miss Artificial Intelligence is now as if she is asleep, her eyes slightly closed, holding her knees suspended on her body, and runes circling around her side, flashing, as if she is protecting.
If you just look at it, No. 3 is no different from before, but if you look closely, you will notice that the girl's delicate facial features are slightly softer than the previous doll-like delicacy, the pale and almost transparent skin has a little blood-colored ruddy, and the long blue hair floating in the air dances in the wind like the real thing, not to mention the Gothic dress that obviously references many outfits.
Compared to the projection that was known to be an illusion at first glance, the image of Miss Artificial Intelligence when she is dormant is enough to confuse the real thing, and the human observation over the past few days has made her more and more like a real human being, rather than an artificial mind.
However, as if alarmed by something, the originally dormant rune crystal began to flicker and began to function, and No. 3 slowly opened his eyes, and a faint blue light flashed in his pupils.
"Intruder."
She said lightly, with a hint of helplessness in her tone: "Is it that group of cultists again, they always haunt in the middle of the night." ”
With that, with a flash of light, the girl's image disappeared in place, leaving only the violet rune crystal still in motion.
And in the distance, in the civilian area on the edge of the city.
Six men in black were stalking rapidly, heading towards the inner part of the city.
Since the operation in the imperial capital was thwarted by Joshua Van Radcliffe a few days ago, the Order has gradually shifted the focus of sacrifice to Moldavia in order to take revenge on the warrior who sabotaged their plans, but because the Northlands are too far away from the Order and too few believers can reach, they can only focus on the main city to facilitate the gathering of personnel.
But just as they were running, still planning the follow-up in their hearts, with a burst of magic fluctuations, a petite figure appeared silently above their heads, and the black-robed cultist in the lead was fixed in place by a human immobilization technique before he could raise his head, and at the same time as the magic poured out, the other five black-clothed people had been knocked unconscious in place by the air hammer.
The dress danced in the wind, No. 3 stretched his waist very humanely, yawned again, and the girl's expression looked a little boring: "Another group of weak scum, vulnerable bugs...... Joshua's usual words are still quite useful, these words are quite funny. ”
After finishing speaking, she seemed to be amused by her words again, but although No. 3 smiled, she didn't stop in her hand, and saw that the girl's gesture changed, and the six cultists were dragged towards the cathedral in the center of the city by a certain being, and at the same time, the paladins on duty also received the news, they hurried out, and sure enough, they saw six unconscious black-robed weirdos lying at the door.
"The Lord's backhand is really powerful."
Kicking these unconscious cultists in disgust, a paladin couldn't help but admire, he looked very excited: "A few days after the adults went out, there were at least five cultists in the city, but each time they were discovered by the mysterious master. ”
"yes, these damn bastards are always unguardable, and no matter how sophisticated the patrol is, they can avoid it, but none of them can escape the eyes of that mysterious master."
Another paladin agreed, and he moved his wrist, "What to do with these guys now?" ”
"The old way, take it into the dungeon, and wait for Lord Atanis to interrogate it tomorrow morning."
The little turmoil of the night passed like this, but the winged girl had no intention of resting, No. 3 danced her wings, flying over Moldavia, she looked at the city tenderly, and all the people who lived in it, there was a trace of care in her eyes, and ...... Envy.
She's an artificial intelligence, something she's been determined since she was created more than a thousand years ago and embedded in the heart of the Fortress, and the fact that she has a true soul is nothing more than an accident that no one could have predicted.
Perhaps, there are many advantages of being an artificial intelligence, such as not worrying about fatigue, not worrying about eating, as long as the magic is sufficient, she can always be awake and energetic, her thinking speed is far beyond ordinary people, and she can even pay attention to the every move of everyone in the city at the same time.
But the girl is really a little tired.
She wants to be human.
A real person who can touch, breathe, be touched, communicate with others, stand on the ground and hug others.
It's not a very important wish.,It's not a goal that has to be achieved.,The AI girl is just an ordinary thought.,Because of curiosity.,So I want to become a human.,Try to live like that warrior.,Have a physical life.,With the posture of a real human.,And Hotaru.,Like Rin.,Stand by his side.。
It's not a lofty ideal, it's not a real hope, it's just a fleeting and insignificant thought in the girl's mind.
Landing in the lord's mansion, the maid walked through the empty corridor, the maids and attendants also went to rest in the middle of the night, and there was no sound in the mansion except for the footsteps of a few guards on patrol.
From the third floor to the second floor, and then to the hall on the first floor, No. 3 suddenly stopped, and she saw a pair of decorative armor placed on the side of the corridor, this armor has hard lines, unusually tall, the girl wants to see the whole picture, she needs to look up.
It's like that, just like back then......
In her mind, the image of a person flashed, and Miss Artificial Intelligence wanted to reach out and touch the armor for some reason.
But her hand went through.
Slightly stunned, No. 3 reacted, she is just a projection now, no matter how much she looks like a human being, no matter how much she imitates a human being, it still can't change the fact that she is just a phantom.
It seems that the distance is still a bit far.
With a faint sigh, Number 3 looked up, as if to say something, but in the end she remained silent and returned to the room on the third floor, where she continued to sleep.
And in the world of Irgena.
The earth is trembling.
Behemoths walk among the hills.
Lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating the outskirts of the city, and a huge rock giant 100 meters tall could be seen in the distance, marching towards the province of Babel with the steps of an earthquake, towards the person who shimmered with the power of order.
The man's presence was like a beacon in the distance, the light was weak, but it could pierce through the fog, and since sensing this disgusting aura, the first goal of all the puppets had changed, and they had unanimously abandoned the other cities they were besieging and instead rushed to the capital of the province of Babbel.
The stone demons stopped attacking, they gave up the walls and puppets that they were about to breach, they didn't care about the elves' crazy pursuit behind their backs, they just obeyed the rules in their heads, and acted naturally, and gathered in one place.
And in the team of countless puppets, one giant after another appeared, they were composed of hundreds of stone golems, among which there were also many mythril and adamantite golems, they had unimaginable divine powers, in the past war with the elves, this method has never been used, but now, because of the appearance of that breath, this can be called the combination of the final means of the stone demons and also used without hesitation.
The spatial weakness caused by the rift in time and space, infinite magic surged, so that these giants could have enough power in this elemental-poor world, rumbling and trembling sounded, as time passed, there were more and more giants, and the first stone giant also came to the territory of Babel Province.
Because the haze was too thick and the fog was too tight, all the observation circles did not notice this scene, and the major elven cities that had finally gotten rid of the stone demons were all rejoicing and breathing, although they wondered why this was, but no one cared about it.
And on the outskirts of the capital, the black dragon had already noticed that something was wrong, it slowly got up, looked around with some doubts, instinctively warned it, asking it to leave as soon as possible, it was extremely dangerous here, and it could die at any time.
But how could Hei have the character of running away in embarrassment because of instinct? No matter how dangerous it is, it has to see who the enemy really is before deciding what to do next.
What's more, now that the owner is with it, no matter how dangerous it is, it is no longer terrible.
Time goes by, now, even the suburbs of the capital can feel the earth shaking, this is not an earthquake, but rhythmic footsteps, not only dark, even the elves in the capital have found this, in the shelter, the little boy is a little scared to tell his parents how he feels, the nervous girl asks her boyfriend if he feels the same, and the paladin, who is still helping the elves rescue in the ruins, also raised his head and looked into the distance.
The footsteps grew heavier and louder, and the vibrations grew louder and louder, until finally, an exclamation came from the mayor's office, which controlled the monitoring circle.
"Oh my God! This, what is this?! ”
The voice was panicked and contained a hint of hidden desperation, and everyone else hurriedly put aside their work and looked towards the place where the voice came from.
What is displayed on the screen is a behemoth walking in a big way.
This monster is more than 100 meters tall, and its body is composed of irregular rocks, and the colossus formed by countless stone demons gathered in one place can trample down the hills just by stepping on it, and with its actions, the jungle is destroyed, the rivers are cut off, and the villages and small cities it passes by are easily trampled into ruins, and two huge points of light flicker at its head, releasing obvious energy fluctuations.
The alarm sounded, the bell in the center of the city rang back, and a shout of almost exhaustion was heard from the circle, asking all the people to take refuge in the vault, but there was no confidence in their voices, the colossus could easily crush all the elves in a shelter by stepping on, but now there was no other way.
In the face of such a catastrophe, there is nothing they can do.
With the help of the superiority of the divine psychic body, both Ying and Rin could see the huge energy source and fluctuations in the distance, the young girl's brows furrowed at the same time, Rin's face was serious, and Ying was also full of solemnity.
"This kind of power is more than ten times stronger than that demon in the imperial capital......"
The black-haired boy was calculating, and the silver-haired girl nodded in agreement: "But compared to Master Nostradamus, it lacks a trace of charm, it is not to the extreme, it is just a strong gold." ”
In this case, it should be nothing, just when the two of them relaxed, more and more huge energy sources appeared in the distance, which suddenly made Ying and Rin's faces stiffen, and their faces were full of incredulity.
"Why are there so many?!"
"This number, twelve?! And it's still increasing?! ”
Even the two of them who have seen the wind and waves can't help but be a little stunned, although the colossus has not reached the realm of extreme will, but in terms of pure power alone, it is not much different, one head is okay, it doesn't matter if there are two heads, but the number of twelve, or even more, even they feel that it is too much.
Not to mention the weak armament of this world, even if it is back to the Microf continent, this is a group of war machines that can make the empire pay great attention!
Just when the two of them were a little panicked, a voice pierced the rain curtain and reached their ears.
"Alright, don't panic."
A figure walked out of the dark mist, the rain poured down, but there was not the slightest rain that could drop on this person's body, he didn't care about the huge colossus that appeared in the distance, but said calmly: "A group of stupid big guys, get ready to fight." ”
And hearing this voice, both the half-dragons and the gods seemed to have a backbone, and they responded in unison, full of fighting spirit.
Standing in the middle of the wasteland, with his back to the elven city, the black-haired warrior looked at the rock giant looming in the mist and darkness in the distance, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up and showed a smile of excitement.
The reason why a brave man is called a brave man is not because he is not afraid of difficult and strong enemies.
Rather, it is because of his very existence that he brings fighting spirit and courage to others.
"That's what I'm looking forward to."