Episode 77. UlXron, I miss you.
As the story progresses, there may be casualties.
If that person is the protagonist’s friend or mentor, it is traditional to give them a huge ordeal while also eliciting catharsis that becomes an opportunity for awakening.
However, the main character of this game has already grown as much as he can. His fighting power is unmatched within the world, and he is already mentally blocked.
If he had grown in a good direction, it would be different, but the main character’s background is far from good.
He is a ruthless man who destroys anything he sees that he doesn’t like, and he doesn’t spare any punishment or retaliation if someone related to him gets hurt.
If a close friend of that guy dies in front of his eyes? Then, with five minutes left before the chaos begins, he’ll turn into a nuclear bomb that could explode anywhere and at any time.
If Lyman were the protagonist of a passionate battle novel, I would have left this chapter alone.
But, it’s all useless to the protagonist who can’t even find the ‘yeol’ character of passion and doesn’t know where it will lead.
To begin with, there is a risk that trials will actually be poisonous to the protagonist. If you take the bad ending route by being wrong, you will end up in the afterlife with the people of this continent and the gods.
-Are you really Elder Enviel?
Mosria immediately recognizes me as that damn Enviel. That’s because he judges people by their magical power, not their physical appearance.
Even in the case of ordinary people, magical power can be detected to a small degree. Having absorbed Enviel, I have acquired his genes, so I can emit the same magical power as him.
It means that you can take out or hide Envyel’s fingerprints anytime, anywhere. After absorbing Envyel, it feels like you have a master key that can open anything.
“If I’m not Enviel, then who am I?”
[+400 Credits]
– The magical power response is unmistakable, Elder Enviel. However, another unknown energy is being detected. Since the perception is uncertain, there will be a confirmation procedure. Please tell me the codenames of my creator and the two disciples of the Elder. Otherwise, I will take action to kill you.
The moths flying around gather again and form the shapes of various weapons.
Hundreds of spears, swords, and arrows aim at me, emitting green magic.
Among them, I looked at the sword that looked fierce. That was the sword that made Lyman so angry.
‘You will die if you are impaled by that sword, Professor Radian.’
It boasts a killing power that even veteran professors of the combat department cannot stop. Even if you swing the Leviathan, it will break instead. Professor Radian died that way in the main story.
“Epsilon, Zeta.”
I shouted at the green glowing sphere. The magical power contained in the weapon was growing thicker and thicker as it was about to shoot towards me.
-Welcome, Professor Envyel. I apologize for not noticing.
All the weapons separated into moth shapes and gathered into the main body of Mosria. The brightness of the sphere gradually decreased and its guard was lowered.
-Elder, you have the authority to manipulate me as you wish. Give me the orders you wish.
Now this guy is mine. I just have to say a few words and he’ll control the golems to do the job.
But even if you give a command like ‘You disappear’, it won’t work. Just like the AI in science fiction movies doesn’t have a physical body, this guy doesn’t have a physical body either.
The setting is that physical contact is impossible because he was born with a space-time distortion spell. Therefore, only those who know how to decipher the spell can reveal his true identity.
“Come to me, Mosria.”
-….Impossible. My body is one with the archive, so I cannot escape unless I destroy the archive.
“I guess that’s how it’s going to be….”
The guy is a body entangled in the archive due to the distorted time and space. However, it is impossible to touch the archive, which is the best collection of information in the bachelor’s department. After all, someone who knows the deciphering method must come forward.
-Instead, you can entrust me with a system derived from me. It is called Yellow Stamp.
“It’s a yellow stamp….”
It’s a byproduct of Mosria’s birth.
It fills in the gaps of Mosria, and is mainly a kind of censorship device that prevents golems from speaking indecent language.
Although it doesn’t mean the guy will disappear when it disappears, the effect isn’t bad so it’s a good idea to keep it.
Not only is it good… it actually nullifies magic. Using this yellow stamp, the guy renders all the students and faculty incompetent.
It’s only natural that I confiscate it as it is annoying.
“Then let me in. I’ll take care of it from now on.”
-All right.
I held out the archive mirror attached to my student ID. Then, a yellow light flashed through the green gap, and a butterfly with the same light flew in and entered the mirror.
[A new artifact has arrived.]
Leviathan (★★★★)
ㄴAmulet of the Dead (★)
Nyellow Stamp (★★★★)
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[Yellow Stamp ★★★★]
-Usage: For daily use
A device to suppress the unwholesome speech and behavior of the golem. However, its true ability is to nullify magic power, and the magic power of any creature touched by the yellow light is sealed. However, if the main body, Mosria, disappears, the being in question will also disappear.
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It was an artifact for censorship by censorship of censorship.
It boasts a gangster-like performance that censors not only swear words but also magical power.
-The yellow stamp has been transferred. Do you have any further orders?
Finally, there is one important step left. Even if we cannot eliminate it right away, we must make sure that there are no casualties in Chapter 3.
“Show me the command that was entered for you.”
As he said that, a swarm of butterflies came down and gathered in a square shape.
The commands were listed in a visualized form in the form of a notification window.
➀ Absolutely obey human commands until the end of the second semester midterm evaluation.
➁ If the implication of ➀ is revealed, it will become hostile to humans.
➂ Build up as much anger towards humans as possible.
➃ Humans will be judged as inferior unconditionally.
Here, if I make a gesture with Enviel’s magic, the command will change. Then, I can manipulate everything and skip Chapter 3.
-There are limited opportunities to change commands.
“what?”
– It is the Creators’ order that there is no need to change it carefully any more. They have proposed a revision, saying that this level of command is enough. Only one of the commands can be changed, and now there is only one chance left.
You’re really being dirty and reckless. From what I hear, it seems like even my Envy authority isn’t enough.
You can only change one of those four, so you need to edit them carefully. I was wondering which one would be good, and the one at the very bottom caught my eye.
➃ Humans will be judged as inferior unconditionally.
I don’t know what this is for, because it looks like the remaining three could easily make up Chapter 3.
‘The creators were very careful in their production, but they ended up making something useless.’
How could I not reach out to you like this?
➃ Unconditionally judge humans as inferior. -> ➃ Unconditionally do not kill humans.
‘Very smart!’
Even though they are hostile to humans, it would be the same.
If I had changed ‘If the implication of ➁ ➀ is released, he will be hostile to humans.’, then the guy would accept the command of ➃ and point his sword at humans.
Even if you only change one of the two, it can’t be helped that it’s still a long story, but with this, there will be no deaths in Chapter 3!
But since they can no longer fight with murderous intent, it is unknown how they will attack. For now, they probably won’t kill.
‘Is a mud fight about to break out?’
Since I have the yellow stamp, the golems’ mouths will be free.
I left the space because it wasn’t really that important. My business was done now.
After walking for another 30 minutes I reached the end of the hallway and passed through the wall.
When I returned to the old warehouse, the smell of stale alcohol and mold greeted me, but I went outside and breathed in the fresh air.
Now I said goodbye to the messy warehouse and walked through the forest. Now that I was done with my work for the day, I was wondering what to do next.
“Hahahahaha~ Go guys! Show us your talents!”
A very familiar laughter came closer as we left the forest.
Mary Ludciel, whose voice sounded like that of a naive girl except for her cheerful tone, was having another wild outburst today.
Jenny was there too, her eyes focused on what Mary had made.
“Did you make this?”
“Yeah! It’s a collaboration between me and these guys. Guys, say hello to Jenny.”
-Hello. Beep.
-Nice to meet you. Beep.
-We are ten in one, combined spider!~ Beep.
A combined robot… no, a combined golem appeared.
Roughly ten golems were attached together to form a six-legged beast.
The sight of four people forming the torso and the remaining six as legs was unique to the spider.
But despite its ridiculous appearance, it moves surprisingly well.
“What are you guys doing?”
Unable to contain my curiosity, I approached them and asked.
Now that it was outside the forest, there were people watching. Considering this, it doesn’t seem like it was set up as some kind of secret weapon that was being carried out in secret… .
“Huh? Hey buddy!”
“Oh my Radon. What are you doing here?”
“I was just passing by. By the way, what is this?”
Just by looking at them, you can tell that they are unfortunate creatures that Mary created out of her useless curiosity.
What I was curious about was how these guys came into being.
“This is the new carriage I made. It’s cool!”
“carriage?”
“Name it… Spider 10!”
“….”
I felt a chill as I watched Mary raise both arms and introduce what she had made.
Mary, already excited, continued her explanation.
“It’s stronger than a regular carriage because it’s metal, and unlike horses, it can communicate with you. Plus, it’s faster than a carriage! Want to try riding it, friend?”
“no.”
“Then let me show you how to ride. When you see this, you’ll change your mind!”
Mary used wind magic to glide through the air and sit on the machine’s back.
And then the moment he gives the order, ‘Go! Spider-10!’…
Whoosh!-
As if the giant afterimage had passed, Jenny and I’s hair fluttered in the wind pressure. The giant structure, which had circled around somewhere, stopped in its original place again.
Squeak! – He stopped the plane with a leg kick, but the rider could not withstand the inertia and was thrown forward, flying. He then crashed into a tree and got his face smashed in.
I approached Jenny to ask if she was okay, but she quickly pulled her face away and landed safely on the floor.
Because the physical strengthening magic was always activated, there was no injury from that level of impact.
“It’s definitely fast.”
“Right! Are you in the mood to try it now?”
“no.”
I said it straight out, with a serious expression.
Are you telling me to do the same thing and bang my face against a tree?
Even a show has to be done to a certain extent to be unique.
Maybe it was because Mary was a good student, but even though she modified the golem into this chimera, she didn’t get any complaints.
I looked at one of the ten golems, Spider 10, with my ‘Evil Eye’…
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Race: Golem
Occupation: Helper
Horsepower: 10/10
Tendency: Hatred/Vengeance towards the owner
Feelings towards user: None
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This was the case for just one golem, and the rest of them weren’t much different.
Trisha too, and Mary too.
I was able to realize once again why machines rebel against humanity.
In particular, those kids seemed to have nothing to say even if they were properly educated by machines.
‘Humanity dug its own grave. I miss you, UlXron.’
But the golems cannot attack humans. This is because I manipulated the command a little while ago.
It’s obvious that Mary and other people will play with the golem in that way too.
Well, it can’t attack humans anyway… what else can it do?
“It’ll be super convenient to take this Spider-10 on an outside mission soon!”
“But artificial golems can’t leak outside.”
“uh…?”
When Jenny asked, Mary’s eyes widened.
You forgot, didn’t you?
“Crash!!”
Mary fell to the ground in shock, as if she had been hit by a wall.
It seems that because I was so absorbed in the production, my field of vision narrowed and I forgot everything. That was Mary.
“Ah… my precious week….”
You said you made it for a week?
Considering that this is number 10, they must have been making them in order from number 1. They must have a talent for wasting time.
Mary leaned against Spider-10 and rubbed her face, wanting to shake off her regret.
“I’m sorry, guys. I wanted you to be active outside too… I’m so sad I could die! Sob sob sob.”
-It’s okay. We’re satisfied just to be able to be active within the academy. Beep.
“Spider 10…!”
-And it’s our job to protect the cadets. Someone like Mary, who is 16 years old but looks and acts like a child, is even worse. Beep.
uh…?
“What did you just say?”
I heard a sound I shouldn’t have heard. Mary’s voice was low.
Jenny also heard the sound and looked as if she couldn’t believe her ears.
Something was terribly ominous.
-Mary was childish in every way, from her appearance to her actions. I thought countless times that I should go back to the daycare center instead of the academy.
“….”
Jenny quickly shouted ‘No!’ and tried to cover the golem’s mouth. I also joined in, but it was a useless struggle because there were ten mouths.
Mary’s childhood friend Jenny would know very well what the thing she hates to hear the most is…
“Are you done talking?”
-I wanted to say this for a long time, but I held back. Now, there is a problem with the Yellow Stamp, so the restriction has been lifted. Beep.
Wait, just now it was yellow… what time?
-Do you have anything else to say? Beep.
“doesn’t exist.”
It was only one word, but it was the most creepy thing I’d ever heard Mary say.
Then, lightning magic caused a flash of lightning in the sky, and Spider-10 was torn apart in one blow.
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