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Autumn has passed and snowy winter has come.
While the peasants rested and waited for the next year, the daily life of the royal family was a fierce one.
Today, Sereraji and I toured the magic tool workshop and slime farm built in the old slums, and scolded the person in charge who had a high defect rate.
I walked around the new construction site in the cold wind, and caught a candidate for Congress who was digging behind Cornell and dunked him in the sewer.
“It’s so, so cold. If I had known it would be like this, I would have worn a thicker robe!”
“Shall we go and warm up our bodies?”
“There’s nowhere we can go around here. And this carriage is the famous ‘Black Carriage.’ The owner and his customers might close up shop and run away.”
“No. Just change direction a little bit.”
I motioned to the coachman, and he headed straight for the red-light district's Dawn Casino.
He was once a coachman who had a war of nerves with Mani when he placed a silver coin on his tongue.
By the way, this coachman was the one driving the carriage when we took Sereraji out of the casino.
As I was lost in such thoughts, Sereraji's face began to rot away with each passing moment.
I laughed shamelessly, and Sereraji shocked my wrist with electricity.
“Do you really have to come here?”
“Isn’t this the place where you can most clearly feel that your older sister has become successful?”
“That’s true… … Let’s stop talking. I feel like an idiot talking to you, you sophist.”
“That’s just how the world goes around.”
“That’s why I hate the human world.”
Serena and I were treated like VIPs and entered the inner room, where handsome men and beautiful women brought us strong whiskey, wine, fruit snacks, and high-quality cheese.
As I started drinking a glass or two, my body gradually warmed up.
Sereraji smiled faintly, tilting her glass of wine.
“… … So that’s why Marcus ended up changing all the crystal resonance spell circuits I had made into spell circuits. He’s also a bad guy. Yeah. It’s about time we started testing the mechanical armor, but the capital is now too safe.”
“Hmm. Should I ask Helena to do a mock battle?”
While we were talking like that, the red mask came and bowed its head respectfully.
“Is there anything else you need?”
I liked him very much because he always knows the line well.
“Yeah. Oh, by any chance, are there any stores that are showing signs of unrest these days?”
“Thanks to VIP, we are doing business comfortably.”
I nodded and buried myself in the sofa, and the red mask raised its head as if it realized that this was not the answer I was hoping for.
“Oh. Now that I think about it, there are a few ghost stories.”
Sereraji leaned forward with a relieved expression.
“Please explain in more detail.”
And as the red mask continued to speak, her face turned ashen.
“They say that a monster has been coming out of the sewer near the Ivory Tower these days.”
“Several workers who went in for maintenance work were caught and eaten.”
“They say it looks like a mixture of several creatures and has a blue crystal embedded in it.”
Sereraji said in a gloomy voice.
Two eyes of different colors were turning in different directions.
“Valentine. Could you please send me some condolence money?”
“Do you have any guesses?”
“After Kuit Az was absorbed into you, those fragments must have had some effect. Like flashing or shaking.”
“I guess so.”
The fragments were all connected, and it made sense that the main body had come to me.
“I think that was the beginning of some kind of experiment.”
“A precious reagent that was not used for a long time because it was a pity is starting to receive attention again?”
“Wouldn’t that be so?”
It was quite possible.
I wondered how big of an issue this could be.
Jaylilith would try to completely strip away the ivory tower at this point, and Mateos would try to place even the ivory tower special zone under the surveillance of church law.
Of course, the shameless elders of the ivory tower were not the kind of people who would take responsibility for their own mistakes, so they would play tricks on the minds of the messengers sent by the royal family and the church, and before you know it, it would turn into a battle of pride between the powers.
And the leaders of all three forces were people with such high self-esteem that they could turn a fight over pride into a war of destruction with just a point of a finger or a single word of order.
"no!"
I screamed and looked back at Sereraji.
Sereraji looked at me with an anxious expression.
“Valen. Do you really think it’s necessary to report this to His Majesty?”
“Shouldn’t we at least report on the preemptive strike?”
“Yeah. That should be enough. Isn’t it a sobering spell?”
“Will you write it for me?”
“That’s right.”
Six mechanical engineers gathered in front of the sewer entrance.
It was midnight.
* * *
The machine armor was twice as thick as regular armor, and the feet were made very large and heavy to maintain balance.
A knight of 180cm in height would reach 230cm in mechanical armor.
It's not for nothing that I say you should ride it rather than wear it.
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In the case of the old aqueduct, it would have been difficult for these mechanical engineers to access, but in the recent aqueduct, when Jaylilith restored the capital, the soil was extracted, so the ceiling was raised, and the sidewalks on both sides were widened.
It was not difficult for knights wearing huge armor to walk around.
“We will begin the search.”
“Don’t let your guard down.”
“2 people per group.”
Cheeeeek!
In the dim darkness, the sound of rising steam echoed, and red flashed inside the brass-plated armor.
The colors did not just shine there, but flowed through the entire body like blood, through the steel fibers visible between the metal plates.
The sight of the red lights shining leisurely in the darkness was spectacular in itself.
“Isn’t it cool?”
Sereraji asked, and I nodded as if I was possessed.
“Yeah. Of course it has to be cool. I spent a lot of gold coins on it.”
“Originally, gold coins were used to develop magic.”
Now the search for the eroder was not conducted solely by intuition or the prayers of priests.
Their mechanical armors were equipped with the eroder-tracking magic tools developed by Sereraji, and the mechanical knights roamed the maze-like underground passages, waiting for the waves to spread.
I followed them, staying by Sereraji's side.
At that moment, a “Woo-Woong” sound was heard from the two people in the lead.
“This way, Your Majesty!”
This meant that there was an eroder within a 100m radius.
“Let’s go, sister.”
"okay."
The two mechanics took the lead, and Sereraji and I followed them.
In the gentle darkness, an increasingly huge presence was felt.
I wondered why I didn't know this.
Whoa whoa!
Kieeee!
There was also the sound of something tangled and fighting.
“Let me see what kind of monster it is.”
We turned the corner and saw a brawl.
One side was clearly the protagonist of a ghost story.
The guy had his lower body submerged in the water, while his upper body was exposed.
It was so huge that my head almost touched the ceiling.
The skin was gone, revealing red muscles, bones, and various internal organs, with blue crystals embedded throughout the bones.
The knives, thorns, and claws made of crystalline bone were also fearsome.
On the other hand, the other side looked much more human-like compared to the guy.
It was slightly shorter than me, had reverse-jointed legs, and was covered in scales all over its body, resembling a lizardman.
Their main weapon was a pair of large scale swords held in each hand.
Sereraji took a deep breath when she saw them.
“It’s a high-level chimera from the School of Life Science. It seems the elders haven’t completely given up on it.”
I doubted one of my eyes and ears.
“Advanced?”
Of the eight chimeras, only two were standing intact.
The rest were all divided into two or more groups and were rolling around on the floor.
“Keeeeeek!”
A chimera charged, kicking the ground.
In an instant, a blue light flashed from the monster's eyes, and a crystalline bone sword emerged from its wrist.
wickedness!
Blue light formed a semicircle, and a headless chimera rolled on the floor.
The body tried to stand up several times, squirming, but became quiet when the monster pulled out its crystal claw and stabbed it in the heart.
“Sister. That-.”
Sereraji said with a deep sigh.
“I hate to say this because I feel like I’m starting to resemble you, but I’m done.”
A headless chimera rose.
Growing blue crystals between the scales.
In that moment, the monsters and chimera corpses all looked this way.
The already dead chimeras were rising again.
I let out a deep sigh and gave orders to the two mechanics.
“Kill me twice.”
Cheeeeek!
The gears turned and steam poured out.
Giants collided in the darkness.
* * *
“Sister. Sister, you are a genius. You are a genius.”
“You see now? You must be an idiot.”
“Even if you praise me, it’s chaos.”
What was happening before my eyes was closer to a massacre than a fight.
“Keeeeeek!”
The chimera, engulfed in crystals and resurrected, charged forward, swinging its glowing blue scaled sword.
At this, the mechanical engineer snorted and swung his red-hot brass gauntlets at the ruler.
bang!
The scale sword and the gauntlet clashed, and the scale sword and the chimera's upper body were crushed at the same time.
“Even though I had the strength, there were parts where the steel fibers couldn’t hold up and I couldn’t pull them all out, but thanks to your modification, it was neatly resolved.”
“It’s amazing that my sister and Marcus created something like that with magic tools. Is that also one of my sister’s magic tricks?”
The second machine knight swung his greatsword, slicing down one of the chimeras, while simultaneously activating the offensive spell circuit engraved on his left gauntlet.
Chijijijiji! A blue light flashed and a net with electricity flowed out.
“Shiieeek!”
The chimera caught in the net writhed madly, but the net quickly tightened, and the chimera was reduced to a square piece of meat.
Cheeeeek.
Amidst the smoke rising from the charred section, a second machine operator fired a series of nets.
Chijijijijing! Chijijijijing! Chijijijijing!
“It was originally a long bullet, but it was changed to a creation.”
“Yes. I studied the material while making the red potion for you. Of course, it was possible because I majored in it separately.”
As the chimeras quickly fell, the monster looked around with its six eyes.
"majesty."
"majesty!"
Cheeeeek!
The remaining machine operators were already running from all directions.
Blue crystals glowed softly from the monster's body, and lightning-like sparks flew out.
I shouted reflexively.
“Prepare for the mental wave!”
“Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
Cheeeeeing!
The blue crystals resonated with the monster's roar, and mental waves shook the culvert.
I had expected two or three of them to stumble, but the knights stood firm and drew their greatswords.
“Whoaaah?”
The monster took a step back, as if in confusion.
Sereraji shook his head as if to shake off the aftertaste and said.
“Look. I got that from you too.”
"ah."
I smiled with pleasure.
The mechanical knights had a cochlear-shaped thermal circuit on the side of their helmets.
The heating circuit glowed red and sizzled with the erosive energy.
“It’s purification by fire.”
The monster stood at the intersection where the waterways intersected, and six mechanical knights surrounded it.
The monster raised his crystal bone sword, and the mechanical knights aimed at his left hand.
Cheeeeek!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As the steam rose, fierce flames shot out.
“Whoa!”
The crystalline bones were barely burned, but the flesh and internal organs were burning fiercely and gave off a foul smell.
Of course, the monster didn't get hurt while struggling.
The bastard turned towards where the mechanic was standing.
“!”
No matter how you looked at it, it wasn't a weight class that could be taken on from the front.
I tried to run away, but Sereraji was still smiling faintly.
Woohoo!
Sieeeeing!
At that moment, red crystals began to resonate within the plates of the six mechanical knights.
I could feel it clearly because it was like a fragment of me.
The mechanical knight faced the monster head-on and slashed down with his greatsword, which was wrapped around a mana blade.
Tsukaaaaak!
The monster tried to block by swinging its bone sword.
If you look at the weight class alone, it was enough to block or even blow away.
Clang!
However, the mechanical knight's black monster's crystal bone sword cut through it, and instead slashed half of the monster's wrist off.
I took a step forward, feeling as if I was possessed.
I could clearly feel the crystals that went into each joint of the mechanical engineers.
It was a feeling of being connected by a string that only I could see.
Sieeeeing!
I resonated the crystal a little more, gave the mechanical engineers more power, and while I was at it, I sent flames along the string.
Sereraji looked at me with surprised eyes.
He had such a smug look in his eyes, so I smiled.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The mechanical knights surrounded the monster with their flaming swords.
He looked at me with the eyes of a monster filled with rage.
I looked straight into those six eyes and said:
“It’s harder to coordinate with the ivory tower, the imperial family, and the church than it is to kill you. It’s overwhelming just to imagine.”
The mechanical knights thrust their flaming greatswords into the monster.
“But the man-eating monster died today. We’ll solve them one by one.”