In the sky machine city, in a space below the central tower where three towers merge into one, six obelisk-like metal tablets are formed in a circle and stand facing each other. Different patterns are engraved on them, as if In this way, they represent their respective identities.
If someone who really understands heraldry comes here to look at the patterns on the six obelisks, they will find that the six different patterns all have a component with the same meaning, which is "disciple".
As for the other parts of the pattern, they were not recorded in heraldic books, but had meanings that only the artist himself knew.
The light flickered, and the pattern on one of the tablets lit up, and a young male voice came from it.
"Those societies under our control have discovered some existences that are conducting research that meet the standards and are currently processing them. You, Eye, will help them continue to find their targets."
"Okay, "Kou", you convey the order to them and ask them to hurry up. We don't have much authority to deal with these researchers who have not reached the final stage."
"The previous society whose instruments were overloaded by "hands" caused critical experiments to fail and important personnel to die does not seem to have ended its research. Now I must pay full attention to their movements."
The pattern on the other tablet lit up together with the former, and the calm voice of a middle-aged woman came from it, responding to the existence she called "the mouth".
"Didn't that society called the Truth Supervisory Society give up? The research they were conducting should be "Unfettered Magic" research. The "Ear" had already estimated the potential of this research direction before, and it was enough to get the mentor to stay. The rule recognition will replace our research."
The gruff voice of an old man made another tablet light up.
It is easy to see from the dialogue between these tablets that they do not call each other by their names, but refer to body parts such as "eyes", "mouth" and "ears", and the content of the discussion is about truth supervision. Super-magic research conducted in the club.
"It hasn't stopped. The information storage device I can mobilize can also find the current nominal president of the Truth Supervisory Society. Ikaros of the Feather Clan just used the transmission channel to find the group of societies that I have temporarily delayed. Researchers, they clearly intend to continue.”
Listening to the particularly young and immature female voice, the tablet called "Ear" by the tablet speaking in the voice of an old man responded after the light shone.
"It is difficult for me to interfere with the Truth Supervisory Committee now. After the last overload control of the machinery, the Truth Supervisory Committee's building has been rebuilt. The interior of the rebuilt laboratory does not allow me to move my limbs." Extend past available nodes, unless you give me more permissions."
The tablet called "Hand" spoke at this moment, and as the light flashed, the tablet expressed its request. It hoped to get more authority. Although this tablet did not have such a thing as eyes, it But one can tell that it has set its sights on the most special one among the six tablets.
The other five tablets are simply erected on the ground, connected to the lower part only by the body of the tablet. At the same time, the patterns painted on them will not emit light unless they make any sound.
But the tablet in the center is different. Densely packed metal cables gather from all directions in this space and are connected to this tablet. Magic power fluctuations and other energy fluctuations that cannot be explained are surrounding it. its surroundings.
Even though it has remained silent so far, the patterns on it are still flickering on and off like breathing. Faced with the "hand"'s appeal, he did not reply and still stood there silently, remaining silent.
Although the other party did not make a sound, "Shou" seemed to have heard the other party's answer. The light on the tablet flashed, and the tone of the voice became a little irritable and dissatisfied.
"Julius, don't forget how we gave you all our authority in order to bypass the mentor's rules. Although essentially all the authority in Sky Mechanical City is in your hands, there are no substitutes like us. Or, you can't do anything."
"If you don't give me more authority, you can only watch as the new society will be able to replace our research, and then those of us who have transformed into such a form in order to survive will cease to exist."
A series of words full of dissatisfaction came out of "Hand"'s mouth, constantly questioning that special tablet. This tablet was the only one among the six tablets that had his own name.
"That's right, Julius, our form is an incomplete form with great flaws. Although our life can be continued, we can no longer conduct any substantial research with our own incomplete abilities."
"Even for those abyssal creatures that are sealed and completely unknown to the outside world, we cannot make results that comply with the mentor's rules."
The "Ear" recognized what the "Hand" said. Obviously, it also hoped that Julius would give more permissions so that the "Hand" could use these permissions to completely end the completion of the Super Magic by the Truth Supervision Society. research possibilities to prevent their status from being usurped.
"Astartes...well, that's my problem. You're right. Indeed, I didn't consider it, the machine soul. To this day, we still can't figure out how the master can make a machine obtain a soul. It grows and we rot.”
"The core rules of the Astartes and the Sky Mechanical City have become the chains that bind us. They exist to ensure that we, the disciples who control the Sky Mechanical City, will not always hold the power in our hands. Teachers are, after all, more important than us students. They are more concerned about the advancement of intelligent race technology."
"However, the instructor still relies too much on mechanical and rigid rules, and cannot understand the fear we feel in the face of death. The rules will eventually have loopholes. This is why we are still alive at this moment, and it is the same this time."
"Hand" seemed to get a response from Julius. His tone calmed down, and he apologized for his lack of consideration.
It ignores one existence, Astartes. The full authority they say is actually only fifty percent. The rest of the authority exists in the machine spirit Astartes.
"Although it has 50% of the authority, these authority are not related to most things inside the Sky Mechanical City. The alchemy machinery army and defense system are where its part of the authority comes into effect."
"At the same time, it is much more restricted than we are. The inability to convey news about the change of power to the beings above the Sky Mechanical City has already restricted it to death. Even if it knows what we are doing, it hopes to prevent it. It is impossible for us to let others know this."
"I can't believe that the rules set by my mentor in order to prevent the Society of Sky Mechanical City from fighting each other because they know that doing new research will lead to a position in the Central Council have become the constraints of the Astartes and our accomplices."
"Hand" began to analyze on its own, regarding the special existence of Astartes, and commented on their common mentor, Merlin.
"The tutor is a very pure person. He is an excellent researcher. We cannot compare with him at all. But at the same time, he is also an overly idealistic existence. There are too many rules that he envisions to promote academic progress. There are loopholes and deficiencies.”
"In addition to setting up some obstacles for us, Astartes can do nothing. Twenty percent of the control authority of the Alchemy Mechanical Legion is enough. This power cannot be resisted by a few legends."
"It's just right. Just mobilize this force within the rules. If you can't use the power of this legion to attack the law-abiding citizens of Sky Mechanical City, then just let them violate the rules. Anyway, it's just a sacrifice. It’s just eyeliner.”
The "mouth" continues the analysis of the "hand" and arranges the things to be done bit by bit.
"That's it, let our manpower find an opportunity to attack the Truth Supervisory Society directly. As long as the situation escalates to a dispute between the societies and causes enough casualties, the Alchemy Machinery Legion can complete the intervention within the rules and cause unrest. Eliminating both sides together is one of the options."
After making a summary, the preparation for "oral" is clear at a glance.
Just as these tablets described in the dialogue, for some reason, several people who originally held power together chose to hand over authority to Julius alone.
Without the authority, they could only rely on Julius to lend them authority to influence Sky Mechanical City. However, just because they no longer had authority, they were not subject to some additional constraints.
Cultivate a group of manpower in Sky Mechanical City. As long as they don't borrow authority, it will be difficult to restrict them even if they harm the residents of other Sky Mechanical City.
"There are no additional problems. The most important thing at the moment is still to prevent the Supervision of Truth from completing the research. I don't know if the members of this society will be aware of our existence in the process."
"The power of some legends is really unreasonable, especially the legendary knights with inner potential. No one knows whether these guys' inner potential will have the power to forcefully break through the defense line and reach us."
"Eye" expressed its approval of the plan, but also expressed concern about the possible threats from the Truth Supervisory Committee.
"Oh, that's right. If you can use this now, Julius, you don't have to worry. Haha, the loophole against the Astartes is obviously to limit our machine souls, but we must use the alchemy machine legion." Ace comes to protect us.”
Julius did not speak, but he had already answered the "Eye"'s doubts. The tablet flashed suddenly. At the other end of the space where the six tablets were erected, footsteps sounded, and a figure walked through the darkness. To the six tablets.
This is a body with no gender characteristics. The only difference in appearance from a real human being may be the transparent crystal round frame on the chest.
At the position where the beating heart should be, through the transparent frame, one can see a mechanical sphere composed of countless parts. It is suspended in mid-air, rotating and deforming, surrounded by arcs, and power is flowing continuously from there. It is produced everywhere and transmitted to every part of the body.
Yes, this is not a real life, but an alchemical golem. Like Astartes, its creator was Merlin. As one of Merlin's three masterpieces, it was incorporated into the Alchemy Mechanical Legion of Sky Mechanical City. , as the trump card of this extremely powerful army.
Almost all kinds of rare metals from the dwarves, the cutting-edge technology from the goblins, the magic formations from the elves... The highest technology of each race has been used on this alchemy golem, and the pure power it possesses is unimaginable.
Due to the pure physical destructive power, even the peak legendary knight cannot make a few moves in front of this alchemical golem. Perhaps the only difference between this thing and those supreme beings is that this alchemical golem does not have any weird abilities.
However, this absolute power is enough for the alchemy golem named "Machine God" to ensure that the members of the central council here, that is, the six tablets here cannot be destroyed in any way other than replacing them.
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"The information is in place. The two people who came here to inquire about the research records of the Seeker Society are people from the Truth Supervisory Society. This society is still trying to continue to complete the research that those people do not want them to complete."
In the society gathering area of Sky Mechanical City, a person with no distinguishable features was leaning on the walls on both sides of the street, looking at the Truth Supervisory Society in the distance. His lips moved slightly, and he used his words to give them orders to those whose identities were unknown. The special channel given by existence uses the magic network to communicate.
"Well done Joey, but the new order has arrived. Find an opportunity to directly attack this society called the Truth Supervisory Society, create a conflict, and let the Alchemy Machinery Legion find an opportunity to intervene."
The response came, and the responder was the young man who claimed to be employed by Wang Yu when he went to the Seeker Institute that day.
"The Alchemy Mechanical Legion... So, I will die there together with the people of the Truth Supervision Society?"
Joey spoke calmly, telling his possible ending without any emotion such as anger.
"..., I think so. You and I have already witnessed their cruelty. I only hope that they can abide by the agreement and fulfill the commitments they made."
"As for the rest, Joey, it's been a long time since we worked together."
The young man was silent for a few seconds, then gave an affirmative answer. After giving the answer, he asked another question.
"It's been six or seven years."
Joey answered.
"It's been a long time, so be it, this time I will accompany you to death. It's also time for our combination to reappear.
There was a slight smile in the young man's words, and he expressed his decision to die together.
"Oh? It's not bad if we have you together. Okay, when will it start and who is the first target?"
Joey asked with an arc at the corner of his mouth.
"Let's take action when I arrive. The first target will be the two people who came to us last time to search for information about the Taoist Society. Their identities are disguised. They may become suspicious after seeing the information, so let's The death of those two guys should be the beginning of everything."
