Chapter 926 – #201_Mascot Angel (4)

#920

One.
Siwoo and his party had a reason to obtain the ‘lock gate’,
Angel had a reason to defend the city by avoiding unnecessary fights.

Three questions and answers that precede negotiations with mutual interests intertwined.

You need to be so careful.
Expose the least amount of information to the enemy and, on the contrary, draw out the maximum amount of information.

It still hasn’t changed that they are each other’s enemies.

In order to increase the reliability of the questions and answers, the contract of Eloah was used.
It was the magic Eloa used to have a three-question answer with Siu.

Three letters floated above their heads between them.

“We have determined the reliability and harmfulness of the magic. Verification complete.”

It was Siwoo who started the conversation.
It was because Siwoo was more qualified than the obstinate Eloana and Rinne for the part where he had to show such tricks.

“Okay, what are you angels doing?”
“‘Angel’ is a witch roid that protects Daejeon Metropolitan City. Mass production of clones based on the 21st hierarchy ‘Witch of Madness’. This is a model in which only the brain and nervous system are transplanted to the whole body. Currently, there are 322,392 Angels left in the city. This is a calculated force against 16 22nd Rank Witches by international standards.”

Just like the buzzing we met at the museum, he answers his enemies quite skillfully.
Perhaps it is a euphemistic recommendation to surrender without thinking nonsense as there is an overwhelming power gap.

“Answer ended. It is the turn of this unit. Who are you?”

This is a similar question to the one Siu asked.
However, the answer was much simpler.

“I am excited, this is Eloah, and this is Rinne. As you can see, they are all Archwitches.”
“…”

After waiting for a long time, Angel noticed that a letter on top of Siu’s head had disappeared, and only then did he realize that the opportunity to answer had vanished.

“That answer is not information at the level of equivalent exchange with that provided by this unit.”
“I don’t remember saying we would exchange equal information.”
“…”

It’s a very thin figure like a small person, but strictly speaking, it’s AA-000’s fault for answering fluently without any calculation.
AA-000, fooled by a simple trick, thought for a long time without showing any signs of annoyance before continuing.

“I will take the second question.”
“Why are you attacking us? You said your goal was to protect the city. We have no intention of attacking this city. To correct the misunderstanding, the witches who attacked Witch Lord are hostile to us.”

Even though this city is full of things I don’t like, I don’t intend to smash them all.
It was content to control the locks and control the behavior of the homunculus.

If Urshira and Priscilla’s destruction of the Witch Lord was the beginning of all of this, it might be possible to obtain the lock with the help of Angel.

Isn’t the enemy of the enemy a friend?

But Angel was adamant.

“All witches are potential enemies of humans. It is an obvious provocation from the witch infiltrating the city by leaving the prison cell. I will confirm the authenticity of the question drawn from this question. Is it true that you are hostile to the witch who attacked Witch Lord?”

“It’s an enemy you can’t even consider an ally.”
“Has confirmed. Next, this unit will ask the last question first.”

Somewhere artificially bright red eyes were directed straight at Siwoo.

“This unit predicts that Daejeon City is embroiled in the Witch’s Ark of Creation project. Are you a witch from the ‘other world’?”
“About the ark, we also learned about it recently… Perhaps that prediction is correct.”
“…”

AA-000 stands in a daze, lost for words, as if devastated by shock.

“Hey.”

As she stared into the void, she opened her mouth.

“Connect to management server. It took time to modify the museum DB. As a result, the citizens of Daejeon Metropolitan City can be provided with more accurate historical knowledge.”

I don’t think I was particularly shocked.
But the behavior is very bizarre.

Daejeon was caught up in the ark, and as a result, the humans in the city disappeared.
In other words, a museum for humans is meaningless.

Nevertheless, Angel corrected the museum’s data.

This is a contradictory action and a worthless action.
Therefore, a series of actions highlighted what kind of existence ‘Angel’ is.

She is just a mechanical device that silently carries out the task given to her.

It must have been working to carry out the order to protect the city for a very long time, from the moment the city became the ‘ark’ and came to the distant world line.

“I will take the last question.”
“Do you know about the lock?”
“Yes, locks are used to control the water level in ports, rivers, and canals…”
“Don’t go through that lock. In this city, there will be an artifact called the ‘lock gate’ left by the Witch of Creation.”

Soggy.
Angel blinked as if the machine was loading, and answered.

“The exact designation is unknown. However, there is an artifact in this city that is presumed to be a ‘lock gate’ left by the Witch of Creation.”

As Angel holds out her hand, a holographic image floats above it.
A celestial globe representing the movement of the constellations, the size of a palm.

The slowly turning appearance was identical to the appearance of the lock gate that appeared in the prophecy.

The three questions and answers were over, and each of them got the information they wanted.
Now it’s your turn to negotiate.

“Yeah, that’s it. That is why we came here. If I can get that, I’ll quietly disappear without an unnecessary fight. If there’s something you want to ask for, you can ask for it. We will cooperate as much as possible.”

It was a time when I was feeling hope in a conversation that was more fluent than expected.

“It is impossible.”

Tension rises again on the battlefield where there was a temporary truce.
The group of Angels, who had stopped building a siege, were ready to fight again.

“The semi-permanent magic generator built into the artifact plays a major role in mass production of angels.”

“The act of stealing this artifact is an act that permanently damages the city’s right to self-defense.”

“You are witches, enemies of the city.”

AA-000 delivered an ultimatum with an expressionless expression of no regret.

“Restart the purge.”

2.
Whispering Witch, Lilith has special powers.

It is the ability to read the cause and effect of history.
History is the same as reading the past, and reading cause and effect is the same as knowing the inner circumstances.

If Kether sees an unstable future, Lilith sees a definite past.
If Kether wants order, Lilith wants chaos at its source.

As such, the two were inextricably linked from the start.

Anyway, because Lilith had this ability, as soon as she entered this city, she was able to read the history of the world she did not know.

It was funny.

That the Witch of Creation, whom all witches praise to the point of exhaustion, was actually a loser who felt defeat and fled.
The fact that an astonishing army crouched in such a small city.

Lilith’s eyes saw.

The city designated as the ark, Daejeon Metropolitan City.

At that time, even if it was a witch of creation who had obtained the power close to a god in the 30th hierarchy, the creatures living in this city could not withstand the shock of the dimensional jump.

All living things, including humans, that existed in the city ceased to exist.
Witchroid was no exception.

How much time had passed like that?

Defective goods disposal area of ​​the Witchroid production plant.

A witchroid stands up.
It was AA-000, an object that was found to be defective during production and headed for the incinerator before opening its eyes.

All witchroids implant electrodes into the cerebral cortex.
As an object born from witches, it is to remove emotions so that only given commands are carried out.

Thus, AA-000, who was born in a garbage dump, felt no emotion when he saw his sister’s body scattered everywhere like a broken machine.

It simply reported the error to the total production control unit as programmed.

“AA-000 is scheduled for decommissioning. An error occurred during the disposal process, so we request payment so that it can be disposed of normally.”

AA-000 returned to the disposal area and sat on the Odokani conveyor belt for nearly three days.

However, the conveyor belt restarted and AA-000 was never disassembled and recycled.
It is only natural that the manager who will pay the bill has disappeared.

Only then did AA-000 move out of the production building.

Check the default protocol.
After confirming its primary function and purpose, AA-000 patrolled the city.
Soon after, I realized that all citizens and Witchroids had been annihilated.

At this rate, we cannot respond to the witch’s invasion.
Can’t defend the city
Someone has to normalize the city.
AA-000 is the only ‘someone’ who can remain in this city and act independently.

AA-000 moved along with its mission.

The most urgent thing was to have a minimum defense.
The managers disappeared all at once, and the safety was activated, and they moved to restart the Production Building of Witchroid, which had stopped production.

All you need is magic attribute, power, and materials needed for culturing clones and building mechanical bodies,

Power was drawn from the outskirts of the city, where the inhabitants had disappeared.
The items required for clonal culture are at most frozen fertilized eggs and culture solution, so they are not bulky.
There was enough stored in the inventory warehouse.

The materials used to make the body were recycled by picking up various items from the northern residential area.

The biggest problem was magic attribute.

Daejeon Metropolitan City received 85% of the magic attribute consumed in the city from other cities.

In the early days of production, magic attribute used for city facility management and self-generators were brought in and used, but they quickly ran out as they ate up a huge amount of magic attribute.

While searching for her answer, she found an artifact sleeping under the city’s tallest city hall tower.
It was a ‘lock gate’ in the shape of a heavenly sphere.

The exact function could not be grasped, but inside it was a semi-permanent power unit that was difficult to follow even with modern engineering technology.
AA-000 was able to use it to continue mass-producing Witchroids.

It was said very briefly, but it was never easy for AA-000, a mass-produced witchroid, to come this far.

It took 1,000 years from the moment she opened her eyes to securing her lock gates.

Since then, AA-000 has managed the city by acquiring the authority of the city’s manager.

The cleaning drones were deployed to clean the streets like new and repair work was repeated.
If citizens or travelers return, they have maintained an environment where they can live right away.
That is, from the time the witch of creation made the ark and escaped until now.

Only then did Lilith understand why the ‘Ark’ had angel-like impurities in it.

This ark was an arrangement prepared for witches, and Angel, in comparison, was an enemy of her witches.
If you think about it, it’s a completely incompatible existence.

‘AA-000’ was not an arrangement originally prepared by the Witch of Creation, but a variable itself that blossomed from a pile of garbage.

Lilith studied history carefully.

A city that has overcome the flow of time and still boasts splendor.
And the shimmer in AA-000’s red eyes looking down at the city.

“This looks like something worth using.”

Lilith laughed.