The moment the magic projection that claimed to be No. 3 appeared, Joshua raised his vigilance to the highest level.

He swept his eyes, observing the direction of the surrounding magic, and began to build models in his brain, speculating on the source of the other party's magic. The eyes of the warrior, who were comparable to professional equipment, could clearly see that the source of the projection's power came from the highest and largest machine building in the steel rune city, above the silver-white steel template at the top of the huge building, there was a flow of light from countless runes, projecting endless magic power to this.

The moment he determined the other party's source, Joshua's right hand condensed an amazing fighting spirit, firmly locking in that direction, and Rin, who was beside him, also tacitly walked to his left hand, and could be transformed into a magical way at any time.

This is not an overreaction. You must know that Joshua is wearing the full set of armor forged by Moria for him. However, the artificial intelligence in front of him could easily pass through the armor and protective fighting spirit without him noticing it, and he had to know that the Sky Blue Pearl was the relics of the sage in his hand.

Faced with such an existence, it is never too extreme to raise one's vigilance. Joshua has always believed that communication only exists in equal existence.

“No need to be hostile.”

No. 3 noticed Joshua's hostility, which was different from the soul-skeleton alchemy creature Shen Jiying and Rin. As a machine-skeleton artificial intelligence, although she lost some emotional abilities, she had a great advantage in pure reaction speed. She quickly said: "I have no malice towards you. In fact, you can come here so smoothly all the way because of my arrangement."

When he said this, No. 3's voice was still so calm and cold. On his delicate face, his gray-blue pupils seemed to be stagnant, as if everything was nothing to do: "Otherwise, the fortress's automatic defense measures would have been activated long ago. Even if you can force yourself to enter with your strength, it would be unpleasant."

This is true, and the other party did not need to lie. Joshua felt the terrible power contained in the magic lightning circulating above his head, which was enough to threaten his life. He nodded slightly and accepted the explanation.

But he still has something to do.

"You call yourself No. 3... Then No. 3, I'll tell you a long story."

Joshua looked around at the magic flow around him. He knew that the other party's body was actually in this steel rune machine. The projection in front of him was just a human-shaped terminal for easy communication. He said in a deep voice: "Why are you so friendly? We are not Karlis people, we are obvious outsiders, and even considered invaders."

"If you had been communicating with us from the very beginning, it would be reasonable, why did you wait until we came to this central dogma before meeting us?"

Moria and Clayel, who were beside each looked at Joshua and the other person with confusion and confusion at this time, as they communicated in a language that they could not understand. The elves could barely distinguish some traces of the astrological words, but it was still meaningless. The two of them had no idea what the two of them were talking about.

"When did Joshua know the different language..." Clayel murmured: "I have never seen anyone in their family who can have more than two languages ​​since his grandfather's generation."

"No, they will at least learn a little dwarf and elf." Moria retorted subconsciously, but he shook his head, not knowing how to sigh: "This guy..."

"What are the masters and the others talking about..."

Rin muttered to himself softly. He could understand the other party's meaning through spiritual communication with the warriors, but the young man of Shenji was awakened recently. He only knew about the things on the continent of Mycrov and could not get information he could understand from the conversation between Joshua and No. 3.

"Race is meaningless, and the Karlis people never distinguish human identities by their bloodlines."

The magic projection of No. 3 has obviously been carefully designed. When she spoke, every detail was done very well. Whether it was the movement of her lips or the flapping of her wings behind her waist, she blinked her eyes and said calmly: "What's more, the world has long been destroyed, the civilization of the Karlis people has also been buried in dust, and the fire has been extinguished. In this dark and light world, there is only a meaningless life like me... It doesn't matter whether you invade, because I have nothing to protect."

When she said this, No. 3's projection bent slightly and her tone changed for the first time. She seemed to be heartily saying: "You... are different from you."

"What's different about me?" Joshua frowned and said unhappy while being alert.

He likes to accept the admiration of others and also likes to hear praise, but the warriors do not like this special treatment without reason, especially when facing the existence of 03 who controls his power: "Why are my friends and I different?"

The projection of No. 3 looked around the old dwarfs and elves in an extremely humane manner. Her eyes stayed on Rin for a while, but also turned quickly.

"Two creatures in other worlds have no power of order on their bodies. One is similar to me but different from the same human life. Although it has the power of order, it comes from others..." She said slowly: "Only you, the person who holds the relics of sages, have the sun, flames, and traces left by sages - you have the power of order, and it is extremely strong."

No. 3 said softly, her way of saying this was to shake the atmosphere with magic power and emit sound waves: "For me, an artificial intelligence that has long been written down, this is the most important thing - the Karlis people have long been exterminated and civilization has been cut off. Although I don't know where you came from, you are the only creatures in this world - and the only holder of the power of order I have seen. For me, you are the holder of the new authority, the key to fighting the enemy."

“…It’s reasonable, but it’s far-fetched.”

Joshua reluctantly accepted this explanation, but he was still wary and said bluntly: "But No. 3, your intelligence is beyond my imagination. I am not an ignorant person, and I have also seen many artificial intelligence. Logically speaking, for your level of artificial intelligence, the so-called program written is no longer a reason to bind you."

"You have wisdom." The warrior said, his voice low: "With wisdom, people are people, but they will lie and will turn their promises away."

"You are right. Logically speaking, when I meet you, I should have given you a full set of permissions directly, but because of my wisdom, I did not. Although this is not the best choice based on my thinking and judgment, I still did this."

After listening to Joshua's words silently, as if to refute, No. 3 said all his thoughts as if he didn't know how to lie, without changing his expression: "As for why I'm still following the procedure, the reason is very simple."

After a while of silence, the voice rang again.

"Because I don't know what to do other than that."

No. 3 looked up and she looked at the top of the vertical large pit. A dazzling golden light was flashing. It was the energy core of the entire fortress. Countless magic power gathered above everyone's heads.

Looking at the light, No. 3's expression finally became a little more vivid. She looked a little sad. This was the first time she showed such a obvious expression: "The world has fallen into darkness, and the Karlis people who wrote the program for me have all died. I drove alone in the deserted wilderness, fighting against chaos, absorbing the only remaining power of existence in the world, and spending thousands of years day and night... My wisdom is useless, but what else can I do except do it mechanically according to the program?"

She laughed as if she was self-deprecatingly. No. 3 looked at Joshua. Her gray-blue eyes were just projections, but it seemed to contain souls. She said calmly: "I was originally just a program without wisdom to maintain the operation of the fortress. But on the last day of the Karlisian civilization, in order to maintain the power of the crystal sun, people devoted their lives to the body of "I". The power of countless souls made me, who had no soul and wisdom, become my current form - a fortress with my own will."

"A thousand years have passed, and I can no longer show other feelings. I finally have a soul and watch it get damaged little by little in unbearable loneliness. This is my experience."

Joshua remained silent. He looked at the magic projection in front of him and sensed that the energy flow in the entire fortress was trembling with the telling of this artificial intelligence.

"In my body, there are countless roars of Karlis people - revenge, revenge towards chaos, order, and pursuit of the most powerful order - this is the only purpose and principle of my actions."
Chapter completed!