I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

It is the act of making sacrifices only when there is no other way out.

"Are you so sure that I, who just joined here, will obey your order to die?"

"I never expected that."

"Which aspect are you talking about?"

Rick, who was sitting on the horse, was silent for a while with his back to Cheng Rang, and then urged: "Get on the road quickly."

"Okay, okay, leader Mr. Rick!" Cheng Rang smiled and raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, and jumped onto the horse's back neatly.

With the clatter of horse hooves, their figures gradually disappeared into the falling black ash.

Rick never looked forward to the time when he would need to order his companions to die, and he never looked forward to the time when someone would refuse the order.

One is a time when a few people are killed by one's own hands to protect collective survival, and the other is a time when the heavy pressure of human nature on survival will bring more terrible consequences.

Rick didn't expect either.

The wind blowing in front of me seemed to be even colder, as if the cold was piercing my bones along the gaps in my clothes.

On the way, the two of them arrived at a supply point and replenished precious fresh water. It was a pool formed by falling stalagmites in a deep cave.

——On the fifth day of the journey, as they climbed over the mountains at their feet, Cheng Rang and Rick finally saw the ruins not far away.

It is said that it was an elf city that was destroyed by a single blow from a Flügel in the past.

The information related to the elves is extremely confidential and precious information.

You can't get any items by picking them up on the battlefield, and the knowledge you collect lacks many details.

After all, they don't use props and can solve everything without using catalyst magic.

"We're finally here." Cheng Rang sighed with relief. Half of the journey has passed, and he finally saw the dawn of harvest. The previous hard work was not in vain.

"The whereabouts of black and gray have intensified. We need to get in quickly."

Rick pulled his gaze back from mid-air to the front, tightened the hood on his head, and rode off.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Cheng Rang, who had just learned to ride a horse, lowered his voice and still controlled the reins in his hands somewhat unfamiliarly, keeping up with Rick.

Sure enough, Rick, who still couldn't stand this guy who kept saying strange words behind his back, taught Cheng Rang how to ride a horse, hoping to use this thing to block his mouth for a while.

After a while, the two arrived in front of the ruins and tied up their horses in a hidden place. Rick chose to enter on foot.

The area of ​​​​the ruins is very large, but after all, it is a "ruin" that has been around for an unknown period of time. No one knows where the road will collapse underfoot, so it is more convenient to travel lightly.

More importantly, there is actually nothing that can be called a road in these ruins for you to walk easily.

"Spiritual Needle Plate." Rick took the time to ask as he climbed up the vines with his hands.

"no response."

Easily hanging himself on the steep stone wall with one hand, Cheng Rang took back the spiritual needle plate that Rick gave him.

"It seems to be a platform above. Can you find anything?"

"It depends on luck, who can say for sure."

"That's not something you can say, Rick."

Cheng Rang quickly overtook Rick and climbed onto the platform first, then reached out and pulled Rick up.

Huge, strange, and delicate honeycomb-shaped tree vines cover the platform. Underfoot are carpets of unknown yellow flowers. The colors of the flowers on the farther platform are also gradually changing to green and red.

"It's really a huge building."

Rick squatted down and reached out to touch the soft flowers at his feet.

"It's really just like their name, forest elves."

"The protective spell here seems to have not failed." Rick looked around, then took off his goggles and mask, and breathed in the fresh air here greedily.

Where there is no black ash, plants everywhere exude a strong breath of life.

"But we didn't come here to see this scenery. We are looking to see if there is any information about the forest elves still here."

"learn."

Before entering, Rick had briefly introduced the style of elf writing to Cheng Rang. What the two of them needed to find was a place with these written records.

"Then I'll go look over there." Cheng Rang pointed to things that resembled giant flower buds on the far side of the platform, which might look like houses where elf individuals live.

"Well, please contact me immediately if you have any questions."

Although it has been confirmed that the spiritual needle plate has no response and the surroundings are very quiet, Rick is still very vigilant.

Looking at Cheng Rang's strong figure easily climbing over the place where he had to climb for dozens of minutes, Rick couldn't help but show some envy.

Cheng Rang came to the huge bud, looked back and forth at what looked like a house in front of him, then raised the scabbard in his hand and poked it.

Hard as a rock.

The subtle sound of wind lingered around, becoming the only white noise in his ears. Cheng Rang subconsciously opened the spiritual needle disk and found that the pointer swinging around had obviously been affected by black gray and malfunctioned.

It would be affected even here. You can imagine how grand the black ash outside the ruins is now.

Maybe a storm has appeared.

After walking around the flower bud, this huge thing surrounded by more than a dozen people seemed to have no entrance. Although it sounds hollow when knocked.

Or just cut it open and take a look.

That's what I was planning to do

Just as Cheng Rang put his hand on the handle of the knife, there was a huge movement not far behind him.

boom!

From Rick's side, there was what seemed like an object falling at high speed and hitting the ground.

what happened? !

Cheng Rang turned around and ejected. A cloud of smoke and dust rose up from the huge platform he had come up to. Looking through the flying dust, there seemed to be another figure.

"inside..."

The moment the dust mist cleared and he saw Rick's figure, Cheng Rang's pupils shrank suddenly.

The figure that looked like a young girl was pressing on Rick, and the distance between the two had reached the point where they were face to face, but this scene did not make people think of a sudden welfare situation.

Its exposed mechanical parts clearly revealed the girl's race - the Ex-Machina.

Not human.

And under her control, Rick's life began to sway like a candle in the wind.

The tenth in the ranking sequence of the fifteen races, it is a race composed of pure machines. Without exception, it operates in groups. Each 437 machine unit is united under the coordination of the "command body".

As long as it is attacked once or the strategies it has seen are no longer useful, and equivalent weapons can be designed, in the endless war, the race can theoretically become infinitely stronger.

Rick slowly let go of the dagger in his hand and signaled Cheng Rang not to act rashly with his eyes.

Although the situation at this time was extremely dangerous, there was one thing that both of them knew very well - the Ex-Machina would not take the initiative, that is, they would not attack unless they attacked.

However, as long as an attack is launched against any Mecha, it is equivalent to attacking all Mechas.

Don't act rashly or we will all die.

Such information was conveyed to Cheng Rang from Rick's eyes.

Cheng Rang nodded slightly to express understanding, and then slowly removed his hand from the handle of the knife with a very slow movement.

It wasn't until she was judged harmless by the Ex-Machina individual that her golden eyes that kept flashing through the information flow were peeled off from Cheng Rang's body.

Then, under the gazes of Cheng Rang and Rick, the mecha girl grabbed Rick's chin and said:

"Brother, I can't bear it anymore, please let me become a woman~"

"ha?"

The stunned Rick only had time to squeeze out a syllable of doubt from his mouth before his lips were blocked by the girl who leaned over to kiss him.

"Well!"

Chapter 12 Heart

Cheng Rang said that this situation shocked my mother on the spot.

Are all of you Ex-Machinas so crooked? So what is this war going on?

And Cheng Rang was not the only one who was shocked, Rick was also shocked.

(My name is Rick, I am eighteen years old, a virgin...what are you doing! It’s better than that guy holding a weapon and calling his wife!)

wrong.

No, no, no, no, this is a question that arises when chaotic thinking enters a state of idleness. Wait... calm down!

Let’s sort it out first. Although we can’t grasp what this situation is, it means that this is the worst situation beyond imagination.

Prioritize questions – What happened? How is this going? What will happen?

"[Review]...the situation is being sorted out..."

The Mecha girl sitting on top of him looked like a monster. If she made any move, he would be doomed!

"[Question]....Can't understand."

The Ex-Machina pressed against Rick's body, mechanically expressionless and making a sound without emotion.

Damn it! It’s me who can’t understand!

But because of knowledge and reason, Rick stopped himself from blurting out the words that were about to come out due to a spinal reflex action.

"What I can't understand is our side!"

The corners of Rick's mouth twitched fiercely, and he actually forgot that Cheng Rang was watching from the side.

Does this guy clearly understand that if he speaks inappropriately, he will be regarded as an [enemy] - and humanity will become extinct as a result?

Rick screamed inwardly at the multiple contradictions with the information he knew.

"[Speculation]——This setting that fits the situation is not enough?"

At this time, the skin that was originally attached to the body left, and the girl straddling Rick said mechanically.

Hearing this completely unexpected question, Rick hesitated for a moment.

Human beings are undead, they do not exist, cannot exist, and cannot be noticed... Do you want to remain silent and not answer?

Damn it, the shocked idiot next to him has already subconsciously complained, bastard!

But Rick had no sense that the expression on his face was exactly the same as the expression on Cheng Rang's face.

then--

"Let's not talk about whether I like it or not. Who allowed you to take my virginity without authorization?"

At least it is certain that this machine is obviously speaking human language, so she must have some knowledge of the human race.

While that fact alone made Rick shudder, ignoring—rejecting—her words could very well be considered a hostile act.

Just as Rick was racking his brains to think about how to deal with the Ex-Machina in front of him, Cheng Rang, who heard his first answer, covered his mouth and let out a snort.

Visible veins appeared on Rick's forehead.

The guy laughs

Already? Definitely laughed!

So why does this Ex-Machina keep ignoring Cheng Rang and lying on top of me?

She had no expression on her face and replied in a smooth voice: "[Reading] Setting 072 - People... people don't do this voluntarily. It's an accident, yes, it's an accident."

When he heard her reciting the lines with a tone that was no less impressive than the original "brother", Rick's mind went blank again.

Subconsciously, he cast a questioning look at Cheng Rang who was standing aside. Unexpectedly, he also looked like he was worried about me. He first tapped his own head with his index finger, and then pointed at the Ex-Machina girl on his body, exaggerating. He raised his shoulders as if to say: Is the head of this thing broken?

I'm thinking about this situation too!

"——[Confirmation] The subject's body temperature, pulse, and health device are unresponsive."