Does the mechanical girl dream of the Messiah?

The girl who was talking to her had a completely different feeling. She had soft white hair, and the hair on both sides was deliberately left long, dragging down to her chest. At the ends of the soft white hair, the dangerous red was dazzling and eye-catching, facing her dangerous red eyes, coupled with her innocent voice and expression, and her extremely pale skin, she looked like a young but extremely dangerous monster.

This is not the most noteworthy part - what is really eye-catching is the short black horns extending from both sides of her head.

Without a doubt, it was a symbol that only humans with dragon blood flowing in their veins, a race called “Dragonborn”, could possess.

"Anyway, as long as I follow you, I will definitely have no trouble finding enemies to tear apart!~"

"Compared to protecting my personal safety, you just enjoy it..."

"The young lady's safety is also very important!"

Beside her, a huge axe stood there quietly.

With an overly long handle, a wide and terrifying blade, and a dragon-shaped hollow body, this scarlet battle axe is so special that just looking at it will give you the illusion that your whole body is on fire.

At the end of its axe blade, a small line of Sodzok - Dragon Words, the language of the dragon was engraved there.

"The Madman".

……

In the deep sea, the half-fish, half-human creatures that were biting each other stopped what they were doing.

They put down the remnants of their compatriots, turned around, and worshiped the stone pillar that pierced the deep sea.

……

In the eternally sealed permafrost, beneath the abyss buried by ice and snow, the indicator light on the huge door flickered emotionlessly, and every time it flickered, one light would go out.

……

In the deserted city in the desert, a silent giant stands in the crater, with his right fist raised high. Even though his body is already broken, he still maintains the same posture, unchanged for eternity.

……

Atop the ruins of the high-rise building once called the "Empire State Building," someone is sitting there, on a chaotic throne made of gears and moons.

Tick, tick.

The clock chimed silently.

Or maybe the sound of the clock has already resounded through the sky.

……

Under the blood moon, under the solar eclipse, in this hopeless world called doomsday.

A girl’s journey begins with taking the first step.

Volume 2: The Place Where Destiny Meets - Mariai (Part 2)

Chapter 1: On the Road to Journey

Unbeknownst to Lunisia, the world was crumbling bit by bit.

The glory of human and humanoid life began in the fourth calendar. The era of dragons and giants came to an end, and the giant snake disappeared into the depths of the sea. In the darkness, the twelve gods opened up a golden age for all living things in the world. The darkness retreated and dawn came.

Live and multiply, establish a nation, excavate history, engrave memories, start wars, and welcome prosperity - develop magic networks, study divine arts, and advance steam science. The world has entered a fifth calendar full of glory and hope.

——When did everything change?

Disasters are quietly increasing, chaos is replacing order, and death is spreading from the new life.

The blood moon and the eclipse occupied the sky, and in more places, it was extremely difficult to even see the swallowed sun and moon. People could only see poisonous smoke and clouds. The ocean turned from azure to deep black and dark green. In the howling cold wind and in the shadow of the far north, people died without even knowing it. It seemed that life had never been so fragile as it is now.

It gradually became difficult for people to hear the voice of God.

The world turned from night to dawn, and now seemed to be falling into night again. The golden pupils witnessed it all, but there was no one to share it with.

Ashlee silently recalled the intact parts of the vast sea of ​​memory fragments. It was like walking through a dusty river of time, with dust staining her toes. In the empty darkness, the fragrance of the epiphyllum wafted faintly.

The voice of her companion brought her thoughts back to reality.

"Ashe."

"what happened?"

Ashlee looked at that face.

The golden pupils witnessed all of this, but could not share it with anyone - except her.

It was as if she had no worries yet, as if there was still hope. Perhaps she just didn't know anything - sometimes, Ashlee would have such thoughts, and she would occasionally wonder if Lunicia could still maintain this purity, this hope, and this tenderness if she also walked on this dusty riverbed.

She was just a caged bird, a canary that had just flown out of the cage, and the world had not yet left its mark on her.

"We've been on this road for...how long?"

"Thirteen hours and fifty-six minutes a day, including the rest time... Because there is no detailed map data of this area, it is impossible to determine how long it will take to reach the destination 'Nosavi'."

"It doesn't matter," Lunisia waved her hand nonchalantly, "Anyway, as long as we keep going along this road, we will definitely reach Nosavi City."

Excluding the road that Lunisia took secretly all the way from Zerhar, there is actually only one official road leading to the Waterwheel Canal, which is the road leading to the only large city nearby, Nosavi.

Logically speaking, Shuichequ is a timber producing area of ​​various sizes. Theoretically, it is impossible to meet the local demand by only supplying the city of Nosawi. However, the terrain of Shuichequ is extremely strange. It is almost a small town built on a bulge on a cliff. This also led to the fact that the Mariai government had no intention of building a road leading to other big cities. After all, it was too troublesome.

Lunicia and Asheselin didn't care about this problem at all. After all, their original purpose was just to go to Nosavi City to replenish supplies, and then immediately go to Puchilia, the largest and only port city in the Principality of Mariai, from there they would take the magic ferry or the steam engine boat, pass through the Turuva Strait, and then cross the Rocklia Union and the Kingdom of Noron, and finally arrive at the Vatican State of Zelhar.

This road is not short, but it is the easiest way that Lunisia can think of.

If they did not take this water route, which was troublesome no matter how they looked at it, Lunicia could only consider taking Asheselin with her to cross the Anda Brun Mountains, the greatest natural barrier in the entire Mu Continent, which seemed to split the Mu Continent vertically in half.

The Anda Brunn Mountains are not only the longest mountain range in the world, but also the location of the world's highest peak, Mount Wailing - of course, these are not the point. The point is that there are extremely strong chaotic air currents above this mountain range. Ordinary airships cannot pass through the sky above the Nass Mountains. Only large-tonnage warships can consider forcing their way through, and the success rate cannot be guaranteed.

In this case, if you want to take an airship directly to Zerhar, the route is actually not much different from taking the water route, and because of the mileage, the airship ticket is much more expensive than taking the water route.

At least the current Lunisia is absolutely - unable to afford it.

Taking into account the expenses of replenishment, equipment purchase, toll payment and so on along the way, Lunicia was quite sure that when she arrived at Muland, the transit station of the airship industry in Mu Continent, she would definitely not have much money left.

Of course, there are other ways, that is to climb through the natural caves discovered in the Anda Buren Mountains. However, climbing the Anda Buren Mountains can almost be said to be one of the most dangerous things in the world. Lunicia does not feel that she has the ability to accomplish this great feat.

As a result, they now had no choice but to walk to the city of Nosavi.

——After all, why is there such a troublesome journey?

This question flashed through Lunicia's mind again.

Of course, the answer was also drawn out.

The Lord of Light and Thunder, Zelti, gave the last divine revelation, asking Lunisia to go to Shuichequ, a small town on the edge of Mu Continent, to find her own destiny there, and finally left a puzzling statement. As a result, Lunisia drove to Shuichequ with a group of knights, most of the knights died, and the whereabouts of the survivors were unknown, and she simply became an illegal household in the sense of the Glorious God Court.

Is this what is called fate? Lunisia still complains about this occasionally.

Of course, she is still very confused today and has not figured out the meaning of her adventure.

"I want to fight for more people" - it sounds good, but it was just a sudden idea. It had not been polished, and no one came to evaluate whether her idea was reliable. The idea of ​​her embarking on an adventure was just a thought.

Maybe it would really be better to "aim to save the world first" as Ashlee said?

——But the question remains, does the world need saving?

……

"Can I enter Nosavi directly without a travel document?"

"no problem."

Lunicia tidied up her long black hair.

"There is little population movement in Shuichequ. It is normal for the defenders to verify the identities of foreigners they have no impression of. But Nosavi is completely different. It is the fourth largest city in the Principality of Mariai, and the number of people coming and going is much greater than that of a small place like Shuichequ. In addition, the Ivanov family has a lax management of the army, so they probably have no intention of strictly checking the population coming and going."

"...Luna, you know so much."

"These are the basic knowledge that we will talk about during the class, which is the so-called 'International Political Forms Course'..."

"She is just a girl who has never left the house for the first time... Alas, she is a bird in a cage, which makes people feel pity."

"Hey--"

Just as Lunicia was about to say a few more words, her eyes suddenly became sharp.

Almost in an instant, she had completed the actions of grasping the hilt, drawing the sword from the sheath, and holding the sword in front of her body, blocking all three crossbow arrows shot from the woods nearby, making a clanging sound.

——Just an ordinary crossbow...?

During the actual combat teaching, Lunicia's predecessors taught her very carefully how to judge the weapons used by the attacker based on the impact transmitted from the defensive surface, including but not limited to various types of arrows, crossbows and pneumatic rifles. That was why Lunicia was able to judge from the vibration in her hand that the opponent was using just an ordinary crossbow.

There was no doubt that the three arrows were aimed directly at a fatal blow. In other words, the other party intended to kill and silence the witness from the very beginning, and there was no room for negotiation.

——Very suspicious...Who are they?

Lunisia had never expected that an attacker would suddenly launch a sneak attack on her group. In theory, no one should know their whereabouts, and no one should have a reason to attack them. The ghoul cult called "Holy Family" might have, but they should have been completely wiped out by Lunisia. Even if there were remnants, they would not launch such an attack, and there was no reason for them to show up after they approached Nosavi.

——Then, it was the person who attacked April and the others?

That's not right either - the attackers who could force April and the others to flee would definitely not be those who launched such an inadequate attack.

Lunicia knew very well how powerful April, Andy and Jesse were when they joined together. This attack, which was not as strong as that of the Holy Family cultists, would undoubtedly not be able to defeat them.

——Then who could it be?

"Ashe, hide behind me."

“But there are some over there too.”

"Then there's nothing we can do. Can you lend a hand?"

Before she finished her words, Lunicia's body rushed out like a cannonball, took a step forward, stopped abruptly, and then swung an extremely heavy sword from top to bottom!

The attacker, who was hiding in the bushes, had never expected that the opponent could not only perfectly block the arrows shot by him, but also launch a counterattack so quickly. When he was about to draw the dagger from his waist and switch to close combat as usual after the sneak attack failed, he was surprised to find that his perspective was leaning to one side.

——What’s going on?

Before he could react to what was happening, his vision went completely dark, and his body seemed to be comically dislocated, with a smooth cross-section appearing from his armpit to his crotch. His upper and lower torso separated along this cross-section, and then they fell down one after the other, like an overturned bucket, with blood gushing all over the floor.

"No problem. Although I don't really like meaningless fights, if it's self-defense..."

Ashlee spoke softly while raising her hand in front of her.

There seemed to be a flash of light in those beautiful golden eyes, and on those slender arms made of black iron, bright red indicator lights flickered with an inexplicable rhythm. The delicate mechanical structure rotated, engaged, intertwined and overlapped. All the delicate and dazzling operations were completed in an instant.

Almost everyone who sees this phenomenon for the first time will be extremely stunned and unable to understand why such a thing exists in the world, and why someone can do such a thing without the help of magic or the use of huge mechanical energy.

That is, matter comes into being out of nothing.

The rootless and sourceless black iron flow condensed, fixed, and shaped in her hands. In just a moment, her hands were no longer empty, but gently grasped a pitch-black crossbow.

The shape was undoubtedly derived from the crossbow dropped by the attacker, but it was different. Not only was its appearance more streamlined, but more importantly, anyone could see at a glance that after some structural improvements, the power of this crossbow must be much greater.

So, what to do next?

Put on a crossbow?

No, there is no need to do that.

She simply pulled the trigger, and the invisible bullet shot straight into the bushes, splashing a gorgeous flower of blood.

The first day of April!

"Does the Mechanical Girl Dream of the Messiah?" has officially been signed, and I will continue to ask for recommendations and monthly tickets this month!

Thank you readers for your support!

Chapter 2 Death Soldiers

--why?

Until the second before he lost consciousness due to a pierced heart, the man lying in ambush in the bushes was still thinking about this question.

Not only him, but even the masked men wearing leather armor and holding daggers and round shields who were about to surround them were stunned. It was obvious that they had not expected this at all.

According to the original plan, the other side should launch a surprise attack on the two with crossbows, and then several people who had ambushed in the bushes beforehand picked up their weapons and rushed forward, surrounding them from both sides - if there was no way to restrain them even so, the crossbowmen ambushing on the other side would shoot arrows and knock them down.

The latter situation was not considered at all in the beginning. The crossbowman who was responsible for the backup even felt that there was no need for him to go along. The opponents were just two suspicious adventurers. Facing an ambush of nearly twenty people, they theoretically had no ability to fight back, especially when one of them seemed to be simply wrapped in a cloak and the other was simply wearing casual clothes.

But the facts have plunged them into deep confusion.

The girl, who looked like an amateur among amateurs in every way, was dressed in a sleeveless shirt, a white windbreaker, shorts and stockings. She was thought to be an opponent that could be dealt with in a few moves, but she broke up the ambush team in just a moment. The huge sword that seemed to be of no practical use and was too huge seemed to be weightless in the girl's hand. It rotated like a wheel of torture, easily tearing the armored body apart and spilling blood all over the ground.

Was the person they originally planned to kill such a dangerous person?

Wasn't it agreed that anyone who was close to the refugee group and looked suspicious would be their responsibility to kill?