Does the mechanical girl dream of the Messiah?

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The expected pain did not come.

The paladin had already prepared to go into battle with one leg missing, but when she steadied her body and raised her shield and sword, she found that she was unharmed - instead, it was Ashetherin's right arm that fell to the ground with a crisp collision sound.

At the same time, Lunicia had the opportunity to see clearly what the so-called "second person in the tower" and the murderer who created the mummy was.

Armor - a full-body armor made of ice. Lunisia assured herself that she had never seen such a strange knight's armor. Compared with the knight's armor she had seen, which was used to show honor, identity and status, the thing carved out of ice in front of her looked more like an imitation of some ancient evil. The two-handed sword it held in its hand, which had just been used to cut off Ashetherin's arm, was also carved out of ice. However, its "master" was more than three meters tall, so the size of the sword was also enlarged in proportion, which was the reason for the horrible wound on the mummy.

Compared to this armor, the passage in front of me does seem too narrow.

And the most important thing is——

"Ashe, back off!"

"give it to you."

As Lunicia shouted, Ashethelin took a step back and exchanged positions with Lunicia. The latter also raised her shield appropriately, blocking the opponent's upward attack and interrupting her attack. She did not miss this opportunity. Before her right arm was repaired, she had raised her left hand. The sniper rifle that the "Opera House" had used was prominently displayed there. Then, with a loud "bang!", before Ella Heper rushed over with her sword, a thick tungsten steel needle had already shot into the observation port of the armor.

Normally, even if a warrior who has experienced many battles, is over three meters tall, has the same strength as Lunicia, and can wield a weapon of that size, if he is shot in the head by an anti-material sniper rifle at this distance, and is shot in the head from the eye socket, he will definitely not feel good, and it is entirely possible that he will be killed on the spot, but...

It looked like nothing happened, but its helmet suddenly tilted back, and then it was about to raise the greatsword again and chop towards Lunisia.

This time the attack was blocked by Ella. She had already released the "Curse of the Sword" in the instant she reacted. When the third blow of the ice armor fell, her figure flashed to the side of the armor, and "Sin" passed from top to bottom in the opposite direction of her sword swing.

The wrist holding the sword snapped with a sound. A sound like a morning bell came from the ice, and the giant sword fell to the ground, no longer posing any threat.

In front of the cursed sword, ordinary armor seems so powerless——

Until the armor pressed its broken wrist against the ice wall beside it, and then drew out a new giant sword.

"empty?!"

Lunicia happened to catch this process, and she clearly saw that there was no filling inside the cross-section of the armor, only a layer of empty armor.

"It's not a ghost or anything like that...it's a golem!"

"A magical mechanical puppet? Isn't that rare?"

As if in the mood, Ashethelin raised her sniper rifle again and fired three shots at the ice golem in front of her, but the other party seemed to be on guard and only raised his arm slightly. Two shots left a shallow mark on the breastplate and then slid away weakly, and one shot was blocked by the wrist armor, which also did not produce any results.

"How about this!"

Seeing that Lunicia had taken advantage of the situation to increase the distance, Ella Heper no longer held back. She swung her sword and a gray cloud of magic rose up, like dust being sprinkled, or a gray curtain. With waves of cutting sounds interweaving, the mist had completely enveloped the body of the ice golem.

Whoosh--whoosh--whoosh--

Not even the sound of cutting metal was made. Under Ella's astonished gaze, the destructive force field cloud, "Cloud of Daggers" failed to make even a scratch on the armor, and the opponent just waved his hand casually, and the sharp cloud was torn into pieces like a rag.

"It's actually magic resistance..."

Although it looked different from the common magic resistance Ella knew, it was definitely a similar ability, enough to make all her offensive spells ineffective, and it was unclear whether her auxiliary spells would be useful. This was natural. In a country where most citizens were wizards and magic was closely related to daily life, if there was something a person should be most wary of, it was definitely magic - this convenient, omnipotent technology with a very low threshold for them.

It is quite common for a golem to have such characteristics, as it is born to defend and attack invaders.

Perhaps it could be destroyed directly with more powerful spells, or a highly skilled magician could try to directly crack and destroy the solidified spell that drives the golem. However, no matter which plan, it is a bit unrealistic for Lunicia and her group.

"If it's magic resistance, what's the use of swords!"

Dodging the golem's oncoming sword attack and allowing it to cut the table in half, Lunicia turned around and slashed at it with her sword, but the golem blocked it with its huge sword. The golem then counterattacked with its strength advantage and was about to twist the sword out of Lunicia's hand.

As a price for its resistance to magic, this golem has no spellcasting or spell-like abilities. Instead, it has expert-level swordsmanship abilities written into its spells. With its size and conventional strength, this golem can even temporarily suppress Lunesia in hand-to-hand combat, even though she is unable to use her skills.

However, Lunicia doesn't only have this passive sword move.

"—Try this!"

The power and brilliance expanded together, and then quickly compressed, sweeping up a spiral airflow centered on the blade. As the ice and white steel blades intersected, the dazzling holy light expanded and exploded in an instant, completely sweeping up the golem in front of him—

"The Holy Slash"!

Chapter 29 Perhaps This Is the Destination

The destructive light condensed from the tip of the sword. The purest light, life, and wishes condensed into power, rising from the tip of the pure white sword, spreading to the sword body, and even to the tip of the hilt, dyeing the entire sword with orange-red flames - this is the greatest form of destructive power that Lunicia can exert as a holy warrior. Although she has reservations, the storm built up by positive emotions still rushes straight towards the golem with tremendous power!

The ice sword immediately slashed towards him.

There is no reason to escape. As a golem, a guardian, and a tool to kill invaders, this existence has no life and naturally does not have the many fears that come with life, and will also not take actions that would be caused by fear.

In its "contemplation", this "Supreme Slash" was not a threat that could defeat it. Rather, it was the exact opposite. It was the best opportunity for it to turn the tables and kill the invader on the spot.

However, its "thinking" also underestimated the power of expansion.

"------"

The Ice Golem has no language function, just as it actually has no mind, so it has no way to make a sound, and its state can only be judged from the sounds emitted from its structure... Its so-called "thoughts", for example, are like this: it regards this as a great opportunity, so without taking any defensive measures, it slashes at Lunisia with its backhanded sword. The ice blade, which has the power to cut the paladin's body in half if it hits, has no possibility of touching the former, but makes a short but sharp sound together with the ice armor that controls it.

That was its structure, the sound of its body trembling in the face of the whistling huge force, and it was also a sign of collapse. In the fierce resonance, the long sword made of ice first collided with the pure white sword, and was broken into two pieces by the huge force before it touched. Then came the huge body, which was covered with cracks the moment it touched and was washed away by the torrent of light. The body and the sound were submerged in the endless storm.

When the light faded away, only a few fragments of ice crystals remained in the remaining heat wave.

The kitchen... at least the place that was originally the "kitchen" is now in a mess, with equipment and tools scattered around, and a considerable part of them have become so-called postmodern works of art in the previous bombardment. It seems that although these things may be made of the same material as the outer wall of the tower, a thing that looks like ice but is very different from ice, they are not indestructible. Even the wall of the room behind the golem has a deep ravine, and it is unknown which room it is connected to.

"call……"

Lowering the tip of the sword, Lunicia stared straight ahead, at the air that was twisted by the heat, and let out a long breath.

The recoil made her wrist numb a little, but she did not relax her sword-holding hand immediately. Instead, she continued to stare at the mess in front of her. After about a minute, she relaxed.

"What? This just now."

Until the end, he uttered something that sounded like a complaint.

Although strictly speaking it was not a tough battle, even though it consumed one "Supreme Slash", I actually didn't feel any pressure, and the enemy couldn't even hurt Lunicia... but it was still very nerve-wracking to suddenly have such a thing appear out of nowhere.

"Golem, made of the same materials as the buildings here, a basic defensive facility—"

"I know that."

"Yes?"

"Where on earth did this thing come from?"

Lunisia couldn't help but stretch out her toes and kick a piece of broken ice in front of her - judging from its shape, it was probably once part of the ice golem's breastplate.

"From a mechanical point of view, this machine believes that it should be a defensive mechanism that will automatically appear after detecting someone who is acting out of line."

Ashlee pointed to the two doors. Of course, they were no longer in the world, and the only legacy left was two holes and a pile of ice. According to this, the unlucky guy must have tried to break the door lock violently in order to leave after breaking in, and the defense mechanism was triggered just like Lunicia who kicked the door to pieces, and then he was stabbed to death without any reaction...

Looking back, Lunicia discovered that the unfortunate corpse had disappeared. It was probably blown into dust in the previous impact. Even if there was something valuable left on it, it no longer existed.

"Regarding the mechanism of appearance, although due to the angle, this machine did not directly capture the footage of its appearance - what about Miss Ella?"

“…It had already come out by the time I realized it.”

She bit her lip with a look of unwillingness. It seemed that she was very concerned about the situation just now, so that even though the battle was obviously over, she still held the sword in both hands and had no intention of relaxing her guard.

"Then this machine infers that, considering that the materials of this type of golem are similar to building materials, perhaps this type of golem is 'manufactured' directly from the building. The second possibility is that it is not manufactured, but a kind of magic formula buried in the building in advance. The machine does not understand the principles of magic. From the application point of view, this means that they can be from the wall-"

pat.

"—on the ceiling—"

pat.

"—and it appeared on the floor."

pat.

Ashelyn reported the locations with an indifferent look on her face, she watched three golems emerge from the three locations she mentioned.

They raised their swords in unison and performed the same starting moves from three different angles. It was too hard to describe how a three-meter-tall humanoid construct and a less-than-two-meter-tall humanoid creature used the same swordplay starting moves, but they did so according to the compiled "instructions". Of course, this was not the point. The point was that the three people were somewhat speechless as they watched the scene in front of them.

"Well, Ella."

"You say."

"Right now I'd rather hope that the golem actually has the ability to regenerate."

"That might turn into four golems with regenerative abilities, Lady Luna."

"It is indeed possible."

"This machine needs to emphasize that this is not what this machine did."

"No one said you called them here!"

click -

At the roar that Ella couldn't hold back, the golems moved, and the parts made of ice collided with each other, making a sound clear enough to make the group of people tremble. Fortunately, it seemed that they still hadn't found the flaw of Lunicia and her group, so they just maintained a three-three confrontation posture across the only remaining door frame of the kitchen.

"…So, what are you two going to do?"

"How to do it, um..."

Lunisia looked at the sword in her hand, then looked at the three golems in front of her, and then pondered for a moment.

"Run!"

Before she finished her words, three long swords chopped down at the same time -

……

"This door can't be opened either... this door can't be opened either...!"

"This door can be opened. Let me see if it can be used as a shelter. It looks like a storage room."

"Don't open that thing?!"

pat.

"Why is there another golem?!"

“Aishelin————!!!”