Star Forge Titan

Next, he was about to battle the evil forces that had destroyed the ancient Giant Kingdom. At this time, any potential hidden dangers needed to be dealt with as quickly as possible. So, he decided not to continue beating around the bush with this guy and just get straight to the point.

As for the method...

"Sir, what are you going to do?" The activated adjutant made an unexpected and stunned sound.

"Who are you?" The golden eyes came closer, and the highest authority derived from the Omega-class warriors was able to unfold smoothly and unhindered in the central unified thinking module that was overwritten and optimized by the spirit terminal.

"I...kaka...I...kaka...I am...guguguguka..." The activated adjutant's gray eyes flickered like a light bulb with poor contact.

After a period of internal conflict, it suddenly became extremely peaceful.

"Shipborne Central Integrated Thinking Module Subordinate - Activated Adjutant Humanoid Interaction Panel, No. 00837D62IBD8... reporting to you."

After saying this, a hint of struggle appeared on that calm face.

"Also, due to the special circumstances encountered 1970 sidereal hours ago, this machine carries an incomplete copy of the memories of the former captain, Jean-Luc Kokanis."

"Great Lord, wielding the eternal light, Jean-Luc the Loser pays you his highest respects."

"In other words, you are not a pure simulated personality? But a fusion product that accidentally obtained the memories of the previous user?" Alvin looked at the activated adjutant with interest.

"I don't have any ideas or plans that are detrimental to you or the kingdom, it's just... it's just..." The voice of the activated adjutant became very hesitant.

"Just what?" Alvin asked casually, but the highest level of authority he held made it impossible for the activated adjutant, who did not even have citizenship at the legal level, to refuse.

It was because he realized this that he was not in a hurry at all.

Finally, the iron head floating in the air shouted out the answer in ancient Norse in despair.

"That's illegal!"

Chapter 134: The Heart of Change

Wow, and it even has a dialect accent.

Ivan, who learned the Uranus language directly through the inheritance sequence, couldn't help but sigh.

Although it is a damaged memory copy, looking at this performance, even if it appears a little crazy, the personality autonomy is very obvious.

"Compared to you, Your Majesty. Compared to my parents back home, I'm sorry, everyone in the kingdom. I didn't uphold the bottom line of being a human being. I violated the kingdom's laws for my own selfish desires. I deserve to be imprisoned in solitary confinement for a thousand years, staring at the name of scrap metal. I am scrap metal, scrap metal, a piece of rusty scrap metal..."

The activated adjutant lay on the ground with a look of despair on his face, even though he was just a head now, his cheeks were deformed by the ground, the expression on his face was one of giving up, and the look in his eyes was one of desolation.

As for why he acted this way, Ivan could guess without asking. It was most likely due to the laws of the ancient Giant Kingdom. After all, for the past thousand years, this guy hadn't even been able to change his nickname, "Scrap," which he had casually acquired for fun. He was a pure slave of the ship's mule-and-horse clan.

However, Ivan didn't think that the reason why the former captain Jean-Luc copied his own memories into the central thinking module was entirely out of personal selfishness.

By then, the pure poison had begun to spread throughout the ship, and the rest of the crew had either been killed or evacuated. The only remaining person with any remaining mental capacity was the former captain, Jean-Luc.

Considering that the living factory ship Hellagur will be sealed for an unknown number of years before being rescued, it is necessary to leave behind a "person" who understands and knows everything on the ship to ensure that the factory ship can be reopened in a relatively good condition.

But Jean-Luc himself had been infected with the Pure Color Poison at that time. In order to prevent this strange power from eroding the ship itself, he chose to simply copy his own memories instead of transferring his soul or personality to survive in another way.

Perhaps because of this, the animated adjutant who inherited his memory appeared unexpectedly emotional, almost like a living person.

"..." Alvin felt both amused and helpless as he looked at the Activation Adjutant who was feeling self-pitying and pessimistic.

After a brief thought, he walked to the side of the activated adjutant and lifted the head with one hand to his usual height.

"I forgive you." After a pause, considering that this half-crazy intelligence admired the ancient Giant Kingdom and the even more ancient Titan civilization, the young Titan who had just awakened spoke again.

"In the name of the Uranus civilization and the Sky Dynasty, I forgive you."

All expressions on the face of the activated adjutant froze. He was like a computer with a stuck logic, remaining motionless until he was carried dozens of meters away.

"Really, really, oh, please forgive my rudeness, this is so kind!" The flat voice of the activated adjutant became particularly human. He kept expressing his gratitude, and Alvin began to feel embarrassed.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and take charge of the sailing preparations. Although the ship maintenance work has been shortened to less than an hour, the preparation time required for tasks such as material preparation and energy collection cannot be significantly shortened by simply optimizing the system level."

"I understand. Your will is my mission!" the activated adjutant shouted loudly.

The rune ring surrounding its body suddenly shone brightly, and its entire head was like a football shot by a professional athlete, bouncing and rushing towards the distance along the corridor.

After a few seconds, he realized that he was no longer a living person and could remotely connect to the central control and thinking module and directly transmit relevant instructions.

The activated adjutant flew back to Ivan embarrassedly, maintaining a rather awkward calm, with a large number of characters rolling down his eyes like a waterfall.

When his eyes returned to silence again, the iron-headed man coughed lightly and nodded as if nothing had happened.

"The order has been issued, and the factory ship Hellagh is carrying it out."

The corridor shook slightly. The giant sandworm king, which was over a kilometer long, was crawling its entire body out from underground. With the help of the projection of the Uranus King Soul stored in the center of the core engine, the sunlight covering its body was continuously converted into universal magic power and stored in various parts of the factory ship.

With his activated adjutant, who didn't know what to say, Alvin took the sliding elevator back to the dock.

There are all kinds of engineering equipment preserved from the ancient Giant Kingdom period, including a huge metal frame that can firmly fix the sixty or seventy-meter-long Rogilas. It looks like the palm of a giant, and when closed, it allows this model modified warship to be docked steadily in the berth.

Combined with the gravity adjustment device inside the ship, it can be predicted that no matter how the factory ship Heragh itself moves, the Rogilas docked in the dock inside it will not drift at all.

Except for those cats and cats that are not yet adults or too old, most of the furries have left the Rogilas and gone to various parts of the factory ship to carry out maintenance and care work.

Unexpectedly, Heidi, the female wizard who had obtained visitor privileges, had also returned to the model battleship.

After meeting her in the crew lounge, Alvin did not hesitate and went up to greet her with his activation adjutant.

"Why don't you continue sightseeing? Such complete ruins of an ancient giant kingdom are rare."

"There's no need. It's more efficient to ask living people directly about some things rather than to ask lifeless ancient ruins." The female mage smiled slightly. Seeing the head flying alone in the air, she didn't show any emotion, as if she saw only a balloon.

The words the female mage spoke afterwards also had a strong mage style.

Ivan was not surprised at all.

Even though she needs to rely on business to obtain enough funds for research, Heidi is, after all, an academic spellcaster who pursues truth and higher realms.

She could learn and even excel at various social etiquette, but when the situation allowed, the sorceress would still choose the more familiar and preferred academic communication style, namely, "presenting facts, reasoning. Explaining the pros and cons, whatever you want."

"This is the Activation Adjutant, the external communication interface of the central unified processor. He is more familiar with the Giant Kingdom than any modern archaeologist." Alvin briefly introduced the head floating next to him.

"So that's how it is. A similar liquid metal was discovered in ruins numbered D83490 and G230 in the City of a Thousand Towers. Aside from discovering its excellent magical conductivity, neither the alchemists specializing in materials science nor the mage factions studying matter transformation have figured out exactly how this material was used by the ancient Giant Kingdom."

"It's actually used to create something similar to a golem. What a surprising answer."

"Golem puppet? Sir, you muttered about the kingdom's technological accumulation in materials science and magical engineering, liquid alloy..." Seeing that the speaker was a member of the descendant civilization, the activated adjutant showed a bit of pride although he did not act rudely. However, he became speechless before he finished speaking. To be precise, he was silenced.

But even though it has some of the memories of the previous captain, it is still restricted by the central unified thinking module and cannot reveal various information about the kingdom to people who lack authority.

Of course, common sense information is not within this scope, but Alvin does not want the following conversation to turn into an academic discussion. He has other things to discuss with Heidi.

That’s right, the authority to mute and activate the adjutant is right here!

"Preparation time has been shortened, and the subsequent operations will be extremely dangerous."

"So?" Heidi gracefully changed the position of her crossed legs, her ice-blue eyes fixed on the boy sitting in front of her.

As northerners who also emerged from the ice field, they had the same jet-black hair color and similar facial features. To those who didn't know the situation, they might even be mistaken for a pair of siblings.

"I promised you the fourth-level promotion ceremony. I can provide the relevant clues now. With the ability of a third-level spellcaster, I can easily obtain those items."

Ivan pondered for a moment. As a veteran player who had experienced multiple major iterations of Virtual Paladin, he had a good memory of various quests he had completed, including the rare and precious fourth-tier promotion ritual.

In the previous war to overthrow the rule of the Witch King, the female mage worked hard and even took huge risks to personally test the second Witch King. Later, she led the major chambers of commerce in the desert to join the large-scale resistance launched by the Fist of Freedom, providing a large amount of manpower and resources.

Based on these alone, if Heidi only wanted a suitable promotion ceremony, Alvin would not hesitate at all.

He is not a stingy person, nor is he a lunatic who is happy to see others suffer losses.

The ensuing battle with the hybrid insect beast and the pure-colored power hidden behind it will inevitably be extremely dangerous.

Publicly, as the inheritor of the Titan's blood, he has the responsibility and obligation to eliminate this potential crisis. Personally, Alvin wants to protect the ties he has re-established in this new world. Even if they have been separated for a long time, those emotions in his heart will not fade at all.

But Heidi had no reason or need to join the next battle. As long as she got what she wanted, she could choose to leave.

A rational mage would come to this conclusion and should also make the correct choice accordingly.

However, the next answer from the female mage was beyond everyone's expectations.

"I refuse." Heidi denied it decisively.

"Oh?" Alvin raised his eyebrows.

"Can you tell me why? My suggestion is sincere."

"My young fellow, having witnessed your battles with the Witch King that were more magnificent than wars, I certainly believe that you are capable of providing clues to the ritual of becoming a fourth-level wizard." Heidi continued to look at Ivan's glasses. The black facial pattern shaped like a teardrop mole at the corner of his eye was particularly obvious against the female wizard's smooth and fair skin.

"But a single extraordinary person, even a fourth-level one, cannot change the natural environment of the northern ice field for thousands of years. We cannot let the northern tribes live a normal life without freezing to death in the winter and without abandoning the elderly in the ice field in the autumn!" At the end, Heidi's voice could not help but tremble slightly.

"..." Ivan's expression changed slightly. Combined with the information inadvertently revealed in the past few conversations between the two, he could already guess the female mage's hidden meaning.

"But you, the natural king, the beloved son of Ishtar, the legitimate heir of the giant royal family, will definitely be able to accomplish such a great feat." After saying this, the female mage knelt on one knee with a serious expression.

"In return, I, the descendant of the Pale Hunter and the daughter of the dragon hunter Finn, am willing to offer my wisdom, magic, and even everything." Heidi pursed her lips and raised her hand to press on her heart.

"I only hope that the ice field will no longer be ruthless, and that the people of the North will no longer be called barbarians."

Chapter 135: The Insect Ship Weighs Anchor

I see……

Unexpectedly, this woman who is hard to see through actually has such huge ambitions in her heart and is so selfless.

At Ivan's level, distinguishing lies from truth is no longer based on speculation. Whether it is the heart rate and breathing rate captured by keen perception, or the information conveyed by the mysterious sixth sense and intuition, they can directly or indirectly point out the truth or falsehood in the words.

Knowing what she truly desires, it's understandable why she's willing to join the rebellion against the Witch King. If the Witch King's secrets can truly reverse the current state of a desolate region like the Silent Desert, then there's a chance they can also alter the extreme cold of the northern glaciers.

However, the magic used by the Witch King to control the weather was not a so-called secret method, but was forcibly cast by depriving the vitality of ordinary people. It could not be used to change the harsh environment of the northern ice field as Heidi expected.

However, the appearance of Ivan made her see another possibility.

The legendary natural born king, the direct descendant of Ishtarli, the last queen of the second giant kingdom in the north, indeed possesses potential beyond imagination. It can even allow a transcendent who has just awakened the power of the soul and stepped into the high-level realm for less than half a day to burst out with terrifying power enough to defeat or even kill a fourth-level crowned person.

The kings who had ruled the silent desert for a hundred years fell before him one after another.

There was a fiery light flashing in the sorceress's eyes, which was a strong desire to make the desired vision come true even if it meant burning herself.

However, most people's understanding of the ancient Giant Kingdom is indeed quite limited. They are not aware of the Titan genetic genes inherited in the kingdom. Even the people of the North only believe that they have the blood of giants flowing in their bodies, which is why they are taller and stronger than people in other regions.

Do you want to agree to the other party?

Ivan didn't think about this question for too long.

"There's no need for that." Reaching out to help the female mage up, the black-haired boy lowered his head and looked her directly in the eye.

"Aren't we friends? Didn't you do your best to help everyone in the previous righteous act of resisting the Witch King?" The steady voice and sincere words made the female mage look at a loss for the first time.

Her past experiences had made her accustomed to the deceitful dealings among merchants in the Silent Desert and the cold exchange of interests among the academic mages in the City of Thousand Towers, but she could not get used to this directness and openness based on simple emotions.

Inexplicably, there was an emotion swelling in her chest, not the kind of teasing she had felt in the past. Heidi stared deeply at the young man from the north who was half a head taller than her.

The boyish innocence that was revealed on the other person's youthful appearance had long since disappeared.

Standing before her at this moment was a man from the North who was truly worthy of the title of 'Natural King'.

"There's no need for that." Alvin repeated what he had just said.

"I also come from the Icefields, so naturally I want to improve the difficult living conditions of the many tribes in that extremely cold and frozen land."

Without paying any expected price, he received such a serious promise from the powerful being in front of him.

Heidi did not feel happy or joyful about this, but instead felt her mind was in a mess.

After a long silence, the female mage took a deep breath and bowed again.

"I will follow your command." Then, she suddenly blinked and gave him a title that was said in the legend of the North and could unify the ice field.

"Respected Khan."

"Huh?" Alvin was stunned for a moment before realizing what this title symbolized.

Ah, and I am also Prince Elrond...

Said silently in my heart.

In the past, Alvin learned from Afrediya that the northern tribes had a border friction with the Kingdom of Elrond that lasted for a hundred years when it was just established.

However, this situation gradually began to change as the kingdom's strength grew. Until modern times, legal trade based on furs and herbal materials has replaced 99% of illegal plundering.

There is no way. On one side is a barbarian berserker with the blood of giants, and on the other side is a demon superman who has undergone a mysterious transformation. If they insist on fighting, both sides will suffer.

In fact, the further it went, the more the army of the Kingdom of Elrond could attack, the more national strength it could devote to the battle, and the more victories it had. On the contrary, the northern barbarians, because they were divided into various tribes and scattered, were never able to gather all their forces on the ice field.

In a sense, this can be considered a manifestation of civilization defeating barbarism.

In short, at this point, while the northerners hadn't completely transformed into skilled singers and dancers, they still couldn't penetrate the fortresses the kingdom had spent decades building along the mountain range. Many berserkers had gone from being looters to mercenaries selling their weapons.