Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

When the connection was successfully completed, Hubie immediately received the information from the [connected entity] and synchronized the latest data:

"【Dragon Spirit】Tolsius, once followed 【Yanlong】Alanreif, one of the three great dragon kings, to fight together. They were both passionate about fighting. Later, for unknown reasons, he withdrew from the order of his followers... After Yanlong died in the war with the Ex-Machina, he began to wander around, looking for and attempting to launch a retaliatory attack on the Ex-Machina..."

Mentioning [Yanlong], Xubi immediately thought of the great battle. Coincidentally, she was also a participant in the battle, but that was done by thousands of Ex-Machinas together, which did not mean that she had a way to defeat the opponent...

“【Destroy it…】”

"!"

There was no sign, just a few words from the other party... The two Ex-Machinas floating in the front of the team instantly emitted several beams of light from their internal bodies...

Then there was a loud "boom" and it exploded into pieces all over the sky.

"【Warning】The number of personnel has been drastically reduced. Currently there are 213 units left. Change the array..."

"Oops!"

Hubie realized something was wrong and looked outside, only to see that most of the [combatants] in this team of [linked bodies] were damaged, which forced the host to abandon the command to attack and change the formation to defend with all its strength.

But this won’t work!

It was clear that it would take at least four hours for the nearest [Link] to arrive here. If they gave up the attack now, their chances of winning would only be even smaller.

"Roar!"

"[No Entry]"

Another dragon's breath rushed up, and the Mecha immediately opened a defensive barrier in front of him to resist the dragon's flames that kept rushing up.

After a stalemate of about a minute, the dragon's breath gradually stopped. Thorsius was a little annoyed when he saw his attack was blocked, but he also understood that the Ex-Machina fighting in groups was like a turtle shell, so he couldn't rush...

Then it spread its huge black dragon wings and circled around the remaining Ex-Machinas, like a shark that had discovered a lone boat on the sea, looking for an opportunity to break through.

This scene also made Shubi even more anxious... Even if other Ex-Machinas didn't have much concerns about dying here, she was different. She and Shinji had agreed to return alive...

But if left alone, Chronicle and the others would be affected by the war and even die, and she couldn't accept that.

"Xubi requests to launch an attack and release [False Code? Yan Long Xiao] to fight against it..."

"…【Calculating…】, 【Calculation result】The success rate of the proposal is less than 10%, and the probability of 【killing/severely damaging】 the enemy is zero…【Proposal rejected】."

"But how do you know if you don't try? Won't you die anyway if you continue like this?"

"…【Answer】We have sent a request for assistance to the host, and it is estimated that we will arrive at the battlefield in 3 hours, 42 minutes and 27 seconds. If we defend with all our strength during this period, the survival rate of the machine will be maximized, so we choose this option..."

"why is it like this…"

Three hours... By then, this area will probably become a ruin, not to mention protecting other humans.

Hubie gritted his teeth and seemed to want to say something, but the enemy's next attack came again...

"【Full Cross】"

The giant dragon circling around them suddenly twisted its body, and then it teleported to the front of Shuvi and the other Ex-Machinas.

The extremely sharp dragon claws instantly tore through the defensive barrier formed by the Ex-Machinas. In order to resist this attack, the Ex-Machinas used the non-directional volatilization of super-concentrated spirits to form an "offensive defense wall" to block this claw attack.

But because they lost the shield formed by [No Entry], they will be unable to withstand the next attack...

The blazing flames accumulated in the mouth of the black dragon Thorsius, and then suddenly shot out forward.

Facing this irresistible dragon breath, the Ex-Machina database has a similar solution...

"[Traffic Control]"

Circles of blue magic rings overlapped and intersected with each other, and then collided with the dragon's breath, but this time it was not a defense, but to deflect the attack and make it fall somewhere else.

However...when Hubie saw the direction in which the attack was offset, his pupils instantly shrank into a point.

"not good!"

“…Ah…It’s almost over…”

Below, Chroni stood at the entrance of the base, her eyes empty, a helpless smile on her face, watching the pillar of fire flying towards her...

Hmm... I didn't expect her to be so calm before she died. Perhaps it was because they were born in such a world full of dangers, and they had already prepared to die at any time.

But, I am so unwilling to accept this... She hasn't even talked about a boyfriend yet...

Two lines of crystal tears flowed from the pair of dazed sapphire eyes, and the girl tightly grasped the gem passed down from their ancestors.

I remember her mother told her when she was very young that if she met someone important to her in the future, she could carve their name on it so that the memory would be preserved forever... Unfortunately, it's too late now...

"boom!!!"

The scorching flames rushed past the girl, the high temperature instantly evaporated the tears on her face, and her clothes were curled up by the heat, but she did not feel the pain of death.

"Um…?"

Chloro Ni opened one eye in fear and looked at what was happening in front of her, but what she saw immediately shocked her:

"Hubby!? Why are you here?"

Chloro Ni covered her mouth and looked at the petite figure standing in front of her with great pity...

It was obvious that the other person was not even as tall as her chest, but now she couldn't even help. How could she, as an older sister, cope with this?

"Hubby...just go away, don't worry about us..."

"…don't want!"

"You are the one who doesn't want to! If we continue like this, we will all die, but you are different... You still have Shinji... Didn't you agree to help us end the war?"

Chloro raised her hands to shield her face to prevent the layers of heat from burning her eyes.

I moved step by step with difficulty to the back of Hubie...and this is also the place with the highest temperature.

The clothes on Hubie's body were burned to carbonization, and the metal core was emitting high temperatures, but Chloe still let the high temperature burn her smooth skin, and came to Hubie's side and hugged her gently:

"Be good and listen to me... Don't worry about us, just run away quickly. This may be the fate of us humans..."

"..."

Hubie didn't say anything, or he couldn't speak... The high temperature caused the body's sensory system to become confused. He wanted to shed tears, but they were evaporated by the high temperature before they could flow out.

The small arms supported a blue, shaky magic circle. If she had left just now, everyone behind her would have died...

If Hubie was still the same person as before, perhaps she would choose to leave without hesitation.

But she is now Shuvi! An Ex-Machina with a heart!

Then she couldn't ignore these humans who had always taken good care of her!

"Hubby...don't!!!"

"Crack!"

With a sound like glass breaking, the magic circle in Hubie's hand was instantly shattered. Chloni closed her eyes in regret and hugged Hubie tightly... It was all her fault. She shouldn't have sent that letter for help. Otherwise, Hubie wouldn't have been...

And that damn Shinji, where on earth did he go? Your Hubie is almost dead, you bastard!

“…Buzz!”

At the critical moment, a blue barrier blocked the flame column, and the surging dragon flames hit the blue shield and spread out in all directions...

Is this... the Ex-Machina reinforcements?

No, if it was reinforcements, they came too fast... Then what on earth was it...

Hubie opened his eyes tiredly, and a familiar figure slowly came into focus.

Although this back view is not tall, it always makes people feel at ease...

Away from the scorching heat of the front line, Hubie's tears finally flowed smoothly:

“…Shin…Shinji! Uwuwu…”

Shinji slowly turned his head when he heard the call, and gave the two people behind him a confident smile:

"Well... I'm coming..."

“…Sealing technique and suction seal!”

Shinji stretched out his hands, and the round shield expanded again, completely separating the flames from them and the area behind them...