Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

In the Kaaba Empire, the main city of Maia in the North, an inconspicuous caravan slowly drove into the city. The high heat brought by the magic engine evaporated the surrounding flying snow, causing the white steam to move toward both sides of the road like mist. Side diffuse.

Maia City is an ancient city with a history of more than 600 years. It was founded by the Maia family who migrated here from the western part of the empire. During the magic revolution more than a hundred years ago, the Maia family took the lead in supporting the transformation of magic and became the conqueror in one fell swoop. The industrial base in the northern region of the Erba Empire.

In this city, you can see towering chimneys and factories everywhere, as well as colorful magic slag smoke, which are waste micro magic crystals produced by the operation of magic energy engines. They can harm human health and cause various lung diseases. Although the Empire The government has repeatedly ordered rectifications, and even asked to stop work to check the level of pollution. However, the industrial zone is the economic lifeline of the entire northern region. Not only the factory owners, but also the workers do not agree with the empire's requirements even for their own jobs.

Because of the prosperous economy brought about by taking the lead in demonization and the independence of being in the remote north, the Maia Territory and the imperial officialdom have always been inseparable, almost like a country within a country. As the local lord and the largest factory owner, faced with As the imperial official became more and more aggressive, aiming to integrate the great nobles from all over the country and complete the centralized power, Lord Maia would naturally have thoughts of 'independence'.

However, in addition to magic technology, this world also has extraordinary power... and as the royal family of the Kelba Empire possessing the power of the dragon, they are the greatest deterrent.

Lord Maia believed that if he showed any signs of independence, the imperial royal family would directly burn him to death in his own bed, even at the risk of arousing the dissatisfaction of all the nobles - of course, such a result , it is very likely that wars are spreading everywhere, and even if the Kaaba Empire is not divided, its vitality will be greatly reduced.

But so what? He was already dead by that time.

——You must have power.

——But it can’t be noticed by the empire.

Lord Maia, who walks on the tightrope, even sleeping peacefully is a luxury. He is afraid that the achievements of his family's construction over the years will be taken away by the imperial royal family. The glorious Maia family will eventually become a disgraceful footnote in history. ... Outsiders can only see his power like the little emperor of the North, but they cannot see that he has been so fearful for decades.

Until twelve years ago, a mysterious man with a dragon ball appeared in a small mountain village on the edge of the Maia Territory.

--Dragon Ball.

This ancient vocabulary immediately reminded Lord Maia of distant myths and legends... Yes, if you want to fight against the royal family of the Kelba Empire who possesses the power of the divine dragon, you can only rely on the dragon beads, and you can only obtain them from the ancestral dragon. Wish, and also obtain the power of the divine dragon, so that I can fight against the winner of the last Dragon Ball Ceremony!

Since then, the Maia family has been secretly searching for traces of the Dragon Ball holder who disappeared in the North. Unfortunately, he seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, almost completely disappearing, if not still from time to time. A hunter in the mountains said that if he had seen traces of a huge dragon in the Kobol Mountains, everyone would probably think that he had left the Northland.

Because of this, all the people in the world who have thoughts about the Dragon Balls... and even other people who hold the Dragon Balls, seem to be attracted by gravity and gather towards the north.

After leading the team of lords disguised as a caravan, they returned to the private mansion. Lord Maia, whose expression had returned to normal, invited the scholars to their respective rooms and put them under house arrest under the best conditions. Then he returned In his own study, he used the magic mark to open the secret door and enter the hidden underground chamber.

The underground secret room is very simple, just an ordinary room covered with a layer of camouflage runes, and in the center of the room is a mercury mirror.

Without any hesitation, after entering the secret room, Lord Maia directly connected his magic power to the mercury mirror, responded to the other mercury mirror on the other side, and then entered the information.

The summoning of the divine dragon was successful, but the person who was summoned was not 'Nidhogg' but 'Zhu Zhou'... Because the summoning was successful, I was arrogant for a moment and offended the other party. Zhu Zhou has a surly personality and can resist the Dragon Balls. Control, although he did not kill us, he took away the dragon balls and the androids and disappeared into the wilderness.

Lord Maia did not add any exaggeration, but objectively stated his failure: Unfortunately, I think there is no way for me to fulfill the agreement. This is the responsibility of our Maia family.

After more than ten seconds, the mercury mirror began to fluctuate, and a string of words appeared on the surface of the mirror.

[Can it resist the power of Dragon Balls? Zhu Zhou actually has such a strong power, which is not shown in myths and legends... I already know it. 】

Just as crisply and without any nonsense, a large number of words began to appear on the mercury mirror: [You should simply admit your failure in time instead of hiding it from me. You are not incompetent. No matter what, originally my expectations for you were nothing more than fish in muddy waters, but now, a divine dragon that is powerful enough to withstand the power of the ancestral dragon is actually more useful than the expected 'Black Dragon of Despair', and it is gone from your hands. is a good thing. 】

Facing the leading noble in the entire empire, the attitude behind the mercury mirror is still very casual, but Lord Maia does not have the slightest objection to this - it is not that he does not feel anger and shame, but that he deeply knows that the other party It is not an existence that they can use their power to coerce.

In fact, the dragon ball that summoned Zhu Zhou was given to the Maia family by the other party. Faced with a powerful unknown being who could take out a dragon ball and give it away at will, no one could be too cautious.

It seemed that he had been thinking for a while. After a while, after the old words disappeared, words appeared again on the flat mercury mirror: [Can you determine the location of that dragon? 】

There is a tracking beacon we set inside the artificial human body.

[Well, that's fine. Pay attention to the other party's position and report to me as soon as there are any major changes - this is related to the fate of your family. You should understand the importance of this matter without me urging you. 】

Yes. After a brief reply, the mercury mirror returned to calmness and could even reflect Lord Maia's slightly aged face.

Lord Maia, who has always maintained the most basic calmness and rationality, showed a ferocious expression when facing himself reflected in this mercury mirror.

Damn it! He roared lowly and wanted to punch the mercury mirror, but just as his fist was raised, he slowly lowered it.

But this way, the anger on his face became even more intense: Damn it!

Just as Lord Maia was gritting his teeth, he didn't know who he was cursing.

I didn't expect that you actually have a transmitter on you.

Northland, the wilderness area, a windless area in the hilly jungle, Su Zhou who lit the bonfire stretched out his hand in surprise and pointed at Aura, who was sitting motionless in front of the bonfire: That group of people are still there. Quite cautious, but fortunately I have always been careful and observant.

With the power of a thoughtless heart, Su Zhou could clearly hear that there was an active voice node in Aura's almost void-like mind... There was no need to guess, there must be a ghost!

Therefore, when the young man pointed his index finger, a purple light flashed.

Immediately, a huge force vibrated through the air, directly powdering a delicate spiritual power node hidden in the middle of the android girl's eyebrows, turning it into pure spiritual energy and returning it to the world.

During this process, Aura, who was covered in a coat, remained motionless, not even blinking. The dancing bonfire was reflected in her red eyes, as if she was in a daze.

Su Zhou was not surprised by this. After all, he had already learned from Lord Maia before that Aura was just a three-day-old artificial human, specially prepared to fight for the Dragon Balls and summon the dragon on behalf of the Maia family. Tool of.

In her mind, apart from the basic general knowledge about artificial humans, there was only the ritual of summoning the dragon. If no one else gave her orders, then Aura herself would not take any unnecessary actions.

Although I brought this little guy out to avoid trouble, what should I do with her...

Su Zhou was actually quite troubled by the existence of Aura - he was not actually a visitor from another world purely summoned by the Dragon Balls. Even if Aura, the summoner, died, Su Zhou felt that he would not be removed from the world. He refused to leave, but even so, his itinerary in the world of Yala would definitely have a great impact, not to mention that he was already very interested in the Dragon Ball Wishing Ceremony.

Therefore, ensuring the safety of Aura is one of Su Zhou's current tasks. According to Su Zhou's guess, the battle for the Dragon Balls is definitely not like the Pokémon Dream on the other side of the earth, which is a fight between dragons. Fighting back and forth, everyone's first priority must be to kill the opponent's summoner first, so that no matter how powerful the dragon is, it will be excluded from the world.

In this case, as an artificial human, Aura, who has no fear or reaction ability of ordinary people, has the lowest survival rate. Even Su Zhou cannot guarantee that he can protect the opponent.

After all, the seven Dragon Ball holders are now in this area of ​​Northland - the first time in eight hundred years that all of them have gathered, which means that the war for the Dragon Balls is almost imminent, no matter where they are in Northland. , a battle may break out at any time.

Just now, Su Zhou flew to the sky and looked down at this area. From the sky, the most conspicuous ones were the cities built by the river, with the main city of Maia as the source, major satellite cities and scattered villages and towns, and then It’s the snow-white wilderness where the north itself is, and the mountainous areas further north.

If a battle is going to happen, it should be in these places. Then we will patrol around and see if we can find any clues.

Thinking of this, Su Zhou took out the 'Dragon Ball' he had previously obtained from Aura.

The dragon ball was originally a pure light golden ball with a texture as hard as crystal. However, after Su Zhou was summoned, an extremely simple white dragon with ancient totem divisions appeared on it, with a flame-like flame behind it. Light Wings.

The light of the bonfire was reflected on it, and there was even a vague illusion that the light wings were vibrating.

Clicking his tongue twice, Su Zhou looked at his dragon balls and totems. He couldn't help but sigh: How long has it been? The earth has only been three years old. How come I even have totems in other worlds? Looking at it this way, it turns out that Authentic, at least it was designed thousands of years ago...

There's nothing strange about this.

In response, Yara sighed: Three years on Earth, maybe a thousand years in other worlds... Isn't it just like one day in the sky and one year on the earth? There are many time comparisons faster than this.

You are my covenant holder, so your information will be transmitted faster in my world. This is normal... What's more, information transmission is inherently unreasonable, and may even lead to substitution and confusion. It's like telling your story in another way, it's very similar to Nidhogg - in some worlds, the two of you in legends may even gradually confuse and mix up, giving birth to new ones. Dragon.

I'm not weird about this kind of thing.

Su Zhou, who came to replace Nidhogg, nodded slightly, with a rather emotional expression: I just never thought that one day, I could also be the 'Dragon' in myths and legends, and compete with the legendary dragons I had heard about. We fight, this experience...

After saying this, he couldn't help but smile: The extraordinary world is really interesting.

After sighing for a moment, Su Zhou put down the dragon ball and continued to turn to look at Aura.

The girl with red eyes has a delicate face and her skin is as white as snow. In addition to the white robe, she is also wearing a large black windbreaker.

You only wear this little, aren't those people in the Maia family afraid that you will die of cold?

The black coat on Aura was the one Su Zhou kept in his personal space for dressing up. After he noticed that the girl had only a white robe and nothing else, he put it on her, and she didn't. reject.

In response to Su Zhou's direct inquiry, Aura raised her head. She looked at Su Zhou, showed a business smile, and said in a soft voice: Boin Workshop has been specialized in manufacturing artificial humans for four hundred years. Its reputation is guaranteed and it can endure The temperature ranges from minus fifty-three to eighty-five degrees, and will vary depending on the concentration of magic power, with an error of no more than three degrees, which can support stronger and higher-intensity enhanced modifications.

Boin Workshop, the best alchemy workshop in the Kaaba Empire.

...It actually has built-in advertising instructions.

After answering the question, Aura lowered her head again and looked at the bonfire, and Su Zhou also knew very well that the other party was indeed not an ordinary human being, and his body was much tougher than ordinary human beings.

In this regard, Su Zhou also asked with great interest: Ola, I remember you said that your life span is less than thirty days, right? Is this long or short? How many days does an average artificial human have? .”

And if the artificial man dies, what will be the result?

My usage period is set to thirty-one days, which is an extended and enhanced type. The general-purpose android's usage period is seven days, and the professional combat android's period is one day. My remaining usage time is 27 days, 13 hours, 49 minutes, and 21 seconds.

Regarding Su Zhou's completely rude question, Aura's answer was still gentle and polite. Her voice was clear and rhythmic. Listening to the language of the Kaaba Empire, it was like singing: Usage date of artificial human beings After it's over, the magic power in the body will automatically dissociate and be restored to raw materials, which can be used to refine new artificial humans.

Really... As expected, there is no fear at all.

After asking the question, Su Zhou used his magical powers to listen carefully to Aura's heart.

The result was naturally very simple. He didn't hear any sound - although the android girl had a simple artificial soul, she had almost no module for active thinking... In other words, she was essentially a moving body. The doll only has human hardware and a brain, but because it is only a few days old, it does not know how to use it to think.

This result actually piqued his interest.

Su Zhou, what do you want to do? Is it possible...

In this regard, Yala, who was lying on top of Su Zhou's head, vaguely guessed what Su Zhou was thinking, and the young man simply nodded: After all, she is the little guy who summoned me. I can't really let her wait until she is twenty. Will it turn into ashes in a few days? Of course I can prepare a complete body for her, not an artificial human body, but the premise is that by that time, she will no longer be the doll she is now, but will at least have basic thinking ability. 'people'.

As he said this, his tone became playful: Besides, don't you find it interesting?

It's just like the ancient snake from back then that tricked the original couple into swallowing the divine fruit, enabling them to distinguish between good and evil, know shame...and gain 'wisdom'.

Of course, I don't intend to confuse - I just intend to teach. After saying this, Su Zhou smiled happily: It just so happens that I can also test my understanding of the magical power of 'mind power' and my understanding of the human soul. Profiling, how accurate it is.”

It's true, yes. Hearing this, the snake spirit's tail raised slightly, its tone was pleasant, and it nodded: This is indeed a good idea.

Aura, who was staring at the bonfire, did not hear the undisguised words of Su Zhou and Yala. Because of her logical thinking, she would not react to anything unrelated to her mission.

But soon, Su Zhou's words caught her attention again.

Are you really not afraid of death at all?

I have no such sentiments, my lord.

This is not okay.

In response to Aura's simple and straightforward answer, Su Zhou said in an extremely serious tone: You must learn to fear, fear of death. If you are not afraid of death, and you fail to evade in time when you encounter danger or are attacked, then you will More likely to die than someone who is afraid of death.”

And if you die, I will be weakened, the Dragon Ball may be taken away, and the mission will fail - fear of death is to ensure survival and the success of the mission.

This series of logic was forced into Aura's mind by Su Zhou.

Victory in the Dragon Ball War... has the highest priority. Fear of death is the condition to assist in achieving victory.

Blinking, the white-haired and red-eyed android girl looked a little blank, but soon she repeated: In order to ensure the success of the mission, I must protect survival, and ensuring survival is tantamount to fear of death.

That's right!

Saying this, Professor Su Zhousu, an outstanding professor at Qinxing Academy and a model for young teachers across the country, smiled like a teacher: The first step to a successful mission is to learn how to be afraid.

And just when Su Zhou was instilling the correct views on the android girl.

A few hours ago, Aura's summoning ceremony was successful, and a purple aura came to the world.

An invisible wave began to resonate among all the dragon balls.

——In an ordinary small hotel around Maia City in the North.

A wandering mage in rather shabby clothes and glasses who was reading a magic book took out a golden ball from his arms in confusion.

This wandering mage has messy black hair, messily tied into dreadlocks and draped behind his back.

The last Dragon Ball holder who summoned the divine dragon... finally appears.

The war...is about to begin.

Thinking of this, the wandering mage's expression showed a hint of helplessness and fear, but also a hint of yearning.

But it was useless to think too much. She took a deep breath for a while, then slowly calmed down and started reading the book in her hand again.

A huge shadow with snake hair loomed behind him.

——In the wilderness, in an ordinary little house by the river.

A sturdy middle-aged man with short white hair is checking his tools - a dozen bottles of various alchemical potions, a hand crossbow that can be strapped to his hand, a crimson scimitar that shines with dim magic light, and a large A pile of disassembled parts.

It can be seen that this sturdy middle-aged man should be a bounty hunter. He also has a union badge on his chest. At this time, he seemed to sense something, but he was not affected by the resonance of the Dragon Ball. Instead, he simply started to assemble the pile of parts in front of him.

Soon, a large-caliber armor-piercing pistol made entirely of gray silver and engraved with magnificent runes was assembled. It could be vaguely seen that the almost boiling evil spirit was spreading on this pistol that could hunt giant beasts.

Don't make any noise.

Suddenly, he spoke and said to the empty river outside the window: There is plenty for you to eat...but before that, be patient.

Upon hearing the order, the huge giant snake's phantom showed a crazy and fierce light that belongs to the monster, but then, it still floated unwillingly in the river, and then disappeared.

——Upstream in the wilderness of the Northland, on an ice-free lake, on a luxurious yacht.

The man with long blond hair and luxurious clothes looked at the resonating dragon ball in his hand with a reserved face, then shook his head and said: The rebels have gathered together. I thought they might not be able to gather seven people, but unexpectedly, eight hundred Years have passed, and there are still people peeking at the power of the Dragon Balls.

Beside him, rows of warriors wearing solid power armor were silent, like standing statues, motionless.

Forget it, I just want to catch them all as a gift to my father.

And the frozen lake began to slowly ripple, and a huge whirlpool began to take shape.

Vaguely visible, a huge fish-like dragon-like creature was swimming among them.

——The main city of Maia, the Temple of the Ancestral Dragon.

A young priest was meditating at this time, but an inexplicable feeling interrupted his practice, and he could only sigh helplessly.

After leaving his practice room, he went to the secret room under the temple, took out the dragon ball from the secret cabinet, and then called softly, calling the dragon sleeping in the distant vault to return, and informed it that the war had begun.

——High above the northern sky, above the clouds.

Enjoying the pleasure of flying, standing above the clouds and looking up at the sun, the young man in the mountains opened his hands, as if he wanted to embrace the golden and warm source of all things and bask in its brilliance, but soon, his expression changed slightly.

And in the seemingly empty sky, a deep voice came from the heart: Be careful, I feel it, the last dragon has arrived... If you want to survive, then you have to work hard.

I understand. The young man who seemed to be a hunter nodded solemnly. He held the long bow tightly in his hand and looked down at the long arrows made of bright feathers in the quiver on his waist, like condensed light, and then Show a confident smile.

——Finally, the Northland Mountains, the deepest part.

In the dark underground cave, the fluorescence of the magic crystal released a faint light, and under this light, a man whose age could not be identified was playing chess with a dragon-man with two wings.

However, when the man was about to land, he raised his head with some confusion and looked upward. His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the earth and rock formations and see outside the cave.

Strange...why does this breath look so similar to yours?

Hearing this, the winged dragon man narrowed his eyes slightly. He sensed it for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: I thought it was your illusion, but it's really wonderful, and there are indeed some similarities - but this is not the same as your plan. Isn’t it different?”

Indeed, but it doesn't matter. With a shrug, the man dropped a piece on the chessboard. His expression was very confident and he said calmly: Everything is still as I expected.

Just when the young man was teaching the android girl what fear is and why she needs to be fearful in the jungle of the northern wilderness.

All the elements are present.

The ancient ritual that had been silent for nearly a thousand years was started again.

Whether it is an enthusiastic careerist or an ordinary person who is involved, whether it is a conspirator with ulterior motives or a determined fanatic.

Everyone, all existence, is prepared for the war that is bound to come.

——If we say that ordinary people's wars have always been based on the blood and lives of both parties, competing for common interests.

Then, in the next war related to the 'ancestor' and the 'wishes', the stakes are an even greater future and destiny.

And this is the first day Su Zhou arrives.

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