Chapter 51: Wooing
The eyes of the two men met in the same place, but they quickly drifted away.
Christine's hand retracted as if she had been electrocuted, and both of them were embarrassed in this atmosphere.
"Ah・・・・・・ it's not early, I still have something to do. Then I'll go first. Christine, whose face was slightly flushed, said hurriedly, and prepared to leave again.
"Miss Christine・・・・・・ Gathering courage, Andrew called out to the girl who was about to leave.
"Andrew?" Christine was slightly surprised to see the look on the wooden boy's face that had never been so serious.
"Can you do me a favor?" It was the first time Andrew had spoken to Christine so solemnly.
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"The second trial, start now." Under Professor Preskas's villa, a large number of staff members gathered in the experiment. Although Prescas himself claims to be the chief of the [Hidden Mechanism], in fact, nothing else belongs to him except for the [Black Cross].
Shortly after the hearing, Preskars took Constance Dante back to the testing ground under his apartment, and after yesterday's night's calculations, the data was almost complete.
"Professor, looks like you've won." On the high platform, there was still a group of black-clothed people standing tall, although there seemed to be a little less people, but Constance Dante could still feel that the coercion above had not weakened in the slightest.
The man in black snorted coldly, "I hope you don't forget our agreement." ”
"You don't need to be reminded of this." Preskars said coldly, not giving the other party a good look.
"Well, in that case, the driving of the prototype machine should also begin, right?" The man asked in a deep voice, his hand waving into the air, and behind Cons, Dante and Preskas, a mechanical door burst open, like a prehistoric beast opening its bloody mouth.
"Although the [Gilgamesh] prototype machine failed, I don't think [Enqidu] will disappoint us!" On the high platform, Constance Dante could feel the smile in the other party's words, but it was cold to the bone.
Constance Dante subconsciously looked back, shocked that the scene in front of him was beyond the scope of explanation. What a marvellous creation, as if it were not man-made but brought to life by God.
Unlike the burly Achilles, in front of him, like a giant with a spear standing between heaven and earth, more like a tall skeleton, it stands silently behind Constance Dante, and countless cables are like iron cables that bind Prometheus to connect the giant to the earth.
This is the brother of Gilgamesh, but its structure bears no resemblance to the Gilgamesh seen by Consitine.
On the edge of the mechanical elevated platform, mechanics are busy debugging this proud machine, although it has been developed a long time ago, but due to the lack of a large amount of data, it cannot be driven at all, and today everyone will witness the return of the hero. "I didn't expect you to be so impatient." Preskars teased that when the Grace was first built, the men claimed that it was a machine that no one could operate, that it was completely scrap metal, and that it was abandoned in the warehouse. At this time, they are this face, after all, it is a matter of profit, if there is no value, then anyone, including this perfect work, will be abandoned.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Preskars smiled under his mask. "Indeed, far superior to [Gilgamesh's] masterpiece, but still soulless." Constance Dante muttered to himself, this kind of coercion was very close to the aura of the [Achilles] piloted by Esser, but it was only one step away, and it did not go beyond the scope of weapons.
Today is the time for us to give him a soul. It's not my work, but I have to admit that it's a far better producer than me. Preskars was in a tone of admiration, and to Constance Dante's surprise, the mecha was not Preskas's work. Although, too, there was a doubt about the gap between [Enqidu] and [Gilgamesh], but who else but Preskas could build a new mecha system beyond the old and new Rome? And why that man left, leaving only Pliskas to develop, is a mystery.
However, the appearance of this mecha caused Constance Dante to fall into a deep shock.
That person must have been there too, otherwise this model would have been hard to imagine out of thin air. Even that man, Cons Dante, knew him.
"Knights on the altar, can you take off your mask now?" On the high platform, the masked man hidden in the darkness suddenly asked in a nonchalant tone.
"Why? I need a reason. It was the first time Cons Dante had spoken directly to them, but there was a toughness in the young man's tone.
This also aroused the interest of the other party.
"Oh?" A meaningful chuckle. "As a gifted knight, your performance is already comparable to that of the king of knights. As long as you wish, your prestige can spread to any part of the continent where the sun shines. Everything you want, money, women, power, is in your pocket. Doesn't that tempt you? The man is clearly courting Constance Dante, but in Constance Dante's eyes, he is standing on a high place in charity.
"There's a lot we can give you, and I don't think any young man wants to spend his life in mediocrity, and it's a shame to be a test rider. With our help, you can do what Alexander the Great. There was a demagogy in the man's words, and he would have been tempted if it were someone else, but for Constance Dante, he had no interest.
"If that's the case, then there's no need for me." Constance Dante flatly rejected the other party. He didn't know the details of the other party, but there was no need for Constance Dante to know that if he stood in his way, then everyone would be his enemy.
Once he had carved a bloody path to step into the center of the maelstrom of power, and now that he was leaving this maelstrom, he didn't mind fighting his way out of the maelstrom.
"Hmph." With a cold snort, three points of annoyance and seven points of ridicule, it seems that the other party still did not take Constance Dante to heart and did not say anything more.
"Guys, now that everything is ready, let's start this experiment!" Preskars said with a mocking glance above him, and the mechanics in white overalls were ready.
"In that case, let's listen to the professor's arrangement!" Above, a deep and majestic voice was heard.