Chapter 14: The Dusty Dark Elf Spell Mark (Part I)
The night was deep and the evening breeze was bleak, and without the scorching bonfire, it would have been a quiet and peaceful night.
Cocoa, who had fully returned to normalcy, reappeared in the eyes of the tribesmen. The scene in front of them shocked the two of them, but Coco turned his head to the side in fright, but Zi Xun's heart slowly swelled with anger.
The mechanical girl, who was hanging just off the ground, was being struck hard by a strong dragonman warrior with a mace-like weapon! Each blow made the girl tremble violently, and her body flashed with lightning, making a crackling sound.
"Hey, Arnold! What are you doing! Seeing that the mechanical girl was already in tatters, her armor was shattered, and the unknown parts of her body were exposed, and she could fall apart at any time, Zixun asked angrily.
As for Zixun's anger, Arnold was completely unaware of it, and admired his masterpiece self-righteously.
"Oh, that's what you said!" Arnold smiled disappreliantly, and slowly paced in front of the girl, letting out a series of obviously crazy laughs, "Don't ask, I guess it's because the general pain doesn't work for them!" What a hassle! ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he casually snatched the weapon from the hand of the clansman next to him, and smashed a stick into her right shoulder, and lightning suddenly splashed.
"Whew!" At this time, the mechanical girl had already broken a piece of her forehead, and her eyes were staring at her, and the blow just now clearly made her let out a moan!
"Look! I can't feel the pain, but I still scream! Arnold looked crazy and laughed maniacally.
Coco's eyes trembled as she stared at the girl who was being lifted, and beneath her feet was a pool of turquoise unknown liquid, the blood of the cyborgs that flowed down her shattered body!
"Look! With a little more effort, I'll be able to knock her arm off, and what a mechanical person will have on his face! Hahahaha! With that, he raised the mace in his hand again.
"No...... Don't ......"
A very, very soft voice came into Zixun's ears, so small that maybe no one else could hear it, but he did hear it.
Coco clung to his arm, and it was in that moment that he followed his will.
"Peng!" There was a dull sound, and the scene that was happening in front of them surprised everyone.
The thick mallet smashed down hard, but it was blocked by Zizi's arm step by step, and the mallet broke in response, and under Arnold's surprised expression, Zixun grabbed Arnold's collar.
"Eh, what are you doing?" Arnold looked at Zi Xun who was full of anger suspiciously, and after a while, he seemed to understand something, and a trace of darkness gradually appeared on his face, "Oh, I understand, you want to protect this mechanical species!" Doragon! ”
Zi Xun didn't defend anything, just grabbed the spear that was still stuck in the mechanical girl's chest at the moment.
"Huh? Want to get your hands dirty? The corners of his mouth curled into a warlike smile.
"This gun has my dark thunder wrapped around it, it's been so long, and the magic should have subsided a lot, instead of letting you mess around and break up the dark thunder's attributes, I might as well just pull it out! When the time comes, this machine species will bring in its kind, and I'm sure you've seen what lies behind that black hole! Zi Xun said in a threatening tone, and his eyes were extremely cold.
Zixun's words made Arnold stunned, and when the girl heard Zixun's words, her eyes slowly turned to this man who she couldn't see through his identity.
Zixun didn't say anything more, and seeing that they had no objections, he slowly put down Arnold.
Although he believed what Zixun said, Arnold, who was obviously a little unwilling, waved his hand with a hint of anger.
"Let's go!"
Leaving Coco and Zixun behind, the two of them looked at the hanging mechanical species with complex intents. The clansmen had already walked away, and the two of them who couldn't bear it quickly untied it from the tree, and at this time her expression was empty, like an unconscious doll being wantonly played.
"Doragon." Coco pleaded, gesturing at the spear on the mechanical girl's chest.
Zixun nodded, pulled out the spear, and without the interference of the thunder attribute, although she was covered in bruises at this time, her eyes slowly regained her spirit.
"Question...... Puzzled...... "Without restraints, she showed no sign of wanting to escape, but turned her head to Zi Xun, and looked at him with straight eyes, as if she wanted to get an answer urgently."
"I'm sorry, but I didn't know it would happen!" Zi Xun said with guilt on his face, "Although you are like this...... I don't think I'll accept our apologies anymore, but I really hope we can have a good talk. ”
"Identification ...... Insufficient intelligence! Tut-tut...... "A strange sound of unknown meaning came out of his mouth again.
"You're not giving up!" Zixun couldn't help but be a little speechless, and couldn't help laughing out loud, he really didn't expect that the previous teasing would cause her such a big irritation.
"Question...... Indissoluble...... I'm sorry...... Communication? As if she didn't understand Zixun's words, she repeated them.
"I apologize to you."
"There's no need!"
Suddenly, a normal sentence made the two of them break out in a cold sweat.
"You?"
"We cymbanimen don't feel pain, and in your thinking, there is no point in hurting without pain, and there is no need to apologize." She said in a calm tone, because the element of emotion was seriously missing, and there was no sadness in her eyes.
But this logic makes Zixun feel sad.
"We did hurt you anyway, and I hope you accept our apologies." Zixun insisted again.
"It's a meaningless request, the object of acceptance is completely meaningless from a material point of view, and it is not any energy body, I have no way to accept it. But if you only need a verbal answer, I think I can do that. "It's completely different from the stiff conversation before, and although the way of thinking is puzzling, now I can talk like a normal person.
"Thank you very much!" Zi Xun, who thought she had accepted the apology, said solemnly, "I hope we can have a good talk." ”
"The machine has a full contextual mode, and although you can't connect to the server, it's more than enough to communicate with each other." She replied confidently, "By the way, my communication equipment has been severely damaged and cannot be repaired in a short period of time, not because of your Thunder Magic. ”
actually told the enemy all this kind of thing, Zixun began to doubt her IQ.
"Why are you telling us this, you can threaten us with this kind of thing." Zi Xun asked puzzled.
"Threat?" At this time, she felt incomprehensible, "Your Excellency's threat level to me is 0, and I don't understand the meaning of threats. ”
Listening to her words, Zixun wordlessly put his hand on his forehead, and learned that it was absolutely pointless to ask these strange questions, so he changed the question.
"I know you don't want to say it, but I still want to know what you're doing in the Dragonman territory? Or do you know something? Zixun asked in a calm tone.
Hearing this, she paused and answered after a moment.
"This machine is currently offline, and it retains absolute autonomy under the condition of following the three principles, and will give corresponding answers to your questions according to the situation."
"Three principles?"
"The three principles are: First, the automaton must not harm the interests of the race, harm the host, or witness the danger to the host and do nothing.
Second, the automatron must obey the command given to it by the host, except when that command conflicts with the first law.
Third, mechanical individuals should protect their survival as much as possible without violating the first and second laws. ”
"So, ...... question just now," Zi Xun tried to ask again.
"Insufficient permissions to access." There was a moment of frustration in the mechanical species' eyes, and then clarity appeared, "Due to the host's commands, access to this task is blocked when offline. ”
"So, I'll ask you one more." Zi Xun thought for a moment and asked, "Is your recent action related to the safety of the dragon race?" ”
"Except for the slight damage caused by the activities, there is no damage to the interests of the dragonmen in the historical action records."
Seeing her appearance, it didn't look like she would panic, so he just believed it.
But if that's it, don't you know nothing again? Zixun was a little frustrated, watching the mechanical species sit on the ground and unable to move, he and Coco looked at each other.
"What is she going to do?" Keke asked with some confusion, Zixun understood what she meant, if she left it alone, she would be tortured to death by Arnold and them sooner or later, this is not what he wants to see.
"Send her away, where they can't find her, at least hide her first, and wait until her people pick her up!" Zi Xun said silently, just looking at Coco was a little embarrassed, and she was not to blame, after all, the disappearance of her parents was indeed inseparable from the mechanical clan.
"But you can go back, it's enough for me to go alone, you stay in the village, and the task of covering will be handed over to you!" Zi Xun commanded with a smile.
It's just that Coco's appearance is a little strange at this time, and she cowardly said: "Doragon, will you just not come back?" ”
"Huh? How so? I'm going to help you get through the danger! Of course will be back!"
"No...... Not referring to this, but lately a feeling has been getting stronger. Her face slowly turned red, "I mean...... After you have fulfilled your prophecy, are you leaving, will you never see you again? ”
After listening to Coco's words, Zi Xun paused, and he realized what Coco was expressing, this girl was the first person he met in this world, and to be honest, he didn't want to leave here, but as if there was a destiny to guide him, there were countless destinations imprinted in his soul urging him to set off, and he couldn't resist.
He pondered for a moment.
"Coco, do you want to see the outside world?" Zi Xun smiled and asked, "I've decided, I'm going to go to all the lands in this world, do you want to come together?" Maybe your parents are waiting in places you've never seen before!"
"Really?" Unconsciously, her eyes were full of tears.
"Ah, actually, I'm just guessing......" Coco's appearance made him a little afraid to look directly, just scratching his head shyly, "Maybe that's the case or not...... Eh......"
"I'm going!" Coco, who wiped away her tears, smiled strongly.
Zixun nodded silently, and the expectant look in his eyes made him feel gratified.
"Well, it's time to say it! Let's go together! ”