*a week ago*

"What's in there?"

Richard took the unconscious Welllight to the ground floor, where he looked at the towering steel furnace in front of him and turned his head to ask for her real name.

As mentioned earlier, when he first saw the Starfire Furnace, he noticed that something was hidden in it......

Not energy or seals, but a feeling—a premonition that some creature was dormant, and only occasionally revealed a vivid manic aura.

However, with the psychic abilities of a legendary wizard, it is impossible to see its exact appearance. He believed that the rest of the Steppenwolf members had similar feelings to him, otherwise he would not have been able to leave the items related to the mysteries of the gods there, and no one had ever touched them.

If there was a way to get it away, Richard was sure they wouldn't care about the safety of the tower itself, at least not Marion Green and Longman Hall.

Since the first seal was unlocked by her real name, she was the only one who noticed what was hidden inside.

"That's a ...... Spirits. ”

His real name describes Richard in the language of this world.

"Just like the Enchanted Spirit Lord?"

The dark-haired girl shook her head. Richard noticed that her expression was slightly serious, and knew that the situation was not that simple.

- "Is it possible...... Like you? ”

The "Demon Gods" in the history of the Mayan world are the 12 super AIs in the previous generation of human civilization who are self-aware and have control of a central system.

Richard believed that the existence of the "Demon God" was closely related to how the intelligent civilization on Earth went from destruction to birth and then evolved into what it is today.

But he, a remnant of the old civilization who doesn't know whether to say "crossing" or "rebirth", can meet two at the spawn point alone, which is too coincidental.

True Name, however, shook his head.

"Not my companion, I don't know 'it'. However, when I broke the seal, the 'thing' inside was indeed trying to communicate with me, something that no AI without self-will could do. ”

"So ......?"

Richard blinked.

"I suspect that this artificial intelligence that was locked up in the Spark Furnace only appeared after I fell asleep."

...... after "sleeping"?

Richard still remembered what her real name said, and when she introduced herself, she once mentioned her last memories: an unprecedented war in outer space broke out, and Maya, the first transcendental artificial intelligence, the "mother machine" of the human-machine hub, put 12 super AIs into a deep sleep together in order to protect her children.

According to her real name, she had never heard of the existence of gods and other intelligent races. Today's Black Iron Age, the Bronze Age and even the Silver Age are not even clear about the Golden Age of the "Ancient Empire".

The documentary records that can be verified in the Mayan world actually began after the end of the Silver Age, and after that, it was the "Epic Age" in the usual sense.

Richard believed that the great war that broke out before True Name and her companions fell asleep was probably the cause of the disappearance of the previous civilization.

The Ancient Empire may have been the government of the Earth, but who the gods were and what their nature was was completely shrouded in the fog of history.

But what Richard could imagine was that humanity lost the war; The history before the Golden Age has been falsified or obscured by the victors and survivors.

After that, human civilization will no longer be a future era of scientific prosperity, but a new world in which mysticism will rise after another period of darkness and ignorance.

INTERVIEWER In such a world, is it really possible to give birth to a new super AI?

From the point of view of a psychic legend, there is no way to create spirits in this world, only the magic that harnesses them.

At least for "Novich Raspuchin", this technique has been lost for a long time.

Therefore, most wizards even think that spirits exist naturally, and some think that they are natives who exist in another world; There are also people who believe that after death, the soul will leave the body and go to another world, and some of it will be transformed into a spirit body due to some opportunity. As for the hypothesis that "spirits" and "spirits" were created by humans in ancient times, they are considered to be prejudices.

"Can you communicate with 'it'?"

If you could get information from that unknown spirit......

"Nope."

Real name shook his head.

"Unless you can open the second seal, or ......"

"Or?"

"Find a way to summon the other party directly from the seal. That seal exists in the spirit realm, so it can be done in other ways. ”

Richard remembered the myths and legends he had heard of that mortals had accidentally summoned sealed demons or evil spirits, which led to disaster...... He couldn't help but shake his head, putting the strange thought aside.

"Others can't do it, but you're different, sir."

"You've captured Rasputin's legendary magic, and if you can find the right medium, you could potentially bypass the seal and teleport the spirit into the real world in another way."

"The Right Medium"......

Richard's gaze fell on the unconscious blonde girl.

Even if he didn't have to say it, he knew who he was referring to.

*

- "Your value is above all people." ”

Now, Richard has given up on waiting for Villelet Edward to join and then tell the other party, and directly tells her about the risks she needs to take in the future.

He had never attempted to create a body using the human body as a medium, which was considered a dangerous move by the original Rasputin.

Not to mention, he didn't find a wizard who really fit in. After all, it is not known what level the spirits in the Starfire Furnace are located in, and it is only the possibility that the spirits in the Starfire Furnace are connected to the possibility symbolized by the resonance of Willett, so the target is set on Willett.

In short, Richard had no idea what his experiments would ultimately lead to. It is possible to sacrifice in vain.

If this cold experimental premise is disclosed to others, the effect is equivalent to persuasion. No one is going to joke with their lives.

However, he believed that the witch in front of him did not care about this.

Sure enough, when Richard said this, the other party's originally dim eyes lit up for the first time.

“…… Is this true? Is there really such an important value in me? ”

Wellett's voice was trembling slightly.

"Of course. On the day of the experiment, everything will be known. ”

Richard's voice became slightly softer, which was the trick that his real name told him next to him: first, he first broke the psychological defenses built by the other party with fierce words and his own authority, and then changed to a soft and comforting tone when the other person's thoughts began to loosen.

"So, until that day, I will not allow anyone to stand in the way of your life on this tower, including yourself."

Richard thought about it and added this sentence anyway. This is not a lie, he has planned to leave the Enchanted Spirit Lord here to keep an eye on him.

In case this girl can't figure it out later, all the work will be lost; There are other guys who may hinder him, and he will not show mercy.

……

“…… But what if your experiment fails? After a long silence, the girl cautiously raised her face, her eyes as confused as a lost child, "Will you abandon me because of this?" ”

"I will not abandon you, Miss Edward."

Richard's face hidden under the mask unconsciously smiled. He realized that his persuasion had worked.

"But in exchange, you'll have to be prepared to leave everything behind—"