The Iron Giant's body had a layer of rust on its surface, but it was generally unsuitable for climbing, and Emile did not understand how Anne had climbed it.

But he couldn't do that much, he just wanted to get Anne out of danger as soon as possible.

However, the closer he got to the Iron Giant's head, the more a strange feeling arose in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was.

At this time, Anne was on the surface of the behemoth, slowly moving upward, which was almost terrifying, and Emir quickly got rid of the distractions and let Lilith lean over.

However, when she was only about a meter away from her target, Anne suddenly looked at Emir and made a gesture for him to get out of the way.

“…… What do you mean? Completely confused, the emir continued, "It's too dangerous here, shall we go back to the surface first?" ”

But Anne shook her head and made another gesture to make him think about it.

The emir knew that he could not persuade her for a while, so he had to do so, and once he began to think calmly, he quickly understood what that strange feeling was all about.

From the moment they entered, the Emir noticed that the top of the Iron Giant's head emanated traces of Cones' magical power, and it was quite intense, indicating that Cones must be on top of the giant's head, and that he could activate this ultimate weapon at any time.

But now at least ten minutes have passed, not counting the time before they came, in short, during this time, it is naturally impossible for Cones to watch the battle from above, but should immediately activate the ultimate weapon to destroy them in one fell swoop.

However, contrary to expectations, this ultimate weapon has not moved until now, so the only explanation can only be that Cornes is not on it at all, but has used some kind of trick.

It's just that, no matter what, you have to go up and confirm it yourself, and it is with this idea in mind that Anne is so desperate to take the risk.

Emile finally figured it out, but he still couldn't understand Anne's actions.

"I know what's going on, but you won't do such a dangerous thing, anyway, you can go down with me now, and I'll do the rest."

Anne looked into the eyes of the emir and smiled helplessly at the end.

"Emir, I want to tell you what is on my mind."

“…… Of course you can, but can we go down and say no? ”

"No, I'll just say it right here," Anne shook her head, took a deep breath, and said, "I see that you are surrounded by talented people, and sometimes you don't need to do anything at all, and the people around you help you put things in order, of course I understand that you have never treated them as your subordinates, but do you know what I think in my heart?" ”

"......" the emir fell silent.

"What I think about is that you don't need me anymore...... In short, I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, but in fact, my wish is very simple, whether it is a friend or a subordinate, I just want to be ...... all the time Forget it, forget about me. ”

Anne couldn't say anything, and she continued to climb up.

However, the first time she heard Anne say these words, Emile understood what she was trying to say.

"I understand, you're unwilling because you can't help me, right?"

“…… That's not what I mean, well, don't say it, if you're really worried about me, just watch from the sidelines, so that at least you can save me if I miss. ”

The Emile smiled, knowing that Anne was duplicitous.

"It seems that you don't know me yet, am I the kind of person who only has interests in front of me? Am I going to ignore someone who is no longer useful to me now? Anyway, I'm still very self-aware of myself, and no matter what you thought of me before, I can explain right now that my emir is not the kind of guy who treats the people around him as pawns, not now, and not in the future. ”

After Emir said these words in all seriousness, Anne only listened quietly, and after a moment of silence, she finally turned back again.

“…… Well, that's actually my problem, Emir, I know you're not that kind of person, I just hope I can be useful to you, that's the reason why I'm here, I want to do something for you while the awesome guys around you are not paying attention, and then you don't have to risk yourself, and the people around you won't be in danger, so I hope you can fulfill me and let me do this, and then I can stay by your side to be more confident. ”

Sure enough, Emir fell into hesitation, he himself could indeed be generous enough not to mind Anne's lack of combat power, but Anne felt inferior to this, if she really wanted to help her, then she should be fulfilled even more.

However, he did not know what was waiting for Anne above the giant's head, and it was probably some kind of trap that would make one die.

If this is taken into account, then the emir would rather let her continue to have low self-esteem than lose her.

However, at this moment, the third person present ...... The dragon spoke.

"I say, what are you two mothers-in-law doing," Lilith said impatiently, "Anne too, if you want to say useless, I am the most useless, what can I do but flap my wings and spit fire, I have no inferiority, how can you be inferior, and you, Emir, have the leisure to ramble here, why don't you hurry up and lift the trap." ”

"What? Is there really a trap on it? The emir hurriedly asked.

“…… Stupid, of course I guessed, but it's a big possibility, isn't it? ”

Emile laughed at once, and if it had come out of his mouth, Anne would have thought it was an excuse he had made, but it was Lilith's words, and she wouldn't have thought much of it.

"Oh, Annie, I can't turn a blind eye to this, it seems that you can only find a chance to build your confidence later." The emir gloated.

", do you think I don't know? I'm here to lift the trap, really, I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. ”

"Haha, too." The emir scratched his head in embarrassment.

After a while, he saw that Anne's hand holding the surface was trembling a little, and his heart could not help but become agitated.

"Well, let's have a game, I'll let Lilith stay here, and then we'll both climb up together to see who gets to the top first and lifts the trap."

“…… Are you a child? It's still a game, get out of the way of me, if I get nervous and fall, I won't let you go. ”

"Haha, then I'm really happy to hear it." The emir joked.

But the timing of the joke was completely wrong, and Anne was eager to jump over and punch him.

At this time, the people below all noticed the situation above, and couldn't help but wonder, what are these two people doing, flirting?

However, no matter what Anne's attitude was, Emir did what he just said, but fortunately, the long-term forging work made his arm strength extremely strong, and it was easy to pick up the surface of the giant at this time, which made Anne even more angry.

"It's crazy, you wait for me, and I'll ignore you again after I go down later."

“…… But I'd rather be like that than see you in danger. ”

When Emir said this, he ignored her, and climbed up with all his might, not noticing that Anne was frozen in place, her cheeks flushed.

At this time, Lucius on the ground took out a telescope out of nowhere, and saw Anne's expression, as well as the appearance of Emile struggling to climb.

"Hehe, it's really flirting, I don't think Ophelia you have a chance, and so is that elf princess."

"Tsk, what nonsense are you talking about, I said that I was just friends with the emir, and also, where did you get your telescope, show me."

Ophelia immediately went to grab it, but Lucius easily dodged with his unmatched skills.

"Well, Emir, leave us out there and make love to us above."

It was Cosette who said this, and she even took a telescope to look at it, and after reading it, she handed it to Agnes next to her.

"Hey, you all have telescopes." Ophelia complained helplessly.

"Of course I bought it while I was shopping," Cosette explained, and then smiled, "What?" Didn't you go shopping with the emir in the streets of the royal capital? It's a shame. ”

"Yes, yes, who told me that I was not as emotional as you?" Ophelia smiled wryly, and then continued to chase Lucius to help him heal his wounds.

On the other side, Emir was the first to climb the giant's head, followed by Anne.

It does look like the core of a giant, the inside of the giant helmet is hollow enough to fit five people inside, and then there is a large marble chair in the center, and a large glass tube is wrapped around it.

There is a prismatic platform in front of the stone chair, just enough to put your hand on.

“…… This thing needs to be driven by a human, right? Anne guessed.

"Well, it should be." The emir nodded, then turned on the magic perception.

The information received indicated that traces of Cones' magic emanated from it, and that it was clearly a cockpit, separated from it by a rather heavy-looking stone door.

There was no doubt that Cornes was not here, but used a decoy, so in order to find out what the source of the traces of magic was, the emir decided to break down the door.

At this point, Lilith arrived just in time, and she smashed the stone door with her own claws, and the two entered the cramped cockpit.

At this time, you can clearly see that there is a crystal crystal on the stone chair in the middle, the size of a fist.

"This is supposed to be it," Anne picked it up and examined it carefully, before handing it to the emir, "Some magicians store large amounts of mana in it, disguised as traces of magic emitted by the magicians themselves. ”

"Cut, it's put on the table." The Emir's hand destroyed the crystal with a slight force.

"Wait a minute, don't ......" Anne hurriedly stopped him, but it was too late.

As the crystal cracks, all the magic concentrated in it is released, enough to produce a violent explosion, and this is the real trap.

However, Emir's reaction was extremely fast, and the magic shield was activated in that instant, and finally, he flew out of the cockpit with Anne, where he was caught by Lilith.

Although her life was saved, Emir's hand was burned and was quite bad, but Anne was unscathed.

“…… You stupid, you said don't come up with me, you just don't listen, now it's okay, I, I don't care about you anymore. ”

Anne was so angry that she was about to cry, but after glancing at Emir's wounds, she couldn't bear it and immediately used magic to help him heal.

"Hey, thank you." Emile is still hippie smiling.

“…… It seems that you two haven't seen each other for a few days, and now they get along quite happily. A rough voice suddenly sounded.

"It's rude to say who is a little two." Anne blurted out.

But then they reacted, and both of them looked in the direction from which the sound came from, and found that the other was actually above the giant's head, that is, directly above the cockpit.

Obviously, the traces of the other party's magic power coincided with the emanation of the crystal, so the emir didn't notice it.

"Cornes, you're really here."

"Hehe, it seems that you two are really in love, and you haven't noticed me until now." Cornes smiled sadly.

"Shut up!" Anne made an orb of wind elementals and threw it over.

However, Cornes unleashed a ball of light to neutralize the attack, and then ignited a cloud of black flame in his hand and threw it at the two of them, but fortunately Lilith was able to distance himself in time.

Emir frowned, he remembered that the black flame was an attack method that belonged only to the Demon King, and now that Cornes had actually started to use it again, of course he knew what it meant.

Although Cornes' level of magic power at this time was not as high as that of the emir, the black flame in his hand seemed to indicate that the power of the demon king had not completely disappeared.

"Let's negotiate a deal." Cornes said with a grin.

"Hey, I don't understand, you're not a businessman, why do you have to talk about a deal every time we meet." Emir finally couldn't help but complain.

"Hehe, don't you understand this? I talked to you because I can afford you, so I haven't been willing to give up, how about it? Can you talk about it this time? ”

“…… Okay, you say. The emir crossed his arms.

"You should know more or less the purpose of this giant, now I have the ability to activate it, and the whole world will be mine at that time, and you are no exception, I can let you live, or I can let you die so that there is no scum left."

"Eh, wait a minute, is this a deal? Isn't it a threat? ”

"Yes, that's right, it's a threat," Cones graciously admitted, "so join me or die with your lover and friends, pick one." ”

"Tsk, how many times have I said that," Anne roared, crossing her waist, "we're just friends, not lovers, you can't understand people, do you?" ”

“…… Haha," Cornes smirked angrily, then looked at the emir, "are you the same attitude?" ”

The emir didn't speak, just smiled and spread his hands.

"Okay, very good, I really admire you, you insist on dying at such a time, I have lived for more than five hundred years, and I have never seen such a stupid person." Cornes clapped his hands, but his eyes became fierce.

However, as soon as he finished saying the cruel words, the emir was ready for a desperate battle, and in the next second, he disappeared directly from the spot.

"Uh, what's going on?" The emir was dumbfounded.

"I'm scared, let's run," Anne breathed a sigh of relief and replied lightly, "It seems that he was trying to scare us from the beginning, but he didn't expect to fail, and he couldn't beat him head-on, so he had to flee." ”

"Hehe, it's really something he can do." The emir laughed.

Suddenly, the giant in front of them made a rumbling sound that startled them.

"What, what's going on? Started? ”

As soon as Emir finished speaking, he saw that the giant's two arms fell off, and finally fell to the ground, smashing two deep pits, and then the two legs that supported the huge body were also broken.

In the end, this behemoth, which had stood for more than a thousand years, collapsed under the action of some force.