Ten minutes ago, in the huge space under the tower.

A spatial crack suddenly opened above the Iron Giant's head, and a diminutive old man walked out of it, followed by an elven girl.

At this point, the Iron Giant's limbs were torn apart and scattered on the ground, and the position where Cornes was standing was only about five meters from the ground.

After a while, a handsome young man walked in.

"You're finally here, Lord Byron, and I thought you left me behind." Cornes said with a grin.

"Run?" Byron frowned, "The weapon to conquer the world is in front of me, and I have the key, why should I run?" ”

"Hehe, you're right, then without further ado, help me activate this final weapon, right?"

Byron, however, was indifferent, his hands folded and his eyes indifferent.

"Of course I can help you, but before I do, I want you to explain it to me."

“…… Oh? What to explain? This time, Cornes wondered.

"Hmph, I don't know if you're pretending to be stupid, or if you really don't know what your daughter did."

Byron said, taking out a letter, which was sealed with wax, but it was evident that someone had torn it open.

When Elena saw the letter, her heart tightened, she knew that she had been betrayed, and Cohen did not give the letter to Emile, but his master, Byron.

In this way, it seems that the two of them had a discord in front of Cornes before, and it should have been acted, Elena couldn't help but smile wryly, she didn't want to blame Cohen, blame her for being too easy to trust others.

Afterwards, a gloomy Cones took the letter, but instead of reading it, he threw it in front of Elena.

"Say! What's going on? ”

"I'm really sorry, father," Elena looked into Cornes' eyes, and she suddenly became undaunted, "but I've had enough, I don't want to be a puppet anymore, I want to do what I think is right......"

"Smack-"

Before Elena could finish her sentence, Cornes slapped her hard, and the sound resounded throughout the space.

The white face suddenly swollen, but Elena didn't say a word, she still smiled.

"Kill me, my dear father, for this is my last request."

"......," Cornes said coldly, "you know I won't do this, but if you really don't want to live, then do one last thing for me." ”

"Of course, you say."

Cornes smiled reassuringly, then said.

"I know you'll agree, after all, this is also part of the mission, or rather, the last part, in order to repair and drive this ultimate weapon, in addition to needing enough energy, there must also be a container to carry these energy, but not everyone can be used as a container, even my stand-in can't do it, and you, who have elven blood, my baby daughter, you are the most suitable container, so, you should understand, your dedication will be the first and most important step for me to complete my dream."

At the end, Cornes' voice grew louder and louder, and his eyes were full of ambition to conquer the world, and fanaticism.

"Hey, Cornes," Byron said suddenly, "I'm sorry to disturb your daydreams, but I have to remind you that it takes effort to make your dreams come true, and you can't just say a few empty words here. ”

Cornes regained his expression and looked at Byron with a grin.

"Hehe, listen to you, what are we going to do next? Oh, in other words, what conditions do you want? ”

"Hmph, you can understand people." Byron snorted coldly.

He then pulled out a beautiful-looking and small box from his bosom.

"The remnant soul of the Demon King is in this box, isn't it?" Cornes stared at what he was holding, his eyes greedy.

"Knowingly asked."

"Gee, didn't I mean to warn you? Take it out so early, I'm not afraid I'll snatch it directly from you. ”

"Hahahaha, you said rob?" Byron suddenly laughed, as if he had heard a big joke, but then put on a grim expression, "You grab one and try it!" ”

“…… Hehe, don't be angry, then you can tell me quickly, what do you need me to do before you can give me the box. Cornes rubbed his hands together, his eyes still peeling off the box.

Byron looked at him with disgust, and then said.

"Help me kill a few people."

"Huh? It's as simple as that? Cornes froze.

"Simple, you say? So who was chased and killed everywhere before, and who tried to kill them several times, but always ran into a nose? ”

"Uh, this...... So you mean the emir. Cornes smiled awkwardly.

"That's right, the first one is Amir, then Agnes, and the last one depends on the situation, if she insists on obstructing me, then kill her, otherwise, let her go."

"Hehe, you really have a heart." Cornes knew who the last person he was talking about was, and then asked, "But we are about to activate this ultimate weapon, and then the entire royal capital will ...... Well, I mean, Emile and Agnes are going to die so they don't even have scum left, so what do you have to worry about? ”

"Cornes," Byron sneered, "do you really think that the Emir will die so easily? Although we have been dealing with him for about the same amount of time, I have always felt that I know him better than you do, and that he is someone who can work miracles at any time, so all you have to do is bring his body to me so that I will be completely reassured, and of course, the same goes for Agnes, understand? ”

"Hehe, understood, of course understood," said Cornes, smirking, "I promise you that I can't do it?" Now you can help me activate the ultimate weapon, otherwise I won't be able to compete with the Emir. ”

Byron had no choice but to hand him the box, and Corneston was ecstatic, and then wanted to see the contents of the box.

"Wait, do you want our plan to never come true?" Byron scolded.

Cones was startled and quickly withdrew.

"Lord Byron, I don't doubt you, but at times like this, everyone should be cautious. So it's better to confirm. ”

"No need to confirm, there's only half of the energy in there." Byron said leisurely.

“…… What? And what about the remaining half? ”

"I said, Cornes, do you really take me for a fool?" Byron frowned, a little impatient, "If I leave it all to you, I guess I will have to go down to see my brother immediately, you don't have to defend this matter, as long as I see the bodies of Emir and Agnes, I will give you the remaining half, and then you just need to answer yes or no." ”

"......" Cornes smiled bitterly, thinking that this guy was really not so easy to fool, and then said, "Of course I have to do it, oops, I didn't expect Lord Byron to distrust me so much, I'm really sad, but what else can I do but promise to help you?" ”

He followed with a pitiful expression, as if he was really sad, but Byron didn't want to look at him, and left the place straight away.

Cornes kept staring at Byron's back, if it weren't for the fact that the other party still had the remnant soul of the demon king on the other side, he would have rushed over directly and shattered the other party's corpse.

However, Cornes should be glad that he didn't do that, because at this time Cohen didn't go to the knightly competition at all, he hid next to the destroyed gate, and if Byron was in danger, he would immediately rush out and kill Cornes.

Next, only Cornes and Elena were left in the huge space, as well as the ultimate weapon lying on the ground, half buried in the earth.

"Alright, Elena, go and complete your mission." Cornes nudged her.

Elena was in a daze just now, when her father pushed her father in front of the cockpit of the Iron Giant's head, and she came back to her senses, but she still didn't know what to do.

"But how am I going to act as a container?"

"You don't have to know that, you just have to sit in the cockpit seat."

“…… Oh. Elena nodded, and squeezed through the narrow doorframe.

Due to the previous explosion in the cockpit, most of the instruments were damaged, except for the stone chair in the middle and the groove on the stone platform in front of it.

Elena sat down in her chair and felt unexpectedly relieved, she guessed that she was about to have her last moment, and she no longer had to hurt others or be used as a tool by the person she loved the most.

As soon as she sat down, several transparent tubes like tentacles suddenly protruded from the stone platform in front of her, ending in metal needles.

Elena instinctively tried to block the needles, but was reminded by Cornes.

"Relax, that thing won't be dangerous."

She let go of her hand and let the needles stick into her neck, and sure enough, she didn't feel uncomfortable, but felt more comfortable, and then became lethargic.

Within a minute, Elena fell asleep, her face peaceful, as if she were dreaming.

Cornes looked at her sleeping face, and for a moment he felt compassion, but then his mind was overrun by ambition.

"Forgive me, Elena, I have to do it."

Cornes muttered, then threw the box into the groove of the stone platform, and in the next second, a dazzling white light burst from the groove, flooding the entire cockpit.

Immediately after, the torso that was torn apart began to move, first the torso with its head rising into the air, and then the limbs severed from its roots flew up and reconnected to its torso.

In a few moments, a whole steel giant appeared.

Cones stood on the ground, smiling contentedly, this was exactly his plan, if the Iron Giant was intact, Agnes would definitely have someone to guard here, and that annoying Emir would be hovering around.

And he made the illusion that the Iron Giant had been destroyed, in order to make them lose their vigilance, so as to facilitate his future actions.

However, Cones was still basking in the joy of activating the ultimate weapon, but he didn't notice that the behemoth wanted to get out of this underground space.

By the time he finally reacted, the Iron Giant had broken through the ground and dropped a boulder from the hole right above his head.