Hermit Wizard

Wrinkles.

Hearing him, the floor flinches tentacles in his heart.

The man who grabbed the wheel looked at me with a playful eye. With a pleasant smile on the mouth.

“A race that has made a civilization better than any mortal. Pioneers who have developed skills that even some fortune-tellers don't understand. They're literally pioneers. ”

Increases the tone of your voice by breaking the handle. A bit of excitement permeated his tone.

“It's a lifetime of gardening. I've always wanted to travel the world of pioneers. I wanted to admire their civilization before anyone else. But it's a really tough place to defend yourself. ”

He grumbled.

“The dimensional barriers we create do not defend our competitors from penetrating the channel. But as a pioneer, there is a shield that completely blocks the leap of objects without prior authorization. ”

I nod. I've heard of it. Preventing other dimensional creatures from becoming mutated, even by mistake, because of the environment in which the sacred fire boils.

“Of course, using the power of the body will not force you to tear it down, but a country like that will advertise the fact that the Old Testament intervened in the whole dimension. After all, I haven't been able to enter until now. ”

“That's why I've been around Philadelphia so often. In case you can get in through the channel? ”

“Yes, but I haven't succeeded yet. The watchman is not much of a problem, but he made a similar shield on the interface between the channel and the Earth. ”

Then all of a sudden, one hand blows to me. The gaze remains forward-looking, while manipulating the handle relaxed on the other hand.

“It's late for the introduction. My name is Jamie. Jamie Turner, you're Yoon Min Joon, right? ”

I was surprised. He held that hand face to face and said,

“Yes.”

“It's good to see you. ”

There were two things that surprised me.

First, it was his first time calling me "Yoon Min-joon," rather than "the soul of seclusion."

Secondly, he introduced himself but used his human name instead of his real name as a soothsayer.

I asked.

“Is Jamie Turner separate from the body? ”

Because his attitude was so · · · human. I was forced to ask this question because it was so different from the attitude of the Saviors I had encountered.

Jamie nodded a little and said,

“It's not separate from the body. Rather, it is the result of only a few of the many elements that make up the self of the body. Should it be a subset of the body? ”

I'm chewing on the meaning, and Jamie turns her head and says,

“You're all here. I made a reservation in advance. Is Italian okay?”

Looking at his attitude or behavior, I thought it would be a simple hamburger, but the place where the car stopped was surprisingly in front of a building lobby decorated with ancient marble.

When the driver's seat was opened, an employee in a black suit approached and took the key. I was amazed by the vibrant interior and the large scale of the house as I was guided. Quite a fine restaurant.

Jamie, who noticed my reaction, was stunned.

“Don't worry, there's a lot of money. Not enough to check the price tag when you buy something. Aren't you, too? ”

“I couldn't anticipate it because it looked awkward. ”

“Oh, that car? Expensive cars are spacious and fluffy, but it's bothersome to put oil in them often. It's not right for a long trip. ”

“Is money earned by using abilities? ”

Did you rob a bank or brainwash? But there is no remnant of power in his body.

“Abilities are abilities. Immediately after I came to this world and figured out the economic system, I ran to the casino. It's a world that needs money no matter what you do. ”

If it was a casino, I thought it might have been a mechanical manipulation with impulses. He said with a smile as he looked into my head.

“This body is hardly like a normal human being. The horsepower circuit is also closed. I calculated the probability instead. ”

“Odds?”

“Yeah, I was watching a card game, and I only bet on games that are more likely to win. And I repeated that, and when I got the right amount of money, I moved to another casino. ”

He said it was simple mathematics and added a few words, but I hardly understood.

Since then, I've been focusing my mind on the rumors Jamie throws. In the meantime, an appetizer came out.

After turning the fig salad into a fork, he stared at me and said,

“Now, is that enough? ”

“· · · What? ”

He makes a meaningful laugh.

“The link between me and the body, weren't you tracking it? You must have picked up my body coordinates by now, right? ”

His tone was peaceful, but he stuck it in my ear as cool as a beaver.

I looked at him with calm eyes, without his wife being positive.

There is a reason to move with the body of the Old Testament, sympathize with meaningless talk, and waste time.

I was in close proximity to the body, focusing on the connection point that leads to the body. Just like we used to target Gramiel.

And, embarrassingly, Jamie took it out and just figured out the location of the body.

But it's not magically possible to match this timing.

“I calculated that the ability I showed to fight shadow thorns would take about this long. ”

Did you simulate it in your head?

He grabs the napkin and wipes his mouth.

“So you're prepared to pour that ‘unquenchable fire’ on my body? To respond to the moment you feel threatened. Is it some kind of insurance? But I don't think I'm going to really want to fight. ”

“Did you know that you were still waiting? ”

He nods.

“Can I tell you one thing? The Shadow Thorn and most of the Old Testament who were between you knew the battle. She flipped the fire without any action, but the other saviors won't be fooled like that. Very much so, I am now the most vigilant of all. ”

Now that I'm opening a channel over his body, I assure you, I won't lose my body in an instant like Gramiel.

“That doesn't mean the body will be 100% safe. There must be some kind of danger. There will be damage. ”

“Did you give me time to do coordinate tracking while taking it? ”

“Yes. I waited until it was over. ”

He clenches his hands on the table. The attitude is so relaxed, as opposed to the content of the words.

“Taking risks means that there is something that you want to get. ”

His voice still mixes with a little prank. But it didn't feel like a joke.

“I want you to see it as a gesture that we are seriously engaged in this negotiation. ”

“Is it that important to travel in this world? ”

“It's very precious to me. Enough risk-taking. ”

“There must be as many civilizations as there are better than the Earth. Have you ever traveled to any of those places? ”

“Absolutely. I'm still on my way. But the Earth is different. It's special.”

His two eyes sparkled with heat.

“It's not uncommon for a civilization to rule out magic like this. · · · No, no. This is the only place. ”

“Still, there seems to be some overlap with other great civilizations. ”

“Even if the results are the same, the approach is completely different. For example, I'm majoring here, and one of the topics of great interest is artificial intelligence. ”

An unexpected subject came up and dreaded my eyes. Artificial intelligence?

“To achieve a similar outcome, we created an artificial soul in the pioneer world, right? ”

I had a conversation when I crossed into your world. Self-determining, emotional, and capable of much faster and more accurate operations than a normal personality.

“But it's not a case of creating a new soul from nothing. That was impossible for pioneers. Instead, they renovated a soul that already exists. Ah, now that the law on guaranteeing the autonomy of souls has been strengthened, it is impossible to create a new managerial artificial soul. But is it true that the managerial spirit that was created during that possible time still plays a very important role in supporting that civilization? ”

When I heard that, the floor was terrified and whispered to me.

How the hell do you know that? ’

I put his question in his mouth instead.

“How did you learn so much about the pioneer world? ”

Jamie shrugs like she's asking me what it is. Then I lifted up a glass of water and drank a sip.

“I've never been to the pioneering world, but I've investigated the traces they left in other dimensions without leaving any trace. Let me tell you, I'm pretty stubborn about who I'm interested in. I'm probably the only one in the whole universe who knows them best, except for the pioneers. Oh, but I only drink water, so I'm a little minty. Would you like a glass of wine? ”

I refused, but he ordered a whole bottle of Roman booze to drink alone.

Silence flowed on the table as Somuli set and followed the wine. After a while, he opens his mouth again, lifting a chalky glass of red liquid.

“But there was no knowledge of magic in this world until recently. So I chose a completely different methodology. The Earthlings are trying to build the neural network structure of the brain as a signal of zero and one. This is a way we haven't tried in any other world. There's a much easier and simpler way. If you use magic.”

Speak to it and shave your neck for a moment. I put down the glass and the horse followed.

“Here's what I'm curious about. If you can really create a perfect self with electrical signals, it will take time, of course, but one day you will have artificial intelligence that thinks in 100% the same way as a normal human being, feels emotions, distinguishes itself from others, has desires, and recognizes its existence. ”

He smiled.

“Does that artificial intelligence really belong to the soul? ”

Ugh?

It's a concept I never thought of, so I frown a little.

“Although the minimum condition for a soul to be bound to a creature is to have its own self, it's a little strange that a computer without a body is bound to have a soul. ”

“No. Don't limit yourself to creatures with flesh. We already know the concept of the mind. Souls and bodies are not indispensable. ”

It's true. But I couldn't find any reality in his hypothesis.

“Even if AI has its own self later, I don't know if I can define it as" alive. "”

The soul grows only through life. This is simply different from the notion of whether you have a body or not.

Parvasse has also lost his original body, but technically he's alive now.

“If you were a data saver, you wouldn't end up forever? That's called life. ”

“One day, when all the media it's stored is destroyed, it's over. Just think of it as having a very long life. ”

“But data can be copied, right? The one who can copy? ”

“The concept of a divided self is not uncommon, but there is no case. ”

The old man restrained the server from coming to the table, following another glass of wine on his own.

“I have a lot of interest in souls. A soul I must eat. A soul that is the source of everything. A soul that the Saviors should eat and then use as fuel to become a god. Is there really only one path to a new soul? I wonder what it is. So I want to find out in this way. Research on AI on Earth would be a great opportunity. ”

I felt a strange feeling in his words.

A fundamental question for the system.

I felt a little different from her in my dream, but on the other hand I felt similar.

“Well, by the way. ”

He puts the cup down and changes the subject.

“Now that I've explained why I'm strangling the Earth, let's talk about a collaborative way to turn my wishes into reality. ”

Jamie laughed whimpering.

“You want to know about the dimensional barrier? ”

“Yes, I am. ”

“It is my wish to illustrate the destruction of the Earth. By the way, you already got the Shadow Thorn, right? You weren't trying to control it? ”

“It didn't go my way. ”

Gramiel, who has already lost Izzie, has become a huge hex tower, and even if he tries to control it, there is no minimum material left to build on. What burns in it is only instinct as a creature.

The pioneers once controlled her in a way that eliminated the needs of the Mo Dimensional Savior. For example, by eliminating the desire to eat a soul or the desire to live freely, she became a rational being with only a few essentials, such as the desire to preserve that dimension. We had enough conversations.

I tried to apply the same approach to Gramiel, but I was unable to communicate with Terra, who had fallen to such a primitive level. An unnamed beggar said she had fallen to a lower level than she had erased all her desires.

Jamie, who listened to me, pondered for a moment and said,

“I don't know what you are, but I don't think you're a complete savior. ”

I don't react and wait for the next word.

“Creating a dimensional barrier for the Old Testament is either raising your hand or walking. There are ways to create something similar to a dimensional barrier, not a Savior. ”

My ears flashed.

“But it gets very complicated. We have to go a lot farther. ”

Then he made his first impression after appearing before me. Pick up a glass of wine and join the horse.

“As you can see now, I can lift my hand with free material. But to describe the method in detail, the response of the nervous system and the brain. We need to explain the structure of the bones and muscles. If I put this in the dimensional barrier, I can do it, but I can't teach it perfectly. Some of those principles can be explained, but some things you don't understand, you're just doing. ”

Jamie pauses and makes a meaningful smile.

“My explanation will not be understood by human civilization. But among your collaborators, there's a kind of civilization that you can understand, right? ”

Jamie glances at my chest once again.

I seemed to know what he was hoping for. Quietly whisper to the floor.

"Floor, you didn't ask Mo Dimensional Old Man how to make a Dimensional Wall? ’

‘I didn't try to know. It's much more effective to just leave it to the beggar than to risk creating an artificial dimensional barrier. He was behind on his priorities. ’

But the Earth is different. The dimension of the pioneers has also changed since then.

“Hm · · ·. ”

I stroke my chin. Maybe each other's interests are right?

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