One hundred eighty-nine.
A long passage in front of the deepest part of the seventh level of the ancient underground city. Fifty golems set up to storm there by time difference in order not to restore the Machina Guardian while resting. All of them, in a flash, disappeared, Seoul says.
What the hell is the cause? Flying out of the large room they were using as a resting place, Mira and Seoul Howl head to the scene in alarm of the 'mechanical wanderer'.
And then we turn some corners, and then two more corners, and it's the deepest part, and they realize.
"Does it smell burning?
Scorching odor. Somewhere, Mira felt a smell and drifting heat like when she kept setting the empty frying pan on fire.
"Oh, I thought so too. What does this smell like?"
Seoul Haul seemed to feel it too, staring forward with his nose ringing. Obviously, that's drifting from where Mira and the others are headed right now.
unprecedented discomfort. Mira and the others are convinced that something is certain to have happened ahead of them and will proceed with more caution.
That's how he bent the second corner without a thing, and when the corner finally became the last, Mira and Seoul stopped his feet perfectly, looking ahead at the wall of the protrusion, the last bend.
"What is this? I wonder what happened..."
"I don't know, but I don't care what you think."
Seventh layer with extended white metallic walls. But Mira and the others went ahead, and the wall of their thrust was somehow stained black.
"Something that uses flames and other magical warfare types of skeletons. Are you close?
Black stained walls. From the smell of burning and the slightly drifting heat, Mira wonders if it might be caused by the flames. Only a magic war-type skeleton can do that in this seventh layer. But Seoul Haul responded by shaking his neck to the side, "No, you're not here," he said. A Necromancer with the skills to detect immortal demons around him. Seoul Howl always seemed to be progressing through it.
"Rather than feel no remnants of mana in the first place since then. It can't be magic or magic."
Looking carefully forward, Seoul Haul further affirmed so.
Magic or magic. First of all, surgery refers to the nine most famous, systematic techniques. And magic is otherwise a word that refers to the intrinsic power handled by demons, dragons, spirits, and some species.
"Hmm... Mana leftovers"
Magic and magic. You will always need mana to exercise them. And when they are used, they remain there for a certain amount of time. By discerning the presence or absence, it was possible to determine whether magic or magic were involved in the phenomenon.
In order to confirm the remnants of Mana, it is necessary to have a skill called "Observation Eye of the Devil's Guide". And this skill, but not in the game age, was a new skill developed in the last thirty years.
This also means that the skills acquired the other day are new and new. Mira, who had checked such places as a priority, knew she had the skills. And because it's not that difficult to master, Mira may have already mastered it.
"Hmm, I certainly don't feel the remnants of Mana."
Naturally you can use this level of skill. With that attitude, I quickly checked the black wall in front of Mira, naturally I know, but I can do it somewhere. I take morale and say so.
"If we don't get closer, we won't know the details."
What is in the passage ahead? Seoul Howl started walking trying to get it ahead of him when he created the Iron Golem.
"Neither did the wanderer use the flame. I wonder if he even showed up with a new breed."
Mira also summons Holly Knight just in case and moves on with it.
"A new breed? That's not an impossible story. I have been to various places and dungeons, but I have seen them occasionally there. From time to time, some of them were resistant to misdigits. So, guys like that, they're mostly deep in dungeons like here."
A new breed. The two of them speak of it, which is a generic term for demons and other things that were not seen in the game days. For some reason, the story is that the number of those sightings has exploded since the time when this world became a reality.
Mira, who once fought most demons and warcraft, gets a little carried away when she hears of a new breed. But now I strongly wanted you to give me a break.
"Why, I don't want to go any further..."
(ix) The seventh layer, where even the wise can't be alarmed, has a "wanderer of mechanical tricks". If there were a new species with different digits there, how strong would that be?
Thousands of dark knights in this place don't go well together.
It's one of the trump cards for Mira, a military summons. But in this place with all the aisles, you won't be able to make the most of its power. The same goes for Eisenfald, who has a giant.
Well, that was a reasonable room.
If I have to, I'll lure you to the room I was using for a break earlier. Mira carefully went down the aisle with that in mind.
"Oh my God... it's going on to the edge"
"Still, can't you confirm the remnants of the mana? Doesn't sound like he set something on fire."
In front of the last bend. The two lurking there made half a peek at only their faces to see where they were lining up the golem at the end of the aisle. Then we see all the passages about fifty meters to the back, walls on the floor and even the ceiling burning black.
"Hmm, what do you think caused this? Is it still a new breed?"
"You don't know yet. But up to this point, it was the main road, and I didn't get out of anything along the way. That means the boss is in his room."
Looking at the still slightly smoking passage of heat, Mira and Seoul Howl look carefully at the destination of the passage.
There is the deepest part of the seventh layer protected by the Machina Guardian. If there were a new species there, we would be dealing with both sides at the same time. But that is a complete foolishness.
"Anyway, if anything happens, I'll catch it in the back of the aisle first. In the meantime, the Lord will install an anti-recovery golem. Like what?
"Right. That sounds good. If there's really a new breed."
The two, who so briefly consulted and decided, quickly gave instructions to Holly Knight and Golem, who had kept them waiting beside them, to proceed through the black-dyed passage.
Holly Knight and Golem proceed carefully with heavy footsteps. Mira and Seoul Howl only peek at their faces from the top and bottom of that all the way back bend and watch over it.
And finally, the Holly Knights slipped through the place where the golems were lined up without a thing and reached the entrance to the boss room. There was no obstruction that something would pop out of the room, and so far so good.
But that's why it remains unclear what happened to more than forty golems.
"First, get the golem ahead of you"
When Seoul Haul said so, the instructed golem stepped into the room. Then take two or three steps and go where Mira and the others can confirm.
and shortly thereafter. The golem was pierced by something huge and spear-like and instantly destroyed.
But Mira and Seoul Haul stared calmly at it.
"It's just a Machina Guardian now."
"Oh, that's an attack by those legs. From what I've seen, the recovery doesn't seem to be clear."
Machina Guardian legs crushed the golem with overwhelming destructive power. With only a few signs of destruction, we can see that the repair is still incomplete. While reassured by that, they now carefully check the end of the aisle. There, I was wondering if he would look anything other than a Machina Guardian.
Then, that's when.
"Nooo, haven't you seen me?
"Oh, I thought so too"
At the end of the aisle, the Machina Guardian, who was at the entrance there, suddenly gave in without returning. Mira and Seoul Haul had eyes on the torso part of the Machina Guardian, which was supposed to be in a much higher position.
Near the entrance, you'll never see the torso. Though it is slightly hard to see because Holly Knight is standing at the entrance, the appearance is as if peeking into this side of the aisle.
The first two people to see a Machina Guardian acting like this are breathtaking to wonder what the hell this action means.
And it was the moment when Mira succumbed to Holly Knight saying it was a little out of the way. The Machina Guardian's torso broke in two, and the red crystal behind it began to shine.
"No!? Retreat!
"Dude, you're lying!?"
As soon as they saw it, Mira and Seoul Haul, who shouted at the same time, left the scene and fled to the back and ahead of us. Mira uses the shrinkage to escape with all her might, and Seoul Howl places multiple wall-like golems in the aisle.
A few moments later, it was released. When the red crystals of the Machina Guardian glowed, a stream of light overflowed from them and penetrated the passage at the front.
With overwhelming heat, the light of destruction that burns everything there down. Machina Guardian's secret weapon, Enchantrey.
The sound of being able to play it as if it were a spark, with intense heat and light swelling explosively. It easily incinerated Holly Knight, who was in front of the aisle, which also had a lot of aftermath on one curved aisle, crushing several Seoul Haul golems.
Where a thoroughly defense-oriented golem collapsed five bodies in the aftermath alone, the aisle finally regains calm.
"More than forty golems should evaporate in an instant."
Staring into a creepy quiet passage, Seoul Howl blurs into a sigh.
"Is the Guardian himself the culprit? I didn't expect you to behave like that."
Mira stares at the deepest part of the passage, white and sumptuous with smoke, feeling the burning smell that drifts deeper and more subtle heat.
The two escaped to the second bend, then decided to organize the information once.
First of all an earlier ray weapon, Enchantrey, but Mira and Seoul Haul knew the very existence of this. That is why, at the time of its activation preparation, it can be said that it was able to react immediately.
But because I know, they were surprised. Its power, as you can see, is not such that a person can bear it. Even the players of the Holy Knight, who were considered the strongest in their defenses among the Nine Wise Men, have less than a second of power if they take a direct hit. Moreover, the speed of the bullet is the speed of light, and it has become impossible to avoid it after seeing the activation. To ensure avoidance, it takes the technique of predicting aiming from a preparatory operation.
"But well, this is also a change that has become a reality. You still haven't got 20%, have you?
"Oh, you know what? It's been the same everywhere else, but really, it's changed everywhere."
Mira and Seoul Haul sat down beside the aisle with blacker stained walls in the front. And I laugh all the time when I have no choice.
Enchantrey, which the two of us know, was positioned, so to speak, like a Machina Guardian trump card. It is common tactical information for all players to start using around 80% of the damage, which has also been demonstrated in a number of repeated battles.
But at this time, less than 20% of the damage inflicted on the Machina Guardian. It would still be premature to use Enchantrey.
But the two of them confirm with their own eyes the fact that they have let it go. This means that the current situation is unpleasant, with the most alarming blow already lifted.
"Besides, you were reacting to the elder Holly Knight. I should peek into the aisle, it's called that reaction, it totally looked like a countermeasure to Golem's time buying"
"Sure, you've moved like that. Once the intruder has been cleared, it will return to position, as we know it. That was totally, like, the next step."
Peek into the aisle. The Machina Guardian expected there to be a disturber there. This means remembering repeated time purchases, learning, and putting together countermeasures.
"I started yesterday night, but you mean you learned in one day. That's a lot of trouble ahead of us."
For days and days, Seoul Howl said he planned to attack over a long period of time, and bitterly laughs that his plans for the future are going to be crazy if measures are taken so quickly. But I didn't see any giving up on that look.
Anyway, it's not validation.
"Well, that's all I got."
Mira and Seoul Howl get up with a grin and rush towards the burnt passage quickly.
Verification. Mira and the others say it's about checking the conditions of enemy movements and certain actions. We always do that when we encounter a strong enemy, and the task has been accomplished.
The first thing I did was change whether it was working or not. Earlier, it looked as if Holly Knight had reacted because it moved. Then what if it doesn't work?
A glimpse of his face through the corner was inferred that there was already no Machina Guardian figure ahead of him, but that he was back in place. So Mira summoned Holly Knight and Dark Knight to let only Dark Knight enter the boss room.
As the Dark Knight progresses straight, a sight similar to that of earlier is repeated there. Not the same, but a similar sight. The Dark Knight dodged the sharp and impending blow and slammed its black sword. But that was the limit and it was completely destroyed by a second leg rolled out without intermittent hair.
"Well, you're not getting ready to run."
"Oh, what happens?"
The Machina Guardian moved as Mira and Seoul swallowed their solitary spit and watched. And as expected, make a peek into the aisle. The two wait so that they can escape at all times with all their might and carefully observe the Machina Guardian.
Holly Knight stood still and inconspicuously at the wall.
But apparently, the move had nothing to do with it.
"We're not retreating!
"Right!
Mira and Seoul Howl, who were ready, turn their heels as soon as possible and flee to the back. And the corridor that ran through was set up with a golem of walls as a buffer for the aftermath, and the two spent a brilliant run of destruction that flashed shortly afterwards.
"The movement doesn't seem to matter."
"Seems so."
After thus completing one verification, the two continue and return to the increasingly black-dyed passage in order to begin the second.
"The excess heat is terrible."
There is no more Machina Guardian figure at the end of the black aisle. I guess it's already back in place. But it was blurry and distorted as if it were a pneumonia, and there was still Enchantrey heat in the aisle.
"Well, it's quick to get misty."
"Speaking of which, I do"
From the looks and actual power, there will be thousands of degrees Celsius, Enchantrey. But what principle, the heat that remains in the passage, is never more intolerable to a person.
"There seems to be a secret on this wall..."
Mira gently touches the black burnt wall with her fingertips. It's not strange if there's some heat left, but when I dived into the corner, I didn't feel the heat coming from the wall and wondered. And surely the walls were neither hot nor cold as if nothing had happened.
"Like a good absorption rate or something? Well, it's convenient now."
"Right. Long live ancient civilization."
If the burning heat remains, it interferes with the verification. But right now, I don't think I need to worry about that. I'm sure the great technology of ancient civilization is used. In ancient and named places, these things are common, and the art of ancient civilization was a really convenient word to describe them all in bulk.
"Well, not a single shot next time."
It is the start of the verification part two. Mira stared into the back room, summoning only Dark Knight to let him go straight into the boss room. And Seoul Haul also puts his face out of Mira's head and stares at the look of it.
Dark Knight goes straight through the sight of Mira and the others. Then a sharper blow strikes Dark Knight than earlier. A dark knight who dodges it puts a blow in the leg of the shaken down Machina Guardian. And the second leg rolled out without getting in his hair also dived brilliantly and struck a second blow in.
"Good, good!
The purpose is validation, but Mira's dislike for losing was giving her a little peek in the face. Dark Knight's ability to learn to manipulate definitive swordsmanship is also a medium one. But the boulder never made it to a non-standard Machina Guardian opponent, and it had been crushed with a single blow before releasing the third.
"Grunt..."
Mira is discouraged by a darkness knocked down sooner than she tried.
"Well, here we go."
Seoul Howl draws attention by poking Mira's head small like that. If we have to, we have to pull back at all costs.
Mira regains her mind and follows the Machina Guardian trend.
The movement was almost the same again earlier. The Machina Guardian, close to the front of the aisle, bent over and peered into the aisle.
On the front of the black-dyed aisle you can see a torso covered with armoured versions as sturdy as a tank. Signs of Enchantrey when that torso you see now opens and the red crystals are exposed. Immediately, do not retreat.
Fulfill, what happens. Don't move, lurk your breath and see how it goes for about two minutes. How dare the Machina Guardian return to the back of the room in heavy footsteps without firing an enchantrey?
"First of all, if there's nothing in the aisle, you can't shoot me."
"That sounds like it. So you're sure you're gonna shoot me when something happens?"
If you turn the corner, the rest is the aisle in front of you, which is a straight line to the boss room. After something breaks into the room, incinerate in the enchantrey if there is anything else in this corridor that you have checked, otherwise return to the predetermined position. The two of us are convinced that this flow seems almost unmistakable.
"Now, about that ability to learn, the first and second blows just moved the same. I wonder to what extent Machina Guardian's ability to learn"
"If you repeat it over and over again, you're sure to learn, but it's hard to tell how much. Just from what I've seen, once or twice doesn't seem like a problem. What can be considered is if it is repeated with ten or twenty, or the passage of time. It can take a while to process information."
"Hmm, I can think of that, too."
According to Seoul Howl's story, fifty golems on the first day were kept buying time without anything. But the next day, when the golem entered several times, this measure was finally taken.
"I'm sure you won't be able to pass the same hand for a long time."
"Oh, from the validation results, it looks like we'll be fine this time if we line up the golem in this aisle with one corner bent. Well, not necessarily next time."
In front of the last bend burnt in black. The passage that stretches from there behind still remains white. If we line up the jamming golem here, we might be able to figure it out by today.
"Oh man, let's just say I'm going back"
Seoul Howl quickly lines up the golem as he leaks a loud sigh just saying he's tired of boulders.
"Right. I'm hungry, too."
Mira worshipped the golem in line like a vault so that she could at least buy time for the day, and left the place behind.