“calm down. psychopaths. If we continue like this, we will all die.”
Just then, Gough’s automaton trembled and fell to its knees.
– The mana has gone down. Please exchange the magic stone. mana has gone down. Exchange Mana Stones…!
“Magic exhaustion…!”
At that time, the exhausted orcs also began to sneak back. Not missing the time, the crank also moved back further.
After a while, the two camps completely fell apart. However, the orcs were still chattering amongst themselves in front of the cave, and the adventurers were hurrying out of the lair.
Crank hurriedly climbed the mountain carrying an automaton that had ceased activity due to mana exhaustion and an injured person on his back. With a towel wrapped around her head, Lena and Carrot held off the orc’s attack from the back.
After moving for about an hour, we stopped for a while to rest and start treating the injured. Wizard Molly grieved beside the elven woman as she adjusted the broken bone and bandaged it.
“There has never been a day when the clergy’s healing was more desperate than today.”
“Don’t beat yourself up. Thanks to you, we live. There were quite a few people seriously injured, but no one died.”
Molly looked at the map of Hell around her and tried to force a smile.
Crank lowered the automaton and the wounded man he was carrying on his shoulders. Then he turned his shoulder once.
“It hurts.”
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Crank, who simply defined the feeling of riding the mountain for an hour carrying the weight of two people on his back, asked Gough.
“Are you the owner of this automaton?”
“It’s not.”
Crank looked at Goff’s teammates, but the two shook their heads.
“It’s a friend named Jetson. I don’t know if he lived or died. I ran away when I met the ogre.”
“Do you have any magic stones?”
The three looked at each other and shook their heads. Crank sat down silently, raised the automaton’s upper body, placed it on his lap, and slapped it on the back.
Then, something like a round marble fell from the automaton’s mouth.
Crank picked it up and looked around. Just in time, I saw an elf man lying down and resting. It was the elf who had been hanging upside down in the orc village earlier.
“I’m sorry for looking difficult, but I have a request.”
“…what is it?”
Crank held out the round magic stone to him without saying a word. The elf man looked at the fallen automaton, took it, put it to his mouth, and closed his eyes for a moment. Soon, a green light began to linger around the Mana Stone.
People who saw it for the first time looked at it curiously.
“I’m so weak right now, this is all I can help you with.”
“no. Thank you for your help.”
“By the way, this one is green. That automaton fights really well, so I thought it would be red, of course.”
“It’s not something I can’t understand. Mana stones are expensive.”
Crank put the mana stone into the automaton’s mouth again, and this time he bent his upper body in the opposite direction, put it on his lap, and pounded his chest. The automaton moved and opened its eyes.
-Magic stone output 12% confirmed, expected continuous operation time 48 hours, automaton starts.
The automaton, sitting on the floor and looking around, sees a crank in its field of vision, followed by an elf man lying on the floor waving.
“Nice to meet you. Have you seen our master? My name is Jetson.”
“I didn’t see it. Ask those people over there.”
As Crank got up from his seat and went to help the other injured, the automaton also stood up. Looking around, the automaton recognized the master’s companions and headed towards them.
“Nice to meet you. Mr. Goff, do you know about our master’s whereabouts?”
Gough didn’t answer, Dion said.
“We broke up during the ogre attack. Go back to the city and look for it in the guild. Just in case, he’s a good friend, so he might go ahead and wait for you.”
“All right. thank you What shall I do?”
“…follow me.”
Goff led the automaton to a large rock.
“Put this away and dig the ground. There are friends’ heads.”
“Ugh!”
“Stop, no way here!”
It was night and there was no rush at the time, but it was the place where they first met the ogres and were attacked. While Dion and F2 sobbed, they pushed away the rock and dug a little bit, and a large leather bag came out. Zettoson’s automaton turned its head to Goff, who rubbed his eyes with his sleeve.
“Goff, is our master here too?”
“···doesn’t exist. Check it out if you don’t believe me.”
Zetoson’s automaton nodded after unpacking the leather pouch and looking inside.
“You are safe. I will take them with me.”
Leaving behind the owner’s unanswering colleagues, the automaton tied a leather bag with a string and hung on its back like a bag, broke a branch of a nearby tree and turned it into a bat.
Carrot quietly approached the automaton.
“hey. Automaton.”
“yes.”
“What is your name?”
“My master has not given me a name. Hey Automaton, you called it Automaton there. People around me also called me that.”
“okay. Too bad, having a name is convenient. Did the first owner also call you that?”
The automaton, which had been still for a moment, looked back at Carrot.
“The first owner called me number 134. I was a military combat automaton.”
“It seemed so. Usually, general types like you have a lot of military dispossessed items. I am Carrot My master is that big man over there. Crank, adventure.”
The automaton, which had been staring at him, turned his head.
“How many masters is he yours?”
“I am the second owner. He was a friend of the first owner. I chose and accepted it before the owner died and was sold to the kwanliso.”
The automaton did not answer. Carrot said it was not funny.
“I just wanted to talk to the same automaton. It’s not very interesting, you don’t have enough computing devices, so you don’t speak fluently and your processing power is small.”
“I am sorry to disappoint you. Performance has not been improved since shipment.”
“okay. do you know this? Over there, the elf sister taught me that you don’t have to bleed to live. thanks for your effort.”
“Yes, thank you. Carrot.”
Carrot, who had turned around, put her hand on her waist and looked back again.
“As expected, it’s inconvenient not having a name.”
“…if this body is good, I’d like to build it for you.”
Where the two automatons lowered their heads lay the male elf who had charged the mana stone. Carrot was startled and stepped back.
“Wow! I’m surprised! How long have you been lying there? Did you want to see inside the automaton skirt?”
“…That’s a bit of a nasty point, I’ve been here before you guys came. My Orc friends hung me upside down, so I’m not feeling well right now? And whatever you might think, it was a pretty interesting conversation. So that’s your name.”
Carrot looked at the automaton.
“green?”
“okay. I charged the mana stone, and it was green, so I attached it.”
“Oh, that! I was surprised too. Can the magic stone be recharged?”
“Efficiency is low because it does not go through an amplification device, but it is possible. It’s a stopgap.”
“Good. Green, green, green, green.”
The elf man laughed as he lay down.
“Carrot, you have the most fluent language skills among the automatons I’ve seen. He really looks like a person.”
Carrot crossed her arms and smiled.
“I was like that too. It happened because the owners paid a lot of money.”
“Interesting. It’s to the point where I want to discuss how far automatons can evolve.”
“Come over to play when you feel better. I can treat you to tea for willingly helping Crank.”
Carrot turns her head.
“So, Green. how is it?”
“I do not have permission to set a name.”
“Yes, but we will call you Green from now on. If everyone gives the same name, that name becomes a proper noun. Would you like to see it?”
Carrot, who had walked along, approached the ghetto who was talking to Crank with a firm expression. Ghetto looked at Carrot for a moment before turning his head.
“green! Come and see! I have work to do!”
The elven man’s eyes twinkled, excited by this intriguing experiment, as the automaton, now named Green, walked towards them.
After a break, everyone started moving. Although there was a tacit agreement, it was because the Orcs might attack again. The speed of movement was very slow because of the injured and those who did not eat properly. By the time we finally came down the mountain after taking a few breaks, the sun was almost rising.
James, who was waiting in the carriage, was startled when a group of people came down.
“What’s happening?!”
“James! I need something to eat! Hang the pot! The menu is bland anyway!”
James was sensible, looking back at the people lying on the floor and making death noises, but he was a reasonable man. Skipping the designation of self-preservation, he rummaged in the luggage compartment of the wagon, hung up a pot, lit a fire, and poured water.
“Someone help me! I need some water! Bring me some water from down there in the valley!”
cried the ghetto.
“green! Get some water! If anything, shoot this flare! Go get it!”
An elf man came and sat next to Carrot, who was smirking with his hands behind his back as he watched Green run towards the valley with a bucket of water. His eyes were shining.
“You are so clever! It’s really fun. ha ha ha!”
“Nice to meet an elf I can talk to.”
Soon after, the stew was completed by beating all the ingredients.
“What does this taste like?”
“I didn’t add anything I couldn’t eat, so just bear with it. The elf lady over there is also eating well.”
The elf woman who was eating stew nearby turned her head.
“It is an unforgettable taste.”
“Heh, it’s because I’m trying to match the amount. You can also hunt if you need energy. Eat slowly, there are still many.”
While the elves and humans ate, Carrot put a large pot on the fire and took a sack of coffee beans from Crank’s backpack. Then he ground it all into powder with the power of his hands, poured it into the pot, and poured all the sugar cubes into it.
As the water boiled, the faint scent of coffee spread around.
“There is no separate cup, so just drink it in a bowl. The shape and taste are messy, but I want to congratulate you guys for surviving.”
Soon, the morning sun rose, and with the sweet and hot aroma of coffee, everyone felt their energy rise and were grateful that they had survived.
Ghetto looked at Crank as the atmosphere strangely warmed up.
“Is that guy really an automaton?”
“Sometimes I get confused too.”
“That’s true.”
James, who had picked up all the people who seemed to exceed twice the number of passengers, started to return by driving the wagon. There were no seats, so the rest climbed up and sat on the roof of the car.
It was comfortable because it did not require any effort to move. Most of the people were sleeping, but a few talked about it.
The team mobilized for this dragon rare search was a total of 8 parties from 4 cities. In Argon, there was only one party including Crank, but in other cities, the vanguard went missing, so they even organized and sent a rescue team.
“When I visited like that, the orcs were happy. I never imagined that they would attack with something like this. Magic is also reflected?”
There were many people who brought dragon scale shields and dragon bone clubs. It’s because it’s too big a loss if a colleague dies and the hardships are the same, but if you don’t get anything.
“Why did so much information about dragon rares sell in the first place?”
“Couldn’t someone who escaped by chance do it somehow to send a rescue team?”
“Or maybe it was because of the instigation of the Orcs.”
The story of the people in the wagon has matured. As soon as they arrived at their destination, Argon, after three days of time passed as they had come, an uproar erupted in the city guild.
The dragon rare did exist, and the dragon scale shield brought as evidence along with eyewitnesses’ testimonies shook the hearts of the guild leader and city leaders. However, it took time to dispatch the expedition because it was a complicated situation where all four cities dispatched adventurers.
“Now you will know. Our work is done.”
“Okay, now it’s time for settlement.”