A World Made of Cogs – 2
Maximilian was born in a foreign country.
A country where everything in the world is a lie due to alchemy. Even a single stone rolling along the road is an artifact created by someone. The land where the Golden Sutra roams is both a blessing and a curse. Humans live under the pressure of gold.
It took less than a hundred years for the nature created by the Earth Mother over hundreds of millions of years to be covered with human traces. In a country where the greedy crops also harbored poison, even humans were used as ingredients.
Thanks to being born in such a country, Maximilian survived.
Maximilien had no arms. Neither Maximilien nor his parents were so surprised. People who are born without arms do not know why they have four limbs. In addition, the countries were originally unusual countries in that if three children were born, one would have a deformed child.
If a nation lacks something, it fills in with alchemy. Even if it is the arm of a child who has not fully grown. His parents, who were moderately capable alchemists, decided to make a prosthetic arm for the child.
overly ambitious for his ability.
The nations were a nation that gave birth to three and one came out with madness. Such was the case with Maximilian’s parents. From an early age, Maximilian received a lot of attention from his parents and underwent all sorts of modifications.
Is it love, is it obsession, or is it the attitude of a scholar who burns a fighting spirit toward a difficult problem?
In any case, thanks to the hard work of his parents and endless suffering, Maximilien discovered alchemy. With that knowledge, he made his own prosthetic arm.
He quickly became famous as he wandered around the world wearing a cog-wheel prosthetic.
No matter how good an alchemist is, it is difficult to implement the necessary functions from time to time. But Maximilien, whose cogs are like his own body, made a sturdy machine out of low-quality materials. People were enthusiastic about his work that was different from the design.
Alchemy is honest. According to the law of equivalent exchange, no matter how much effort you spend to save money, you cannot exceed the absolute value of the annuity. Adhering to the old way did not compete with Maximilian.
Competitively, Maximilien almost raked in money from all over the country. In countries where pension value is the truth, money is power. Maximilien, who founded the company with a huge amount of money, has emerged as a new emerging power in the nations… .
Until the Golden Palace rejected him.
As soon as the permit was granted, the seungnyangs rushed in. Maximilian was an excellent alchemist and had a knack for combat, but the nations are the land of alchemy. The other side of the scale is heavier, and the opposite tilting miracle does not happen.
After a long chase, Maximilien was forced to flee across the border.
Then one day, news came that Maximilien’s parents were looking for him. It was clear that he had been taken hostage. It is reasonable to ignore them, but for Maximilien, parents are teachers and benefactors. I couldn’t let it die. He returned to the nations on his own feet.
Having met his parents under strict surveillance, Maximilien pulled a cogwheel out of his pocket.
It is said that when a nation gives birth to three, one deformed child, one madman, and one genius.
Sometimes all three are born at once.
Maximilien terribly hated the incompetence and nervousness of his parents. It was beyond Maximilian’s common sense to vent his anger on his children that the experiment had failed. But other than that, he loved his family just like that.
If there is something lacking in the nations, it is filled with alchemy. Just as his parents did with Maximilien’s arms, Maximilien tried to ‘fix’ his parents’ heads.
Parents can no longer be angry. If you don’t think about it, you can’t get angry.
Unlike his parents, Maximilien did not take responsibility for failure. He calmly admitted that he was lacking, cleaned up everything around him and left.
***
Just before the sharp saw blade tore me apart, a brown shadow fell like a shooting star. Ajida, who has been hiding until now. The King of Dogs, who could unleash his wrath against the cogs, leaped fiercely for the saw blade.
“Woof woof!”
Even Aji isn’t stupid enough to stick his teeth into a sharp saw blade. Aji’s goal is not the saw blade, but the shaft connected to the saw blade. Aji, who quickly dug into the steel beetle, bit the axis of rotation and slammed. It’s like grabbing the axle and ripping it off.
“Mong! Whoops!”
And he screamed as he hung.
Although size is not necessarily proportional to strength, the steel beetle showed the difference in pure weight class. Aji went round and round with the saw blade.
“Oh hey. You can’t do that on your own.”
Humans are not strong. Objectively, compared to other beasts, there is no physical advantage in any way. The skin is thin, the claws are round, and the bones are soft. How would you like to survive?
But the true strength of man is his ability to draw strength from other sources.
I cover my body by skinning other animals. The stones are split and the horns are plucked and used as claws. They cut down trees and twist their young to replace the skeleton. The strength he brought is not his own, so he can handle it carelessly. Even if a tool is broken, it is enough to re-create it.
Man became the ruler of the earth by using tools.
The steel beetle, which greedily used the principle of the axle wheel, multiplies the force arithmetically by several thousand or several hundred times. Even the king of beasts cannot stand in the face of the violence of numbers.
Oh, except for the human king, of course.
I hung Aji and reached for the falling saw blade. My hand covered the side of the saw blade that would tear the whole world at once.
If it’s normal, my hands would all be torn.
chin.
My meeting with the saw blade ended with a quiet sound. The saw blade, which ran like a raging storm, became a still life the moment it touched it.
“Uh uh… .”
Aji’s foolish cry was heard as he hung on with the iron rod biting. Maximilien opened his mouth in the silence.
“… It wasn’t an unfounded provocation. You can even handle steel beetles.”
“If you can do it, I can do it too.”
Unlike chariots powered by thunderwheels, the steel beetle is driven only by Maximilian’s powers. The rolling wheel, the rotating saw blade, and the joints connecting the cogs are all under his power.
So I, who uses the same power, exercise the same level of dominance.
Maximilian clicked his finger. A motion like scratching the air with a fingernail, each time the steel beetle squirmed. I try to get out of my hands and move according to the intention of the real owner.
But as long as I hold it, it doesn’t move. Because I am moving exactly in the opposite direction of Maximilian.
‘Resist. You can’t completely lose control. Is it that much… There is a chance.’
Sheesh. It’s quick to notice
It’s okay to lose your temper if you’ve provoked this much, but maybe it’s because you have a gear in your head. Emotions and reason move independently.
“Isn’t it too ugly to get angry after being stabbed in the face?”
“I wasn’t angry. You deserve to say that to me.”
Do not lie. you’re mad You’re just holding on to your reason by turning the gears of your head hard!
“You don’t get angry if you attack me without saying a word. I don’t trust you at all.”
“I can’t help it. You have no will to follow me. but i need you We do not agree with each other, so we have no choice but to hide the stronger one.”
“Even if you drag me away, it will be enough if you don’t cooperate.”
“You may not cooperate. But, what about the king of humans?”
It’s not that difficult either.
I am the king of men, and even if I regain my strength, my personality will not be twisted and my personality will not change.
But the reason I feel threatened is that humans have a history of expelling kings with their own hands… .
“Maybe, the King of Sins might be more cooperative.”
No matter how you think about it, the king of evil that the regressor saw in the future is definitely the king of humans.
I am human is a beast Animals do nothing to destroy the world. No, it’s impossible in the first place. Animals are also part of the world.
In order to destroy the world, one must first commit suicide, but suicide cannot destroy the world. what kind of contradiction is this
But you did it. Awesome, humans.
“I don’t even know the intent of the lord of all things. Actually, I didn’t even need to know. My purpose was to meet the king of men, and that was all. But… If you don’t accept me, you’ll have to find another way!”
Maximilien raised his right arm.
A cog wheel crawls out of nowhere and rolls over his body. Without the need for assembly, the cogs found their place and moved on their own. The steel is firmly engaged. A gigantic steel arm that was completed in an instant.
Maximilien swung his steel arms at me. I screamed.
“I’m taking you!”
“Don’t worry. Even if my limbs are broken, I will fix them.”
“I do not need!”