Volume 3 - Chapter 23 – Conclusion (1/2)

03-23　Conclusion

「Golems！？」

「That’s definitely one of Valentino’s golems!」

The golem that broke open the door had been owned by Valentino in the competition and was made by Lord Valerio.

「That guy, did he get reckless because he’s cornered?」

Then another figure appeared, it was another identical golem of the same type. 「Two golems! Did he make enough profit from smuggling to spend money like that?」

The two golems approached with firm steps while soaking in water up to their chest.

「I guess they came eyeing the evidence of the El Dorado Transactions.」

(TL: I’m thinking between El Dorado and Elderite, please give me your opinions below)

They are advancing straight towards 3 ships, Marcia’s catamaran being among them.

Reinhardt called out to Lorelei;

「Yes creator.」

The Mermaid type golem, Lorelei, appeared from the water.

「Wait, Reinhardt, do you really intend to stop both of them with just Lorelei?」

Lorelei’s leather material puts it at a disadvantage against a metallic enemy. While Jin worried he was told,

「Oh, even though it looks like this, Lorelei’s combat power is high, although it’s limited to the water.」

Saying so, he issued instructions to Lorelei.

Lorelei disappeared into the water, and the next moment, the two golems lost their balance as though they had lost their footing and fell down.

「Good! Well, we’d better get out of here before it’s too late.」

Reinhardt tries to make Elsa and Marcia evacuate the dock first, but

「I refuse! If left alone as is, won’t those golems destroy my ship?」

「Yes, of course. Apparently, those two golems seem to be a semi-autonomous type, and will keep working towards their goal until they are destroyed or complete it.」

When Jin said so, Marcia asked about what a semi-autonomous type was.

Reinhardt answered her question.

The reason semi-autonomous types are made the most is because they have some autonomy to react to a situation.

For example, you don’t have to give it detailed instructions when you say「Bring me ***** 」.

Conversely, an advanced autonomous golem would require a significantly higher skill to create than the average Magic Craftsman, which are already limited.

「Well, here it is too narrow….」

On the other hand, Jin was troubled. Reiko was in another room fighting at 10-20% against identical golems, but because of how small the docks were, her fighting ability was hindered further due to the probability of causing collateral damage to the surroundings.

When Reiko strikes with sufficient power to destroy a golem, the force is likely to be transferred behind it too, powerful enough to break a wall.

After looking around the dock, Jin found out whether or not there were any good methods of attack.

「Reiko! Knock that fishing weight into them!」

The weight, or ballast, weighed around 20kg. It’s used instead of an anchor to fix a ship in place temporarily.

「Yes, Father.」

Reiko lifted the lump of iron lightly with 20% of her output and threw it at the golem.

「Aaah!」

Whose voice was that?

The weight that Reiko threw crushed the upper body of the golem and protruded outside of the dock.

「It’s good that the door was open….」

Jin was relieved that the golem was forced out without breaking the door. Furthermore, Reiko hurled another weight at another golem.

The second golem raised its hand in order to catch the weight, but Reiko had thrown it with 20% of her total output.

The lump of iron that was flying at a super-high speed crushed the arm that was held out and the upper body as was and kept flying out to sea without losing any speed.

「…………」

「……」

Everyone who was watching were stunned like deers in headlights.

The first to return to their senses was Reinhardt.

「Lorelei, find the Control Core of the golem!」

「Yes.」

When analyzing the control cores, the criminal can be identified. Lorelei immediately retrieved the 2 Control Cores from the water.

On the other hand, Reinhardt began explaining the situation to the guards who had finally gathered. Elsa supports him from the side as well.

Jin who saw all of this thought it would make a good reference as expected.

「I see, the two golems forced open the door to the dock and attacked.」

「The guard is also hurt, but he’s also saying that without a doubt.」

「Anyways, please come to the lord’s place.」

「We’ll secure the crime scene」(TL: It really says “we’ll guard here”, but I feel this fits better)

They had caused a large uproar. Jin and the others were going to the female lord who rules the southern part of the Elias Kingdom including Port Lock, Dominique de Firentsiano, as important witnesses.

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Meanwhile, at the government building where Dominique de Firentsiano is…

Three subordinates of Marquis hudson and Valentino do Hudson were confined to a room on the 2nd floor for an investigation. For an aide to a feudal lord, it wasn’t a jail cell but a room in the government office building.

A detailed interrogation was scheduled to take place tomorrow.