Volume 9 - Chapter 35 – Deus Ex Machina (1/2)

09-35 Deus Ex Machina

The walled city of Asunto was surrounded with walls ten meters high.

Its shape was a square with edges almost five kilometers in length, and inside it bordering the north side walls was the royal castle.

The so-called outer palace was this defensive enclosure of ten-meter high walls which stretched around from the north side and shaped the outer palace to a rough square.

The north side of this outer palace, that is, Asunto’s castle walls, had a gate through which the king’s army could sally out of.

Protected by the outer palace was the inner palace which was the heart of government and where the king lived. The wall separating the inner palace from the outer was three meters high, less than a third of the castle walls’ height.

Therefore from around the center of the inner shrine seeing the exterior castle walls was possible.

And seen from the inner palace, a giant golem rising higher than even the castle walls was looking down on them.

“U, uh oh…”

“T–that’s a…”

The people watching were trembling with fear, then saw someone step on top of the castle walls from the golem’s palm.

Black clothes, and a silver helmet they had never seen before. They seemed to be a tall person. Judging from the body shape they were male.

“Who could that be. A friend, or a foe?”

Everyone watching held the same thoughts.

“Ladies and gentlemen!”

The mysterious person’s voice reverberated. He must’ve been using some kind of magic as his voice reached to all corners of the inner and outer palaces.

“My name is Deus Ex Machina. It seems that a certain subset of people have named me the Mysterious Golem Master or some such.”

“Deus Ex Machina, you say?”

“I’ve never heard of him before. Who in the world is he? What are his aims?”

Everyone present began talking. However, the person who called themselves Deus Ex Machina waved his hand and it again became quiet.

“War is useless. It doesn’t create anything.”

Deus Ex Machina spoke.

“The land is vast, and people are few. Do not commit such foolishness as fighting against your own race.”

Some of the people agreed inside their hearts.

“People haven’t yet caught up with the state of civilization of the Great Magic War days. That is the truth. But setting your eyes on the past is foolish. Because the past will never come back.”

There were also people who frowned when they heard those words.

“Do not head for the past. Focus on the present. Endeavour to clear the way to the future.”

Deus Ex Machina raised his voice even more, and spoke almost shoutingly.

“Whether or not you listen to my advice is your own choice. But if you do not, I have a plan ready.”

Deus Ex Machina said and pointed at a destroyed golem.

“Look.”

Everyone’s gazes gathered there. Then, everyone’s eyes became wide-open with surprise.

Before their eyes the broken golem turned red hot, then white hot, and then it completely melted.

“You understand, right? I only wish for one thing, peace. To put it in another way, coexistence would do too. It should not be a difficult thing.”

Deus Ex Machina then stopped speaking, and looked out over at the people.

“I will not show myself as long as you do not cause conflict. Think well upon it.”

Finishing with that, Deus Ex Machina jumped on the giant golem’s shoulder. At the same time, the giant golem turned its back around to Asunto’s castle.

At that moment, one of the magi knights chanted magic and was about to fire an attack spell.

“[Wind Slash]…! Why? I can’t use magic!”

Deus Ex Machina turned to look back from the golem’s shoulder and,

“I forgot to mention. Far from neutralizing magic, it is possible for me to make magic unusable. Please stop doing pointless things.”

He then pointed at the magi knight who tried to use magic.

“Ugh!”

Then the magi knight let out a short grunt and immediately after suddenly went rigid. Then he fainted.

“Unfortunately, that man appeared to have been a puppet of the [Unifilers]. But now he should be returning to normal. I shall send you a list of people who have been confirmed as being manipulated later.”

Deus Ex Machina said and once more turned his back on the people.

“Well then, I hope we do not meet again.”

And this time Deus Ex Machina left together with the giant golem.