Chapter 150 Soul That Pursues Order (1/2)
Right at the moment when the magical projection called herself 03, Joshua raised his alert to the max without a doubt.
His eyes swept around, observing the movement of the magic power all around the place. His brain began to simulate the source where the magic power was coming from. The warrior could see much clearer than the eyes of the professional machines. The source of the power that charge up this shadow came from above the tallest mechanical building that was located in this steel runic city's highest point. There were countless runic lights flowing all over the place endlessly projecting the magic power down from the top of the white silver platform on that metallic giant building.
The instant where he managed to lock on to the source of the force, Joshua focused an enormous amount of Combat Aura on his right hand and locked on at the direction of the source. Meanwhile, Ling understood Joshua's thought and walked up to Joshua's left-hand side, ready to transform into his Divine Armament form anytime now.
Facing such an existence, it would never be an act of overreaction for raising one's alert. Joshua had always believed that communication could only exist between two same equal existences.
”You don't have to treat me as an enemy.”
03 had sensed the hostility from Joshua. Unlike the living beings of the Alchemy that were more spiritual like Ying and Ling, this woman was an A.I that was more mechanical. Even though she had lost some of her abilities in feeling, however, she had the uttermost advantage in reacting to situations. So she quickly said, ”I mean you no harm. Truth to be told, you have made it all the way to this place without any problem all because of all the arrangements I made for you.”
While she was speaking, 03's voice was still calm and cold. The gray-blue eyes on her delicate face seemed to remain unmoving, as though everything was not related to her. ”Otherwise, the automatic defense measures of the fortress would have been triggered. You would feel troubled even if you are more than capable to charge through the passage by force.”
Her words held truth. She had no reason to lie at all. Joshua could feel the horrifying power that was surging across the air along the electrical statics high above the building. That source of power was strong enough to threaten his life. So he nodded softly and accepted the woman's explanation.
However, he still had one thing unanswered.
”So you call yourself 03… So 03, I shall keep it short.”
Joshua observed the surging magic power in the surroundings. He knew that the real body of the woman should actually be in that steel runic machine. The projection in front of him was merely a terminal for the woman to interact with Joshua and the others. Joshua then spoke in a low voice, ”Why are you so friendly to us? We are not Karlisi. We are obviously outsiders to you. We might even be intruders.”
”If you have communicated with us from the very beginning, it would make more sense. However, why did you wait until we arrived the center region of the place to reveal yourself to us?”
Standing at the side, Moreila and Clyre were completely puzzled as they were listening to Joshua and that projection of that strange being communicating with a language they could not understand. The elves might still be able to barely differentiate the traces of any language beyond this world. However, it was futile for her as well to try and understand what the two of them were saying. So, the dwarf and the druid had no idea what Joshua and 03 were saying.
”Since when did Joshua know the languages of other worlds…” Clyre muttered to herself, ”Ever since his great-grandfather, I've never seen anyone in the family know more than two languages.”
”No, they would at least learn a little about the languages of the dwarves and elves.” Moreila subconsciously replied. However, he also shook his head. ”This guy…”
”What are Master and the woman talking about …?”
Ling gently muttered to himself. Actually, he could still understand what the warrior and the other person were talking about through his Spirit Sense with Joshua. However, this young Divine Armament had just recently awoken from his slumber. He only knew things about the Mycroft continent. So he could not acquire information that he could actually understand from the conversation between Joshua and the other person.
”Races no longer matter. The Karlisi never discriminates the identity of a person based on their bloodline.”
The magical projection of the 03 was obviously designed delicately and precisely. When the projection of the woman was talking, every single movement detail on her was precise. The movement of her lips, the movement of her waist and her wings, everything seemed very realistic. The woman then blinked her eyes and calmly spoke, ”Furthermore, the world has long been destroyed. The Karlisi civilization has been buried deep down the ground. The fire has been extinguished. I'm the only meaningless living being in this dark and lightless world… so it doesn't matter if you're trespassing or not. I've nothing left to protect anyway.”
Upon saying that, 03 bent waist down. There was some changes to her voice for the first time. She seemed to be speaking from her heart, ”Y-you're the only one that seems different.”