Chapter 328 - Departure (1/2)
Mercury's sleep-deprived face showed happiness boarding on full-on ecstasy as he looked at the metal dog in front of him as he spoke to Marie that was busy jumping up and down beside him
”Have you marked the last modifications to the blueprint?”
Marie stopped jumping for joy and spoke reassuringly
”Of course, I've even drawn the entire thing over on a new piece of paper”
Mercury nodded before he kneeled down in front of the metal dog that was wagging its metal tail from side to side, then he spoke as he reached his hand out to it
”Paw”
*Woof*
”Good, the other one”
*Woof*
”That's a good dog”
”What are you even doing Mercury…”
”Confirming its ability to take voice commands”
”Geez Mercury… Don't you think it's time to get some sleep?”
Mercury nodded before he spoke
”I'll inform the king first, follow”
”Who? Me or the dog?”
”Both of you”
Marie sighed before she rolled up the blueprint and followed after Mercury along with the metal dog into the residence where Albert and Kathrin was sitting on the couch and chatting with Julia and Max, all four of them turned their heads when Mercury, Marie, and the metal dog walked in, Kathrine looked at the metal dog and spoke
”My~ How cute!”
Mercury showed a smile before he introduced the new model 'hound'
”Model 'Hound' total weight: 63.550 grams, outfitted with jaws powerful enough puncture half a meter of steel in under two seconds, main roles are scouting and frontal assault with a built-in bay for 4 model 'sparrow' golems, it is highly resistant to conventional attacks such as slashing due to its full-body steel frame, also has a built-in spike cannon, though has limited ammunition”
”My… How not cute”
Kathrine looked very deflated after having heard that the metal dog in front of her was a specialized war machine, Albert's face lit up a bit though, Mercury noticed that he was feeling down and showed a serious expression before he asked
”How's the war going?”
Albert sighed before he spoke
”All efforts in taking back Ode has failed… We can't even get close to the city due to the fact that there appears to be one of the weapons unearthed at the underground pyramid stationed in the city”
Mercury paused, he once again regretted that he had not broken the wooden weapons instead of just leaving them in the pyramid before he asked
”Can you describe the effects of the weapon?”
Albert shook his head, then Mercury nodded and spoke
”So no survivors… What shape were the… corpses in?”
Albert sighed before he stood up and gestured for Mercury to follow him, from there the two of them walked out of the residence and into the hallway before they followed the hallway before they reached the king's office where Albert stepped in and walked over to the sturdy wooden desk and dug through some reports before he handed a report to Mercury only to pull it back at the last moment as he asked
”Have you eaten yet, Mercury?”
”...No I have not”
”That's good… Anyway, here's the reason why I lost my appetite yesterday…”
Mercury looked the report over, including the very detailed magically imprinted pictures before he put down the report and sighed and muttered
”Napalm… No, a Fuel-air-explosive… Tch, I really should have broken those weapons...”
”Fuel-air-explosive? What are you talking about Mercury..?”
”It's a type of explosive that uses the surrounding air as a fuel, it's real nasty work… I won't go into details as you have already seen the details”
Albert looked at Mercury a bit before he sighed and asked
”So… You really come from that tomb?”
Mercury nodded
”Yeah, I was sealed there as the most terrible weapon of all”
Albert sighed and spoke with an aura befitting of a king
”Then as befitting of your title of weapon I'll have to ask you to deploy… and even though it pains me I'll have to ask you I need you to show your value as a weapon”
Mercury nodded
”Sure… Though I have something I want in return, I want Julia's hand in marriage”
Albert seemed to turn off his king aura as he showed a smile befitting of a happy middle-aged man before he spoke