Chapter 366 - The Dragon Capital (2/2)

”Ah… I see”

[Yes, it should be done soon-ish though, let's head back to the boat!]

Mercury and Qutil returned to the trade ship that soon found a place in the underground drydock, after a bit of discussion it was decided that a large part of the crew would stay with the ship and only Mercury, Qutil, Julia, Marie, Asma, Naila, and Amanda would leave the boat, soon an elevator arrived and the group walked into it before the door closed and the soon they arrived on the surface, highrises were all around them as they seemed to have arrived in a high-density residential area, Mercury looked around, he was already wearing his aluminum gauntlets, all the girls were equipped well, Amanda was holding her quarterstaff which was made of an adamantite alloy, she currently had it swung over her shoulders, frankly with her grey skin Mercury thought she looked a little like a hooligan, though he didn't mention it, Mercury asked Qutil that had changed from to that of a large smoke dragon

”Qutil, why was it we needed to be equipped for combat again?”

[Well… I kind of left the central intelligence alone for a long while, the chances of it having developed… Strange subroutines are high]

”I other words it might have gone insane from loneliness?”

[Might is a strong word Mercury, I would say there's about… 0.5% chance that it's unrecoverable]

”...And what about the other 99.5%?”

[That's that it is pissed the fuck off of course!]

”Oh… Great…”

Mercury looked to the side as his ears twitched, then he quickly spoke

”Qutil guard the girls!”

[On it!]

Mercury leaned back slightly as something tore the space where his head was a few seconds before, the next second Qutil covered the others and high-speed metal slugs impacted Qutil's body and luckily was stopped, Mercury yelled

”Back down the elevator girls, this is no fight you can participate in!”

[The A.I. has locked the elevator!]

Mercury sighed before he muttered

”Of course it has…”

Then he looked around before he yelled

”Don't you know that it's rude to fire upon guests!?”

His voice echoed around the empty highrises for a bit before a burst of mechanical laughter sounded out in the streets

”AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! IT'S TIMEEEEEE TO PLLLLLAY QUTIL!”

”Yep, that definitely sounds insane… Reminds me of when we first meet Qutil”

[HOW RUDE, I AM NOT… Wait, I am clearly insane, so maybe you're right?]

”At least you're self-aware”

Mercury looked down the road, rows of and rows of golems were lined up in a firing line with what looked like modern firearms as the mechanical voice sounded out again

”WEEEEEEEEEELLCOME HHHHHOOOOME QUUTIL!”