Chapter 27 Part1 (1/2)

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Once Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin had parted ways with Guillotine, they wordlessly took the golem train and returned to the level 2 danger zone. The facility was close to the area where the past city, Kehebe had been.

But there was something cheerfully chatting by their side while they were being silent...

[Please take care me, Sir Lee s.h.i.+n Woo. Henceforth, I am in charge of supporting you in battle and scouting. Please give me a name.]

[Please give me a name. I will explain my abilities again. I possess high agility and strength, but my health is incredibly low, so please handle me with care. I have some magic as well.]

[Please give me a name. My most effective ability is the subs.p.a.ce. With the latest techniques that were created through high rank magic engineering, I can hold a maximum of 4,000 zeta...]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo finally raised his head. He had almost arrived at his destination... the Kerr Century Winery. Before then, he needed to fix this guy.

”Is it a relief that they're misunderstanding us?”

”Misunderstanding?”

”Yeah.”

They held the unyielding belief that the Steelworker seal could only be obtained by a Steelworker. That pride. That was Guillotine's sole mistake, and also his worst. Because of that, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was able to clear out the entire facility without garnering any suspicion, and even now...

”I'll give you name, so come over here.”

[I underst...]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's hand came closer and tightly grabbed onto the Observer Golem. He could tell that this guy was sent to spy on him, even without seeing its name.

But he didn't know who exactly ordered it to spy on him, or whether he should either extract information from it, dispose of it, or try to find some other use for it; to find that out, he had been observing it, so he hadn't acted immediately.

'If this guy's orders could only be changed through the use of Arema Steelworker's seal, then I would've had to give up and just dispose of it.'

However, that wasn't the case. This guy's maker, as well as administrator were Guillotine. Maybe Arema Steelworker trusts Guillotine a lot?

He couldn't say that this entire quest was due to Guillotine's decision, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was sure that Guillotine possessed quite a bit of authority. And...

'If it's at this level, then I can change it as much as I want with my own authority.'

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo no longer had a pure Steelworker seal. After countless improvements, he had successfully acquired an independent authority, and it was simple for him to erase Guillotine's order as if it weren't there and add in his own.

'And here...'

He hadn't had the Observer Golem for very long, but right now, he had plenty of time to experiment. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo made that decision, activated his administrator seal whilst simultaneously infusing in a completely different mana.

[N...Name...]

That radiating, gentle gray energy was none other than his high rank darkness element! Because darkness was the element that controlled contracts, he thought that he would be able to ignore the preexisting command authority and create a new relations.h.i.+p with it; that's why he had tried it, but the effect was truly outstanding.

[...Recognizing highest command authority.]

When the administrator seal accepted the darkness element and radiated an even more intense light, a black light spread throughout the Observer Golem's body. It sounded like it was breaking, and at that moment, something seemingly burst out of a part of its body. Then, it spoke in a much more calm voice than before.

[Pausing record. Deactivating surveillance function. Deactivating information transmission function.]

”Information transmission... So when were you going to send a report to Guillotine Steelworker?”

[In a week.]

”I'd like to make up a report so that they don't get suspicious, but can you input that kind of information?

[Of course.]

More energy surged from Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's hand and permeated the golem. The golem only processed the information that would be ok for Steelworker to see and which could be transmitted to him, and obviously, it was incredibly difficult work, but... Fortunately, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had a book he could reference!

”Let's see... Wait just a second, Jin.”

”...”

In one hand, he carried an opened, worn-out book, and in the other, he held the small golem. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who was constantly emitting black energy, looked like he was from some kind of evil cult at best.

As always, Jin didn't really know what Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was doing, but he decided to do as he was told and watch his surroundings. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo closed the book after several minutes.

”Alright. I can... Mm, is this much ok?”

[Any deficient areas can be fixed at a later time.]

”Nice. I'll make some more adjustments after I've studied some more and when the time is right.]

[I understand.]

However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't let go of the golem. He thought that at this rate, when or if Arema Steelworker intervenes, his authority could get taken away. And the only way to create a firm relations.h.i.+p which cannot be disturbed by anyone is...!

”Let's change the programming a bit, shall we? I'll program it with the absolute concept that 'owners.h.i.+p' is higher than 'command authority.'”

[...It's possible. In order to prevent a few minor bugs from doing so, I will prioritize removing Steelworker's ability to intervene.]

”Go ahead.”

Jin couldn't understand their conversation at all, and after they spoke a few more times, he saw mana coming out of the golem's body finely, while Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's mana filled the vacancy. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo meticulously examined the entire golem once more, and then laughed with certainty.