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Ex-Machina——

Just...died under the [Divine Strike] like this? !

No way? ! No way! No way! Everyone's mind was a little confused.

Even though they didn't have as deep feelings for these Ex-Machina as Shubi, they guessed that the Ex-Machina was now continuing to help Riku by inheriting Shubi's will.

But now even such a powerful race, thousands of machines...just like this? !

…

Everyone, who was feeling complicated, continued to see the next page.

Shinku discovered the current location of Mr. [Ghost] and also discovered his true face - it turned out to be the "Mr. Monkey" she mentioned.

The scene turned to a distant hill, and Riku was looking at the scene over there that seemed to be the collapse of the world.

"——The [Design Body] sent a report - the design was successfully reproduced at a power rate of 72.8% - synchronization began. ”

The female Ex-Machina told Riku this and raised her hand.

(……!!! Riku! It’s Riku! Everyone opened their eyes wide and perked up a little.)

“【Demon Opening】——Org.0000——【True Decan. Star Killer】——I’ll leave it to you.”

——What appeared in the void was a gun that looked like a small tower and stuck in the ground.

What I just witnessed was a violent vortex that seemed to end the world.

That is——the energy of the collision of 【Divine Strike】, 【Void Zero Protection】, 【Marrow Explosion】, and 【Crashing Roar】.

The gun that can reproduce more than 70% of that power——only Riku can do it…no, even if there are many people, it can’t be lifted. The height is several times that of a person, and it’s too huge to call it a gun——like a 【wooden stake】,

The muzzle stuck in the ground, the 【gun】 that stood up——just quietly waiting for someone to pull the trigger.

That is——after seeing the 【signal】…Riku pulled the trigger.

(“Gun…?” You tell me this is called a gun? Everyone stared at the illustration in amazement, the huge [wooden stake] was completely different from the cold weapon they thought was supposed to be slender and sharp, and could easily penetrate the enemy's chest.

For a while, they fell into a state of continuous dumbfoundedness.

However, after seeing the weapon, some alchemists and artisan book fans remembered the weapons that Hubie had used before... weapons that could emit light cannons, and their eyes lit up and they looked thoughtful.

Can a weapon that can gather that terrifying power [such as divine strikes] and release it at one point?

So a gun can be made like this? !

A feeling of "wow" arose in many people's hearts. )

The subsequent plot is that the female body leaves Heading to the front.

But before that, Riku asked about the casualties and losses, and learned that of the eleven machines [linked bodies] (one linked body has many sub-bodies) only five were left, and a total of 4,802 machines were just destroyed.

Such shocking data made everyone silent, and the heavy feeling in their hearts deepened.

Actually -

So many machines, for the [future] of their human beings, for the arrival of peace in that era... sacrificed?

However -

If this is still not shocking enough!

As their beloved bard Andersen, how could Homura easily let go of the opportunity to share that emotion this time!

From the destruction of thousands of Ex-Machinas from the perspective of Shinku, to the specific casualty statistics of the conversation between the female Ex-Machinas and Riku——

The story turned and returned to before the war started completely.

When the linked body [Einzishi] talked to Riku...

In the book, Einzishi directly told Riku that the calculation of [Legacy Body] Shubi had errors.

Thirty-two [Traffic Controls] could not achieve [Contraction].

In terms of time, there were only ten to the negative six hundred and nine seconds, which was not enough time for induction. The power would not be directed to contract... and a vortex would be directly generated due to the conflict.

Because of the detailed calculation and translation of the annotations, everyone roughly understood how low the tolerance rate was.

"!!!"

"Wait, how is that possible! Doesn't that mean that even if the plan of Shubi and others succeeded, it was doomed to fail?!"

Chapter 418 Born without a life, died with a heart, that's all!

How could such a cruel thing happen!

Everyone was a little bit unbelievable and felt extremely disappointed!

That was the plan of both Shubi and Riku. In order to achieve that thing, Shubi even sacrificed himself for it!

In the end, they were told together with Riku that this plan was not feasible in the first place?

The huge sense of grief and the fragments of memories about Shubi's memory made everyone a little breathless.

Many people could not accept this answer -

But reason told them that so many Ex-Machinas were recalculating The result can't be wrong, right?

And——

Hermitos found an interesting word in the book called "error".

The note describing the slight mistake as "error" made him nod and agree with the meaning.

Because the "error" was so small, even Hubie couldn't calculate it... This point can still be barely accepted.

Later in the book, Einzig mentioned that the 24 "traffic control" that had been arranged were not completely useless...

Although it could not be "contracted", it could be "turned"...

"After the conflict, the power of the vortex should have shrunk and then spread in all directions. However, the thirty-two [traffic control] originally planned to be arranged in a circle remained at twenty-four - so a hole was left in the southwest ”

Riku guessed what the other party wanted to say next: "It means to induce the post-conflict power not downward - but to the southwest. Is this possible?"

Einzich then put forward two major points of view——

A parody argument about [Sky Strike].

If the Star Cup appeared directly, the probability that Riku would choose the God of War instead of being a human would be as high as fifty-two.

After all, [Divine Strike] was struck by the God of War, and his marrow is enough to carry the [Star Cup]... the concept of [the strongest]!

The little princess and the others were sweating from behind.

How is it possible——

If you look at the specific analysis in the book, even if the original 'wrong' plan was miraculously realized...

Will the final winner still be Artosh, the God of War?

What a desperate outcome that would be.

Aren’t all human efforts so far useless?

Yuzuha and the others all felt a little trembling, weak...and frightened!

You have sacrificed so much, but it is to make wedding clothes for others, this kind of thing! Ah! How heartless! It’s totally unimaginable...how could this be acceptable!

"So are they still going to attack the God of War?" Hermitos recalled their shock when they saw the Ex-Machina suddenly use [Sky Strike] to attack the Flügel headquarters.

He frowned...

Thinking about that behavior, maybe it was not just to start a war.

I'm afraid they already have the idea of ​​​​taking the God of War Artho as their opponent.

In this way——

At that moment, many smart humans and elves who guessed the significance of the Ex-Machina's strongest move against the God of War showed some expressions of wonder and admiration.

They are indeed two great god-killing races! How dare you plot against that terrifying ‘monster’!

so--

After a period of detailed analysis, Riku and his team's strategic goals changed.

And...the goal of crushing the God of War's [Divine Essence] has also become a new part of their original plan.

Just killing the marrow does not make it truly dead, so it does not violate Rule 2.

Einzhi and the others told Riku...

Then people saw that Einzhi had calculated the number of Ex-Machina sacrifices that would be made in implementing the entire plan.

From the time when the Ex-Machines used more than a thousand [Sky Strikes] to the end when nearly five thousand machines died, it was all part of their plan.

But Riku could only act calmly, calmly, coldly, calculatingly - completely...

He locked the [Lock], and then, as if to convince himself, he spoke the complicated and incomprehensible words that left everyone speechless for a long time:

"The [Rules] do not include damage to props - just like if I throw away my hand."

Such an obvious act of "self-deception" plunged everyone into deathly silence.

Riku was clearly roaring before, refusing to admit that Hubi was just a prop, but now he had to go against his true inner feelings and chose to watch Hubi, his wife's compatriots, and nearly five thousand people die...

Everyone's hearts trembled desperately when they saw such a clip... They couldn't imagine how heavy the pressure would be.

Yuzuha and the others covered their mouths and noses tightly, trying not to make embarrassed sounds.

‘How could... be like this...? ’

——Such a plan!

At this moment, the so-called victory...the so-called plan is no longer as exciting and expected as it was at the beginning.

The hero who can save everything is just living in a fairy tale after all!

If you want to get something or save something without giving anything...how is that possible?

Many people seem to have only now fully realized the cruel implications of this simple truth.

…

Finally, they saw Einzhi's still calm words and expression without any fluctuation:

"We are mindless machines, just props. We can only faithfully obey orders and implement them, so——"

"As soon as you see Artosh's [Light of Divine Essence Stripping], you should not hesitate to pull the trigger and get the [Star Cup]."

——Don’t look away when you lie... If it’s a machine...

Riku lowered his head.

"Good luck." Even until the end...

Including the Ex-Machina who accompanied Riku and went to the front line, he still called himself a "machine".

‘…! ’ At this moment, people finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

Something was wrong, everyone discovered something was wrong!

Wrong, they couldn't be more wrong!

I thought that the death of a group of unrelated machines would not affect my mood at all. At most, I would feel slightly heavier.

But what is this feeling that becomes more and more uncomfortable the more you watch it? !

Ahhh——!

Why do you call yourself a ‘machine’? These machines, he, they...haven't they begun to look like Hubie?

Those are all proofs of the heart!

Even though he has a heart, he still regards himself as a prop, asking Riku to give up their life and death in order to continue to achieve "victory in which no one dies".

At this moment, everyone was shocked by that kind of thing, and they couldn't accept such a victory at all!

What kind of game is this where no one sacrifices!

However——

The emotions that were about to collapse did not burst out immediately.

As if to deceive everyone's tears——

The troubadour Andersen released a special text fragment.