Chapter 638

"Your Highness, the maintenance of the Titan is complete."

"I see. Well done."

As he received Adelia's report, the Duke was reading a book in his research tent.

"At this point, it seems difficult to do any additional maintenance or upgrades on the Titan. It is expected to reach the next battle location faster."

"That's right. We can maintain the existing equipment and not consider any further upgrades."

"Can we consider the Titan complete as it is now?"

"That's right."

As planned, the Titan will only be used in two more battles.

"After those two battles, it's better if the Titan isn't used anymore."

"I see."

Adelia nodded at the Duke's words.

Such a huge war machine is better off not being used.

After the Gate incident, it may be used to deal with the remaining monsters, but it should not be used for anything else.

So there was no need to improve the Titan beyond its current state.

That's why Adelia and the Duke were now free from being tied to the Titan and could just maintain it in its current state.

They were finally free from the burden of the Titan.

Adelia looked at the Duke sitting in his chair.

They had hardly ever talked about anything other than the Titan.

So when the Duke was reading a book unrelated to the Titan, Adelia couldn't help but be curious.

"May I ask...what book are you reading?"

Judging by the complex content and diagrams, it was a magic book.

"It's a vision book of the Sangtu'an family."

"What? Oh, I'm sorry...I didn't mean to pry."

To be caught glancing at a vision book of the Sangtu'an family while reading it was embarrassing.

Knowing how important vision books were, Adelia's face turned red at her off-topic question.

The Duke faintly smiled as he looked at Adelia's dismay.

"...I misspoke. I'm sorry. I meant to say that there wouldn't be anything of interest to you. You already know most of it."

The Duke closed the book and showed her the title.

[Magical Automation Device-27]

"....?"

A magical automation device.

Adelia also knew what it was.

"Is it a book about golems?"

"To be precise, it's a book about all devices that move with magic as their power source. Golems are one of them, so you can't say it's not about them."

It includes magical trains, warp gates, and golems.

Adelia's talent, magic crafting, is specialized in that field.

It's a very comprehensive field of study, but the fact that there are at least 27 thick books like this one means something.

And while making the Titan, Adelia had understood and acquired almost all the knowledge about golems. Most of it was passed down from the Sangtu'an family, so even if she hadn't read it herself, it was as if she had read it all.

The Duke's words that there wouldn't be anything of interest to her were because of that reason.

But Adelia was amazed by another aspect.

The Sangtu'an family may not be close to the judiciary or dark power, but that means they are interested in all other areas of magic. The scale of the vision accumulated by the Sangtu'an family over a long period of time. Just the books on magical devices alone are so thick, with over 27 volumes, how many other visions must there be? Adelia felt the weight of that time overwhelmingly. She couldn't help but think that without such accumulated knowledge, the Titan could not have been created. But it was strange. The Duke said there was no need to improve the Titan anymore. Yet he was reading a book related to golems from the family's vision. He must remember everything about it. As if knowing what Adelia was wondering, the Duke lowered his head. "It's unrelated to the Titan. It's about the research on remote control neural networks for magical devices." "You mean the system in Master of?" "It's one of them." The Duke and Adelia use the Master of to start and control the Titan. Remote control neural network. Adelia couldn't understand why the Duke was looking at it now. Of course, the Duke couldn't explain why he was looking at it either. He couldn't say that he was thinking about how to neutralize Immortal at the request of the Demon King. The Duke also didn't know the magic of Immortal. Therefore, he didn't know how to neutralize it. He could only imagine. He was now pursuing that possibility. "Have you ever been to Arnaka?" Arnaka, the capital of the Sangtu'an Kingdom. The Duke's hometown and also Harriet's. Adelia shook her head at the question. "I'm sorry. I've never been there." The Duke laughed at Adelia's words. "What's there to be sorry about? It's possible. Let's go there when the war is over." Adelia thought the Duke was a little strange these days. He was always a dignified and solemn person, and at the same time, a kind and gentle person. But lately, something was different. He seemed to be laughing more often. Was it because the end of the war was near? If he was a person who showed dignity, melancholy, and unbreakable pride, he now seemed to be someone who had prepared for something. In the end, the Duke seemed brighter than before. Adelia couldn't know the details. "Anyway, Arnaria doesn't use any guards. There are very few people who go there." "Ah... I see. They replaced them with automated golems." "Yes." It wasn't a secret, so Adelia knew that much. The capital of Arnaka, the White Palace Arnaria, is guarded by automated golems. It is natural for those with strong power to value protecting their own. Arnaria completely controls the variables caused by humans. Therefore, it is very safe, but Adelia remembered hearing that it was also a very lonely place. "This is about the visions written about how to automate those golems and build a neural network to control them remotely." "Ah, I see." The largest golem in the Allied Forces now is the Titan. But of course, the golem power is not only the Titan. Steel golems made of iron blocks are teleporting short distances and fighting with blink magic.

Until the Titan was deployed, and even now, the golem forces were still a great help.

The Duke is reading a book on how to create an army of golems.

How to automate them.

How to control them.

Research on how to connect that army to a magical neural network and operate it remotely.

It's already applied technology and being used in battle.

Since the visions of the Sangtu'an family have already been applied, the Duke was not seeing the book for the first time.

Adelia wants to help if she can.

"Have you found anything that needs improvement?"

The Duke looks at Adelia as if to say that's not the case.

The Duke seems to be thinking about something.

"If you can interfere with the neural network that controls the golems in Arnaria, Adelia, you can control all the doors of Arnaria even while outside of it."

"If that's possible, Arnaria would be vulnerable."

"I haven't thought about it, but if that were the case... it would be dangerous."

The Duke is thinking about magic that has never existed before.

If such magic exists, it would be a dangerous thing. Translation: It's not just the problem with Arnaria's doors, but even the golems and even the Titans that the Duke is currently operating can be intercepted by someone. Something that has never been thought of has never been researched. Therefore, it suggests the possibility that the method may be surprisingly easy. Adelia wondered if the Duke was thinking about this to strengthen Arnaria's defense. Anyway, even if the Duke's worries are unnecessary, the fact of his worries remains unchanged. If she can help, she wants to help. "Then let me think about it...." - Your Highness. As Adelia was about to say something, there was a voice calling the Duke from outside the laboratory barracks. "What's going on?" One of the wizards who came into the barracks pointed outside with a stern expression. "There's something you need to check." It was a puzzled expression rather than an urgent one. * * * The Duke's sons were also there. "Father, have you come?" "What's going on?" Everyone had an attitude that they couldn't understand. "It's a golem." "Yes." A medium-sized iron golem was lying in front of the gathered wizards. The inherent magic is only a short-range teleportation magic called Blink. However, it sweeps the battlefield with explosive physical power exerted from the body. Recently, there are monsters that breathe ultra-high temperature breath, but it was one of the Duke's countless golems that always do their fair share on the battlefield. Like Titans, golems can be recovered and re-entered through a restoration process as long as the part corresponding to the core system inside is not damaged. Therefore, the Duke's golem corps does not decrease in number so much. "As you can see, the outside is intact, but it doesn't reboot at all. We recovered it from the last battle without the reverse summoning magic being activated, but it couldn't be restored." "Is that so." There was almost no external damage. No, it was at a level where it hardly fought. So it was recovered from the battlefield intact, but it was finally called the Duke because it couldn't be restored no matter how hard it tried to reboot it. At the words of the eldest son, the Duke looked at the golem. But the Duke also narrowed his eyes. "All internal magic circuits are completely destroyed. No, is it not destruction? All parts are intact." The Duke seemed to know why the other wizards had called him. "Only the magic that was planted has 'evaporated', is this possible?" If it had been completely destroyed, it would have been understandable. But not only was there no external damage, but the internal parts, including devices such as parts and magic stones, were intact. Only the magic that was bestowed was cleanly erased. So, now the Duke was looking at the most strangely destroyed golem in the world. "It seems that a powerful dispel magic has hit it...." The Duke had just said that his golem could not be affected by dispel-type neutralization magic. Of course, monsters don't use dispel. And even if they did, the Duke's golem wouldn't be affected by such neutralization magic. Are monsters now using magic? A powerful dispel that would neutralize the Duke's golem? Then what about the Titans? If it wasn't the golem that was hit by this unknown method, but the Titan? "If that happened, all the wizards might have been in despair."

"Um... Can I take a look?" Adelia cautiously spoke up while the Duke was lost in thought. Other wizards and even the Duke had given up, but Adelia began to inspect the golem. Despite being destroyed to an eerie extent, all the essential parts and magic stones were intact. However, all the magic circuits necessary for the golem to function were completely destroyed. It was as if someone had cleanly removed all the magic circuits necessary for the golem to function. Could a dispel magic so precise and sophisticated, even against a golem with countermeasures, be possible? The Duke and his wizards were dumbfounded. The situation was terrifying, as they feared that monsters might be using powerful dispel magic. Adelia had a hunch about what was happening. She headed to the Royal-class Templar stronghold, where she might be able to find out who the culprit was. "The golem... me?" "Yes. Do you remember?" Scarlet, the girl with red hair, said.