604 Episode 604: Agato Lamb's Armor.txt




...... How much do you have to fool with other people to make me feel better about myself?

 Norzuri glares at Vestri in displeasure.

 For this guy, it's like he's been tricked by his people, so his irritation level must be much greater than ours.

 It's a good thing that you're able to get a good idea of what you're talking about ......, but now that you've thought about it so far, it's clear that the execution itself is not impossible from the start.

 It's not just the fact that the Agat Ram doll itself is capable of elaborately reproducing human movements, but also the fact that Vestri was able to remotely manipulate the human impersonated clay figure.

 Although it was Bran, who had been given Vestri's power, who actually controlled the clay figure, there was no reason why he couldn't do the same thing.

'Kaka. Well, Luke White Wolf. I'm ready for you, okay?
...... Okay, let's do it.

 Hearing Vestri's voice coming from the doll's bare face was frankly an uncanny sight, but let's put that disgust aside for now.

 I kneeled in front of the wreckage of the armor and autonomous dolls on the floor of the underground space and let one hand touch it to activate the skill.

''Activate the skill--[Restoration] begins.

 The weapons for Agart Ram's regular soldiers have a more complex and bizarre structure than one might imagine.

 The complexity of the structure is orders of magnitude greater than that of the products made by Alexia's technicians.

 I have no idea what role each part plays.

 However, it's not a big problem for my 【Restoration】 skill.

 It's because 【Restoration】 is a mechanism that reads the memory of a target object's shape and reproduces its shape based on that information.

 There's no need for me to understand the structure or the principle of it. Once the memory in the object is extracted, the reconstruction process will automatically follow the drawings.

 Even if it's a contraption created by an unknown technology--

"-- Okay, I think I got it: ......

 I look down at the parts laid out on the floor in pieces and let out a short breath.

 The finished result is good itself.

 The armor is a thick armor that covers the entire body, but the direction of the design is very different from the armor on the ground, and the overall shape is straight and sharp.

 The finger circumference is indeed rounded, but that's about it.

 The inside of the armor is also completely different from that for ordinary humans.

 It is unlikely that the space between the body and the inside of the armor would normally be free, and it feels as if it were something that could be removed and attached part by part.

 It's not the human body itself, but rather the exterior of the armor, which would be quite distorted if it were actually put on.

 As for the weapons ...... I honestly don't know what they are.

 There were several hollow tubular components and what appeared to be an expanded version of the heat radiation function that was presumably built into the doll's interior, but I couldn't find anything that would indicate that it was a piece of equipment for white knight warfare.

It's brilliant. I'm impressed," he said, "that's the caliber of Alpha Zulu. Or if you only compare it to the restorative capacity, it may be even better than the one he had when he was a nameless person before he was named Alphasul.
'Again, such an exaggeration ...... No, wait a minute. The way you're talking, it's as if you've known Alfazul for a long time ......

 Kaka," the characteristic humming sounded extraordinarily loud.

 Vestri didn't try to give a specific response, but instead opened his mouth as if Norzuri was just returning his earlier intentions.

'I know and nothing. Alfazul is the only person Gandalf-sama has acknowledged as a friend, and Vestri has been serving Gandalf-sama since he was born, apparently.'
...... Really, how long have you been alive ......?
'I don't know either. No. ...... I've heard of it, but I can only assume it was a joke that was misrepresented. By your measure, it's like being told 'we've been alive for a thousand years'.
A monster?
If the story is true, it's a monster. If that story is true, he's a monster. Even an elf can't live that long.

 I couldn't help but exchange frank thoughts with Norsuli.

 Trying to carry Norsuli with such an obvious lie - I have no intention of understanding the personalities of the demon generals, but I thought that Vestri would be able to do it normally.

 Vestri didn't show the slightest interest in our exchange, picking up one of the parts laid out on the floor and shoving the red ornament embedded in it into the clinker.

 -- In the next moment, the parts of the armor that were scattered in pieces floated up in a magical light and rushed to attack the body of the doll that Vestri remotely controlled.

''Nah......!''

 Any surprise I had attributed to not knowing what had happened faded and disappeared in the first instant.

 Instead, the astonishment of not knowing what had happened rushed up from the back of my mind.

"You can't be ...... automatically, attached ...... to ......?

 The gut feeling of impossibility clashed with the objective idea that it could be possible if the technology involved in the ancient magical civilization, and the latter gradually became more and more dominant.

 The figure of the autonomous doll (Vestri) wearing Agart Ram's armor looked the same as the impression I got from the dismembered parts.

 The silhouette of the sharp-edged armor, with the shoulder area, chest, forearms, and legs slightly swollen with built-in mechanism - the hollow-structured rod or tube-like parts that appeared to be weapons were hung on the backside of each shoulder, one on each side, with the tips pointing at their feet.

 Perhaps the weapon was in a standby state, like a sword in a sheath.

 The built-in weapons held by the doll's main body also seem to be usable.

 The slits carved into the helmet were protected by transparent parts that were tougher than glass, and something like a red light ball could be seen moving behind it.

''-- Brilliant. It's really brilliant. We have been unable to reconstruct it with such ease, which our technology has not been able to do, and it's still a shame that we couldn't win you over to our side.
'Enough with the flattery. That's not the end of it, just [restoring] it, is it?
"Of course. There are people who are able to complete the reconstruction and repair the damage and injuries. You can't end up confirming the performance with your own eyes?

 Then Vestri turned the eyes behind his helmet to Dustin and Norzli.

''Go ahead, Demon King, hunt to your heart's content. And Norzuuri. You can have a go at me too.
All right. Let's see what kind of strength Agat Ram has.
"...... No, wait! Vestri, you! Why do you involve me in this?