There is no doubt that this is not what Rider wants Sieg to do. The pure knight just wants him to live a peaceful life without fighting. He himself likes this kind of life very much, but even so, he still has to give up the stability that he has worked so hard to get.
Because he did hear the desire to be rescued from 'someone'.
—Please save me.
He couldn't ignore this fact and run away alone.
He wanted to save his comrades or his past self who were soaked in rotting juice and could only live in fear and wait for death. He wanted to save the androids who wanted to beg for help but couldn't even make a sound, and the androids who never thought of being saved and lived just to die.
Indeed, death is a certain future event common to all living things. But if we are also prohibited from doing anything during the process of reaching death, it is really unreasonable and tragic.
Just as he had been saved by Rider, he also wanted to save them.
That way, even if she meets Rider again, she can have a clear conscience; even if she sees Archer again, she can tell him that she has found her goal; even if she meets Assassin, she can tell him that this is her decision.
He can hold his head high and say to every hero who has helped him - he has helped everyone who is seeking freedom.
It was like an invisible chain to him. The androids who had been blessed by the god of luck many times understood the joy when someone held their hand for help. This was probably an emotion that other androids would never have in their lifetime.
A strange sense of guilt spread throughout his body. Although he was helpless, he embraced the mission of "trying to change the status quo" and followed his heart to step into the battlefield.
Then he discovered the huge gap between ideal and reality.
Not to mention saving companions, even saving oneself is a very difficult task.
The dragon tooth soldiers can be seen everywhere - although they are just small fry that can be dismissed with a wave of the hand by the servants, they are opponents that he must deal with carefully one by one.
The mind is highly concentrated and the brain starts to work at high speed.
First, weapons are needed.
Fortunately, this is a battlefield and weapons are everywhere.
I picked up a one-handed sword, which should be the weapon of a certain android who died in battle. Because it was a piece of equipment produced in conjunction with the android soldiers, I didn't feel uncomfortable holding it in my hand.
Next—
Glancing over, he saw two of his companions not far away being surrounded and in a critical situation.
Save them.
As a fledgling, he didn't understand what the long-term or the overall situation meant. He only looked at the present. He only knew that he didn't want his companions to die here.
The Dragon Tooth Soldier was a skeleton-like monster, and the effect of stabbing was very low, so he threw himself on it, rushed forward with his whole body, and quickly broke its waist while sticking close to the opponent. The Dragon Tooth Soldier fell down instantly. Then he cut off the arm of the Dragon Tooth Soldier who leaned out from the side, and pressed lightly on the opponent with one hand.
"Guide/Open."
Activate the magic circuit - investigate, analyze, and synchronize the materials you touch - and then completely reverse it to weave the laws necessary for destruction.
Instantly, the magic released from his palm changed to the most suitable state for crushing the bones of the Dragon Fang Soldier. Because the magic used by Sieg must be analyzed in the state of contact, the range can be said to be almost zero. However, its destructive power is very great.
The Dragon Tooth Soldiers were literally shattered to pieces.
Using the same method to destroy the surrounding Dragon Fang soldiers, Sieg calmed his breathing which became rapid due to the intense exercise, and naturally tore off his clothes to bandage his injured companions - he had only seen Archer do it once, but he imitated it very naturally.
"Are you okay?"
"Why are you here?" the injured android asked expressionlessly. This was a female android who saw Sieg the night he escaped, but did nothing.
"I can't abandon you. Even if there's only one person, I want to save him." Sieg's expression was very focused, just like when Rider was looking at him.
"Didn't you run away?" The rescued android showed a slight hesitation on his indifferent face:
Another android said: "To be thrown into war, to be consumed, that is us androids, we are born for you to fight here."
"But, you weren't born to die, right?" Sieg asked, "If you want to die, I won't stop you. If you still want to live, go back quickly. When you go back, go and rescue our companions. Whether you are the one whose magic power is being drained or the others, you are all free from any constraints."
"But—that would be against orders."
"Yes, the order we received was to subjugate the Servants and their followers."
"You should understand that this order is impossible to carry out. And what obligation do we have to obey such an order?"
After hearing what Sieg said, the two looked at each other again. As if to interrupt their conversation, a dragon tooth soldier swung his sword at Sieg.
Sieg quickly grasped his weapon and swung the sword from the side to the neck. The androids followed his attack and smashed the dragon tooth soldier's skull and feet with their battle axes.
"We have to choose between dying or living."
This was the final announcement. One of the androids agreed to his request and returned to the castle. The other one said, "Even so, I still have to obey orders," and returned to the battlefield.
That's all, Sieg thought. As long as there was room for choice, the androids would have to make a choice. Because their thinking circuits were not so blurred that they couldn't even understand this principle.
They were destined to be slaves since birth, so for some reason the option of rebellion never occurred to them. However, it would be a different story if they were given the opportunity to choose.
After that, Sieg gave the same choice to each of the androids he met. The result was the same as the first two androids he met: half chose to continue fighting, and the other half chose to return to the castle.
In this regard, Zig will not take any responsibility - or rather, he cannot take this responsibility. He only gives the right to choose, and the person who makes the choice must be responsible for what happens next.
In this way, Sieg continued to advance deeper into the battlefield while saving his companions.
As he advanced, he also carefully analyzed the battlefield situation. The locations where the conflict between magic powers was particularly strong were the locations where the Servants conflicted with each other—he had been carefully avoiding these locations until he felt a certain magic power in them.
This magic power was not strong, but that unique, clear breath like the wind was something he would never forget - it was the symbol of the mythical beast Hippogriff that carried him out of danger, and the owner of the Hippogriff was none other than the Black Rider Astolfo.
An indescribable feeling filled his heart, and even his body, which was tired from constant fighting, was injected with a new vitality.
A clearer, stronger desire naturally came to my mind—He is here, I want to see him, now, immediately, right away!
PS: Yes, A1 has been changed. In Sieg's heart, Astolfo is the most important, more important than his android companions. His rationality evaporates immediately when he encounters Astolfo. No matter Astolfo saves his companions first? This is impossible! So you two should go to the Netherlands and get married.
PS2: Actually, there is nothing wrong with the character of Sieg. What people criticize is that he is always using cheats. It can be said that when the time comes, the heaven and earth will work together, and the whole world will make way for him. Excluding these, Sieg's own efforts are still good. This is also the reason why I didn't sell Sieg or simply delete him at the beginning - perhaps some book friends will think it is redundant, lengthy, and has too many words. But I really didn't think so. I just wanted to restore a real Sieg for everyone, without cheats, relying only on his own artificial people. Of course, he is not the protagonist after all, and he won't have too many scenes, so book friends who really don't like him should be patient.
PS3: Since we are talking about word count, I will talk about my proficiency in various chapters. The most time-consuming are the chapters like Sieg, which have few dialogues but also need to portray inner feelings. The second is the battle. Some book friends said that the battle in this book is much better than the previous one. This is natural because more time is spent. The third is daily life. To be honest, this is the best way to increase the word count, but I don’t like it very much. The least time-consuming is to show off the candy and dog food. The part where Fiore shows off the benefits is coded as if by divine help. For the first time, the time was shortened to one and a half hours per chapter, which is terrible. However, I am most difficult in the confession chapters, which directly leads to the difficulty of showing off the dog food.
PS4: As for the polarized popular science setting, this is also polarized when I write it. I collected the information in advance, so it was very fast to write. Without the information, I can only rely on the original words to write a brand new concept without making mistakes. This is more difficult to write than a battle (Phantom is a typical example). Because I have obsessive-compulsive disorder in the setting, I have to write as much as I can after the research, which makes many book friends dissatisfied - I am here to see the plot, not the setting, please restrain yourself, bastard! I know it, but I can't stop writing every time I write. I will pay more attention in the future, but if I really can't stop, please forgive me. Thank you for your support.