Despite Sieg's intrusion, many androids chose not to fight anymore and returned to the castle.
Although with Shinji's arrangement, Spartacus was sent into the sky, greatly reducing the impact of the explosion.
However, compared to before the war, one-third of the androids still lost their lives, and more than half of the remaining ones suffered varying degrees of injuries.
Fortunately, the surviving androids were overwhelmingly influenced by Sieg. They may not have the good luck of Sieg, who was guided by the servants and had a distinct will. But they have gradually gotten rid of the cold machine thinking and started to try to think independently.
Under the leadership of the first android who came into contact with Sieg, the androids formed a small group and started activities to rescue their companions.
The housekeeping androids cleaned out rooms to accommodate the wounded.
Medical androids work in shifts to provide various emergency treatments for the wounded.
Some of the combat androids cleaned up the collapsed castle to see if they could rescue more companions, while the other part stood guard outside - not only against possible enemies that might break in, but also against the magicians who were supposed to be their "masters".
The leader of the android group, who was later named "Dure", brought a group of androids drawn from various models into the core part of the workshop, the "cultivation tank" where the battery-type androids were stored.
The supply tank was cut with a battle axe, and the machine that absorbed magic power was removed. After wiping their bodies with sheets, they were dressed and carried on stretchers. Once the artificial people, who had the highest quality of "doing things calmly and calmly", took action, they performed their work very well.
Not all of those rescued from the cultivation tanks were survivors, and victims whose magic power had long been drained and had to be thrown away also appeared one after another. They were probably "consumed" in this large-scale war.
The androids did not carry them on stretchers, but wrapped them in the sheets they had used to wipe their bodies. I hope I will have a chance to pay my respects to them in the future.
Because the emotions of other artificial humans are relatively weak, they can still tolerate it to a certain extent, but witnessing the disappearance of these companions with their own eyes also planted the seeds of sadness in their hearts.
The artificial human battery system is the most important reliance of the Thousand World Tree Clan, and the actions of Dur and others were naturally discovered by Gold.
When Gold, Fiore and Colles, who were filled with shock and anger, rushed to the workshop, and saw the androids who were on high alert and regarded them as enemies, Gold's whole body was shaking.
He is angry.
Homunculi are tools. Their duties have long been determined: supplying mana, fighting, doing odd jobs, all of which have long been predetermined.
But now such a thing happened, how could he not be angry as the Creator.
He was hysterical, he cursed loudly, and almost destroyed the robots that blocked his way with his own hands.
But facing him like this, none of the androids retreated, and none of them was afraid. They might have expressed their thoughts in words, but their attitude was enough to explain it all - we want to live, and we don't want to be drained of magic power until we die, even if this is the obligation we have been given.
When Fiore asked them what they were going to do next and revealed that they only had a very short lifespan left, the androids fell silent again.
They are very clear about what kind of existence they are, and they also know the fact that even if they are free, they will have no time.
Especially the androids used for combat, which are different from the androids used for odd jobs and magic supply. Because they have undergone special adjustments for combat, they are quite excellent in combat effectiveness - that is, strength and magic power, but they have to pay the price of short life in return.
They are just a group of creatures whose lives have been compressed and who were born to run on the battlefield.
However, they still want to do it and still want to survive, not only for themselves but also for their companions behind them.
This was what they had learned from the android who had given them the choice, and it was the first thing they really wanted to do.
So, they won't back down.
Gold wouldn't back down either.
The situation came to a stalemate.
Until Coles could no longer bear this atmosphere and muttered quietly: "At this point, there is probably nothing left for them to do."
Although Fiore immediately scolded him, everyone knew that it was the truth.
The Holy Grail has been moved to the Sky Garden, and the androids as miscellaneous soldiers have no means to get up there. As the sky moves farther away, the role of the android battery system will become less and less effective. Servants and magic power sources cannot be too far apart. Once the Sky Garden leaves Tulifas, this support system will be useless.
If that's the case, why should we get so worked up over these artificial humans who don't have much time left and are destined to be abandoned
Eventually, the magicians left, neither doing anything to the androids nor agreeing to free them.
Before leaving, Gold kept shouting about it being garbage, inferior products, useless and failed products, and the sentence he said most often was that you will regret it.
In his angry state, he did not realize that "regret" is a behavior only humans have. When he said this subconsciously, it meant that he had already regarded these artificial people as humans.
Soon, the servants who went to the Sky Garden returned, bringing back a series of shocking news.
After a brief period of shock, panic and vacillation, the Thousand World Tree Clan began a new integration.
After Danic passed away, Fiore succeeded to the position of patriarch as the heir and took charge of power.
After clarifying the current situation, at Jeanne's suggestion, all existing forces were gathered to form an alliance, announcing a temporary suspension of the Holy Grail War, and proposing an action plan to guard the Lesser Holy Grail, take back the Greater Holy Grail, and never let the world be destroyed, and to start the war only after defeating Amakusa Shiro and Tokisada's party.
Make a new contract with Achilles and Atalanta who have lost their masters.
Treat the injured and poisoned servants and restore their combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
Build a new defense system to avoid sneak attacks from the enemy.
Contact the scattered tribesmen, gather intelligence, and confirm the movements of the Sky Garden.
Report what happened in the Sky Garden to the Holy Church and the Magic Association. Although the two poles of the mysterious world will most likely shirk responsibility and say that it was all personal behavior and had nothing to do with the organization, it is a crisis that could destroy the world after all, so it is good to gain some strength.
In such a busy atmosphere, the matter of the artificial man was forgotten. Until Gold finished a busy day and lay on the bed, the scenes that were forgotten came back to Gold's eyes.
A robot that has always adhered to the theory and is determined and never backs down.
Life is short and the desire to live.
A tool without emotion and a determination to protect his companions.
All these contradictions conflicted violently in his mind, almost making his brain explode.
I told myself many times not to think about it, not to think about it, but I just couldn't help it.
I drank two bottles of red wine in succession, hoping to use the alcohol to dilute the images that kept appearing in front of my eyes, but it had no effect. Instead, I became more and more sober.
After tossing and turning for a while, he finally stopped avoiding, put on his coat, and walked towards the big room where the androids lived.
PS: Both the Master and the Servant have wishes, and they are not willing to destroy the Holy Grail directly and cut off the possibility of realizing their wishes. In addition, from the standpoint of Joan of Arc's judge, she does not have the power to directly destroy the "prize".
PS2: Some people ask why black magic is discriminated against? Turn to the middle of Chapter 4 and read the description of Serenika. First, he is a heai who enjoys torturing people. Cruelty and sadism are also the nature of most black magicians. This kind of people have tortured more people with various tortures than those ancient criminals. Ten deaths are not too much. Of course, Erye has no burden when killing. By the way, many magicians have innocent lives in their hands, so they don’t need to feel burdened when killing - Fiorecaules is an outlier. This is also the reason why he wants to replace Sagara Baoma. He and Serenika are birds of a feather.
PS3: There are some bugs in the latter part of the manuscript, which needs to be revised. Also, Jian Shao is getting older, and his family forces him to go on blind dates three times a week... There may not be a second update tonight, so I'll take a leave first.