It is often said that weapons are a warrior's best partner. This is true. After all, for a warrior, a good weapon that can bring out the best in one's strength is no less important than a good partner who shares the same mind.
Therefore, based on this, from ancient times to the present, there has always been a group of people dedicated to creating weapons and weapon spirits with self-will, directly skipping the 'run-in' stage and reaching the highest state of spiritual communication.
However, this does not mean that a weapon can be regarded as a 'best partner' if it is really connected with people's minds, allowing the holder to exert his best strength - because when the weapon also has a will, it no longer It is not only the warrior who chooses weapons, but also the master of weapons.
Only a handful of people can convince self-aware weapons to be used voluntarily.
-Of course, this does not mean that the very few people have to use weapons.
Starfall 850, January 1, 0:17 in the morning, Moldavia, Northland, cemetery church basement.
There is no dust in the church that is often cleaned. The fluorite lamp that is incompatible with today's era of magic shines with light golden light. Walking through the basement full of metallic smell, Hotaru and Rin came to an underground portal. The silver-haired girl and the black-haired boy didn't hesitate, they both stretched out their hands.
Then, this door opened.
In an instant, the sounds of armed men and horses were heard, the sword blades could be heard trembling slightly, and the shields could be heard being knocked. The two siblings sensed the echoes of dozens of completely different weapons, causing the heavy killing aura to spread.
For extraordinary beings with lower levels, this kind of battle may really shock them and immerse them in a strange mental state, which will increase the success rate of the subsequent contract actions. However, Firefly and Rin are not at the same level first. Low, now they have the ultimate intention. Secondly, they are not human at all, but just like the weapons buried in the basement, they are all 'divine machines'.
Therefore, the two of them were not affected in the slightest and strode into the basement.
"Hey, why is it you?"
Noticing that the visitor was not a human being, but one of his own kind, a confused mental wave came from a spear inserted in the ground: "Is it time for maintenance again? In fact, it is not necessary. The cultivation circle updated by the family leader last time has been It’s great, I feel stronger than ever now, I can eat people, RUA!”
"Indeed." On the side, a shield that seemed to be knocking itself just now, making a frightening knocking sound, also had mental fluctuations: "I even feel that I am a lot better in spirit, my thinking is much clearer, and I am really quick-thinking. . ”
Immediately afterwards, dozens of divine machines in the entire basement emitted mental fluctuations almost at the same time. The noisy communication was enough to make a psyker lose control. Firefly and Rin had nothing to do about it. The two looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. They shook their heads, then clasped their hands together, and the crisp applause suppressed all sounds in an instant.
"Okay, okay, seniors, we are not here to take care of you this time... To be honest, if you are so energetic, what do you have to take care of?"
It was Firefly who said this, and Rin was the one who answered. He opened his hand and began to release his power, connecting all the magic machines present: "In short, there is something big to announce today, and from now on, you don't have to No more staying in this basement.”
As he said this, the powerful power spread, and as the energy released by Rin overwhelmed all the divine machines present, strong lights flashed one after another - and then, along with the rushing waves of magic, various figures of different shapes appeared. Human beings' appeared in the basement.
There are elderly people who seem to be highly respected, and there are also teenagers and girls like Hotaru and Rin, as well as normal men and women. The human forms transformed into dozens of divine machines are beyond the expectations of these divine machines, and they reveal their bodies abruptly. .
"…Wait, Rin, and Hotaru."
Staring at his hands that turned into human form with some surprise, the young man transformed from a spear did not seem to be excited about it. He frowned and said: "What do you mean? I can feel that we and Radcliffe The contract with my husband’s family was severed… no, it was withheld.”
"It's strange to say that no new divine machine has come in in the past few years - doesn't the head of the family have any descendants? Or has he given up on the divine machine?"
The indifferent woman transformed from the original giant shield clenched her hands, shook her head, and let her long green hair sway: "No, the contract between you is still there, he should not give up the divine machine... In this way, Has he given up on us?"
This kind of speculation cannot be said to be unreasonable - even if there are several humanoid incarnations of the divine machine, I am afraid that the new head of the family feels that it is too troublesome to maintain the divine machine and raise 'losers' like them, so he simply suppresses them. The contract allows them to find their own way out, or in other words, allows them to fend for themselves.
"Well, that's not the case."
Hearing those strange speculations, Yingying's cute little face wrinkled up. She looked bitter and said helplessly: "The main thing is that this is the order that the master left us."
"'When the Divine Machine production line stabilizes and everyone slowly accepts the Divine Machine as a new life form, it is also time to restore the freedom of the Divine Machines left behind by the ancestors of the Radcliffe family.' The master's exact words were That's it, and we are just fulfilling this order in his absence."
"Yes." Rin nodded at the side. He stepped forward and helped a few Shenji who had probably not used humanoid forms for hundreds of years and had forgotten how to walk. They accidentally fell on the ground and stood up. The young man shrugged and said: " A few days ago, the Shenji production line was completely completed. Although the output is not very high, according to this diffusion rate, it is only a matter of time before it becomes popular. It is even possible that the Mycrov civilization spreads across multiple galaxies."
"From now on, Mrs. Mike Rowe, we will probably usher in the era of the universal divine machine - the master said it is called the universal AI assistant, and I think it is quite appropriate."
Hotaru and Rin felt that their explanation was very easy to understand, but they did not expect that for the old antiques stored in the basement all year round, many of the things they had considered to be common sense did not exist in the minds of the old antiques at all. .
"Magic machine production line?" The young man with the spear looked confused.
"Have we popularized it?" The shield woman was lost in thought.
"Is there news about Mycroft civilization?" The man with the long sword scratched his head.
"There are other civilizations in the multi-dimensional galaxy?" The two swordsmen asked in unison: "No, what are you talking about?"
"And that's not the most important thing."
After coming back to his senses, the expression on the face of the Spear God Machine who was in the best mental state gradually became angry: "What do the words of this generation of head of the family mean? Return the God Machine left by the ancestors of the Radcliffe family. Freedom'—what is he talking about?"
“Aren’t we free?!”
"Yes." The Shield God Machine also responded seriously: "Weapons should be hidden if they are not used. Our freedom allows us to voluntarily choose to wait. Even if the person suitable for our contract has passed away, we will still do it. Fulfilling the agreement - we are buried in the soil, it is our freedom, and in the process of waiting for death, teaching the next generation of divine machine common sense and knowledge is the responsibility of those of us 'losers' who were not selected."
"Come to think of it, don't the family heads of this generation have any descendants? Why haven't there been any new divine machines sent in yet?"
"... That is indeed the idea that the master has not taken good care of you. Let me first say sorry... Indeed, saying that you are free is an insult to your loyalty by the Radcliffe family."
Listening to the continuous questions and rhetorical questions from the past gods in the basement, Yingying rolled her long hair in distress. She rolled her eyes and seemed to be extracting the knowledge from the memory bank that could cope with the current scene: "But to be honest, Seniors, technology is advancing so fast now, if you don’t go out and improve it, you will really be completely eliminated by the times!"
When Yingying said this, she deliberately released her ultimate aura, which was so powerful that it could roll down in a small basement. Even all the gods present were silent: "Master has also considered this. , so I want you to get in touch with the outside world as soon as possible, so as not to be eliminated by the times despite being a meritorious veteran."
"...What about the current head of the family?"
After a moment of silence, probably reluctantly agreeing with Yingying's words, the Spear God Machine looked distressed: "After all, we are all the God Machine of the Radcliffe family. It's better to have the head of the family give such an order himself."
"The current head of the family..."
Firefly and Rin sighed together, and then said in unison: "The current head of the family is currently practicing in seclusion somewhere, and even we can't see him."
"Compared with these, you should come out quickly and follow us to renovate the production line - now the Radcliffe family has too many industries, and the owner is a careless person. We also have our own tasks... If we are not really too busy, Come on, we won’t bother you, seniors.”
With that said, under the strong urging of Hotaru and Rin, many divine machines left the basement where they had stayed for decades or hundreds of years in confusion and confusion, and came to the outside world in a state of confusion - and appeared in front of them. , but it is not as simple and cold as their memory bank, just like the fortress of the main city of Moldavia.
What appeared in front of these magical machines was a giant magical city full of high-rise buildings, with lights as bright as daytime even late at night, full of vitality and hustle and bustle.
Super giant statues hundreds of meters high stand in the city. Magic cars can be seen everywhere, running back and forth along the avenue. The pedestrians on the roadside are not only humans, elves and dwarves, but also many other similar ones. The minority of fishmen, and even strange individuals from different worlds and civilizations, can even see an individual from the Lund civilization - that is, a big iron ball floating in the air, with many human children riding on him, flying in the air Flying around, making cheers and laughter.
Not to mention the similarity, if Hotaru and Rin hadn't emphasized back and forth that this was Moldavia, the gods would have felt like they were in a different world.
"Oh, this violates the 'Moldavian Air Flight Law'... Forget it, I'll send you a warning later."
Unlike Hotaru who nodded with satisfaction because of the harmonious coexistence of multi-civilized individuals, Rin looked at this scene and his professional habits were rising. He just wanted to issue a ticket, but the timing was not right, so he could only endure it: "Did you see it? Seniors, The world today is no longer what it was before, and the responsibilities of our divine machines are no longer what they were before.”
In fact, he didn't need to say anything. All the gods present were basically in a state of shock.
"What's going on?" The previous generation of divine machines was probably sent in a few decades ago. The youngest cheap divine machine besides Hotaru and Rin rubbed his eyes, seriously doubting whether he had seen an illusion. : "Aren't the Radcliffs just ordinary Northland nobles? When did they... develop so powerfully?!"
He even saw airships equipped with large screens floating in the sky. In addition to advertisements, the screens of those airships also played the avatar of a man with black hair and red eyes - everyone knew that it was Radek. The image of the contemporary head of the Reeve family, Joshua Van Radcliffe.
... The great marshal of the coalition government, the legendary strongman Joshua Van Radcliffe, one of the founders of the Magic Network, the founder of the Multi-Galaxy Civilization Invitational Tournament... In just such a short time, he could hear There is countless information about this generation of family heads.
"Do you understand? Now is not the same as before. There is no room for dilly-dallying."
Shock? Just be shocked! Yingying is very satisfied with the shock of the gods. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome to get these iron-headed people (physical meaning) to go and upgrade according to their requirements: "In short, it doesn't mean that you should leave Rad. Cliff Family - There are still many vacancies in the family's industry, and we also need some trustworthy people to help manage it. If you are willing, you can continue to serve the family."
"Even if you don't want to be a handyman, our Shenji now has a dedicated cultivation method and can become stronger independently - believe me, this is a new era that is far more magnificent than you imagine, and the possibilities for you are far greater than Think big for yourselves.”
—That is indeed the case.
Time flies rapidly, and changes come quickly. With the rotating hands, the first Multi-Galaxy Civilization Invitational Tournament has come to an end a few months ago. Through this event, the exchanges and relationships between diverse civilizations have become closer and more stable. , and the rapidly spreading exchange light beam system gradually spread among many civilizations and penetrated into every detail of the galaxy.
Although the truly top ones, who are the foundation of civilization, did not participate in the competition, the huge invitational tournament that affected hundreds of millions of civilizations did make many civilizations realize the strength and foundation of each other. A battle from low to high is just like the explanations of different shades. Both participants and viewers can benefit from it, and those who excel in it and the civilization behind it can get amazing opportunities. With resources, you can achieve success in one step.
For example, the champion of the single-player gold group of the invitational competition comes from a civilization that is not very famous. It is a civilization of psychic entities that are born with high spiritual abilities. Their individuals do not have physical bodies and are composed of pure spiritual energy. It is composed of some magic elements. The gold level is just the power that they naturally have as adults. The spiritual power far exceeds that of ordinary races, and the advantage of being immune to a large number of blows without the physical body. At the gold level, those who have not yet polished all aspects to the limit Realm is actually very advantageous.
And just after this civilization that calls itself 'Almond' won the single-player gold group championship, countless civilizations extended an olive branch to it, willing to devote resources to assist its growth - naturally, there are conditions, but there are few in this world. There are no conditions for the contribution, and the Almond civilization readily agreed to the Mycroft civilization's request, and the two sides began to carry out all-round cooperation in the spiritual field.
The ultimate champion of the solo group is an acquaintance. She is Joshua's disciple, Lisa, a dragon girl from the world of Kronos. To be honest, after Lisa advanced to the Ultimate Level, developed the bloodline of an ancient dragon, and practiced the inheritance of the strongest person in the world, the power she could unleash could overwhelm all opponents who misjudged her ability due to her size. Astonished - when the dragon girl's attack could be said to be comparable to the legendary 'Sky-breaking Dragon Ascension', a mountain and her opponent, a 'God's Domain Earth Element', were blasted into the sky. Basically all the spectators present were there. Doubt your eyes.
The champion of the single legend group is from the 'Galaxy Maintenance Group' which is said to be a natural disaster civilization. This strange civilization, which claims to use war to end war and use destruction to respond to destruction, challenged Joshua the last time he explained it, but was defeated. And because Joshua's declaration of peace was very to their liking, it gradually began to face the outside world. Revealed its mysterious true face - a pure mechanical civilization.
The mechanical creation created as a 'peacekeeping group' judged that its parent civilization itself was the biggest peacekeeping target, so it did not hesitate to keep it away. However, over a long period of time, it was originally only controlled by the core instructions. The mechanical aggregates began to gradually give birth to 'free individuals' who could think independently. Although these free individuals still obeyed the core instructions and wanted to bring peace to the world, they were not unable to think independently. The winner of the solo group this time is the most powerful free individual of the Galaxy Maintenance Group. Its body is an iron-gray void continent, carrying seventy-eight kinds of world-destroying annihilation weapons, as well as various A defensive plug-in that can respond to various attacks. This is basically a fighting method that equips oneself with the entire civilization's arsenal. In a sense, it can be said to be 'all in'.
However, the championship of the solo group does not mean much. If Joshua does not appear, many powerful civilized individuals are not prepared to take action. Moreover, if they take action, it seems that they are bullying the small... After all, Legend Limit and Legend High are both legends. , if they really fight, the gap between them may be even wider than the gap between mortals and legendary ones.
Competitions in single-player groups mostly reflect the individual potential and heritage of a civilization, while competitions in multi-player groups are more chaotic and tend to focus on various coordinations.
The champion of the team gold group comes from the elite exploration team of Mycroft Civilization. Its members are Priest, Constantine, Clark, Said and Wayne. Among them, Priest can already advance to the ultimate level, but for this competition, he pushed his advancement a little later. time. In fact, the key point of the team competition is not to be strong on one side, but to divide labor and cooperate to deal with all types of enemies. For example, the Almond civilization was able to win the single-player competition before because it was lucky and had no When encountering individuals who are naturally capable of restraining mental abilities, or in other words, individuals with that kind of ability are eliminated by others.
But the team competition is different. Stability is above all else. Advantages may be restrained by the opponent, and disadvantages may be exploited by the opponent. You must be comprehensive to ensure that you can suppress the opponent with hard power. The elite team can be said to have achieved this perfectly. He successfully defeated all his opponents and won the championship with an overwhelming and stable advantage that was not as shocking as the performance of the mountain.
"After all, in the process of exploring other worlds, we have endured many challenges, such as evil gods, ruins in distorted time and space, the lair of alien civilizations, and primitive worlds full of thunder elements... We often fight against wild extremes and overlord-level monsters. , survived several legendary duels, which gave us solid combat experience and tempered our will - man can conquer nature, we firmly believe so."
When being interviewed by the host of the invitational tournament and official reporter Yingying, captain Priest had deep eyes and a vicissitude in his tone, as if he had countless emotions ready to come out: "Every time you go to explore a different world, you must ensure that you don't make any mistakes, otherwise If you do, it is very likely that you will suffer a big loss in some way because of the crow's beak, and it would not be surprising if you die... What is a crow's beak, you ask? It's nothing, it's just a whetstone to sharpen our progress."
On the side, Knight Clark, who had been silenced for the entire game, wanted to protest, but was suppressed to no avail, while everyone else nodded in agreement.
The champion of the group ultimate team is from a multi-civilization race mixed team, whose members are Xiaoguang from the Blood Moon Abyss, Elma from the Court of Amos, the Fire Demon Syndicate from the Furnace Abyss, and Kallis from The Prime of the World and Alva from the Mycrof civilization.
From the beginning, few people were optimistic that this team, whose members came from various civilizations and had no idea how to cooperate, could win the championship. However, the subsequent performance of the game shocked everyone - the glowing sphere that looked like just a pet, actually It can expand into a giant light ball like a small star in an instant, and the Amos man, who looks like a transparent humanoid, can actually summon an amazingly large void battleship at any time, which looks like a dragon man's Balrog. , can actually transform into a giant slime filled with endless thunder, which seems to be just an ordinary iron ball, much like the first number of the Lund people, can actually transform into a metal titan humanoid hundreds of meters high, and looks just human Alva... is really just human.
Sometimes, when you think he will transform and surprise you, he doesn't, which is also a surprise.
All in all, after surprising the whole event, they won the championship.
This is a very strange combination. When interviewed by official reporter Rin, Xiaoguang, as the captain, expressed emotion: "Ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding-ding-ding. Ding, ding-ding!"
"That's it." Lin, as a reporter, suddenly realized: "You mean, this is not your complete state. If nothing happens, you and another contestant who has not participated can cooperate better, and she also It can transform, right?”
"Dingle, ding, ding, ding!"
"Well, it's true. Many of your members participated in the singles competition... You are obviously the first, but you are so humble. It is really admirable!"
"Ding~" (slightly proud self-effacing voice)
This extremely strange interview process has been widely uploaded on the forum.
[Whether you understand it or not, I understand it anyway]
[Ding-ding, ding-ding, ding-ding!]
[No, you should also announce the names of the other members of your team - you don’t have to be in perfect condition to win first place, so what does perfect condition look like?]
[Transformed into a special force... This name is so weird. Who named it?]
Hei Zai, who overslept and missed the competition because he stayed up late to continuously fight in the arena and challenge the AI, shed tears of regret when he heard this interview.
As for the team legend group, there was no live broadcast or subsequent video playback. The specific news was only circulated among the top leaders of each civilization. It seems that because the battle time was too long, the game has not ended yet, and The content of the battle cannot be released to the public.
However, as reporters, Hotaru and Rin know that this team battle is essentially a tentative exchange of force between civilizations. Each civilization will not send only one team, and there is no championship. . After all, if you don't use your full strength and fight with death as the premise, you won't be able to test much. Many people just use the platform of the Civilization Invitational Tournament to resolve conflicts between civilizations.
This is also the only way to adjudicate disputes between civilizations after Joshua's declaration of peace - and this kind of battle involving grievances and disputes is not suitable for broadcast in a happy competition.
Anyway, none of the contestants present could beat a level 10 AI in a certain game.
The memories of the past came to an end. As the old divine machines were brought to the divine machine production line in Moldavia, and after upgrading their relevant parts and optimizing their energy cycles, Yingying also said goodbye to her younger brother at this time. .
"Then I'll set off."
The silver-haired girl spread her hands, and she could see that a set of streamlined armor appeared out of thin air on her body as the silver mist spread, wrapping her tightly, while a cyan orb hung in the center of her chest, shining like running water. Ordinary splendor.
"Thank you for your hard work, sister."
Sitting on the chair in the office, Rin sighed, turned on the light screen, and seemed to be preparing to handle official business: "Master's tasks are always so hard, and he didn't tell us the reason... but just do it."
"You are working very hard too, Rin. You are responsible for planning the production line of divine machines and the popularization of divine machines... In a sense, this is simply the creation of a new race, and you who are in charge of everything are just like you. Be the leader of this new race.”
Behind the armor, the girl's clear voice came, and Yingying's tone sounded a little emotional and lonely: "You can always help the master with these important things, but I don't know anything except fighting... Haha, You can’t say that, I’ve learned a lot of things over the years, but I’m always not as good as you in this regard.”
"These are nothing."
In response, the black-haired boy curled his lips and shook his head: "There are only suitable ones, nothing bad. I am busy with these ordinary government affairs that are of little significance to the master. I will handle the logistics for you." , but sister, you can directly complete the instructions given by the master and help the master directly. To be honest, it is just a different division of labor, there is nothing to sigh about. "
"In the final analysis, we are part of the master, and everything we do is to solve the master's problems. Now the master is conducting very important experiments and advancements in the maelstrom of creation, and what we have to do is to maintain everything. The stability ensures that when the master comes out of seclusion, he can see a world that satisfies him."
"I know everything."
The power of the armor is starting up, and the teleportation circle is being deployed. Due to the distortion of time and space, Yingying's voice is a little distorted. She said softly: "As a weapon, it does not have to be used to 'fight'. As long as it can help the owner solve the problem , is the best help to him. I understand, and I also know that weapons are just a tool to deal with problems. Just like we can turn the magic machine from a weapon into an AI assistant, swords can also be used as Medical tools, construction tools, even kitchen utensils.”
"It's just that I'm still a little unwilling. Even if it's just once, I want to be needed by the current owner. I don't need too much, just once."
"Goodbye, brother, I'm letting you hear me complain again."
"Bye, sis, but that's not exactly a complaint."
Seeing the blue space-time channel opening and disappearing, Rin sat on the chair in the office and rubbed his eyebrows tiredly. He did not start working immediately, but raised his head and looked at the familiar ceiling above his head.
"At least, you accompanied the master through the early battles." He whispered to himself: "And I have not followed him a few times."
"But what does this have to do with it? I don't regret this. I have always been obsessed with the identity of the 'weapon'. We are always the master's right-hand man, and the master's plan will be realized through us. During his temporary absence, , is the moment when we should strive to complete the tasks that the master has delivered and relies on us to complete.”
No one knew the man better than his weapons.
He was a selfish and lonely man who always walked alone. He was so selfish that he did not want to share even a little bit of suffering with others. Even sins chose to be endured alone in distant time and space.
However, there are only two individuals who are exceptions - although he selfishly deprived them of the right to fight with him, the man transferred part of his 'responsibility' to them.
The responsibilities as a 'head of the family', the responsibilities as a 'lord', the responsibilities as a 'noble', the responsibilities as a 'leader'... These responsibilities are all very important responsibilities that he should not ignore, but on top of this responsibility , and there are more and bigger ones, such as the responsibility for 'civilization', the responsibility for 'order', and the responsibility for the future of the 'multiverse'.
Facing the surging darkness, the warrior stands in front, but behind him, there are always other things that need other people to deal with and share his worries.
This is the responsibility of 'two people'.
He issued tasks and instructions, and entrusted part of his mysterious plan to the two of them. He even placed the possibility of determining part of his future in the hands of those two individuals.
- If the value of a weapon lies in helping its holder solve problems, then there is no doubt that a weapon that can solve the above problems is a 'magic weapon' that is extremely rare in this multiverse.
"So, sister, don't be too down on yourself."
"Whether it is you or me, to the master, we are both 'magic weapons' that are hard to find in this multiverse."
Saying this to himself, the black-haired boy bowed his head and started working.
And on the other side of the distant void, the silver-haired girl wearing armor also started her long journey with the same firm eyes.
They are Joshua Van Radcliffe's weapons. Even if they are inconspicuous, they can cut off future troubles and deal with worries for that man.
"This year is the second year that the master left Mycroft's world and went to the Maelstrom of Creation."
This year is the second year that Joshua Van Radcliffe entered the whirlpool of creation.
As he left, he was approaching.
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