When the news of the discovery of the came in from the old man, Jin rushed to the command center together with Reiko.

Of course, using the Warp Gate network on Horai Island.

"Old man, did you say you found the ship?"

It took Jin about a minute to reach the command center in the basement of the institute after receiving the report.

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The situation is projected on the huge magic screen in the control room.

The reason for the bird's-eye view from above is that it was taken from an observation satellite <>.

"This is ......"

Three ships are shown.

The large ship is in the center, with slightly smaller ships running alongside it.

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"I see. I see. So my guess was about right.

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But <> seems to have missed the point.

"Where is it?"

"Where are you headed?"

Distance and speed?

"Then ......"

So, in 25 hours we will reach either the Principality of Jagus or the Principality of Dalat, whichever we choose.

"The objective ...... doesn't sound very friendly."

The ship was equipped with a total of 20 cannon-like weapons, at least that we could see.

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"Hmmm, I wonder what they would do with that. ......"

Just threaten or attack. I don't know what the intention is.

The old man says that he will investigate the inside of the ship with a .

"Yes, that's right."

Jin decides to take a look at the ship.

< remains the same, and another large magic screen lights up. <

"This is ......."

It was a golem that was moving the ship, not a human.

"And it looks like the one from ......<>. It is ......, but poorly done."

<> as a reference and tried to reproduce it with modern technology>>.

"That's possible. ......"

But even if you think so, you can't shake off the feeling of discomfort.

"......There is too much balance between old and new technology. Can today's engineers do it?"

Jin decided that it would be impossible, even for the and of the Duchy of Jaguar. Even <> would not be able to reach it.

"It would be at the level of <>."

"Oh, that's a possibility. ......Yes, it is possible."

In the past, Marcitas made extensive use of a high-performance golem. It was based on the technology of the .

As you say, if you think that it is an appropriation or a reference of the one that Markitas had made, it is a good reason for this golem to exist.

"So there are approximately 50 golems on the ship "un......1"?"

Since it is a <> and not a boiler or diesel engine, very few people are needed to operate the ship.

Most of them seemed to be involved in the operation of the weapons.

"Are there any humans on board?"

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The old man determined that there seemed to be no human on board all three vessels.

"Then who is in command of these three ships?"

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The person shown on the screen was standing on the bridge of the large ship in the center of the screen.

"He's not human, is he?"

It was a male automata about 180 centimeters tall.

"...... Could this be the ?"

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It is possible that they have decided that no one is watching them (although in reality, Jin and the others are watching them) and have taken off their masks.

"He's the only one who's not right."

Even without the fact that he is surrounded by golems and is the only automata, we can tell just by looking at him that he has outstanding performance.

First of all, the appearance. It looks just like a human being.

Also, from the way it walks on the bridge, we can see that it behaves just like a human being.

"No, it's more like ......"

It looks exactly like <<<< column 5 (Quinta)>>

As the old man said, the automaton looked very much like the quinta that Jin had made.

Not in appearance, but in atmosphere.

> and <> who were captured by Malchitas.

The two are also in the <>, <> is in Spica 5 and <> is in Mira 2.

They were captured and half dismantled by Malchitas. Jin guessed that if the structure was examined, it would have been at that time.

"If so, they must be quite powerful.

said the old man,

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"Materials."

Many of the materials used in <> are extremely rare. Some of them are not available outside of Horai Island.

"Yes, that's about right."

Skeleton, muscles, skin. And a control core, a magi reactor.

They could have made something similar, but not the same.

"Still, they're probably dozens of times more physically capable than humans, and ...... a bit of a threat."

"Do you have any other automata?"

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"There are that many? ......"

There are 6 more <>. They are leftovers of Malkitas.

"......Truly, Malquitas is going to give us a hard time later on."

Jin blurted out.