Chapter 543 Mechanical 'Four Horsemen'
Outside the mechanical town, on a vast plain, stands a magnificent mechanical castle.
High up in the castle, a man with disheveled hair, an iron nail on his chin, and wearing an orange tights, was looking at the battle taking place in the mechanical town through a telescope in his hand.
"As expected of Fairy Tail! Even with so many Weakness Special Effect Soldiers deployed together, they still couldn't take it down. It seems that Ishgar's wizards are not as weak as I thought!"
Val Ishit, the mechanical alchemist who guards the Twelve Shields of the Albares Empire, laughed arrogantly after seeing his vanguard troops being defeated.
"I'm kindly reminding you, don't underestimate them! Otherwise, you will suffer a great loss!"
A figure walked up from behind Val. It was Silver that Kira and the others were looking for. "They should be able to find this place soon!"
"Find this place? Wait until they defeat all my men!"
"Didn't your special effects soldier fail to hit your weakness?"
Val sneered: "Don't we still have those new guys?!"
A hideous smile appeared on the metal face.
A month ago, Silver finally found Val after a long journey.
Both of them are geniuses of the mechanical race. Although they have never met before, according to the template of the most popular light novels nowadays, these geniuses should be "spiritual friends for a long time" and "admire each other". Even if they meet for the first time, they can be regarded as old acquaintances.
The fact is just as the story plot develops. As soon as Silver and Val meet, they start a communication mode of almost 'life and death'.
This is a very common technique in novels and comics, that is, the protagonist will definitely meet a male second who is similar to him, who is his opponent in the early stage and becomes his comrade in the later stage. For example, Naruto and Sasuke, Ichigo and Ishida, Son Goku and Vegeta, and even in the native world, there are Natsu and Gajeel.
Although this method is old-fashioned , it is very realistic because this is the world of Fairy Tail.
Val's alchemy "Mechanical Alchemy" can make metals into magic weapons; Silver's magic "Mechanical Writing" can implant intelligent programs into magic weapons. The abilities of the two can be said to complement each other, equivalent to the Doctor and the Hermit in the next door "Eden".
After a friendly exchange, they did not continue to love and hate each other, but chose to shake hands and make peace and seek common development.
"We are all mechanical people, and our ancestors are one family. What's there to be unhappy about? Continuing to fight will only make humans laugh at us for being disunited. You don't want to hear things like 'We are just a mechanical people with such a small population, but we are still fighting each other', right?"
With this idea in mind, they began to cooperate: one refined the weapons and the other implanted the program. In just one month, they produced a lot of smart guns, cannons, sniper rifles, bullets and other weapons with extremely high destructive power and capable of self-operation.
In their imagination, these weapons will usher in a new era! They will shine in future wars, thus proving their abilities and showing the world the power of the mechanical race.
As for whether this war is between the Kingdom of Fiore and the Empire of Albares, or within Ishgar or Arakitasia, they no longer care Anyway, there will be no problem selling these weapons by then!
But these new concept weapons are not their biggest gain in more than a month. Their biggest gain is the creation of a new type of intelligent machine!
Before Silver arrived, Val had a mechanical puppet that could connect to his original consciousness. It was a robot with a chestnut head, long arms and legs, a fat belly, and a black coat. In the original Empire chapter, it was it that led the weakness special effects soldiers to defeat the Thunder Gods.
But now, the mechanical puppets have been replaced. Since there are four intelligent robots of the second generation, the two called them the 'Four Horsemen'. They are now temporarily under the Val team, just like Heine and Juliet are under Irene.
The Four Horsemen were formed into bodies by Val, implanted with consciousness programs by Silver, and then the two worked together to complete the magic construction and implantation. In other words, Silver is equivalent to their father and Val is equivalent to their mother.
These intelligent robots, which have self-awareness, can use their own magic, and have incredibly strong physical hardware, are no different from the mechanical people who can use magic.
This process is a new breakthrough for both of them, in every way.
Looking at the smile on Val's face, Silver pulled his face down and said, "You want to send out the 'Four Horsemen'? We built them with great difficulty, and I have a share in them. It would be a pity to destroy them like this, right?"
Val was obviously unhappy and asked, "Do you think our new technological achievements will lose to those humans? They have the strength equivalent to the Twelve Shields?"
After the two of them tested it for a while, Val concluded that unless they encountered a wizard of the twelve-shield level, the 'Four Horsemen' would be invincible!
"I know my own works well enough, and judging from the data, they are more than enough to deal with most wizards, but the wizards of 'Fairy Tail' are an exception!"
"What's the meaning?"
"I can only say that the so-called data is meaningless in front of them! The strength of this guild is far beyond your imagination!"
“…”
Val was silent. After spending more than a month together, he knew very well that this fellow of his kind was always serious in his words and deeds. He was not the type to brag blindly. He was so proud that he even looked down on the Twelve Shields. His current fear was really strange, which showed that these humans who broke into the mechanical town were indeed extraordinary.
But he still didn't give up!
"Whether what you said is true or false, I will know after I try it!"
"…If it breaks, you have to pay for it!"
"Okay, okay... you're so long-winded!"
Val waved his hand impatiently and gave the order to repel the enemy.
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When Kira finished pretending and got down from the special effects soldier's body, he found a very strange-looking face walking towards him.
This is a very standardized robot that is neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin. It has all four limbs but no facial features. Its entire body is made of white metal, forming a seamless whole.
Even though the other party had no eyes, ears, or mouth, Kira had no doubt that this guy could see him, hear his voice, and communicate with him.
Sure enough, when the robot walked in, a clear electronic voice came out of it: "I am one of the 'Four Horsemen' of Team Val, the Faceless Man."
Kira was stunned by the other party's self-introduction: "Faceless Man? Is there such a person in the original work? From the Val team? I don't remember that mechanical tribe has subordinates..."
Among the Twelve Shields, only a few of them brought their own men with them when the battle began, and Val was one of those who didn't. As for the fat man who was in charge of the weakness special effects soldiers in the original work, he was a puppet that communicated with Val's senses.
"I'm here to repel you on the orders of my master!" The faceless man's voice was cold and without a trace of emotion, and no one knew where it came from.
"Fight me back? You're such a good talker!"
Facing the faceless man's attitude, Kira was not afraid at all. His face did not show any tension due to the unexpected enemy. Instead, he mocked him, "Why don't you just say 'Kill me'?"
The faceless man did not respond. Although he was implanted with an intelligent program and had gained intelligence, he was, after all, just a child of more than ten days old. His thoughts were not rich enough to support his complaints.
Kira was a little disappointed by the silly look. It was really not in his style not to have a verbal confrontation before a battle.
But Kira's provocation was still responded to . A strange magical fluctuation suddenly emerged from the faceless man's body, and then white magic was released and wrapped around his body. As the magic completely covered him, the whole person turned into a human-shaped ball of white light.
After more than ten seconds, the light slowly dissipated.
The faceless man who reappeared has become a face-man.
That's what Kira looked like.
