Lord Demon is behind you

The brave man was stunned.

"The brave—my lord."

It—no, it's "she."She moved her lips again and slowly pronounced the title.

Then, as if the energy source was suddenly connected, those dim eyes slowly lit up like this——

"Master Brave." She was lying in the metal box, looking at the brave man motionlessly.

"I didn't expect that I would actually have this day... the day when I can see you again with my own eyes."

Her voice is also a completely mechanized electronic sound, which sounds thick and artificial, with a humming sound from time to time.Yet at the same time, it's surprisingly smooth, as smooth and uninterrupted as playing a recording.

"Are you..." The brave man felt his voice trembling, "Ludi...?"

"You're right," the robot nodded immediately to confirm. Of course, the neck was still very stiff. "I saved my life. Although it's in a completely different way."

The robot uses both hands and feet to get up from the "coffin", but perhaps because of the inability to coordinate the relationship between the limbs, her movements appear very clumsy.The brave man subconsciously grabbed her arm and pulled her out; however, until his hand touched the cold metal arm of the opponent, he still had no sense of reality in his heart.

Is this robot Ludi...

Is this metal shell made of pure steel and similar in proportion to a normal person, the petite and excitable dwarf girl back then?

Although the surface of the robot seems to be covered with a layer of material with the same color and luster as the skin, it looks almost exactly like a real person at first glance, but as long as you touch it with your hands, you can know that it is completely cold, without a trace of the temperature that a human body should have.

Although her face and voice are indeed the same as before, the brave man finds it difficult to adapt to her in terms of height and material.

It was difficult for him to connect this metal shell with his former classmates, so he couldn't even feel the joy that his companions survived for a while, and he couldn't express his happy mood correctly and normally.

The devil poked his head curiously from the other end, and looked at the robot tentatively.

"That... If you were that little dwarf girl, seeing me in this state, you shouldn't be as crazy as before, right?"

"Well, no more."

The robot turned its head and glanced at him, then said indifferently.No matter from her face or eyes, she could not find any emotion named "hate".

"As you can see, now I have completely got rid of my biological body and replaced it with a body that relies entirely on metal components. Now my brain and heart are made of pure metal components, which means that I no longer I will no longer be dominated by anything irrational—I won’t hate, I won’t be afraid, and I won’t be crazy anymore.”

"Well, I've heard the dwarves say it before... In the legend, they do have the technology to replace their bodies with mechanical creations. However, this technology itself is not very mature, and the relevant records are destroyed in the dwarves. It was almost lost in the process, I really didn't expect you to be able to reproduce it. You are very good, little girl."

The Demon King stroked his chin and said thoughtfully.

"However... there is one thing worth paying attention to in what you just said." He carefully observed Ludi with a purely curious attitude, "You just said that I will no longer be dominated by any irrational things Is it? In other words, this metal shell has no sensibility--?"

"You may think so."

The brave man helped her stand on the ground outside the coffin box, watching her leaning against the metal box, moving her hands and feet slowly and tentatively.

Only then did he finally find his voice.

"This...what the hell is going on with you? Why, how did you become like this..."

"Regarding this matter……"

Faced with this question, the robot lowered its head slightly.

"It's a long story, but... that's basically what happened."

She straightened her arms and looked at her limbs, "As the previous generation of demon kings said, the dwarves have long had this technology. I happen to have a part of the dwarf inheritance, and after research, I successfully restored it. A method for making this metal body.

"So... after I became a witch, I prepared such a body for myself, and I was ready for all transfers. In this way, after the body of the witch died completely not long ago, my consciousness officially It was transferred into the body of the robot and became what it is now."

"You..." The brave man felt his throat dry and astringent, "If there is such a thing...why didn't you tell me before?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Brave," Ludi immediately apologized, "because this technology is not that mature, and the success rate is very low, only about 1% to 3%. Even I myself just hold the attitude of luck , I didn’t expect that I would actually be able to achieve continuous success, and finally stand here alive and talk to you face to face again.”

"Alive...?"

But can this state really be considered alive?The brave man looked her up and down with complicated emotions.

He felt from the bottom of his heart that such a body without any flesh and blood was difficult to be understood as a life in various senses.However, she is indeed capable of independent thinking, and has a consciousness that belongs to Ludi——

"You don't need to look at me that way," Ludi said suddenly, "it's like looking at a poor animal—in fact, instead of thinking I'm pitiful, I'm very satisfied with my current state .”

The brave man looked away as if electrocuted, and apologized in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, it's hard for me to accept it for a while... After all..."

"Really, I didn't mean to comfort you."

A smile slowly spread across the face made of paint covered on metal.

Although Ludi's expression was a little stiff, it could be seen that it was indeed a smile from the heart.

"I've wanted to do this a long time ago," she said, "I've been wanting to do this since I just had enough technology to correctly analyze the inheritance left by the dwarves.

"You know, my half-breed bastard body is the source of all my pain. More than anyone else, I want to kill myself, destroy that body, get rid of it forever; I want a Pure body like now."

The robot's face was calm and unwavering, but the words he spoke were so bitter and bitter - this scene had a strange sense of disobedience.

"But because it's not a mature technology, the success rate is really too low. One percent - can you understand what this concept is? It's in the gashapon machine in front of the game store in the capital, The probability of twisting a golden gashapon with a single coin."

"..."

At this time, they unexpectedly sensed a lingering resentment from her words inappropriately.

"In short, after that, I have been working hard to carry out related research, trying to increase the probability; however, research requires materials, that is to say, sufficient research funding. I have no money, so I was forced to stop and had to go to earn money."

"Ah,... no wonder you were a wandering mercenary at the beginning."

The brave man remembered that the first time he saw Ludi was in the temporary team of mercenaries.

"Well," the robot seemed to be recalling the past, "I met you when I was traveling to earn money, and then...joined your team and got to know everyone in the team."

"The days of traveling with you are very happy. I am really happy to be your companion and be treated equally by you. Gradually, I even forgot about that hatred, and sealed the relevant technology in my mind. Deep. Down to—”

The smile on her face disappeared, and her face returned to a flat state.

"Well, until I was tricked into becoming a witch."

——It really is.The brave man sighed silently, almost understanding the whole story.

"Demon blood—this is the most unacceptable thing for me. For me, instead of enduring the demon blood and living in the world, it's better to gamble with the 1% probability." She said seriously.

"It just so happens that there is no shortage of materials here in the Demon King's City, which is convenient for your research, right?" the Demon King interjected, "Although I took all the more expensive things with me, I still left behind a lot of common materials."

"Well. After I got here, I have been researching day and night. On the one hand, I am producing robots that can help the hero fight, and on the other hand, I am creating a new body that can be used by myself. The final result , it is the Ludi No. [-] you saw before and the shell you see now."

Supporting the surface of the metal box with her hands, she slowly moved her legs, turning herself around in a circle.

While moving, she was also examining her new body, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"To tell you the truth, now is the best result I expected," she said, "not only the transformation is successful, but the running-in of the limbs is also very smooth-this must be brought to me by you, Mr. Brave. Good luck. You can always trigger a 1% chance of a miracle happening."

"is that so?"

She really... didn't just randomly find a reason to reassure the other party, but thought so from the bottom of her heart.

It is indeed a miracle to be able to hit a 1% probability.And no matter what the state is, it is better to survive than to be wiped out.

Anyway, after listening to her explanation, the brave man finally felt a little relieved.

"If you think it's okay, then maybe it's really okay. Then..."

He breathed a sigh of relief. "It's nice that you're still alive, and in the way you like it."

"Speaking of which," Ludi looked around repeatedly, "Why are you here? My lord, shouldn't you have already reached the ninth floor——no, even if the operation to the ninth floor fails, you will It shouldn't be here."

"I'm sorry, I... really failed."

Thinking of what happened on the ninth floor before, the brave felt grateful and guilty again.If Ludi's robot hadn't rescued him in time, the hero would probably have fallen into the enemy's hands by now.

After a simple explanation, Ludi quickly understood the situation.After becoming a machine, instead of being dull, her mind seemed to be sharper and easier to use.

"So that's what happened. I didn't think carefully—after all, Her Royal Highness is the real owner of the Demon King City, and it's still too difficult to make some small moves under her nose. However, overall, it's not just me, yours It's really good luck." She said calmly.

"You don't seem to know that this is the warehouse and mechanical research room I reserved for private use; it is not connected to the main scene on the seventh floor—in other words, there is no exit from this room."

The witch can come and go freely in her own floor, and can also temporarily modify the map scene.Therefore, this kind of thing is not uncommon: the boss will cut off the map that he does not want to open to the challenger from the main scene, leaving no interface at all.

The brave man looked around the scene.Although most of the room was hidden in darkness, as far as the eye could see, there was indeed no place like an exit.

"You mean to say that we have fallen into a dead end when we fall here, and we can't get out no matter what?" the devil asked, and then he comforted the brave man, "It's okay brave man, at worst, I will lift the seal again, and then directly Just punch through the nodes of the room."

"No, it doesn't need to be so troublesome," Ludi smiled again, "If it's just you, there is probably no other way. But I am different; as the former owner of the seventh floor, of course I know how to get out Methods."

"Even in this desperate situation, you can still find me who can lead the way—so, Mr. Brave is worthy of being the chosen one. Your luck is really very good."