- (Bang! Bang! Bang)
Lu: Digg! Are you watching this?
Lu: I ask of you. I'd like to talk to you, so let us leave here or stop that thing.
- (......)
Add: ... Looks like being nice isn't cutting corners.
Lu: Digg...
Ciel: I didn't think we'd be locked away like this... it feels like we've fallen in a trap.
Noah: Incoming! Be on the watch, everyone!
- (Bzzzzzzt!)
Raven: The longer we stay against these machines that never tire themselves out, the worse things get. Is there a way to stop that thing?
Eve: It's hard to analyze it with so many attacks coming from all directions.
Elesis: This is a handful... The plate armor makes it feel like I'm not doing any damage to it. Just like how it was on the wall.
Lithia: Uwaaah! How do they paste rare minerals that can hold magic powers everywhere! It's impossible!
Aisha: It's just like the Diceon ores. Pant, pant... If only my magic would go through... I would have crushed these doors in an instant...
Elsword: Don't push yourself too hard. We now know that magic doesn't work, so let's find another way.
Aisha: Mmm... Okay, sorry I couldn't be of help.
Zero: Looks like that core is managing the entire sector. I would name it... Defense Control System.
Ara: Zero, do you know what that is?
Rose: You've successfully analyzed it?!
Zero: No, I can just tell by looking at it! That's what I just wanted to become.
Chung: Become what?
Zero: Heh, let me explain. So, I have a promised spot for returning to Empyrean after completing my mission.
Zero: I am scheduled to become the Battle Control AI that watches over the royal guard's defense system~
Raven: ......?
Zero: Of course, I am unlike those simple machines! I am an intelligent being who can give much more flexible and precise orders!
Noah: ......?
Rose: ... Oh! I remember Zero telling me something like that when I first met him!
Zero: I didn't tell you something like that! I told you directly!
Zero: You really don't care about me, huh? After all I've done for you...!
Elsword: So... you're going to become like Dekal?... Just sit atop a weird chair and protect the gates?
Zero: Uh... the chair has nothing to do with it.
Ain: So something similar. Do you know what's going on right now?
Rena: Yes! So how do we neutralize that thing?
Zero: Ha! There are no weak spots! Any insects that flutter around in the defense system will be blasted into pieces!
Laby: We're... insects?
Elesis: Whose side are you on?
Ain: Do you want to live here forever?
Add: Stop boasting and start talking about ways to get out of this mess!
Zero: Sorry! But I'm telling you the truth!
Zero: It's designed to trap uninvited guests and be rid of them!
Zero: Sure they may have some weakness... but it would never be within the zone that the defense system thrives in!
Add: Ugh... That is true.
Rose: I thought you'd be useful for once in my life...
Zero: Hey, you... Well, since the attacks are simplistic, I doubt it has high intelligence.
Zero: The best way might be extending its active time to drain out the power supply.
Zero: If you can hit them so that their damage causes them to deplete power faster like those machines on the war, it will be for the better.
Rena: It looks too sturdy for that... but we'll keep trying.
Raven: So it's a matter of time, after all. I'm not a fan of such a tight space like this.
Zero: Look on the bright side. This is an aerial fortress. Imagine how much power supply is needed to keep this thing afloat.
Lithia: That's true! All the androids we fought earlier went into sleep mode after we did enough damage to them.
Raven: My exact point. They should have limited energy, so they might shut down earlier than expected.
Zero: So it is a machine... that can wear out.
Eve: It's not like we have other choices, so let's get to it.
Chung: All right, then. While we try to wear them out, we might be able to find a better solution, too.
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