Qualia looked upon his mistake. He stared at Mind’s head, covered with a cloth, to learn from the result of this mistake.
“Result of feedback. If another battle of this nature breaks out, it is possible that current functions won’t be enough for Qualia to completely fulfill his role… Hardware must be updated as soon as possible… If the Teleportation feature was restored, this failure would not have happened.”
Qualia’s body was human.
He covered for it with the calculation abilities of an artificial intelligence, but it had its limits.
Learning with software alone was just dodging the problem. He would have to improve his hardware specs to get over this limitation.
“To create many ‘tasty’ in people, this hardware must be restored to autonomous humanoid combat android Shutdown as soon as possible.”
He had to improve his specs to fulfill his goal.
That meant connecting equipment, or depending on the case, swapping out parts. This was the conventional approach to machines, since even before the birth of artificial intelligence.
“Mommyyyy…”
“Thank goodness…”
That way, that little girl would not have to be taken hostage and cry like that.
That way, the mother would not have to see her daughter with a blade pointed at her neck.
That way, the bodies on the ground covered with white cloth would be more than just lifeless bodies.
That way, Mind would still be alive.
Qualia’s virtual calculations showed a future where everyone would be making ‘tasty’ faces for sure.
But they were sad suppositions of what could have happened if his body was closer to Shutdown’s.
“The fighting in the lower area is dying down too… It’s being suppressed.”
Spirito said as she looked at the lower area, dyed orange by the setting sun.
There were few sounds produced by fighting at this point.
In the lower area as well, beast people surrendered, ran, or were killed.
Qualia also looked at the situation in the lower area, and updated his information about it through his visual senses.
“Negative. The battle is still going on in one area.”
Qualia pointed to a whirlpool of sand that stretched all the way to the sky.
“Is that the monster bird Garuda!?”
The giant monster bird spread its wings and caused a tornado, throwing knights into the air like toys.
“Qualia previously eliminated a salamander. Estimating that like the salamander, this was found in the lower floors of a dungeon.”
“Wait wait wait. You took down a salamander!?”
Spirito turned around, looking surprised.
However, Qualia failed to interpret this surprise as praise, and began calculating his optimal solutions.
But they were quickly updated.
“Irregular humans detected.”
Facing the garuda were boys and girls dressed in pure black attires, and their movements were irregular.
They were too far to see very well, but it was clear that their movement patterns differed greatly from what Qualia had learned about human movements up until this point.
The way they waved their arms, their step, the way their bodies shook… Everything displayed the same values.
They seemed human at a glance, but the values detected from them were clearly not human.
Qualia looked closer, and saw their chests were shining faintly. He determined they were magic stones.
“…They’re not human.”
Said Lobelia.
“Those are magic dolls. We talked about them in the wagon on the way here.”
“Understood. Designated as magic dolls.”
In that case, what Qualia had to do was protect people’s lives from the remaining disturbing elements, including garuda.
Also, anticipate future risks, and learn information about the magic dolls directly.
“Qualia will fulfill his role, and head to the location of the battle with garuda.”
“Ah, wait!!”
Spirito called out to him, but Qualia was already running down.
She felt she could not leave Qualia alone, and looked towards Lobelia, who was giving the knights instructions. Lobelia understood, and agreed.
“Follow Qualia. I’ll be fine.”
“Got it!!”
Lobelia abandoned her duty as Lobelia’s guard temporarily, and chased after Qualia.
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