Both Jin and Reinhardt asked Anne back at the unfamiliar word.
Reiko, sensing that it was going to be a long conversation, again leaned close to Anne, synchronized their magical powers, and began to explain on Anne's behalf.
"Gigarth is a weapon that was developed in the final phase of the ...... war against demons in the war against ...... demons, which is said to be the War of Magic.
The people of that time called it the War Against Demons.
"But Gigarth was imperfect. It did not listen to its makers at all.
"So, what kind of weapon is this Gigarth?
Jin had a bad feeling about this and urged him on.
"The Gigarth is a huge humanoid weapon with a total height of 10 meters.
Hearing this, even Jin was surprised. I have never heard of such a thing. It was a weapon developed after the death of his predecessor until the time of the Magic War.
Is it a golem?
No. Gigarth is Gigarth.
Tell me its characteristics in detail.
Reinhardt's face turned pale.
"Gigarth is shaped like a human, but has broad shoulders, short legs, and long, thick arms. It is about 10 meters long and weighs about 30 tons."
"It's a giant golem."
Reinhardt says so, but Reiko, or Anne, denies it.
"No, it's not. Giggarth is just a collection of rock debris.
"A collection of rocky debris ......"
Jin tries to imagine. I rather think that's what the golem was like in the world before. There was such a monster in a game I played on the only video game console in the orphanage.
"Was there such a thing there?"
Jin and the others did not remember seeing such a giant inside the ruins where they found Anne.
"No, Gigarth must have been sealed in a state of <>.
"<>? <
Jin thought he had heard wrong. The magical core is the core that demons possess.
"It is the core of magic. Gigarth is an artificial demon.
"<>?"
There's another word I've never heard of.
"Yes. They are artificial demons created to fight against the demon tribe.
"An eye for an eye, huh?"
Jin folded his arms and thought.
From what Reiko has just read, it seems that the automata Anne has not had her memory erased. Perhaps, like Reiko, her control core has reached the end of its service life and its ability to read information has become unstable. If we force them to work too hard now, they may give up the that they have obtained. Jin concluded.
However, it is not possible to repair Anne properly here and now.
Jin hurriedly begins to examine Anne, the automata. With the help of Reinhardt.
Erza sees Jin's expression of impatience and keeps quiet so as not to disturb him.
The steel skeleton is rusted, the joints are stuck in some places, and the musculature made of some unknown demon's leather is shredded in several places.
The magical skin covering the body was a synthetic material, but it too was in tatters.
Jin judged that it had been about 350 years since she was made. If the Magical War was 300 years ago, she was older than that.
The quality of her materials was generally inferior to Reiko's, so she must have reached her limit after 350 years. For the time being, the diaphragm of the Magi Crystal, which is a vocalization device, should be repaired temporarily.
However, since I have only attached the cracked magi crystal by , the vocalization device, which is at the end of its life span, will probably break down in the near future.
"Anne, what kind of person was it who made you?"
Jin decided to ask.
"Yes, I was made in a mass production factory, so I don't have a specific creator.
His speech had improved a lot and he no longer needed Reiko's help.
"A mass production factory, there is such a thing?"
"Yes, secretarial automata like myself and battle golems were made in the factory.
Jin guessed that the design basis was probably based on the previous generation's design.
"Well, Jin, this Anne is an amazing structure, I learned a lot!"
Reinhardt was also amazed at the structure of Anne.
But now we have an urgent problem.
"So, tell me what you know about Gigase."
"Yes. Gigarth uses the magical power stored in its magical core to build up its body by covering itself with the surrounding rock debris. As long as there is a magic core and magic power, it regenerates again and again.
It is rather similar to the golem in the games Jin has played.
"Then, was that Gigarth's core in the room where Anne was?"
"I don't know. I was not given that much information.
Based on this information, Reinhardt summarized his guess.
"Anyway, there was a magical core of Gigarth somewhere in the ruins, and for some reason it was activated and started moving. It was activated by some reason and started to move, and it trampled down the hut of Lukor that was nearby.
That's about all I can think of to say. What is more important now is the whereabouts of Gigarth than to find out the cause. We are also concerned about Lukor.
After all this time, I regret my carelessness in not sealing up the ruins. I was also careless in thinking that there was nothing left to find.
"Well, you said it's incomplete and doesn't listen to its maker, right? What kind of condition is it in?"
I asked him hopefully if he would just not listen to me, but this was not to be.
Yes, once they start to move, they attack you regardless of whether you are friend or foe.
That's the worst. Reinhardt's back broke out in a cold sweat.
"So I used to use it by throwing the magic core into the middle of the enemy.
It was useful when there were no allies around.
"Is there a way to advance, or is there some kind of law to attack?"
Jin suddenly thought of this question and asked it.
"Yes, for some reason it aims for higher ground."
Jin somehow recalled the phrase, "fools, smoke, and goats climb to high places. Giggles is neither smoke nor goat, so he must be .......
"That would mean that he climbed up the mountain after crushing Lukor's hut."
Reinhardt crosses his arms and ponders.
"What should we do? We can leave them there, or we can take care of them ourselves. Or we'll let the right people know."
"It's our fault he's out there. We should do something about it if we can."
Jin's opinion is to exterminate it ourselves. Reinhardt agreed, thinking that it would not be so difficult since Reiko was there.
"If we give it more time, it might cause more damage."
Then, when we talked about the members who were going after Gigers, Erza said she would go too.
"You didn't take me to the ruins, so I'm going too."
"No, we're not going for fun, it's too dangerous."
Reinhardt tried to calm her down, but she would not listen to him.
"Erza, neither I nor Reinhardt want to put you in danger. So please wait here quietly. Please."
Jin claps his hands together in front of his face as if in worship. Elsa did not know the gesture of worship, but she could feel Jin's feelings.
"...... got it. I'll listen to Jin-kun, whose birthday is today.
"Thank you, Erza."
Erza finally agreed with me. Anyway, Erza is now wearing a skirt. She is not suited for mountain climbing.
Jin and Reinhard get ready. They have only prepared a water bottle, a walking stick and a rope for the climb.
The staff is made of wood.
I'm off then.
Take care, you two.
Reinhardt-sama, Jin-sama, please be careful. Take care of yourselves.
Claude, the butler, and Erza saw Jin and the others off to the mountain. Reiko accompanied them. This time she is carrying a peach blossom.
Anne is staying at home with Elsa and the others. Anne is likely to fall apart if she climbs the mountain.
Reiko takes the lead and leads Jin and the others, looking for a comfortable place to walk.
"Fu, haa..."
"Whee!" "Whee!"
Neither Jin nor Reinhardt is good at mountain climbing. Reiko, of course, is cool about it, jumping from rock to rock, climbing up and down again,
"Father, it looks easier to climb with your right hand.
"The rocks are too fragile there,
"Be careful, the rocks are fragile there.
He was giving us advice like, "Father, it will be easier to climb on the right side.
After about 30 minutes of climbing, we found a flat terrace and decided to take a break. The two of us drank the water we had brought and took a deep breath.
"I knew it would be tough, but it's tough..." "Yeah, I know, I know..." "I know, I know.
"Yeah, I've climbed a few mountains in Kunimoto, but I've never climbed a rocky mountain like this.
They were talking like this, but they knew they could not rest forever, so they started climbing again.
When they hit an unclimbable single rock, Reiko cut through the rock with a peach blossom in her hand to make a foothold for us. Thanks to her, the summit came into view after an hour.
"Oh, there is the summit!
At that moment, Reiko, who had climbed close to the summit, gave us a signal.
"Father, there are big footprints here. The person we are trying to reach may be close.