Mount Nacue rising in the center of the continent of Pandor.
There used to be the base of Guillermo (Golbert) Marcitas.
And before that, it was one of the bases of the <> of the <>.
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Jin heard at the debriefing in <> that the ruins in the west of Mahaleague were used by one of the <>, and confirmed the results of the investigation of the ruins in Mount Nakyu with the old man.
<
"I see. ...... It's out of concern for the <>, isn't it?"
<
On December 8, 3899, Markitas passed away and the ownership of the base was transferred to Jin.
Jin, however, wanted to show the relics of the left there to the 700672 first, and have him examine them until he was satisfied. and examine them to his heart's content.
<>and investigates the ruins left by <>.
The reason why the investigation was not progressing well was that these ruins belonged to the <, a faction that the who created the did not belong to, or even had a feud with.
< among the was the faction of the who created the <>, and their ideas were incompatible with each other.
The , who had inherited this temperament, did not like the <> either. But he still felt that he might be able to learn something about the <>.
So, the investigation was divided into several stages, and it took a long time to be completed.
<
It was only recently, on April 29th, that the <> withdrew from the investigation.
So the old man proceeded with his investigation, making full use of the <>, the 5th Quinta, and the <>, <>, and so on.
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Then, on May 15.
<, Jin and Erza decided to ask the old man about the results of the survey of the ruins of Mount Nakyu.
"Yes, please."
I'm sure it was.
The <<<< invaders, because of their exclusivity, seem to have dwindled in numbers over the years and eventually died out.
Because of their exclusiveness, they had no means of procreating except among themselves, and even if they temporarily dominated the indigenous people, they eventually decreased in numbers and perished.
"It's kind of sad."
It's not as if they couldn't have foreseen that, but they still didn't change their principles.
<
"Yes."
It can be said that it is a <> that can transfer all the consciousness of the operator, which was also used by Markitas.
<
"Not to become an automata?"
<<
"Brother Jin, if you transfer the knowledge to the control core of the automata, in a sense, you will become ."
Erza offered a guess.
"Oh, I see."
"But if it's a , then it's still one person ......?"
"That's what I mean."
It seems that the <> created the <> for psychological reasons, such as identity, or to avoid splitting the ego, or whatever.
<
"Well, yes."
So was the case with Markitas. In his case, too, it was his life span, and he would not have hesitated if he had been able to prolong his life by transferring all of his consciousness to a <>.