episode_0090

After Candy’s renovation was complete, Flora took Candy to their area underground in Guldari Village.

There Flora spoke, placing Domi and Candy in the middle.

“Candy. Fight Domi and show us what you can do.”

“Okay, master.”

Candy felt a sense of relief as she answered Flora with a smile.

‘I thought even my loyalty to my master would be changed, but fortunately, I’m safe.’

If that’s the case, then it’s fine. No, it’s even better. Since it’s for combat, it’ll be more helpful to you, Master.

I thought so too.

‘Hmm. But I don’t really feel any difference even if it’s for combat.’

“Then, Master, let’s do a self-inspection first.”

“Okay. I’ll give you some time.”

Candy, who had been given time, tried to find her own changes and found the data left behind by Moontree.

‘Huh? What is this?’

Moontree’s data includes detailed changes to Candy, including that it is not a complete overhaul of the home AI, but rather an addition to the processor of a combat humanoid.

So, instead of losing its domestic function and becoming a combat-oriented one, it became a hybrid humanoid for domestic use and combat.

The general specifications and functions of Undine and Whiskey that Harmon has were already known during the vision sharing a little while ago, so they mainly put in functions to replace the things they cannot do.

‘… … ? What’s going on all of a sudden? Why did you modify it for your master?’

Candy, who had already lost consciousness during the resonance between Harmon and Muntri, could not understand why Muntri was so friendly to Harmon.

Undine has near-omnipotent combat capabilities based on water manipulation, but since it is basically designed for naval combat, most of its functions are based on wide-range bombardment.

It was created primarily for the purpose of surprise battles by infiltrating enemy lines through camouflage, and has excellent mobility and is capable of using fire attacks. However, in other respects, it is a whiskey with poor specs.

The direction of candy modification chosen by Moontree to supplement them is precision striking.

Both Undine and Whiskey are capable of wide-ranging destruction by default, with precision attacks limited to striking with their own bodies.

That’s why Moontree modified Candy into a combat type that can strike with precision at close, medium, and long range.

“Inspection completed.”

“Really?”

“[Okay, let’s try it now.]”

Domi and Candy faced each other, and Candy unfolded her weapon.

Clang!

“Oh.”

“[Hoo.]”

As the shape of the everyday clothes Candy is wearing changes, it transforms into a bodysuit that fully reveals her body lines, and the material of the remaining clothes intertwines with the machine parts protruding from her body to form wings made of metal and thread.

This is a design based on Undine 05 arranging it in a wing shape, and Whiskey creating a wing-like shape with flames, based on the battle data of Undine and Whiskey inside the candy.

And after a while.

“How about sea bream?”

“[Okay. She’s strong. It’s because Candy is still not used to fighting, but if she properly forms a fighting algorithm through learning, she’ll probably be similar to me.]”

Domi, who had barely managed to knock down the candy, said so while looking at his broken arm.

“[At least the attack power… and the penetration power alone is top-notch.]”

Domi’s cyborg body has humanoid-level defense capabilities.

However, there were several neat holes in Domi’s arm that had defended against Candy’s attack.

* * *

Candy spread her wings wide. Blue energy formed somewhere on her spread wings, and as she spread them wide, she flew out like a slingshot along the taut string.

Phew!

The energy shot out like that easily pierces the one-meter thick alloy wall in the center of the laboratory.

“How is it?!”

“Isn’t that amazing? Amazing, amazing.”

Candy walked over to him with a smile on her face as Harmon praised her with admiration. Harmon patted Candy and examined her weapons.

“The specs are as written on the Moontree blueprint, right?”

“Yes! It will be exactly as written in the blueprint that Moontree showed me!”

“Of course. I wouldn’t lie about something like that.”

Effective range: 10.5km.

Maximum range: 18km.

It was the range of Candy’s weapon written on the blueprint.

Of all the sniper rifles Harmon has found so far, the one with the longest range is 5km. Twice that, the maximum range is over three times that.

‘If you create a bullet with energy and input a command to it, the bullet can fly through the air and break apart.’

Although Harmon had the technology to change the direction of bullets and lasers using drones, it was an energy bullet that could fly up to 18km without any intermediary objects, changing angles on its own.

‘Can this be stopped?’

Of course, there was a drawback in that it would only fly according to the command entered before firing, but if you made it fly around the enemy randomly like a barrage of bullets, wouldn’t you be able to hit them somehow?

“Undine. How do you see it?”

“It’s a very good weapon. It’s great for precision sniping, of course… The maximum range is 18km, but it seems like you can adjust the range to 1m or 10m if you want.”

“That’s right!”

“It might be difficult to destroy the entire area, but…other than that, it’s a truly versatile weapon.”

“Ehehehe! Hehehe! I was praised! Thank you, Undine-senpai!”

Candy seemed more excited than before, perhaps delighted at the fact that she could be of more help to Harmon after being revamped.

“But how did you modify the energy for Candy?”

Harmon looked through the schematics, but couldn’t find any differences from before, even in the power source section. Perhaps… .

‘Does this also use an energy circuit?’

Likewise, Undine, who was looking at the blueprint, gave advice.

“In this case, we should assume that Domi also uses energy.”

“That’s right. Whiskey.”

“Yes, Master!”

“Spar with Candy. I think you should first teach Candy’s battle algorithm.”

“Okay!”

“Undine, fight next time too.”

“Okay, master.”

After saying that, Harmon woke up Lucky, who was sleeping soundly while hanging on top of his hunting dog.

“Lucky, wake up.”

“Ugh? Huh…! Kkeuuung…!”

Lucky, who had woken up, got down from the hounds, stretched like a cat, and stood up, watching the whiskey spark and Candy fight with energy.

“What? Another experiment?”

“Okay. Get ready for the experiment.”

“Yes~.”

After answering in a hoarse voice, Luck walks to one side of the lab and pulls the bio-suit out of his body.

With each step he took, Lucky’s limbs grew longer, his once slender body gained plump breasts, buttocks, and thighs, and solid muscles took hold beneath them.

Lucky, who was thus equipped with a bio-suit, put on the equipment that was placed on one side of the laboratory.

“Good luck, you should always carry your gear. Don’t forget that you are also the master’s escort. Don’t you get too lazy because you have whiskey?”

While Undine was sulking at the sight of such luck, Whiskey delicately controlled the propulsion of the flames he was emitting from his entire body, moving around the laboratory to dodge and attack Candy’s attacks.

“Ugh! Gyaak!”

Before long, Whiskey overpowered Candy, who quickly raised both her hands and said.

“Hangbo-ok! I surrender!!”

The moment Candy surrendered, Whiskey absorbed all the surrounding flames and stored them within his body, releasing his battle mode.

“Good job. Go and spit out some sparks. It won’t be good to keep holding it in.”

“Okay, master.”

Whiskey left to deal with the fire he had stored, and Candy trained her combat algorithm based on her experience fighting Whiskey a little while ago.

Seeing the candy, Undine slowly walks to the center of the laboratory.

“That’s right. It would be better to call it crab meat too.”

“Aja! Learning is over! It’s over!”

“Okay. Now let’s do it with me.”

“Yes! Senior Undine!”

Immediately afterwards, Undine gathered a large amount of water and poured it on Candy, completely blocking her from spreading her wings and easily subduing her.

“Gyaaah!!”

Harmon said as he saw Candy being thrown away after being swept away by the giant water ball created by Undine.

“Is this a problem caused by forcibly modifying a home-use item for combat? Unlike Undine or Whiskey, it has some big flaws.”

Harmon added additional text to Candy’s blueprint hologram.

– We will experiment to see if combat actions are possible in a narrow space where the wings cannot be spread.

– Prepare countermeasures in advance for situations where Candy’s vision is blocked. Drone? If it’s within the village, you can link the turret’s camera and vision.

– Create a structure within the village that is good for sniping Candy.

– Can’t I use that energy bullet?

Things to check. Problems that can be seen at a glance and need to be resolved.

And a summary of the mechanical knowledge of Muntri that can be obtained through the blueprint.

Harmon’s head was spinning at the unusual homework he had been given after a long time.