episode_0050

“It’s a drone swarm.”

As Shady spoke, looking up at the sky, there were indeed dozens of drones flying in a line like birds in the sky.

There are three types of drones that don’t break down in this air.

One is a drone made with extremely advanced technology that can self-repair even when it gets dirty.

The other is a drone made by humans, like the one Harmon created, that has been maintained consistently.

The last one is a drone that was created with the premise that it would operate in all kinds of adverse conditions, like the drones flying around there.

“It’s a military drone.”

The flying drone swarm was the third type.

Fortunately, the drone was unable to penetrate the stealth capabilities of the powered suit, which was built based on Undine’s knowledge, and flew past the fence team.

In this way, the fence team saw all kinds of sights as they ran quickly through the wilderness.

A group of motorcyclists racing madly in the distance, creating a huge cloud of dust.

A swarm of machines fighting and colliding with each other like a forklift and a tank.

Occasionally, we would see wanderers fighting against such machines, and we would also see villages being attacked by machines.

Finally, after passing the cyborgs sitting on top of a giant turtle-shaped machine and diligently cleaning its body, the fence team was able to reach their destination, the ruins of a humanoid factory.

Harmon, who had already received visual information from the Undine pile and had created a rough map of the ruins, hid the information and looked at the entrance to the ruins revealed in the long, split valley.

Even the entrance to the ruins blocked by the ground was very large, as if to show that it had been quite large in the past, and it made the collectors nervous and expectant about what might be lurking inside.

“Oh.”

“It’s a considerable relic.”

Not only the fence team, but even Isaiah could not help but be impressed by this.

“This is my first time doing something like this.”

How did Hamon, who only lived in Guldari Village, find out about the existence of this relic? The fence team was curious for a moment, but decided not to pay much attention.

I didn’t want to get scratched for no reason and end up getting dumped by Harmon.

“Let’s bring the drone in.”

Shayna’s recon drone entered the factory first, and soon discovered a primitive trap.

“There are primitive traps, probably set by someone who settled in the ruins.”

“What are the traps of the ruins themselves?”

“It appears to be in a state of dismantling. There are traces of recent destruction that have not been weathered by the passage of time.”

The traces left by the sea bream were clear.

Since there was no technical means to dismantle the trap, the entire trap was destroyed.

This is a popular method of trap dismantling used by collectors, but it is of course frustrating for mechanics as it destroys delicate or valuable materials used in traps.

“Enter.”

“What do the inside people do?”

“Kill them all.”

At Harmon’s words, the fence team nodded and changed their equipment to man-to-man.

As the parts of the powered suit move and change shape, the weapons used to fight machines change into those for use against people.

After entering the ruins, Harmon saw the entrance to the ruins.

“Let’s block annoying things in advance.”

With those words, Harmon took out the cube, reassembled it, made it into a gun connected to the powered suit, and shot it towards the ruins.

Kwaaang!!

A powerful mass bomb destroyed the ground near the entrance to the ruins, and the collapsed ground covered the entrance to the ruins.

Harmon spoke calmly to the fence team who were looking at him in surprise.

“Don’t worry, you can go out again, let’s go.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“All move forward!”

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ruins.

Buildings that house the science and technology created by humans in the past.

Some are simple school buildings, some are medical facilities like the one occupied by the Guldari Guild, some may have military purposes, and some may even be factories.

School buildings, for example, have no risk factors, except for a few security robots. On the other hand, there is nothing that can be obtained. Most of them have been destroyed by time.

Medical facilities also have few visible security features to prevent ‘creating anxiety in patients’, so as long as the medical equipment is in good condition, the harvest can be enormous compared to the risk.

On the other hand, military buildings, factories, and research facilities.

Such places have important purposes and their value is indescribable, so they are bound to have incredibly strong security.

The danger is ridiculously high, with all sorts of traps and mechanical weapons piled up to repel invaders.

These types of relics are mostly conquered by unrelated collectors who stumble upon the relics by chance over a long period of time, enter the relics, and through individual sacrifices, gradually destroy the security devices until the last one to enter ends up taking everything.

This was the process by which Domi discovered Undine.

This facility is the same.

Most of the traps have been destroyed by several collectors. Perhaps not only Domi, but also other collectors are destroying traps.

Perhaps someone among them took the remaining humanoids from this factory, and the later Domi probably left after destroying the few remaining traps without reaping any harvest.

And, after repeated destruction in this way, the completely neutralized ruins become a habitable place for humans.

If you look closely, the Guldari Guild’s guild building is actually a hospital ruin that was used as a guild building, and the same goes for Harmon’s basement.

Following that natural flow, new people settled into these ruins.

Of course, that didn’t matter to Harmon.

What’s important to him is the humanoid production facility inside this factory.

And I just wonder if the humans who came into this factory after Domi might have damaged it.

How long did you walk inside the ruins?

Using the sensor systems built into the powered suits to scan the surroundings, the Fence Team soon discovered a group of people.

“Shall we send a drone?”

Shady asked Isaiah.

Since the order to kill had already been given, there was no other option but to engage in combat.

“No. Because drones are noisy.”

Isaiah, who had been refraining from using drones due to concerns about noise, as Shady had only used them briefly to scout out the ruins, looked at his subordinate who was good at stealth.

“Muffin.”

“Yes.”

“. Kill them all. Don’t make a fuss. Got it? ”

“Okay.”

Muffin, who answered, pulled the blade out of the back of her hand.

He wore a powered suit that was particularly thinner than the others, and he had the characteristic of being able to deal with people more easily than with machines, so when dealing with machines, he didn’t do anything noticeable other than swinging an unscrupulously large pickaxe.

Instead, dealing with people is his specialty.

If we only consider the skill level required for one-on-one combat, it is the highest of the five.

However, since one-on-one combat is not a great virtue for a collector, he is not treated as important as Leonard or Shady.

Muffin was given Undine’s technique of reducing sound.

Undine’s technique of canceling out sound waves by vibrating the surrounding moisture to create waves, allowing her to move silently.

Since he wanted to implement it using purely powered suit vibration generation rather than water manipulation, his powered suit ended up being made up of three layers.

Outer layer for defense and weapon storage.

The inner layer that causes vibration.

Finally, a liquid layer between the outer and inner layers that will kill the sound by creating waves that match the vibrations of the inner layer.

In addition, the outer layer of materials, such as the hands and soles of the feet, are made of materials that absorb and eliminate sound vibrations.

Muffin, who ran so silently, started moving along the wall from the middle, moving around near the high ceiling where people couldn’t see, and then moving over the heads of people who were staying in one place.

In a situation where no one noticed Muffin’s appearance, he hid himself in the darkness and quietly began to eliminate people one by one.

They kidnap and kill people who stray from the group, then hide their bodies in the ceiling structure.

If there are two people moving together, use the power of the powered suit to easily kill them both at the same time and then take them back to the ceiling and hide them.

If there are three people gathered together, kill two of them directly and assassinate the remaining one using the silent gun attached to the powered suit.

Muffin, who had been killing people one by one, returned to the group after killing everyone.

“All killed.”

Muffin reappears with a clean appearance without a single drop of blood on her face and says so.

Harmon nodded and gave instructions to move again, and the group continued to kill people as they advanced deeper and deeper into the ruins.

After going that far, Harmon was able to find the signal left behind by the Undine pile.

“The fact that this is here means that this is the destination.”

Finally, the humanoid manufacturing facility came into Harmon’s hands.

The moment Harmon touched the door with anticipation.

A sudden, terrible heat from beyond the door melted the door and engulfed the fence team.