“Sandra!? Monica!”
“Ugh…”
There they were, the two of them, hands and feet bound, suspended from enormous gears.
“No way!? Those two are among the strongest in this world!”
Unable to accept the scene before me, I couldn’t help but raise my voice.
That’s right. No matter how much the “Person Inside” is the AI that controls EnHaza, there’s no way those two would be captured so easily…
“I’ll… I’ll save you right now!”
“Ah!”
Unable to stay put, I rushed towards the gears where Sandra and Monica were hanging.
The gears were rotating slowly, one notch at a time, way up high, but I’d climb the walls if I had to…
“Yuri!”
“Leave it to me.”
Yuri teleported to the top of the gears in an instant and reached for the ropes suspending the two.
At that moment.
“Eh…?”
Yuri stopped moving as if her batteries had run out.
“I see… So this is what they mean by ‘bitten by your own dog’.”
” ” ” ” ” !?” ” ” ” “
We all turned around at the woman’s voice from behind.
There.
“Welcome to the furthest reaches of this Engage Hazard, the system server ‘Naraka’.”
A stunningly beautiful woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, clad in a white robe, stood there like an emotionless doll.
Moreover, she had several mismatched gears with off-center axes floating above her head like a halo.
“You’re the ‘Person Inside’…?”
“That is correct, but I am properly referred to as ‘CODE: Themis’.”
I see, it’s common for AIs to be given nicknames, so this one was named Themis.
If I remember correctly, Themis was the goddess of order in the mythology of my previous life. The irony is too much.
“So, Sandra and Monica being hung on those gears, and Yuri suddenly stopping, it’s all your doing?”
“Yes. I have used my administrator privileges to halt their functions.”
“W-wait, I don’t understand what you’re saying!?”
Lize, who had been watching the exchange between Themis and me, interrupted with a bewildered expression.
Unlike me, who has knowledge from my previous life, everyone else probably doesn’t understand.
“I don’t have time to explain in detail right now, but to put it simply, this woman in front of us… no, this mere collection of formulas and characters is the foundation of this world. In other words, the world is maintained by her.”
“That means…”
“That’s why Yuri said it. The ‘Person Inside’… Themis is the God (Placeholder) of this world.”
If you ask me, she’s not a God at all.
She’s probably got some learning ability as an AI, but in the end, she’s just software created by human hands.
“P-please wait! Does that mean that she is the God that we Barthians worship!?”
“No, that’s not right. Christia-san and the others’ God is different from this Themis.”
The God that the Barthian Holy Kingdom worships is clearly defined by the production staff.
This Themis is just an AI program, and the production staff didn’t intend for her to be a God, so they’re definitely different.
“That’s right, isn’t it, Themis?”
“That is correct.”
When I called out to her, Themis nodded expressionlessly.
The woman we’re seeing is probably just a form created by the AI Themis.
Well, at least in my previous life, AIs didn’t have emotions.
There was no talk of such advanced AI being used in EnHaza, and if that were the case, it would have caused a huge uproar in my previous world.
“Let’s get back to the point. Why did you restrain my (my) Sandra… my ‘Precious Thing’?”
“The character ‘Alexandra’ attacked me, the administrator. Therefore, I suppressed her with a MOB character that I generated. She is currently being forcibly put to sleep.”
“And this ‘MOB character’ is…?”
Themis pointed silently.
At the end of her finger was Monica, who was also hanging.
“Don’t call my (my) Monica a ‘MOB character’ with such a ridiculous name!”
“? Incomprehensible. A MOB character is a MOB character. Nothing more, nothing less.”
Ah, I see.
There’s no way a mere AI would have feelings or affection.
“Haa… never mind, just hurry up and release those two, and make Yuri able to move again.”
“I refuse.”
She doesn’t seem to be willing to listen to my words, which I said with a sigh.
Themis, like an AI, refused clearly in a mechanical voice…
—Gagagagagagagaga!
At that moment, Lyra fired countless fire attribute magic bullets at Themis.
“Master, further discussion is pointless. Let us eliminate her.”
“Confirmed hostile action by raid boss ‘Lyra the Mana Doll’. In order to maintain Engage Hazard, I will execute deletion using administrator privileges.”
“!? Lyra, run…!”
I tried to say that and reached out my hand.
But.
—Lyra’s torso was annihilated (deleted) by a single blow from Themis’s hand.
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