Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 52: Michelle Ran Away

"You still can't let go of your old ideas. It's been so many years, you're still like this!" Galadra shook his head, looking unsurprised but troubled. Of course, this was useless. If Michelle would listen, things wouldn't have come to this point.

"Whatever your goal is, I won't let you succeed easily!" Adrian declared fearlessly. Since Michelle had stated her position so clearly, he naturally wouldn't back down as the representative of humans. But I was a bit worried, afraid she might charge at us in anger.

"If your main target is humans, then is this also something you sent out?" Luckily, Michelle held back, and the situation didn't spiral out of control again. However, after hearing Michelle's words, Nicola thought for a while and suddenly pulled out a round object from her storage ring and asked.

I recognized this thing. It was the head of the robot that was destroyed when we were ambushed by Blanche during our trip to Makalan City! This robot was very powerful. Although it probably wouldn't be a match for me now, it took a lot of effort for the lizardman Kurnel to destroy it with a sneak attack back then. Nicola had kept it in her storage space ever since.

"Intelligent Guard Type One!" Michelle immediately blurted out this name with a strange look on her face. But she didn't seem to care that the robot had been destroyed. She just didn't understand why Nicola suddenly brought this up with a gloomy face, "How did it end up in your hands? And why are you suddenly mentioning this now?"

"Yesterday, on my way flying here, I happened to come across several dozen similar beings. They were staying with the human army, and both sides seemed to get along very well. After some inquiries, I found out they seemed to be planning to work with humans to do something fishy with the descent of the Cycle of Rebirth! Although I haven't seen them actually show up yet... if all this was under your orders, it doesn't make much sense, does it?" Nicola explained casually, but the meaning behind her words was clear. Michelle had just claimed that her ultimate goal was to wipe out humans, but secretly she had sent out robot troops to cooperate with humans to try to seize the Cycle of Rebirth. This was a blatant slap in the face!

"Impossible! How could I possibly work with humans! I only have a few Intelligent Guard Type Ones in total, where would dozens come from! And they are very loyal, impossible to follow orders from anyone other than me, unless..." Michelle immediately got angry when she heard this and couldn't help raising her voice to argue. But towards the end, her expression seemed not so certain. She seemed to remember something and suddenly became a bit hesitant.

"Unless what?" Galadra immediately asked, following up with some intelligence she had gotten through earth element monitoring. "I've also seen some similar figures on the continent. They often go in and out of some small countries in the south, claiming to belong to a secret organization in the north, with the identity of magic puppet! Whether these magic puppets are really magic puppets is unknown, but their purpose is quite strange — usually when they arrive at a place, they initiate cooperation requests, willing to provide funds and labor, seeking to build some large-scale magic facilities with unknown purposes together with the local authority. Because of this, they've actually received warm welcomes in many areas."

That's even more ridiculous. If these really were mechanical troops sent out by Michelle, how could they cause destruction in the north but secretly cooperate on construction in the south? Unless she had a mental problem and split personality!

"Unless this is my ally's own idea!" Michelle waved her hand angrily. She seemed to realize that things were developing beyond her expectations. Her appearance instantly became a bit flustered. After hesitating for a long time, she finally had to answer, "After all, the Intelligent Guard Type One was a gift from my ally. As for how many he has himself, I don't know. Perhaps all those you just mentioned were done secretly behind my back!"