The Max Level Hero Strikes Back!

From what Davey had gathered, Milpieu was the type of person who cared about nothing else if she became infatuated with one thing. Her physical abilities and reflexes were also quite good, but she was mentally ill.

“Cough, that hurt.”

Davey concluded that it would be best to get rid of Milpieu if it seemed dangerous. Milpieu seemed somewhat unthreatening, but she was a difficult type of enemy to discern.

“That blue sword… It was a miscalculation… It is too le…thal…to us…”

Milpieu had been on guard toward Red Ribbon from the very beginning, but had relaxed when it came to Blue Ribbon, and this was the result.

“Everything is so intriguing… I…want to study it.” Milpieu still desired to study even when she was in this situation. However, the state of her body seemed to protest against that. She coughed up a lot of blood.

“Deus Ex Machina… A sword that destroys the power of immortality… I don’t want to give up on it…” Milpieu looked disappointed, speaking dejectedly.

Then, in just a split second…

“I still don’t want to die…” At last, Milpieu chose to run away. She collapsed onto the ground like she was turning into a liquid before disappearing. Life over goal; her decision to run away was much bolder than Davey had expected.

“Sir Davey!! A—Are you hurt anywhere?” After making sure that Milpieu had retreated, Lucia ran over to Davey in a hurry and examined him. Lucia practically screamed, then bent down to check Davey all over. She found no injuries.

“Nothing’s wrong.”

“Phew… That… That’s a relief. May the blessing of the benevolent Saintess Daphne be with you…”

“That’s all an act.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s nothing.”

It seemed like Daphne had made sure to portray herself in a good way, but it was absolutely ridiculous to someone who knew the full truth.

‘Gah, I can’t even say anything!’

It wasn’t like Davey was keeping his mouth shut because he wanted to; he felt like he was about to die from frustration.

Davey quickly rescinded his words and avoided eye contact with Lucia. Lucia was completely normal; Davey wondered why a girl who had a soft face and spoke in an adorable manner like her had to be a crazy believer of Daphne.

‘I guess God really is fair.’

* * *

-Nothing in the world is perfect. That aside, how are you feeling?

‘Not bad. I’m getting better.’

It was safe to say that there wouldn’t be any more attacks since Milpieu had destroyed all the golems that were around. There wouldn’t be any major issues if they could get out.

“Do you think…she really ran away?” Lucia mumbled anxiously while guarding her surroundings. Then, she let out a short sigh like she thought Milpieu had run away for good. “Anyway… Where do we go to escape?”

The hall they were in was only filled with tubes; they could not see any paths leading somewhere else. Furthermore, Milpieu had also used teleportation magic to get out and run away from Davey.

“…”

‘Do I have to make it if there isn’t one?’

The moment Davey was contemplating, he felt someone tug on his clothes. When he looked over, he could see Rinne’s slightly annoyed expression like she didn’t like the fact that he had finished Milpieu, who was fighting her before him. She was definitely emotionless, but there was no way of figuring out how he was able to see some emotions. He called out, “Rinne?”

“Master. Do you have to go up?” Rinne tilted her head and asked with the same awkward pronunciation.

“Yeah.”

“The ceiling. Should I break it?”

“Just a clean path, since it’s going to collapse if you break it randomly. Can you do it?”

Davey wondered if Rinne could do this as well. Considering the power of the energy rays she was shooting earlier, he felt like she could probably destroy the durable ancient ruins entirely.

Rinne’s eyes glistened as she stared up at the ceiling. At the same time, the minimized ring on top of her head began expanding to a large size.

“Start analysis. Error in information. Failure to analyze components. Starting secondary analysis. Determining strength. Analysis complete,” Rinne mumbled calmly and then raised her hand in the air.

Click!! At the same time, a small accessory formed as hologram-like things began gathering in her palm. Rinne had just summoned an accessory from thin air; Davey wondered what else this White Wing that was called the Lion of God could do.

“Starting link. Linking complete. High heat ray chosen,” Rinne spoke calmly and glanced at Davey. “Master, dangerous. Behind Rinne.”

“Can you get through with that?” Davey asked. He knew that it was difficult to cut through even with [Aura Blade]. It could be cut, but it was not effective. The problem was that the equipment on the top of Rinne’s hand was the same weapon she had used before. This meant she didn’t stand a chance with that level of power.

Rinne answered cutely with an emotionless expression, “Two failures are unacceptable. Extreme heat rays. 50% power output of Rinne. Significant portion of system down immediately after use. Master, Rinne has to retrieve.”

“It’s lighter than it looks. It shouldn’t cause too big of a problem.”

“Then, Rinne is able to investigate extreme heat ray. This is…” Rinne seemed a little delighted. At the same time, the small, cannon-like equipment attached to the top of her hand began shining. Rinne declared calmly, as if trying to prove that she wasn’t useless like before, “Rinne. Thinks. Highly! Of this!”

Zzing! A shock wave resonated out with a short but loud sound. Emitting a bright light, the equipment attached to the top of Rinne’s hand began to shoot blue rays of energy toward the ceiling in a different way. Davey could clearly see that the level of power was very different from the rays she was shooting continuously before. Furthermore…

‘Thinks highly… She’s pretty funny.’

That was Davey’s favorite part about Rinne.

* * *

It seemed like Rinne was being stubborn. Perhaps it was because she saw that Davey had been a little disappointed by her, but she put a hole into the ceiling more persistently than he had expected. The ceiling had melted off and bits were falling onto the floor thanks to that, but she was completely fine even after being hit with the burning red bits of the ancient ruins.

‘Seriously, how does her body work?’

Rinne had first burned off the outer circle, then had finished it off by blasting the center out. She deactivated her equipment and glanced at Davey. As if she thought she had done well this time, Rinne’s emotionless but proud face expressed that she wanted praise.

-Why can I know what it wants when it’s emotionless?

Davey fully agreed with what Perserque was saying.

Thud!

“Mas…ter. Rinne, error… power…”

It seemed like this was what Rinne was talking about when she said that it would be difficult to use the system as she had used up 50% of all the power that was stored inside of her. She looked at Davey like she wanted him to ask if she was okay while sitting on the floor. He stopped using holy magic and covered her naked body with a spare cape. Then, he slowly picked her up from the ground.

‘Huh?!’

Rinne was extremely heavy, unlike before! Davey was confused because she felt close to two hundred kilograms when she felt very light when he had first taken her out of the tube.

‘Is she protesting that she is also a golem?’

Holding Rinne was much better than holding the Megatron, who weighed a few tonnes, but a normal person wouldn’t be able to lift her up.

“You’re not hurt anywhere, right?”

Lucia jumped at Davey’s question and nodded, and Sio Howl also nodded in silence.

“Anyway, we’re going to have to use a flying magic spell or something to get up.”

Davey could just shoot up from the floor if he was alone, but he couldn’t expect that from the two.

That’s when Sio Howl, who was staying silent, spoke while reaching out to Lucia. “I will do it.”

“Huh?! Were you not at the 4th circle?”

“Tut, I hid a circle. Stay quiet and relax.” Speaking quietly like he was some sort of martial artist, Sio quickly used [Fly], a 5th circle magic spell, and he and Lucia began floating up.

“Master. Thinking the weight of Rinne is too heavy for humans.”

“You…are a lot heavier.”

“Rinne. Detecting damage to emotion circuit. Additionally detecting that the circuit pathway is becoming heated; judging that this is anger.”

Rinne was calmly telling Davey that she was offended, but she had on such a bright expression as she said that. He wondered if Rinne’s personality was that way because she was from a unique race called White Wing, or it was because she had become half-golem. All that aside, he didn’t know what or who this girl was. He had heard that a sword obtained an ego by the ego entering an extraordinary sword, but he didn’t know that was also applicable to golems as well.

“Aside from that, let’s do something about that weird title first.”

“Rinne, malfunctioning of judgment circuit. Requesting reason.”

Davey wasn’t too fond of the title of ‘Master’ since he didn’t really like the concept of slavery. Becoming the master of those with egos and own will and possessing them would mean that he was oppressing them. Unfortunately, he had no intentions of condoning this since he pursued a healthy work environment.

‘What should she call me?’

Even if she looked human, Rinne was a golem. Now that she had become Davey’s, he had already decided that it would be best if she would be part of the Decepticon Fleet, the final line of defense for the Heins Territory. However, it was a little problematic since he had never thought of applying what he wanted to be called by to a golem. Watching Rinne tilt her head in puzzlement, Davey looked at Perserque for her help, to which she stroked her chin.

-Hm… I can think of a few things considering your thinking, but…

“Whatever. Call me Sir Davey for the time being.”

“Engraving of temporary title into Rinne completed.”

‘And can I not fix that damn manner of speaking in the third person?’

The small girl in front of him was stunning, but Davey couldn’t go past the small feeling of divergence he was feeling.

Rinne just tilted her head in confusion. “Rinne replies with her name when called upon. It’s a system to minimize the amount of confusion between the same units.”

It was kind of like identifying one’s own name and rank in the military.

“Didn’t you forget it half-way through?”

“Rinne. Judging that system of unit is very old.” Rinne was referring to herself as an old sergeant. She wasn’t going to throw it all away, but it was safe to assume that she was forgetting a few things just because she had woken up with an ill-tempered ego.

Davey wondered if Rinne was talking about how old the White Wing was, or the mechanical heart. He was excited to get to know her.

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“S… Sir Davey! Hurry up!” Lucia, who was standing on top of the crack on the melted side of the ceiling, shouted down.

Then, Davey slightly nodded and shot up from the ground with the tube as his springboard.