Rebooting system. . . . .

Rebooting Completed. . . .

Changing system authority from manual to auto. . . .

Confirmed system is in auto mode. . . . . .

Checking situation through cameras and scanning for abnormality. . . . . .

Three armed female civilians within the command center. . . .

Unidentified animals inside facility covered area. . . . . .

Releasing Cyber Unit in watch mode. . . .

Checking logs . . . .

Releasing system limiter and accessing the database. . .

Rebooting. . . .

Access confirmed and A.I system confirm

Releasing A.I Codename Eden. . .

A.I released. . . .

Changing backup Controlled system to A.I Controlled System

Confirmed. . . .

“Identify yourself” (A.I Eden)

No response. The humans started moving, but the threat meter is still green.

The possibility of thieves is high. . .

Manually Changing code green to code Red.

Successfully deployed 3 units to observe the human but they started running away toward the hangar area.

I commanded the Cyber Unit to chase them and watch them if they are a possible threat to the facility and the pod.

In the hangar area. . . .

20 minute passed when the chase began.

The humans are having conversation but unable to identify the language used

Input new command, Cyber unit in standby mode and record conversation for future reference.

50 unidentified dangerous animals confirmed and threat meter is Orange.

The humans began fighting the unknown animal.

Abnormality detected. . . . Earthquake Detected. . . .

An earthquake with magnitude 3.6 is Detected. . . . . Epicenter detected near the hangar area.

Input new command. Standby and monitor for a potential threat.

The new animal within the area detected. . . . .

Animal confirmed. . . . . . . animal identified the category of Reptile class

Checking database for similar appearance. . . .

Appearance confirmed. . . . Belong to the fictional depiction of great reptile and called the Dragon.

Preparing countermeasure written in the documents.

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Detected strong heat is generating inside the body of a dragon.

Input new command. . . Protect Humans, Eliminate the dragon and retrieve the corpse for future reference.

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(Christine P.O.V)

I don’t understand what is going on, and now the automata are carrying me

Before I closed my eyes, the dragon opens its mouth and ready to swallow me.

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

About 30 automata are assaulting the dragon with a weapon that can cause an explosion similar to blast magic, but it’s ineffective.

It is gently carrying like a husband and wife after their wedding.

“Rika. Melisha I’m sorry, but I think it’s not my time to die.”

I remember it again, the death of my friends.

While the battle is unfolding near me. I don’t care and walked toward to that place, and even if they are charcoal, I want to give a proper burial.

My clothes are tattered, my body is full of cuts because of the crystal wolf.

“Damn, this armor is too heavy” I complained while I take off my breastplate.

It didn’t last long, arriving at burned ground, I kneeled down to offer a prayer for the deceased.

Then I noticed that the burned Crystal Wolf is slightly elevated.

“!!!”

The sound of explosion continued, but I didn’t mind it and started shoving the wolf’s body to see what underneath it.

Unable to hide my shock, I began crying again, but my tears filled joy and not sadness.

Rika and Melisha buried under several stacks of wolfs dead body and being covered by five automatas.

The back of the automata is slightly melted but still it’s alive when it saw me looking at him.

It began moving again and join the battle against the dragon.

When I turn my head to see the fight between them and the dragon, my face turned pale when I saw the once proud dragon that hailed undefeated by the human race. Is now missing one of its wings, lost the arms, the hard scales that even with magic is having a hard time to pierce it is now full of whole and some part of the have burned mark on it, and the blood of the dragon is littered everywhere.

It’s not a one-sided battle because I can see some automata lying down and not move.

It was the right choice that we didn’t fight them earlier because the automata continued fighting without head or having few missing limbs, Truly terrifying their battle capabilities is on different league compare to what I witness beforehand.

They are truly a monster. I think. Even the world don’t have the chance against these monsters.

I shifted my sight toward to my friends and checked if they are alive.

Yes, they are alive and unconscious for a moment. A new group automata arrive, they are wearing different clothes compare to the one fighting the dragon. They wore a pure with clothes that I never saw before.

The white group began checking the condition of Rika and Melisha. They started by touching wrist or neck as if they are searching for something.

“Are they all right?” (Christine)

“rethinks Ik ties 'll mw” (Robot nurse)

I couldn’t understand what she said, but I think she means they are fine.

Since it’s very hard always to call them automata since all of the similar except for their clothes, so I called the one fighting the dragon “Gray” and the one checking my friend “White.”

One of the white’s started expecting my wounds. Then he took out a bottle and small fluffy thing.

Is that cotton?

Yup, it’s cotton. He slightly soaks the cotton in the liquid that smells like alcohol.

“!!!!, IT HURTS!!!!!!”

Yup, he smeared the cotton on my wound, and I realized that he is treating my injury.

While I endured the painful treatment. I began watching the final stage of the battle.

The dragon growl seems weaker compare when we first heard it.

Unbelievable the gray manages to push the dragon to the corner.

The mouth of the dragon began glowing, showing the signs of a fire breath.

One of the gray to a long metal tube, after a second the head part of tube flew toward the dragon, and it created a big explosion, the last wing fell, and it growls out of pain and fell, but the gray showed no mercy and continued assaulting the dying dragon

Then I noticed that my arms and legs have bondage, then the white started tearing my clothes.

Instinctively I jumped away from the white to protect myself, but two more whites approached me and held me down.

After the hard treatment of my wound in my body

I cry silently Sob* sob*

I feel like they defiled me even though knowing their action is to treat my wound, I could stop myself from feeling that because they have the appearance of a man.

There is nothing more I can do about it, they treated our wound for free, so I don’t have the rights to complain.

Even though this kind of treatment is easy fast, it will still cost around 50 silvers in the clinic.

It’s not only me but the treatment on Melisha and Rika is already finished they put them in bed.

‘Where the hell did they get a bed in this place!’ I shouted in my mind.

My body still hurts, but I manage to recover that I can run again.

I quickly check on Melisha first then Rika.

They are both fine, but still asleep, it must really strike them hard. I hope this event won’t stop them exploring.

I turn around to see the situation.

The dragon is no longer breathing, Greys won over the dragon, and they began coiling a large chain they took out of nowhere.

“ser iygkpo wet” (A.I Eden)

I heard it again, a monotonous voice of a woman. But. I really couldn’t understand her, maybe if it’s Melisha she could understand it since she specializes in the language of ancient civilization.

I looked up and shout what I want to say

“Whoever you are. Out there watching us. I humbly appreciate your help and saving our lives. I don’t know how I can return the favor of saving our life. We are not your enemy. I hope you understand my words.”

All I can do is hope she can understand my words. One of the grays is slowly approaching me while holding something.

When it got near me, he gave me back my broken sword and 50 pieces of dragon scale with a size 20 cents each.

“I don’t deserve this loot, you are the one who defeated the dragon!” I said in a flustered voice

Because with these number, scales will make anyone rich the rest of their life.

The gray just tilted its head, I’m going crazy here if I survive alone with these guys.

I tried to decline about the loot by pushing the scales back to him and only accept my broken sword, the Gray raised his hand showing me his palm then he pointed his index finger in the scale and looked me.

I got baffled from his gesture then I tried to interpret since it is quite is easy to understand it.

“Stop complaining, and that scales is for you, *Sigh*”

After muttering my interpretation, I made big sigh and say “Thank you” with a smile while my cheeks are twitching

He straightens and went back to the dragon.

“What should I do with these? This will be useless if I’m here.”

While holding the scales with both hands because of size and weight. I went back to see my friends.

One of the white again pulled something out of nowhere, it’s a chair, and he gave it to me.

‘I’m losing my common sense here but trying to understand reason for their action is impossible.’ I said in my mind while looking at two girls who’s sleeping soundly.

“what the hell is going on now!?” I shouted when I heard another weird sound that is coming toward us.

There are several big carriages within sight, but I don’t see any horse pulling it.

The carriages arrive after faster than I anticipated.

First, the grays that look like the soldiers second the whites are the healers and now blue colored automata.

As I watch a scene that is unfolding in front me, I unconsciously stared at the scene with wide eyes and my mouth is making O shape, because they the large carriage arrive with some of the lift.

I don’t know how long did they it, but now the body of the dragon is tightly bound by large chains and being raised.

When the dragon is slightly lifted. The Blues move to place a large metal board with wheels and put the dragon on that platform.

They attached several big chains in the big carriages.

And the smaller one arrived, the more whites arrive, but they started moving the bed. When they are near the edge back white wagon, they gently lift the bed not to wake up my sleeping friends and put it inside.

The White made a gesture as if he is calling me to come over and pointed inside the carriage.

“So this is really a carriage.”

I shrugged my shoulder and enter the carriage.

It started moving, I peek outside through the transparent glass.

I saw the large carriage is pulling the board with the carcass riding on the top if it.

“aarrghh GGG. . “

I heard a groan, then I look who’s starting to wake up first.

It was Melisha, she opened her slowly and started looking at the surrounding.

“MELISHA!!” (Christine)

Unable to restrain myself even I know she just recently was woken up, I hugged her tightly

“Christine, what is going on? Where are we?” (Melisha)

“What is the lasting you remember?” (Christine)

“the last thing I remember is that the ground shook widely and then it appeared a dragon” (Melisha)

What she faces is making a weird expression while try to recall what happen before she passed out.

“I see, to tell you the truth. we are still inside the cave, but these place might be the breeding ground of the automatas, the dragon is already dead, and we are safe for now.”

I reassured her before telling her everything that happens while she’s unconscious. From the moment the dragon appeared, to this point that we are riding a weird carriage. After hearing my story, Melisha faces turned purple like she will faint any moment again.

“you are saying that the automatas are not hostile anyone, it only attacks the potential threat to their life?” (Rika)

Rika asked a question while lying on the bed, when she tried to sit, the white near her stopped her made a gesture telling her to lie in bed.

“There is no point in thinking too much about our situation. We should at least be thankful since we are still alive by the way Melisha you studied the ancient language, right?”

“Yeah, just a little bit since both of my parents are studying the ancient language.”

“Good. Can you read or talk using that words??”

“A little bit.”

Melisha answered my question in a small voice because of the fatigue.

“Go to sleep for a while Melisha, you are still quite exhausted.”

“Yes, I’ll go to bed, please wake me up if there is any trouble.”

“Okay, How about you Rika, are you feeling well?”

“I think I can manage, how long have we been traveling?”

“I don’t know because I couldn’t tell it since there is no sun here, maybe half-day I think.”

Rika continued our conversation while Melisha falls asleep fast.

It didn’t last long until fatigue struck me and fell asleep too.

Shaking??

I opened my eyes slowly, and I saw a white staring at me

“!!!”

Because of the shock, I crawled backward fast while my hand is on the chest.

It came to me suddenly that the white probably trying to wake me up, because the bed where Rika and Melisha can no longer be seen.

The White made the same gesture as if telling me to come and follow him, and thus I exited the carriage and a large pure white building that even a noble’s house will lose regarding size.

Two Whites are pushing the bed of my friends toward the interior of the building.

I’m walking slightly behind Mr. White when we entered the building.

My cheeks started twitching while making a small smile because, because inside the build. I saw more Mr. White and several Mr. Grey roaming around.

The Mr. White I’m currently following is just a few steps away from from two others who’s pushing the bed until and enter the room.

They lined the bed side-by-side and left the room.

I watch the two who’s sleeping carefree with a smile on my face.