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"I-I couldn't even notice their presences…! Just who are you lot?! You know that I am a Hunter, right?! And you just killed one of us! That is a crime! You'll go to prison for that- GYAAH…!"
Slash!
Suddenly, the figure of a blond girl leaped towards the man, as he barely managed to evade her attack, but had his shoulders slashed with large black claws growing from her hands.
"G-Get away from me!" cried the man, trying to run away as he walked, however, he could.
"Adamantine, your prey is running away," said the voice of Noah, as Adamantine glanced at the man running away and leaped into his back!
"A-Aaahh! B-Burn to ashes you horrible subhuman!" roared the man, as he struggled to get off Adamantine from his back, as she began to tear part of his shoulder apart!
"FIREBALL!"
Roared the man, blasting a fireball right into Adamantine's face!
Boom!
"H-Hehe… I won!" muttered the man, as he realized that Adamantine's claws were tightly grabbing his flesh, and her legs were locking into his torso!
"Eh?"
He noticed that Adamantine's face was completely burnt, but the burnt flesh began to fall apart, as new muscles, eyes, and a tongue began to grow on a horrifying sight!
"W-What… what kind of monster are you?!" asked the man, as Adamantine opened her still healing jaws, extending her teeth as sharp knives, biting his neck, and throwing the man into the floor with tremendous strength!
"G-Gyaa- Mmghhgh?!"
A Blood Patch suddenly covered the face of the man, inhibiting his screams.
"Has no one told you to not talk while being eaten? Ah, maybe that is not how it goes? Well, anyways, make it quick, Adamantine," said Noah with a pleasant smile, as he glanced to the main street.
It seemed that people still have not noticed them, thankfully, the light of the city did not reach this place.
Adamantine heard the orders of her master as she carried the corpse deeper into the shadows, breaking it apart and eating large chunks of flesh like a wild animal that has not eaten for weeks.
Noah walked back to the first man's corpse, as Iris offered him an Ability Core that he dropped.
"Oh, an F-Rank Ability Core? Well, better than nothing… Arthur, save the corpse inside the Dimensional Storage Ring," said Noah, as Arthur nodded and immediately put the corpse inside the special accessory.
Noah and the rest of the group were wearing all kinds of masks to cover their identities, and the trembling robot girl on the floor could not discern who they truly were.
"Y-You… You killed people…" she muttered.
"Are you okay?" asked Arthur, gently smiling at her as he offered his hand.
"Eh?" the girl grabbed Arthur's hand by reflex and stood up.
"It is very rare to see such an expensive model such as you in these areas… I am pretty sure that your strength is equivalent to an F-Rank Hunter, why didn't you resist?" asked Arthur.
"I… I am not programmed to resist humans… It is something that came when I was built…" said the robot girl.
"So she is indeed a Fembot then," said Noah.
"Yeah, but her model is from Axis Corporations… She would cost a fortune to create… I don't think my family can even afford an Axis Robot, especially those strong enough that are built to deal with Mutated Beasts and Monsters…" said Arthur.
"If she is so valuable what is she doing working for a restaurant?" asked Iris.
"I… I used to be owned by my master… but he died inside a Dungeon… They wanted to sell me to a brothel when they discovered that he died… But I escaped and… wondered the streets until my battery was almost empty… However, I found a group of abandoned robots and we have been… surviving as we can… They helped me recharge my Magic Core Battery, and now I found some work in these restaurants and mini markets… As I do not tire, I can work an entire week without breaks!" said the robot girl.
"I see… Robots, huh? How many?" asked Noah, he seemed to have come with an idea…
"Eh? W-Well, many of them are damaged… But we are… a few dozen…" said the robot girl.
"N-Noah-sama, what are you planning?" asked Arthur with a bit of concern.
"Hey, wanna work for us?" asked Noah.
"E-Eh?" asked the robot girl.
"We won't let you go either way, as you saw how we killed those people…" said Noah.
"I-I won't talk! I swear!" said the robot girl.
"I don't believe you. Even more, it feels weird that you are not as affected by what we did, have you seen humans being killed before?" said Noah.
"I… my sister… big sis… she was a war machine… she… kills those that try to steal us away…" said the robot girl.
"Hoh? And you say you are just in the streets? Do you need money? This blondie here is filthy rich, I am sure that we can get you into our new manor, right, Arthur?" asked Noah, petting Arthur's shoulders.
"I-I… I think I could manage… But is this… really okay?" asked Arthur.
"Do you want to ask her opinion? Well, she only has two options. She either obeys us, or I break apart every bit that makes her up," said Noah.
"Uuueeehh… I will obey, I will obey! P-Please doesn't pull me apart…" cried the robot girl.
"Such an obedient girl," said Noah, petting her head with a pleasant smile.
"I really thought they were good people for saving me like big sis… but he doesn't seem good at all!" thought the robot girl, as she led Noah's party through the streets.
"Noah-sama, are you okay with this?" asked Iris.
"Yes. I like to take any opportunity given to me. This is one of them, we either grasp it or let it run away," said Noah.
"Well it was all quite sudden," said Timassa.
"Y-Yeah… But if we really manage to get such expensive models like a Fembot and a War Machine for our future guild… Perhaps with my money, we could repair them and make them into reliable allies…" said Arthur.
"Do Robots have any System?" wondered Iris.
"Our System? No, but they can be packed with magic weapons, Magic Core Batteries, and all types of things, they are like Magic Weapons, but they are independent… That's why they are so expensive," said Arthur.
"Even better then… Although we might have to convince her big sis to obey us… Nothing that we shouldn't be able to do," said Noah.
"Noah-sama, you're rather confident…" said Iris.
"Anyways, what's your name?" asked Noah, to the robot girl.
"A-Ah! M-My name is… Sakura…" said the robot girl.
"Sakura? I would have thought that your name would be a series of numbers and letters that didn't make sense," said Noah.
"Well yeah… But big sis and my other siblings call me Sakura due to my pink hair," said Sakura.
"I see, well, it is fitting, you have maintained your colors very well despite having been on the streets this long," said Arthur.
"I-I am very careful with all of that… After all, it is thanks to my model appearance that I can get Jobs easily," said Sakura.
"I-I see… I guess that's how robot thinks…" sighed Arthur.
"Anyways, we are here… This is… my home," said Sakura.
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