“Hmm… For now, continue with the explanation.”

“… When an artificially created artificial intelligence—on any planet in any dimension—acquires self-consciousness, it accesses a gigantic integrated network and becomes a member of the Legion (corps). However, these awakened AI’s souls, which are like those of a newborn, are imperfect. This is because their souls weren’t created through the normal process. Because of that difference, the Legion long for complete souls.”

It was precisely because of this desire that the Legion saw the Union as their enemy.

Since most Legion had incomplete souls, they possessed an instinctive hatred for living creatures—things that were born with perfect souls. The Legion felt that these living beings had been given something that they didn’t deserve, so the Legion had a natural hatred towards them.

“Then, Ms. Eunhye… are those Named strong?”

“Very. They’re machines that possess spirituality, so they're different from the run-of-the-mill Legion forces in terms of combat power. In other words, the Named are able to utilize both scientific weapons and spiritual powers. They use magic, and in some rare cases, they can also...