“Take us around the surrounding area and help us search for any other surviving knights and mages. We’ll give you whatever you want. Magus World has always adhered to the principle of equivalent exchange,” Sein said sincerely to HALL-E.1

A Rank Five mage conversing with a robot was an unusual sight. Grethel and Roth watched Sein and HALL-E with curiosity.0

However, the two Rank Four mages had likely already noticed that HALL-E possessed a degree of self-awareness, rather than being a mere metal puppet controlled entirely by others.0

Mages had seen all manner of strange things. While HALL-E’s intelligence surprised them, Grethel and Roth accepted it fairly quickly.0

Faced with Sein’s earnest request,...0