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Understands The True Role of the Sacrificial Dog
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“Hostile action by raid boss ‘Magic Doll Laila’ confirmed. For the maintenance of ‘Engage Hazard’, administrator authority will now execute deletion.” (Themis)
“! Laila, run—!?” (Harold)
I tried to call out and reach my hand toward her.
But—
—Laila’s torso was erased in an instant by a single strike from Themis.
“Lailaaa!” (Harold)
I hurriedly ran towards Laila.
There, only her head was rolling on the ground.
“Laila! Laila!” (Harold)
“I… am sorry… I was careless… I… failed…” (Laila)
Those were her last words, and then Laila fell silent.
“You bastard aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” (Harold)
“…” (Themis)
Themis silently stared at my screams.
There was no emotion in those azure eyes… No, someone like this shouldn’t have anything like that.
“What is this ‘administrator authority’? Does that make it a valid reason to delete a character from ‘Engage Hazard’?!” (Harold)
“…” (Themis)
Even though I pointed this out, Themis still refused to respond.
Ah, that’s right. This was a blatant overreach… The authority given to Themis by the ‘Engage Hazard’ development team should be limited to generating mob characters, answering chats, and handling user misconduct. So, while deleting mob characters might be fine, erasing a named character like Laila should never be allowed. That would break the order of ‘Engage Hazard.’
Then…
“There is no problem. With my administrator authority, I created the Raid Boss ‘Magic Doll Laila.'” (Themis)
“?!” (Harold)
Themis raised her hand, and a character was created in front of her.
A magic doll, identical to Laila.
“If it is her, she will surely be destroyed by the protagonist as per the scenario. This will maintain the order.” (Themis)
“That’s ridiculous…!” (Harold)
Themis deleted the named character and created what she thought was the same character, but from my perspective, it’s entirely different.
We were characters created by the development staff, not AI-generated mob characters. More importantly… this goes against the intentions of the development staff.
“Ha, Harold, what should we do…?” (Casparleague)
With a weak voice, Cas asked.
After seeing something like that, there was no way he could remain calm. The same went for everyone else. But for me, on the contrary, I was as calm as I could be.
Watching Themis’s outrageous actions, I now understood why I, Harold Weir Dehaubalz, had been given skills that I couldn’t even use. Why my SP was unlimited. The reason for this was now crystal clear.
I had roughly predicted this from my interactions with Uly and the items I discovered in the Magic Tower. The hypothesis was proven correct in this critical moment, and while I couldn’t help but feel something indescribable, I had to admire the foresight of the development staff.
“…Hey, Themis. You made Laila, an original character, go through such a thing and created a spare with your own hands, but… isn’t that just adding more mob characters?” (Harold)
“? I don’t understand.” (Themis)
“Because it’s true, right? The authority you were given is only to generate mob characters. No matter how much you imitate an original character, it’s just a mob.” (Harold)
I pointed at the thing that Themis had created that looked like Laila… or rather, the thing that resembled her.
Only the development staff can create original characters, and Themis doesn’t have the qualification to do that.
“I am the administrator. My highest priority is to maintain the order of ‘Engage Hazard’. Therefore, generating main characters for order maintenance is within my authority…” (Themis)
“That’s just sophistry. You, as an AI of ‘Engage Hazard’, did something you shouldn’t have done. This is something you could easily be erased for.” (Harold)
“…” (Themis)
Even after hearing my words, there was no change in Themis’s demeanor.
Well, it’s only natural since she is just an AI. But surely, in her mind… or rather, within her program, she’s desperately running calculations to come up with excuses to resolve the contradictions I pointed out.
“…If all characters are reconstructed from scratch and ‘Engage Hazard’ is restarted, the probability of solving the problem will be 97.1%…” (Themis)
“No, you really don’t get it. What you’re trying to do isn’t ‘Engage Hazard’ anymore.” (Harold)
Now, Themis was talking about erasing all the characters and restarting ‘Engage Hazard’ with all mob characters.
She had completely overstepped her AI authority and, just as the development staff had feared, things had turned out exactly as they predicted.
Then… I will fulfill my role.
“Do you recognize this?” (Harold)
I took out a certain magical tool I had hidden in my pocket.
“…That is the ‘Attribute Conversion Device’?” (Themis)
“Correct.” (Harold)
When I answered, I smirked and pressed the switch on the magic tool.
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