A half-dead shield: Is that all? Is that all you can do?! Isn't that you?! Weren't you the ones who decided that your death would lead to peace?! Is the world you desire death!?

Screamers: Ah! AaaaAaaAAAA!! Kha! Uh-huh!

Half-dead shield: Don't you want to talk!? Then you can find your world, but not by death!

"The two lying Screamers stood up, and all the Screamers turned their heads at the Half-dead Shield. They opened their mouths and created synchronous ultrasound, thereby creating a super ultrasonic flow. The half-dead shield, in a fighting stance, received the entire stream of sound. His hole didn't shrink, but he lost his hearing."

Half-dead shield: Kumiko!!! Where is the thought transmitter?!!

Kumiko: Welcome. Do you hear that?

Half-dead shield: Yes. I hear you. Where are the thought transmitters? I can't detect them now. They've robbed me of my hearing.

Kumiko: I get it. Wait a bit, I'll ask the professor.

Half-dead shield: Only faster, I've already spent 3 inertial spaces.

Kumiko: All right, let's try faster.

"The half-dead shield continued to repel their primitive attacks with its head and tail until the Screamer underwater created an ultrasonic current. The ice floe under the feet of the Half-dead Shield began to crack. The screamers from above made synchronous ultrasound again, which is why all the ice went under water behind the Half-dead shield. A screamer from the water jumped out of the water onto an ice floe, which caused the ice floe to break into floating ice floes and icebergs.

The half-dead shield already had 11 filled inertial spaces."

Half-dead shield: Kumiko! I'm going to die here soon, how would it be? Will you be there soon?!

Kumiko: Wait! The professor is calculating.

A half-dead shield: What is there to calculate? I'm not going to destroy them. I need to cut them down to upgrade.

Kumiko: Then everything is easier. There is a nutrient block under the shell. There is a receiver at the end of the neck. The translator itself is located between them.

Half-dead shield: Finally. Thanks!

Kumiko: Let me know how to get out.

Half-dead shield: ..Yeah, definitely.

"The half-dead shield did not move and waited for a blow from the Screamers, but no one approached. They understood that if they tried to get close to him, they would go under water, where they would not be able to attack. But the Half-dead Shield also understood this."

Half-dead shield: * It remains to wait for the moment when they will be approximately in line. Then everything will work out, but that's how evil it is! Right now, they decided to take the usual steps.*

"The screamers slowly but surely approached each other in a row to sink the Half-dead Shield. Deciding to act to get the last space, the Half-dead Shield began to jump on the ice floes. Catching up with the Screamers, he was right in front of them and the leftmost Screamer hit him with his tail. The half-dead shield took this blow and his whole hole disappeared, and he himself is at the rightmost Screamer."

Half-dead shield: * So, the main thing is not to miss a blow, otherwise I will not see Kumiko's happy face. That's it, that's it. Calm down! Quickly, a dash to the right and a swing.*

"The half-dead shield swung the bat at the rightmost Screamer and struck directly at the shoulder of the front right paw. Following the blow, everything that was behind her disappeared in an instant. As if there was nothing behind it. The half-dead shield delivered a pinpoint and focused blow with all its strength, which was enhanced by the kinetic energy from the Screamers' blows."

"As you can see, the more and stronger the blows the Half-dead Shield collects, the more its strength will increase. But, his impact force cannot decrease, but there are no restrictions either. The main thing is that the weapon can withstand the kinetic flow of energy collected in one place. Since the impact force does not increase significantly, but in a multi-dependent progression. For example, the energy collected at the end of a bit without inertial spaces will be 1 J, and the energy of the first space will be 1, then 1 * 1 to the 1st power = 1 J. If there are all inertial spaces and they have 1 J more than the previous ones, then eventually it will be equal to 1 * 1 to the 1st power * ... * 12 in the 12th degree will be almost equal to 5.5 * 10 in the 68th degree of J. In addition to all this, he did not scatter the blow over the area, but focused it at the point of the end of the bat and made the hole as small as he could. That's why he was able to leave a hole at the impact site."

Half-dead shield: Kumiko! I'm done! Everyone get out!

Kumiko: Absolutely everything?

Half-dead shield: Of course! How do you think I should do everything myself if I have so little time left?

Kumiko: I get it, we'll be right there.

"After a short amount of time, Kumiko, the professor and other staff appeared at the standing Screamers and the Half-Dead Shield."

Kumiko: The professor says to show yourself to the implant engineer.

Half-dead shield: Okay, I'll be right there.

"The half-dead shield turned its head and stopped looking at the Screamers and directed its gaze at the engineer, and then began to move towards him."

Kumiko: I told them that you had lost your hearing.

Half-dead shield: Yeah.

"Having approached the engineer, the half-dead shield sat down on the ice and tried to understand what he was trying to convey to him by his lips."

Implant Engineer: I understand that you have technologies that are superior to ours, but still... Why are you using a sound initializer at such a high frequency? Is it safe?

"The engineer took out a scalpel and removed the top layer of the skull skin, where the sound initialization controllers were located."

Implant engineer: That's what I was talking about. Due to your high frequency, the controllers failed due to overload and shut down hardware safely. The only temporary measure to prevent hearing loss is to turn them on, but I don't have the skills to do that. Yes, I'm an engineer, but I'm not a surgeon. To turn them on, you have to physically influence the brain, but I do not know. I don't fucking know!

Kumiko: He says he's done everything he can. He said that it was necessary to turn on some kind of controller and for this it was necessary to influence the brain. That's all I understood.

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Half-dead shield: Thanks, I'll do it now. Because it seemed to me from the lips that he sent me and that he was an incapacitated man.

Kumiko: Ha. Okay, can I help you with something?

Half-dead shield: Yes. Ask him to give me a scalpel, blood and tweezers.

Kumiko: I get it. Mr. Engineer, he asked you to give him a scalpel, blood and tweezers.

Implant engineer: Got it, I'll get it now.

Kumiko: He said he would bring it now, I don't think it's fast, will you wait?

Half-dead shield: Of course, but at this time it is necessary to accelerate the work on restoring the mental channel of Screamers. Call the designers and the professor.

Kumiko: The Professor and the designers! He's calling you!

"Everyone ran to the Half-dead Shield."

Professor: Kumiko, can I use your abilities to speed up the process?

Kumiko: Yes, I'll do it now.

"Kumiko connected the professor's mind to collective communication."

Professor: I will try to explain briefly. Yes, you destroyed the translator correctly, but there is one problem. We don't know how to restore it.

Half-dead shield: It's easier than I thought. We need to take those closed boards, with a black box, and wires, respectively. I'll solder everything, and then I'll give instructions on what to do next.

Professor: Understood. Jerry, bring J-373.91 of any sample and 8 wires of each type.

Jerry: Got it, it's coming.

Professor: It seems that your savior is running back.

Half-dead shield: I wouldn't say savior. I could have done everything myself, but when people are grateful to you and do everything to help, it immediately feels better.

Professor: I understand you. When the man in the hat told me that the essence of good is no different from the essence of evil, I understood more about kindness. Both concepts are vaguely similar, but at the same time different. Evil, which is something bad in all situations, cannot harm someone, but it does not disappear from this, because evil is transmitted and spreads from the original source, even if he did not want to harm another. But good, like evil, also spreads from the original source, but at the same time it can cause something good to another.

Half-dead shield: Indeed so.

Professor: I'm sorry, I may have interrupted you, but the engineer has arrived.

Half-dead shield: Kumiko, let him pour blood into a small hole on top of the head, near the right and left ears. Then, let him give you a scalpel and tweezers.

Kumiko: Pour the blood into these holes, and then give him a scalpel and tweezers.

"The engineer did just that. After that, the half-dead shield with a scalpel cut a part of the skin from the top of the head to the bridge of the nose, from where you could see something between the switch and the brain. Taking a pair of tweezers, he slipped them into this gap and blood poured out, and then a sharp sound sounded."

Kumiko: Is everything okay?

Half-dead shield: You can communicate with me without telepathic abilities. I've done everything.

Implant Engineer: But what did you do?

A half-dead shield: Where there was a switch off in the brain, I pierced and pressed the restart button, and then turned on the switch. The initializer adjusted the frequency of the incoming sound and lowered the frequency of the outgoing high-frequency sound, so you heard this squeak.

Engineer: I understand, but it was not possible for me to do it myself, I'm sorry. I don't know much else about the introduction of parts and the modernization of bodies.

Half-dead shield: No, you know everything perfectly well and can do it. It's just who I am. I've been collecting and upgrading body parts on my own for a very long time and from that I just know and can do more than you, but that doesn't mean you're bad at it. You are the best implant engineer, don't worry.

Implant Engineer: Thank you. Can I study with you?

Half-dead shield: No, you will die before you know what I know. By the way, what were you saying while I wasn't listening, because it seemed to me that you sent me to hell? Or am I wrong, Phil?

PHIL: Yes, you're wrong. I scolded you and at the same time asked why your controller is at such a high frequency, it's not safe.

A half-dead shield: How is that why? Naturally, it was not tuned to ultrasound and therefore failed. But, at this frequency, in everyday life, I hear like a normal person. Or do you think that you would not have lost your hearing from ultrasound? That's right, they would have lost it, but I can just restore it. That's why I set it to this frequency. Is that clear?

Phil: It's more or less clear, but I understood the main part of the frequency.

Half-dead shield: Well, that's good. Professor, I think Jerry will be here soon, so I'm explaining. The translator has eight branches, two on each side. The connection sequence numbers are shown on the board, and the Screamers have the same sequences. Your task is to find the wires, from above, namely three, and tell me the voltage and vibrations with which they are transmitted. After that, I'll give you these three wires, you have to solder them as I say. The other four do not matter how, since they themselves will figure out which impulses are responsible for which leg and so on.

Professor: Understood. And where is his other wire?

Semi-dead shield: It is soldered to the board itself, for cyclical processing.

Professor: All right, we'll do it in the best possible way.

--- At this time---

"In the throne room that opened, the Faceless One saw a fat, vile king."

Pino: What kind of abomination has come to us? Who let him in? I don't know, maybe this is the one? Yes, maybe this is the one we were told about. Or maybe it wasn't him and they were wrong, huh?

Commander-in-Chief: Mr.... Kha. Pinot, this is the one we were talking about.

PINOT: Oh, that's him. And why did you come to us? You think you can start a war with just your presence, huh? Or maybe he hid the army somewhere? Okay, admit it, who sent you? The mountain country of the dwarves? Maybe this is a sunny country? No, it's not them. They have not shown signs of life for several years. Maybe these are the ones? Yes, maybe. Did the country that's in the swamp send you, the country of rot?

...

Pino: Why are you silent? Maybe death won't scare you either? Guards!

Commander-in-Chief: Wait! Everyone stop! Faceless, can I put my hand on you and explain everything?

"The Faceless One nodded."

Commander-in-Chief: All right.

"The commander-in-chief, coming up, put his hand on the shoulder of the Faceless One."

Commander-in-Chief: Listen, Mr. Pinot! I'm reporting everything that happened at the gate. This guest is the emperor. I came here just walking straight, exploring the world that lies beyond its borders. The main thing you need to know is that it's better not to threaten him, but you can't contradict him either! He can kill us with his mere presence.

PINO: What kind of nonsense are you talking about? By what other presence? It's just a knight! Wait, can he be telling the truth? What other truth, he's lying! He's lying out of the blue!

Commander-in-Chief: Listen, don't! I personally experienced his mana! All he did was take off his mask, and I almost died... Once again, he can't do anything!

Faceless>Commander-in-Chief: I. I wish you neither good nor evil. If possible, I'd like to have a one-on-one conversation. And discuss the pros and cons.

Pino: Is he kidding? Take him away!

Faceless>Commander-in-Chief: If so, I will warn you in advance. There is no need to make noise and start a war or military action. Everything you do will be taken into account when passing sentence on your future fate. If anything, I've warned you.

Pino: Who are you trying to lie to here? No one wants to listen to you!

Faceless>Commander-in-Chief: I repeat, if anything, I HAVE WARNED YOU.

Commander-in-Chief: Faceless, shall I escort you?

Faceless: No, I know the way from here myself. Better tell me where is the country that he was talking about?

"The faceless one jerked his thumb at Pinot."

Commander-in-Chief: Which one are you talking about?

Faceless: Well, the one where the swamp is.

Commander-in-Chief: Ah! I understand you. Have you been to the mountains?

Faceless: Yeah, sort of.

Commander-in-Chief: Then it will be easier. Beyond the mountain, on the other side of your path there is another forest, but it is already a dark forest and there are its own rules of life, it is better not to go there, but there is a swamp behind the forest. They say that a terrible monster lives there. It is rumored that it protects the Rotting country.

Faceless: Understood, I'll know. And what is the name of the country?

Commander-in-Chief: Oh, I'm sorry. Apparently you didn't quite understand, since everyone calls it a Rotting country because of its name, namely the Country of Rot.

Faceless: And in more detail, why is it called that?

Commander-in-Chief: Honestly, I do not know. But perhaps it was so named because of the rot of the plants that made the swamp.

Faceless: Understood. I'm more interested in where are my assistants?

Commander-in-Chief: So you hedged your bets and brought help?

Faceless: Not really. My chief assistant, my brother, is busy right now. My translator and some kind of S class were supposed to arrive here. It's like a Kradr.

Commander-in-Chief: Okay, well, I think it's time for you to go. You also wanted to take a walk, right?

Faceless: Yes, that's right. Then I will leave the territory and wait for them at the gate.

Commander-in-Chief: Yes, good. Have a good trip.

"The Faceless One began to leave the palace, in the direction of leaving the territory of the country."

Commander-in-Chief: * He's finally gone.*

"The commander-in-chief smiled and turned to Pinot."

Commander-in-Chief: Am I right, King Pinot?

Pinot: Uh. Ah. Uh...

Commander-in-Chief: How I fooled him... Such a fool! Hahahah. Gyael, Gnish. Follow him and find out where his capital is. Something sooo interesting is coming up. Hahahahahahh.

"The Faceless one was already at the entrance to the territory of the country."

Faceless: Do they really think I can't see them?

"At that moment, Kradr and Chlori were flying up to the Faceless One."