"Beep, beep, beep. No wizard larval lifeforms detected. A total of one hundred and eighteen wizard larvae have been eliminated from this larval nest."
Crack, crack, crack, crack...
Metal feet strode across the rubble. Flames and thick smoke filled the surroundings as the five metal robots' mechanical eyes continuously scanned in every direction, converting the information around them into streams of data for processing in their CPU processors.
Soon, the five metal robots crossed the massive crater blasted out by tactical demolition bombs. The rocket antigravity devices behind them ignited, and with several whooshes, they shot into the sky and vanished, heading off in search of the next clustered village settlement.
After quite some time.
At the mouth of the village well, a pair of filthy hands gripped the bluestone steps. A little boy of about eleven or twelve poked his head out, his hair a tangled mess as he looked around.
Staring at the village that had already become ruins, tears streamed down the little boy's face, carving two trails through his dark, grimy cheeks.
"Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, sob, sob, sob..."
The little boy ran through the ruins, crying. Every corpse had been struck precisely through the heart by energy guns. The relatives he had once known so well were all dead, and an unprecedented loneliness and terror completely swallowed him.
Suddenly, a hand landed on the little boy's shoulder. It was a knight in metal armor, with a greatsword strapped across his back.
"Those are Metal Demons. They are only the lowest-grade Metal Demons, yet even legendary knights cannot stand against them. A few of the lowest-grade Metal Demons can easily wipe out an entire knight legion. Some of them also possess a polluting power that robs the earth of life. The land, water sources, plants, glaciers,