Strength (Part 2)

As for the Empire-Class Warship, what Merlin cared about most was whether Matrix was still there.

When Merlin died once and was resurrected, Matrix disappeared. Back then, Matrix had become the control core of the Empire-Class Warship. Without Matrix, Merlin would find it difficult to control the warship again, and he would lose this warship that possessed Titled Legend-level combat power.

Whoosh.

Merlin's Mental Power extended into the warship. The first things he saw were the four Statue Guardians besides the Sphinx Statue. Back then, Merlin had placed all of them inside the warship as well.

"Master!"

The four Statue Guardians hurriedly called out to Merlin respectfully.

Merlin nodded, then led several Statue Guardians into the warship's control room. All the instruments in the control room were intact and operating, which meant Matrix was very likely still controlling the warship.

"Matrix!"

Merlin called out urgently.

"Beep. Connection interrupted for unknown reasons. Bind?"

Matrix's familiar voice rang out in the control room. Matrix truly was still there, and it could still obey Merlin's commands. This made Merlin let out a long sigh of relief.

"Can I choose not to bind?"

Merlin thought for a moment before speaking. He still harbored a trace of wariness toward something like Matrix, whose origins he could not see through.

"Failure to bind may affect the connection with the master."

"If I do not bind, can I still issue commands to you?"

"Of course. Matrix has already collected the master's blood gene. The scan just now has confirmed that the master's gene is correct."

Merlin nodded thoughtfully. He now roughly understood that perhaps only a tiny portion of Matrix had remained in his body back then, merely enough to maintain the connection between Matrix and himself.

The greater part of Matrix had actually been transferred into