As the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One had witnessed many astonishing things. After all, magic itself was something profoundly mysterious.
Yet the scene before her still caught her somewhat off guard.
She knew Loren was special, but she had not expected the women around him to be just as special.
No, they were even more special!
When she had struck Loren, she could clearly sense that a soul existed within his body.
It was simply that his soul had been confined within his flesh by some powerful and mysterious force.
Even she could not shake it, much less investigate it.
But the women before her were completely different. She could not sense the existence of souls within them at all.
Their bodies were utterly pure, nothing more than empty shells.
Other than that, there was nothing. This completely exceeded her understanding.
According to everything she knew, anything possessing self-awareness had a soul.
Even the lowest forms of life were no exception. This was one of the rules that made up the world!
Yet these women seemed to exist outside those rules. They clearly had no souls, yet they possessed self-awareness.
The only possibility she could think of was that these women were robots, their every action predetermined by programming.
But the crucial point was that their bodies were almost identical to human flesh. They had blood and flesh as well.
That left her rather bewildered. It was simply inconceivable. What exactly were these women?
The Ancient One frowned and stared at 2B, as though she wanted to see through her by looking into her eyes.
But the result disappointed her. All she could see in 2B's eyes was towering fury and killing intent. There was nothing else.
"I say, bald auntie, have you touched him enough? Is this how you