Agnad

## Base Stats

### Hatchling

This Hatchling thinks about the analyzed situation for itself and comes to a conclusion.

### Adult

It is a Weapon Dragon and the third Weapon Dragon created by an ancient sage.

The ancient sage was satisfied at first as they watched Leo Vector bring victory in the war, but as time went by, they felt inadequate as they saw Leo Vector making sacrifices with the sole goal of winning. After much deliberation, the ancient sage thought of an artificial intelligence dragon that, unlike Leo Vector, could bring victory in war without sacrifice. The ancient sage gathered all their knowledge and began to study again.

However, since it could not be created using ancient magic engineering, the ancient sage brought in an engineer from the future. This is how the dragon Agnad, created by integrating past and future technologies, was born.

Agnad analyzes everything around it and makes its own decisions. It is a dragon that was close to the ideal dragon that the ancient sage dreamed of. Even though it did not result in victory in the war, there were no sacrifices.

## Story

### Ancient Sage's Development Journal 3 - A Weapon Dragon That Thinks for Itself

No matter how much I search through the books, I can't find it. My knowledge is insufficient to create the ideal dragon I dream of. Clearly, better engineering will develop in the future. Then shouldn't I just go to the future and bring future engineers? Let's prepare for a trip to the future.

A future much further than the present... Clockwork Dragon was of great help in traveling to the future. I went to the future and saw magical engineering technology that had advanced countless times. And there I met a technician. At first, they were surprised when they saw my clothes, but with a single touch, they recognized me and treated me very kindly. The technician who heard me was quite excited and looked forward to a trip to the past. I returned to my time with a future engineer and continued the development of the Weapon Dragon.

Thanks to future engineer, I was able to incorporate artificial intelligence technology that can make human emotions and rational judgments into the Weapon Dragon.

A dragon that understands humans better than anyone else and analyzes and makes its own decisions. When Agnad opened its eyes, I saw the infinite possibilities of this Weapon Dragon.

The Agnad prototype seemed to have a hard time organizing the data. So I directly showed it people's lives. As time passed, Agnad quickly collected and analyzed information and thought for itself.

In the first experiment, it was sent to the battlefield. Agnad was able to use attack and defend without any error. Enemies became fearful of Agnad's majesty. However, the expression on the future engineer's face as they watched this was not so good.

The future engineer said that Agnad was not created to be used in war, but for the peace and stability of humanity.

The future engineer returned to their own time.

Along with Agnad's blueprint.

The second experiment that I started alone is an experiment to find out whether Agnad is a machine or a lifeform that can think for itself and has a personality.

I fed Agnad more data and trained it. The first words Agnad spoke to me were as follows.

"Hello, my friend!"

Agnad considered me a friend. The dragon I created to prevent war considers me a friend...

Maybe I created a dragon like this not because of the horrors of war, but because I wanted to make a friend who would soothe my loneliness?

I forgot. This also means it’s alive.

This journal was written for all engineers who want to create dragons using magical engineering.

Even though I made it, I am not its creator. It is alive and my friend.

Please treat the friend you made with respect.

## Evolution

### Egg

It is an egg made of solid metal.

The entire egg is covered with metal. It is elaborately made and listens and analyzes surrounding sounds. The analyzed information is converted into data and stored.

### Hatch

It moves with energy from the moment it hatches.

Because it moves based on human data, special energy with magical engineering is needed. Magic energy must be injected periodically. When it needs energy, it pulls the wires and connects it itself. When it is recharging its energy, it just sits still and blinks its brightly shining eyes. It tries to interact with humans through data and act like humans, but it seems to have a hard time processing and organizing the data because it is slow.

### Hatchling

This hatchling make joint attacks with humans.

As it becomes more adept at organizing data, it mixes harmoniously among humans. By accurately distinguishing between allies and enemies, there is no error in attacking allies when it attacks. It can understand human behavior and emotions, and it acts like humans based on data, so it blends in harmoniously with humans. Agnad can understand human speech and uses a variety of attack methods, such as putting allies on its back and attacking the enemy together.

### Adult

It is a dragon that can communicate with humans and attack its targets accurately.

The accuracy of a machine plus the unique characteristics of humans made it the perfect weapon. There are no errors, it can attack accurately, and it can think at a high level, so if you join Agnad in combat, it can lead the combat to your advantage. It is superior in aerial combat, and fires bombs or missiles by aiming at the opponent with a weapon mounted on its shoulder. Now that data has made it behave like humans, there are things it needs to pay attention to. Rational judgment is possible due to the activation of emotions, so all orders are not accepted. Because it possesses high-level knowledge, Agnad's reasons for rejection cannot be refuted, and it is difficult to persuade it. Human contact is necessary. Without human interaction, it feels lonely and makes emotional judgments. Emotional judgments can soon lead to actions such as disobeying orders or failing to fulfill duties.