Soul of Burning Steel

The bone-piercing wind was blowing, and the icy air soaked through the armor. The winter sun shone on the silver-white armor of the knights, shining extremely brightly.

On the avenue connecting Moldova and Moldavia, a large group of knights steered their horses galloping silently. The horseshoes staggered down, splashing ice, snow and dust, and a gray cloud of dust formed at the end of the formation.

Since they didn't have to hurry, the speed of the knights was slower than when they rushed to the aid of Moldova. The several days of running around didn't make this group of Silvers feel tired, but just eased the rhythm.

But no matter how slow it is, it is almost at the destination now.

Joshua held the black horse's rein with one hand, and didn't look forward, but watched the clouds change in the sky blankly. Behind him, Hotaru hugged the warrior's waist, her delicate little face looked drowsy. look.

Different from the way to rescue, there were still a few scattered monsters that needed to be eliminated at that time, but this way back home, there was no other scenery except ice, snow and woods, let alone monsters that needed to be eliminated... Occasionally, I could see them Adventurers walking alone in the snowfields and hunters driving sleds are not many in number. The dragon cart caravan has completely disappeared due to the previous Kuroshio, and it will take about a week or two before a new caravan departs or arrives.

Repetitive sights and actions are always tiresome and tiring.

"Everyone, we are about to arrive at our destination, cheer up, the main city is just ahead."

"yes!"

After boosting his morale a little bit, Joshua felt a wave of fluctuation in his heart.

Although he spent more than half of the two months traveling and fighting since October, and he didn't stay in the main city for long, the soldiers still made this city built in the ice field See it as your stronghold in this world.

Being able to go home and rest is naturally something worth looking forward to.

In the distance of the field of vision, the huge city wall made of black granite can already be seen. The black city standing between the white sky and the earth is so conspicuous. Inspired, the speed of the entire array is a little faster.

Starfall 831, December 28th, at 3:47 pm, the knights who had been traveling for many days returned to their hometown.

The main city of Moldavia has not changed much just because its owner left for a month. The scouts on the tower spotted the conspicuous flag and the leading warrior from a distance, so the heavy city gate slowly opened. After rising, the formation of knights slowed down and passed the city gate, and under the attention of the residents, they walked slowly and orderly to the barracks in the north of the main city.

After all members reported their numbers, Joshua announced the disbandment. As long as their names are registered, everyone can get a 30-day vacation.

This time to aid Moldova, although the most important series of operations were done by the soldiers alone, it is really thanks to the military strength of these knights to break through the beast tide and go to the fortress. Otherwise, Qiao Xiu With the strength of one person, it was still difficult to fight in and out of the 200,000-plus beast horde, especially at that time when the beast horde had not been invaded by Chaos, and killing them would not get the physical feedback of the Azure Orb.

The knights who got the holidays are naturally very happy, especially when the end of the new year is approaching recently, although because of the weather in the Northland, this place is not like the imperial capital or other big cities that will hold any large New Year celebrations, but at this time and at home It's best to spend time together.

However, since they set off from the Black Forest Fortress and did not bring their own belongings, and some knights' families were also in the fortress, some of them planned to rest in the main city for a day or so before rushing back to the fortress. Naturally, Joshua This reasonable request will not be refused.

Picking up a pen, after registering the names of several knights who still need to use war horses, the warrior looked at his unreadable handwriting, thought for a while, and randomly selected a high-level silver knight to be in charge of this series. There was a change of personnel, and he took the little hand of the silver-haired girl who was still rubbing her eyes and walked towards the church in the city center.

"What is the master going to do..."

"Healing."

During the question and answer period, Joshua tried to make his left hand move—but the unhealed wound and the bone that had just begun to grow in the shoulder made the act of "raising the hand" into a slight movement of the palm , the soldier couldn't help but sighed and shook his head.

Although the priests of the Moldova Fortress have worked very hard, they are still too young, and their level of wound treatment is far behind. As a silver senior, the old priest of Artanis, who is one step away from becoming a gold, does not know who is better than this group of priests. Where did Li Rengao go?

In order to fully recover from his wounds as soon as possible, Joshua didn't waste any time, and went directly to the city center, the temple of the God of Power and Justice, and the entrance of St. Lauren's Cathedral.

At the top of the bell tower, the black circular holy emblem is shining at this moment, releasing a holy radiance. Many believers come and go, entering and leaving the church.

"It should be carol time, or dinner time."

Such a thought flashed in his mind, Joshua nodded in response to the reverent salute of the person next to him who recognized him, then stepped over the stairs, walked past the huge stone tablet at the door, and entered it.

Walking through the corridor, he looked up, and immediately found a familiar figure - the white-haired priest Artanis seemed to have known that the soldiers would come here, he had a pair of wooden framed eyes, holding a book, Standing in front of the hall, waiting for Joshua's approach.

"Farewell to the fortress, long time no see."

The old pastor was followed by his two apprentices. The two silver priests looked at the black-haired warrior with restraint, as if they didn't dare to focus on him. Realizing this, Artanis shook his head: "I didn't expect that. The strength has become stronger so quickly, but you are still the lord, you should restrain your aura, or you will scare the believers around you."

"Probably, it's been a long time."

Tried a little bit to restrain the aura subconsciously released by his many days of bloody battles, but Joshua found helplessly that this thing didn't seem to be transferred by human power - just from the respectful and fearful eyes of the believers around him. It can be seen that his actions are meaningless.

Artanis also shook his head speechlessly. As acquaintances, he and Joshua were not so polite, and said directly: "Come to heal?"

"That's right, the left arm was seriously injured, and the shoulder bones were..."

After briefly describing his injury and the process of his injury, Joshua saw that the old pastor's eyes became more and more frightening, and in the end he completely hated iron and steel.

"How many times have I said it, pay attention to the injury on your left arm! The dark wound you left in the last battle with the golden warrior of the Wilson family has not fully healed, so you forcefully fight the black dragon with the help of fighting spirit—you are not barbaric You are not a bloodline druid who can transform into a dragon beast, but you are a warrior who uses weapons and skills to fight! Don't use your own advantages and have to rely on brute force to be reckless, you deserve such a heavy injury!"

Hearing the other party's merciless reprimand, not to mention that the other party is indeed an elder, and out of respect for doctors...for the healing profession, Joshua had no idea of ​​getting angry at all, after all, what the other party said was the truth , I did make so many mistakes because I was having fun, and I was seriously injured, not to mention that now is the time to ask the other party, so it's no big deal to ask him to say a few more words.

After rambling on for a while, Artanis emphatically proposed, ‘If you still don’t care about your body so much next time, let the left hand continue to have accidents, and the hidden injuries accumulate, next time you want to recover, you need to rest for a year and you can’t do it! ’, Joshua nodded again and again.

"As for now, because the group of people in Moldova dealt with it in a timely manner, and your vitality is indeed strong, it only takes more than a month to recover."

After touching Joshua's left hand and using the holy light to detect the situation, the white-haired old pastor pondered, shook his head and said, "Forget it, come with me to the quiet room, and I'll deal with it for you."

"Remember, there will be a fee this time, and I will send the bill to the City Lord's Mansion."

"No problem, although I don't know how much money I have, but it must be enough."

The soldier shrugged, then turned his head, and said to the silver-haired girl behind him, "Firefly, are you going to stay here, or go in and see how I treat you?"

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