Soul of Burning Steel

"Are you going to advance to gold?"

Joshua raised his eyebrows, he grasped the point of this matter.

No matter when and where, the bishop of the Church of the Seven Gods must be at the gold level, or must be able to break through to the silver peak of gold. There has been no exception for so many years, and the person in front of him just meets the conditions.

"That's true. In fact, when you were about to set off to help the fortress, I found a sense of breakthrough."

Artanis did not hide his strength, he condensed the blazing white holy light in his hands, turning it into a warm ball of light, the heat wave was rolling, as if it could burn the river.

The white-haired priest stared at the dancing light in his palm, with complicated emotions in his eyes: "Over the years, I have fought against orcs, white dragons, and deep-diving murlocs—even if it is the abyss, I I also went there once with the Archbishop..."

After being silent for a while, his hands tightened tightly, and he extinguished the light ball in his hand. Artanis sighed with emotion: "The fierce battle did not make my faith more pure. Instead, I quietly led the apprentices in the church for so many years. Let me see my soul clearly."

"A peaceful mind leads to tranquility, and tranquility produces wisdom... The fire of wisdom is the source of strength. In a few months, I will begin to transform into an extraordinary body and advance to gold."

It turned out to be the path of wisdom.

"Anyway, stepping into the extraordinary realm is a new beginning, congratulations."

He secretly thought in his heart, although the other party chose a different path from his own, Joshua still congratulated him sincerely, and joked: "It seems that my territory will also have a golden priest, I don't know how many people will be attracted envy."

"It can't compare with you."

Shaking his head and laughing, the white-haired pastor straightened his wooden-framed glasses: "Let's not say that I, a bishop, don't have half of my subordinates. All of them have been taken away by the Holy Mountain. At present, I am completely a poor commander. Joshua, you are twenty-five years old. If you don't reach it, you will enter the golden realm, it's even bigger than the monster I imagined..."

"You are..."

The two suddenly began to flatter each other shamelessly.

Chatting with Artanis, the soldier felt very relaxed, but while he was flattering each other, he was thinking of another thing at the same time.

——Sacred Mountain in the Far Sea, what are you doing now?

The holy mountain in the deep sea, the base camp of the Church of the Seven Gods, one of the five largest powers in the world, this power located on an isolated island in the far sea is almost isolated from the world, but even so, as the only power in the world that can mass cultivate The most powerful holy place for paladins, paladins and priests, the world also clearly knows the prestige of the holy mountain, the good ones admire it, and the evil ones fear it from the bottom of their hearts.

In their previous lives, they were extremely active. They not only suppressed all kinds of giant beasts in the deep sea, educated thousands of natives in the thousands of islands in the world, but also helped the Far South Kingdom to subdue the dragon disaster, and assisted Xishan in launching a holy crusade against the followers of evil gods. Moreover, the Holy Mountain was also the first force in the previous life to send an expeditionary holy army against the abyssal demons. Because of this, Joshua knew this unusually dynamic force very well.

But even he didn't know why the Holy Mountain recalled most of its clergymen who were dispatched to the North during this period of time at the end of 831 Starfall—at least this didn't happen in the Far South.

"Could it be because of the impending mad dragon disaster?"

As a foresight traveler, Joshua quickly found a possibility.

Indeed, judging from the previous Time-Space Gate incident, there must be chaos believers in the far south and near seas, and most of the sea dragons in the depths of the ocean should have already been corrupted, plus the five-color dragon gods who may have begun to lean towards the chaos side , the holy mountain, which was originally located in the far sea, really needs to gather all of its own background to deal with the next big event—that is, the world-class epic event, the opening of the second edition of the Continent of Disputes, [Dragon God Falls, Crazy Dragon Comes into Trouble] 】.

As the center of the incident, the clergy in the Far South did not need to be recalled, but instead needed to send a large group of reinforcements.

Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help turning his eyes to the cabinet that Artanis had locked before, the translucent rune disk made of spiral crystal.

"The type of holy light that can be freely converted is indeed a strategic material. Judging from the cautious behavior of the old pastor, it seems that there are not many churches of the Seven Gods. It is no wonder that I have not heard of this strange equipment in my previous life. See In the future, these things should be in the hands of the archbishops, or they should be the center of the magic circle in the Holy Land."

Clenching his left fist again, the soldier felt that the muscles and bones of his left arm had indeed improved a lot, and Artanis' divine spell was indeed effective—of course, a priest of God's Punishment Society would actually use such a powerful healing spell , It is a bit of a tendency to not do business properly.

Generally speaking, apart from distinguishing each other by the gods they believe in, the priests who use the holy light generally determine their respective affiliations by the type of holy light they have.

For example, Artanis, because the Holy Light he awakened is the most lethal [Heavenly Blazing Holy Light], so he became the God's Punishment Priest of the God's Punishment Society. If it wasn't for the conversion of the spiral crystal rune disk, let alone heal Joshua Well, even if the old pastor's unscrupulous healing skills have reached the peak, as long as his holy light shines, there will definitely be a hole in the soldier's hand.

Generally speaking, ordinary paladins and priests use the most basic [Holy Light of Healing], which is the power specially used for healing. Although the direct lethality is not high, the advantage is that the blessing to oneself is very strong, A paladin and priest who filled themselves with positive status can easily hold a giant shield and hammer to fight with dragon beasts, and under the shroud of holy light, ordinary magic has basically no effect on them, it can be called a battlefield meat grinder.

The gray knights and judges use the relatively rare [Holy Light of Judgment], which is a faction power that requires very high talent and character. It is extremely effective against monsters on the chaotic side, and the gray radiance spreads, and no monsters will survive where it passes.

"It's almost time to go."

Time passed, Joshua ended the topic, he nodded, and said to Artanis: "I just came back now, there must be a lot of things to be busy in the lord's mansion, we will talk next time when we have a chance."

"No problem, I wish you all the best."

Bowing slightly, the old pastor did not forget to remind: "Remember to come back next week, your injury needs to be reexamined." After speaking, he joked again: "Don't forget to pay the bill, my lord, magic equipment and church savings The Holy Light of the world is all about money.”

"Of course I won't forget."

Turning around, looking at the corner of the quiet room, the two apprentices of Artanis were sitting aside, meditating with their eyes closed to recover their spirits.

Although they are at the same silver level as their mentors, there is no comparison between the intermediate silver level and the peak level that is about to break through to gold. Exhausted.

On the chair next to the two apprentices was Hotaru...

"Um?"

Blinking his eyes, Joshua looked at his divine appearance with some surprise - in front of his eyes, the silver-haired girl was sitting on a mahogany chair with her hands folded on her chest, and her small head was leaning on a cabinet. Her long hair was hanging down, her eyes were closed tightly, her breathing was steady, and she fell asleep impressively.

"Falling asleep... Strange, didn't it say that Shenji doesn't need to eat or sleep?"

Smiling and shaking his head, the soldier would not pay too much attention to this aspect. Although he said it was unnecessary, it did not mean that he would not be able to. The last time Firefly had tea and dinner with him, there was nothing wrong with it. After so many days She was a little tired from the fierce battle and the rush all the way back, so it was normal for her to fall asleep as soon as she relaxed.

Looking at the peaceful sleeping face of the silver-haired girl, Joshua stroked Ying's little head, and he couldn't bear to wake her up right now, but it seemed that Ying felt that someone was touching him, and Ying opened her mouth immediately. Eyes, wake up from a light dream.

"how……"

She didn't look sober yet.

"Wake up? Be careful next time, don't fall asleep outside, and go home to have a good rest."

Seeing that Yingying seemed to be a little confused, the soldier ordered, and when Miss Shenji got up with a slightly red face, he turned around and walked to the door, and waved goodbye to Artanis: "Then, goodbye, I hope you can get up as soon as possible." Break through the golden realm."

"Thank you for your blessing, see you next time."

——Josai, Beppu

Due to the abysmal construction efficiency in winter, the Lord's Mansion has not yet been rebuilt, and the soldiers can only temporarily live in Beppu in the west of the city.

In Beppu's study room, Joshua changed his clothes. He was sitting in front of the desk, staring at the stacks of documents and envelopes that filled the entire desk before him, and he couldn't help sighing inwardly.

Although the main city has its own military and political team to deal with administrative issues, after all, it has not been back for more than a month, and some things must be he, the lord, to make typesetting decisions. It was some nobles who saw that there was no nourishment in their greetings and replies. Only a few of them were considered important, and they were picked up by the soldiers alone.

"Alfonso……"

Taking out a beige letter, Joshua gently read the name written on the edge of the envelope.

This is a letter from the president of the chamber of commerce who was entrusted by him to buy some strange items at the spring auction in the imperial capital.

However, it's not spring yet, so the auction probably hasn't started yet. Is there something urgent?

With this in mind, Joshua opened the letter.