Soul of Burning Steel

The so-called power of steel is one of the most primitive and extensive powers in this world.

According to myths and legends, the primordial fire and the steel of origin forged the entire Mycroft world, and all materialized existence, especially the flesh of all things, is directly derived from the steel of origin.

The more powerful the innate vitality and the larger the body, the stronger the "steel" contained in the body, but no matter how strong the "steel" is, it is inactive and cannot be controlled by human will. Ordinary physical exercise This kind of innate power cannot be stimulated, only through special rituals, or the stimulation of life and death. This is the [Iron Enlightenment] that all fighters must experience. He is a black iron professional.

As far as human beings alone are concerned, the chances of successful awakening are very high, and theoretically speaking, as long as they are living creatures, no matter how weak and old they are, there is a possibility of inspiring 'steel', but lives with too weak bodies, such as insects and Rats are very likely to die while awakening successfully.

The creatures that are successfully awakened will become stronger due to the activation of the "force of steel" in their bodies, but this strength will not be reflected in their body size. A successfully awakened person may look thin and small, but can chop with bare hands. Open steel.

However, it is difficult to increase the quantity and quality of steel in the body only relying on one's own training without relying on external objects. For the vast majority of warriors and knights without inheritance, bathing in the blood of monsters and eating their flesh and blood is the fastest way to obtain steel Method, this is a steep and dangerous road, as long as you step on it, it means endless killing and death-the reason why there are hundreds of Silver Knights in the Northland is precisely because they have been fighting with monsters all year round, and their strength is mutual. Looting and devouring allowed these knights without inheritance to gain enough strength to break through the limits of their bodies.

"...Different from humans."

After observing for a while, Claire nodded slowly. With her insight, she could see that the girl lying on the bed was not a normal life: "Artificial alchemy life?"

However, Nostradamus' body trembled slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Joshua, is this little girl your magical machine?"

The existence of the magic machine is not a secret to these high-level empires. Nostradamus, as the chief archmage of the empire, participated in the design of the magic machine of the previous generation. He is no stranger to the psionic body form of the silver-haired girl in front of him. Said quite familiar.

"That's right." Joshua replied bluntly, "She is my magic weapon, Yingying."

Glancing at the two men with serious expressions, the soldier walked up to the body of the silver-haired girl. He went to the bed and touched the forehead of his own god: "I don't want to talk nonsense. It has not been very good, and she just fell asleep around the beginning of January. Although her condition does not seem to have deteriorated, I still feel very worried, whether there will be some sequelae."

Joshua turned to look at the female druid: "Ms. Claire said that my residence has a chaotic atmosphere, which reminded me of the abnormal situation that happened to Yingying. Now, it seems that there is indeed a certain connect."

"It's not necessarily the reason for the power of chaos."

Nostradamus frowned and looked at the girl in front of him. He stroked his beard and felt like he didn't know what to say: "Joshua... If I remember correctly, you should be the successor of Frostfall Moon last year. Noble title, Feixue Zhiyue became the Guardian of Chaos. At that time, you were only a beginner gold player, and your divine machine should only be around middle and high-level silver—if you become a high-level gold player, you can still use continuous You can explain it by using the 'characteristics' of combat and fighters, but your magical machine has also entered the second stage!"

The white-haired mage said in a rare tone of exclamation: "The Radcliffe family has guarded the gate of time and space in the Northland for four hundred years. There are so many generations of patriarchs, and not every generation can successfully advance the second stage of the divine machine. Yes, but you only spent three months, this..."

Shaking his head, after finishing speaking, the old mage continued to observe carefully: "You said that your magic machine has been sleeping in the process of advancing? This is indeed not necessarily the cause of chaos, but it should be because you have not digested the information you provided. Due to her power, let me continue to see..."

On the other side, Clare's expression was not very good. This elf beauty of unknown age was frowning and biting her nails, as if she was thinking about something.

Rationally ignoring the other party's childish behavior of biting his fingernails, Joshua looked at Clare's expression and couldn't help but think of the taboos of some druids in his previous life: "Could it be that the earth druids don't support alchemy life?" Appear?"

Hearing the warrior's question, Claire shook her head, she thought for a while, and then said: "Mating of creatures, producing offspring, and creating alchemy life with humans are also natural rules and progress. I just wonder why she The power of steel on his body is so strong."

Having said that, the elf druid raised his finger subconsciously: "Artificial life, it shouldn't be like this..."

"As before, stagnant, stagnant power of steel?"

Frowning, Joshua whispered, "Is it because of this power that Yingying can't complete the step and wake up?"

According to what the druid said before, the stagnant power of steel has been infected by chaos, which is likely to cause problems in the process of advancing.

"I don't know."

Clare shook her head: "You should ask him." After speaking, she pointed to the old mage not far away.

At the same time, the two turned their gazes to the old mage who was contemplating deeply.

Nostradamus looked solemn. As the chief wizard of the empire, he presided over the development of the original sixth-generation magic machine and put it into practical use. The magic machine "Fan" used by Joshua's father was the old housekeeper. The core design drawing of the book came from him. The old mage knew very well about the divine machine, but even he couldn't analyze the reason for Yingying's deep sleep in such a short period of time.

With one hand stretched out, with a flash of purple light, Nostradamus released an advanced energy detection technique on the firefly on the bed, but after the detection, his expression became even weirder: "The energy core is still changing? Ordinary advanced energy is no more than that." It's only four or five days, which is already ten times the standard time, where can such a huge power come from?"

If the conversion is successful, then how strong will the power of this magic machine be?

Sensing Joshua's gaze next to him, the old mage thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Joshua, I said a possibility, but it's just a possibility."

His tone was not sure: "The reason for your deep sleep should be that you have accumulated too much power, resulting in too much energy pressure during the advanced stage, making her core unable to digest it quickly, and can only dissolve it slowly... If you can Reduce this power a little bit, then she should be able to wake up soon."

"But where does this power come from?"

Joshua was indeed a little confused, so: "If it's because of my advanced level of gold, I shouldn't have slept for so long."

"You should ask yourself where your power comes from." Nostradamus sighed, looking straight into the warrior's eyes, and slowly said: "When you destroyed the gate of time and space, how many Chaos monsters did you kill? Thousands? Tens of thousands? Killed at least two gold monsters, right? Ordinary people don’t kill you for more than two minutes in a lifetime.”

He seriously warned Joshua: "Don't underestimate the mutual plunder and accumulation of 'steel'. The power obtained by killing these monsters is more terrifying than you can imagine. As for why these powers are infected by chaos …Forgive me for not being able to see it for the time being, but it should have something to do with the time-space gate.”

After being silent for a while, Joshua asked in a low voice: "Then, how to resolve it?"

"...It's very simple." After the same silence for a while, the old mage showed a weird smile. He looked at the warrior's tall body and seemed to think of something: "Joshua, as long as you wake up another magic machine, let It is used to share this power, even if it can't fully wake up the girl, at least it can speed up her progress."

"Awaken another magic machine..."

Nodding thoughtfully, Joshua remained silent,

"If it is said that other people cannot bear the load brought by the two magic machines, but you are different." Nostradamus smiled happily: "You should be one of the most talented fighters in the history of the empire. If If it's you, you can definitely bear the load of two magic machines."

The soldier closed his eyes: "Let me think about it."

— a few days later.

As the chief archmage of the empire, Nostradamus has a lot of affairs. Due to the existence of a large number of time and space gates in the North, he cannot use teleportation spells at will, so he can only set off back to the imperial capital as soon as possible. And Claire Windsong, the forest elf druid, stayed behind. She was preparing to purify the power of chaos near Moldavia and Moldova, and was investigating soil samples and air near the Black Forest every day. sample.

And the main city, Beppu in the west of the city, in the bedroom on the second floor.

"...Are you still sleeping?"

The maids had just replaced the new mattresses and quilts for Hotaru's bed, and Joshua was sitting on the edge of his weapon's bed. He reached out and pinched the silver-haired girl's little face, and then said to himself expressionlessly: "You bastard, before you wake up, I'll go get another magic machine."

After finishing speaking, Joshua chuckled lightly: "If you get jealous then, don't blame me for not using you."

hum. As if responding to what the warrior said earlier, a slight buzzing sound came from Hotaru's body.

Shenji's clothes are all transformed by magic power, so the maid can't change them for her, so there is no changing clothes while sleeping.