Soul of Burning Steel

This is indeed a trouble.

Joshua frowned. He really couldn't wear this women's ring, but the Double Snake Ring is also a piece of extraordinary gold equipment. It's not low in terms of grade and practicality. Well, some waste.

"The next time you return the gift, send this thing back to Verdani."

In the end, the soldier made the decision: "If it doesn't work, it can be placed at home, or it can be used as a decoration."

But after saying this, Joshua suddenly felt a sense of sight.

He always felt, as if at some point, he often heard someone say that.

(This thing is not easy to use... Put it in the family secret vault first.)

(This thing is not suitable for me... Put it in the secret vault and see if anyone is suitable for it in the future.)

(This ring... no one in our family meets the requirements, and it would be too bad to give it to someone else. Put it in the secret vault for now and see if anyone can use it in the future.)

——The reason why the collections of those big families are so rich, shouldn’t it be accumulated in this way...

Shaking his head to dispel the thought, Joshua let out a breath and continued to listen to Rin's report for him.

Today's official duties have not been completed.

——A few days later, the star fell in 832, May 2nd.

In order to meet Moria and his party, Joshua left the main city with Hotaru, and headed towards the surrounding area of ​​the Great Ajax Mountains in the north, while Rin took No. 3 at home, handling official business, and taking care of them was still dormant black.

Apart from eating, Hei now sleeps in the stables. Its food intake is getting bigger and bigger, and it is already comparable to ordinary monsters. After eating a lot of food, its body has grown some hard carapaces and long spines. Its teeth It is also falling off, and now it is replaced with layers of sharp fangs, and the fluffy ponytail is gradually changing into a dragon-like armored long tail.

In addition to generally looking like a horse, in terms of body details, the current Hei is more like a dragon beast, exuding high heat, but also carrying a touch of majesty.

After flying for quite a while, by the time Joshua saw Moria, he had crossed several mountain peaks and came to a branch of the Great Ajax Mountain Range.

In the middle of a snow-capped mountain named Nissier, the old dwarf and Nostradamus were surveying the terrain and discussing something. After seeing soldiers flying from afar and landing, he stepped forward and gave a happy greeting. call.

"Long time no see, Joshua, my friend."

Moria opened his hands and was about to give Joshua a hug. He laughed and said, "On the way to your main city, I met Nostradamus. Address, I thought about it and happened to be on the way, and it was all for your territory, so why not? So I helped him, you don’t mind, do you?”

"Of course I don't mind, my friend."

After thinking for a while before answering, Joshua decided to bend down and accept the hug from the old dwarf—compared with Moria, he is really too tall. If he didn't bend down, the other party could only hug at most. To his waist: "However, you don't need to do this kind of work yourself, Moria, didn't you bring a few followers?"

Saying so, Joshua looked sideways at the dwarves who were lighting a fire to keep warm.

"They, they still need to learn one more."

Moria shook his head: "These guys are too young, I don't worry about entrusting them with this kind of work. I brought them here this time just to let them learn a little life experience, not to let them really work. .”

On the other hand, Nostradamus, except for saying hello when Joshua came, was looking at the snow-capped mountain all the time. He frowned and remained silent.

Nissier Snow Mountain is located in the northern part of Moldavia, near the border of the empire. The environment around the snow mountain is varied, with valleys, rivers, hills and forests. It is an unusually high mountain with a height of 3320 meters, second only to the 3,760 meters of the Great Ajax Volcano. Joshua looked around the surrounding environment following the eyes of the old mage, nodded involuntarily, and commented: "In the middle of the mountainside It is on flat ground, the location is really good, there is enough space on the mountainside, and the concentration of magic energy is relatively high, it is a good location for the academy."

"But it's still a little small."

Hearing Joshua's words, the old mage nodded in agreement, but still hesitated: "The scale of the academy I plan is not too large, but if it is placed on a mountain, it will look a bit narrow, and the shape of the flat land on the mountainside is wrong. , is a triangle, and it can’t accommodate the college I’m planning.”

"Then you can hollow out the mountainside and embed half of the academy in the mountain."

Joshua shook his head and refuted Nostradamus's words. He continued to observe the surrounding environment, and then pointed to the river next to the flat land on the mountainside: "Look, as long as the rocky mountain wall behind the flat land is hollowed out, it will be the same as the original It is a large stone foundation, and as an extreme mage, it is not difficult for you to do this."

"And there are forests and rivers around, so it will save a lot of effort when building."

"...This is a good idea, but I want to see if it will destroy the surrounding magic nodes."

Looking at the place Joshua pointed at halfway up the mountain, the old mage thought for a while, then nodded, accepting the soldier's opinion, he immediately flew up, and began to check the location of the naturally condensed magic nodes on the halfway up the mountain went.

And Joshua walked back to the foot of the mountain with the old dwarf, observing the snow mountain from the bottom up.

The top of Nissier Snow Mountain is an ancient ice layer that does not melt all year round. On the mountainside, there are scattered cedar and steel core trees, while the part close to the flat ground is full of various northern frigid plants. Many lower-level Warcraft live.

At the foot of the mountain, there is also a deep snow lake. Because it is closer to the north and the weather has not warmed up, it is still frozen, but you can still see the deep color behind the ice through the ice. of lake water.

This lake is very famous among adventurers. No one knows how deep this lake is, because no one has ever been to the bottom. There have been many adventurers who planned to explore or bet on entering it, but they were all scared because of the freezing temperature. Withdrew, with protective equipment, a peak silver warrior could only dive fifty meters deep, and at a deeper level, there was even a gloomy magic power that could disperse such things as water avoidance and water breathing. Lesser magic.

"The bottom of the lake should be connected to a magic crystal vein."

Based on this point, the old dwarf made such a judgment: "The Northland is farther north, near the coast of the Blind Sea, rich in high-purity magic crystals. It is not uncommon for one or two veins to appear in the Northland. The natural magic power and The connection of lakes and waters will indeed produce some wonderful changes.”

"Unfortunately, because the main peak of the Great Ajax Mountains is a volcano, the nearby snow water contains a little sulfur and toxic substances, resulting in many ice-free lakes. Although the lake water can be frozen, it means that there are not many toxic substances. But it is still not suitable for biological life, otherwise, Joshua, you can consider raising several kinds of magic fish in this lake, they must like this environment very much."

Magic crystals can be used to make storage crystals, or as a simple magic circle material. It can be regarded as a high-value resource that will never depreciate. The Radcliffe family's industry, in addition to selling refined ore to the Imperial Legion, Occasionally, some of this precious material is also sold.

Of course, recently, because of the comprehensive cooperation with the dwarves, the Radcliffe family's business has begun to switch to manufacturing and selling finished weapons. Since it has only been launched for a few months, the reputation has not been widely spread, but according to the only response Look, the quality is really good.

However, after the dwarf spoke for a long time, he found that Joshua didn't seem to be listening to him. The warrior seemed to be very interested in this deep snow lake, and he looked at it thoughtfully. The deep lake water seems to be able to see through the ice to the bottom.

"Owner……"

Yingying standing behind pulled the corner of La Joshua's clothes, and the soldier was reminded, then nodded and said: "It's a pity."

"...Joshua, did you really hear what I said?"

"certainly."

After reacting, Joshua nodded, and he said apologetically, "I heard that no one has explored the bottom of this lake before, so I accidentally wanted to see what's in the deepest part of it."

The old dwarf was not angry, but nodded in agreement: "Yeah, if such a large snow lake can change, the magic crystal mine at the bottom must be different, and we really need to explore it once in a while. "

"Do we still need to wait for time?" Joshua shrugged, looked at the lake, and said with a smile, "I can do it now."

Moria was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Hahaha, indeed, come, let's go and have a look together!"

In Ying's helpless eyes, the two gold-ranked fighters seemed to be planning to break the ice directly and dive into the lake to explore, but just as they had already broken the ice and were about to enter, a figure crossed the atmosphere , with fluctuations of magic power, came to them.

Nostradamus, who seemed to have completed his investigation, was smiling.

"My idea is almost complete. That place is really suitable for building a college... I imagine the structure of Winter Castle is probably like this."

He said this to Joshua and Moria, and at the same time, the old mage began to gather magic power, causing light waves and water mist to produce images one after another.

As the image solidified, a huge Nissier Snow Mountain projection appeared in front of Nostradamus. This projection was the same as the real one, with clear anatomical drawings and perspective drawings. Joshua and Maury Yadu can clearly see the structure and design.

This is a fortress-like building built on the mountainside, at an altitude of about 900 meters. The fortress is built against the mountain, and most of the building structure is in the mountainside. It looks extremely strong. And the exposed part is also very exquisite, which can be called a work of art.