Soul of Burning Steel

The Northern Empire, the city of three mountains, the imperial capital.

The royal guards of the Morlai Palace in the imperial capital saw Nostradamus, the chief army division of the empire, entered the royal study for a few hours, and then walked out with a solemn expression. The expression on his face looked very worried, as if he knew some bad news.

But then, he shook his head, smiled comfortingly, and then teleported away, not knowing where to go.

At the beginning, the guards didn’t think this was anything. After all, the teacher was the emperor’s mentor in his youth. He once assisted the emperor to defeat other princes and seize the imperial throne. He also defeated the orc army as a military division. The relationship between the two Originally it was extremely intimate, and Nostradamus didn't even need to ask for instructions to enter and exit the palace, just walk in directly. Although the expression was a bit wrong this time, it was within normal limits.

They originally thought this was just an ordinary meeting between teachers and students. After all, His Majesty the Emperor had just wiped out the Orc King's Court, and it was common for two big figures to recount the old days.

But in fact, this statement is generally true, but there are still some minor differences.

Starfall 832, July 23, after a few days of thinking, analysis and research, a secret order was passed through various channels to all the high-level and high-level forces of the empire.

And the author of this secret order was Israel Diamond, his Majesty the Emperor.

The southern fortress group, the northwest double duchy, the northern mountain pass, the north and the eastern frontier coast. Due to the convenience of magic, it didn’t take long for everyone to receive this secret order, and all regions of the empire except the center began to act. .

Some of them frowned, some were worried, and some others disagreed, and more people, in accordance with the secret order, began to carry out intense preparations for war.

The army that was immersed in joy because of the elimination of the orcs is now busy again. Of course, this is due to the name of acting and daily exercise, but anyone can smell something wrong-no matter what. Exercises, the tension on the verge of war cannot be erased.

Moreover, the administrative department that had been laid back also began to collect food and repair the fortifications, and most of these fortifications were not ordinary, but the kind of special air defense fortifications. The soldiers at the bottom are okay, as the officers at the top. Many people can tell at a glance that these fortifications are not aimed at ordinary civilized races, but instead seem to guard against some flying beasts.

For example, dragon!

Morlai Palace, in the royal study room, His Majesty the Emperor is placing the skull of an orc on the corner of the table with his own hands. The skull has no decorations, and even the scars and cracks on it have not been repaired, but even so, it is this. There is no one of the most precious collections on the table.

Because this is the skull left over from the last great sweat of the orc, if there is no accident, this is the heaviest feat of the emperor in his life.

From a purely emotional point of view, Israel was naturally willing to believe what Nostradamus had said before.

He was particularly interested in what Joshua said about the dragon attack. The imperial emperor naturally has his channels to understand and analyze these things. You must know that dragon and beast attacks on villages occur everywhere, not only in the North. If you don’t pay attention, you will probably only think that it is the Kuroshio. The remaining problems, but if you think in other directions, it is indeed very suspicious.

Even if he was born in the army, the process of winning the throne was not peaceful, but even so, Israel could not sit back and watch the dragon beast causing a large-scale panic and devouring the people of his own country. He was not cold-blooded to that point.

Because of this, although there is no definite evidence, he also issued a secret order to prepare for prevention and investigate the current situation of the five-color dragon clan.

And in Moldavia in the Northland.

The story of the lord slaying the dragon is slowly spreading.

This is a very normal thing. After all, no one ordered the ban to conceal it. At the beginning, Joshua drove the black and walked on the fire all the way, ran out of the city, and headed to the north. This incident was also seen by everyone. After a few people spread it, the whole city immediately knew it.

Whether in a local mercenary guild or a gathering place for foreign adventurers, whether in a tavern or Liuying Street, there are people who are drunk and vowed to say that they have seen it in the lord’s mansion. There are several huge halls in the hall. The dragon head, this is enough to prove the lord's dragon slaying deeds.

If Joshua heard this, he would probably have laughed. In fact, these bragging adventurers were right, but the dragon heads placed in the lord’s mansion are the dragon heads of the black erosive dragon and the ice tooth dragon. This is not the case. The white dragon head slaying the dragon.

In the north of the city, a family of scholars welcomed two new members.

Edward, who is nearly seventy years old, has a little white sideburns. He wears a pair of alchemy glasses and stands at the door, looking at the two agitated children in front of him with his maid, his gray pupils reveal A feeling of love.

The boy and the girl in front of him have the same platinum and blonde hair. The girl wears a long ponytail. The boy, like his father, has a hunter's short braid with a hair tie. Their eyes are also common in the North. Some gray pupils can be seen to be very pure blood of the Northland.

"Ivan, Amila, don't be afraid."

Taking a step forward, the old man swarmed the two children into his arms. His voice was full of compassion, and he comforted the two poor children who had not lost their parents for long: "Children, here is you, Grandpa. 'S new home"

In fact, Edward is not the hunter Andre’s father, but his younger uncle. However, because he didn’t want to be a hunter in his hometown, he had a conflict with his family. Then he ran away from home and followed the dragon. The car caravan went to the Imperial Capital to work hard.

Ten years later, he returned from his studies and returned to Northland to become a teacher and scholar. However, due to the conflicts in the earlier years, he rarely contacted his family, and only went back a few times when his parents and eldest brother passed away. The relationship between this younger brother and his elder brother is naturally not very good, very weak-but nowadays, no matter what kind of contradiction is not mentioned under time and death, Edward, who has no offspring, learns of his elder brother’s son and After all his wives died in the attack of dragons and beasts, they suddenly felt that the sky was broken and almost fainted.

Even the civilians value the continuity of the bloodline very much. After receiving such a huge blow, even with his calm mentality, he could not bear it. Fortunately, his maid later inquired about it, in the village where almost all of them died. Two children survived fortunately, and they happened to be the descendants of Hunter Andre. Between great grief and joy, the scholar immediately sought someone to find his elder brother's last heir, and received them in the main city.

Being hugged by the old man who claimed to be his grandfather, Ivan was still a little nervous, but the child's unique intuition told him that the old man did not have any malice towards him and his sister, but was full of genuine joy and love. Love, so the originally tight body slowly softened, and even the trace of sadness that settled in his heart began to flow into his heart.

But then, he resisted the feeling of tears wanting to flow out. Instead, he shook his head and said softly in a tender but firm voice: "I won't forget."

"...What will you forget?"

Edward froze for a moment, he didn't understand.

Ivan and his sister Amila looked at each other, then took a deep breath and said, "I will never forget those monsters!"

Those monsters! Those dragons!

He destroyed the village where he lived since he was a child, killed his loving parents, and burned everything in his memory... Although the terrifying aura still made him tremble with memories, he will never forget those The enemy of his life!

Even if he heard the news that the local young lord had gone to the Dragon Nest to kill the dragon successfully, his hatred would not be reduced by half.

A creature like the dragon shouldn't exist in this world!

Looking at the young child, Edward was silent for a while when he heard Ivan's resolute words, and then he showed a happy smile, and even laughed louder and louder, until he finally laughed loudly.

"Okay!"

After laughing, he yelled his approval. The old man’s eyes flashed with the same brilliance as the boy’s eyes. He patted the boy’s shoulder heavily and said in a firm tone: "You didn’t because of this tragedy. And it’s great to have a shadow on the dragon! The blood of a hunter is always flowing in the body of our family. Even if it is death, you should not be afraid of your prey!"

Of course, hatred can only produce new hatred, but hatred is originally the biggest driving force. As a scholar, Edward naturally understands this truth.

But he is definitely not a propaganda person to let go of hatred. As a Northlander of the same pure blood, even if he has studied in the imperial capital for ten years, he can't get rid of the bad temper in his bones-if he is beaten, he will beat Go back, if you bleed, you will also bleed the enemy, even if you are dead, you have to take those **** to **** together!

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye! If the parents were killed by the dragon, they would spend their entire lives on slaying dragons. For the people in the North, this is really a normal logic.

"Me too, I think so too!"

The little **** the side, Amila also clenched her small fist, she said loudly in the same firm voice: "I am the same as my brother! If it is to kill those monsters, I will go too!"

"Okay, they are all good kids!"

In the whispers of Ivan and Amila, Edward laughed loudly, and then picked them up in excitement: "Grandpa, even if I spend all my savings, I will definitely give you the best education. !Ouch!"

Click!

His movements suddenly stiffened: "My waist..."

And the maid on the side came expertly, put down the two children, and then picked up the flashy old man by his waist, carried it on his shoulders, and sent it back to the room, and under the greeting of the maid, Boys and girls also followed her ignorantly and walked into the room.

As night fell, the lights were also lit up in this small room. The sounds of children's activities also appeared among the originally quiet scholars. The aroma of the food was overflowing, and everyone had their own goals.

And in a small village in Xishan.

A blond Paladin holding a warhammer and wearing a **** white armor with seven holy emblems of the seven gods, but only the holy emblem of the God of Life gleams, and he silently drags his head with the hammer. The huge exploding dragon beast walked out of the forest and arrived in front of the villagers who were waiting nervously.

"Well, you are safe, this is the last mad dragon beast."

Beside this paladin, there is a pile of towering dragon beast corpses piled up, there are dozens of dragon beast corpses on it, throw the corpse in his hand on the pile, the paladin clapped his hands, and The voice said: "However, although the surrounding monsters have been wiped out by me, you can't relax your vigilance. The evil force is spreading. I think it is better for you to move to a place close to the big city as soon as possible. This will be safer. "

His voice was a little dull because he was wearing a helmet: "Stay in the mountain, maybe I won't show up next time."

"Master Knight, you are right, we are already preparing things."

An elderly village chief in the lead nodded quickly, bowed gratefully, and took out a bag from his arms, handed it out with both hands, and respectfully said: "This is for you..."

"I don't need compensation."

Before the other party could finish speaking, the paladin stretched out his hand, pushed the bag away, and refused the other party's move. A dull voice came from behind the helmet, calmly: "Helping mankind is the mission of the church, instead of giving me money. It’s better to buy more clothes for the children, and you should prepare some weapons so that you can protect yourself."

"Hey, you sir knights never receive payment. They are completely different from those lords. We can't help but be grateful..."

Several attempts were rejected. The old man sighed, and reluctantly took the bag back into his arms. He seemed to want to say something. At this moment, a little nervous girl sneaked from behind the village head. Touched it out, and ran to the paladin before the village chief could react.

"Uncle Knight~www.novelmtl.com~This is for you."

She handed out a wooden amulet.

Some small dirty hands held an amulet. Although it looked a little crude, it was very careful from the traces of the carving.

After the knight was silent for a while, a dull short tone came from the helmet, which sounded like he was laughing.

Next, he knelt on one knee and took the amulet from the girl's hand, with one hand touching the top of her head, behind the helmet, finally some gentle voice came out: "Thank you, child, your blessing This is my motivation."

"This is the best reward."

After hanging the amulet solemnly on his wrist, the paladin simply turned around and left amidst the gratitude of the villagers.

Paladin Loranda, the trip caused by getting lost, is still continuing.

(To be continued.)