Soul of Burning Steel

——It's really depressing.

When Loranda was introduced by the maid and sat in the welcome hall of the Lord's Mansion, waiting for Joshua to arrive, he couldn't help but think of it as he looked at the surrounding decorations.

The decoration design of the Radcliffe family is too gloomy, just like those vampire castles in knight novels.

In front of him, there is a neat and orderly hall full of northern style. Whether it is potted plants, tables, chairs, hanging paintings or accessories, they are all arranged in an orderly manner. It is speechless, but the dark floor matches the gray. The walls, coupled with the slightly dim pyroxene lamp, always give birth to an instinctive sense of depression.

But even so, the Paladin has to admit that these decorations are indeed very particular. Although the style is a little depressed, the details are gorgeous, and they are absolutely worthy of the history and status of the Radcliffe family.

However, the design style is too far from the holy mountain, which makes him a little uncomfortable every time he comes. Sighing slightly, Loranda turned to look to the other side.

Hanging on the most conspicuous wall of the hall is a map of Mycroft’s world. Next to it are several smaller maps of the Empire, the Northland Map and the Moldavian Territory. This map seems to be the most recent one. Newly replaced, many places are specially marked with red dots and black crosses. Paladin Dingqing took a look and found that the red dots are concentrated in the far south, which is the center of the current dragon calamity, while the black crosses are relatively scattered. , There are all over the world, there is nothing to see for the time being.

——Does the red dot represent the dragon’s calamity, and the black cross represents the cultists?

As he saw that many places on the map of Moldavia were marked with black crosses, and he himself had gone out of the city to sweep a few times, he recognized that the places marked above happened to be villages where cultists had appeared, so Loranda couldn't help but have such a conjecture.

And just as he carefully looked at the densely packed signs on the map, a clear and rhythmic footstep came from a distance.

Soon after, the door to the welcome living room was opened.

"Friend, it's so late, what are you doing with me?"

"Joshua."

Hearing this familiar and direct voice, Loranda stood up, looked back at his friend, shrugged and said: "There is something."

"let me guess."

Hanging the coat he was wearing on a hanger, the warrior moved his wrists. He glanced at the paladin who was fully armed and even wearing white armor, and then said in a relaxed tone: "You are going to return to the holy mountain. ."

The Paladin was stunned for a moment, but then he nodded calmly: "Yes, the holy mountain needs me, and my comrades are waiting for me-I have already commanded most of the territory a few days ago. The cultists have all been cleansed up, and even if there are leftovers, it should not cause any harm, so it is almost time to go back.

"I really want to thank you for this. It really helped me a lot."

Reaching out for Loranda to sit down again, Joshua approached a heavy wooden cabinet with potted plants on it.

The meeting room is usually used by soldiers as a resting place in the afternoon, so some drinks are always available. At this time, Joshua picked up a black bottle of wine from the wooden cabinet where the preservation method was drawn. It was also printed with certain A unique sign of a winery.

Lifting it up, he silently asked the Paladin if he wanted to come, but after getting a negative answer, Joshua took a bottle of wine on his own and found a place to sit down.

"I wanted to buy you some wine, but it seems that the paladin's discipline is indeed very strict."

With a flick of his finger, the cork of this bottle of wine popped out. Joshua did not rush to drink. He turned his head and looked at the large map to the side. He said to himself: "The Sacred Mountain of Far Sea is located in the Far South Kingdom. In the outer sea, if the dragon disaster is to invade the Far South Kingdom and the entire continent, then the nail of the holy mountain must be pulled out first, so the five-color dragon chooses to divide its forces into two ways."

"Because of the church’s ambush and the impregnable defense, the mad dragon army that attacked the holy mountain has repeatedly failed, but as the elite troops attacking the central defense line of the Far Southern Kingdom withdraw, they will definitely choose to concentrate their forces, turn around and forcefully attack the holy mountain, and uproot themselves. A huge threat from the rear."

"Yes it is."

With a sound, Loranda knew that the soldiers were talking about the recent situation in the Far South. Although it was a bit brief, but clear enough, he said firmly, "Now the crazy dragon is mobilizing the army and preparing to fully attack the holy mountain, and I As a paladin of the church, I have no responsibility."

"Indeed, this is your responsibility."

Joshua, who knew this history, and even experienced this history personally, nodded. He knew that the five-color dragon clan who had gathered all the elite forces and the mighty mad dragon army almost captured the sacred mountain of the distant sea. It was because the priests of the entire continent continuously joined the defensive positions through teleportation, which blocked the strongest wave of offensive.

After this battle, the five-color dragon gods were besieged by the seven human gods and brought down the Wuxian realm. They were forced to enter the Mykrov Continent in the true form of the saints, but the seven gods did not continue to pursue them, but instead let their anger become angry. The five-color dragon gods spread the dragon disaster to every country in the entire continent.

Many people were puzzled by the choice of the seven gods. They clearly only need to work harder to completely slay the five dragons (five-color dragon gods) and end the dragon disaster, but they suddenly stopped and even disappeared. It has been a while, but now, Joshua can understand that at that time, the seven human gods might be resisting the evil **** who bewitched the five-color dragon gods and spread the dragon blight, [Plague].

"Anyway, a toast to the Warriors first."

After speaking, Joshua raised the wine bottle in his hand neatly and gestured to the Paladin in the air, and then he took a sip of the wine in the bottle.

This bottle of wine from an unknown source is of a good vintage, rich in fragrance, and has a mellow taste after the mouth, without any astringency. It is obviously a proud work from a well-known winery. If you know how to appreciate it, you will definitely be impressed. This is a good bottle of wine, worth savoring, but for soldiers, there is only the word "good drink".

After drinking, Joshua put the bottle aside. He frowned, as if thinking about the words, but then shook his head and said: "Think about it carefully, there is nothing to remind. According to your strength, as long as If you don’t deliberately seek death, there is no way for you to die. I can only wish you a smooth journey and achieve your goal."

"Thank you, but this is not a warrior, I should do it, not to mention that I have been away from the battlefield for so long and I should have gone back."

Loranda's expression seemed indifferent. It seemed that he didn't care about Joshua's name, but he still seriously said to the soldier: "This time, I will trouble you."

In response to the Paladin’s reply, Joshua immediately retorted: “When faced with danger, he is still willing to fulfill his responsibilities. This kind of person is called a warrior.” At this point, he also shook his head: “I should Thank you. If it weren’t for your and Atanis’ help, I wouldn’t have been able to wipe out the cultists in the territory so easily. Look at the Moldovan-led couple next door. They have worked hard for more than half a month, but the progress has not been halfway there now. ."

At this point, there was silence in the hall, and after a while, Joshua spoke again.

"Loranda, do you know how strong'Zhiyi' is?"

"……Of course I know."

The same was silent for a while, and the Paladin carefully considered his words. He frowned, and said in a low voice: "Ziyi is to break through the limit of the concept of human beings, to completely enter the existence of the transcendent realm, and to reach this point of existence. It is not so much human beings as it is some kind of natural disaster, some kind of phenomenon, their power is no longer what ordinary people can measure with common sense."

"Very formulaic answer, but not enough."

Joshua shook her head and succinctly denied Lolanda's reply: "You don't know how strong Ji Yi is."

After speaking, before the somewhat angry Paladin could refute, he picked up the bottle and took a sip. Joshua raised his head, looked at the ceiling, and said to himself: “Now it’s the Great Demon Tide. Before the advent, the overall strength of the world was not high. The silver realm was a high-ranking officer in the army, and the golden realm was the leader of an army. He was determined to rule a legion or even a province, and the legendary realm could suppress the entire empire. "

"This era is far more difficult than the strength improvement of later generations, but I still reached the realm of extreme Yi."

Having said that, Joshua lowered his head and looked directly at Loranda's eyes. There was no emotion in his red eyes, only a blazing fire: "What does this mean?"

"It means, with my strength, if I go to Far South."

The warrior’s clear and heavy voice echoed throughout the welcome living room, and even caused violent vibrations in the potted plants and bottles placed: "Enough to defeat an entire mad dragon army with one person."

"If I go to the Far South, the kingdom's central defense line will be as solid as I joined."

"Because there are more powerhouses like me, the army of crazy dragons will be restrained, and will not dare to expand recklessly as before, and those fortresses that can't breathe because of the dragon's calamity can also get the opportunity to recuperate. Began to reorganize to deal with the next shock."

Having said this, Joshua shook his head at Loranda, and said with some regret: "This is the strength of an extremely strong man, enough to change the course of a battle and change the destiny of a country."

"I ask you, do you know how strong the strong will be, you say you know, in fact, you don't know."

Silent, Loranda didn't know how to answer Joshua for a while, but with his psychological quality, he quickly reacted and found a point that could be refuted.

"It's true. If the Far South Kingdom suddenly has an extraordinarily strong player, the battle situation can indeed be greatly eased, and it can even be turned from defense to offense and counterattack the mad dragon."

Calmly affirming Joshua’s previous words, Loranda knew that what the other party said was correct, but he was a little untenable. He shook his head vigorously and said, “But, Joshua, you are a member of the Northern Empire. Famous nobleman, you are the Count of the North, the lord of Moldavia, and you are a strong man. This is enough to protect your territory, but what does it have to do with the Far South Kingdom?"

Maybe Joshua's tone a little irritated him before, so the Paladin's words also became sharp: "Yes, you can't control it at all, all of this has nothing to do with you."

"You think so, the Far South Kingdom thinks so, the Church of the Seven Gods thinks so, and Mad Dragon thinks so."

Slowly speaking, Joshua didn’t care about Loranda’s tone. He just said his own words: “So they didn’t try to provoke all the forces on the entire continent for the time being. Instead, they sent cultists to hide and wait for them. The successful capture of the Far South was when wars broke out in other parts of the Mykrov Continent-and before that, everyone would ignore the fall of the Far South, because all this had nothing to do with them."

"Loranda, you are a paladin, and you have the power of the holy light possessed by transcendents, but your thinking is still restricted, and you have not freed yourself from the meaningless geographical relationship."

Even at this point, Joshua’s tone was as calm as at the beginning, there was no emotion in his eyes, and his tone was as plain as it was straight: "You think, as the lord of the north, I should Staying in the Northland, developing the territory, and preparing to withstand the disasters that will come in the future. As for the far south, it has nothing to do with me, so I should sit on the sidelines."

"This seems to be a kind of unspoken rule. Because of the differences in geography and nationality, everyone sticks to their own three-acre land. Even if a disaster occurs, they are unwilling to reach out to help neighbors on the side."

"But why should I care about this?"

The soldier sneered. He paused every word and said to Loranda in a clear voice: "The rules are determined by the powerful."

"I am an extremely strong person. This strength is mine. I can help whoever I am willing to help. I don't need anyone's permission or relationship. I don't think that the Church of the Seven Gods will refuse my help. "

"But you are an imperial nobleman, your majesty the emperor, the royal family of the Far South Kingdom..."

Unable to refute for a while, Loranda's thinking was obviously a little confused. He didn't know how to change it. He could only think hard and think about the loopholes in the warrior's words. The other party's words impacted his usual common sense, making the paladin do not know what to do. .

"Do I care about the identity of the imperial nobleman?"

Shrugging, Joshua smiled indifferently. He seemed to really not care: "Your Majesty Israel, will you kill me because I want to help Yuannan resist the dragon disaster? Kill me, an extremely powerful person with advanced legendary potential."

He shook his head, and then said flatly: "Don't be kidding, Loranda, put aside the rules."

"Because everyone hesitates ~www.novelmtl.com~ because they are worried that helping others will harm themselves, so those who are able to take action will refuse to take action, which will lead to even greater disasters. If this kind of thing does happen, Don’t you think it’s too ridiculous?"

"It is precisely because of this that the fate of the world has gradually fallen to the abyss."

When talking about this, there were waves of orderly power in Joshua's body, and a cyan round light appeared on the soldier's chest.

At this moment, Loranda seemed to see an illusory shadow that overlapped with the figure of a warrior. This shadow had white hair and white eyes, and his body was filled with glory that ordinary people couldn't directly look at.

And a strong and firm voice came from not far away and entered his ears.

"This world needs a hero."

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