Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 833, June 19, early morning, Northland Moldavia, Nissia Snow Mountain, Winterhold College.

At this time, the sun has not risen, everything is quiet, the students in the college have already fallen asleep, and most of the tutors are resting in their own rooms, and they are self-disciplined in various important parts of the college, such as the accommodation area, library, and spells. The laboratories and other places are patrolling back and forth. These creations made of steel and magic can detect the smallest movements in the dark and are the best guardians.

But there are always some places that do not need to be protected.

On the top floor of the academy, an office with the hand of a sword printed on the door.

Behind the door, there was no light in the room. A silver-white moonlight shining diagonally into the house from the roof skylight was the only light source, and in the corner that the moonlight could not illuminate, a man was silent. Sitting in a large armchair, playing with something in his hands.

Joshua stared at the dragon egg in her hand, and the white egg shell the size of a human head emitted a faint glow, which looked particularly hazy in the dark.

[The white dragon egg about to hatch]

[Extraordinary gold-level materials: can be used to make high-level magical ingredients, can be used to make ‘dragon power potions’, can be used to make dragon soul sacrificial vessels, and can be hatched into juvenile white dragons]

[Dragon egg status: extremely healthy, 93% hatching success rate, modulated by a high-level mage through special techniques, the young dragon may develop the bleeding vein talent in advance]

[Item description: This is the trophy obtained by the Earl of the North, Joshua Van Radcliffe, who slays the dragon. It comes from the White Dragon Lair in the Arctic Ice Sheet. It is in a very healthy state and may hatch at any time. —Be careful, dragons don’t treat the creature they see at first as their mother. If you want it to get close to you, it’s best to show your strength and give it a hearty breakfast. 】

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【By—Dragon Egg】

"Yes, this dragon egg is very healthy."

With a soft admiration, Joshua put the dragon egg back into the silver metal box beside him. He nodded and said with emotion: "Just pick it up and you will get a dragon egg that meets the requirements, a gift from the **** of luck and despair. , Really kind."

Since Joshua resolved the Black Mist incident in the imperial capital, he found that he was getting better and better luck in some trivial things. For example, the book he picked up was just a novel that suits his taste. What did he want to solve? The incident happened to have a corresponding report sent. It is absolutely impossible to buy inferior goods when shopping on the street. This is obviously a manifestation of a sudden increase in luck.

Originally, the warrior thought that Ogna’s gift was nothing more than returning the divinity he borrowed. At most, he would pay back a little more, but now he understands that this divinity comes from the **** of luck, but there is such a wonderful thing. effect.

"Unfortunately, there is no lottery ticket in Mycroft."

Qiao Xiuya made a little joke. If he did, with his current luck, he might actually win a small prize.

Now, Hotaru needs to stay in the lord’s mansion to take care of Brandon’s two daughters. Rin wants to go with the Knights and the church personnel from time to time to wipe out the cultists, so now he stays alone at Winterhold Academy, waiting for this The second large-scale comprehensive test is over, and the best student is given a reward-a dragon egg about to hatch.

In fact, there were not many dragon eggs that Joshua brought out from the white dragon's lair. Counting the dead eggs that Theodore identified as unable to hatch, there were only 22. And the dragon eggs that were sure to hatch healthy were also Only fifteen, seven dragon eggs have lost their vitality due to various reasons and can only be used as magic materials.

But even if there are only fifteen dragon eggs left, it is not so easy to find all the masters.

Joshua himself is already black, and he doesn’t need a second mount. These dragon eggs are all the best and qualified knights in the preparatory knights he is going to leave, but forty knights. In the group, only ten people met the conditions.

The warrior’s reserve knights were specially selected by Joshua from the Black Forest Fortress and the city guard after the Kuroshio ended last year. They were all young boys with good physical fitness and even advanced to the gold level. The fighters also specially taught them the breathing technique, and after a year of training, the strength of these preparation knights has also greatly improved, and many people have broken through the original class and improved.

Of course, they are not Joshua. Without the system, their strengths cannot progress so fast, so no one has touched the golden barrier so far. Joshua estimates that unless they wait until the Great Demon Tide period, they want these people to go further, probably It will take about five or six years.

But this is already scary enough. Forty silver-ranked knights who have practiced breathing techniques can be regarded as a powerful force in the empire. After all, this is only a private soldier belonging to Joshua, so the warrior Prepare to find some time to remove the preparations from the preparatory knights, and formally give them a system.

But even so, there are still many people in the preparatory knights who do not meet the requirements-first of all, the most important point of the dragon knight is "not afraid of heights". Seven or eight people have been screened, and none of the dynamic vision and reflexes meet the standards. A few, when combined, most of them were eliminated in an instant.

You know, the most important thing for a dragon knight is to fight in the sky. Because the dragon’s mobility is too high, the knight’s reaction speed must also be very strong. The knights of the preparation knights are not bad at this point. Training, there should be a lot of people who can meet the standard, but what Joshua wants is the certainty of the present, not the possibility of the future, so it is a pity that only the ten strongest preparation knights can get the dragon egg.

In this way, not only is there a lot of 15 dragon eggs, but there are five more—Theodore, as a hero of dragon egg incubation, can get one, and this time the academy evaluation, Joshua is going to send another one. Even so, there are three extras.

"Leave one for the college itself."

After thinking about it, Joshua decided to leave a dragon egg and cultivate it under the name of the academy. Anyway, Theodore would not care about taking care of a young dragon, and in this case, if Winterhold Academy can be opened for decades, There will be a guardian dragon of his own.

This is not the treatment that ordinary academies can have, even if it is the White Pagoda, no academy or department can have a guardian dragon.

"There are two more."

Looking at the metal box beside him with a headache, Joshua couldn't help but frown: "Send one to Master Nostradamus or Bishop Atanis? Just as a thank you for your help."

But when he finished talking to himself, the warrior shook his head again: "They don't need this stuff. The old mage doesn't have time to take care of this little thing, and he doesn't need a mount, but the church may not be able to afford it."

You must know that when a dragon grows up, the ingredients and various special materials needed are enough to destroy a small family. Joshua is because he is the lord of Moldavia and the earl of the field, relying on a large amount of past savings and The family industry can support the load of the Knights' Ten-Headed Dragon.

As for the academy and the two for the students, Nostradamus and Joshua will help. Naturally it is not a big problem, and Theodore has made decades of preparations to raise a dragon, and it is not a big problem. On the other hand, the church has a simple life at ordinary times, relying on the funds of the believers and the lord’s mansion to maintain it. Suddenly, they will be in financial difficulties.

"...Forget it, it's just a two-headed dragon anyway."

After thinking for a while, without thinking of the result, Joshua shook his head and left it behind-anyway, it would be a big deal to raise two heads as spares, so he could afford it.

Outside the window, the moonlight was gradually replaced by golden-red sunlight, dawn broke, and the sun was slowly rising. The soldier also stood up and moved his arms.

Today is the last day of the comprehensive evaluation of Winterhold Academy, and also the last day of the ring competition. When everything is over and the total score comes out, it is the time when he comes out to give the dragon egg.

…

At the same time, the imperial capital, the royal study.

Because of the discussions with Joshua, the luxurious study with the dome burnt down has now been completely restored, and the gorgeous decoration is no less than in the past, and even better than before.

"how."

In the center of the study, His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, Israel Diamond raised his gaze from the book in his hand. He looked a little impatiently at the guard leader who was kneeling on one knee beside him: "Nash, I said, if there is nothing urgent, don’t disturb me during my breakfast break."

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty, but this is news from the sacred mountain in the distant sea."

The middle-aged man named Nash replied in a deep voice that he was not panicked by the impatience of his loyalists, but retelled the news he had received before in a clear voice: "From the church, the substitute for the **** of life The preparations are complete. The'God Healing Ceremony' can be carried out at any time. If your Majesty has time, they will come to perform the ceremony."

"...This is indeed good news."

Putting down the thick ancient books in his hands, Israel slapped his hands, his serious expression was a little loose, and he said with some emotion: "If I hadn't borrowed the Pyxi Stars, these stone-like priests might have paid back. It won't give me face-tell them that I have time anytime, and I can come now."

After saying this, the powerful legendary soldier couldn't help but feel another tingling in his back. He couldn't help but sighed and said helplessly to himself: "If it wasn't for the mistakes of the year, why should I? So impatient..."

Kneeling on the side, Nash didn’t say much. As the leader of the Royal Secret Agent [Shadow], one of Israel’s closest people, he naturally knew the hidden wounds of the ruler of the empire, so he learned that the church was uncharacteristically. After he was willing to invite the person who had lived in the Great Temple for many years as a substitute for the **** of life, Nash immediately rushed to inform his master.

In order to heal his own hidden wounds, Israel has searched for many methods for many years. He has tried the secret treasures of the elves, the secret arts of the wizards of the West Mountain, and the magic healing of the wizards of the Eastern Plains. These methods are all useful and can suppress him. The dark wounds on the body, but they all treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and cannot completely cure them.

As for the church’s magic arts, he naturally tried it, but the archbishop who had treated Israel in the past also bluntly said that the injuries he suffered were not treated in time, and he also experienced extremely fierce battles afterwards, so his injuries It has already penetrated into the essence of life, and it is difficult to cure it by any method.

Unless Israel goes a step further and sublimates his life essence and acquires a trace of divinity, any ritual is futile—but if it is the strongest healing magic performed by the **** of life, the "God Healing Ceremony" 'It's a different matter. It is indeed very possible to fill up the life essence of the Emperor and cure it from the source.

But the **** of life was originally the most silent and lonely **** among the seven human gods. The same is true for his priests. The substitutes of the **** of life have always lived in the great temple of the holy mountain and almost never go out. , Even if it is because of the face of the emperor of Israel, there is no way to invite him out to treat himself.

"Fortunately there is a dragon disaster."

With a light sigh, Israel's mood was a bit complicated. If it weren't for the dragon calamity and the church just needed help from the empire, everything would be difficult to say.

"Why, any other news?"

Realizing that Nash beside him did not leave, the emperor asked curiously, "What else is there?"

"His Majesty…"

After hesitating for a while, the middle-aged samurai answered truthfully: "The Church of the Seven Gods also said that they still need some help from the empire."

"Why, isn't that fusion star not enough?"

This news, even Israel was a little surprised: "They said they need treasures with extremely strong positive energy, and I gave them the world's largest Pyxi Star-of course, maybe not as big as them. The one on the top of the temple is definitely enough to deal with most situations."

"That's not enough, don't they want to explore the abyss?"

The emperor did not expect that what he said happened to be the truth. Although there is only a small gap in the abyss in the Abyss of Anos, it is precisely because of this that the aura of the abyss that flows from this gap is extremely violent and rapid, even capable of It disturbed the seas of one side. Although his Pyxi Star was strong enough, it was impossible to shelter a giant ark from traveling in this sea for too long.

"No, they are very satisfied with your help, Your Majesty..."

I don't know how to say it, Nash frowned, his expression looked very complicated: "This time, the church is not asking for any sacred artifacts, they want a person."

"people?"

Squinting his eyes, Israel's expression also became serious. After thinking about it, he asked in a calm tone: "Who do they want?"

"Joshua."

Having said the name, the middle-aged warrior was afraid that the name was not detailed enough, and said it again: "Joshua Van Radcliffe."