Soul of Burning Steel

When Ivan walked out of the office and was led by Orlando, Joshua invited Nostradamus to sit down and asked him to elaborate on what the Emperor had to tell him.

After the old mage sat down, he didn't talk nonsense. He took a sip of tea and finished it concisely, then squinted, stroked his beard, and waited for the soldier's response.

After listening to Nostradamus' narration quietly, Joshua said calmly: "They finally spoke."

There was no surprised expression on the soldier’s face, as if he had thought about it a long time ago. When Nostradamus raised his brow and looked at him, Joshua smiled: "Originally I thought, wait. When things are over at the college, no matter whether the holy mountain will invite me or not, I have to go to Yuannan."

"There is Far South, and you are the lord of the North."

Knock on the table, the old mage frowned and reminded: "Joshua, there is the place where the dragon blight started. Now the most chaotic place on this continent, you are the imperial noble on the other side of the world-go over there. What are you doing?"

Speaking of this, Nostradamus paused, seemed to be thinking about the wording, and then continued: "Seriously, why bother, the sacred mountain of the distant sea invites you to pass. At most, it is because of your power of order, which can replace it. There are many sacred artifacts of the power of order, and you are not a necessary factor."

"You don't want me to go to Yuannan."

Joshua was not surprised by the attitude of the old mage: "But I don't think this opinion is bad-you see, they are willing to pay two sacred artifacts for this. As long as I go, I can enter the temple and choose at will."

"To be precise, I don't want you to go to the sacred mountain in the distant sea."

Nostradamus sighed and shook his head in confusion: "On the contrary, I don't understand why you want to go to the Far South. Now there is a mess, and everyone will have a headache. Compared with the need to be extremely deliberate. The two sacred artifacts are not fair remuneration at all for the dangerous incidents that the actor took."

"If trouble does not come to me, I will go to trouble."

Shrugging, Joshua said plainly about his life creed: "It doesn't matter if you are fair or unfair. The most important thing is that my hands are itchy-I can't bear to stay in the Lord's Mansion all the time, just simply'listening' to the reports from afar. ."

"Since the church is willing to pay me to invite me to fight, why not do it?"

After speaking, the warrior raised his hand, and Joshua showed his fist to the old mage: "Did you see it, Master Nostradamus? What is this?"

"fist."

This is a five-finger clenched, long-lasting bronze fist. It is as indestructible as the strongest piece of steel. The slightly agitated blood vessels are full of the breath of life, even Nostradamus. I have seen such a powerful fist, as if as long as it is flicked, nothing can stop it.

"Very powerful, worthy of being the youngest Extreme Yi-level powerhouse in the history of the empire. Your life force is more majestic than a dragon."

He first exclaimed, but Nostradamus still didn't understand what Joshua wanted to express. The old mage asked with some doubts: "But, then."

"There are quite a few Extremely Yi-level magic dragons in the far south, and you may not be able to easily defeat them."

"——Hundreds of thousands of people in the Far South are trapped in the blockade of mad dragons, and the central defense line is hit by tens of thousands of mad dragons every day.

The warrior was a little bit unreasonable. He simply recounted the battle reports of the last few days: "Of course, the situation is improving. The kingdom and the elves have regained a lot of lost ground in the past few days, but we all know that all this is because of the five-color dragons. We are shrinking, we are concentrating our strength, and we are ready to attack the Seven Gods Church first."

"If they succeed, then there is no doubt that the Far Southern Kingdom without the support of the church, the largest human gathering place in the south of the continent, will be broken by foreign races-life will be overwhelmed, countless families will be fragmented, and the prosperous civilization of the past will be completely destroyed by barbarism."

Speaking of this, Joshua's eyes were deep. He recalled the time he had fought in the Far South, and he still remembered the feeling of enthusiasm.

"so now."

But he was not affected by the memories of the past. After a few seconds, Joshua’s eyes returned to clarity. His tone was calm and without any excitement. The soldier looked directly at Nostradamus’s eyes: "My fist told me-- Power should be used here. It has been honed for more than ten years and it has been trained to this point, not to watch this scene happen."

"...That's right."

I don't know what to say, the old mage has a complicated expression.

Of course he knew that if the dragon really broke through the sacred mountain, then the situation would be irreversible, and the human forces on the entire continent would be truly passive... but is it possible? The strongest in the mainland, Pope Eagle of the Church of the Seven Gods is there, plus the fact that the church has been operating for nearly a thousand years, even if the dragon **** descends, it may not be able to break the sacred mountain. The seven human gods have been watching the far south, they Can't just sit idly by.

In the final analysis, the old mage still believes that all this is too far away and has nothing to do with the empire.

"No one is a self-contained, isolated island."

Regarding Nostradamus' attitude, Joshua shook his head, and said seriously: "Everyone is a member of human beings, whether you or I are the same."

"When the real death knell strikes, no one can be spared, hesitancy cannot save those who wait and see, and caution cannot save those who hesitate."

Although the time is a bit out of line because of Joshua's changes to the world, the soldier remembers clearly how critical the situation of the Church of the Seven Gods in the previous life was.

On a summer storm night, taking advantage of the typhoon during the rainy season in the distant sea, the three legendary five-colored dragons led nearly 100,000 berserk flying dragons to attack the sacred mountain. Although the church had been prepared for the battle, it was also affected by this intensity. The offensive was suppressed and unable to counterattack.

In this week of torrential rains, before the three legendary dragons took action, the entire outer fortifications of the Church of the Seven Gods were completely destroyed. Most of the priests abandoned the towns on the island and prepared to rely on the strong temple on the holy mountain to continue. Defense.

Next, there is a tug of war. Every day, new mad dragon armies come from all over the world, even from the far side of the sea. The number of them is almost endless, and they are attacking all the time. The spirit of the church priests no longer No matter how tough they are, they are just human beings. They can't bear the endless high tension for a week, and when all human beings are exhausted to be exhausted, the three legendary dragons brazenly attacked and prepared to completely destroy the defense line of the holy mountain.

Pope Eagle and the bishops could only fight, and the aftermath of the fighting between the two sides even dispelled the raging typhoon. The battle between them lasted for eight days and nights, but the priests in the holy mountain could not persist for such a long time. Many knights who had been fighting from the beginning began to die suddenly because of exhaustion, and the line of defense was in great chaos for a while.

Fortunately at this time, a little-known pastor received the revelation of the gods. He developed a special teleportation array. Any priest who holds the power of the light can be positioned by the mutual response. Relying on the help of a temporal and spatial sacred instrument in the Great Temple, the priests traveling around the world have directly come to the forefront of the battlefield through this special teleportation array, and with the help of this new force, the battlefront of the holy mountain is gradually stable.

At the end of the battle, Pope Iger was even better. He defeated all the high-end combat power of the five-color dragon family with his own power, and completely expelled the mad dragon army with legendary power. But even so, it is really true. too late.

After this battle, the Seven Gods Church's vitality was greatly injured. The paladins and priests who had traveled throughout the Mykrov Continent almost disappeared, laying the groundwork for the ravages of the cultists later, and the sacred mountains of the distant sea shrank most of their spheres of influence. Many of the sealed places they supervised or the chaotic erosion areas began to gradually spread. Perhaps it was at that time that the Abyss of Anos, which was originally a small gap, gradually grew into the gate of the abyss for later generations.

If at that time, there were strong people in other regions who were willing to help the Seven Gods Church, then things would definitely not fall to this point.

"Take me back to the Lord's Mansion first, Master Nostradamus."

Standing up, Joshua looked up and looked at the skylight where the sun fell. The soldier squinted his eyes. He no longer wanted to explain, but calmly said: "I'm going to tell Hotaru and Rin, the rest is over."

"It's time to go."

Realizing that he could not persuade the warrior, Nostradamus sighed helplessly and stood up, but Joshua on the side seemed to think of something again. He took out a transparent spar from his arms and looked at it. Block spar, the soldier seemed hesitant.

But then he made up his mind: "Next, go directly to the imperial capital."

"It happens that I have something to say to His Majesty Israel."

——After half a day.

The northern empire, the holy city of three mountains, the imperial capital Morlai Palace.

Perceiving the transmission fluctuations in his palace, Israel, who was looking at a map of the Far South in the study, raised his brows.

"It's really fast."

He rubbed his chin and said in a low voice, "As expected of a young man, his decision-making ability is much higher than ours."

After speaking, he put away the map on the table and hung it on a corner of the wall. Next, the emperor sat in his chair, waiting for the visitors soon.

A few minutes later, regular footsteps sounded in the corridor outside the royal study, and then stopped at the door.

Sensing the powerful life force outside the door, Israel smiled slightly, and then casually said: "Come in, the door is unlocked."

He has always disliked the red tape, so he has been very casual in private. Hearing this voice, the door was opened, and the empire controller was not surprised to see Joshua's face.

"You accepted the church's invitation?"

Without extra courtesy, Joshua asked Israel with great interest. Unlike Nostradamus’s resistance, the emperor was simply curious. Then, he shrugged and said: "Yes. , You are a person who can’t take time off, if you have a chance to fight, you will not let it go.

As a warrior, he understands the warrior's mind better than the old mage.

"But, where is your magic machine? And that sea dragon, don't they go with you?"

Compared with the exhausted and heavy-minded ruler of the empire in the Hall of the Holy Emblem last time, Israel is in a very good mood. Although Joshua doesn’t know why, he can still see the man in front of him. His Majesty the Emperor speaks very well now.

Therefore, he did not salute, but simply explained: "Hyattva and Rin should still be taking care of Brandon and Verdani's children. I have notified the couple to come back and take them away as soon as possible, and the volume of Hei It's too big, and it needs a special portal to send it over. Master Nostradamus has no time now, and probably will be able to open up such a channel tomorrow."

"That's all about the magic machine."

Hearing this, Israel's expression was somewhat puzzled. He frowned and said, "Last time, didn't I give you a pendant? It should be able to change the size of the sea dragon and become normal. The horse is about the same size. Although it can’t be used for a long time, it’s absolutely fine to pass through the portal.

"..."

Breathing slightly stagnated, Joshua suddenly realized that she really seemed to have forgotten about it.

Yes, after coming back from the imperial capital last time, he went directly to deal with the cultists and the dragon egg, and then he prepared for the college test, and the Brandon and his wife came to visit and entrusted his daughter to take care of other trivial matters. , He completely forgot the pendant of change shape!

This is indeed a bad habit. Soldiers have always been too lazy to see what equipment they have. Anyway, as long as they have weapons, it is the same.

However, Israel did not pay attention to Joshua’s expression. He calmly said, “Are you here to ask how to get to Far South? Don’t worry, the church and I have already arranged it. A big event will definitely give you a surprise."

Having said that, he smiled, and he seemed very satisfied with the so-called surprise.

"Part of it, but I came here for another purpose."

Perceiving that the topic ran away, Joshua quickly stopped the deviation of the topic. He stood in front of Israel's desk and said in a deep voice, "Your secret wound."

When this sentence was uttered by the soldier, the atmosphere in the entire study became stagnant.

But then, this coercion from the legendary powerhouse quickly dissipated.

"As you can tell, it's not surprising."

Without continuing to sit in his seat, His Majesty the Emperor stood up and walked in the study. He ridiculed himself and said: "Last time in Shenghui Hall, I did feel a bit gaffe. Too exhaustion and long-term pain caused me. Forgot to cover up your emotions—perhaps earlier, you discovered this when you and I met for the first time."

——Actually a little earlier, such as a previous life.

Qiao Xiuya did not answer, because in front of him, a detailed panel was slowly emerging.

At the beginning, with the strength of the fighter's gold rank ~www.novelmtl.com~, it was not possible to pass the system identification and see the panel of the Emperor in front of him, but now, Joshua has reached the realm of extreme Yi, although it is still far from the realm of legend It's a long distance, but if you just look at the panel, you can still see it clearly.

【Name: Israel Diamond】

[Template: Legend]

[Title: Lord of the Empire, Dragon Knight of the Apocalypse]

[Race: Northwest branch of humans, special classification "Apocalypse"]

[Race Skills: The Chosen Person (All Skills Advance Speed ​​× 1.1)]

[Level: LV94 Legend of Destiny]

【Challenge Level: LV90】

[Attribute: Omitted]

[Life occupation: fishing]

【Status: Dark wound (lower back), life passing (suppressed state)】