Soul of Burning Steel

Star pendant 833, June 20th.

The Northern Empire, the Holy City of Three Mountains, early in the morning.

The long wind blows across the deep green plains and verdant mountains in the center of the empire, and reaches the land surrounded by three mountains. It makes the dry and warm air in the streets of the empire bring a scent of vegetation, and the bright sunshine makes early residents feel unconscious. Pleasant, and sigh with this beautiful day.

In the center of the imperial capital, in a guest room of Morlai Palace, a black-haired soldier stood by the window, looking up at the floating clouds flowing in the clear blue sky.

Qiao Xiu had already awakened.

Yesterday, after the soldier left the royal study room, he was taken by the attendant to a room originally prepared for the ambassadors of various countries. Qiao Xiuya had planned to go to the imperial capital to find a hotel at random, and waited for Ying and Rin tomorrow and after the dark Set off, but now that Israel has sent an invitation, he stayed in this way.

This evening, he sorted out some information about the Far South.

At this time in the far south of the previous life, the dragon disaster has not yet begun. In Joshua’s memory, the first mad dragon siege incident occurred in the spring of Starfall 834. The official war will have to wait until mid-summer of the same year, so look at it. Come, probably because there is no player harassment and warriors to change the future, the dragon disaster in this world has advanced by almost a year.

So from now on, any memory about the situation of the year is meaningless, and a year’s time is enough to change anything.

Of course, some general trends will not change. For example, the five-color dragon clan who controls the mad dragon, and the one who incites the five-color dragon clan behind it is undoubtedly the plague **** and its followers.

The crazy dragon wants to conquer the Far South and spread to the entire continent. There are two insurmountable barriers. One is the central defense line of the Far South Kingdom, and the other is the Church of the Seven Gods, the Sacred Mountain of the Far Sea.

The central defense line could not be attacked for a long time, so the mad dragon turned around and prepared to attack the Church of the Seven Gods. The Sacred Mountain naturally knew this. They didn't seem to be prepared to resist passively as they did in their previous lives. Instead, they invited allied troops everywhere. It seems that he intends to take the initiative to do something to stop the offensive of the crazy dragon.

Qiao Xiuya is such an invited helper.

From the high-rise windows of the palace, looking down at the city of the imperial capital, Joshua looked down at the aristocratic mansions and citizens' houses below. Above the black and red tiled roofs, the smoky smoke turned into oblique lines due to the breeze.

It is early in the morning, and every family is preparing breakfast. There are a few houses with no smoke above them, but it's not that the occupants among them have not prepared their own food. Joshua knows that this is because they have installed the latest magic stove.

Mycroft’s technology, because the power of magic has not dissipated, is not as good as the elves who have lost spells in Ilgna’s world, but it also has its own special side, since the “magic machine” began in the east. After the major mage academies in the plains were created, this kind of technology that relied on magic and runes gradually blossomed in this world.

Since ordinary people can also enjoy the convenience of magic, it is undoubtedly sought after by everyone, and those nobles and wealthy people are the first to enjoy this convenience.

At least half of the people in the Imperial Academy of Royal Mage are studying various new types of magic machines. In fact, the magic armor developed by Joshua and the old dwarves is the most typical and relatively high-end magic machine. , It can be used for combat, and it can also equip engineers to greatly improve their work efficiency.

"Where is the current development of magic technology?"

Recalling the memory of his previous life, Joshua knocked on the edge of the window with his finger and thought: "Without the player’s advice and assistance in development, there should be fewer novel gadgets, but things like war colossus, I don’t think there will be any. What impact."

Because of the influx of players in the previous life, the mages who studied magic technology on Mycroft got a lot of inspiration and enlightenment. They created a variety of interesting gadgets, such as those that can detect the concentration of surrounding elements. Watches, magic night vision glasses, and "looks like a mobile phone is actually a portable self-charging communication array that is almost a mobile phone." Others, like magic flying carpets, flying broomsticks, housework golems, and so on. There are also many.

However, these things can only open up ideas for the magicians who study magic technology. In fact, when the magic furnace core appeared in the magic laboratory of the Guantian White Pagoda, it was quickly mastered by the high-levels of various countries. In this way, countless new killing machines have been developed.

Mycroft mainland has been war-fighting, not to mention the nervous high-levels, even the common people, after knowing the magic machine technology that allows ordinary people to use magic power, the first thing they think of is not convenient for life, but all kinds of powerful The weapons-magic muskets, enchanted bows and crossbows, floating battleships, even floating fortresses, etc.

This is probably a kind of culture, and everyone's heart contains a trace of warning for the unpredictable future, so there will be so many talents on this continent who are unwilling to be ordinary and pursue power.

Nowadays, all countries in the mainland are developing the war technology of this next era. In the wealthy business alliances and the Eastern Mage Kingdom, a small new army armed with enchanted weapons has appeared. The Northern Empire is the largest country in the world. Naturally, he did not lag behind the times. Joshua remembered that the first war colossus that was claimed to be comparable to the ancient titan colossus appeared in the southern fortress of the empire, and easily suppressed a dark tide at that time.

Just as Joshua frowned and recalled how many years after the star fell, the door of the guest room was knocked, and a respectful voice came from behind the door: "Earl, Your Majesty is waiting at the Aden Fortress. You, do you want to go now or wait a while?"

"right now."

After returning to his senses, Joshua responded, then turned around, ready to open the door and set off.

Yesterday he had agreed with Master Nostradamus. Early this morning, the old mage would send Hotaru, Rin and Hei together, but since the emperor has a guard circle and a time-space lock that prohibits teleportation, he can only send a few of them. Teleport into the fortresses on the three mountains around the imperial capital.

On the way out of Morlai Palace, the attendant who led the way did not dare to say anything. He seemed very afraid of Joshua. As he walked through the corridors, every action of the soldiers seemed to stimulate the middle-aged. Man's fragile nerves.

So when he took Joshua out of Morlai Palace and watched the warriors sit on the carriage that reached the fortress of Aden, he breathed a sigh of relief, and the cold sweat of the rest of his life was instantly covering his forehead.

"...This earl is really more terrifying than rumors..."

He stared at the back of the carriage with some fearful eyes, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "I don't know what kind of distress his people are living in. Just looking at his eyes will know that this kind of lord must be very cruel. ..."

Not to mention Joshua, who was persecuted because of his dignity, is now on the high platform at the top of the tower in the fortress of Aden.

In the tower on the edge of this fortress, His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, Israel is waiting in silence. On his side are six servants in light armor and sabers on their waists, and four in dark green robes. The mages and the attendants were serious, and the silent guards were beside Israel, but these mages were all using magic, communicating with other people who didn’t know where they were in a strange accent, and their voices were swift. , But with a trace of tension and expectation.

At the entrance and exit of the top floor of the tower, there was a sound of steady footsteps, and Israel, who was waiting, also turned his head and looked to that side.

"Secretary Radcliffe, here you are."

His Majesty the Emperor with dark blond hair slightly nodded at the soldier who had just arrived at the top of the tower, and laughed bravely: "It's too slow, you almost missed that scene."

"What did you miss?"

Following the instructions of the knights along the way, after reaching the top of the tower, Joshua did not perceive the firefly, the dignity and the black breath. After hearing Israel's words, he couldn't help feeling a little strange: "Miss Nostradam The teleportation of Master Mas?"

"With all due respect, Your Majesty, I have seen enough of this scene."

This is indeed not a lie, because Nostradamus often travels between the Imperial Capital and Winterhold College through teleportation, so Joshua often sees the scene of the other party teleporting-this is only this life, and the previous life fighters do not know the experience. Yes, I have seen the scene of the wizard teleporting so many times, although the blue time-space gate is indeed very magnificent, but to be honest, he is already a little numb.

"No, why would I specifically ask you to come and see this."

After seeing Joshua’s puzzled expression, the corner of Israel's mouth curled up, and he whispered: "Be calm, young earl, wait a moment, and you will be shocked by the sight in front of you."

"...As you wish." It can be seen that the emperor deliberately wanted to sell it. Qiao Xiuya simply followed the other party's wishes and stood in place and waited. He had time, but he didn't mind too much. Wait a while.

And not long after.

"The adjustment is complete!" A voice with a little eastern plain accent appeared to the side. The wizards who had been in contact with someone from the beginning were delighted and immediately reported to Israel: "Your Majesty,' Gale is ready and can start anytime!"

"Okay." Nodded, Israel's eyes became serious, and he ordered: "Then start now!"

After that, he turned his head and looked at Joshua, who was a little confused. Israel patted the warrior on the shoulder, and then laughed loudly: "Wait, Joshua, right now, you will witness the historic One scene!"

And Qiao Xiuya bears the heavy shoulders of the legendary warrior, and her disapproval from the beginning has turned into a slight expectation.

What can make a legendary strong man so mysterious, what he wants to show him, must be unusual.

In the next moment, the appearance of a vision also made Joshua's eyes widened.

"This!"

The Aden Fortress was originally an ordinary bastion fortress. It is located at the top of the mountain and is responsible for monitoring the magical elements around the imperial capital. Its shape is like a huge hexagonal column, surrounded by towers, and the center of the flat top floor is a huge and large Complex complex magic circle, used to control that huge magic power.

And now, on the huge magic circle, there are patches of faint blue ripples, which are obviously signs of the beginning of transmission.

If it were a normal teleportation, it would not surprise Joshua so much, but the faint blue ripple was so violent and huge, it formed a faint blue sphere with a diameter of hundreds of meters, and the inexplicable light would be half of it. The sky is rendered, and a huge thing seems to be transmitted from an unknown distance!

Many attendants around were frightened by this oppression and couldn't help but back up a few steps, but Joshua's eyes widened, revealing a trace of nostalgia.

He had seen this kind of sight before, in his previous life, on the battlefield of the abyss, in the Naya fortress in the Ash Plains, and in all the cities that resisted the devil.

The faint blue sphere was completely formed, and the giant inside was rapidly shifting.

In the end, it completely teleported over, and the faint blue light disappeared.

"Floating boat!"

Joshua looked at this huge object and muttered to himself, but he immediately shook his head: "No, this is a battleship!"

What emerged from the super large portal was a super large suspended warship nearly 170 meters in length. It was made of steel but suspended in the air. At the bottom of this warship, there were twelve The rune array gleaming with crystal white light, it emits a steady stream of buoyancy, supporting the body of the entire battleship.

There is not the slightest turbulence, and I don’t know how far away the huge battleship that has been transported from is suspended in the air as if it is still. Obviously, this is a floating warship belonging to the Empire.

"Joshua~www.novelmtl.com~ This time you went to the sacred mountain of the distant sea, it is not yourself, but the majesty of the entire empire."

Israel’s voice appeared in Joshua’s ears, and His Majesty the Emperor said in a low and clear voice: “Since you, as an imperial nobleman, decide to help the Church of the Seven Gods, the empire will naturally not be silent. Just let you go alone—Look, this suspended battleship "Greek"."

"The construction has only started recently. The crystal furnace core developed not long ago is used as the core engine. The special dual furnace core has far more power than before. It is a breakthrough made during the last war with the orcs."

"The construction has only started recently. The crystal furnace core developed not long ago is used as the core engine. The special dual furnace core has far more power than before. It is a breakthrough made during the last war with the orcs."

"Built-in five large magic energy focusing arrays, which can use elemental impacts that are close to gold-level magic, and forty small alchemy artillery, which can suppress the ground with powerful firepower."

"How about Joshua?"

In a proud tone, Israel raised his hand, pointed at the huge floating boat, and said to Joshua: "It's yours."