Soul of Burning Steel

Star pendant 833, September 3rd, noon, cloudy.

The sacred mountain of the far sea, the central temple area, the temporary square.

Hundreds of sacred puppets were moving earth and rocks back and forth, clearing out this rectangular square with a radius of hundreds of meters in a piece of rubble. The square is wide open, and you can see a number of broken temples and the surrounding golden masks. The top of the towering temples is filled with sacred haze, and runes fly out from it, and then merge into the mask.

Since that battle, the crazy dragon has never harassed the Church of the Seven Gods. There are many reasons, and the biggest one is that the five-color dragons discovered that they have been unable to penetrate the sacred mountain.

Pope Eagle, as the strongest on the continent, was not claimed by human beings alone. It is a fact recognized by all races in the entire Mykrov world. The three legendary dragons dare to fight with them relying on their numerical advantages, but naturally The appearance of the mentor and Israel was completely outside their plan.

Today, the sacred mountain with three legendary powerhouses can almost be called "indestructible", and even if the legendary dragon tried its best to entangle them, after losing the Ember Earth sword, the remaining mad dragons did not Way to break through the defense line of the central temple area.

As a result, Ash Island of Edda ushered in a long-lost peace, the mad dragon no longer even blocked the sea, and the first batch of reinforcements from the Far Southern Kingdom had arrived at the temporary port on the east side of the Holy Mountain—the original port was enough because of the Ember Earth Long Sword. It changed the power of the terrain and collapsed in the earthquake, so it was only possible to use the magic arts to temporarily build a sea port.

The temporary square is to place a large amount of supplies brought by the reinforcements. The magical puppets that were originally used in wars put down their swords, equipped with spades, and began to carry out large-scale leveling and reconstruction work. Their efficiency was unexpectedly good, and many priests began to think about the possibility of completely transforming them into engineering puppets. .

Saya stood at the top of a temple near the square. She leaned on the pillar on the top of the temple and issued remote commands to the puppets at the bottom.

Since the expedition team returned from the depths of Anos, the original church trio quickly went to different positions. Lolanda and Robzek were both incorporated into the Northwest Defense Line as commanders, but she was responsible for controlling the magic. Puppet, support the urgent line of defense everywhere.

This is an extremely energy-consuming job. It issues instructions to hundreds or even thousands of magical puppets at once, and fine-tunes their formation against various dragons and beasts. For Saya, this golden powerhouse, this job It's not easy, let alone working for several weeks. But the war did not give her time to complain, and Saya was not that kind of person. She completed her job perfectly and rescued dozens of emergency temples. This dedication has been rewarded by the church—from now on. At the beginning, the total number of 233 magic puppets on the square belonged to her.

Although these puppets do not conform to Saya's aesthetic... at least the puppets will not betray! In this regard, the great nun, who has already suffered psychological trauma, is still very pleased.

"It seems that the holy mountain needs to be completely rebuilt once." Confirming that the puppets under her were working according to the plan, Saya nodded, she looked around and looked down below the temple from a high place.

Saya was able to'see' the clusters of shrines around them, with golden light covering them, flowing with a sacred breath. However, although it may not seem to be a major problem at a glance, in fact the walls of each temple are full of cracks, the stone roads linking the temples are all broken, and many stone tablets and pillars on the roadside have collapsed and cracked. , Only a fragment of the wall remains.

Although the mad dragon did not completely conquer the sacred mountain, it did destroy nearly 80% of the buildings on the surface. Only the core inner circle of the central temple area and the sacred mountain body were not affected. According to the judgment of the great nun, in the five colors After the dragon clan retires, the church will definitely start a large-scale reconstruction work. At that time, she, who has many magic puppets, might be busier than it is now, even during the war.

"That's good. The old buildings on the sacred mountain were originally built little by little over the past millennia. There is no reasonable planning at all... Starting from scratch, it will definitely be better than before.

Just as Saya was thinking about how the sacred mountain should be rebuilt in the future, a white light suddenly lit up in the sky, and the great nun looked up at the sky in surprise. She saw that with the summit of the sacred mountain as the reference point, the dark clouds over the distant sea began to rush. After dissipating, the dazzling sunlight swept toward the place where the mad dragons gathered in the distance like a rapidly expanding beam of light.

But what is shocking is that those crazy dragon legions that have been silent for several days and haven't come to attack Grey Isle, actually disperse like foam plates under the sunlight, turning into pieces of shattered light.

"No, it's really an illusion!" Just by looking at it from a distance, Saya clearly understands that the lifelike crazy dragons are indeed illusions. Not only that, but the giants hidden in the clouds and high sky. The dragons are all gone, and the mad dragon army that has besieged the holy mountain for dozens of days has been silently replaced with illusions, and the body has long since disappeared!

"Humph."

The legendary soldier let out a cold snort with a slight anger from the top of the holy mountain, echoing in the entire sea and sky: "Coward."

But the big nun let out a sigh of relief, as if there was a boulder in her heart.

At least, there is no need to fight now.

It seems that the Five Colored Dragons knew that they could not break the Holy Mountain, so they evacuated the main force during the time when they rescued the wounded on the Holy Mountain and reorganized the defense line. It is no wonder why the support fleet of the Far Southern Kingdom would come to Gray Island without any obstacles. In this way, the dragon calamity that originally ravaged the entire southern continent will stop its expansion due to the failure of this battle. The mad dragon army that temporarily withdrew cannot turn back to support the remaining dragon beasts on the far southern continent. The kingdom’s army will take them. Eliminate one by one.

But this is not the end. Everyone knows that the previous decisive battle on the sacred mountain was just a horror. The mad dragon army that was withdrawn because of the three legendary powerhouses still has the ability to break through any country and federation in the southern continent. They did not. Loss of core vitality, and the power to fight again.

Joshua also understands this.

At the entrance of the Great Temple at the top of the holy mountain, the warrior stood on the edge of the suspended temple, looking out at the sparkling sea in the distance.

All this development can be said to be completely different from the previous life-the dragon disaster of the previous life occurred in Starfall 834. The powerful mad dragon army invaded most of the territory of the Far Southern Kingdom, adjacent commercial alliances, elves gathering places and Zergs. The lair also suffered a great loss, and the main force of the mad dragon army almost broke the holy mountain. It was not until Pope Eagle defeated the three legendary dragons, and the seven gods also knocked down the five-color dragon gods to the boundless heaven, and the incarnation of the saints was over. .

Although the mad dragon army was broken up, at that time it coincided with the arrival of the first wave of magic power. The violent magic fluctuations that swept the entire world made all the beasts irritable, and spurred the riots of scattered mad dragons, making the dragon disaster even worse. One step intensified.

It can be said that before this, the so-called dragon calamity was nothing more than a planned and step-by-step invasion by the five-color dragon clan, which was a war, and after this, it was a calamity similar to the tide of beasts.

But now, because the three legendary powerhouses gathered on the sacred mountain, Joshua himself has frustrated the opponent's conspiracy to destroy the line of defense of the temple. Seeing that the front battlefield is no longer dominant, the five-color dragons did not force the fight, but retreated. Unknown area. As a result, the intensity of the war would not be able to provoke the interference of the gods, and the Great Demon Tide had not yet arrived, and the scattered dragons and beasts on the mainland did not go mad even further, and the deviation of their tracks was extremely huge.

It can be said that the rate of change of the world line is definitely more than 1, because the intensity of the war is not high, the five-color dragon gods did not fight against the seven gods of the human race, and the mad dragon army was not broken up, just retreating, the holy mountain and the holy church of the seven gods The staff did not suffer a great loss. Whether this is good or bad, the soldier doesn't know, but in any case, it has nothing to do with him.

Because he is now preparing to return to the Northland.

Before Israel smashed the clouds and revealed the fact that the mad dragon had retreated, Joshua had been chatting with the three legendary powerhouses for a while. The warrior and Loranda confronted the lady of nature teacher-formerly known as Eid. The archdruid of Lil Galanold explained what they had seen and heard in the world of Ilgna, and the long-named natural teacher confirmed that they did not lie through divine art, and believed their statement.

When the Father of Nature sent off Joshua and the others, he closed the space-time channel, but the space-time traces at the bottom of the Great Aes Volcano were still there, and it was naturally impossible for the elves to give up the possibility of finding their Father God. You know, even now, the belief of the father of nature is still widely circulated among the elven tribes. Although most elves except the druids use it as part of their oral beliefs and culture, it can also be seen that the father of nature is The impact was so deep that it was not lost after a thousand years.

The natural teacher said that she will personally lead a team to the North in a few months to investigate the time and space traces under the Great Aes volcano to determine the location of Ilgna's world. Before that, she suggested that Joshua Yaxian returned to her territory to rest, to ensure that no one would destroy the traces of the space-time passage-if everything is true, she will offer a great gift to the fighters.

Whether it’s Pope Eagle, Israel or the warrior himself, this is a good suggestion. Obviously, the situation on the sacred mountain is gradually becoming clearer, and there are legendary powerhouses, and Joshua doesn’t need to stay here. For his help, Igel temporarily expressed his verbal gratitude, and the specific remuneration will be sorted out later because the holy mountain is still being rebuilt.

At this time, the three legendary powerhouses are discussing matters related to the five-color dragon clan in the main hall, while the fighters brought the divine machine sister and brother, Black, No. 1 and the sad looking Sularno to the main hall and waited. Later transmission.

Soon after, the long-lost elf boy Hill and Ms. Hailong Fina also appeared at the door of the main hall. After seeing the soldiers and the group, they smiled and greeted their former comrades in arms.

The two Hill came to the Great Temple to wait for the teleportation. They were invited by the Church of the Seven Gods to explore the Abyss of Anos. They also participated in the subsequent war with the mad dragon, and they could sense that the strength of the elven boy was experiencing. After a series of bitter battles, it has been significantly improved, and it seems that it has touched the edge of the golden barrier. Because of this, Hill seemed to be in a very good mood. He and Fina were standing by and talking and laughing. They seemed to be discussing how they should narrate this adventure with their companions after returning to the Eastern Sea Dragon Knights.

In September, the warm autumn wind blew by, and the bright sunshine followed. Joshua took his gaze back from the empty surface of the sea, where there was no trace of the mad dragon, and looked back at the person behind him. This big group of people.

This time, the exploration and adventure to the Far South has come to an end. He has gained a lot and changed a lot. Looking at Hotaru, Rin and Hei's smiling faces, and then at Suralno, who was in the first and strong fight spirit, the fighter felt that this trip was worthwhile, both in terms of strength and mood.

After a while, footsteps came from inside the hall.

The white-haired old man walked out of the main hall, and Pope Eagle looked at the group of people gathered at the gate of the main hall with a smile.

This time, the Holy Mountain was able to pay such a small price to solve the crazy dragon attack, precisely because of the group of people in front of him. If it weren’t for the time exploration team that closed the abyss of the abyss of Anos, and repelled the **** dragon army in the blood moon abyss, then this time the five colored dragons besieging the sacred mountain, maybe a group of violent The abyss dragon. If Joshua hadn't been the first to discover that there was a problem with the red dragon holding the artifact long sword, then the priests of the holy mountain would have at least thousands of casualties, or even more than 10,000.

Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help turning his head to look at the soldier. Maybe he could already be told that there was news about the fourth sage's heritage, Iger thought so.

But in the end, he still didn't say anything. The old pope planned to tell Joshua the news after the reconstruction of the holy mountain was completed and everything was free.

Now, let him rest for a while.

"You can see that you are also anxious to go back, so I won't be too nonsense."

Looking around the crowd, Iger said in a deep voice, "Get ready, everyone, the transmission is about to begin."

Transmission is something that has already been notified, so there is no need to say more.

Joshua, Thrall and others naturally indicated that they were ready. At the same time, the natural teacher and Israel also walked out of the hall, and the two legendary powerhouses silently glanced at the crowd. , It seems to be in a good mood.

The faint blue light bloomed quietly under the surging of the surging holy light, and two time and space channels leading to different places appeared in front of everyone. After saying goodbye to each other, Joshua, Thrall and others stepped into different time and space channels. , Back to his hometown.

Stepping out and entering the transmission channel, the feeling of time and space upside-down and confusion came. At this moment, the warrior suddenly felt something. He closed his eyes and ‘looked’ at the endless void around him with his soul.

The divine nature diverges silently, linking all kinds of information in the fluctuation of time and space.

In the emptiness, there are several huge and incomparable, like huge existences that are incarnations of endless beings. They are gathered in one place, seeming to be waiting, watching out for something. In these huge existences, Joshua sensed several familiar auras, including the **** of power and the **** of life, but what surprised him most was the five-color dragon **** with a vague atmosphere of abyss.

Setting off the dragon disaster, the five-color dragon gods and the seven human gods and several other gods that invaded the far south mainland did not fight each other, but what were they guarding together? !

It was too late to think about more things. The teleportation was over. The soldier opened his eyes and found that he had arrived at the gate of the Lord's Mansion of the Moldavian Nation in the north.

Behind him, the elder brother and sister, the black dragon girl, the first issue and the blue dragon all walked out of the space-time channel one after another. Before Hotaru and Rin cheered home, there was a magical glow flickering in front of everyone, accompanied by the elements. Surging, Miss Artificial Intelligence's slightly surprised projection appeared in front of Joshua.

"You guys... are back."

She said softly.

"long time no see."

Joshua nodded: "I'm back."