Soul of Burning Steel

? Everything in the world is constantly changing in the long rivers of time. The sun rises and the moon rises, the vicissitudes of the sea, the plains dry up into deserts in drought, and the lava solidifies into islands in the sea. Even the seemingly eternal towering peaks will end up in a violent event. Collapsed in the shaking, the world itself will eventually be destroyed.

　　 But some things will never change.

Facing the desperate shadow that rushed toward his face like a tide, Colin let out a scream of fear. The old deputy, who was over fifty years old, lay on the ground, not daring to look directly at the person in the air, he turned his head in a panic. The object of his allegiance, the second son of the Suward family, could not make any sound as if he was strangling his throat.

"what---"

　　 The invisible twisting air current enveloped Kleiman in an instant. Before the promising middle-aged nobleman could say a half word, his whole body burned in the fierce flame. He was not in pain, because the high temperature ignited his skin and flesh in an instant, gasified his bones and internal organs, and Kleiman instantly turned into fly ash and drifted into smoke.

　　 There was a voice in mid-air.

　　 "You are not innocent either."

　　 It was a sonorous and cold voice like the clanging of steel. After hearing the voice, Colin felt like he was in a sea of ​​flames. Unimaginable scorching tears at his soul. He closed his eyes tightly and never dared to open it again. The scene of Kleiman turning into smoke and dust in the blink of an eye is still playing back in his mind, making the man feel terrified and terrified. despair.

And Joshua, who had come to the top of the manor a long time ago, watched indifferently at the middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground and trembling in the half of the manor, after listening to all the communication with him, and said in a calm voice: "But I will not abuse. Kill. Six of my subordinates died, and I only killed six. Tell me who the other masterminds are and where they are hiding, and spare your life."

Although the major nobles basically have mansions in the imperial capital, not everyone will live in the Sanshan Holy City. The power of the emperor covers the entire city, making all conspiracies and tricks invisible, whether it is the Fertau family or the Su The Ward family has manors and holiday villas in the cities and suburbs near the imperial capital for daily work.

　　 Although Ademan Carlos is a rights-loving and stupid young man, he has worked alongside Alfonso for so long, but he also knows some news, such as the location of the manor on the outskirts of Suward’s house.

　　 "Earl... Lord Earl, we are not the mastermind..."

As the manor was burning and the firewood crackled, Colin struggled to open his mouth, forcibly suppressed his fear, and tremblingly said: "Feltao, the Feltao family is the mastermind! Although we have reached a cooperation agreement, but They are the ones who shoot!"

If a man does not know the identity of the other party, it is impossible for him to become the deputy of the spokesperson of the Suward family’s imperial capital from a civilian. The fighter who killed Kleiman without hesitation must be Joshua Van. Radcliffe, the well-known northern lord, the enemy of the dragon, can match the soldiers of the legion with his own strength.

It can be said that his appearance shocked Colin so much that he could not think. Neither he nor Kleiman would have imagined that the current Patriarch of the Radcliffe family would actually act for those spokespersons. For a minute, Colin would think this kind of thing is as absurd as a dream, but it has already happened, so men can only accept reality.

"About a few days ago..." Colin didn't dare to look directly at the soldier because he was afraid of the scorching radiance. He knelt to the ground and pressed his face to the floor. A vague voice came from his hands: "Fei The group of people from Erta's family returned to the imperial capital...in their mansion!"

　　 "Very good."

Nodding slightly, Qiao Xiuya did not talk nonsense. He slashed with a sword, and the vertical and horizontal strength also knocked down the other side of the mansion. As the bricks collapsed, Colin was stunned in place because of fear, but it seemed rough, but it was actually meticulous. The subtle power destroyed the entire manor without letting any falling debris touch his body.

　　 The red flames flickered and the wind screamed. The soldier had disappeared. Only the deputy who still didn't dare to move was kneeling among the ruins. After a long time, he shuddered and got up. After confirming that he was safe, the man cried with joy.

Along the way, the messenger knight named Nuck hid among the bushes. The horse had been released long ago, but he was shivering. Nuck saw the Suward’s manor not far away. The flames turned into ruins, and the coercion of the strong-willed spreaded, causing the golden knight to be frightened and hide his breath.

Soon after, a red streamer flashed across the sky, and Nak felt a cold eye sweeping his body. His hiding was as meaningless as an ostrich, but the streamer didn’t mean to stay. The imperial capital flew away quickly.

　　-I took a life. The knight was stunned for a few seconds, until the streamer disappeared into the distance, and he reacted slowly. He knew that his survival was not because of his strength, but because the other party did not want to kill him, just as humans would not deliberately step on the ants on the roadside.

　　 and the capital.

　　Feltaou’s mansion.

Located in the northern part of the imperial capital, the Ferta'o Family Mansion is not so much a manor or villa loved by the nobles, but rather a solid small fortress. Composed of diorite rock, this sturdy, magic-resistant rock is generally used by dwarves to build temples, but the Felta's family uses it to build their own residences.

Different from the surrounding houses full of artistic beauty, the temperament of this mansion is so unique and out of place. The walls over twelve feet high are made of intact huge rocks, and then filled with molten iron to fill the gaps. The four corners of the mansion are even There are four small observation towers, and under the flying flags, there are vigilant guards watching everything around them.

The Fertao family, which started from military service and weapons, will never forget their roots. These nobles with dwarven bloodlines are on alert all the time, waiting for the arrival of possible battles. Every member of the Fertao family. They will be sent to the battlefield until they reach adulthood. Only those who have experienced a battle and have not died can reach adulthood and formally become family members.

　　 Tam Feltao was standing at the top of his house—or the fortress, he was holding a pipe in one hand, thinking about something.

He stared at the street next to the mansion with discrete eyes. The flow of people in the northern area of ​​the Imperial Capital was much smaller than that in other areas. It was early in the morning and there were almost no people on the street. Tam absentmindedly tried to light the pipe in his hand. For some reason, he has been unable to shoot sparks, but he didn't care. Instead, he shook his pipe and didn't waste his energy.

　　 "You are young and vigorous."

He sighed leisurely. The short, mature half-dwarf, who was only about one meter six years old, touched his beard. His eyes gathered at this time. He thought of his brothers who were still in the basement. I couldn't help but shook his head again: "These little guys don't understand anything."

The Fertaou family has many heirs, but there are not many official members that meet the family rules. Tam is the sixth son of the family, but the third person after the eldest son and the fourth son. He is responsible for the family in the middle of the empire. In the local industry, he also serves as the spokesperson of the imperial capital.

Tam sighed because of his worrying brothers downstairs. Since a few months ago, the family sent his two newly grown brothers to the imperial capital under the pretext of'observation and learning'. Mu never felt at ease. The young and reckless half-dwarves knew how to fight on the battlefield, but they didn't know anything about business. They went around pointing to Tam's work, but they couldn't give any feasible plans.

　　 Especially this time. He tried to light the pipe again. This time it succeeded. Tam took a puff of his cigarette. The flames in the pipe were bright and dark, and a faint white gas drifted out.

　　 After the young people came to the imperial capital, they were extremely indignant at the family's declining transaction volume. They questioned Tam all day long and questioned his incompetence, who did not understand what the market demand was. But in any case, the funds of the Feltau’s family are indeed getting more and more tense, and it is not changed because of people’s indignation. For his brothers who are probably defective in IQ, Tam does not bother and teach at all, but Let them play tricks.

　　 They came up with the plan to attack the Radcliffe family's property and assassinate the principal. Probably because of the characteristics of being too young, they are not afraid of revenge from the Radcliffe family at all, and they also questioned Joshua’s strength, maybe there is water, proud young people will not admit that there will be in this world Extremely strong men not much older than them, so they started decisively.

　　 For this behavior, Tam said to let them go, he didn't care at all. If this kind of behavior can settle down his two brothers, the half-dwarf thinks this may not be a bad thing, but unexpectedly, I don’t know why, the spokesperson of the Radcliffe family, Alfonso After Carlos died, his family did not respond, and Joshua did not make any statement, as if nothing had happened.

Tame smelled something wrong, he motioned to his brother to stop, but the young man laughed at its cautiousness and caution as cowardice and incompetence, facing the seemingly weak Joshua, they almost let go of their hands. Toss, in just a few days, most of the Carlos family’s deaths and injuries, the Radcliffe family’s industry in the central part of the empire basically lost direct contact with the owner’s family and fell into a state of semi-paralysis. The Fertau family quickly snatched it back. There is a small arms market, and the cooperative Suward family has also received a lot of ore orders.

　　 Everything seemed perfect, except for the weird attitude of the Radcliffe family. Thinking of the two younger brothers who were increasingly despising his own elder brother, Tam took a violent cigarette and then spit it out. Of course he knows that if he wants to destroy the competitor’s industry, it is naturally the most convenient to attack the high-level. But this kind of thing is impossible for long. Even if you gain temporary benefits, you will suffer huge losses in the future under the retaliation of other families from shame and anger. .

　　How can this kind of truth be explained clearly to the young and energetic half-dwarf? Anyway, Tam didn't plan to do this. He only cared about himself. As for educating his brothers, that was what his father should do.

　　 glanced around at his fortress-like mansion, and Tam nodded in relief.

　　The home of the Ferta'o family is based on their fortress in the Northwest Territory. Most of the members of the Ferta'o family live in this fortress and grow up little by little. Although the fortress named Black Flag is not the strongest fortress in the empire, it is undoubtedly a fortified city in the northwest. In history, in the heyday of the orcs, they sent troops to sweep the entire northwest of the empire. Relying on the Black Flag fortress, the Erta's family barely held the territory without losing it.

　　The instinct from the dwarf bloodline made Tam like this fortress made of huge rocks, which made him feel extremely safe. And the fact is indeed the case. Except for the Morlai Palace where the Emperor lived, the Imperial Royal Mage Academy where countless wizards gather, there is almost no mansion that can be stronger than the Ferta's fortress.

　　 Except for a relatively humid and cold environment, these are nothing compared to safety.

　　 But suddenly, he felt a burst of horror.

A red streamer suddenly appeared in the distant sky. The streamer was so fast that it was like a meteor that straddled the sky. Tahm stood on top of his mansion and saw this meteor from the gap between the three mountains. But don't know why, he didn't feel the slightest beauty, but felt extremely dangerous from it.

　　 He extinguished the pipe in his hand, and was about to observe carefully, but Tam was shocked by the result-just a few breaths, the red light had crossed a long distance and came to the surrounding Sanshan.

The huge power fluctuations drew the defensive array around the imperial capital in an instant, and saw a slight buzzing, with a radius of nearly 100 kilometers. The giant array covering all areas around Sanshan appeared in the sky, and the huge magic power began to mobilize. , Trying to suppress this restless red meteor.

But it is of no use. The meteor is like a long spear that can break everything. All barriers and obstructions are broken through like nonexistent things. The twenty-four semi-physical air barriers are also easily torn, resulting in a crisp and crisp. The sound of glass shattering, but before the sound was transmitted, the red streamer had reached the top of the imperial capital city wall.

The defense on the wall of the imperial capital is more stable than the defense on the surrounding mountains. Golden chains rise from the white wall and turn into cocoons, trying to envelop the red streamer, but a bunch of flames bloom, densely packed. The chains are all turned into energy light chips, shattered by the blow.

At this time, Tam had just loudly warned the guards on the tower. He was about to return to the mansion and prepare the two young and bold undergrounds for defense. But at this time, the red streamer has arrived. In addition to the scale, the defense is comparable. Above the fortress mansion.

There is no sonic boom, no hurricane, the air is evacuated by an inexplicable force, and then forcibly stabilized. The red streamer is so powerful, but in fact silent, that many residents of the imperial capital who have not created it do not have it. Perceive the arrival of the red streamer.

Tam turned his head in surprise, he looked at the red streamer, and then let out a scream-the too bright light almost burned his eyes in an instant, but even so, it made this golden novice rock warrior. Temporarily became blind.

　　 However, before that, Tam had already seen the identity of the other party, and this made his heart shake.

　　Joshua!

　　 The contemporary patriarch of the Radcliffe family!

　　He actually came to the imperial capital, and he broke through the defensive array with such arrogant and unreasonable, completely intrusive momentum, and came to the imperial capital!

　　What exactly does he want to do? !

　　 Before Tam could understand, the warrior had already raised the big sword in his hand. His movements have always been faster than the enemy's thinking, and this time is no exception—

　　 a sword swung away, the power of the breath of scorched prison was activated, thousands of degrees of high temperature was concentrated into the invisible air shock wave, the obviously incomparable giant sword trajectory extended towards the black solid fortress, from top to bottom.

　　 The ripples spread, and the impact arrived. In an instant, the main body of the fortress sagged with a ‘bang’, and the place where the shock wave hits the front of it instantly shattered into powder. The golden lava neatly divided the black mansion into two halves.

This sword was so precise and fast. When the last wave of sword wind swept through, the center of the Ferta'o family mansion was completely cut. Through the huge gap, one could even see the inside of the mansion, shocked. As for the maid sitting on the ground, the guards in the surrounding towers were also unstable due to the tilt of the mansion and almost fell out of the tower.

　　 But no innocent person died. The power that was controlled to the extreme did not even alarm the neighbors around the fortress. In less than two seconds, the two young family members in the basement of Ferta'o's house were completely heated like the sun. The sword wind burned into nothingness, and there was no smoke left behind.

　　 Tam has not died yet.

In the ruins, the lower half of the body was burned by the flames, and the half-dwarf turned into fly ash was buried in the sand of diorite. He stared at the warrior who retracted the big sword in mid-air, his eyes full of incredible and anger. .

　　 "The Felta's family will retaliate!" The half-dwarf's temper is harder than a stone. Even the muscles of fear are trembling unnaturally, but he can still utter threats. Tam, who was buried in the ruins, vomited a mouthful of blood caused by the counter-shock. He resisted the strong feeling of dying, looked into the sky with half-blind eyes, and issued a vicious curse: "You are unruly. Guys, all Northwest aristocrats will—puff!"

　　 Speaking of normal, he vomited another mouthful of blood, then his pupils dilated and died.

　　 Regarding this, Joshua didn't say anything and made any response. He just turned his head faintly and looked to the south, where the Morlai Palace was.

　　 And in the next instant, the space shattered.

　　 The angry legendary powerhouse came to the warrior.

　　 "Joshua!"

　　Israel Diamond is wearing a nightgown, and there is still an unknowingly lip print on his neck. For some unspeakable reason, he arrived so late for a second, and the result was that all the members of the Ferta'o family in the imperial capital died: "What are you doing?!"

　　 "Long time no see, Your Majesty the Emperor."

Standing in the air, behind the gradual collapse of the black mansion, Joshua calmly opposite the angry legendary powerhouse in front of him greeted him, and the screams of the Fertau house servants echoed in the northern part of the imperial capital. But this could not overcome the softly spoken words of the soldier: "As you can see, it's just revenge."

　　 There are some things that will never change.

　　 is just like now.

It's not that Joshua doesn't understand the rules of struggle of the nobles. He clearly understands that this is the cultural precipitation for hundreds of years. In fact, he was prepared to die long ago when he wanted to come to Alfonso. His son and deputy also accepted this fact easily.

　　 But he can't. He never thought so much. He is Joshua. He wants revenge, and no one can stop him.

"……Humph."

Israel glanced at the Fertao’s mansion, snorted, and extinguished all the scorching heat and lava. He noticed that apart from the deaths of three and a half dwarves, there was no fourth casualty. His emotions gradually calmed down, and he turned his head to look at Joshua, and said coldly: "Although it is ruthless and unfair, this is the tacit rule of all the strong on the entire continent. If everyone is like you, what is the order? Sustain? Extraordinaries attack each other's homes at will? Do you want the capital of Moldavia to be attacked by others?"

　　 And Joshua replied more simply: "Let them just come."

The soldiers did not hesitate: "Business matters~www.novelmtl.com~ If they want to negotiate, I will accept it. If they want to coerce and force me, then even if they come to fight, I will not kill. But against me If my subordinates take action, I will take revenge directly."

　　 "You just feel that you are better than them, so you have no scruples."

　　Israel laughed angrily. The emperor didn’t bother to talk nonsense. He showed a smile that made Joshua very familiar: “Well, don’t you always want to challenge me?”

　　 "Come on then!"

　　 Immediately, the latter also showed the same look.

"it is good."

　　 The next moment.

　　 Both disappeared in the imperial capital.

　　 The high-altitude clouds in the wee hours of the morning gave a brilliant glow.