Soul of Burning Steel

? "We should retreat as soon as possible."

　　 Halfway up the mountainside of the Dragon’s Nest Remains, the group of four finally reached such a result after a low-voicing discussion.

　　 Iwan held his breath and secretly looked down the mountain. The huge, steel-covered dragon beast is making a low and heavy breathing sound like a roar, as if it is about to launch an attack, and in front of it, the men in black have arranged their formations, and the four spellcasters are protected. Behind the fifteen melee professionals, the longbowmen and other professionals have been hidden in other places.

　　 At the center of the team, the black spellcaster who seems to be a female floats in the air, and the translucent magical fluctuations that stir the atmosphere on her body prove that she is a golden novice mage.

The aftermath of the battle between the golden mid-level dragon beasts and the team with golden powerhouses is enough to affect thousands of meters away. Even if the four people are located halfway down the mountain, it is impossible to completely avoid the chaotic magical fluctuations. Ivan and the others are all black iron tier mages, and the rioting elemental environment will have a great impact on their bodies.

　　 But it was not for these reasons that really made everyone decide to retreat as soon as possible.

　　 "Those guys are cultists!"

Not long ago, half-dwarf Nick's nervous warning still echoed in everyone's ears, and later, the obscure magic wave transmitted from the black casters also proved this point, which looked filthy and blasphemous. Wen flew out of the black staff in their hands, forming one circle after another, and gathered on the gold-level spellcaster.

　　What is a cultist? There is no need to answer, the North, and even the people on the entire Mycroft continent know that they are all lunatics who single-mindedly create wars and killings, plagues and turmoil. Hundreds of years ago, when cultists were most rampant, news of demonic sacrifices and massacres came from all over the world almost every few days. All four of them grew up listening to the horror stories of cultists. They naturally I understand how unusual it is for such a group of cultists with golden powerhouses to appear in the North Land.

I didn’t have time to think about why these cultists came to the Dragon’s Nest. Ivan and Amila quickly decided to evacuate the elemental turbulent area as soon as possible while they were fighting with the dragon beasts, and then use the special communication method of the Academy on their bodies. Array, notify the academy instructor to come as soon as possible to kill or arrest these cultists. This importance has exceeded the purpose of their trip.

　　 Karin naturally has no objection, and so does Nick.

　　 At the foot of the mountain, the battle has begun.

　　 The iron armored mountain dragon couldn't stand its temper. This head looked like a pangolin, but the huge behemoth had no interest in the group of small bugs in front of him. Even if there was an existence with an aura close to itself, it didn't care at all.

　　 The huge limbs moved like the stone pillars supporting the temple, and they stepped heavily on the ground. The giant beast decided to ignore the group of humans who were trying to stop it. The whole body seemed to be a moving fortress and rushed straight towards the dragon's nest ruins.

Countless snow dust deposited on the ground was shaken up, cracks spread, and faced with the giant beasts that hit like a mountain, even the elite, these cultists inevitably had a trace of fear in their hearts, but they had long since Having received the corresponding combat training, so just as the iron armored mountain dragon began to charge, the formation of these cultists changed, and they skillfully avoided the straight line of the giant beast's collision and came to the side of the opponent.

　　 Each of these high-ranking silver warriors swiftly avoided the airflow generated by the opponent's charge, raised the enchanted sword and chain hammer in his hand, and then lifted the anger, broke the atmosphere, and slammed the opponent's limbs on the carapace.

　　 But it was useless, the iron armored mountain dragon was still charging. The blade and the carapace intersected, producing a violent creaking sound, and a powerful counter-shock force came, and instead shook all the blades apart and shattered. When even several fighters were stabbed by fragments of their weapons, It is temporarily unable to continue the fight.

　　 The dragon beast covered all over by the [Reverse Shock Stand] will not be dragged by the miscellaneous soldiers at all, and only the strong of the same level can stop it.

　　 "Go away, sure enough, it's not a gold-class existence, there is no way to stop the mountain dragon's charge."

At the center of the team, the black-clothed woman took off her hood and showed her true face. Her face was half a beautiful woman, half a skeleton, a skeleton filled with black mist, and her black eyes were burning. The calm soul fire released a blue light, and the woman called the priest looked at the dragon beast who was burying her head and charging, and raised the staff in her hand.

This staff is pale in its entirety, with a huge skull at the top. It is cast from human bones. The eyes of the skull are inlaid with two brilliant magic crystals. Through the previously prepared array, the power of the other three cult spellcasters has been brought together. The woman pointed the skull staff at the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, and then quickly chanted the blasphemous incantation.

One after another invisible waves and black Y shadows appeared, and then rushed towards the dragon beast. As the magic spread, the iron armored mountain dragon immediately felt the surrounding atmosphere as if it had turned into a solid body, making its body stagnate, and the next moment, Y shadow Turned into huge black arms, entangled its limbs, trying to fix it in place.

[Atmospheric stagnation] and [Yshadow's Grip], these two magics cast by gold-level wizards are enough to solidify the air into an entity that surpasses the rock wall. The huge Yshadow tentacles can crush steel, but they block The giant power of the dragon beast, only a moment later, accompanied by the roar of the iron armored mountain dragon, it got rid of the spell cast by the black priest, and then rushed towards the opponent like a gust of wind, and won the time to cast the spell. A faint gray light began to light up on the priestess's staff.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a huge vibration. The four people on the mountainside knew that the battle had begun. With the thunderous roar, Ivan was preparing to take his companions out of this dangerous area. They carefully left the hills they had hidden before. , Ran quickly towards the bottom of the mountain.

　　 But the golden priest who was fighting keenly noticed something wrong. She immediately turned her head, the black eye sockets on half of the skull's face flashed with the light of soul fire, and she said in a sharp voice: "Someone is halfway up the mountain! He saw us!"

At this time, the woman in black is using various seemingly evil spells to weaken the resistance of the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, and repeatedly using the frost spell to stop the dragon beast from trying to breathe the flame dragon's breath, the magic fluctuations on her body are releasing The obviously filthy atmosphere, even ordinary people can know, this must be a cultist.

This operation is classified. They spent a great price to pass through the Grand Canyon and sneak into the northern Moldavia. If this matter is discovered by ordinary people, and they tell Joshua or Nostradamus, Then there is no doubt that their mission is very likely to fail, so after hearing these words from their leader, most of the cultists present quickly rushed towards the half-mountain side of the Dragon Nest Relic.

Anyway, the facts have proved that they can't cause any damage to the iron armored mountain dragon. Whether it is swords, spells or crossbows, they can't break the opponent's iron shell, and the dragon beast's eyes also have a thick transparent eyelid, even if it is. The priest is also very difficult to defeat.

Because of the removal of the magic that masked the breath, the faces of Ivan and his party were heavy when they were discovered. They had not been far away at this time, and they had already been discovered by the other party. According to the speed of the silver power, it would take a long time to be met. Catch up.

　　 "I...I'll come to the queen."

　　 After hesitating for a moment, Ivan still made a decision immediately. He turned his head to look at his companion, his tone was firm, and he couldn't refuse: "Give me the magic scroll and the acid grenades, you go quickly."

　　 Although ruthless, this is something that was negotiated at the beginning of the formation of the team. When the four-person team encounters an unstoppable enemy, if someone volunteers to be the queen, then the others should not talk and waste time and let the other party's sacrifices in vain.

　　 Nick creaked his fist, and Karin gritted his teeth, but they weren't ordinary teenagers out of the greenhouse. Nick’s parents were killed in a dark tide eight years ago. He has always been hunting by himself and with the help of his uncle’s family. The elders in Karin’s family are even knights in the Black Forest fortress. You have to experience a warcraft siege every year, how can you not know the courage and determination required to make such a decision?

　　 It is precisely because they know that they will never waste it with willfulness.

The two silently handed all kinds of magic items to Ivan, and Amila looked at her brother, her mouth opened slightly, and she took a step forward, as if she wanted to say something, but finally embraced After a moment, he left the other side in silence.

At the foot of the mountain, the battle between the two golden powerhouses continued. The priest used various vicious curse spells to weaken the physique and power of the dragon beast, and cleverly used various techniques to suppress the iron armored mountain dragon so that it could not breathe the flame dragon's breath. At present, it seems that it is impossible to say who has the upper hand, but this battle is definitely not going to end in a moment.

Some of the silver-tier cultists left behind to take care of the wounded, while the other rushed to the hillside. The black-clothed cultist headed by him was a longbowman who had been hidden nearby. His speed was not slow. The distance is also close, so the first one came to the destination.

　　 And a figure appeared before his eyes.

　　 Ivan Makarov, the young man born as a hunter stared at the enemy in front of him with cold eyes, his gray pupils gleaming calmly. He was holding a scroll in his hand and looked ordinary, wearing an academy uniform and white snow robe, and his brows were not handsome, but he stood on the ground as unshakable as a steel statue.

And the next moment, the scroll in the young man's hand flashed light, releasing a gray beam of light. The longbowman couldn't dodge, so he could only raise his arm to block it, but at the moment he touched the beam, the whole body became clear. It made a creaking sound and was completely petrified. The beam did not stop because of it. It leaped over the longbowman turned into a stone statue and swept towards other cultists behind him. In just an instant, more than five cultists were killed. Petrochemical.

The strength of silver and black iron is far from the difference between silver and gold, gold and Jiyi, and Jiyi and Legend. Neither of them has reached the transcendental level, and still belongs to the mortal class. If used properly, black iron ranks. Of course it is possible for the mage to kill silver using scrolls and other items.

What Ivan uses is the last resort given by the academy instructors to protect these students who go out for trials. This petrified beam scroll that can be used by the Dark Iron mage comes with a large amount of magic power reserve, even if it is seriously injured. The students could also use it easily, and at the moment this scroll was used, a sharp alarm sounded in a secret room of Winterhold Academy.

　　 "What's the matter?! Which team is in danger?"

A tutor outside the secret room immediately rushed in and asked nervously and loudly, and the personnel in the secret room who had been monitoring various intelligence also immediately replied: "It's Team No. 1, Ivan Makarov and the others! Scrolls The detection circle above shows that there are gold-level magic fluctuations around them!"

　　 "Golden rank?! Damn, where are they!"

　　 "The Arctic Ice Field, White Dragon Nest X!"

　　 After half a minute, a rescue team consisting of two gold-level mages and four silver high-level mages passed through the teleportation array and went to the Arctic Icefield for rescue.

　　 At this time, Ivan is in a bad situation. Although the cultists who rushed in were petrified by him with a petrified light beam scroll, as long as they were left alone for a while, these petrified people would get rid of the influence of magic and come back to life. Others see the situation badly. Cultists no longer run in a straight line, but use various rocky terrain to jump forward in an S-shape.

　　 This way, although the speed of advancement was greatly reduced, it also prevented Ivan, who was holding other scrolls, from aiming and attacking. He tried to throw a few bottles of acid grenades commonly used by dwarves, but failed to hit the target.

　　 seems to end here. The young man thought helplessly. But this is not bad, at least it delays their forward speed and chase time.

This world is so dangerous, so he had long thought about death. It was when the dragon beasts invaded the village and killed their parents. The teenager who aspired to become a dragon slayer had long thought that he might be in the middle. , He died accidentally, but even he did not expect that it would come so soon.

　　 It seems that I can’t hunt the dragon by myself and avenge my parents... but at least my sister...

　　 And his sister Amila, on the way of retreating, suddenly stopped.

　　 "Amila, don't stop!"

　　 At this moment, even Nick, who admired the other person, said solemnly: "Don't do stupid things, let your brother's sacrifice be in vain!"

And the red-haired girl Karin is ready to stun her and take her away if she doesn’t follow her. Northlanders have never been like mothers-in-laws. They don’t have time to play with brothers and sisters at this time. Only if they survive There is a chance for revenge.

　　 But the girl with long platinum hair didn't immediately answer her companion's question. She just glanced at the dragon's nest ruins. The ice and snow that was shaky because of the aftermath of the battle of the gold-ranked powerhouse flashed with inexplicable light in her eyes.

　　 "Nick, Karin, don't deceive yourself, the other party has a golden strong, we can't run away." The girl said softly, "But I have a plan, maybe I can delay it even longer."

　　 She told her plan.

　　 This very northern-style plan impressed the other two people in an instant.

　　 After a while, Ivan, who was leaning on the rocks and terrain and using the magic scroll to delay the cultists' progress, suddenly heard a loud shout.

"what----!!!"

Nick’s voice echoed around the entire Dragon’s Nest. With the blessing of high-pitched magic, the half-dwarf’s original loud voice seemed to thunder in an instant, and even surpassed the thunder. The huge sound wave transmitted, making everyone including the cultists fierce. Startled.

　　 In the next instant, a red arrow with magical brilliance traversed a long trajectory in mid-air, and then landed below the top of the mountain, where the dragon's nest collapsed and formed a ruin of ice and snow.

　　 "That, that's Karin's Burst Arrow!"

　　 Seeing the arrow falling in shock, how clever Ivan is as the head of the academy, he understood the thoughts of his companions in an instant, and a huge shock and moving came from his mind, making him unable to speak for a while.

　　 does not need words.

　　Because of the huge roar, all sounds were overwhelmed.

　　 The original stable relics of the dragon’s nest were shaken by the battle of the gold powerhouse at the foot of the mountain, and the reverberating sound waves and violent explosions became the last straw that crushed the ice and snow on the mountain.

　　 rumbling rumbling————

A dull and violent roar echoed in the air. At the foot of the mountain, he was fighting with the iron armored mountain dragon, and the black priest who had the upper hand with the help of the weak intelligence of the opponent suddenly raised his head to look at the snowy mountain behind him, because Shocked, she ended the suppression of the dragon beast in an instant, and the huge dragon beast took this opportunity to sweep its tail and flew it away.

　　 "The dragon's nest collapsed...I can't complete the mission!"

　　 At this moment, the priest didn't think about himself, but the task assigned by the high priest.

It can be seen that halfway up the mountain, large masses of ice and snow are rushing down the mountain slope. The scene is like a tsunami torrent, and the sand castle collapses. The violent roar and vibration caused the earth to vibrate like an earthquake. All the cultists who are still halfway up the mountain are dead.

They immediately gave up the hunt for Ivan and others, but fled towards the foot of the mountain. As Silver-level beings, it is indeed very likely that they will not die due to an avalanche, but it is very likely that they are seriously injured and dying. No one Will be stupid enough to resist an avalanche, that is suicide.

　　 The avalanche seemed slow, but it was actually extremely fast. In just a few seconds, the ice and snow that had originally been on the top of the mountain rushed over, caught up with the group of escaped cultists, and swallowed them one by one. At the same time, Ivan was hiding behind a rock, praying that he would survive, and Amila and others, who had been prepared to resist, also made the same move, waiting for the ice and snow to fall down.

　　 At the foot of the mountain, the huge dragon beast watched the avalanche, but his heart did not fluctuate at all~www.novelmtl.com~ It didn't even look back, but continued to move up the mountain until it was also submerged by the torrent of snow that gradually stopped.

　　 After the violent roar, there was a long-lost silence.

　　 The foot of the mountain was covered with white ice and snow, as if it had become a plain of snow.

　　 I don't know how long it took, the flat snow surface arched a small hill, the next moment, the hill collapsed into D, a black figure floated from it, and an angry female voice came.

　　 "Damn it! If you let me know who caused the avalanche, I must... to..."

　　 This voice, which was full of resentment and unwillingness, gradually became lower, weaker, and almost nothing. You can only hear the trembling of women's teeth and the clank of teeth colliding with each other.

　　Because a man is standing in front of her, watching her with interest.

　　 "Let's talk."

　　 Joshua moved his wrist, he said: "What are you going to do to my students?"