Soul of Burning Steel

The aurora is like a curtain, hanging in the high sky of the north at night, and the soft brilliance of a tulle floats among the stars and clouds, as beautiful as a dream.

Whenever the night sky is shrouded by aurora, many existences with excellent magic talents will be born on the earth. According to the research of the masters of the Guantian White Pagoda, this is the result of the huge magical power conflicting and radiating at high altitude, and it is illuminated by a high concentration of magical power. Newborns will naturally have a strong elemental affinity.

Because of this, the northern lights are regarded as a sign of luck by the people of the North. They held a celebration for this, and invited their brothers and friends to gather together to enjoy the beautiful scenery outdoors. Then, it was like the first person to see the aurora thousands of years ago. Like the human being, he gave out satisfying and amazed praises.

Thousands of years later, the aurora and the sky have not changed. Whenever the magic power makes waves and hovering high in the sky, it will arrive as scheduled, but the human beings living on the earth are very different from the past.

Star Pendant 883, November 17, Northland Moldova, northwestern Black Forest border.

The wind was like a blade, carrying ice-cold snow grains against the ridge, and the cedar forest on Mt. Mordès whimpered in the wind, as if it was about to be crushed by freezing in the next moment.

At this time, it was the coldest moment in Moldova in two hundred years. Because of the inexplicable magical fluctuations erupting around the sea of ​​uncertainty, the weather in the entire Northland suddenly fell into complete chaos. Even the most experienced meteorologists could not see the direction of the weather three days later, close to minus fifty degrees. The cold wind can't compete with the deer and giant wild boars, who are good at resisting the cold. They obediently retracted into the nest, waiting for the end of the cold wave.

Mount Mordes is located in the Black Forest on the southeast side of the Great Aas Mountains. It is the end branch of the huge mountain range. It is named after the explorer who discovered it. This hill is less than 800 meters long. It didn't have the slightest reputation in the past, but now, it has become a famous place for the entire Northland and even half of the continent.

Because here, people have discovered a relic from ancient times.

A few months ago, a team of adventurers who had received the mission to explore the Black Forest entered Mount Mordès and never came out again. However, the Moldovan Lord’s Mansion that issued the mission believed that this group of adventurers was probably due to a hidden encounter. When the golden monsters were all destroyed, they reappeared.

Lost most of the team members, the team of adventurers struggling to escape from the Black Forest with scars, and brought back a news that was not very eye-catching at the time: there is an unusually hidden underground cave in Mauds, the end of the cave. It seems to lead to a metal gate that should be a man-made object.

At first everyone thought it was a phantom seen after these poor people went crazy, but the Lord’s Mansion paid great attention to it. Lord Verdani even personally appointed several silver peak knights to lead a team to explore the cave. But the facts shocked everyone-what the team of adventurers said was true! At the end of the cave is indeed an ancient metal building buried in the mountain. Behind the gate is an ancient magic trap that is still in good condition. If the knights were not led to be cautious, I am afraid that they would be the same as those adventurers, with most of the casualties. , Fleeing hastily.

This is an ancient relic from the last era!

The impact of this news in the archaeological community is second only to the ancient city ruins discovered by the Master Guantian White Tower in the Central Black Forest, but how dangerous is the Central Black Forest? It takes too much resources to explore the urban ruins there, so in just a few days, many wizards from other forces came to Moldova with their teams, ready to try to explore the ruins in the Mordes Mountains.

But unfortunately, a few days later, a rare cold wave of two hundred years swept across the entire Northland. Although Moldova was not the most severe in weather changes, blizzards and cold winds also completely blocked the road to the Black Forest. Many exploratory teams were unable to Do not stay in the main city of Moldova, waiting for the wind and snow to stop.

"Nonsense!"

In a small mountain cave in the southeast branch of the Great Aas Mountains, a brown-haired man in a simple gray robe threw the "Mage Weekly" on the ground. The light flashed, and the poor book instantly turned into a dust of dust and dispersed with the wind.

"I should be the first to discover the ruins! I cleaned and excavated the caves leading to the ruins! These hateful Northlanders found the ruins while I was away and spread the news!"

Randall took a few deep breaths, and then the pressure in his heart was reduced, and a few people in black walked out of the cave. They carefully glanced at Randall in the gray robe, and then whispered. : "Priest, what's the matter?"

"It's okay." The gray-robed priest who calmed down shook his head. He asked in a deep voice, "Are there still people around the ruins?"

The figures in black hoods and robes bowed respectfully and said: "Yes, my lord, almost every group of explorers has left a few spies to guard near Mount Mordes, and the lord's palace even sent half a knight. Mission, built a temporary camp at the foot of the mountain."

"Sure enough." Since he had guessed the result a long time ago, Randall was not angry either. He calmly predicted the possibility of entering forward in his mind: "So what is their strength?"

Several people in black looked at each other, and then said with a very low voice: "Priest, those people gathered around the ruins are high-level mages, elite adventurers and well-known mercenaries, and they were sent to guard Mord. The ones near Sishan are among the elite..."

"Just say the answer." The gray-robed priest said impatiently: "I'm mentally prepared."

"Yes!" responded immediately. A man in black took a step forward. He simply said: "At least more than twelve gold powerhouses, priests, and more than half of the gold powerhouses have personally passed by to guard, Moldova The lord, Verdani Scarlett and her fiancé Brandon Kaos, these two golden pinnacle powerhouses are also in the camp...I think there is no chance."

At the end, the man in black probably accidentally confided in his heart, and Randall sighed helplessly when he heard the words, because he himself thought so too.

Yes, there is indeed no opportunity to explore the ruins in a low-key manner.

Randall is one of the Seven High Priests of the Plague Order. The reason why he came to the Northland was to discover the ancient relics hidden in Mount Mordes.

The Plague Order was established about 700 years ago. At the beginning, this humble sect, which was dominated by the refugees, the poor, and the critically ill, was just a small group of dying people to warm up and spend the last time of their lives. It was to fabricate some doctrines and salvation for psychological comfort, but since a strange mage who did not know where he came from joined, the nature of the entire cult has rapidly deteriorated.

The mysterious mage who later became the high priest of the Order used incredible magic to cure many incurable members of the Order, and naturally became the leader of the entire Order. Under his leadership, it was just like at that time. Thousands of small organizations on the Mycroft Continent changed its name to the [Healing Order] and began to recruit members and preach their doctrines. With the ability to heal injuries and plagues, in just a few years, the membership of the entire cult has increased to 150,000. At that time, the war-prone Mycroft continent was already an extremely powerful force.

If things continue to develop in this way, the future of the world will certainly not be like it is now, but at that time, the Seven Gods Church, whose power was limited to the far south, saw that the Healing Order in the western mountainous area did have the ability to easily cure diseases and plagues, and planned to cooperate Conduct exchanges and cooperation to bring salvation to more human beings together.

But on the way to the headquarters of the Healing Order in the western mountains, a cautious paladin discovered their conspiracy.

This cult with the name of healing is actually the spreader of the many plagues in Xishan. While spreading various plagues, it caused panic, and then healed the sick by itself and harvested faith. What is frightening is that the cured The patients are also weird. Their minds will become less and less conscious, and they will eventually become living corpses who only know how to eat. Only by joining the Order and getting the special medicines inside can they stay sane.

The Merciful and Salvation Healing Order instantly turned into a horrifying plague cult. After discovering the truth, many kingdoms in Xishan immediately dispatched armies to encircle and suppress, and the powerful royal family also cooperated with the paladins of the Seven Gods Church to raid the headquarters of the Order.

The process of the battle does not need to be detailed. In short, the Church of the Seven Gods finally settled in the western mountains, and the Plague Order was wiped out, and the remaining survivors also lost most of their inheritance. They would only use the magical spells unique to the Plague Order, but I don't know where my power comes from. Only a little bit of information in the ancient books can tell that their power may come from a great existence outside of a certain world.

Today, most of the leaders of the Plague Order of the older generation are hiding behind the scenes, planning various conspiracies, while the ambitious new generation stepped onto the front desk. These people are eager to restore the past glory of the Order, so they have their ideas. Among the many relics in ancient books, Randall is one of them.

But now, the ruins were found, but there was no way to get in.

The force sent by the Plague Sect to the Northland this time is the elite of the entire Northwest Division. Among the seven high priests, except for the four who are spreading crazy dragon disease in the far south and cooperating with the five-color dragon clan, the remaining three are all Came here. But even so, facing more than twelve golden powerhouses, they are still helpless, face-to-face confrontation, it is absolutely impossible to defeat so many powerhouses.

"Actually...Priest, there is another bad news."

The black-clothed man in the lead swallowed. When he saw Randall nodding, he stuttered: "The elite team led by Lord Shina has been out of touch for half a week..."

"Sina? Didn't she take people to the Arctic Icefield?" Randall couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and he asked nervously, "Why did you lose contact? Any details?"

The entire Plague Order is divided into two distinct generations. The strength of the old generation is in a bottleneck. Now it is either a retreat or secretly planning a conspiracy. The seven golden priests of the new generation are all leaders of the old generation. The disciples or descendants of the scholars, Randall and Sina are the same disciples of the same old priest. The two have always had a good relationship, and Sina led the team in order to cause a riot in Moldova some time ago, taking advantage of the chaos to enter the ruins. Go to the Dragon's Nest in the Arctic Icefield to find if there is any remaining plague poison gas that can be used.

Hearing that his friend was missing, the grey-robed priest began to feel that something was wrong.

The man in black who reported the news was silent for a while, and then said in a very cautious tone: "According to the news of our spies in Moldavia... the day that Lord Shina finally contacted us, Bei The Earl of Land happened to be on the far north ice sheet... took... with his dragon for a walk..."

In the cave, suddenly fell into silence.

At this time, Joshua was sitting in a dragon cart, watching the snow and ice flying outside the window, and the scenery galloping.

Concealing his identity, the soldier on the road alone found a caravan just about to go to Moldova and joined it as a passenger.

I don’t know what I am transporting. After receiving the money, the leader of the caravan doesn’t mind transporting a mysterious person with his face covered to Moldova. Of course, it’s not because he just had to face that man. I dare not say the reason for rejection, but because any caravan has done this kind of thing too much. They can transport goods and sell, and of course they don’t mind transporting one more person. As long as they can ensure safety, why not do such extra money?

Qiao Xiuya didn't dislike the humble seat in the back of the dragon cart, and he enjoyed it. Back then in the Far South, he had used all kinds of transportation, such as zodiacs, longhorned dragons, and griffin head monsters, all of which were commonplace. Among those weird ones, the earth travel dragon cart was considered comfortable.

More importantly, he originally experienced the feeling of being an adventurer. If it is too comfortable, it is not beautiful.

Joshua went to Moldova this time, half to see if the strong man in the mouth of the golden priestess was an acquaintance he had known, and half to relax. Since the warrior crossed the Starfall in 831, Joshua has lived more than legendary in the past two years-he has been fighting various chaotic monsters from beginning to end, five dragons face-to-face, and went to two different worlds. , I have seen Cthulhu once with my own eyes.

If it were an ordinary person, the san value would have been zero and the mental breakdown would have occurred. Although Joshua was mentally tough, he didn't care about it, but if he could travel to ease his mood, he would not refuse.

"Brandon and Verdani are now near Modes Mountain. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is waiting for the heavy snow to pass, and then formally explore the ruins."

The warrior looked at the booklet with magic in his hand that could directly contact the lord's mansion, and nodded thoughtfully: "I'll go around the main city of Moldova first, and then visit."

This booklet was specially made on the 3rd in order to let Joshua know some information in time. As long as Miss AI's heart moves and the magic is transmitted, various information messages will appear on the booklet. Of course, you can also chat with the fighters. , But both of them rarely use this feature.

The speed of the dragon cart is very fast, and even the wind and snow cannot stop the pace of the earth travel dragon. Just when Joshua comfortably followed the caravan and relived the experience of an adventurer of the year, he had already passed Moldavi. The dividing line of the sub-territories came to Moldavia.

At this time, the warrior is adjusting the route of vindictiveness in his body and optimizing the transmission structure. Even when traveling abroad, Qiao Xiuya will not forget to practice. In fact, his vindictiveness has made a small breakthrough recently.

But outside the dragon cart, there was a sudden messy sound, and the dull crash echoed in the back chamber, disrupting Joshua's contemplation.