Soul of Burning Steel

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()    When Kiraya set foot on the frost-covered land in the north, the memory could not help but go back thirty-four years ago when her father took her to the sad sea at the end of the world to watch the ice in the distant afternoon.

    It is the southernmost pole of the mainland, thousands of kilometers away from Mycroft. Her father once said that a thousand years ago, this place was originally a paradise for life to thrive, and there were countless swaying and swaying things. Black and white fat birds live here, and special races called Xinleaians also live on this continent entirely made of ice. They live on hunting seals and fish, in the mother of the earth and the gods of the oceans. Live a peaceful and peaceful life under the shelter of.

    Kiraya doesn't care about the past of the black and white birds and primitive people, but it was the home of the last survivors of the Earth Temple of Universal Faith when it flourished a thousand years ago. It was not that she could not tell the difference between the north and the south, but the young female elder of the Earth Temple couldn't help feeling a little when she saw the familiar snow and ice.

    Today's Earth Temple has been torn apart, and the relict castle in the ice field is no longer their base camp.

    From the wide rocky avenue in the suburbs, into the satellite city where guards and knights patrol from time to time, Kiraya calmly walked under the noses of the tall horses, young but imposing guard knights of the Radcliffe family, After entering the city, her beautiful appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people-although there are people with hair of any color on the Mycroft continent, there are very few people with purple gem-like hair, not to mention this stranger. Of women have an inexplicable charm that will attract other people involuntarily to get close.

    "Is a high-level professional." He shook his head quickly, waking up from the natural charm, a knight was immediately a little nervous and said to his colleague on the side: "Strength should be in the golden high-level, inform the White Dragon Knights, Be prepared for an emergency!"

    "There is no need to make such a fuss, right? In today's main city, several golden powerhouses come to visit the lord...Who would do it under the eyes of the legendary powerhouse? Isn't that suicide."

    Another knight patted the panting horse under his body. He was not charmed, but his horse was a little bit unable to control himself. He wanted to kneel down and surrender, which made him laugh and scold. Said: "I have fed you such a long-term kindness, but I still can't match the beauty of others?"

    Although it is said that, the news of a golden man’s entry into the city was quickly reported layer by layer, and was notified to every corner of the city. Today Moldavia has basically popularized the communication array, because of the magic. The concentration has greatly increased, and the most difficult and most expensive charging link has disappeared. Now, this simple array has been mass-produced all over the world, and the Northland is only the first batch.

Kiraya naturally knew this, but she didn't care. Rather, it was originally part of her plan. Tell the adult in advance that the messenger has arrived as promised.

    And before the other party's invitation-or the order came, she wanted to take a good look at the city.

    Passing through the southern satellite city where many places are just foundations and a crude frame, to the periphery of the inner city walls of Moldavia, Kiraya looked at this vibrant northern city, holding snowboards from time to time on the side of the road. Groups of half-aged teenagers preparing to go to the countryside to play, and in the snow on the side of the road, you can also see many children under ten years old laughing and throwing snowballs at each other, and most of their parents are sitting aside, smoking Drinking tobacco, or drinking half a bottle of turbid liquor, watched this scene with a smile.

    "It's so good..."

    The young female elder of the Earth Temple couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion. She stopped and watched the children who were not worried about their safety even if they went to the suburbs. The thoughts in her heart flew, perhaps for the locals. , It’s just a trivial daily life, but it is extremely difficult to enjoy for the intelligent life in other areas of the Mycroft Continent-outside the city wall, it is the domain of Warcraft and Thieves. As long as you get out of the city, then The lives of civilians cannot be guaranteed. Farmers need to prepare bows and knives in every household. Even if they can’t defeat a sudden attack of monsters, they must at least support them until the security team arrives. For them, let alone. Going to play in the suburbs, even if you leave one-third of one acre of land, you will be frightened.

    In other parts of the world, the vast majority of civilians have never seen the scenery hundreds of miles away from their hometown. Some of them have never left the land where they were born. And here, Moldavia in the north, When children are young, they can go outside the city to play freely, cross rivers on ice, climb mountain peaks, and see the scenery in the distance. This is a kind of sublimation of knowledge.

    Many people believe that the existence of the legendary strong will make a land suddenly become outstanding, and a steady stream of strong and sages will appear and join the other's banner. Ordinary people attribute it to the legendary powerhouse and think it is the result of their teaching, but Kiraya believes that although it is also because of the legendary powerhouse, the most essential reason for the change is simply because of the broadening of horizons. A child who has seen a wider world from a young age is completely different from a child who has wandered around the house all his life. The ‘size of the heart’ is the root of the difference between the two.

    "Dear Elder Kiraya, Lord Lord is waiting for you."

    Along with the gentle sound of horseshoes, beside Kiraya who was admiring the city, a team of fifteen people suddenly appeared. This team had three knights, eight archers and four shield guards. , The leather armor and armor on the chest were engraved with the logo of the city guard. Seeing their arrival, the surrounding civilians retreated automatically to make room for them, but this still young female elder just laughed He shrugged: "The speed is so fast, it's a real elite."

    "Your thumbs up." Nodding slightly, the leading knight was not moved by Kiraya's face with a little charm: "Please follow us."

    And the female elder who knew the location of the Lord's Mansion had done her homework before, but was a little confused: "This is not the direction to the Lord's Mansion."

    "Your lord is not in the lord's mansion now." Another knight replied in a low voice: "Your lord was patrolling the city guard station before, so I will meet you at the tower not far away."

    This is a good explanation. Kiraya didn't think there was anything wrong. Originally, she was the weaker party when she came this time. The other party wanted to do whatever she wanted, and she didn't need to take care of her emotions.

    However, the armor of these knights is truly luxurious. Seeing that he was surrounded by groups, it was not so much a defense, but rather a city guard squad that was escorted, Kiraya noticed that their armor had looming magic lines, which meant that the worst was also an enchanted equipment. , And it seems that every city guard patrolling in the street has the same equipment, which almost means that they have almost popularized magic armor-this kind of thing is simply unimaginable before the Great Demon Tide.

    Not waiting for this emotion to dissipate, soon, Kiraya came to the tower that was indeed not far away, and at the entrance of the tower, the city guard squad that'escorted' her was disbanded. Returning to their posts, the female elders who had been quite relaxed along the way took a few breaths subconsciously to relieve the sudden chest tightness and tremors.

    "This coercion...compared to the reaction of the artifact in the Great Temple..."

Looking deeply at the top of the tower, Kiraya suddenly smiled and shook her head, and strode towards the top floor. When she learned that she was on the scene to meet the rumored earl who was brutally killed. She had already prepared the corresponding psychologically, even death could not make her hesitate, not to mention the mere coercion.

    She came to the top of the tower and saw a man from the back. He was wearing a large cloak with a black background, without any lines or decorations to show off. He did not react at all to the arrival of Kiraya, until the other party knelt on the ground, he said lightly: "Come here. Ah, the betrayer."

    There is no doubt that these words stung Kiraya's heart, but she cannot refute it. Because she knew that no matter how lofty their past was, and no matter how compelling they were to suffer, they had done things that betrayed all lives in the world of Mycroft in the final analysis. If the situation remains the same as it was hundreds of years ago and they succeeded, then they might be the heroes of curve salvation, but now that the flame is rekindling, they have also failed, then they are inevitable betrayers, especially in the face of This man, this...hero who seemed to dominate the rekindling of the flames.

    "Huh, Goddess?"

     Turning his head, the man's voice raised slightly, seeming to be a little curious: "The Temple of Earth is very sincere, but it is not sending cannon fodder to reconcile...Okay, don't kneel, I did not release the coercion, stand up and repeat your high priest thought Something to say to me."

    "Yes, my lord."

    Head down, instinctively afraid to look at the other person, Kiraya didn’t know why, she couldn’t even raise any thoughts of resistance, but obediently followed the other party’s words. She immediately recounted the minutes in the Great Temple. The old high priest spoke a word to her.

     And Joshua listened to the retelling of the mixed-race goddess with jewel-like hair, but her heart sank slightly.

    "Isn't the one who came here?" He thought helplessly.

    The woman in front of me, who had been in contact with the imperial royal family a long time ago, expressed that she wanted to reconcile with the Radcliffe family, and the elders of the Earth Temple fluently retelled all the words of their high priest, removing the meaningless information. , The meaning of the expression is roughly as follows: the original Earth Temple camp, that is, for hundreds of years, has been pushing the war behind the scenes, and the latent forces that have joined forces with the five-color dragon family, the abyss demon, and the followers of the evil god, have now been rekindled by the flames. However, the factions that were torn apart and didn't support the original plan very much have now completely separated from the organization, washing themselves out and treating themselves as nobles, mages, or local forces. And those who supported the original plan to "fall into the abyss" also split into dozens of scattered organizations, large and small.

    The Kiraya faction is a family of large temples that tends to be conservative. Most of them are goddesses of the mother goddess with the blood of the earth mother goddess. They empathize with the pain that once felt on the Mycroft continent, so they have always Committed to eliminating this pain, that is, repairing nature through various methods, and even reshaping nature. Of course, this is useless. The original Mycroft continent has died from the bottom of its roots, and no matter how it is repaired To no avail, so they also became a part of joining the abyss. But the faction that Nolan was in at the time was a radical who took the initiative to contact the abyssal demons and even the evil gods. They were crazy because of their pain. It is not so much to eliminate pain, but to share this pain with the world. Everyone, let everyone experience the horror of the world's imminent destruction.

    Nowadays, because the Seven Gods Church and the southern countries have joined forces to suppress the lurking Earth Temple forces in all aspects, both the conservatives and the radicals are in embarrassment. Fortunately, the radicals are lunatics similar to cultists. , And the conservatives have some headaches. Although they did plot a lot of conspiracies, now the flames are rekindled and the earth is revived. They have lost their driving force and motivation. Now they have no interest in starting at all, let alone peace. The Church of the Seven Gods and other major forces confronted, and there were large-scale voices of surrender and reconciliation within the organization. In desperation, the Great Temple could only send a large number of envoys to every force that had been more or less opposing, intending to bleed. Peace talks.

    Joshua, as a conqueror of the Abyss of Anos, a participant in the battle of the mad dragon, and a person who has faced the replica of the Ember Earth Excalibur, the Temple of the Earth owes him an explanation, and he has a close personal relationship with the Pope of the Church of Seven Gods If possible, I hope to introduce them to them.

     even said this, the other party did not lie. Joshua nodded. There are indeed not many people who dare to lie to herself now, and Kiraya is not one of them. Although she can speak calmly and smoothly in front of him who is showing hostility, she can't move away. There is still a long way to conceal the sensuality.

     But since it is not the righteous master, then there is no interest, there is no hatred, and peace talks are meaningless. And just when Joshua planned to suspend the conversation and send the goddess out of Moldavia, Kiraya seemed to have a foreboding, and suddenly said: "The high priest once said that based on your personality, I won’t be interested in this kind of thing, so we are willing to entrust you as the "Mountain Envoy of the Temple of Earth, holding the highest authority in our organization of descendants of the Mother God..."

    "Chongshan Envoy?"

The words of      immediately caused Qiao Xiuya to frown slightly. In his previous life, he had also attacked the Misty of the God of the Earth Mother [Rock Mountain Giant God, of course, he understands what the title of Chongshan Envoy means, it is enough to The authority comparable to the high priest of the temple, and the privilege of being able to communicate directly with God.

        "But..." The soldier temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​sending Kiraya away. He asked with some doubts: "Isn't that only the title of Titan?"

    Chongshan, Thunder, Qunsen, Jianghe...and these titles should be granted only to the children of the Mother Earth God, the title of Pure Blood Titans. For the Earth Temple, the group of goddesses who have died, they are willing to take the whole As far as the abyss of the world is concerned, even if the Church of the Seven Gods is just facing extinction, they will never make concessions in this respect.

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    "Interesting, when did I become a Titan bloodline again?"

    Touched the battlements at the tower next to him, Joshua smiled. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with the speculation of the Temple of the Earth, because his power of steel had indeed won the Chongshan Titan Ur from Grantia World. Bandeney's guidance, his real body is even a Titan-like giant of steel. It is not surprising that this familiar aura makes the opponent misjudge, and he even praises the other's sharpness.

     And everything makes sense-I accidentally offended my family before, and now of course it is necessary to reconcile it immediately.

    "But this reason is not enough. Go on and tell the whole truth."

Of course, Joshua knew that he was not a descendant of Titans at all, but because he thought of Urbani’s guidance to him, the warrior planned to give this group of people a chance: "Your heart is beating rapidly, I can see Your blood flow and the trembling of muscle fibers...you can't hide a legend."

     Feeling the increasing pressure, Kiraya was surprised that Joshua had indeed deliberately suppressed the pressure before. She roared and explained in the illusion of darkness spreading: "Because... In this world, only the Chongshan Titan possesses the rudiment of the power of steel, and the other Titans are just ordinary elemental powers...Even in the heyday of the Temple of the Earth God, there are only a few people who hold the power of origin, but now In this world, you are the only one..."

    "We have lost the inheritance of steel, the Great Temple family fell because of this, and the radicals took power..."

    Almost the whole body was trembling, Kiraya’s voice was getting lower and lower, and Joshua, who sensed that the other party was about to coma, reduced her pressure a little, so that she could say it smoothly: "The high priest means, We will also make good friends with you at all costs. For this, we can offer the classics left by the envoys of the mountain and the practitioners of the power of origin during the millennium or even the Glory Era!"

    Say no earlier. After blinking, Qiao Xiuya really didn't expect this kind of unexpected gain. He thought for a while, and planned to ask someone to drop this nervous sweat on the ground. The almost collapsed female elder sent it to rest for a while. , And then later contacted Eagle to ask about the situation, and was making a determination, but what he did not expect was that Kiraya seemed to think that this meant that the warrior was still planning to refuse, so he raised his head with a trace of madness and straightened. Looking into the soldier's eyes.

    "You will definitely be interested!"

    Coughed and said ~www.novelmtl.com~ Almost suffocated by the resentment and coercion of Joshua's body, Kiraya's voice revealed a sickly distortion: "During those tortured days Here, we did everything, lurking into various countries, studying ancient magic, searching for ancient dark relics, analyzing the black forest to restore the environment... Our original limit is like this, the Earth Temple was originally a group of descendants of **** blood gathering spontaneously The loose organization that got up, even if you think about it for ten thousand years, you can’t figure out how to drop the world into the abyss, and it’s absolutely impossible to have anything to do with the five-color dragon clan and the abyss lord..."

         "What are you trying to say?" Unexpectedly, there was still a secret message. Qiao Xiuya immediately turned his face and continued to ask, but at this time, Kiraya was in the third position, almost in shock. I heard her murmur such a few words.

    "They are..."

    "Darkness among the stars..."