Soul of Burning Steel

"Also, on the 3rd, I have prepared a gift for you."

Without disturbing anyone, even the maids in the lord's mansion did not sense the arrival of the master, Joshua walked into the room slowly, and said slowly: "Do you still remember what I said when I took you out of the world of Karlis. "

"Hey... what gift?!"

At first, when she heard this sentence, she was a little awkward at first, but No. 3, who tilted her head and didn't know how to answer, suddenly showed surprise. She looked very happy and wanted to suppress it, but she couldn't suppress the joy.

However, after hearing Joshua's last words, the artificial intelligence girl began to search her memory bank subconsciously, and she quickly found the memory at that time, but at this time, Joshua had already spoken again, and he smiled. He said: "I said, I will tear up Chaos and the evil god for you to see - now I can do it, I am done."

"Almost ten years have passed, and I have fulfilled my original promise. Although there are some empty words, this is my gift to you."

This is indeed a very surprising gift.

In ten years, even as artificial intelligence number 3, if he didn't search his own memory on purpose, he couldn't remember the conversation between himself and Joshua at that time for the first time. Keeping this in mind made her feel very moved, she was even a little embarrassed to look directly at the other person's face, and turned her head a little shyly.

However, while being moved, the keen No. 3 found that something was wrong with Joshua at this time. After all, based on her understanding of soldiers, Joshua definitely did not have the EQ to say such nasty words...that would make people blush !

"I'm really very happy... But Joshua, didn't you kill an evil god last time..."

Thinking of this, she asked a little confused: "When you returned from killing the weak evil god, our entire territory celebrated for a long time, and you gave a rare indulgence, leading a group of us around Mike in the stratosphere. The Rove world has gone for a spin."

Originally, this was just a common doubt—although the power of the evil god of death is infinitely stronger than that of the evil god of weakness, after all, this matter has been resolved for half a year, and the original tension and urgency have almost dissipated. Become the past...Of course, No. 3 felt that even if it was just to celebrate Joshua's return, there would be no problem in having another grand ceremony. She just didn't know why Joshua didn't talk about it at the time, but now he suddenly emphasized it.

This was originally a question that could be answered with a single sentence. The question on the 3rd was only instinctive, and she didn't expect to get an answer at all, but Joshua's long and monotonous silence afterwards made her feel puzzled and terrified.

"..."

Facing No. 3's problem, Joshua didn't speak for a long time. There was a red glow in his eyes that made people feel hot and frightened. In the same way, he said word by word: "The previous weak evil god doesn't count. It's just a weak individual who just escaped from the seal..."

"Actually, this time, it doesn't count, because the evil god of death was never born at all. Although it has powerful power, it was completely eradicated by us when it was still an embryo."

The weird and mechanical punctuation, as well as the obviously abnormal behavior, made No. 3 who received the reply feel a little something wrong from the bottom of his heart. It was obviously something to be happy, celebrated, and even cheered loudly, but because of Joshua's abnormality, let Her mood sank to rock bottom.

—He...has been corroded by chaos?

But I didn't feel the breath of chaos either!

And when No. 3 and Joshua stared at each other, suddenly, the soldier picked up No. 3's projection and put it on the desk, while he sat on the chair in front of the desk, doing After finishing these, he continued slowly: "These two add up to be an evil god."

Sitting on the desk, No. 3, who can really look at Joshua face to face, can see that there is some lightning-like red light swimming in the original red pupils of the black-haired soldier. Seeing this red light, even artificial The sense of intelligence also seemed to be greatly affected. She felt that she suddenly wanted to destroy something, destroy something, and turn anything—as long as it was in hand—into ashes.

However, the inheritance from the God of the Sky and the computing power of the main server of the magic net made No. 3 quickly get rid of this influence, but at the same time, she finally discovered where Joshua's anomaly came from.

"What I promise, I will do."

At this time, Joshua seemed to be talking to himself: "No matter what the price is, I will fulfill my promise."

When the soldier said this sentence, he didn't say it to No. 3 at all, he just used this sentence to confirm something.

At this time, the artificial intelligence girl seemed to understand something. Suddenly, No. 3, who was always very gentle with everything, especially Joshua, clenched her right fist. On the other hand, the soldier who couldn't tell anything unusual from his expression said forcefully, "Okay! I know what you need now!"

"Joshua, you need treatment now!"

After speaking, the magic power began to condense, and with the rune of the God of the Sky appearing behind No. 3, the entire Lord's Mansion and all the free magic power in the inner city seemed to be called, and after hearing the order, they began to frantically move towards the Lord's Mansion Surge from inside, at this moment, the magical power comparable to or even surpassing the ordinary extreme powerhouse gathered on the artificial intelligence's seemingly illusory arm, and then swung it down with its master's strength, and slapped Qiao Xiu heavily ya head!

However, this seemingly mighty blow collapsed the moment it touched the warrior's hair, and the endless magic power spots collapsed and turned into light golden snowflakes... It's not just that the magic power projection can't touch it The problem of the entity is also because the steel stance condensed on a single hair of Joshua is enough to be immune to most of the attacks of extraordinary power below the legend.

A drop of blood pressure can crush mountains and mountains, and a single hair can tear apart mountains and rivers. This is not bragging. For Joshua, it is a fact.

But even so, No. 3 has achieved her goal—using a large amount of magic power to stimulate the steel power of Joshua's body to react, and she immediately took advantage of this opportunity to send a large amount of Joshua's original storage The Force of Steel passed by!

【Spiritual backup】

A long time ago, when Joshua was still troubled by divinity, he made a copy of his normal mental state, stored it in the power of steel, and handed it to No. 3 for storage. With the existence of No. 3, he can always determine whether his spirit has been subtly influenced by divinity and made mistakes.

The plan called mental backup is an important project to ensure the integrity of the fighter's self-will, but at that time, Joshua quickly suppressed the fighting divinity in his body. Although the opponent is still growing, the growth rate of strength is faster than Its faster fighters were unafraid of their own strength, causing the plan to quickly fail.

But now... Joshua obviously experienced something abnormal, and No. 3, who wanted to understand this, immediately restarted the plan and began to analyze the mental problems of the soldiers at this time.

"OMG!"

Soon, No. 3, who had compared the results, was so frightened that his wings drooped. The winged girl raised her head in shock, and looked at the soldier who was still calm in front of her. She opened her eyes and exclaimed: "Joshua, What have you done, your mental deviation value has exceeded 90%, it's like an old patient who has been crazy for thirty years!"

No wonder Joshua is so weird today! I just said how could he intentionally stir up the topic of the agreement made ten years ago with his EQ!

I used to think that Joshua was going to take the initiative... No. 3 cut off the association in this regard. Now that I don't have this leeway, it's not time to joke... The 90% deviation value can no longer be described as serious. Unbelievable!

The mental deviation value is a total value calculated by integrating various thinking modes, which can reflect people's choices and cognitive views on various things under normal circumstances. Generally speaking, the mental deviation of normal people is about 5%, which changes due to emotional ups and downs. After all, whether it is extremely happy or angry, people always have some bottom lines that will not change.

And the mental deviation value exceeds 10%, which means crazy for ordinary people-it can be compared to a magician who has transformed into a lich. Because of negative energy and undead transformation, his cognition is fundamentally There was a deviation. Although it was still the same person, it was very different from the original self.

The erosion of divinity is naturally more serious. After all, this is a problem that even gods are troubled by, but even so, when Joshua suffered the most serious erosion of divinity last time, the deviation was only 15% to 25%. About %... At this point, even with Joshua's willpower, he became extremely bloodthirsty and warlike. In order to fight, he would even go against his own nature and principles, unconditionally provoking those who would otherwise restrain themselves, There is a friendly side that does not provoke.

No. 3 realized the seriousness of the matter, and she immediately gathered her magic power again, stretched out her hand, and pressed it on Joshua's head—of course, this time, Joshua suppressed the power of steel and instinctively counterattacked, although he is silent now , but still showed a cooperative attitude.

The flow of magical information flashed in the eyes of the artificial intelligence girl like a waterfall, and even faint runes flickered on the sky-blue hair——Number 3 almost understood why Joshua came back suddenly and quietly, and The first one found himself. It seems that even if the mental deviation value exceeds 90%, he also knows that his situation is not right and needs help, and No. 3 with mental backup is the best choice.

Before that, if he met other people, Joshua couldn't guarantee whether he would suddenly lose his mind, grab someone and beat him up... On the way back, an unknown victim was already beaten up Maybe.

90% of the mental deviation value will make people unable to communicate and think normally. Think about it, 90% of the brain tissue of the human brain, and even the nerve microcurrents have wrong conduction and flow. Ninety percent of the hardware is running, and all the software codes are wrong—thinking of this, No. 3 thinks it is a miracle that Joshua can run back from the maelstrom of creation alone!

No. 3 tried hard to restore the warrior's current mental deviation value through the spiritual backup left by Joshua, but it was obvious that compared with the warrior's body, the steel power he left was not enough at all, and the deviation value was always at 89 It fluctuates between %~92%, which seems to have no actual effect at all.

However, No. 3's efforts still had some results. When the artificial intelligence girl began to secretly adjust the calculation power of the main server of the magic net, the red lightning in the eyes of the soldiers finally began to gradually dim, and Joshua immediately relied on this Chance regained a little clarity.

"Thank you."

The first thing Joshua did when he returned to normal was to raise his head and look directly at No. 3, who had lost all kinds of magic power projections because of his concentration. He smiled and said, "Sure enough, my choice is not wrong. 3 No, you can really help me."

"Stop talking too much—Joshua, what's going on with you?"

Seeing that Joshua finally regained a trace of clarity, No. 3 felt very depressed besides joy. She whispered, "90% mental deviation value, how did you come back? You have been dormant in the maelstrom of creation before. Is it for this reason?"

"That's right, during the maelstrom of creation, my mental deviation value even exceeded 100%. At that time, I couldn't think at all, and could only fall into a deep sleep, waiting for the automatic running program I set to clean up wrong instructions and redundant redundant information."

No. 3's hand was still on Joshua's forehead. The soldier turned his eyes and glanced at the study room. He said softly, "It took half a year for me to recover a certain degree of communication ability. I know it won't work if this continues. Relying on the cleaning of automatic programs, it will take more than ten years for me to restore my thinking ability close to that of a normal person. The erosion of chaos and divinity is getting deeper and deeper, and the threat of chaos is gradually approaching. I don’t have more than ten years to waste."

"Relying on my obsession with 'promise', 'promise' and 'belief', I reluctantly returned to the world of Mycroft and found you... If you are not there, I will go to Igor and the Seven Gods to deal with it." Divinity, they must have their own way."

It's just that that kind of method may not be acceptable to me... Joshua is not ignorant of the nature of the power of the gods. In this situation, even a god may have only a few extreme methods to deal with it. , such as forcibly relying on another relative divinity to cancel.

But can I really accept the divinity of 'guarding', 'peace' and 'creating'?

It's hard to tell.

"So, do you want to activate the final plan?"

Hearing this, No. 3 was delighted to feel Joshua's trust, but also felt the danger. Joshua's current situation is obviously very unstable, and the current form of normal communication is still that she borrows the main server of the magic net. She barely maintained her strength... If she was a little further away from the warrior, Joshua would probably return to the state where it was extremely difficult to communicate with before. Thinking of this, No. 3's tone couldn't help but become firmer: "Do you want to perform a thorough spiritual restoration? Overwrite all the abnormal deviation points with the original normal memory format...Although it will cause some memory loss, But I'll back it up for you..."

"No."

Seeing No. 3's concerned expression, Joshua raised his hand with a smile and touched the other's face. The artificial intelligence girl's magic power projection couldn't touch him, but he was able to touch him actively. The soldier said calmly: "Just as I promised you to defeat the evil god back then, I also made a promise with the 'evil god of death' .”

"I make a promise with all the dead worlds that I will not forget them. Everything about them, whether it is sorrow, pain or despair, will live with me forever. Even if the other party is chaos, evil gods, or enemies that I defeated, But as long as it is my promise, I will never break it."

——No matter what the cost, I will fulfill my promise.

This is Joshua's belief, and it is also the reason why Joshua can still come back from the deepest part of the abyss with a 90% mental deviation value.

"Thank you for your concern, number three."

Noticing the obviously worried expression of the artificial intelligence girl, Joshua said softly: "However, this is no longer a mistake that can be corrected by replaying. I know my mental state best. If I just replay, I can only suppress it." It’s just for a while, as long as the root problem is not solved, it will recur all the time.”

"So what can I do to help you?"

No. 3 didn't have much to do at this time, the girl could only ask helplessly.

"It's very simple. To be honest, I still want to thank you on the 3rd. Because of your actions, I already have a plan."

Saying so, Joshua closed his eyes. He felt that No. 3's spirit was connecting with him through magic and steel power. He could feel that the main server of the magic net was connecting with himself through No. 3, the transfer station. Clear yourself up of a lot of tedious error messages.

"Magic net."

Countless information gathered and reorganized in Joshua's mind. He thought of spiritual terminals and fairy cards and other things that had never existed in the world of Mycroft in his previous life. A very complete plan began to emerge in his mind. Thinking of this, the warrior Can't help laughing silently, he whispered: "I can connect part of my calculation matrix to the magic net."

"Then……"

...

Starfall 841, February 1st.

Going deep into the abyss of extreme darkness, quelling disputes and turmoil, and defeating the legendary warrior of the unknown evil god (the name of the evil god of death has not been announced to the public), Joshua Van Radcliffe quietly returned to his territory for the tenth day.

On this day, the wind was calm and nothing happened. In the past ten days, those who already knew that the warrior had returned wanted to visit him, but they were politely refused. Only a small number of friends could enter the mysterious Lord's Mansion , communicate with Joshua.

Barnier, William, Barbarossa, Faina, Nostradamus, Igor...etc. Legendary powerhouses, as well as acquaintances like Lolanda and the Brandon family are all talking to Joshua After the sub-communication, all of them left with a face of contemplation, and when they returned to their laboratories and territories, they all began to thank guests behind closed doors at the same time, as if they were intensively carrying out some secret plan.

Many people who know the secrets behind the little bit are speculating that they are making repair courses and thinking about treatment plans for the legendary warriors who have been severely traumatized. The cure, on the contrary, seems to be teaming up in the magic web for a completely unknown grand plan.

The two sides insisted on their own opinions and launched several discussions on the forum of the spiritual terminal, but in the end there was no result.

In fact, neither side is wrong.

Starfall 841, February 1st.

The Imperial Foreign Exploration Department, the captain of the elite team, the outstanding student of the Winterhold Champion Academy, and the disciple of the legendary warrior Radcliffe, Priest Omni is walking on the streets of the main city of Moldavia. Walking around the street doing nothing.

It was the vacation between the two missions at this time, my sister was in class, Su Er was also storing energy for going out in the magic storage room, and all his teammates went back to their hometown to visit relatives. Seeing the teacher who came back from the abyss, but the door was closed. The black dragon girl with a ball of light on the door was simply not allowed to enter the stranger. If it wasn't for Priest, he was a familiar face. I'm afraid I will eat a sun and flame.

Although it is said that a young fighter with the strength of the gold level may not be able to stop him, but he knows that the body of the black dragon is not even a strong person with a high level of extreme intention to face.

"It's boring... It seems that I can only go to the bar to play a goblin card."

Feeling somewhat helpless, Priest turned his footsteps to the right—he knew that there was a card bar with high service quality next to him, and he was also a VIP gold card member there, just to kill time A good place to spend time. There, he can even eat giant spicy crabs from other worlds, which can be said to be enough for the whole afternoon.

However, just as Priest walked to the door of the bar and was about to open the door and walked into it, he suddenly felt that the gem-shaped mental terminal embedded in his wrist suddenly started to vibrate violently and became hot.

Alarm clock? Someone is looking for themselves? When did I set such a loud ringtone?

A series of thoughts flashed across his mind instinctively, and Priest followed his instinct, subconsciously linked into it through mental power, and entered the spiritual space inside the spiritual terminal.

In recent years, with the increasing popularity of spiritual terminals, basically anyone with a little spare money at home will buy one, especially mages. This small magic device, which is equivalent to multiple practical magic solidification magic tools, has basically become a spellcaster. necessary supplies.

Priest entered the psychic secret key. He thought it was probably an urgent task for the External Exploration Department.

Then.

Priest saw that an icon that should never appear, no matter in the past or in the future, appeared in the center of his mental terminal space.

It was an icon that was very familiar to someone, who had seen it for at least seven or eight years. The blood-colored sword and wand intersected in front of the shield, surrounded by black iron chains.

At the same time, a mandatory advertisement began to play in Priest's ear on a loop.

[The first spiritual terminal online game in history, a fully-immersive game, the Continent of Conflict is hotly launched! 】

[Dear spiritual terminal user 'Priest', you have been invited as a closed beta player, what are you waiting for? Please witness the glory of opening the server with us! 】

Merry Christmas!

Speaking of which, why are there so few comments recently? Could it be that everyone is charging now...