Soul of Burning Steel

Joshua looked back, and found that his silver-haired genius had puffed up his cheeks, turned his head and looked aside, and stopped talking.

Why are you jealous of ordinary weapons...

Although I was a little puzzled, even with the emotional intelligence of a soldier, I could easily understand why the girl was not very happy.

As Hotaru herself said, 'A weapon only has meaning when it is held by someone. ', originally because of Joshua's strength, she had very few chances to be used, and it only took two minutes to fully fight from the beginning to the end--now suddenly there is an extraordinary giant sword, and Joshua asked before But the silver-haired girl will naturally feel a little worried about whether she can contract the second magic machine or not.

If it cannot be used, then what is the meaning of her existence?

"Don't overthink it."

In desperation, Joshua had no choice but to turn around and pat Yingying's back, causing the petite girl to let out a soft cry and take a step forward. Under the gaze of both eyes, a hearty smile appeared.

"Firefly, as a divine machine, you are already stronger than that legion greatsword. There is no reason why I should use it instead of you. However, the compatibility between you and me is not high enough now. If your magical machine time is over, and the enemy If it has not been eliminated, I also need a spare weapon, right?"

"Eh...that's right..."

Although there was a faint feeling that something was wrong, the silver-haired magic machine quickly accepted this simple fact.

As Joshua's divine machine, Yingying's character is somewhat similar to that of a warrior. She does things very directly. After confirming that the 'enemy' is not a threat, she immediately cheered up and raised her head with a smile on her face. What do you want for dinner?"

Joshua: "...Don't worry, I just came back from the banquet. By the way, Yingying, go and sort out the letters you sent today, and I'll check them later."

"Yes Master!"

Standing at the gate, the soldier looked at the silver-haired girl walking towards the study with graceful steps, with a delicate expression on his face, he looked down at his palm, and said softly to himself: "I didn't expect that the weapon is so close The relationship is actually like this... Interesting."

After this emotion lasted for a while, it was put aside. Joshua turned around and entered the room, walked into the reception room, then reached into the pocket of his jacket, and took out something.

The one handed over by Munster is said to be a mahogany rune box bestowed by the Emperor of the Empire.

"A gift from the emperor."

Staring at the small box in his palm, Joshua weighed the weight of the thing in his hand, and said in doubt: "It's not heavy, it's strange, what is it that makes this majesty think that I, a newly promoted gold, can rely on it to solve the black box?" Tide? That's a berserk army of monsters, just this little thing?"

Since you find it strange, open it and have a look.

The warrior knew that the rune box in front of him, which could isolate all detection and prophecy spells, could not be opened with brute force. The powerful magic power shrouded its surface, making this wooden box comparable to the hardest metal. The principle of the violent explosion is similar to the combination of the magic door he blasted and the old butler's secret letter, which requires special information to unravel.

Stretching out a finger familiarly, the red battle qi flame was ignited, Joshua's unique information wave was transmitted, and the next moment, the runes flowing like water on the box made of mahogany began to gradually Freezing, after a while, all the runes seemed to be suspended, motionless.

But at this moment, the originally tightly closed box seemed to have lifted some blockage, and it opened slowly automatically.

"call--"

The moment the box was opened, everyone within a few kilometers around it felt an inexplicable palpitation, and the hibernating squirrels, the silent snakes, insects and ants all woke up suddenly, and then, driven by instinct, He was so terrified that he couldn't even run away.

Like a gust of wind blowing on the battlefield, the obscurity and ancient atmosphere, like a mixture of withered blood and rust, filled the entire reception room, and chilling, sealing, purification, and extermination, these kinds of order were incomparable, but it made people feel chilling and fearful The terrifying fluctuations flowed out from it, and then combined with an inexplicable force to form a huge coercion that was as silent and cold as the deep sea of ​​ten thousand meters.

"This is Longwei... Wait, it's the curse and coercion left after the dragon was killed and sealed."

Not affected by this force, but subconsciously stretched out his left hand holding the box, Joshua frowned, looked at the things in the box seriously, stretched out his right hand, took it out, and placed it in the light under.

This is a black stone with a regular rectangular shape. Under the warrior's vicious eyes, it can be vaguely seen that it was not originally black, but because it has been soaked in the blood of some extremely powerful creature for many years, its appearance has been dyed. .

"Anti-Dragon Stone? No, go one step further, this is the Dragon Slayer Stone?!"

After distinguishing the object in his hand, Joshua looked surprised. He looked at the black rectangular stone in amazement, feeling a little unbelievable: "Look at this breath and the outer layer completely soaked in dragon blood, this is at least killing dozens of people. Hundreds of dragons!"

As the name suggests, the Anti-Dragon Stone is a material aimed at restraining the blood of dragons. It does not exist in nature. It is the highest achievement of all races in alchemy. There are various types of alchemy creations that can be used, which can weaken the dragon's strength, soul and attribute resistance after being hit. The most powerful one can even make the dragon's hard-as-steel scale defense like tofu Generally torn easily.

But the Dragon Slayer Stone goes a step further, it is the final product that combines all the anti-Dragon Stone effects, its effect is extremely powerful, and the price is also unbelievable, just take the small piece in Joshua's hand that is not as big as a palm, its other The cost is roughly equal to the gemstone gold that is a hundred times its volume! And there is no market for the price, and there is no way to buy it at all. Only the Imperial Royal Alchemist Association, the Far South Central Alchemy Workshop Star Ring, the East Mage Headquarters Guantian White Tower, and the Seven Sacred Mountains of the Far Sea are capable of manufacturing it.

And this small piece of Dragon Slayer Stone has obviously been used many times, even as a whetstone it is soaked in dragon blood, one can imagine how big it was originally and how precious its value was.

"Although it is indeed a very precious item, what is the relationship between the magic wave and the dragon?"

Some puzzled warriors quickly put the Dragon Slayer Stone back into the mahogany rune box, and then closed it. The stagnant magic power began to flow again. When the rune light flickered, all the breath was cut off. After losing its source, the dead dragon's residual prestige also began to gradually dissipate. All kinds of animals around were shocked to the point of being unable to move, and then flusteredly waved their sore limbs, preparing to escape from their lair. The palpitations also felt inexplicable. Fear disappears.

"If all the demonic beasts in this demonic wave are sub-dragons with dragon blood, then I have the confidence to repel them with this dragon-killing stone...huh?"

The soldier turned his head to look at the door of the reception room. There was the sound of hurried footsteps, and the door was quickly opened. With two letters in his hand, a serious firefly appeared at the door. The silver-haired girl carefully looked around and found that there was no threat. Finally, she nodded in embarrassment, and said with some doubts: "I'm sorry master, I just sensed a huge coercion... What happened?"

"It's okay, the inspector sent something amazing."

Putting the box in his pocket, Joshua took a sip of the cold tea on the table, and then slowly said: "It seems that he doesn't know what he is carrying, that's right, if he accidentally let the The group of white dragons here know that this guy has a dragon slayer stone... What are you doing with two letters in your hand, Yingying?"

Noticing the two letters in Yingying's hands, the soldier asked curiously, "A very important letter?"

"Ah, I think the signatures on these two letters are very unusual, so I'm going to tell the master later... I didn't expect such a huge coercion suddenly, I thought there was an enemy invasion."

Pushing the silver hair hanging from the side of her face behind her ears, Hotaru simply handed the two letters into Joshua's hands, with an elegant movement, while turning her slender and white wrist, she put away all the teacups on the table: " The tea is cold, let me prepare a hot cup."

"Okay, thanks a lot."

Smiling and nodding, Joshua then shifted his gaze to the two letters in his hand.

Then he froze.

"Diamond, the emperor's surname... His Majesty the Emperor?"