Soul of Burning Steel

Everything in the world is constantly changing in the long river of time. The sun rises and the moon rises, the sea changes, the plains dry up into deserts in the drought, and the lava solidifies into islands in the sea. Shattering and collapsing, the world itself will eventually be destroyed.

But some things never change.

Facing the shadow of despair rushing towards his face like a tide, Colin uttered a scream of fear. The old deputy who was over fifty years old lay on the ground, not daring to look directly at the man in midair. The object of his allegiance, the second son of the Seward family, could not make any sound as if his throat was strangled.

"ah---"

An invisible distorted airflow enveloped Kleiman in an instant. Before the promising middle-aged nobleman could say a word, his entire body burned in intense flames. He was not in pain, because the high temperature instantly ignited his skin and flesh, gasified his bones and internal organs, and Kleiman turned into fly ash in an instant, drifting into smoke.

In mid-air, there was a voice.

"You're not innocent either."

It was a sonorous and cold sound like steel clattering. After hearing this sound, Colin felt like he was in a sea of ​​fire. The unimaginable heat tore at his soul, he closed his eyes tightly, never daring to open them again, the scene of Kleiman turning into smoke and dust in the blink of an eye is still replaying in his mind, making the man feel extremely fearful and despair.

And Joshua, who had already come to the top of the manor and listened to all the exchanges with the other party, stared indifferently at the middle-aged man who was kneeling and trembling on the ground in the only half of the manor left, and said in a calm voice: "But I don't want to abuse you." Kill. Six of my subordinates died, and I only killed six. Tell me who the other masterminds are and where they are hiding. Spare your life."

Although the major nobles basically have mansions in the imperial capital, not all of them will live in the Holy City of the Three Mountains. His Majesty's power covers the entire city, making all conspiracies invisible. The Ward family has manors and holiday villas in the cities and suburbs near the imperial capital for work on weekdays.

Although Adelman Carlos was a power-hungry and foolish young man, he had worked beside Alfonso for so long, but he also knew some information, for example, the location of the Seward family's suburban estate.

"Earl... Lord Earl, the mastermind is not us..."

Colin struggled to open his mouth as the manor burned and crackled firewood. He forced his fear down and said tremblingly: "Fertao, the Fertao family is the mastermind! Although we have reached a cooperation agreement, but They are the ones who shot!"

If the man still doesn't know the identity of the other party, then it is impossible for him to become the deputy of the spokesperson of the Seward family's imperial capital from a commoner. The soldier who killed Kleiman without hesitation must be Joshua Van. Radcliffe, the famous lord of the Northland, the dragon-fighter, can match the warriors of the legion by himself.

His appearance can be said to have shocked Colin so much that he couldn't think about it. Neither he nor Kleiman would have imagined that the current head of the Radcliffe family would actually do something for those spokespeople. For a few minutes, Colin would feel that this kind of thing is as absurd as a dream, but it has already happened, so the man can only accept the reality.

"About a few days ago..." Because he was afraid of blinding his eyes from the scorching light, Colin didn't dare to look directly at the warrior. He knelt down and pressed his face to the floor, and a vague voice came from his hands: "Fei The group of Ertao's family returned to the imperial capital... in their mansion!"

"very good."

Nodded slightly, Joshua didn't talk nonsense, he slashed down with his sword casually, and knocked down the mansion on the other side with his vertical and horizontal vigor. When the bricks and stones fell, Colin froze in place because of fear, but it looked rough, but it was actually meticulous. The subtle power destroyed the entire manor, without letting any falling debris touch his body.

The red flames flickered, the wind howled, and the warrior had disappeared. Only the deputy who still dared not move was left kneeling among the ruins. After a long time, he stood up tremblingly. After confirming that he was safe and sound, the man wept with joy.

Along the way, the messenger knight named Nack hid among the bushes, the horse had been let go long ago, and he himself was trembling——Nack saw with his own eyes that the Seward family's manor not far away A place of ruins was turned into the flames, and the coercion of the extreme powerhouse spread, causing this gold-ranked knight to hold his breath and hide in fright.

Not long after, a stream of red light streaked across the sky, and Nak felt a cold gaze sweeping across his body. His hiding was as meaningless as an ostrich, but the stream of light didn't mean to stay. The imperial capital flew away quickly.

- took a life. The knight was stunned for a few seconds, until Liu Guang disappeared into the distance, and then he reacted slowly. He knew that his survival was not due to strength, but because the other party did not want to kill him, just like human beings would not deliberately step on ants on the side of the road.

And the imperial capital.

The mansion of the Fertao family.

The Fertao family mansion located in the northern part of the imperial capital is not so much a manor or villa favored by the nobles, but a solid small fortress. This kind of solid rock with certain anti-magic power is generally used by dwarves to build temples, but the Fertao family used it to build their own houses.

Different from the surrounding houses full of artistic beauty, the temperament of this mansion is so different and out of place. The walls more than twelve feet high are made of complete giant rocks, and then poured with molten iron to fill the gaps. There are even four corners of the mansion There are four small watchtowers, under the flying flags, there are vigilant guards watching everything around.

The Fertao family, which started with military exploits and weapons, will never forget its roots. These nobles with dwarf blood are on guard all the time, waiting for the arrival of possible battles. Every member of the Fertao family They will be sent to the battlefield before they reach adulthood, and only those who have experienced a battle without dying can become adults and officially become members of the family.

Tam Fertao stood on top of his mansion, or fortress, with a pipe in one hand, thinking about something.

He looked at the street next to the mansion with scattered eyes. Compared with other areas, the traffic in the northern part of the imperial capital is much less. It is the early morning, and there is almost no one on the street. Tam absent-mindedly tried to light the pipe in his hand, but For some reason, he couldn't hit the spark, but he didn't care, but shook the pipe, so he didn't waste his energy.

"Young and energetic."

Sighing leisurely, this short, mature semi-dwarf who was only about 1.60 meters old stroked his beard, his eyes focused at this moment, he thought of his brothers who were still staying in the basement, He couldn't help but shook his head again: "These little guys don't understand anything."

The Fertao family has many heirs, but there are not many official members who conform to the family rules. Tam is the sixth son in the family, but he is the third person after the eldest son and fourth son of the family. The industry in the region, but also part-time the spokesperson of the imperial capital.

The reason Tamm sighed was really because of his worrying brothers downstairs—since the family sent his two grown-up brothers to the Imperial Capital a few months ago under the pretext of 'observation and study', Tamm Tom was never at ease again. The young and reckless half-dwarves knew how to fight on the battlefield, but they knew nothing about business. They went around telling Tam's work, but they couldn't give any feasible plan.

Especially this time. He casually tried to light the pipe again, and succeeded this time. Tam took a puff of the cigarette, the fire in the pipe flickered on and off, and a faint white air wafted out.

After the young people came to the imperial capital, they were extremely indignant at the family's declining transaction volume. They didn't understand what the market demand was, and they questioned Tam all day long, questioning his incompetence. But in any case, the funds of Fertao's family are indeed getting tighter and tighter, and it doesn't change because of people's indignation. Tam doesn't even bother to pay attention to and teach his brothers who may be IQ-deficient, but Let them fiddle with it.

It was they who came up with the plan to attack the property of the Radcliffe family and assassinate the person in charge. Probably because they are too young. They are not afraid of revenge from the Radcliffe family at all, and they also questioned Joshua's strength. There may be water in it. Proud young people will never admit that there will be people in this world. They were not much older than them, so they attacked decisively.

Regarding this behavior, Tam said that he would let them go, and he didn't care at all. If this kind of behavior could make his two brothers settle down, the half-dwarf thought that this might not be a bad thing, but unexpectedly, for some reason, the spokesperson of the Radcliffe family, Alfonso After Carlos died, his family didn't react at all, and Joshua didn't say anything, as if nothing had happened.

Tam smelled something was wrong, he motioned for his brother to stop, but the young man laughed at its prudence and caution as cowardly and incompetent, facing the seemingly weak Joshua, they almost let go Tossing, in just a few days, more than half of the Carlos family was killed or injured. The Radcliffe family’s industry in the central region of the empire basically lost direct contact with the main family and fell into a semi-paralyzed state. There are fewer weapons markets, and the cooperating Seward family has also received a lot of ore orders.

Everything seemed perfect, except for the weird attitude of the Radcliffe family. Thinking of the two younger brothers who looked down on him more and more, Tam took a deep drag on the cigarette, and then spit it out. Of course he knew that if he wanted to destroy a competitor's property, it would be the most convenient way to attack high-level officials. However, this kind of thing cannot last for a long time. Even if he gains temporary benefits, he will suffer huge losses in the future due to the angry revenge of other families. .

How can this kind of truth be explained clearly to the young and energetic half-dwarf? Anyway, Tam didn't intend to do that, he only cared about himself, and as for educating his brothers, that was what a father should do.

Looking around at his fortress-like mansion, Tam nodded in relief.

The prototype of the house of the Fertao family is their fortress in the Northwest Territory. Most of the members of the Fertao family live in this fortress, growing up and giving birth to children bit by bit. Although the fortress named Black Flag cannot be said to be the strongest fortress in the empire, it is undoubtedly the strongest city in the northwest region. In history, the orcs had sent troops to sweep across the entire northwest of the empire several times during their heyday. Relying on the Black Flag Fortress, Ertao's family managed to hold on to their territory.

The instinct from the dwarf blood made Tam like this kind of fortress made of huge rocks, which made him feel extremely safe. And the fact is true, except for the Morlaix Palace where the emperor lived, and the Imperial Royal Mages Academy where countless mages gather, there is almost no mansion that is stronger than the Fertao family fortress.

Except for the relatively humid and cold environment, but these are nothing compared to safety.

But suddenly, he felt a chill.

In the distant sky, a stream of red light suddenly appeared. This stream of light was so fast that it looked like a shooting star across the sky. Tam stood on the top of his mansion and saw this shooting star from the gap between the three mountains. But for some reason, he didn't feel the slightest bit of beauty, but felt incomparably dangerous from it.

He extinguished the pipe in his hand, and was about to observe intently, but the result shocked Tamm—in just a few breaths, the red light had traveled a long distance to the surrounding area of ​​the Three Mountains.

The huge power fluctuations aroused the defensive magic circle around the imperial capital in an instant, and there was only a slight buzzing, with a radius of nearly 100 kilometers, and the giant magic circle covering all areas around the three mountains appeared in the sky, and the huge magic power began to mobilize , in an attempt to suppress this restless red meteor.

But it's useless, the meteor is like an indestructible spear, all barriers and obstacles are broken through as if they don't exist, and the twenty-four semi-solid air barriers are easily torn, producing an incomparably crisp sound There was a sound of shattering glass, but before the sound reached, the red streamer had already reached the top of the city wall of the imperial capital.

The defense above the city wall of the imperial capital is more stable than the defense around the mountain. Golden chains rose from the white city wall and turned into light cocoons, trying to wrap the red streamer, but a ball of flames bloomed, and the densely packed The chains were all turned into energy light shards, shattered by the blow.

At this time, Tam had just loudly warned the guards on the tower to be alert, and he was about to return to the mansion to prepare the two young and bold underground men for defense, but at this time, the red streamer had arrived. Above the mansion of the fortress.

There was no sonic boom or hurricane, the air was pushed away by an inexplicable force, and then forcibly stabilized. The red streamer was so powerful, but in fact it was silent, so that many residents of the imperial capital that had not created it did not Notice the arrival of the red streamer.

Tam turned his head in surprise, he looked at the red streamer, and then let out a scream - the too bright light almost burned his eyes in an instant, but even so, it made the golden junior rock warrior Became blind for a while.

However, before that, Tam had already seen the identity of the other party, and this made him tremble.

Joshua!

The current head of the Radcliffe family!

He actually came to the imperial capital, broke through the defensive circles with such arrogance and unreasonable, completely intrusive momentum, and came to the imperial capital!

What on earth does he want to do? !

Before Tam could figure it out, the soldier raised his great sword. His movements have always been faster than the enemy's thinking, and this time is no exception——

With a swing of the sword, the power of the scorched prison's breath was activated, and the high temperature of thousands of degrees was condensed into the invisible shock wave. The obvious trajectory of the giant sword extended towards the black fortress, from top to bottom.

The ripples spread, and the impact came. In an instant, the main body of the fortress sank suddenly with a "bang", and the place where the shock wave hit the front collapsed into powder in an instant, and the golden lava neatly divided the black mansion into two halves.

This sword is so precise and fast, when the last wave of sword wind swept across, the center of the entire Fertao family mansion was completely cut open, through the huge gap, even the inside of the mansion could be seen, shocking As for the maid sitting on the ground, the guards guarding the tower all around were also unable to stand stably because of the tilt of the mansion, and almost fell out of the tower.

But not a single innocent died. The power controlled to the extreme did not even alarm the neighbors around the fortress. In less than two seconds, the two young family members in the basement of Fertao's house were completely burned by the heat of the sun. The sword wind burned into nothingness, not even the smoke left behind.

Tamm wasn't dead yet.

Among the ruins, the lower half of his body had been burned by the flames, and the half-dwarf who had turned into fly ash was buried in the sand of the Shimmer Rock. He stared closely at the warrior who took back the great sword in mid-air, his eyes were full of disbelief and anger .

"The Fertao family will retaliate!" The half-dwarf's temper was harder than a rock, and even his fearful muscles were trembling unnaturally, but he could still speak threatening words. Buried in the ruins, Tam spit out a mouthful of blood caused by the shock. He resisted the strong sense of drowsiness on the verge of death, looked into the air with his half-blind eyes, and cursed viciously: "You unruly Guys, all the nobles of the Northwest would—poof!"

Speaking of ordinary, he spit out another mouthful of blood, then his pupils dilated, and he died.

Joshua didn't say anything or respond to this, he just turned his head and looked towards the south, where the Palace of Morlaix was located.

And in the next instant, the space shattered.

The angry legendary strongman came in front of the warrior.

"Joshua!"

Israel Diamond was wearing a nightgown, and there was someone's lip print on his neck. For some unexplainable reasons, he came a second late, and the result was the death of all members of Fertao's family in the imperial capital: "What are you doing?!"

"Long time no see, Your Majesty the Emperor."

Standing in mid-air, with the gradually collapsing black mansion behind him, Joshua greeted the legendary strongman with a gloomy face in front of him calmly, and the frightened screams of Fertao's servants echoed in the northern part of the imperial capital, But it was no match for the soldier's whispered words: "As you can see, it's all about vengeance."

Some things never change.

Just like now.

It's not that Joshua can't understand the twists and turns of the nobles' rules of struggle. He clearly understands that this is the accumulation of hundreds of years of culture. Thinking about it, Alfonso himself was already prepared to die. His son and deputy also easily accepted this fact.

But he won't. He never thinks about it that much. He is Joshua. He wants revenge, and no one can stop him.

"……snort."

Israel glanced at the mansion of Fertao's family, let out a cold snort, and extinguished all the scorching aftermath and lava. He noticed that except for the three half-dwarves who died, there was no fourth casualty. His emotions gradually calmed down, he turned his head to look at Joshua, and said coldly: "Although it is ruthless and unfair, this is the rule tacitly accepted by all the powerful people on the entire continent. If everyone is like you, how can there be order? Sustain? Extraordinary people randomly attack each other’s homes? Do you want the main city of Moldavia to be attacked by other people too?”

And Joshua replied more simply: "Just let them come anyway."

The soldier didn't hesitate at all: "For business matters, if they want to negotiate, I will gladly accept it. If they want to coerce and force me, then even if they come to fight, I will not kill me. But if I attack my subordinates, I will Direct revenge."

"You just think you are better than them, so you have no scruples, this is your rule."

Israel laughed angrily. His Majesty the Emperor didn't bother to talk nonsense. He showed a smile that was very familiar to Joshua: "Forget it, haven't you always wanted to challenge me?"

"Then come on!"

Immediately, the latter also showed the same expression.

"good."

The next moment.

The two disappeared in the imperial capital.

In the early morning, the high-altitude clouds cast a brilliant glow.

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