Soul of Burning Steel

Snow, full of vision.

On the top of the black city wall, a banner with a sword-holding hand flutters in the wind, and a young city guard stands on the towering central tower. He is at the highest point of the main city, looking at the white plain with no trace in the distance. And the mountains farther away, but my mind was empty, without thinking about anything.

Exhaling lightly, the water vapor condensed into white mist. The young man named An Ruiya breathed in the icy cold air, feeling that the low temperature had bypassed the thick cotton lining on his body and penetrated into the depths of his body. He shivered because of this, and normal thinking returned at this time.

"I'm crazy to come to the tower to stand guard on a blizzard day!"

Cursing in a trembling voice, An Ruiya felt that her hands holding the spear and shield were frozen and unable to move, and her whole body was extremely cold, especially her feet were only numb for a while. , almost unconscious, even unable to feel the cold, wiped the ice cubes off his eyebrows, gritted his teeth and said to himself: "An Ruiya, hold on, the shift will be changed in ten minutes, bear with it for a while. "

The self-consoling city guard began to move his body under the blowing of countless snowflakes, allowing the already stiff muscles to move smoothly, but it was of little use. The oncoming cold wind quickly took away the little temperature on his body, making An Rui Ya felt that his whole body was about to freeze into ice: "Why did you put the console of the city gate in this place..."

Below the central tower is the south city gate of Moldavia. It is a giant mechanism made by rune dwarves in the north. Its body is raised and lowered by gears. It is ten meters long, five meters thick, ten meters high, and has a net weight of four thousand. The core design concept of the 200-ton solid steel block is that as long as the door is closed, the door cannot be opened even if the city wall collapses. Fifteen meters of black granite walls.

To be honest, only the dwarves who live in molten iron magma have the ability to prepare materials. If this large block of steel is melted and cast into a weapon, I don't know how many legions it can arm.

Of course, in any case, this is a door after all, it’s just a little thicker, harder, and heavier, and the control point that determines when this terrible door will lower and rise is where An Ruiya is. In the central tower, and this is why in such a storm, there are still people standing guard at this extremely cold height at any time.

"It would be great to install a glass screen on the tower, anyway, it won't affect the observation, how could those big figures above know..."

"Arya!"

While complaining, the young city guard suddenly heard someone calling his name under the city wall, sounding anxious.

He couldn't help but feel a little strange. There should be some distance before the shift change time. Could it be that someone is planning to come up early to take over the shift because he is pitifully cold? That could not have been better.

"Speak louder!" The reply was trembling, and An Ruiya responded loudly in a voice that had been frozen to the point of hoarseness: "What's the matter?"

"... Weird... Invasion... Close the door!"

The sound under the city wall really increased a little, but the sudden increase of howling wind and snow covered it up, and the city guards could only faintly hear the inexplicable three words 'close the door quickly'.

"Wait, close the door? But why?! I didn't hear clearly!"

Taking a step forward, he walked to the console of the rune mechanism. An Ruiya grabbed a lever. Although he believed in his comrades and was ready to close the door at any time, he still asked loudly with a puzzled face : "As long as it is closed, if you want to open it, you have to wait two hours before the rune is fully charged!"

"Enemy attack, you **** close the door quickly! Use the fastest speed!"

This time, the voice full of vindictiveness finally broke through the wind and snow, and it was completely poured into the ears of the young city guard. Elson could tell that it was the voice of his officer, so anxious that he was about to—— , has already cursed out: "An Ruiya, you brat, I'm going to die before you close the door!"

"Where the hell did the enemy come from!"

Being urged to be extremely nervous, An Ruiya looked down from a high place, and did not see even the slightest trace of the enemy below. At this time, he had great doubts in his heart, but as a soldier, the City Guards still Subconsciously obeying the command of the officer, he pulled down the lever forcefully.

Rumble——

Accompanied by the roar of the mechanism's operation, the huge steel portal fell suddenly, weighing 4,000 tons. The terrifying weight shook the snow and the ground, and a cloud of smoke and dust flew in the air, which was then blown away by the strong wind. The low crashing sound was even transmitted to the other end of the city, which surprised many people staying at home.

Enduring the familiar shock, and then grasping the spear in his hand, An Ruiya hurried towards the downward passage. Although he didn't see the enemy invading, the nervousness when the officer shouted was not fake... Could it be true? Has any invisible enemy escaped his observation and invaded the city unknowingly?

Stepping quickly through the spiral downward stone stairs, the young city guard arrived at the city gate below.

And this place has already become a battlefield.

call--

Just when An Ruiya walked out of the upper and lower passages inside the city wall, a gust of wind with a fishy smell rushed towards his face, and the fierce sense of danger stimulated his nerves. The body of the young city guard reacted faster than his will, and his instincts Throwing the spear forward, he immediately raised the steel shield with both hands and placed it firmly across his chest.

Then, in the next moment, An Ruiya felt a sudden force hit him hard, and his hands that were numb from the cold suddenly completely lost consciousness, and the whole person kept facing backwards. fall back.

"What the hell!"

After taking five or six steps back and removing the force, An Ruiya, who was still in shock and didn't even have time to feel the pain, had time to curse and observe the situation in front of her.

Then he froze for a moment.

Standing in front of him was a snow-white, tall giant wolf. It was more than half the height of a man, with a burly physique. The muscles covered under the hair were extremely strong, and its limbs were smooth and strong. But now, its right foreleg It was bent into a strange shape. Presumably this was the reason why the giant wolf did not attack when An Ruiya retreated.

"Such a big winter wolf, this fur, no wonder I can't find it! But what I have in my hand is a steel shield made by a dwarf. If I want to collide with flesh and blood, even a monster!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity to move his wrists and let his numb hands recover to the point where he could hold the shield tightly, An Ruiya looked around, and he found that behind the blocked city gate, the usual posts of the city guards were in a mess , The traces of fighting are everywhere, and there are bursts of fighting sounds from the corner not far away, and the familiar yelling and cursing of his own officer is also among them.

It’s good that they didn’t all die, An Ruiya was glad to think that although he lost his weapon due to the sudden attack, as long as his comrades deal with their enemies, and everyone works together, they can easily solve the difficult big winter in front of him. Wolf.

But the young city guards didn't realize that the enemy in front of them was no longer the same creature as the wild winter wolf they hunted before.

"Aww!!"

The originally emerald green eyes are now red. With breathing, black and purple gas overflows from the gap between the teeth and the tip of the nose. Due to the trauma, driven by anger and madness, this giant winter wolf immediately raised its head to the sky and howled. With a sound, the muscles and bones all over the body cracked, and the whole figure suddenly grew bigger, the white snow-like hair stood up like needles, and the blue-purple blood vessels and tendons were exposed, pulsating with incomparable strength.

"Crazy?! **** a wolf?!"

Seeing this change, An Ruiya's heart immediately sank to the bottom of the valley. This winter wolf was already a few laps larger than the average one of its kind, and its strength and speed were very strong and fast. Without weapons, it could I feel reluctant to deal with it alone, but who knew that this guy would go berserk!

Impossible to hold on. The young city guard held his breath, he thought of this, and then pulled out a small knife from his waist, the blade was shining.

"Monster." He looked at the giant wolf in front of him with a black and purple aura, and said softly, "I will take a piece of your flesh away even if I die."