Soul of Burning Steel

hero profession.

Even with Joshua's knowledge, he couldn't help frowning.

[Chaos Guardian], as the name suggests, should be the same faction occupation as the [Light Order Saint Guard] in the Holy Mountain of the Far Sea and the [Balance Adjudicator] in the Western Mountain Royal Court. Although it is rare, it is not impossible to find, at least the gods All paladins can be regarded as half-faction professions, but they are not so extreme.

The real top priority is this hero class.

Just as there are templates for characters to distinguish between high and low, and items have levels to judge high and low, occupations also have strengths and weaknesses.

Farmers and militiamen are the most ordinary [civilian occupations], while warriors who have received various trainings, thieves who are proficient in unlocking theft, and rangers wandering in the wilderness are [official occupations]. Waiting for the spellcasters to be different, because the talents required are relatively rare, so they are born as [elite professions].

Every profession can be advanced and changed. A militia can be advanced to a warrior or a mercenary. If you are confident and talented, you can become a mage. On the Continent of Conflict, the choice of people is Freedom, what you want to find a job depends on your personal interests, and the five levels of civilian, formal, elite, excellent, and extraordinary are the advancement process for ordinary professionals.

But just like spellcasters, there are some special professions that can only be obtained by talent and inheritance, [Chosen One] and [Hero Profession] are such representatives.

A person who is born to control flames is so different no matter how he advances to any profession, and can even sublimate it with his own ability. Different, what it needs is not talent, but some kind of inheritance that carries power.

Just like [Brave] needs to hold the Holy Sword of Extermination, and [Earthshaker] needs the earth totem pole, every hero profession needs similar inheritance and enough talent to be inaugurated. Obviously, [Seal Guard] The Guardian of Chaos, which can only be inaugurated with a rare object of origin, is also such a profession.

Opening his right hand, Joshua looked at the blue gem in his palm and couldn't help sighing.

In his previous life, he had done at least ten complex mission chains, and even had time to kill a dozen beholder elders to gather all the materials for the ritual, and only then did he get the opportunity to work as a hero profession [Rune Swordsman], and use this to comprehend extreme intention.

And now, an opportunity to join the hero profession is in front of him.

"System, identification."

Joshua seldom uses the ability of the system, even in the face of gold-level enemies. It's not that he rejects things he can't master, but simply because his rich experience is enough to deal with most situations, plus After becoming a legend in his previous life, he didn't have the habit of using the system, causing the warrior to always forget that he still has such a thing.

But now, facing this strange thing that he had never heard of in his previous life, he could only rely on its power.

【...Item appraisal... the knowledge of origin was successfully judged, the knowledge of strange objects was judged failed, and the knowledge of history was judged successfully, and you got a piece of information related to inauguration. 】

[Appraisal Report: Rare Object of Origin - Azure Orb of the Seal Guardian]

[Origin: As the sages said, even in the bottomless abyss that has sunk into eternal chaos, there is still an initial fire. Maybe it cannot burn, but it can carry the power of order. 】

[Strange thing: As an unburned fire, the Azure Orb contains...]

[History: Thousands of years ago, the sage found the Azure Orb buried in the mountains in the depths of the bottomless abyss, and he gave it to the third saint, and gave him the mission of calming the tide of chaos and sealing the entrance of the abyss . Since the Lost War, the Azure Orb has lost its trace in front of the world, but the legacy of the Chaos Watcher continues quietly. 】

[Comprehensive: The orb contains a great power of order, but it cannot be derived through conventional methods. 】

[Inauguration information: The blood of chaos, the source of fire. 】

Joshua turned his head to look at the silent Yingying—this magical girl has been in a rather dazed state since entering this cemetery. Thinking about it carefully, the soldier can't help but feel that what he has done is really indebted. After thinking about it, after all, there are so many wreckages of the magic machine here. For Yingying, who has only been out of the sealing room for more than a month, suddenly seeing so many remains of the same kind is indeed a big shock.

Looking around, he looked around, there was nothing in the pale sky, it was pale like endless without a dome, and corresponding to it was the black earth with many tombs and stone tablets erected.

"The free hero job doesn't seem to be a problem. How could I not accept it... Anyway, whether it's evil or justice, I don't care if it's guarding order or chaotic."

Breathing the dry air without flow, Joshua stared at the inscription in front of him, suddenly laughed, and said softly: "Whether it's killing orcs or monsters, as long as I can fight, fight with stronger enemies ...as long as it's like this."

Since this is the path you have chosen, it does not seem like such a bad choice.

So the voice goes off.

"Hereby swear - I, Joshua Radcliffe, will watch over all evil creations to the eternity of perdition."

With his right hand closed, he clenched the blue orb tightly.

"Inauguration, Warden of Chaos."

——

The sound of the wind, like a sigh, came from the windless world.

It is colorless, without any color, just pure light coming from Joshua's right hand. It has no temperature and no lethality. It is extremely gentle, as if it does not exist, but it really illuminates the world.

Taking the warrior as the origin, the light began to spread rapidly like a semicircular hood, covering all the tombs in an instant, reaching the end of the narrow passage of time and space, where the forces of chaos and order faced each other at the edge, but there was nothing Waves set off.

got windy.

Accompanied by the flow of air, some bluish-white light spots slowly emerged from under all the gray tombstones, then floated, rushed towards the soldier's right hand in the direction of the wind, and gathered in the clenched palm.

Joshua seemed to see the memories of everyone—men or women with the same black hair and red eyes. They were born, grew up, learned to fight, fought in this land, fulfilled their responsibilities, and protected their people. , and then face the Aragami or the Kuroshio, and die calmly or unwillingly.

The secret of the evil god cannot be told to everyone, but the seal needs to be guarded by people. Those who choose to take on this responsibility are undoubtedly well-deserved heroes.

The aperture rotated and expanded to the limit, the colorless light rose high, and then shrank suddenly, the entire narrow passage of time and space dimmed immediately, this radiance merged all the bluish-white light spots into the orb, and then enveloped Joshua's body.

The power poured in continuously, and the red words kept refreshing in front of his eyes, and finally it was frozen into a dense subtitle.

[You successfully took up the hero job - Chaos Guardian]

[Your occupation level +5]

【warn! You have not met the unlock conditions! 】

[Professional Talent: Aura of Order, Faction Detection, (locking), (locking)]

[Professional Features: Unburned Fire, (locked), (locked)]

[Professional skill tree: purification, order, protection (already assimilated into extreme intention)]

[You need to complete a professional task to unlock level rewards and professional talents and characteristics. 】

[Task: Purification Sacrifice]

[Use the blood soaked in chaos to trigger the initial fire, the azure orb is eager for sacrifices. 】

[Mission Objective: Kill a chaotic faction target above silver. 0/1】

Not paying attention to any unlocking tasks, Joshua just closed his eyes and quietly felt the surging power in his body.

This sudden appearance, the power transmitted from the Azure Orb fits perfectly with his blood, as if it was originally one, and there is no sense of disobedience. It has already integrated into the body and become a part of the warrior's original power.

"So this is the resonance I felt at the beginning. The power of order accumulated by the ancestors of the Radcliffe family will return to the Azure Orb after the death of the holder, and then the next generation will inherit it through blood... I see, If I die, this power should return to the Azure Orb and be inherited by my descendants."

Just like a bonfire passed down from generation to generation, even if the firewood is burned to ashes, there are still remnants of fire in it, which can be delivered to the next generation.

Joshua opened his eyes, the red pupils were as bright as flames. Now, all the light disappeared, and the space-time narrow passage immediately returned to its original appearance. Holding the azure orb that had stopped emitting light, he remained silent.

Turning his head to look at the cemetery, his eyes stayed there for more than ten seconds, the soldier turned his head blankly, then, without saying a word, he strode towards the door behind him and left here, while the silver-haired magic machine also tightly followed. When she walked into the gate of time and space, she looked back at the tombstones, and then also disappeared in the blue light.

What should a warrior do in the face of the respectable dead?

There is no need to sacrifice, because practicing their ideas is the best sacrifice, and there is no need to remember, because their mission is with them.

...

Black earth, pale sky, gray stone monument.

The faint blue door disappeared, and the wind blown by the Azure Orb also stopped, and the cemetery in the narrow passage of time and space returned to its original silence.

Fire brings light and heat.

The beginning of human civilization began with fire.

In that era when darkness enveloped the earth, the ancestors of mankind raised burning torches to disperse the darkness with light.

From father to son, from son to grandson, this fire has been passed on in the alternation of civilizations from beginning to end. Not even death can extinguish it, and there will always be a little spark hidden in the burnt black ash. And those fires will always be lit again.

Children and grandchildren of mankind, be sure to let the light continue.