Soul of Burning Steel

Hearing the voice of agreement, the door was gently pushed open a thin crack, and then opened with a creak.

Appeared behind the door was Hotaru in a black long gown. The young head maid came with light steps. She was holding a tea tray, looked up at the center of the meeting room, and said respectfully, "Master."

"Ah, it's about time."

Standing up from the conference table, Joshua didn't feel thirsty when he was thinking before, but now, when he saw the cup of steaming black tea, he realized that he hadn't drank water all morning, and his throat suddenly felt Somewhat dry.

"Good job." He took the tea, took a sip, and a warm feeling went straight into his belly. The soldier didn't hesitate to praise him. He also noticed the girl's new outfit, so he praised in passing: "Your new clothes It's also very beautiful, why did you suddenly think of changing clothes today?"

"Yes...is it..."

Joshua didn't notice Yingying's unnatural blushing, and his gaze shifted to the back of the door: "Gentlemen, don't stay outside the door, I'm talking about you all coming in together, what are you doing outside the door."

"excuse me."

After hearing these words, the three people headed by Zorgen walked into the meeting room.

"Lord Earl." The two warriors performed a chivalrous salute, while the white-haired mage Feng just bowed slightly.

Zorgen, who had just recovered from a serious injury, walked ahead. His complexion was a little thin and pale, but it seemed that the knight had roughly recovered his normal ability to move. You must know that he was still a little limping when he went out not long ago. He was able to go up and down stairs and walk normally after turning a crutch. It has to be said that the resilience of the silver warrior is indeed strong, and he has gradually surpassed the scope of mortals.

As the Chief of Defense of the Black Forest Fortress, the blond knight's position was half a rank higher than that of Keeley and Feng. If he wanted to report something important to the lord, he could only be chosen.

"The three of you come together, what is the important thing?"

After taking a sip of tea, Joshua asked with some doubts.

Now the Black Forest Fortress is still rebuilding and repairing the collapsed part of the city wall. Apart from Zorgen, who was seriously injured before, Keely and Feng should be on the spot directing and supervising the progress of the project. How could they have time to come to him? Is it possible that there is really something important?

"My lord, these urgent letters came from the communication circle. We thought you should know about it immediately, so we brought them here. But since we haven't checked their contents, we don't know how important they are."

"Show me first."

Zorgen stepped forward, took out a few envelopes from his pocket, and handed them to Joshua, and the soldier didn't hesitate, he immediately opened one as soon as he got it, and took out the letter inside.

"Magic paper... This is an urgent manuscript sent over by subpoena!"

The moment Joshua touched the letter, he knew that it was indeed very important information.

The so-called copying of messages is actually a technology similar to faxing. Through the magic resonance of the communication circle, the letters on one end of the communication circle can be completely copied to the blank magic paper on the other end. Although the principle is not very complicated, it will Because the extended distance leads to a sharp increase in mana consumption and high cost, no one will use this technology if it is not necessary.

After a general sense, Joshua was surprised to find that the three letters in his hand were all made of magic paper.

"Three emergency communications came at the same time, what's going on today."

After exclaiming, the soldier also understood why the three of them came together, but now is not the time to think about such things, he just watched the content seriously without saying a word.

In the conference room, there was sudden silence. The black-haired and red-eyed lord frowned, carefully reading the letter in his hand, and the silver-haired maid stood beside him with her head bowed in silence, while the three fortress officials looked serious, as if Thinking about something very important.

"call."

After a while, Joshua breathed a sigh of relief. He put the first letter aside with a smile, shook his head and said, "The first letter is good news."

"What good news?"

This time it was Keeley who asked the question. His voice was still muffled because of the isolation of the helmet: "If it's good news, there should be no need to use such an urgent communication method."

This can be regarded as an old habit of half-elf warriors. He didn't deliberately question anything, but simply raised something unreasonable.

"Here is a letter from the dwarves."

Facing this half-elf warrior who taught him martial arts when he was a child, Joshua had always respected him and knew his style of speaking, so he replied seriously: "The rune dwarves in the lava lake have learned about the magic tide. According to the news, their big foundry plans to look at the friendship over the years, and donate to us a batch of supplies and arrows and weapons.”

"Originally they planned to let the letter and the convoy set off together, but later they felt that this was too slow, so they simply used the communication circle to copy the message. You know, there is no shortage of magic in the lava lake."

Having said that, he picked up the letter paper that was put aside, and scanned the dwarf's letter: "Originally they planned to send a team to help us build a new city wall, but due to the bad weather in winter, It is suitable for dwarf activities, so we can only let it go, but instead change it to a batch of special construction materials."

"That's really a pity."

Hearing this, Feng who was standing aside couldn't help muttering: "The forging and building abilities of the dwarves are indeed second to none in the mainland. With their help, the new city wall will definitely be stronger, at least it won't be hit by the giant mammoth beast a few times." It just crashed."

"That's force majeure. The original city walls are also blessed by the plant roots of elves. Ordinary siege vehicles can't even smash the surface, but the crazy golden monster is a super monster that can't be measured by common sense...Anyway, it's okay to have a batch of material assistance. good."

Joshua didn't continue to struggle, he picked up the second letter and quickly opened it.

"A letter from Alfonso?"

Sweeping his eyes and seeing the signature, the soldier was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the letter was actually sent by the businessman Alfonso. After that, his interest increased greatly, and he looked at the letter in his hand with great interest.

The message in the letter is brief.

Ten days ago, after receiving the letter of recommendation from Joshua, the businessman set off immediately and entered the area where the dwarves lived. By some means, he actually obtained the right to use the dwarves' tunnels. .

Now, Alfonso and his caravan have passed through the tunnel, bypassing the blocked checkpoints on the land and the berserk beasts of the Black Forest, and quickly arrived at a big city in the central region of the empire, and have begun to look for Joe. The few special strange objects that Xiuya mentioned.

"I have already found the magic guide book that is very similar to what I said, but because it is in the hands of a certain nobleman, there is no way to buy it for the time being. We can only wait to see if he will sell it at the spring auction in the imperial capital this year."

He whispered to himself, Joshua thought for a while, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Anyway, this efficiency is really good, originally I just tried my best, but now it seems that maybe it can really be achieved. Successfully changed the fate of Ares Fortress."

There is one last letter left.

Joshua looked up at the three with serious expressions. He felt that the last letter was the most important.

Pick up the violet envelope, sealed with the seal of the crimson crescent on the wax lacquer, and the person who signed it is Verdani Scarlet.

"Scarlet of Moldova?"

Of course, the warrior knew about Scarlet, a family of the four northern frontier uncles like himself, marked by the bright red crescent.

In fact, among the four northern lands, there are enemies like the Wilson family who harbor evil intentions against the Radcliffe family, and there are also acquaintances and even friends who have been exchanging letters for hundreds of years.

Although they may not all have good intentions in their hearts now, on the surface there is at least a friendship left by their ancestors in the past. The countess of Scarlet's family is such an existence for Joshua.

【The lord of Moldavia, the successor of the Radcliffe family, Joshua Radcliffe holding the sword of cold iron】

...

Throughout the text, this letter can be roughly summed up in a few sentences.

Accompanied by the cold wind and sudden snow that came from the extreme northern sea, this time the beast swarm of Fuhai covered by snow was exceedingly ferocious. The mage couldn't hold on any longer, and had to ask for help everywhere under the crisis.

Seeing this, Joshua couldn't help frowning.

Although the tone did not mean to beg, anyone could see the anxiety between the words, which was completely different from the proud Scarlet family in his memory. Could the beast horde really be so terrifying? Is the Moldovan leader who is stationed by a strong gold man about to be unable to support it?

Indeed, it is possible. Joshua couldn't help recalling the recent changes in the Black Forest.

Logically speaking, even if the beast horde collapsed, there would not be half of the wild beasts. However, when the soldiers went out on patrol a few days ago, they really did not see even half of the monsters in the forest. Only the slowly falling white snow, the silence like death.

The monster is not dead, so it must have gone to another place. It is not in Moldavia, and I have never heard of the black tide in other places. In addition, Joshua deduced the route of the black dragon from the magic map, so it is very likely. All the monsters in the nearby Black Forest flocked to Moldova... If this is the case, it is really unlucky.

No, if this is the case, it is not just unlucky, but can only be described as misfortune.

The letter has a second page.

[If it's just a simple wave of beasts, it's not that they can't hold on, but it seems that some new strange beasts have been bred in the depths of the black forest. They are not afraid of magic or fighting spirit. Only pure physical attacks can smash them.

After death, these monsters will turn into black smoke and disappear, as if they are not flesh and blood at all, and all kinds of strange abilities are too powerful and difficult to deal with, which is the reason why we cannot persist.

Although there are sometimes competitions and conspiracies among the four leaders of the Northland, this is not the time to talk about them. My friends, if Moldova is breached, this group will not be able to be full even after eating our flesh and blood. Beast, where will the black tide of hunger and thirst go? Therefore, even if it is for yourself, please lend a helping hand. In the name of the Red Crescent of Destiny, the Scarlet family will not treat any friend badly.

——Your Faithful, Verdani Scarlet]

Seeing this straightforward sentence and the extremely familiar description, the shadow of a monster appeared in Joshua's mind.

Until finally, he saw the image of the monster outlined in ink on the bottom of the envelope.

This is a kind of ferocious monster that is completely different from ordinary monsters and seems to come from another world.

Joshua shrank his pupils and said in shock:

"Aragami!"

Ms. Verdani's process of resisting the black tide probably has a lot of advantages. I am very strong. I am a wave. I can't lose. How can the golden rider lose? Fuck, blood collapse, GG, ginger, take me, Maxima and helpless rua such a process

As for the content of the letter, it is actually quite long, and I wrote it for a long time, but when I think about it carefully, it is completely water, so I deleted it