Soul of Burning Steel

"We are going to use battleships? Are those nobles really planning to rebel?"

After Joshua heard Israel's murderous words, he felt a little strange. He frowned, and said to the person on the other side of the light curtain: "It's just about spreading supernatural knowledge, magic, battle qi, and rune knowledge. It’s just popular, no matter how extreme the nobles are, they won’t rebel because of this.”

"You think I'm so ready to deal with a certain group of people?"

Israel shook his head: "Let's not talk about strength, I am still an emperor after all, although I don't have absolute jurisdiction over the enfeoffed local nobles, but they still don't raise the flag of rebellion against me for this kind of thing, the orcs and The dragon calamity has just passed, and both the army and the civilians have great anti-war forces, and it is impossible for them to summon the army."

"What I am worried about is that those who have been robbed of the right to speak and explain the extraordinary power will carry out sabotage. The new floating battleship is only used as a suppressive force to maintain order in possible chaos."

Regarding this explanation, Joshua nodded, and he understood after saying that.

The so-called right to speak and explain, in a sense, is power. The core power of religion is the right to speak and explain things such as gods, the afterlife, the future, and miracles. The power of speech and interpretation of extraordinary power is for their own benefit. The great nobles may be afraid of the three legends of Israel, Nostradamus and Joshua whose strength is enough to flatten the earth, but these little people are not afraid. After all, they will not fight head-to-head, they will only use deceit, incitement and various methods. This trick messes things up and creates trouble for everyone.

But as soon as the floating battleship appears, any chaos and troubles will be easily resolved - under the absolute violence suspended over the city, no one will dare to think carefully, even if they are brave, it is impossible to find it. other associates.

——I just need to remind Israel that this kind of extremely powerful and violent rule cannot last for a long time.

Joshua originally thought that this method was a bit too strong, but after thinking about it carefully, the Northern Empire was originally a feudal, centralized and dictatorial empire, and the mainstream gods they believed in were also the gods of power and justice. From this point of view, for the people of the empire, In other words, this method is probably very common.

Israel's matter is almost finished. He came to communicate just to ask about Joshua's recent whereabouts and tell him about the changes in the abyss. Now that he knows the reason, His Majesty still has a lot of things to do. busy.

"Adrian seems to be still at your place. The elf cards he made recently are extremely popular in the aristocratic circle. Yesterday, Baron Derryman gave me a limited edition luxury collection card table... Young people can It's not easy to do something, Joshua, next time you meet Adrian, tell him not to come back in a hurry, I let him go out just to let him do his own business."

Before leaving, Israel said this to Joshua, the father seemed to be very concerned about the sixth prince's whereabouts.

"I will tell you." Joshua seriously agreed. As for the goblin card...he only remembered the embarrassment of the two legendary mages trying to cheat every time they played a card, and he didn't remember anything else.

And after Israel, it was Master Nostradamus who appeared at the other end of the light curtain. Originally in the world of stars, the hair of the old mage who had recovered to a middle-aged appearance became pale again, but the wrinkles on his face did not come back. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and after seeing Joshua, he used it quite easily. He said in a calm tone: "Joshua, you have talked so much with Israel, I don't want to talk nonsense anymore... The two best mage academies under the Guantian White Tower have recently said that they want to send a group of Students come to us for exchange and study, and exchange magic and various technical research with each other. After all, this is a matter in your territory, and you still need to speak if you want to make things happen."

"As long as it's not a spy, everything is easy to say."

Joshua simply agreed. He has always taken a positive attitude towards technical exchanges. There is no future to speak of behind closed doors. Even species are better if they are hybridized. Naturally, ideas, inspiration and technology are no exception. .

After discussing the exchange plan with the academy under the Guantian White Pagoda, Joshua closed the light curtain amid the old mage's farewell sound.

"It's almost over."

He let out a long breath, and then thought quite calmly in his heart: "The blood of the ancient dragon was also transferred to No. 3 just now, and she will give it to Hill and Fina, and I can almost really rest for a while." Time, precipitation digests recent harvest."

Joshua recalled the extremely fulfilling five years since he came to Mycroft Continent in Starfall 831, and couldn't help sighing: "I played almost continuously for five years without resting. However, although it is very cool, in order to ensure a complete state without any hidden injuries and dead ends, a thorough rest and self-examination must also be carried out."

Anyway, the dragon disaster has been wiped out, the cultists have disappeared, the Earth God Sect has fallen apart, and the flames have been rekindled. The abyssal demons are probably too busy to take care of themselves now. The evil gods are still decades away from the world of Mycroft. The emergence of ... Now there are almost no major events for soldiers to take action. Everyone is looking forward to the future development, which has made the whole world a lot more peaceful.

Because of Joshua's all-out fighting and hard work in the past five years, the Mycroft Continent, which claims to have never-ending disputes, has actually entered a rare period of peace. I just don't know how long this precious peace will last.

"In short, just don't make any big news, just be an ordinary earl and manage the territory."

Having made a plan for himself for a period of time in the future, Joshua made a conclusion.

So, two months later.

A certain lord, a huge human-shaped steel statue suddenly appeared in the south of the outer city of New Moldavia overnight, shocking the whole world.

This gigantic statue depicts the posture of a certain armored warrior standing with a sword. The length and width of the base alone exceed 120 meters and 80 meters respectively, and the height reaches an unimaginable 280 meters. Mi, what's even more frightening is that the statue that appeared overnight was made of some kind of heavy alloy, and there were no lines on the surface, it was almost absolutely smooth... Not to mention the large materials used, this kind of technology, Even in the whole world is called the leader.

In this regard, the local residents were naturally shocked and cheered. They were quite emotional. The lord of the Northland finally remembered that his territory needed a landmark building, and he was full of praise for every detail of the magnificent statue —— Moore Davia, as an emerging big city, is lacking in heritage and reputation compared with other traditional big cities, but now, the sudden appearance of a huge statue of a lord undoubtedly makes up for this shortcoming, allowing local residents After going out, I also have the capital to brag and pretend.

And a certain lord was currently rubbing his forehead in distress in the hall of his lord's mansion.

"Damn it, it's all the fault of No. 3 and Yingying's instigation before. I accidentally made it too big... It's just that there are some distracting thoughts in my mind, and the deviation is so big."

He looked at the mist of steel power in his hand worriedly: "It seems that there is still a long way to go before we can create a fusion core in just one thought."

In the lord's mansion, the soldiers' rest and practice were still going on. At this time, in the north of Winterhold Academy, in a small camp in the sea of ​​confusion.

The cold and sad wind beat back and forth on the skin wall of the tent, and the icy particles of frost and snow passed through the gap and were thrown into the firewood pile in the tent. Five stern-faced young men sat around the fire, staring at the dying flames.

They were wearing black winter castle style windproof cloaks, with long swords, staffs, quiveres and longbows hanging on their waists and backs, and the runes on the iron blocks at the cuffs flashed, as if they were conveying something Information to afar.

These five people are the five registered disciples that Joshua accepted before, the human brother and sister Ivan, Amira and their Bailong, the dwarf Nick, the knight's daughter Karin, and the Empire Seven who just joined this team. Prince Alva. These five people are all senior students of Cold Winter Castle College. Compared with the heavy theoretical courses in the past few years, they have much more free time for themselves. Many teachers no longer teach basic knowledge, but It is to release many practical tasks and topics, so that these students can personally experience the power of extraordinary power in the face of combat and natural threats.

And now, the five-member team accepted the task of a professional instructor who trained dragons, and came to the Blind Sea at the end of the world to find the current accurate position of the gradually changing South Magnetic Pole.

Because of the rekindling of the flames and the recovery of the world, the originally stagnant magnetic field of the world began to gradually change, and the change of the magnetic poles is one of them. In the original Moldavia, the aurora was actually invisible, but now Moldavia only needs to be within the city. If the lights are not bright enough, you can often see turquoise or golden aurora swaying in the sky. There is no doubt that this is a major event that can affect the entire world, and it is extremely important information for many mages who study the structure of the world itself.

Although it is said that the two deans of Winterhold College can almost calculate the specific position of the magnetic pole in an instant through their own power, but in order to train the students and let them experience it for themselves, neither of them made a move. Instead, release tasks and let everyone choose to complete them.

"It was said to be the Blind Sea, but it turned out that almost all the places are ice sheets, only a little bit of water is not frozen."

Before the fire, the dwarf Nick murmured: "There are icebergs everywhere, and God knows when the ice under our feet will break. Looking for a magnetic pole in such a place, we are indeed crazy."

Because the dwarves live in hot lava fields or dark underground places, he hates this extremely cold place with daylight for half a year. Nick, who has been in the Blind Sea for more than 20 days, is now He was really going crazy, no matter how strong he was, he couldn't bear this kind of physical and psychological torture.

"It's crazy to continue!"

But on the other side, as the team leader, Ivan shook his head resolutely. The young hunter with platinum-blonde hair casually added a fire to the fire, then looked around his four teammates, and said firmly: " It’s just an ice field, just looking for a magnetic pole... We have killed many dragons and beasts in the original world, so will we still be defeated by the wind and snow?”

"Most importantly, are you willing to lose to a teenage girl?"

As soon as this little girl was mentioned, an inexplicable motivation erupted in the entire team.

"Yeah... how can I lose to this later guy!"

"Damn it, obviously we came first!"

Amira and Karin gritted their teeth at the same time, their eyes revealing a strong sense of struggle, while Alva on the side did not speak, but his heart was also full of unwillingness and unhappiness.

Lisa Kronos, this is the common opponent and competitive goal of the five members of the team.

This mysterious little girl who was brought back two months ago by everyone's master, the legendary powerhouse Joshua Van Radcliffe, entered the Academy of Wintercastle under the recommendation of the warrior. The five people in the small team also took good care of this little girl with dragon horns and dragon tail because they were also close to Joshua. They even helped Lisa learn the basics of extraordinary Knowledge, assisting in learning various magic skills.

The result... was that they were quickly overtaken and beaten.

It’s not that Lisa is very strong—although the talent and cultivation skills of the dragon girl are first-class, but the first team of five people who can pass the test of the fog of gods and also learn the skills taught by Joshua It's not a soft persimmon either. In fact, because the world is different, Lisa, who is slightly weaker, is at a comprehensive disadvantage when facing the first team with more combat experience and older age. Basically everyone in the team, Including Alva, who just joined the team not long ago, can deal with the simple attack methods of the dragon girl with one hand... But the prerequisite is that there is only the dragon girl alone.

But how could Lisa be fighting alone? Behind her, there is a guide from the former Balrog Syndicate!

As a former extreme-level great demon, although Syndicate felt that the strength of Joshua's other disciples was quite extraordinary, he could still accurately grasp the weaknesses of each member of the five-member team. Under the guidance of this old man, Lisa each This kind of leapfrog challenge, after a period of hard fighting, successfully defeated the five seniors! Under Syndicate's vicious hint, the naive Lisa also told them that she was Joshua's only formal disciple.

"Brothers and sisters, please work hard! One day, you will also become Master Joshua's true disciples!"

Lisa was just cheering her up sincerely, but in the hearts of Ivan and the others, it was as painful as being stabbed hundreds of times by a knife—they had worked hard for so long, and they were still registered disciples of Joshua. The little girl who appeared abruptly became an official disciple... This is really shocking!

"Could it be... that rumor is true? The rumor that the lord appreciates young girls..."

In the hearts of his disciples, Joshua, who was murdered, just simply forgot to tell everyone in the first team that they had already become regulars. He always thought that he could learn the exercises he taught to Xiaocheng Yi Wan, Amira, Karin, Nick, and Alva already had the awareness to become his true disciples, but the soldiers forgot that sometimes a simple acknowledgment can inspire people's hearts more than any words.

And now, Lisa has also accepted the task of detecting the specific position of the magnetic poles in the world of Mycroft just like Ivan and others. The relationship between them has become a complete competition, but if Joshua sees Lisa and the others at this time The benign competition among the people in the first team may deliberately conceal this, so that there is a little vitality among the young people.

Just when everyone was working hard and improving themselves during this peaceful time, they were in the city of New Moldavia—that is, the collective name of the original main city of Moldavia and the four new satellite cities— At the gate, Joshua, who was staring at the huge metal statue he had accidentally created, suddenly sensed a wave of fluctuations from a distance that made his heart palpitate.

It was not the vigilance caused by the approach of a powerful force, nor the excitement of burning fighting spirit, but a more ordinary, more ordinary feeling that seemed to resonate...

Joshua shifted his gaze to the direction from which the wave came.

"Is it the fluctuation of Number One?"

overslept...