Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 831, December 18th.

According to folk customs, November is called the month of frost, December is the month of flying snow, and January is the month of freezing ice. They are collectively called White Winter March.

Now, at this time, it is the time when the snow is the heaviest in the world. Even the southern part of the empire will be snowed heavily, not to mention the cold north.

But in any case, the snow falling on the Moldova fortress now is really too big.

Gloomy black clouds gathered from the far end of the sky, reaching above the gray-white city, and then fell straight down—not condensed into snow and then fell lightly, but like the sky tilted and covered the top, one cloud after another fell down .

The violent snow flow fell from the sky with the momentum of a waterfall and avalanche. The snow on the ground became thicker and taller at a speed visible to the naked eye. The hunting north wind also mercilessly brought a mournful howl, passing over every street in the fortress. .

In this kind of weather, even the strong black iron soldiers cannot move normally, let alone ordinary civilians, and only Joshua's knights and the original silver patrol group in the fortress can barely move freely.

"If at this time, the Kuroshio rises again and the monsters attack the city again, I don't think it will be able to defend."

Patrolling the city wall against the wind and snow, a certain silver knight wiped his face and lifted off the layer of frozen ice, he sighed: "We still have to fight in this weather... You can’t see anything meters away, and the snow can cover your sight like this, how do you fight?”

"You feel uncomfortable, and Warcraft also feels uncomfortable."

The voice of another silver knight on the side was a little vague: "They are all flesh and blood, don't think they can be much better...Damn it, snow got into my mouth again, bah!"

This kind of dialogue occurs in every corner of the city. Everyone is complaining about the bad weather. However, as Northlanders, although the snow came suddenly and strangely, they have not experienced similar or even greater blizzards. So while sighing, everyone was still patient.

"This kind of snow won't last long, so bear with it for a while."

In a certain house in the center of the fortress, an ordinary middle-aged man added a firewood to the fireplace, comforting his wife behind him: "The snow eight years ago was bigger than it is now, and it stopped in half a day."

Just like what this man said, no one would think how long this kind of heavy snow, which is almost a year's worth of snow, will last.

But the reality is different from what they thought.

Starfall 831, December 20th.

Blizzard has no signs of stopping.

The streets in the fortress have been completely covered with snow. No matter how hard the knights try to clear it, it is meaningless. In some relatively narrow alleys, the snow has already reached the roof level. Where should it be put, even if it is thrown out of the city, it will only contribute to the next siege of the Kuroshio.

Starfall 831, December 21st, early morning.

Today, although the violent snowfall has slowed down a little bit, it has not changed substantially. If the average snowfall is about 1 on weekdays, then it was 10 when it was the most violent in the past few days, and it is at least 8 now.

Countess Verdani was wearing a mage robe, walking back and forth in her study, walking to the window from time to time, looking out of the window with an irritable expression.

The field of vision is extended, and there is only one frosty white. In the snow curtain, she can't even see ten meters away. This is because she is a golden mage with extraordinary vision. If she is an ordinary person, she can see one or two Meters are not bad--and what's the difference between that and a blind man?

"Dani, don't be so anxious and worried. Your spirit has recovered, and you have even made progress. The dragon cart caravan from the main city also arrived at the fortress yesterday. Although the supply of weapons and ammunition is not sufficient at present, it can be marked for a day or two. A city defense battle is more than enough."

Sitting on the hardwood chair in the study room, flipping through an ancient book with a sheepskin cover, Brandon was still dressed in the original outfit, wearing a leather armor with two swords hanging on his waist. Confident, he raised his head, looked at the purple-haired female mage, and comforted him: "In this kind of weather, even a two-footed flying dragon can't take off, let alone a giant bat. The city will be beaten back by you, me and Joshua... Even if three golden monsters appear at the same time, it is not a big problem."

"Brandon, you know that's not my concern."

Shaking her head, she seemed a little dissatisfied with her partner's statement, Verdani sighed leisurely, and then said worriedly: "When the supplies were delivered yesterday, it should have been a time to be thankful, but none of the people present Showing joy, I felt something was wrong at that time, but now it seems that it is indeed the case."

"Why is something wrong?"

Frowning, Brandon closed the book and put it on the small table beside him. He stood up, walked to the side of the female mage and said, "If there is, why didn't you tell me?"

"Your magic power perception is too poor."

Pointing at the blond-haired swordsman, and then pointing at the void, the purple-haired female mage narrowed her eyes and sighed, "I was also afraid that this was an illusion, so I didn't tell you... There is a strange feeling in this heavy snow. , very chaotic fluctuations of magic power, although it is not conspicuous at first, but as the snow gets more and more, it can gradually affect people's spirit and mood."

Speaking of this, the countess seemed to have come to her senses: "Sure enough, my previous worried disposition was also a bit strange... It seems that I was influenced unconsciously."

That is the magic of chaos.

Needless to say, Brandon quickly understood the nature of the strange chaotic magic power. There is no doubt that this blizzard is mixed with chaotic magic power that disturbs the mind and mind, making it impossible for people to maintain a quiet and peaceful heart.

(I haven't fully grasped the power contained in the twin swords of order, so I can only guarantee that I won't be affected...I'm still weak.)

He thought of the order fluctuations surrounding Joshua, which was enough to affect the huge halo within a radius of tens of meters, and the power was enough to expel this weak influence of chaos.

Thinking of this, the blond swordsman couldn't help sighing, and he gently hugged the purple-haired mage beside him. Under the pulsation of power, Verdani felt as if something had been removed from her whole body, and she became refreshed. It also becomes faster.

"I didn't expect you to have two hands. Thank you... Well, the dragon cart caravan can still transport supplies, but according to this level of heavy snow, we will be trapped here to death one day."

After waking up quite a bit, the Countess quickly remembered a figure as huge as a butterfly. She looked out the window and said with incomparable certainty: "This kind of power that indirectly affects the weather and environment is undoubtedly the work of that 'big butterfly'... …The golden beast has finally made a move, I haven’t heard from you for so long, I thought it had already been eaten by that dragon spider.”

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Brandon again, and said seriously: "There is no time to wait for the snow to stop now, let's go to Joshua, we can't continue to be passively influenced by people like this, and be influenced by that chaotic magic power like this , the fighters in the fortress will lose their fighting spirit!"

"You're right."

Nodding his head, Brandon thought the same. He recalled for a while, and then said: "Joshua should be at the city wall now, and he basically hasn't been to other places recently."

Now that the location has been determined, the two gold powerhouses will naturally not have any procrastination. Within a few minutes, they flew to the city wall, and through the breath induction between the gold powerhouses, they also successfully arrived at the place where the soldiers were. place.

But there was an exclamation.

"Joshua, what are you doing?!"

"Oh? Brandon, Verdani, are you here?"

Standing on the edge of the city wall, wearing armor and carrying a shield on his back, the warrior who followed Yingying looked behind him in surprise. The astonished eyes of the purple-haired female mage and the blond swordsman did not affect him. The guy said with a normal expression: "There's something wrong with this snow, I'm going to the Black Forest to investigate."

Who scouts will bring a full suit of armor, spears, throwing axes, shields and great swords!

The observation ability of the blond warrior has always been good, and it can even be said to be at the top level. In an instant, he saw the miniaturized models hanging on the warrior's waist, including two steel lances, four The flying ax and the two huge swords that seemed to be dual-wielded suddenly felt a wave of ups and downs in his heart, and he couldn't help but said: "You look like you are going to fight, even an infantry brigade doesn't have enough firepower like you-listen! , Joshua, you must have felt it..."

Having said that, recalling that Verdani was also here, Brandon immediately stopped talking, but he saw the soldier nodded to him, and he didn't need to ask the next sentence, but instead questioned: "Do you want to Do you want to go to the black forest alone to find the source of this abnormal blizzard?"

"As you said, it is true. I am going to investigate the situation of this blizzard, but don't worry, I am just investigating a little bit."

Shrugging his shoulders, Joshua's face was covered by a full-coverage helmet, so he couldn't see his expression clearly, nor could he tell the truth of this sentence.

If you find it, kill it.

At least this sentence, the soldier did not say it.

"Before you go, at least discuss it with us."

Verdani looked a little tired. She explained to the soldiers: "After all, you are also one of the most important combat forces in the fortress. If something happens, it will not only affect Moldova..."

Rumble!

Suddenly, a deep and loud sound suddenly sounded in the distance. With the vibration of the sound wave, the light between the sky and the earth seemed to dim in an instant, and the sun shining behind the clouds seemed to disappear completely in an instant, making the whole world The world fell into darkness.

Joshua, Brandon, and Verdani all looked solemn and looked at the sky at the same time.

In the far distance, above the center of the Black Forest, the gloomy sky covered with thick clouds was torn apart layer by layer by a berserk force, but what was revealed behind it was not the bright sun and the sky, but a huge dark sky , the huge tide of magic power surged, and the strange lines of magic power folded and undulated back and forth in the black mist and sky. It was spectacular and unsettling. Countless disgusting weird patterns appeared in the void, quickly dissipating and condensing.

Huge patterns like animal heads and coats of arms flashed faintly in the sky. Even the blizzard that could obscure the sight could not block this magnificent and admirable scene.

Joshua's eyes were like melting iron, and his red pupils were like burning. He looked at the dark sky in the distance, and his heart was pounding.

"This is... this breath..."

"Wow———"

An incomprehensible sound suddenly resounded through the sky and the mountains, and the snow on the distant snow mountains even collapsed because of this sound, causing avalanches of various sizes, and at this moment, the flashes lit up , A black beam of light rose from the earth and went straight into the sky!

On the line between the sky and the earth, a black beam of light stands straight between the sky and the earth!

Joshua and Brandon looked at each other with shock in their eyes.

"The gate of time and space... is fully opened?!"