Soul of Burning Steel

When Joshua regained consciousness, he found himself standing in the void.

This void is deep and dark, without end and up and down, no matter whether it is left, right or front and back, it is the same chaos, just like a human dream.

But just because it is a dream-like chaos, it will be affected by people's thinking - because of the warrior's awakening, this deep void begins to change, the vast land appears under his feet, and the monotonous clouds and sky follow. Appeared, and with the twin moons hanging in the black sky, a simple small world had already taken shape.

"……I am dead?"

Is this the afterlife?

He was a little surprised at first, but immediately recalled Joshua, who was in a stalemate with the Ten Calamities Star, and had a bad guess about his situation.

This is indeed reasonable. Joshua, whose soul is still echoing with the pain at that time, knows how much damage divine power can do to his body. If it is not because his heart is usually the core organ that carries the battle energy, when it comes to flexibility and endurance The strength even surpassed the bones, and it might have been burned by the endless power long ago.

But even so, his body lost most of his flesh and blood, and he fell from the sky after being unconscious and bleeding heavily. Even Joshua himself didn't think he could survive.

But anyway, now is not the time to think about whether you are dead or not.

The soldier began to try to act in this monotonous world, but he was surprised to find that everything was exactly the same as the real world, as if he had a physical body, walking freely on this black land. You can also smell the fragrance of the soil, and the harmonious night wind is blowing slowly, bringing a hint of summer.

Wait, when is it windy?

Raising his head suddenly, Joshua looked around vigilantly.

During the time when he just woke up, the world was still nothingness, but then the earth and sky, clouds and bright moon appeared. Now, the soil has a familiar smell, and the wind has begun to blow in the originally silent world. Let him feel the temperature——

Everything became more and more detailed, and the crudeness began to transform into reality. The warrior frowned. Under his gaze, young shoots grew out of the black soil, mountains and hills began to rise from the ground, accompanied by the diffuse In the mist, a river like a silver ribbon appeared beside Joshua, and behind him, the fir forest rustled softly like the tide, as if they were whispering.

The twin moons in the dark night cast brilliance, covering everything with a white veil.

It was as if something was remembering, shaping a world with memories, and all the details became finer and finer, until even Joshua could hear the noise of the river, the cicadas in the woods, and the soles of his feet were no longer It's just black mud, but a layer of loose soil mixed with fallen leaves, shrub branches and sawdust.

Not only that, when the soldier raised his head and looked forward, a burst of familiar fire appeared, it was the color of the village fireworks, and he was standing on the green hill at this moment, looking at a river near the edge of the mountain forest. In the small village, beside the river, there are suspension bridges made of solid wood and creaking waterwheels. The sound of mills running makes one wonder whether this is an environmental illusion or the real world.

Things started to get complicated.

Just as Joshua frowned, thinking about what this scene meant, a white figure slowly walked out of the village.

This is a white-haired boy who is impeccable in both temperament and appearance. He is wearing white clothes with a faint smile on his face. In the middle of the hill not far from Xiuya.

Afterwards, he sat down, hugged his knees with his hands, and looked up at Mingyue quietly.

And Joshua was shocked the moment he saw the other person's appearance.

He had seen this boy before—in the remaining memory of the Azure Orb, that was the face he saw from the illusion of the power of order that automatically protected his body when he was assassinated by the five-color dragon clan with the curse of the evil god not long ago!

Joshua's red pupils locked tightly on the other person, and Joshua took a deep breath. If nothing unexpected happened, then the boy in front of him, who looked at the moon and seemed to be about to fall asleep, was... still a child. The sages of time!

Just like before, the white-haired boy didn't seem to notice Joshua, who was not far away from him, but quietly watched the pale silver double moon by himself, with a smile on his mouth, and his eyes were a little blurred, It seems to be thinking, and it seems to be remembering.

But just when the soldier was thinking about what he should do next, the boy suddenly said a word, and the clear boy's voice sounded, echoing on the hills.

"I really miss...Shuangyue in my hometown."

Then, he turned his head and looked at Joshua with white mirror-like pupils.

The world in front of the soldier's eyes was shattered.

Countless fragments of memories flashed by, and Joshua vaguely saw the growth of the other party. The boy who was smiling and staring at the moon gradually matured, and the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared. The serious youth Learning the knowledge of the sages, thinking about the meaning behind all phenomena, in order to explore the truth and power of all things, he chose to travel the whole world. For this reason, the footsteps of young people spread all over the whole continent.

Jungles, hills, plains, cities of foreign races, even ocean currents under the deep sea, extremely cold glaciers and steep and deep valleys between mountains, all come from a different world beyond the rift in time and space. When the young man returns, he has mastered different worlds. In the power of steel and fire, vindictiveness and magic.

The light called order and holiness shone in his palm.

After that, everything became fragmented, as if it was smashed into pieces of ice, the shattered residue could never be restored to its original state, and the warrior could only see the end of everything——

In the dark and deep void, countless gates of time and space are slowly opening, huge shadows are squirming, the power from the ancient abyss is coming from outside the world, and countless strange chaotic monsters are pouring out endlessly, intending to destroy the world in front of you. engulf.

And in front of them, a figure wearing a robe of light, whose face was covered by glory, held up his unparalleled authority alone.

...

...

The world returns to chaos, in the void, there is no distinction between up, down, left, and right.

Breaking away from the shock of witnessing the opening of the gate of the abyss and the prologue of the war between the sages and the evil gods, Joshua slowly looked around, and because he sensed a familiar and grand aura, he sighed and said in a deep voice: "Please come out!" Well, I don’t know how to call it a great existence.”

"You let me look at these memories, what is the purpose?"

The sound disappeared quickly in the void, as if a stone was thrown into the water, but there was no ripple.

But another voice appeared quickly.

"I originally wanted to see, what I want you to see, is not these."

Immediately replied to Joshua's inquiry, a voice came from the chaos, the voice was like thunder, with a rumbling echo, but unexpectedly not offensive: "What I want to see is your past memory, It's not the past of this strong man who has mastered the power of existence."

Following the echo, the entire void began to distort violently, and as bits and pieces of silvery luster emerged from the chaos, in Joshua's unsurprising gaze, a huge silver python that was unimaginably huge, even comparable to the entire world, appeared. It slowly appeared in front of the soldiers. It turned its huge head, and the light between its eyes was like the sun, shining with a strong silver light.

"You have the smell of my kind on your body. I think you have seen other world wills."

The speech of this giant python was simple and direct. It didn't even leave time for Joshua to reply, but said bluntly: "So, you can call me Ilgnar the Steel Python. In your language, That's my name."

Why do you want to see my past?

Before he had time to speak, the question just flowed through Joshua's heart, and the huge world python gave an answer at the same time: "Because of curiosity."

Its voice shook the void, with a sense of curiosity and appreciation: "You are just a human being, not even the life I conceived, but you are willing to fight against the chaos in the void in order to carry all of this. "

"Naturally, I would be curious, even I would be curious, curious about what the past of a warrior like you looked like, what kind of experience shaped your will and belief, and what kind of world can give birth to your existence .”

Irgner, the steel python, is completely different from the world will of Karliss that Joshua had encountered before. If Karliss is a wise elder with a towering mountain, then Irgner is a mass of The howling gale blows straight across the earth, and the words will not stop or turn in the slightest.

Joshua originally wanted to ask some questions, but Irgner shook its huge head and said with some regret: "Soldier, we don't have much time to talk, your body has left this world, so Nor can I forcefully keep your soul."

"My body is still alive?"

Joshua raised his brows, and Joshua, who had been unable to speak until now, finally spoke out this time. While he was delighted by the news, he was also a little puzzled: "But my injury has become like that, no matter how I think about it, I should Can't survive."

According to Joshua's own calculations, the moment the divine power withdrew from his body, his body would completely collapse due to overload, plus the bleeding from the wound and a large number of internal organ injuries, he should have died straight away. .

"Father of Nature, the god you spoke of healed your body."

Facing Joshua's question, even the stormy Irgner World Will would patiently explain it, but when it came to the Father of Nature, there was a trace of incomprehensibility in the voice of the giant steel python. It seems to be a taste of pleasure: "For me, the existence of this giant tree is no different from that of an evil god. He transformed my body and wiped out most of the life that I originally conceived. The remaining ones also changed themselves in order to survive. The original appearance... But in order to save you, He fell into a deep sleep again, and also lost the ability to continuously transform the world."

The relationship between it and the Father of Nature is definitely not harmonious. If it weren't for the fact that the Father of Nature has been sleeping for thousands of years, and the newly born elves have gradually become the original residents of its world, perhaps the relationship between them There will also be a battle between the gods.

But no matter what, everything has passed. The steel python lowered its head and stared at Joshua. Its thunderous voice was serious for the first time, and it became deeper: "No matter what, you saved me... saved me. For the sentient beings in this world, perhaps for me, this is not the best ending, but it is not bad either."

"Take it, this is the proof of your salvation and my authority, you deserve this honor."

A silver light suddenly appeared on Joshua's chest. The soldier stretched out his hand to catch the star-like light, but before he could lower his head to look at it, the voice of the steel python appeared again.

"Go back, go back to your hometown."

I made the outline for a new volume yesterday. By the way, I slept without turning on the heating. Now I have a cold...

This chapter will be revised later, but my head still hurts...