Soul of Burning Steel

When Bishop Artanis noticed something was wrong and walked quickly from the library to the hall, the clergy in the St. Lauren Cathedral were half unconscious.

"What's going on?! Is there a cult attack?!"

With a glance, only priests and priests could be seen lying on the ground. Although he was old, the old priest's reaction was still quick. He immediately condensed a ball of holy flame strikes in his hands, and put a layer of holy protection on himself, The power word · death is also ready in an instant, and can be issued at any time.

At the same time, Artanis also began to analyze the countless possibilities that caused this situation-for example, the cultists were planning to hold a large-scale sacrifice in the remote place of the Northland, and they were raiding at this time, or for example, when they had their own adventures back then The enemies that were formed are now coming back for revenge. For example, a sudden and severe plague unknowingly infected most of the knight priests, and now all of them are attacking, but these may all be rejected by himself.

——It’s ridiculous, with the artificial intelligence named No. 3, the entire main city of Moldavia is like a copper wall, and a fly can’t penetrate it. Break through the opponent's defense? Not to mention the enemies who have no such thing at all and the plague that has no news at all.

What the hell is going on?

Although he thought a lot, in fact, only a moment passed. After noticing the slight noise in front of the door, Bishop Artanis raised his head warily and looked forward.

He suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes.

As if the light had disappeared, there were three people standing in the corridor at the entrance of the prayer hall of the church, and the tall man in the middle took all the attention in an instant, and endless shadows were growing from him, covering the entire hall.

Slightly taken aback, the old pastor shook his head. He got rid of the illusion. Afterwards, Artanis saw the figure in front of him clearly. His eyes widened, and he immediately removed the holy flame in his hand.

"Joshua?! You're awake!"

The old pastor opened his hands, he took two steps forward, stared at the tall man in surprise and said, "My child, may the gods bless you, you woke up so quickly!"

And Joshua, who also noticed Artanis, also stepped forward quickly, gave the white-haired old man a hug in front of him, and said with a smile: "Yes, my lord bishop, thanks to you, I have awakened."

"No, I can't do anything about your coma. It's really embarrassing... You should be more grateful to Ying and Rin. These two children have been taking care of you in recent days."

The two parted, Artanis nodded to the embarrassed young girl and showed a kind smile, then the old man looked around the whole hall, he couldn't help wondering: "But what's going on here? Joshua, why are they all in a coma? ?”

The old pastor didn't doubt that it was a soldier who made the move. Although the opponent had such strength, he had no reason to do such a thing—and the unconscious personnel had no wounds on their bodies. They seemed to have seen something terrifying and were directly frightened to faint. .

"...It's a long story..."

Sighing, Joshua also turned his head to look at the clergy who had collapsed all over the place, and said helplessly to Artanis: "Fortunately, you don't seem to feel anything, otherwise there will be big troubles. It is inconvenient to talk here. Let's find Let’s discuss it in detail in a place where no one is around.”

"No problem, but..."

After clapping his hands, the wave of holy light spread out, and the white-haired priest who called a few people to deal with the large group of unconscious people turned his head and looked at Joshua himself, his eyes swept over him, and he couldn't help frowning : "Joshua, are you cursed by something? Why do I feel a thick shadow lurking in your body?"

"That's exactly what I'm going to talk to you about."

Before the personnel from other churches came to the hall to deal with these unconscious guys, everyone walked up the stone spiral staircase to the second floor of the church, and walked along the empty corridor. Artanis found an unused There was an empty room, and a group of people took a few chairs in this room and sat down facing each other.

Artanis didn't ask where Joshua and the others did what they did before, so that they have been in a coma until now. The old white-haired priest doesn't care about these things at all. Trouble, this is the life experience of an elder.

What he is interested in now is what kind of explanation Joshua will give him.

Naturally, the warrior would not hide anything, but would truthfully tell the truth about his condition.

"Breath of Chaos?"

After hearing what Joshua said, Artanis frowned, clasped his hands tightly, and muttered to himself in doubt: "You have many resentments from dead monsters wrapped around your body, I know that, it is indeed It will bring a great mental burden to those who meet you for the first time, but will the breath of chaos expand this burden?"

——And expanded to the point that even strong-willed priests and knights couldn't bear it? This surprised the old pastor especially.

"That's true." Sitting on the hardwood chair, Joshua replied, "It's hard for me to understand the relationship, but the fact is that anyone who sees me for the first time will be affected by the aura of chaos. I was taken away by the resentment lodged in my body, which led to a coma—those knights and priests who were unconscious all fell because of this.”

"This situation can't go on, I need to fix it as soon as possible," he added.

"indeed."

Taking a deep breath, Bishop Artanis nodded sympathetically: "If everything is as you said, then it must be resolved as soon as possible. After all, you are different from others. You are the lord of a place and often have festivals. The celebration or sacrificial activity needs you to preside over it, at that time..."

Imagine a little bit, when Joshua appeared on the stage, all the people who saw him fainted on a large scale-this would undoubtedly cause panic, you know, even the relatively determined clergy were paralyzed without resistance In a group, it is not surprising that ordinary people would have a heart attack even if they were frightened.

"So, what solution does the Church of the Seven Gods have for this kind of problem?"

Joshua asked straightforwardly. He seemed to have anticipated the situation in the future, so he couldn't wait to solve it: "Even if it can't be completely eliminated, it should be able to cover it up."

"It's impossible to remove."

He shook his head resolutely, but the old bishop's voice showed a trace of hesitation. He seemed a little uncertain, and kept tapping on the handrail with his fingers: "I said it last time, this kind of resentment before death is difficult to eliminate. Symptoms If it is lighter, I can still try, but if it is your level, unless His Majesty the Pope personally takes action, or the blessing of the gods, otherwise it is basically impossible to erase, not to mention that there is still the breath of chaos entangled now, which is more powerful than before. It's more complicated."

After a short pause, Artanis seemed to have made up his mind. He raised his head, looked directly into Joshua's eyes and said, "However, because this kind of mental pressure requires a condition, that is to look directly at you, so there is still a chance."

"What's the meaning?"

Keenly sensing the dawn of a solution to the problem, Joshua immediately asked, and at the same time, he also thought of a possibility.

"It means that if you cover your face, or use some kind of magic to cover your true face, then this oppressive force will be reduced a lot."

Briefly explaining several possible solutions, Bishop Artanis seems to have thought carefully: "The might of the giant dragon can also cause panic on a large scale, but when they transform into human forms and come to live in the human world, the dragon Wei will not work, this is because what ordinary people see is not their true face, but your situation is similar to that of the giant dragon, according to this idea, the solution is the same."

"Put on a helmet, or a mask, or use some kind of illusion to change your appearance, or even become exactly the same face, as long as people can't see your true face, then this problem can be temporarily solved.

Having said that, the old pastor stood up, with a subtle smile on his lips, looking at Joshua who was also standing up, Artanis said in a deep voice: "Now, I happen to have a piece of magic that meets the requirements— — or a divine spell item."

Such a coincidence? The soldier was a little surprised, but after thinking about it for a while, he didn't find it strange. Enchanting equipment that can cause illusion effects is the easiest to manufacture among all magic items. In addition, no matter what forces occasionally do things that require concealment, it is not surprising that there are magic equipment that can change appearances in the church.

In fact, if Joshua wanted to buy it, relying on his status as the lord of Moldavia, he could easily buy all kinds of high-quality illusion enchanting equipment, but since the old bishop has it, there is no need for him to deliberately collect it .

"Don't be in such a hurry."

The subtle smile on his face spread, as if he had thought of something good, the wrinkles on the face of the white-haired old pastor seemed to melt away, he said with a smile: "Before helping you solve the problem, Joshua, you have to help Do me a favor—and, in a way, do yourself a favor."

"As long as I can get it done, then it's not a problem."

For this, Joshua agreed without hesitation. Bishop Artanis helped him a lot and kept the main city safe for him. As one of the leaders of the Church of the Seven Gods in the Northland, he also Don't compete with yourself for power, if the old pastor is really in trouble, the warrior will definitely help.

"Perhaps you've heard Number 3 say it."

With Joshua's promise, the old pastor smiled even more: "Recently, cultists and demon priests have often sneaked into the city, intending to carry out sabotage operations, but because of Miss No. 3, they were all caught and sent to me. .”

Nodding his head, Joshua said that he knew about it, and Bishop Artanis continued: "These cultists sneaked into the city must have malicious intentions, and now there are still a steady stream of cultists coming from outside the city , but we don’t know their purpose so far, so the behavior of the church and city guards is very passive, and we don’t even know which areas should be protected.”

"Didn't you ask?"

Frowning, Joshua was a little puzzled: "Although it hurts the reputation of the church, as far as I know—"

"—The church will not be kind and tolerant to the cultists. We will use torture, even magic to torture them, and spit out everything we want to know."

After interrupting the soldiers, Bishop Artanis shook his head, with some regret on his old face: "But it's a pity that these cultists are unexpectedly determined, and even the few knights who were executed looked at the miserable scene. There are some psychological problems in the scene, but they still don’t let go, there are only 19 people left among the 27 heretics and demon priests, but we still don’t know anything about their purpose.”

"……I understand."

After roughly understanding what the old bishop meant, Joshua guessed what the other party wanted him to help with. With a suppressed smile on his lips, he shook his head and said with emotion, "My lord bishop, you are really..."

"Speaking carefully, it's not something evil."

Artanis also smiled and said, he looked very happy: "Let a lord of the territory go to see the cultists who are going to destroy his territory-is this considered evil? No matter how you say it, it is the most normal thing!"

The two looked at each other, and then both laughed, leaving only the speechless teenager and girl looking at each other silently, and then they all showed helpless smiles.

I said it before, the protagonist is not ugly, and being fierce is not ugly, right...