Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 833, July 1st, at the edge of the Naka Mountains in the far south, late at night.

The clear night sky in the northwest mountains is full of stars, and the dry airflow from the east sweeps away all the floating clouds. The twin moons in the sky are exuding eye-catching silver brilliance, covering the earth with a layer of tulle.

With a slight hum, a huge object moved across the sky smoothly and quickly, releasing waves of magic power, casting a bleak shadow on the hills at the edge of the mountains.

The floating battleship Gale has left the Naka Mountains, which connects the far south and the western mountains, and is heading towards the far southerly sea step by step.

And at the railing in front of it, there is a black-haired man looking down at the land.

"really not bad."

He said softly: "I didn't expect that I could come here again."

Since everyone set off from the imperial capital eight days ago, they have experienced nine large-scale teleportations——Southern Fortress Group, Luni Sky Island, Iron Mountain City, Kingdom of Shia, Kingdom of Xiboer, Central Black Forest Edge, West Mountain Chamber of Commerce Alliance, The big hole, and finally the Naka Mountain Fortress Group, so far, they finally arrived at their destination, Far South.

Fifty percent or more of the land in the Far South is covered by dense jungles. There are countless elf tribes and zerg lairs, and most of the homes of various strange creatures are located in it, not in the jungle. The grasslands and hills in the world are the territory of the human kingdom, and the two get along harmoniously, and even have a common council to deal with each other's problems.

Joshua looked down at the dense jungle below him. He knew that behind the tangled branches and leaves of the trees, there must be countless eyes silently watching this floating warship. Among them were eagle owls, wild beasts, Naturally, there are also humans and elves.

He is very clear about this familiar yet unfamiliar land.

Because this is the place where the warrior once fought. In his previous life, he was in the jungle in the far south. He worked hard in various dungeons and missions, and gradually gained fame. He gathered many friends by his side, and finally formed a large battleground. Although he always complained that things like war groups were a waste of time, everyone knew that soldiers only complained, and he was very happy to have so many like-minded partners.

Now that he returned to this land again, he couldn't wait.

"Zi Zi Zi, Zi Zi Zi."

Behind Joshua, there was a noise like electric current, and a set of what can only be called a huge armored figure nodded slightly, as if agreeing with what he said before.

Turning around, Joshua looked at the armored figure.

"Do you understand?"

Smiling and patted the opponent's breastplate, the soldier turned his head again and looked into the distance: "It seems that your intelligence is not as low as it was at the beginning, No. 1."

This three-meter-high, gigantic armored figure is exactly the number one steel element created by Joshua with the power of power a few days ago.

After these few days, several experiments by the mages on the ship have absorbed a lot of magic power, and the steel element fused with a lot of metals has become bigger and bigger. It has changed from the original two meters high to the current three meters. Third, it also imitates Joshua's magic armor, using a helmet to cover the weakness of its head. This huge body contains a flow of magic power far beyond the past, and its power has also changed from the original silver primary level to Silver mid-level, enough to compete against fighters who can release grudges.

In addition, Joshua also noticed that Number One's wisdom became more and more mature with the passage of time.

This steel element, as his own kin, seems to be able to understand a lot of things that warriors know by nature. It didn't respond when it was just born, just because it was a blank piece of paper at that time, and it had no knowledge but couldn't use it. As the days passed, the meaningless noise of Number One gained a lot of meaning, and the steel elemental was able to understand human conversations.

Joshua didn't continue to pay attention to the changes in the first number. From his point of view, it is a good thing that the intelligence and strength of steel elements are getting stronger. Since it is a good thing, there is no need to pay too much attention to it.

And inside the ship.

The black-haired boy walked along the steel passage of the battleship. He walked through the corridor, climbed up the stairs, opened the door to the outside world, and came to the deck of the battleship.

Looking up, he saw the conspicuous figures of the warrior and the steel elemental. They stood on the railing at the forefront of the battleship and looked at the distant scenery. His back seemed to blend in with the black night sky.

"Wearing this black coat again...can't you change the color?"

Complaining in a low voice, Rin is no stranger to his master's aesthetics of dressing. He looked around and found that he couldn't find his sister and Banlong. It seemed that he was still resting in the room. Yingying seemed to have regained her enthusiasm for taking care of horses back then, and began to pester Banlong non-stop, which has hardly stopped for a week.

"Owner!"

Shaking his head, putting aside the thoughts in his heart, the black-haired boy trotted all the way, heading towards the front of the empty ship, while Joshua, who was wearing a black overcoat that Lin Fu slandered as never changing, turned sideways, Smiling and nodding, he said, "Why, Rin, why don't you come to see the scenery together? The moonlight is really good tonight."

"No, just now Miss No. 3 sent me a report on the status of the territory in the last week."

Shaking his head slightly, the black-haired boy held a report full of densely packed small characters in his hand, and asked with some hesitation: "I think Master, you should want to see it...do you need it?"

"Of course."

After receiving the report from Rin, he patted the black-haired boy's head appreciatively. Joshua roughly scanned the complicated text on the report, and he understood it immediately.

"Brandon and Verdani have come over and picked up their two children? What rewards are left... Ha."

Blinking, the soldier was a little dissatisfied and said, "Do you really treat me as a babysitter? Rin—tell Miss No. 3 to return all the rewards. If you want to express your gratitude, just wait for me to go back and say it yourself." gone."

Other than that, it’s actually not a big deal, Brandon and Verdani have wiped out most of the cultists and dangerous monsters in Moldova, and Artanis and Lolanda have already killed Moore All the dangerous factors in the Davia Territory were swept away, and with the No. 3 caretaker, the entire territory was fine.

Of course, No. 3 also complained in the report why she was not brought in this operation, and she also wanted to see the floating battleships in this world.

In fact, it is not impossible, but everyone has already arrived in the far south now, and it is impossible to return to the voyage. In the past, connect No. 3.

Returning the report to Rin, Joshua saw that the black-haired boy also wanted to see the far south, a land that was completely different from the north, so he asked the first number to put him on its own shoulders, and at this moment, The soldier suddenly turned his head and looked at the darkness at the end of his field of vision in the extreme distance.

"As expected of a dragon disaster."

He muttered to himself: "How long has it been since I left the security area of ​​Naka Fortress, and I came so soon."

"——Woo! Woo! Woo!"

A few minutes later, the Gale sounded a sharp siren, and in the control room of the battleship, hasty reports and responses followed.

"There is a high magic reaction ahead!"

"Preliminarily proved to be a cluster of flying mad dragons, the number is one hundred and twenty-four!"

"Can it be avoided?"

"No, there is also a group of flying dragons on the left, and there are a lot of them."

As the most elite people in the empire, they were even dispatched to pilot this floating battleship. These crew members are very calm in the face of today's abnormal situation. They calmly reported information to each other, and passed the results layer by layer to the captain. hands.

"A total of 212 berserk flying dragons."

After pondering for a while, the middle-aged captain with a strand of white hair on his temples said in a low voice, "Not much."

"There are only two hundred and twelve berserk flying dragons."

Similarly, on the deck, Joshua read out the number of flying dragons in the distance. He shook his head, looking a little disappointed: "It's not even an appetizer."

The soldier didn't even have the thought of going back to the inside of the ship first, he was still standing at the forefront of the Gale, looking into the distance.

"Owner!"

Behind her, there was the hurried footsteps of the silver-haired girl, and she shouted with a hint of excitement: "I heard the sirens—are you ready to start fighting?"

Yingying was followed by a group of black giant horses, with a silver pendant hanging on its chest. Even if the black was reduced by the shape-changing pendant, it seemed a little listless. After eight consecutive days of living in the air, it got used to it. High altitude, but there is no way to make Banlong completely get rid of seasickness.

A divine machine and a dragon ran up to the warrior in such a quick manner. The silver-haired girl hugged Joshua's waist neatly. She raised her head and asked expectantly, "Do you want to make a move?"

"Ho Ho." Hei also yelled several times at the same time, and a gleam of light flashed in the golden dragon's eyes.

"of course not."

Facing the two pairs of expectant eyes, Joshua shook his head resolutely, and he replied seriously: "Too little."

"Obviously a lot..."

Rejected so flatly, Ying silently let go of Joshua's waist, turned around and put it around Hei's neck, she said unwillingly: "There are more than two hundred flying dragons."

"Ho Ho." Hei who was hugged also nodded in agreement.

"maybe."

Nodding his head irrefutably, Joshua said calmly: "If I were still at the gold level, even if it was a high-level gold level, these two hundred flying dragons would still be worth my shot—but I'm already very determined now. Feilong doesn't have a single gold-rank leader."

Speaking of this, the soldier shook his head and said: "Massacre, let's leave it to the warships. Those mages want to collect battle data, but they are crazy. They will be more active than us, Yingying, you just stay here." Just look here."

After finishing speaking, Joshua picked up the silver-haired girl by the waist, and then placed it on the shoulders of Number One, who was leaning slightly, just right, with Rin on the left and right.

"I really want to see what capabilities this warship belongs to me."

At this moment, a translucent light curtain appeared in front of Joshua's eyes. It was the mages controlling the battleship who were contacting him, asking respectfully whether the Earl wanted to return to the inside of the ship.

How could the soldier go back, he replied without hesitation, even if the fight started, he would just enjoy it outside.

After receiving this reply, it seemed that he understood Joshua's character, and the battleship side stopped asking for extra information, and began to prepare with all their strength.

In the distance, the berserk flying dragons sensed an aura that did not belong to their own clan in the air, so they flew towards this direction with all their strength without any hesitation. There was a chaotic blue-purple light in their eyes, and they were fearless, even if they were facing a real giant dragon, they would attack forward without the slightest influence.

The speed of the floating battleship is very fast, and the speed of the flying dragon is also fast, and the speed of the two approaching each other is twice as fast. In just a few minutes, a large group of flying dragons appeared at the end of the field of vision, shaking their wings, and even It is a figure that uses talent magic to accelerate.

At this time, the floating battleship was also ready. With the sudden increase of buzzing sound, the two mana furnace cores began to speed up. need to reach the place.

"Target locked."

"The magic focus cannon has been warmed up."

"The alchemy cannon is in good condition and ready to use at any time."

In the command room, the middle-aged captain listened to the report step by step, nodded solemnly, and then he ordered decisively: "Start charging."

"yes!"

With one order, several orders were conveyed, accompanied by the slight movement of magic power and the sound of steel gears running, the four huge doors, crystal ports similar to mirrors were exposed from behind the variable armor on the side of the floating battleship, they were like The four indifferent eyes were firmly locked on to the cluster of flying dragons flying rapidly from the front and the left.

"Calculate bombardment parameters, analyze wind direction."

"Detect the point with the highest energy value in the dragon cluster."

"Aim, charge!"

Accompanied by a decisive command, the magic energy focusing cannons on both sides of the Gale began to gather a dazzling light red light, so powerful that even Joshua turned slightly sideways, the energy gradually gathered in the center of the crystal port like a concave mirror, forming a They shot a scorching ball of light, but the flying dragons in the distance did not sense this. These crazy beasts lost their keen instincts, and still rushed towards the floating battleship according to the original track.

In the command room, a smile appeared on the corner of the captain's mouth, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Launch!"

Immediately, four thick light red beams of attention gushed out from the four crystal ports, passing through the cluster of flying dragons in an instant.

In an instant, dozens of flying dragons were completely engulfed by the beam of light and turned into nothingness, and most of the other flying dragons around the beam of light were scorched by the terrifying high temperature and fell to the ground screaming.

But they are not the worst. Being vaporized without knowing it or just losing their wings is not painful. The most painful thing is the flying dragons on the periphery.

The reddish beam of light lasted less than two seconds before ending its emission and entering the next charge, but its remaining energy detonated other elements in the air. Suddenly, four people appeared in the sky above the edge of the Naka Mountain Range in the far south. A huge explosion, this explosion swept away in all directions with high-temperature steam enough to melt metal and a violent shock wave, and the remaining aftermath hit the magic energy shield around the floating battleship, causing ripples .

"sharp."

Looking at this scene without changing his face, Joshua had seen the floating battleship firing many times in his previous life, but this time the feeling was completely different. He nodded with a smile and said, "As expected of my battleship."

Just these four mana-focusing cannons are equivalent to four gold-level mages using spells of mass destruction. Although in terms of pure power, it is not as powerful as Verdani's glory power, Verdani is specialized in As a war mage of war, her magic power is inherently greater than that of ordinary mages, so it cannot be used as a comparison standard.

After this round of blows, there were only a few dozen old, weak, sick and disabled left in the group of flying dragons that originally had two hundred people, but even so, these crazy beasts had no intention of giving up, but continued to rush towards the battleship Come.

The four mana-focusing cannons have been slowly withdrawn, revealing the muzzles of ten times as many alchemy cannons. However, Joshua has no interest in watching this scene. Instead of paying attention to these remaining flying dragons, he turns to Look up to the sky.

Under the silver-white moonlight, the huge size of the floating battleship casts a dark shadow on the ground. The light of the double moon is turning red slightly, as if it is a sign of something.

The translucent magic light curtain once again appeared in front of the soldiers. It asked Joshua whether they should go to the Far South Kingdom for supplies first, or fly directly to the holy mountain in the far sea. There was no teleportation circle on the way. , most of the areas are occupied by mad dragons, and someone needs to make a decision.

For fighters, there is naturally no second answer to this.

"Walk."

He calmly looked into the distance: "Go to the holy mountain."

"That is our battlefield."

There will be Dragon Lady, Iron Girl, you really think too much, don't you even let the elemental life go...