Soul of Burning Steel

The storms in the Abyss of Anos never cease because of restless spirits of nature.

The cyan thunder is moving in the gloomy cumulus clouds, and the electric light that contains pure magic power is full of destructive power. The breath from the abyss affects the magic power of wind and water, making them more manic.

But in Starfall 833, on July 10th, although the sky and sunlight were still covered by gray rain clouds, it was a rare day when there was no rain in the Abyss of Anos, and even the howling wind all day long At this time, he restrained his anger and calmed down the ever-turbulent sea.

However, no one knows that this is just the calm before a bigger storm.

Above the black sea, a pure white ark is driving unhurriedly. It has no sails or oars, but it is surrounded by a huge mass of airflow, which makes the sea roll up waves and take it forward. Circles of sunlight-like golden fluctuations spread out from the ark, purifying the unclean atmosphere in the surrounding black sea.

The Church of the Seven Gods, the Ark [Time].

This giant ship built by the church is the same as their own, showing a low-key and simple atmosphere everywhere, let alone its pure white, without any fancy appearance, inside this giant ship of nearly 200 meters, Whether in the corridors, rooms or walls, there are no extra decorations, at most some words of saints are engraved to remind the crew of their words and deeds.

But the interior of the ark, a hall with an unusually elegant layout, is different from other places.

This is a ship hall with a curved vault. The holy silver luminous lines form rune-like patterns on the surrounding walls. Crystal clear crystals that emit light are hung on the dome. Above, it is arranged in accordance with the runes, as if it is the hub of the magic circle.

In addition to these silver rune lines, there are also many exquisite reliefs painted on the walls. These reliefs depict legendary scenes in a simple way-in the beginning, the seven gods led mankind, and the Black Forest and other The races fought against natural disasters, and then, many heroes and sages gradually appeared among the human beings. They replaced the seven gods who gradually let go and led their groups to make continuous progress.

A closer look reveals that over the past 800 years of Starfall, almost all the heroes and sages representing the progress of civilization can be found in these reliefs, even the most recent one, the White Tower Mage who started the development of magic energy technology, is impressive. Being in it, juxtaposed with the ancient heroes.

There was no one in the hall, except for the occasional flickering of those holy silver lines, the hall was silent, but suddenly, all the light disappeared, and everything fell into darkness. This change was clearly noticed by some people outside the hall. Noticing that, with a few shouts, several powerful auras quickly rushed from other areas of the ark.

But this mutation didn't last long. A few seconds later, a strange but also sacred light appeared in the center of the arc-shaped dome of the hall. This light was produced out of thin air without any source. At the beginning, the holy purification power was released, and countless star-like light spots were released from it, exuding the fluctuation of time and space being pulled.

In the sky above the Abyss of Anos, heavy dark clouds were churning endlessly, but a silver star lit up. It quickly fell down, broke through the haze, and then turned into a white ray of light, hitting the white ark that was sailing.

At the same time, in the hall, the sacred passive halo slowly dimmed, and three tall figures walked out from the space-time channel opened by the light.

Two of the three voices were in human form, and the other was in the shape of a war horse. The leading human figure looked at the light spots that were about to go out around him, and nodded thoughtfully: "Because the Abyss of Anos was captured by the abyss The breath is polluted, and time and space are fragile, so ordinary teleportation spells cannot be used, so can we only use this kind of time and space magic that is pulled by the holy light? It is similar to the situation in the Northland."

These three figures are exactly Joshua, Black and Steel Element One.

At this time, Joshua was wearing a simple black light armor, without any spell inscriptions or enchantments on it, it was just a relatively solid set of ordinary equipment, and the black was similar, except for a silver pendant hanging around the half-dragon's neck, It also doesn't have any saddles or anything like that on it.

On the contrary, it is No. 1. It has dense pieces of rune armor on its body, and there are several smooth steel plates around its body. It looks similar to the magic armor that Joshua tried before.

This was an experiment that the warrior made on the Gale Wind before. Although the magic armor cast by the old dwarf was considered perfect, it couldn't improve his combat power much for him at the Extreme Intent level.

It's not very useful, but it's a pity to leave it idle, so after the appearance of the steel element, Joshua dismantled the core part of the magic armor that he carried with him, and asked No. 1 to remove the energy furnace core and the outer rune armor piece Blend in.

It has to be said that the strength of the steel element is indeed unique. After incorporating the warrior's magic armor, the strength of the first number has greatly increased, and it has reached around the silver level. In terms of pure physical strength alone, the general gold level A strong man might not be able to defeat it if he didn't use his fighting spirit with all his strength.

However, it still speaks 'zizizi', which is the only flaw.

"This is the Abyss of Arnos. You are now in the core hall of the Church Ark, the 'Time'. Someone will come to receive you later."

An old voice came from the scattered light spots around, and Pope Eagle said to Joshua through the transmission of the holy light: "You really don't have another magic machine? If necessary, the Church I can also lend you a holy vessel."

"No, Your Majesty the Pope."

Shaking his head slightly at the light spot, Joshua's expression was calm: "I have two fists, that's enough."

"Okay... I believe you."

The light spot became dimmer, because Igor on the side of the holy mountain no longer maintained the power to distort time and space, and before the light disappeared completely, he uttered the last sentence: "Then, please be sure to destroy that abyss gap. "

——Just like when you destroyed the space-time gate of Moldova back then.

After speaking, the light spots shattered, and the holy silver lines inside the hall also lit up again, bringing the other crystals together to bloom again.

Scanning the surrounding reliefs and seeing the silver light, Joshua ended the call and couldn't help but think of the disappointed silver-haired girl.

Yingying was not surprised by her master's choice, and she did not act coquettishly and complain as before. The girl just calmly expressed that she was not afraid of the power of the warrior. Whether it was a coma or worse consequences, she would not With no regrets, because that's what they were born for, and that's what they were made to do.

The girl's determination is so, but Joshua's thoughts have not changed in the slightest. He shook his head and repeated his request, and then entrusted Hotaru and Rin to the old pope. This time he went to the Abyss of Anos, only Kuro and Hachiha .

Outside the hall, the sound of footsteps came one after another. The celestial changes over the Abyss of Anos obviously alarmed many people. The movement sent by the people was so loud that even a blind man could feel the majestic power surging across the border in the central hall.

The hall door opened silently. Joshua, who was observing the reliefs around him, turned his head and saw several familiar figures as expected.

The two leaders are both wearing light armor, one with silver hair, is Robzek, the head of the Hammer Knights, and the other handsome blond knight is Luo who just left Moldavia a few months ago. Landa, the two seemed to be chatting together earlier, wine glasses still in hand.

After Joshua took a closer look, he curled his lips in a strange way. He originally thought that the two of them had broken their vows to drink before, but the residue in the glass turned out to be fruit juice. The juice contained in the juice is unbelievably high. After staying with the Paladin for so long, I really don't know that he likes to drink such sweet things. It's almost poisonous.

And the one who followed them was Saya whom Joshua had met in the imperial capital. This elegant nun was wearing a white monk robe, her long platinum hair was coiled behind her head, and she was covered by a black eyepatch. her eyes.

Saya also seemed to be working before. There was a crystal light board floating beside her. Joshua recognized it. This is a crystal shield commonly used by priests in the previous life. If it is sufficient, it is extremely strong, and it is a defensive weapon that rich mages and high-level church monks almost have. However, this thing should have appeared in the middle of the dragon disaster, and the current side is probably an experimental product of the church.

"It really is you, Earl Radcliffe."

With a flash of light in Robzek's hand, the wine glass in his palm disappeared. The silver-haired cheerful knight stepped forward, shook hands with the soldier and said with a smile, "A few days ago, the Pope told us that he would send it to us in a few days. A very capable helper who also fits our current situation, after thinking about it, you are indeed the best candidate."

He himself was rescued by a warrior from the mist of God's Calamity, so he naturally understood Joshua's strength.

Saya on the side didn't speak much, she greeted with an ethereal voice: "Long time no see, Earl of the Northland, welcome to Time."

After chatting with the two of them with a smile, Joshua turned to look at Loranda, who had a somewhat complicated look aside, shrugged and said with a smile: "How about it, my friend, you now agree with my thoughts gone?"

The soldier's tone was a little teasing: "Lolanda, I remember that you had a face of disapproval and didn't want my help. I didn't expect you to change your mind so quickly."

After hearing this sentence, not only Lolanda, but Robzek and Saya's expressions were a little unnatural. They didn't intend to let other people outside the church participate at the beginning, but after Anos After Yuan experienced several failed explorations, the church still found many other helpers to join the team of Time.

"...I have to admit that we do need your help."

Facing Joshua's teasing, the blond paladin hesitated for a moment, and finally admitted it happily. He shook his head slightly and said, "However, I really didn't expect you to come here so soon. If you really say let it go, let it go, Miss No. 3 is really hard."

Having said that, Lolanda glanced around the warrior, with a hint of doubt on his expression: "Strange, where are Hotaru and Rin."

When the Paladin was still in Moldavia, the young girl and Joshua were almost inseparable. Since these three guys basically didn’t sleep much, they would sit together in the study for a while even when they were tired. At that time, Hotaru and Joshua Rin moved from right to left, resting on Joshua's arm with her eyes closed. This scene left a deep impression on Lorenda.

But now, the warrior is only surrounded by half-dragons and strange and non-existent armored figures. The boys and girls are nowhere to be seen, and there is not even a magic weapon in the form of a weapon. This makes the paladin feel strange.

"They didn't come this time."

Joshua's tone became a little cold, and he said calmly: "This time, only Hei and I are the main combat support. This steel element here is my subordinate. It can barely be regarded as a summoned creature, and it has a little combat power——I I think that should be enough."

"Totally enough."

Sensing the change in the atmosphere, Robzek on the side immediately stopped the topic, and the extreme-level knight commander said with a smile: "With the addition of the earl, a strong man of the extreme level, we will definitely be able to go smoothly this time. Arrive at the center of the Abyss of Anos and destroy the abyss gap deep in the central vortex!"

"yes."

Sister Saya, who had been quietly listening to everyone's speech, also sighed quietly, and said softly: "We have found the central whirlpool last time, but we had to retreat due to the bad weather and the attack of giant demonized sea beasts." , this time with Earl Radcliffe's purification power inherited from the sages, we will definitely be able to successfully complete our goal."

While the atmosphere was gradually recovering, Hei, who had completely escaped from the discomfort brought by the high altitude, seemed to notice something. His golden dragon eyes lit up and he let out a roar.

"Roar!!"

"Huh?"

And in the corridor outside the hall, after hearing the dragon's roar, a slow footstep paused slightly, and there was a light hey, and then, the owner of the voice speeded up and came to the door of the hall.

A drunken but somewhat soft voice of a teenager sounded at the door: "Is there another sea dragon?"

at the same time.

——The top of the holy mountain, inside the Great Temple.

At the end of the arcade engraved with the prophecy of "a lone sun, two moons, endless stars, and the plain of a thousand years, only the light will last forever", the old man with white hair and golden eyes and wearing a holy silver crown slowly opened his eyes and looked at the The silver-haired girl who walked out of the gate of time and space had a hint of love in her eyes.

"Your name is Hotaru, right?"

Pope Igor sat on his seat and said softly: "The completion of the seventh-generation magic machine, the technological progress of the empire is so fast... Haha, the church also contributed a part of the first-generation magic machine, after all That is a matter involving the Chaos Familia, and it is impossible for the Holy Mountain not to ask."

The old Pope looked at the silver-haired girl, while Ying silently held the black giant ax in his hand, and looked at the old man without fear. Igor nodded in satisfaction, and said with a kind smile: "Look at your The expression, it seems that you want to help your master very much?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Holding the giant black ax tightly in her hand, Hotaru nodded vigorously, she opened her eyes wide, looked at the old man in front of her seriously and said, "Both Rin and I want to help Master, but Master... doesn't seem to Don't need our help."

Speaking of this, the girl couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Although she already knew that Joshua's strength had improved rapidly, far surpassing that of ordinary human warriors, she never thought that she would become a burden one day.

If one day, soldiers reach the point where even swinging their weapons will worry about their damage, then what is the meaning of their existence? Rather than being a burden, it's better...

"Don't worry, Ying, as long as you think about it, there will be no problem. Since the Church of the Seven Gods has agreed to Joshua's conditions, it will definitely do it."

After interrupting the girl's wild thoughts, the corners of the old Pope's mouth curled up slightly. After years of trials and hardships, how could he fail to see through Joshua's undisguised thoughts? The soldier obviously regards the two divine machines as relatives, so he sincerely hopes that they can be strengthened, not as a burden, but because the girl's mind is a little bit off because of worry, and needs to be corrected.

"follow me."

As if recalling something, Igor's eyes shone with anticipation: "Start strengthening you early, maybe you can help your master sooner."

"He must also be waiting for the day when you will fight with him."

The recent update has not been short, and the average is still about 4000 words per day, but sometimes fewer updates will make the next chapter more words, such as 5000, 6000, 7000 words a few days ago... I am too lazy to divide chapters, this chapter is also 4500 words...

Don't say it's short, it's really long! Already entered the dungeon, the characters will start fighting together!