Soul of Burning Steel

In the Abyss of Anos, the overwhelming sea water is pouring down. Looking around with Time as the center, except for it, there is no fire of life burning within a few kilometers. The world is plunged into darkness, only thunder and talent Tear away this heavy silence.

In the surging tide, there are full of corpses and minced meat of sea beasts whose bellies are turned upside down. Hot air rises from the stinky sea water and turns into a cloud with a hint of red. There are bursts of wailing and misery in the cloud. Screaming like hell.

But the monstrous waves will eventually subside.

The attack of the sea beasts has been wiped out by the church's exploration team, and even the black dragon hidden behind the scenes has been killed by the fighters with their bare hands.

The battle came to an end temporarily, and following Robzek's order, the white ark started up again, and the engine hummed, driving the huge hull to break through the waves.

Their destination was the sea area where Joshua and the black dragon fought for the last time.

In the red cloud, there is a black giant floating with the waves. It can be vaguely seen that it is the body and head of a giant dragon. It can be seen that its limbs and tail were torn off due to the huge brute force, and it was ignored Throw it in other locations in this sea area.

And right on the dragon body, the continuous sound of bone breaking sounded one after another.

Joshua walked with a serious face. He stepped on the huge back of the black dragon. Every time he stepped, he crushed a large piece of keel under his feet. The text is all wiped out.

In this way, the warrior walked from the dragon's back to the dragon's neck step by step. Wherever he passed, the huge magic power contained in the black dragon's body dissipated with the wind, turning into a blurred light in the clouds.

He came to the dragon's head. Joshua stood between the dragon's horns, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Don't pretend to be dead, Granty, I know you're still alive."

For this sentence, the black dragon did not respond at all, its eyes lost their luster, and the dragon pupils that were originally dazzling like amethyst were now like two purple stones, completely losing the breath of life.

This huge and ferocious head was covered with scars. Its lower jaw seemed to be hit by a giant hammer, and it was completely smashed into a puddle of meat. The tongue and strong dragon teeth were incomplete, and the black blood was slightly open The dragon's mouth flowed out, blackening a large area of ​​sea water.

No matter how you look at it, it's dead

But Joshua didn't accept this trick, his arm trembled, and his right hand, which could divide gold and iron, inserted into the towering dragon horn beside him, and then the warrior pulled it up forcefully without saying a word.

snap!

There was a clear cracking sound, and the dragon's horn, which was originally several meters high, broke off, exposing the skull connected to it at the bottom. Joshua stomped on it again, and immediately a large piece of flesh and bone flew out and fell into the sea.

On the head of the black dragon, there was also a large black hole that went straight to the cranial cavity.

Seeing that Granty hadn't responded yet, the soldier couldn't help but raised his eyebrows. He pointed a finger at the black brain hole, and a beam of black and red fighting energy appeared out of thin air. His brain was churned into a puddle of mud.

But at this moment, a layer of incomparably thin magic mist floated in front of the beam of fighting energy, barely blocking the warrior's attack.

"I know you're alive."

Seeing this, Joshua stopped attacking, and calmly said to the black brain hole: "I don't like nonsense, I will ask you and answer next, as long as you have a correct attitude, obey orders, and behave positively, I will not destroy you soul, hand you over to the Church of the Seven Gods."

Confessions are lenient, and resistance is strict.

"...Can I surrender?"

After a moment of silence, with the shock of mental strength, an old and helpless voice echoed in the soldier's heart: "I said, I said, as long as I can save my life..."

"Do not talk nonsense."

Shaking his head, Joshua tapped his right hand, and there was another black and red douqi beam. This time, the black dragon had no energy left to condense its few magical powers to block it. Immediately, the mental power vibrating in the warrior's mind immediately Collapsed, and slowly reunited after a long time.

And in the brain hole, under the light of Dou Qi, one can see a gray worm-like thing shaking in the black dragon's skull cavity. It was stabbed by the Dou Qi beam, and now it is curling up in pain. At first glance, it seems to be the brain, but it can move independently, and even a layer of fine black dragon scales can be vaguely seen on the complex folds.

Dead Smoke Granty had transformed himself into a half-dead creature long ago. Its body was refined into various magical equipment by itself. This black dragon didn't even let go of its own brain.

"Reincarnation from the abyss...but only limited to the brain."

Looking at the disgusting brain made of abyssal worms, Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly: "I'm beginning to doubt whether you are Granty, or the abyssal demon that stole Granty's body."

"Let's talk." The soldier didn't pay too much attention to this matter, he condescendingly said to this strange group of creatures: "Why did you come to the Abyss of Anos? A black dragon of extreme intent level, whose ability is extremely effective in war The lord, instead of besieging the holy mountain, he came to stop the church's exploration team instead."

"...Because of the order of the elders, my ability is good at suppressing a large area, but it is an indiscriminate attack, which is easy to accidentally injure friendly troops. Moreover, it is the job of the Church of the Seven Gods to eliminate negative energy. I have been severely restrained."

The black dragon learned its lesson this time, and it answered the soldiers' questions one by one, detailing everything: "The Abyss of Anos is related to the plan of the elders, and I was sent to cooperate with another black dragon to guard it."

"What plan? Why is it preventing us from going to the central maelstrom?"

"I don't know." The speed of the black dragon's spiritual communication was very fast, as if afraid of the soldiers misunderstanding: "I joined in the middle, the task is to cooperate with my companions, all the plans are in the hands of it alone, and it sent me and other sea beasts to stop it You didn't say why when you approached the maelstrom."

"Yeah."

As if he could easily distinguish the truth from the other party's words, Joshua continued to ask without hesitation, "Who is your companion? Why is there a family member of the evil god of famine among the sea beasts that attacked this time?"

Before he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand again, and the straight battle energy beam directly sank into the black dragon's skull cavity. This battle energy broke through several layers of barriers mixed with spells such as invisibility, breath concealment, and weakening. The brain-shaped worm wriggling in the seam stayed in place, and the black-red grudge turned into flames, completely burning it to ashes.

Vaguely, the wave of killing intent spread, a fragment of the soul in the small worm was swallowed, the spirit of the black dragon collapsed again, and the huge brain-shaped worm in the cranial cavity also began to convulse and curl up crazily. The warrior watched all this with cold eyes, After a long time, Granty slowly recovered.

"...You, you can actually eat my soul?!"

This time, the black dragon was really scared.

As a spellcaster, Granty's spiritual world is simply indestructible. Let alone Joshua, even a real abyssal demon who comes to torture him may not be able to pry his mouth open. Some of the previous arrangements of the black dragon, even if the soul is completely destroyed, there is still a glimmer of hope for rebirth.

The reason why they cooperated so much before was mainly because the black dragon wanted to delay time and find a way out of escape. Its modified brain can split itself and separate out a sub-brain carrying soul fragments. This sub-brain can grow by itself. After the main body was destroyed, it was reborn as a complete 'Dead Smoke Granty'.

When the little worm containing a trace of its soul is found, its only possibility of escape will disappear, but the most important thing is not this. The black dragon was shocked to find that the fragment of his soul did not return to the body, but disappeared completely. Engulfed by the strange power in that warrior's grudge.

Even Granty couldn't guarantee whether its soul could be reborn after being swallowed by this power.

"I said, don't talk nonsense, and have a correct attitude."

Joshua didn't care about the attitude of the black dragon, he just warned: "Otherwise, next time, it will be more than that."

Under the threat of soul annihilation far beyond death, Granty's attitude was indeed quite correct. It actively cooperated with the soldiers' interrogation, and spoke out a lot of information neatly.

"My companion is named Dead Dragon Mandagal, and its name should be familiar to the older generation of Far South people."

The black dragon's mental fluctuations have weakened a lot, but the speed of transmitting information is three points faster than before: "Mandagar is one of the few friends of mine. It was almost killed in the hands of a holy sword user in the far south. I held a 'requiem ceremony' for it, and fixed its dying soul on its dead body... However, decades ago, it gradually disappeared from the sight of the same race, and even I didn't have much contact with it .”

Speaking of this, there was a hint of doubt in Granty's tone: "Famine God, what is that? Is it the name of a certain abyss lord?"

Judging from the tone, it really doesn't know what the Famine God is.

This is quite normal. In fact, most people in this world do not know the name of the evil god. Only a few families who guard the sealed land, as well as the top leaders of the Church of the Seven Gods and the leaders of the major forces know some of them. Mithin, although Granty is an extreme-level black dragon lord who once destroyed a small country, his understanding of the world beyond Mycroft is nothing more than "there are many worlds in the multiverse". For those ancient evils, it And know the abyss at most.

It seems that it has no idea that the desolate predator under its command is a family member of the evil god, and maybe it really thinks it is some kind of strange demon, but in fact, the chaotic power of the evil god originated from nothingness, and The demonic powers of Chaos Destruction vary greatly.

"That's... that's good."

Nodding slightly, Joshua also understood that although Granty is powerful, he has not entered the core circle of the five-color dragon plan. He thought for a while, and then continued to ask indifferently: "Why did you stop us from going to the central whirlpool? Your What are you guys doing now?"

"Mandagal is holding a large-scale magic ceremony at this time. It cannot be disturbed by anyone. It doesn't even ask me to help, but wants me to come and stop you."

The black dragon answered almost the moment the soldier asked the topic, it seemed to have guessed that Joshua was going to ask this question: "Soon, the central whirlpool will be hidden by the magic barrier, and Mandagal will continue to Complete your ritual."

Don't need to ask Joshua, he knows that Granty must know nothing about the ceremony, but the black dragon has some guesses: "I don't know why, Mandagal's body has returned to youth, full of vitality, I thought It used the same reincarnation magic as mine to change its body, but now that I think about it, it's a bit weird... Its ritual is also very weird, it is different from the power of any lord in the abyss, but it also has a The evil breath from ancient times..."

Speaking of this, it also kindly reminded: "Behind me, there are three monsters close to the extreme level that will come to stop you. They are relatively slow, but I have already felt their breath."

After listening, Joshua narrowed his eyes, and he almost understood the general information. Just at this time, the red clouds and mists in the surrounding sea area slowly dissipated, and the white ark was also heading in this direction.

After thinking about it, the soldier shook his head with some regret: "It's a pity, Granty, you didn't cooperate enough before, and you didn't know too much. I will destroy your soul instead of handing you over to the Church of the Seven Gods. Let them deal with it."

When he said this, he was aboveboard and did not hide anything from the black dragon: "You can resist or run away. As a reward for answering my question, I will give you this opportunity, and I will not devour your soul."

The soldier didn't bother to break his previous promise, so he let Granty do it, and see if the black dragon could surprise him.

—on the ark.

Everyone has discovered the huge corpse of the black dragon, and the dragon claws still wrapped in a circle of magic light floated with the waves and were caught by the sailors of the ark.

Saya's extraordinary vision is the best in this situation. She easily found the warrior standing on the dragon's head among the clouds and mist, and guided the direction of the ark.

However, just as they slowed down and gradually approached Joshua, the red cloud that filled the sky was dispersed by a majestic fighting spirit, and countless black and red flames spread out from Granty's incomplete dragon body, and Crush it like you would crush a biscuit.

Countless burning fragments of the dragon corpse drew dark red arcs in mid-air, and then sank into the sea. At this time, Joshua also flew straight towards the direction of the ark.

The soldier landed on the deck, the big hole he stepped out of was extremely conspicuous, and the black dragon girl rushed forward happily, and threw herself into Joshua's arms. She seemed to habitually want to stick out her tongue, but her head held down by a big hand.

Joshua seriously stopped Hei's habitual intimacy—it wasn't for any other reason, because as long as the black dragon girl's human form opened her mouth, she would definitely breathe out dragon's breath, which happened to him last time. After 'countering' once, the meat of half of the chest was almost cooked.

The soldier responded one by one to all the people who came to inquire about their physical conditions. Due to the urgency of time, he did not elaborate on the process of killing Granty and interrogating its soul. Killed the black dragon and got some messages from it.

"ceremony?"

Hearing this word, Lolanda's eyes suddenly sharpened. He thought for a while, and then said to Joshua seriously: "A ceremony related to evil gods will be held near the crack in the abyss? What is Mandagar planning to do? Let Has the evil god invaded the abyss?"

Slightly rolled his eyes at the jealous blond paladin, the warrior knew that this guy who looked sunny and handsome now had degenerated into a human traitor who opened the gate of the abyss more than ten years later in his previous life. Although it is just a rumor, it is unlikely, but at least there must be a little connection.

And his question is really not impossible. The invasion of the abyss in the previous life was obviously done by more than one evil god. Only a few abyss lords and demon kings could not break the seal of the sages.

Regarding this, Joshua patiently explained: "I don't know anything about these issues, and neither does Granty. The only thing we can do now is to rush to the central maelstrom as soon as possible and kill that black dragon."

"That's right." On the side, Robzek nodded in agreement: "Although we don't know the essence of the problem, if we destroy it, the problem will be solved naturally."

He seems to have the same personality as Joshua now, which made Saya who was standing beside him sigh slightly.

Hill and Fina did not participate in the discussion. They were not interested in these issues. The two were talking softly at the side, not knowing what to say.

And at this moment.

In the cloud-covered sky, a huge rune floated above the clouds.

This rune is weird and twisted, exuding a profanity and depravity. It is so different that everyone present discovered it immediately.

The moment many crew members saw this rune, they knelt on the ground crying in pain, covering their eyes, and the strange power passed through their sight, stimulating their nerves.

The powerful people will naturally not have any adverse reactions, but their faces are extremely serious. Behind this rune is the power of chaos, which makes everyone's heart beat faster involuntarily.

Obviously, the unknown ritual has already begun, and the power from the other world is leaning against the crack in the abyss, eroding a part of the Abyss of Anos.

And in the sea area not far away, three huge chaotic breaths are also approaching the ark.

"Don't wrestle with them."

Speaking decisively, Joshua turned his head to look at Saya and Hill, and said solemnly, "Which direction is the maelstrom in?"

No nonsense, Saya immediately pointed out a direction, and Hill corrected the direction slightly after sensing the ocean current.

Next, under Robzek's order, the Ark of Time started up again, the magic engine buzzed, and it began to drive towards the maelstrom at high speed.

But the speed of the ark was not fast enough, and a moment later, a second twisted rune appeared in the sky.

Hei was rubbing his head against the soldier's chest, Joshua touched her head, then frowned, looking into the distance, his extraordinary eyesight could already see that there were three huge crystal monsters swimming rapidly between the tides , according to the speed of the ark, they can easily catch up as long as they slightly correct the angle.

"No, let me work harder."

Making a decisive decision, Joshua walked to the bow.

The majestic fighting spirit gushed out from his body.

Dou Qi, the power of life, comes from a strong body and a tenacious will. Like magic, it has the possibility to change reality.

Because of the Azure Orb and the large number of chaotic monsters he slaughtered, the warrior's fighting spirit can be said to be endless, strands far surpassing gold, and the huge fighting spirit that even senior Jiyi does not possess spreads from Joshua's muscles, internal organs and bones out, and then attached to the ark.

Gradually, in the eyes of everyone who gradually understood, the part of the entire ark that touches the water was covered with crimson vindictive energy, as if other warriors attached their vindictive energy to their swords to increase their strength, but Joshua What they did was to attach a giant ark nearly two hundred meters long.

"Stand still, everyone."

Joshua controlled his vindictiveness, and distributed it in every corner of the ark according to the key points. He crossed his hands in front of his chest, and with a smile in his red pupils, he looked into the distance: "It's time to speed up."

After speaking, countless black and red grudges erupted at the same time, and the terrifying impact exploded, carrying the ark and driving at a high speed. The first Chaos Monster was pulled away for a long distance in an instant.

Riding the wind and riding the waves.

If we say that chaos is the nothingness in which nothing exists at the beginning of creation

Then chaos is the heat death of the universe, the end after the destruction of all things

In this book, the two are indeed different, but there is a trace of connection