Soul of Burning Steel

The gray-haired girl stepped out of the cabin.

Noelni Nolan came to the deck of the Time, she calmly looked at the four people who were still standing at the scene, her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say anything in the end.

There was no dust or clutter on the body of the alchemy girl. The incidents of hitting the abyss crack and landing on the stone island seemed to have no effect on her. The white alchemy robe was clean and tidy, without even the slightest wrinkle.

When the big nun saw Nolan, she exclaimed the name of the other party, which was a nickname she was accustomed to using, but after saying it, Saya realized that the girl in front of her was very strange.

Not alone at all.

The Nuonuo in her impression is a weak and naive alchemist who is somewhat childish. She likes to be tidy, but she can't manage her own daily life. Every time she does an experiment, she has to go back in a hurry because she forgot to bring some tools or materials. No, she is afraid of waves and octopuses, so that she never leaves the cabin. She likes to be by her side and calls herself Sister Saya.

The Norni Nolan in her impression is definitely not the girl in front of her eyes—wearing a neat alchemist costume, her expression is indifferent and calm, her gray pupils reveal a light of wisdom, and there is a hint of sarcasm at the corner of her mouth. sneer.

...The previous ones were all disguises?

You don't need to think about it, you already know the result. Saya is still an elite clergyman in the final analysis. Although she was heartbroken because of her wrong judgment, she did not lose her mind. The big nun slightly covered her heart and continued to use the holy The power of light suppresses parasites in the brain part.

The Holy Light can dispel all evil spirits, purify negative energy, and heal wounds. It can even resist the power of chaos. It is funny to say that this almost omnipotent power is almost omnipotent, but it cannot deal with the parasites in the body. .

Because, parasites are also life.

It is not impossible for the three members of the church present to use force to force out the parasite, but it will definitely cause great damage to themselves, and even damage the brain, and the enemy will not let them do this.

As it is now.

"Go, my guard."

Norni Nolan didn't talk nonsense, and she gave the command to the void with a soft girly voice: "Stun them."

A beam of light flashed in front of her, and a huge humanoid puppet with a height of three meters stepped out of it.

"Obey, my master."

This huge humanoid puppet has four steel arms as thick as a human body, as powerful as a giant in ancient rumors. Its whole body is covered with a black metal exoskeleton, which is as deep as ink, as if it can absorb all light. On the head of the puppet, there is a red observation strip, where the observation crystals for collecting information are placed, other than that, there is no gap to be seen.

The limbs and torso of this huge puppet are inlaid with translucent energy crystals, which store many spells. Now, this puppet floats up under the influence of the spells, and then rushes towards Saya who is closest to him. .

During the charge, one of its steel arms turned into a long sword. The sword was extremely sharp, with a trace of blue arc light on the blade, which was obviously poisonous. The puppet raised the long sword in its hand, and then The location of the quasi-big nun was cut down decisively.

This blow was full of momentum, without the slightest hold back, the blue arc flashed in mid-air, and lingered for a long time - such a blow, there was no idea of ​​"stunning" at all, if Saya didn't dodge, she would definitely be killed Cut into two pieces.

Kesaya still dodged, she raised her footsteps slightly, and the whole person disappeared in place and appeared hundreds of meters away. This is the transmission of holy light, which is the same as the instant short-distance transmission of mages. It can enable some priests and nuns who specialize in divine arts to have the ability to reach places where light can shine in an instant.

But after using this magic, Saya's face suddenly became more painful. Because she used her strength to fight, she couldn't suppress the parasites in her body at all, and her thinking ability dropped a lot in an instant, and she was only one step away from coma remote.

The giant puppet still wanted to chase after it, but at this time Robzek and Lolanda also shot at the same time. The silver-haired paladin swung his hand in the air, and a silver holy light slashed at the puppet like a giant sword, and Lolanda In an instant, he exploded with all his strength, and rushed towards the Time No. where Nolan was.

Both of them have been restricted by a lot of strength. At this time, they can only exert less than one-tenth of the fighting spirit and holy light at most, but even so, the attack is very fierce, and it is absolutely impossible to block it easily.

But obviously, neither Nolan nor her puppet had any plans to confront the head-on head-on. The giant puppet gave up chasing the big nun who was about to faint, and easily dodged Robzek's holy lightsaber, while the alchemy girl stepped back slightly. , Three silver pinnacles, and even gold primary spells instantly appeared on the alchemy robe on her body.

[Human Immobilization] [Law · Prohibition] [Circular Wind Shield]

Two control spells and a shield spell instantly made Lolanda's movements slightly stagnant while ensuring her own safety. Afterwards, countless strange small alchemy symbols popped out of Nolan's arms. A magic creation similar to a magic scroll, but more expensive, it can store the magic that a user can use at the current energy level, and can be reused.

More than a dozen alchemy sigils were thrown out, and then they were simultaneously triggered by the mental power of the alchemy girl. In an instant, the place where the blond paladin was located was occupied by thunder, flames and high winds. The terrifying magic elements boiled and bombarded Loranda's body. Body, let the surrounding blood sea waves.

If it was in a normal state, the paladin would not be afraid of this level of combo attack at all. Whether it was dodging or attacking hard, he would have enough strength to achieve it. But now, although Lolanda used the holy light to resist all attacks, But he also stood there panting, with cold sweat dripping from his head.

The parasite lost the power of the holy light and moved more and more frequently. The paladin felt that he could no longer support himself.

On the other side, Robzek shattered the giant puppet, and countless steel gears and mana structures splashed around, sinking into the sea of ​​blood. Although he looked uncomfortable, his condition was much better than Saya and Lolanda .

But Nolan only said the third sentence.

"Number two, number three, you go together."

Accompanied by two beams of light, two equally huge alchemy puppets appeared beside the girl. They were silent, rushed towards the extreme-level paladin, and began to wrestle with him.

Each of these alchemy puppets has mid-to-high-level gold strength. They are equipped with various small magic cannons and magic soldier equipment, and the combat AI is also very powerful, enough to fight with Robzek. They will quickly retreat and use powerful spells such as [Flame Jet] and [Aurora Ray] to attack the Paladin from a distance.

But even so, there was nothing they could do against Robzek. The extreme-level paladin had a gloomy face. He fought steadily and took the time to counterattack. In just a few tens of seconds, the two powerful alchemy puppets were already scarred and appeared on their bodies. There are many depressions caused by the bombardment of the giant hammer.

But the result has not changed.

Accompanied by a muffled groan, the veins on Robzek's head twitched, and the movements of his hands suddenly stopped. Taking advantage of this opportunity, two huge alchemy puppets rushed forward and stunned him neatly.

The only one left was Joshua who rushed forward and was the furthest away from Nolan.

The soldier walked slowly and walked back to the side of the Time. He calmly watched the trio of the church being stunned by Nolan one by one and sent to the deck of the ark for placement without any reaction.

After the alchemy girl finished all this, he asked, "Why didn't you attack me?"

Joshua was not disturbed by the current scene, he just asked with a little interest: "And why didn't you kill Saya and the others?"

At this time, a huge floating island fell on the red moon, and the sea of ​​blood swallowed it. A moment later, the fourteenth huge chaotic rune jumped out of it and was projected into the world of Mycroft.

"Because 'Earth II' and they go together, they may not be able to solve you."

After finishing the work at hand, Noelni Nolan turned her head slowly, and said in a calm tone: "As for Captain Robzek and the others, I have already collected enough data and made various countermeasures. I have enough confidence to defeat them who are parasitized.”

"And you, it was an accident."

'Earth II' type puppet.

Hearing the familiar words, Joshua couldn't help showing a faint smile.

Seeing the warrior's smile, Nolan shook her head. Facing the unplanned warrior, she acted very cautiously. Even though Joshua was still a long way away from her, the alchemist still let two giant puppets stop her. In front of him, a steel barrier was formed.

"I know that you still have the strength to fight now. Just like Captain Robzek, the brain-eating worms converted from the derivatives of the sea abyss cannot affect your basic combat power for the time being."

Nolan's voice came from behind the puppet: "But this kind of fighting power lasts for a very short time. I don't need to defeat you, I just need to delay it until the time is up, and you will faint by yourself... As for why you didn't kill them, Because there is no need for this, whether it is you or them, it is still useful to the plan."

"Can you tell me why you betrayed us?"

Joshua's tone was very peaceful, and he didn't seem to be angry about this kind of thing. His eyes were very calm, without any waves.

"No, there is no betrayal." And Nolan seemed willing to delay the time, the girl took a breath, and then said in a slightly mocking tone: "Mr. Joshua, from the beginning, you who don't know the truth of this world Just not with me."

"The world has long been destroyed."

Without waiting for the soldier to ask what is the truth, she raised her head and looked at this broken abyss plane - except for the blood moon and scattered stone islands, there is nothing in this world, only a chaotic endless void.

Eyes lowered, eyelashes flickering slightly, Nolan said calmly to Joshua: "The Mycroft Continent is a world that has been destroyed long ago, just like this 'Blood Moon' plane."

Seeing Joshua's surprised expression, the girl showed another icy smile without a smile, and she sighed softly: "In ancient times, at the end of the Glorious Era, the world was destroyed by an unprecedented doomsday catastrophe, many gods perished, and The continent that originally occupied one-fifth of the world collapsed into seven pieces, and three of them sank on the bottom of the sea. They are the far south and far seas, the vast north sea, and the Iss sea deep in the east...Of course, the world did not collapse because of this. Returning to nothingness, an extremely powerful man who surpassed the gods used his great power to forcibly stabilize the remaining four continents, and merged them with a part of "Havoc" to form the current Mycroft Continent. "

"'He' sealed the abyss and rekindled the original fire, allowing this world to last for a whole millennium, but now, the firewood is about to burn out, and everything is coming to an end."

"My blood."

Speaking of this, Noelni Nolan pointed to herself, and she didn't care whether Joshua saw it or not, so she just confided to herself: "It originated from the holy incarnation of the Mother Earth Goddess in the Era of Glory."

"From the beginning of my family's birth, I can hear the wailing of the continent under my feet, and I can hear the voice of this world—it has been broken and dead long ago, but it is lingering on its last breath because of that great existence, and it maintains its existence."

"About that, I understand."

The girl was talking happily, but Joshua interrupted her speech: "But what does it have to do with your cooperation with that dragon that has surrendered to the evil god of chaos?"

Nolan wasn't angry either. She originally said this to delay the time and wait until the soldiers couldn't resist the parasites in their bodies. By the way, she could also vent her desire to confide, so she shook her head slightly and answered directly to Joshua's question. Said: "Just take what you need, Mandagar held the ceremony this time to connect this broken abyss world with Mycroft. This is the request of the evil god, and it can dispatch My own power enters the mainland, and the power of the abyss can also use this to connect with the world of Mycroft."

"Mandagal can gain advanced legendary power from it, and the five-color dragons can get the strongest support from the abyss lords who cooperate with them. At the worst, if the dragon disaster fails, they can also escape from here."

Nolan said in a slightly boring tone: "As for me, it's just for the remaining wishes of the Mother Earth."

"Oh?" Joshua frowned, showing curiosity, but he didn't ask, as if he had no extra strength.

Seeing that Joshua had started to get tired under the erosion of parasites, Nolan couldn't help but relax a lot. The strength and combat effectiveness of the fighters made her secretly startled. This existence was completely beyond her plan. Fortunately, he saw It seemed that he was defenseless against acquaintances, so he drank tea with hidden parasitic organisms in his daily diet.

Yes, but even so, the girl did not dare to remove the puppet beside her. She even hid a little more tightly, and only answered the soldier's doubts with her voice: "Mr. Joshua, you appear to be a noble from the North, In fact, they are the Chaos Guardians used by the Northern Empire to suppress the sealed lands. You should know that this world needs to rely on the chaotic power overflowing from these sealed lands to maintain the burning of the initial fire and ensure the stability of existence-this is The world has been destroyed, but there is a great existence to intervene and forcibly maintain it."

"If it is said that chaos is the nothingness that exists at the beginning of creation, then chaos is the end of the world, the end after the destruction of all things."

Nolan said softly, as if he was feeling emotional: "The abyss is the embodiment of chaos. It is the aggregation of countless worlds like the Mycroft Continent, where the fire has been extinguished but has not yet disappeared. Those demons are a race that has lost fire. They are burning The exhausted ashes can no longer be ignited, so it is for this reason that they yearn for the light of fire and invade those worlds where the original fire is still burning."

"Mr. Joshua, the earth under our feet bears and nurtures our world, and wants to merge with the abyss. After all, the Mycroft Continent is a world that has long since died out and relies on the burning of nothingness and chaos to maintain its flame... But with you The sealed place guarded by the Chaos Guardian is not enough at all, and when the firewood left by that existence is burned out and we haven't merged into the abyss, the world will quickly collapse and return to nothingness."

At this time, the tone of the alchemist girl became firm, and she said to the warrior in such a sincere tone for the first time: "I don't expect the destruction of the world, and I don't like the invasion of demons, we just want to make this world last longer." Keep going, even if it's..."

"Even if it means turning into ashes in your mouth or becoming a demon, I will not hesitate."

Joshua replied indifferently: "Is that right? Nuonuo, do you think so? You want us to join you, that's why you don't kill Saya and the others for the time being."

The soldier raised his eyes, his scarlet red heads seemed to be able to penetrate the puppet's obstruction, and looked directly at the eyes of the gray-haired girl behind him, Joshua said to himself in a thoughtful tone: "That's it, that's how it is, The Mycroft world has long since been destroyed, so it’s no wonder that the plot unfolded like this, although Lolanda is a bit stupid, she doesn’t look like someone who will open the gate of the abyss.”

"Looking at it now, it really is the power left by the sages that keeps the entire world burning, which has allowed the Mycroft Continent to last for a thousand years..."

"Do you know 'Sage'?" Nolan's surprised voice came from behind the puppet. The gray-haired girl had been hiding from Joshua in the cabin and didn't know the information from the empire, so she didn't know that the warrior possessed the Azure Orb. , is one of the successors of the sages, but then she shook her head and said: "No, it is not the power of that adult to maintain this world. cycle, it must burn the things of Chaos to light the fire."

"The power to keep this world alive comes from one of the 'catastrophes', an evil god."

"Evil God?" Joshua repeated in doubt.

"Yes, don't you know?"

Knowing the sages, but not knowing such simple information, Nolan's tone could not help revealing a bit of weirdness: "It is everywhere, and it has coexisted with our civilization of this new era for thousands of years, bringing us pain and suffering. Innumerable riches."

After a long silence, Joshua narrowed his eyes: "Black Forest."

"Yes." Nolan nodded and confirmed: "To be precise, it is the evil god [Feng Rao]."

"As one of the most powerful evil gods in the multiverse, he was killed by sages in the catastrophe thousands of years ago. His body and the remains of the Mother Earth merged the four remaining continents, which is also the reason why our world still exists."

After explaining this, the gray-haired girl paused for a while, and then she asked the soldier in a tentative tone, "Mr. Joshua, what do you think of me?"

Undoubtedly, he was talking about joining them and letting the Mycroft Continent merge into the abyss for a longer period of time.

After pondering for a while, Joshua couldn't help laughing.

"How many people think like you?" he asked.

Nolan remained silent and did not answer this question.

"So that's how it is." The soldier didn't take it seriously, he nodded slightly and said: "I understand...you think this way, no wonder Saya, who can see through people's emotions, can't find your betrayal, because you think you are righteous, Daddy The nun can't see through people's hearts, so she can't detect your true face."

"You have already given up, so you plan to compromise and let the world melt into the abyss."

Having said that, Joshua's voice gradually became louder, like thunder, echoing over the sea of ​​blood: "But I don't intend to give up."

On the warrior's chest, a cyan light appeared, which was the power of the Azure Orb, the pulsation of the power of order.

"Norni Nolan, a genius alchemist."

The soldier said softly: "My former comrade-in-arms."

"I believe in you."

"Although I was indeed betrayed in my previous life, I still don't want to believe that my partner will stab me in the back."

The power of the Azure Orb flowed through the warrior's body in an instant, expelling all nerve speed and paralyzing toxins. It replaced the warrior's fighting spirit and suppressed the parasite in Joshua's brain, but at the same time, A strong sense of pain also came, stimulating the warrior's nerves.

But Joshua didn't care. He raised his left hand, and then, under Nolan's shocked eyes, aimed at his own head, and inserted it hard.

Five fingers easily crushed part of the skull. The soldier's eyes showed no emotion, no pain, no anger after being betrayed, nor any excitement. Stirring inside, he said calmly: "I gave you a chance, my friend, and you lost it."

After finishing speaking, he pulled out a finger-thin, five or six centimeter long silver-white worm from his cranial cavity, and crushed it without the slightest hesitation. Joshua took a deep breath, feeling the vindictiveness all over his body Started to burn.

Ultimate intention is to use the human body to surpass the limits of human beings and reach the unimaginable realm.

The ultimate meaning of power, with forged steel as the body and cast iron as the heart, the owner's body can surpass reality and exert incredible power.

Minor brain damage—what is that? !

The terrifying coercion far exceeding the general extreme intention began to spread, and the black and red flames surrounded the warrior's side, like a thick fire dragon.

In just such a moment, the hot foehn overflowed, and the sea of ​​blood within hundreds of meters was completely burned into nothingness in an instant, and even the steam could not remain. The terrifying shock wave began to spread towards the surrounding area, and all the blood in the field of vision As a result, the sea was rippled, and the calm red sea set off huge waves, rumbling and roaring.

"this……"

Nolan, who couldn't imagine this scene at all, began to feel weak in her hands and feet. In front of Joshua who had unleashed her full strength, she felt an infinitely huge shadow begin to spread, filling her field of vision.

Turning her head, she wanted to find the bodies of Saya and the others as hostages, but what the girl saw was a silver steel puppet.

Steel Element No. 1 just silently threw Robzek's body into the cabin. Although it couldn't move the two giant dragons, it was impossible for Nolan to use the rough skin and thick flesh at the two ends to kill him in a short while. dragon as a hostage.

"They all fainted, which is actually a good thing."

Joshua's voice came from behind her. The warrior was suppressed to the limit like lava that was about to erupt at this moment, but it was about to erupt at any time. The red grudge mixed with the black wave of murderous intent condensed into a form behind him. A flaming fuzzy image seemed to be the eyes of a giant god, with pure killing intent and war desire in the red-gold pupils.

"Otherwise, let them see my divinity, maybe there will be a little trouble."

The next moment, the sea of ​​blood churned.

The puppet was scattered into ashes, and the iron fist was already in front of the girl.

Chapter 2, 6500 words, 1w2 thousand words update today, some vocabulary will be modified later

I overestimated myself, I didn't expect to finish writing this plot, and it was only at the beginning. What I said yesterday was too exaggerated

But I still ask for a monthly ticket and a recommendation ticket... Please give me some comfort!