Soul of Burning Steel

As the flying dragons in the west of Gray Island retreated, the other dragon groups began to show their intention to retreat after losing their flank cover. They reduced the frequency of their attacks, and their attacks gradually slowed down.

Ten minutes later, accompanied by a few scattered long chants of giant dragons, many flying dragons all over the island fled back into the clouds in a panic. Because of a certain powerful warrior, today's fifth raid by the crazy dragons ended hastily. , the sky is clear.

At this time, the priests who originally held the summoning ceremony were treating many wounded crew members inside the Time by the ark.

Due to the entry into the abyss and the subsequent battle with the Crystal Demon Dragon, the Ark experienced several strong shocks. Many crew members who were not very strong fell into a coma and have not woken up until now. Moreover, some particularly unlucky crew members were affected by the exploration team and were parasitized by the brain-eating worms that Nolan spread in the food and tea.

Unlike the powerful exploration team, they did not have the strength to resist the destruction of the brain-eating worms. Even with the timely treatment of the three members of the church, many crew members are still in danger of life and need emergency treatment.

But all of this has nothing to do with Joshua and his party who are already in the Central Great Temple area—after relying on their own coercion (?) to expel a large number of flying dragons, the warrior and others quickly received a summons from the church.

Pope Igor is now at the top of the Holy Mountain, waiting for his arrival.

The silent steel element No. 1—even if it spoke, it was only sizzling—had Hei who was still sleeping under his armpit, and his sister and brother Shenji sat on their shoulders, following behind Joshua. They were together Under the guidance of a young priest, he quickly moved towards the central temple area.

Along the way, the group passed through several abandoned small towns, which were the residences of the clergymen living around the holy mountain, but now due to the attack of the mad dragon, everyone lives around the strong temple.

Even so, some peripheral temples, such as the thirteen coastal temples on the west side of the island, are basically abandoned. If it is not because the time number was manufactured in the port on the west side of the island, and the confirmed coordinates are also nearby, then they will definitely be abandoned. will not be enabled.

The holy mountain is majestic, and as long as you look up, you can see the mountain exuding holy white light. Countless tall and sturdy temples are built scattered on it. Joshua, who was still in a bad mood, came to the first line of defense outside the central temple area with a gloomy face.

The stationed clergy seemed to have received the news, and they did not stop the warriors. Of course, a few knights who lacked self-control immediately drew their swords when they saw Joshua, but that It's just a subconscious sense of self-preservation, and soldiers won't be angry about it.

Even if you hear the crowd spreading the word 'big devil? ! ’ ‘Why do humans have an aura of despair...’ ‘Is he a humanoid dragon being escorted? ’ and other doubts, the soldiers were not angry either.

Because he was looking at his character panel, he didn't have time to waste on such meaningless things.

[You killed the Abyssal Demon Dragon Shadra the Corruptor]

【You killed Netherland Black Dragon Dead Smoke Granty】

【You have come to the thirty-first floor of the abyss·Blood Moon Abyss】

[You killed the spokesperson of the famine, Crystal Demon Dragon Mandagal]

[You destroyed the super-large compound chaos ritual·overlapping boundaries]

[You have completed the legendary event - Gloomy Moon! 】

【You have achieved the achievement—gazing into the abyss】

[You returned safely from an abyss plane, proving that no matter how dangerous the environment is, it cannot hinder your progress. Your resistance to any bad attribute is increased by 30%, and the speed of resistance increase is doubled. 】

Bad attribute resistance means that when the holder is located in an abyss, chaotic plane, or various elemental planes, it can slow down the erosion speed of local special forces. Weakened, in a sense, it can be said to be an enhanced version of all elemental resistance.

Demons have extremely high resistance to magic. It is precisely because of this ability that all demons have resistance to this bad attribute. They can adapt to any environment. Even in a void without air and elements, demons can survive for a certain period of time. Seeing this, Joshua nodded. This achievement is quite good, at least it is much better than the elf favorability increase last time.

You know, since the warrior returned to the Mycroft continent from the world of Ilgna, he has never encountered an elf! And even if they met, they would probably be similar to the guarded and extremely nervous priests around them, and it took a lot of courage to even look up at him.

All in all, getting rid of the divinity, although this adventure in the abyss is a bit dangerous, but the harvest is far more than the last time in the world of Ilgna, at the cost of almost dying.

Turning his gaze away, Joshua looked at his own character card.

【Name: Joshua Van Radcliffe】

[Template: Hero]

[Title: Exterminator of Hundred Clans (Unlocked by killing a hundred creatures of different races)]

[Race: Human? ? ? 】

[Racial Skill: Divinity (?)]

[Level: LV63 Extreme Intent Intermediate]

[Challenge Level: LV59 (Hero)]

【Attributes:……】

【Charm: -238】

"laugh."

Seeing this, Joshua made an inexplicable sound. By now, he was no longer surprised by the decline of his charm—fortunately, he didn't kill many monsters this time, so the decline in charm was also small. The big head should be The rewards for destroying the chaos ritual and killing those dragons are the result of being reversed by the curse of chaos.

Generally speaking, with the adventuring of adventurers, they will kill many monsters and get a lot of glory. Resentment and praise cancel each other out. Charm should increase or decrease slowly, but Joshua's charm is because of the curse. Flying all the way, it may have broken through the historical lower limit of the Mycroft Continent.

And just when Joshua was about to continue to flip through his character card, suddenly, the whole system blurred for a moment.

This feeling is difficult to describe in words, because the light curtain of the system appears in the soldier's mind, and then projected to the eyes - so its blurring is a kind of mental change, as if the thinking became hazy in an instant , will soon be forgotten.

However, this blur only lasted for a short moment, and even Joshua couldn't be sure if the blur just now was his own illusion. Soldiers seldom use the system, and they don't know what the state of this thing is like on weekdays.

In this regard, he could only frown, secretly remembering this strange change, and then continued to look down the character card.

Since there are too many specific occupations, skills, talents, and states, and there are no special changes, he simply skipped a few pages and looked directly at the special protections that he had added.

【Intensive Care】

[Silent Destroyer: Once a day, designate a race to intimidate it greatly, and the corresponding attack will be greatly increased, lasting for three days]

【——Killing doesn't need words, it just needs to wave your arms. 】

[Speechless Arrogant: Ignore spells and special abilities that are two levels lower than the holder's current level (currently the highest level of ignorance: silver intermediate level)]

【——For the counterattack of the weak, the arrogant always dismiss it. 】

Description: Your reputation spreads far and wide, rulers all over the world will pay attention to your voice, and even mountain people living in deep mountains and old forests may have heard of your deeds. In terms of reputation alone, you have already left your name in history, and you will be a part of the history of Mycroft Continent.

Seeing this, Joshua couldn't help turning his head, looking at Hotaru and Rin who were sitting on the shoulders of Number One, the silver-haired girl was doing nothing now, swinging her feet a little bored, while the black-haired boy looked at the surrounding scenery with interest, It seems to be memorizing the layout of the defense line.

And Hei, who was caught under the armpit of the steel element... was still sleeping, and the girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, as if she was dreaming.

These two additional protections come from the special abilities of the Shenji siblings. As their master, Joshua can obtain this power as long as he does not break the contract with the Shenji.

But... No matter how you look at it, this ability has nothing to do with good people, heroes and other positive words. The so-called deeds are probably all negative news, right?

Simply ignoring this information, Joshua closed the character panel.

They have come to the foot of the holy mountain, leading to the entrance and exit of the great temple at the top.

The entrance and exit are located inside a simple stone temple. Joshua and others walked into it under the guidance of the young priest. The pyroxene lamps embedded in the inner wall exude bright light, bringing a sense of sanctity to this simple hall. feel.

Different from the outside world covered by overcast clouds, the interior of the hall is surrounded by a fresh and gentle wind, which continues to purify the surrounding air. The entrance and exit is a stone arch tunnel, and the camera is the long ladder leading to the top of the mountain. There are not many priests patrolling and guarding nearby, but all of them are strong and have the strength of the golden rank.

"The Hall of Renai is one of the oldest temples of the Seven Gods. It was originally the temple of the God of Life, and was later transformed into an entrance to the top of the holy mountain."

The young pastor who guided the way for Joshua's group gradually got used to Joshua's coercion along the way. Although he still didn't dare to look at the soldiers, he stopped stuttering and looked aside with a serious expression. The stone wall said: "My lord, I can only take you here. Without the permission of the bishops, ordinary priests are not allowed to enter and leave the holy mountain at will."

"Understood, thank you."

Joshua noticed that the young blond priest trembled when he heard his voice, but now that he was not paying attention to these trivial matters, the cleric guarding the entrance and exit had already moved out of the way, and the soldier walked straight away without hesitation. Enter the arch and go through the tunnel.

A few seconds later, a pure white mountain appeared in front of his eyes.

The mountain is like a sharp sword, reaching into the depths of the clouds. The dull thunder sounded on the mountainside, and one after another lightning could be seen running. The steps made of solid rock were like endless long chains, passing through endless gray arches. The thunder spread towards the top of the mountain.

"The Road to the Fire Sword."

After reading a sentence softly, Joshua turned his head and told the silent number one: "Follow me closely, there are quite a lot of space-time locks in this place, and it's easy to get lost."

"Zizizi."

It seems to be a response, even the warriors don't understand what the steel element's reply means—but anyway, this battle in the abyss, No. Awakened Hill so that Robzek could help Joshua smash the Chaos Rune, and the outcome of the battle is still hard to predict.

Steel elementals undoubtedly have wisdom above convention.

Joshua plans to let Miss No. 3 carry out a powerful transformation for No. 1 when she returns to Moldavia, so she should be very happy.

Along the way, because the soldiers possessed the power of order of the Azure Orb, and the sisters and brothers of Shenji also received a ray of protection from the holy light because of the infiltration of the holy light in the holy hall, so they were not stopped, and they walked towards the top of the mountain very quickly. go.

On both sides of the Fire Sword Road, some huge statues of the Seven Sacred Objects appeared from time to time, which contained a trace of inexplicable aura. If it was Joshua before, he might not be able to distinguish the authenticity of these auras, but now, he But he knew that it was a trace of divinity contained in the sacred object, which might be used to attract the power of the Seven Gods.

Although Joshua doesn't believe in the Seven Gods, he has a little respect for these great existences that protect human civilization. According to the news from the mouth of the Father of Nature and Ogner, the soldiers know that the Seven Gods of the Human Race died after the catastrophe. For thousands of years, it has been protecting the development of civilization without any slack. Faced with such a feat, no matter who it is, they will stop slightly and show respect.

It didn't take long, after passing all the seven sacred objects, the warriors passed through the clouds, fog and lightning, and came to the top of the holy mountain, and came to the great temple that was illuminated by the sun, the bright moon and the stars no matter what time of day .

"boom!"

At the entrance of the temple, there were many guards in white robes with gold patterns. They were only slightly taken aback when they saw Joshua, and then they stood up straight and saluted solemnly. The iron boots made a dull sound, and then stepped aside, leading to the great temple. internal location.

For these determined clergymen, the difference in charm between people is like the difference between stones, without any real meaning, so even Joshua, whose charm has fallen to the bottom People can't make them feel fear, at most, the body will produce some instinctive reactions.

The warrior also nodded slightly at this, saluted these people back, and then entered the temple.

"The solitary sun, the double moon, and the stars are endless, and on the ground of the millennium, only the light lasts forever"

Passing through the majestic arches of the Great Temple, the warrior glanced at the words inscribed on them, and followed the passage to the end of the arcade.

At the Temple of Heaven in the center of the Great Temple, he saw an old man wearing a holy silver crown and holding a pure white scepter.

Pope Eagle, who was looking up at the skylight of the dome of the temple, lowered his head. He looked directly at Joshua, his eyes swept across the soldier's body, and then concentrated on the soldier's heart.

"Lord Joshua van Radcliffe."

The old man raised his head, looked at the soldier, and said kindly: "Hi, we meet again."

"Hello, Your Majesty the Pope."

Facing the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, who was not an avatar but a true body, Joshua nodded and performed a simple courtesy. He simply asked, "May I ask you why you asked me to come here?"

This is a habit formed from taking too many missions in the past, and soldiers rarely talk nonsense in this regard.

"Maybe you don't know."

However, Pope Eagle did not directly answer Joshua's question. The old man showed a smile, and then said slowly: "The design and construction of the time number are all done by me, and every magic circle on it is made by myself." I engraved it with my own hands."

Joshua raised his brows slightly. Although Joshua was a little surprised that Igor, as the pope, would personally engrave a magic circle on a temple ark, but when he thought that the destination of this ark was the abyss, he suddenly understood a lot.

But the soldier didn't know why the old man brought up this topic, did he want to show his hard work? Although the ark was badly damaged during the expedition...but you shouldn't call yourself here just because of this, right?

And Igor continued: "The glow fire circle is the crystallization of my decades of research. Its purpose can convert holy light and positive energy to form the purest power of order barrier to resist the abyss and chaos. Erosion is at the heart of the church's plans for decades to come."

Speaking of this, the old Pope showed a weird smile: "Although I am a little embarrassed, I built an observation circle in this magic circle, so when the ark left the abyss and returned to Gray Island, I I already know all your experiences of this exploration."

"It's normal." Joshua nodded. He didn't feel much about it. Rather, it would be abnormal if it wasn't like this: "Don't worry about me or Robzek reporting it again."

It was clear at a glance that this was the soldier's sincere thoughts. Pope Eagle's expression froze for a moment, he frowned in distress, and then tentatively asked, "Joshua... don't you really have any thoughts?" ?”

Sensing the seriousness of the old man's tone, the soldier also became serious. He frowned, and then said solemnly: "Excuse me...what do you think?"

"Divinity."

Sighing, Pope Eagle said it directly: "Although I am surprised, you actually have a formed divinity in you."

"Joshua, I can't be as calm as you. This is an extremely serious matter."