Soul of Burning Steel

Different from the treasure house passed down by ordinary nobles, the warehouse of the Church of the Seven Gods is, as the name suggests, a genuine warehouse.

In the huge square underground space, there are many steel containers densely packed, and the simple black wooden shelves divide different kinds of items, just like the most common port warehouse scene.

The leading church knight activated the magic circle, and suddenly pieces of white pyroxene glowed in the dark warehouse. Pyroxene is an unusually common translucent crystal on the Mycroft Continent. It looks ordinary, but it can emit extremely bright cold light as long as it is injected with a little energy, so it is widely used as a lighting tool by all races. Because it is really very common, even poor people occasionally have one or two irregular pieces of pyroxene in their homes. They usually put it in the sun to accumulate energy, and take it out in the middle of the night to act as a light.

Naturally, the pyroxene used by the church to build the underground fortress is not an ordinary thing. The white light that illuminates the warehouse is bright and not dazzling, because there are some holy light runes flashing around it, which brings out a sacred atmosphere.

Before that, Joshua had already said that he was going to the third area, so the knight leading the way did not stop and walked all the way towards the target area, and the soldiers also glanced around at will.

On the way, the middle-aged knight suddenly said: "My lord, although I'm a little rude, I have to admit that some people in our church did cause trouble for you."

Because he was wearing a semi-enclosed helmet, the knight's voice was muffled, and there was even a slight echo in the closed warehouse, but Joshua could hear that the other party's tone was very sincere, and he couldn't help but turn his head. Asked curiously: "What's the trouble? The hospitality of the Church of the Seven Gods has always been admirable, and I also think it feels good to be here."

This sentence is the truth. Although the priests of the church are sometimes unreasonable, or act strangely because of the teachings, they can definitely be called good people. If they are not kind and upright people in the general sense, they will never understand the holy The power of light—living with such a group of good people, the bad is not too bad.

Hearing what the warrior said, the knight of the church straightened his waist slightly, and seemed to be very proud, but then he shook his head, as if he was a little embarrassed and said: "It's not about this...My lord, it's about the rumors. thing."

"Leave a message?" Joshua raised his eyebrows, waiting for the other party's answer.

"It's like this. Recently, there have been some rumors about you in the circle of middle-level clergymen." When the middle-aged knight said this, he paused for a while, as if he was sorting out his words, and he fell silent soon after. Voice said: "Many people have begun to claim that you came to the Holy Mountain purely to satisfy your bloodthirsty and warlike selfish desires."

"Wait a minute." Joshua blinked, and he frowned, "What did you say?"

"I'm sorry! However, there are indeed many people who believe it—after all, if it weren't for this reason, no matter how great the benefits are, it would be impossible for an imperial nobleman to risk death across the entire continent to come to Holy Mountain, the frontline battlefield of the dragon disaster."

When he said this, the knight stopped, turned his head, and bowed deeply to Joshua: "It is our negligence to let this kind of message appear and spread, and I am very sorry!"

"Ah... um." The soldier didn't know what to say, his expression was weird: "Well, although I'm a little upset, but in fact they didn't..."

At this moment, the middle-aged knight suddenly straightened his back and said seriously: "But I know that what they are talking about is all nonsense!"

When he said this, the knight clenched his right fist and put it on his chest, as if he was really angry about it, he said in a low and clear voice: "Although you look like a real villain, my lord, you are really When we get along, they are extremely kind, without the slightest aristocratic airs, and every gesture is in line with the way of the Holy Light."

Joshua: "No, please stop."

"There is no doubt, my lord, you are a person who has truly escaped from vulgar interests! You are a noble person!" Although the expression could not be seen clearly because of the helmet, there was no doubt that the middle-aged knight was very excited. He said loudly: "You must have resolutely left your territory and hometown for the sake of the innocent people in the far south, and came to the holy mountain to stop the mad dragon. Those who spread rumors don't understand this, and wantonly slander you..."

Joshua didn't listen to what he said next. Occasionally, words such as "believe in the Holy Light", "model of justice", and "example of nobles and lords" floated over, but he pretended not to hear them all. After the knight calmed down a bit, the soldier said slowly, "Put all this aside...you take me to area 3 first."

"yes!"

Hearing Joshua's instructions, the knight, who was obviously a warrior admirer, immediately stopped talking and started leading the way again.

——This group of people...

Walking on the path of the warehouse, Joshua couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

Recently, he has indeed been helping the Church of the Seven Gods to resist the mad dragon. According to his bloody fighting techniques and negative charisma, it is not surprising that such messages appear. Of course, believers in the Holy Light will not lie, but their guesses are true. According to reports, Joshua didn't take this kind of message that would disappear in a few days to heart either.

What really surprised the soldiers was this middle-aged paladin. It was unbelievable that he would still have admirers with his charm!

Regarding this point, it was Joshua himself who underestimated himself a bit. In the eyes of many knights in the church, an extreme-level fighter who is less than thirty years old is enough to be called a genius among geniuses. Even the most proud people have to admit that this strength is enough to make most of them People feel ashamed, but this kind of genius, a field noble from the northern empire, a legendary powerhouse destined for the future, is willing to leave his own territory, come to the holy mountain to help the church, and help the entire Far South region resist the mad dragon— —

If this kind of spirit is not noble, then no spirit can be considered noble. As the middle-aged knight said, this is the way of the holy light in their eyes.

After thinking about it, the two came to the third area.

Most of the warehouse areas of the fortress are connected. Area 3 is located in the area closer to the center, and most of the places are alchemy and magical creations developed by the Church of the Seven Gods.

The protective measures here are obviously much better than those outside the food and ordinary weapons. Although they are still giant steel cabinets and black wooden frames, they are engraved with magic circles for dust removal, waterproofing and isolation from elemental erosion. Seeing the flickering runes, there is a crystal-like translucent energy cover on the outer layer of the steel cabinet, which is faintly visible under the light of the pyroxene lamp.

The middle-aged knight was originally in charge of managing the warehouse, and he knew everything about the items in it. He slowed down and introduced the treasures stored in each cabinet to the warrior.

Located on the right side of Joshua are the energy cores of twenty peak silver magic puppets. The magic puppets of the Church of the Seven Gods have always been named after the constructs of the great mages of the Eastern Plains, and they are more than similar puppets in the hands of other forces. At least the Northern Empire cannot mass-produce combat puppets of the same level. The price of the core of these puppets is more than 8,000 far south gold coins, enough to buy a small manor in the outskirts.

You know, if ordinary silver-level fighters don't risk their lives to hunt monsters, then they can only earn two to three hundred gold coins by working hard in the city guard for a year. This set of puppets is worth 160,000 gold coins, enough to One or two thousand soldiers armed to the teeth.

But Joshua didn't care too much, let's not say that his territory already has a rune factory, with the help of Miss No. 3, sooner or later he will be able to produce magic puppets one day, the strength of this silver peak is quite embarrassing ——Soldier does not lack the backbone of combat power, what he lacks is the gold-level leader.

Because of the proximity of the four northern territories to the Black Forest of the Ice Field, there are hundreds of Silver Knights accumulated over the years of fighting. If you count the city guards and the militias in each village, basically each territory has a thousand Silver Knights. Because the Northern Territory has a small population and insufficient resources, there are many casualties under the Kuroshio.

There is plenty of silver, but not gold. It will probably take at least seven or eight years for the elites of Winterhold Academy to grow up. At that time, the soldiers will be running around, let alone the dragon knights. grandfather.

Seeing that the soldiers were not interested in this, the church knight turned his head and introduced other alchemy products to Joshua.

The technical reserves of the Church of the Seven Gods are not inferior to any large power. Even the mages in the eastern plains may not be able to surpass it in every way. In fact, the alchemy level of the church is firmly in the forefront of the world. They even Can build water fortresses in the deep sea, and use magic to drive the fortress to explore the seabed and hunt down ocean giants.

Unfortunately, the alchemy style of the church is far from that of the eastern mages. Most of their creations are giant war machines, which are so huge that they need the cooperation of many priests to drive them. The colossus of war, but the overall style is miniaturized and popularized.

That's why Joshua shook his head repeatedly when he introduced the church knights—it's not that those things are bad, but that they are not suitable, whether it is the 'elemental crystal resonance core' that can activate elements within tens of kilometers and make it easier for people to perceive magic power, or the Subtly, the 'ring of cleansing' that relies on sunlight and free energy to purify the environment for hundreds of kilometers is a genuine good thing, but these creations are too huge, so huge that their cores are more than ten meters high, and they need to be dispatched by the church Hundreds of professionals went to manufacture the parts locally, and then it took half a year to assemble them.

The church knight also seemed to know that these things were unreliable, so after a brief introduction, he didn't say much, and the warrior also patiently scanned his surroundings.

Fortunately, after a few minutes, Joshua found something he was very interested in.

"Floating ring..." Looking at the magical creation made of steel and crystal, which revealed a sci-fi feel, Joshua turned his head and looked at the middle-aged knight: "You made this thing for What are you doing?"

"This?" The church knight looked up, glanced at this huge ring with a diameter of more than ten meters that occupied a large warehouse space, and then pondered for a while: "It should be an auxiliary accessory placed on a giant steel puppet. Divine puppets don’t have the ability to fly, especially large puppets, so some people in the church want to make some flying puppets.”

"The results of it?"

"The failure is complete. Instead of loading accessories, it is better to engrave a few floating magic circles on the puppet, which is more effective and saves materials... Of course, this floating ring actually has the ability to let the user float and fly freely. Too big and a waste of material."

The church knight looked at Joshua a little strangely, and he kindly reminded: "My lord, you are a very strong man, you can fly without this thing, even if you want a flying car, I would rather It is recommended that you engrave the floating magic circle instead of using this... Its output is too great, enough to make your mansion fly, and it is really overkill to make things like carriages fly."

Joshua naturally knew that what the other party said was correct. This floating ring was indeed tasteless and a pity to discard. Ordinary carriages, even chariot artillery would not need such a big thing, and the floating fortress or The battleship itself has an inscribed magic circle, no need for external accessories.

But that being said... there is a sea dragon in his house that can't fly!

Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help feeling stuffy.

A domineering giant dragon is used as a mount in the air, but it is the romance of any man. He must have tried his best to make Hei Awakening's bloodline not to cultivate her into the current fort—but ghosts know that Hei's bloodline is a sea dragon. Although he has wings, But it can't fly!

This time in the Abyss of Anos, Hei performed very well in resisting sea beasts and detecting ocean currents, but his inability to fly was a real flaw. The reason why giant dragons are powerful is because they can condescendingly pour out their breath and Magic, just like Mandagal, if it wasn't for protecting the Chaos Rune, the Crystal Demon Dragon could drag Joshua to death just by flying a kite.

Hei's dragon's breath was terrifying. If he was unprepared, even Joshua didn't want to take it. The only shortcoming was that he couldn't fly.

But now, with this thing, might Hei be able to fly?

Thinking of this, Joshua couldn't help making a note in his heart, and he included it in his list of candidates.

But at this moment, a violent shaking came from the soldier's feet.

"What's going on?" The church knight on the side immediately showed a surprised expression. He looked up at the crumbling pyroxene lamp above his head: "Earthquake?"

"No." Joshua shook his head, his expression was calm, as if he had expected it a long time ago: "It seems to be the same as what Pope Eagle guessed, it is ahead of schedule."

"What's early?"

"Attack." Joshua responded lightly, turned his head, and walked towards the exit of the warehouse: "The general attack of the five-color dragon clan is about to begin."

Accompanied by the sound of the alarm, the two walked out of the warehouse, and walked quickly along the solid stone passage towards the exit of the underground fortress. Many clergymen went to the surface with them, and there were also many pure warriors who had no fighting power. The clergy stayed in the fortress calmly, waiting for the next step, which was a step that had been rehearsed dozens of times.

The underground fortress has been specially reinforced by divine magic runes. As long as the holy mountain does not collapse, there is no possibility of it collapsing. Even an earthquake cannot destroy the structure of the fortress.

Joshua left the underground fortress and walked out of the temple as the entrance.

He looked up at the sky and the sea.

The dark clouds gather, the wind blows, and the huge waves come one after another. The sea-sky boundary line has been shrouded in darkness. Lightning criss-crosses the sky, bringing thunder and thunder, and huge shadows shuttle between the clouds.

Everything did not go beyond his expectations.

Starfall 833, August 26th, a stormy night.

The five-color mad dragon officially attacked the Seven Sacred Mountains.