Soul of Burning Steel

More than half a month ago, the battle that took place in the imperial capital has spread throughout the empire.

The capital of the Three Mountains Empire is located in the northern central plain, linking the north and the south and the western desert. It is the political and commercial center of the empire. Every day, thousands of caravans come to the satellite towns or markets at the foot of the Three Mountains to trade. At the same time, they will also bring news from various places, or bring news to various places.

The battle between the Emperor Israel and the Earl of the North, Joshua, is undoubtedly a major event worth discussing after drinking. It is only a few days, with mobile caravans and urgent magic messages Just spread this news to all the well-informed nobles and big chambers of commerce. After another week, even the farmers who are busy harvesting have a general understanding of this matter.

The name Joshua once again became the center of the topic. As a Jiyi, he actually dared to challenge the legendary strongman, and although he was defeated, he returned intact. This kind of thing can be regarded as a legend in a certain sense. Of course, everyone knew that His Majesty must have kept his hand, but it was enough to make people talk about it.

Swing away the rain clouds, torrential rain, the strong wind and elemental fluctuations that swept the entire Sanshan area, and the high temperature like the arrival of the second sun. It's just the aftermath. For ordinary people who haven't seen a real strong person make a move, this battle can also make them understand a little bit about the power of a transcendent person above gold.

However, commoners can ignore the reason why Joshua and Israel fought, and only care about the powerful strength displayed by the two, but the nobles can't do that. The strength of the majority of the families wanted to know why the head of the Radcliffe family, who was obviously one of the pillars of the royal party, would fight with the ruler of the empire.

This kind of thing, they even dreamed that it was completely impossible to happen.

However, because no one blocked the news, they quickly learned the truth and sorted out the general process.

First of all, because of the competition from the Radcliffe family, Fertao's family was located in the north, and the arms trading industry in the east was hit to a certain extent. At the same time, many small families and the famous Seward were also damaged. Home. Because the Earl of the Northland was in the holy mountain at that time, it seemed as if he had disappeared, so the Fertao family decided to directly coerce and negotiate with the property manager of the Radcliffe family.

Obviously, the coercion was unsuccessful, so the manager was assassinated. Seeing this, most of the nobles basically have no psychological fluctuations. Although this kind of thing is indiscriminate and shameful by many famous families with a long history, it is not an unacceptable method and is part of the unspoken rules.

But what happened next was a bit more fun. The news of the manager's assassination seemed to be hindered by something, and the Earl of the Northland was not informed immediately, and by the time the Earl knew about it, most of his subordinates in the imperial capital had died—the group of stupid Fertas The dwarf of the Ao family thought that Joshua was afraid of them, so he didn't hold back at all, but killed more and more vigorously.

Then, needless to say, Joshua rushed to the imperial capital and slaughtered the second son of the Seward family and the three official members of the Fertao family—if it wasn’t because His Majesty the Emperor happened to be in the imperial capital at that time, he would have shot If the other party was blocked, the angry Earl might rush to Fertao in the northwest of the empire to kill six people, as he said.

"Remember, tell that group of people that they still owe me two lives." This was what the head of the Radcliffe family said when he left the imperial capital, and he didn't seem to have killed enough. If Israel hadn't prevented Joshua from continuing to kill and forced him to stay in the Northland for a year, then the Earl would definitely have troubled the Fertao family without hesitation.

This matter spread extremely quickly among the nobles. Some people didn't take it seriously, some raised their eyebrows, and most of them were wary of the Earl of the Northland who shot himself at the slightest disagreement, while the rest Of the small group of people, half clapped their hands in applause, while the other half gritted their teeth.

Of course, there is no need to say much about the group of people who were gnashing their teeth, only the two families that were killed or injured. Although they felt extremely resentful because of the death of a family member, they didn't have the slightest channel to vent it - in name, Israel had already taught the other party a lesson, and forced Joshua to be grounded for half a year. For those with strong intentions, this is already considered a very serious punishment.

Secondly, they can't beat each other, and they can't find a way to retaliate.

It's natural that he can't fight. According to the speculation of the staff group, the fighting power of the Earl of the Northland has been judged to be the highest level in his mind after experiencing the battle of the holy mountain mad dragon and fighting with His Majesty the Emperor, surpassing many For other old-fashioned ultimate intentions, even among the five major legion commanders, there are few who can stand shoulder to shoulder with them. No one would deny this, even the enemy. Joshua's record is obvious to all, and it is impossible to fake it.

There is no way for revenge, which is actually not surprising. Before the transmission network was opened half a year ago, the four northern lands were basically isolated from the outside world. Their transactions with the outside world depended on the dragon car merchants and Mai Zhe Budonghe, and they directly traded with the imperial family and the five major legions directly under them. In addition, Joshua will be banned in his own territory for a year, and the Fertao family will only attack the other party's caravan if they lose their minds. In this way, they really can't think of any idea to get revenge on this oily man. The Earl of the North who can't eat salt.

So for the time being, they could only swallow their anger and wait for the opportunity to retaliate.

As the name spread further, it brought Joshua even higher prestige. Many powerful adventurers who didn't care much about current affairs and devoted themselves to adventures in the mountains and jungles also knew his name. There were many adventure teams and mercenaries. The group chose to explore around the Great Ajax Mountains just because they were curious and wanted to see what the Earl, known as the "strongest" Jiyi, looked like.

Because of this, even though the snow in early winter has fallen, there is still an endless stream of adventurers and mercenaries heading to Moldavia in the north.

But for Joshua, the so-called grounding doesn't make any sense.

For the next six months, the northern land will be extremely cold. As the lord, he was supposed to stay here, always on guard against the black tide in the Black Forest. As the dean of Cold Winter Castle, he has to prepare with Nostradamus for the next academy assessment in early summer, not to mention the establishment of the rune factory and the production of magic armor.

According to the schedule, if there are no unexpected events like the trip to the Abyss of Anos, the soldiers will be very busy in the next year and will not have time to go out. A group of natural tutors who came.

Starfall 833, October 5th, Moldavia, Northland, Great Ajax Mountains.

In the volcanic cave that has long been submerged by the pouring lava, a team of mages and workers wearing simple magic armor are working. The mages used fossils into mud and the transport technique to quickly dig passages, while workers equipped with high temperature resistance and fire element resistance armor moved out inert rocks and ores that were not affected by spells.

Under the guidance of spells, they excavated quickly and in the right direction. The team avoided every lava pool and dangerous magic gathering area, and the powerful power of the magic armor ensured the workers' work efficiency and progress.

These people were the engineering team sent by Joshua to excavate the transmission channel to the world of Ilgna. Due to the attack of the evil god [natural disaster], the Sigma volcano completely disappeared, and the transmission channel located in the lava cave at the foot of the Great Ajax volcano was temporarily It was closed, and the inverted lava filled the entire cave, so that the entrances of the caves on the surface were all solidified volcanic rocks.

In order to ensure that this transmission channel that communicates the two worlds can be discovered before the natural teacher arrives, Joshua sent several college instructors and association mages who are studying the black blood plague. The knights put on their armor and came to be diggers.

Under the protection of the magic armor, these silver-level knights can temporarily not be afraid of magma. The efficiency of the combination of the two teams of superhumans is so terrible that they have already completed a quarter of the task in less than half a day. The target is close to the deep underground, the cave where the space-time channel was originally located. On the way, they also discovered a rich mine of fire element spar.

In the evening, the day's work was temporarily over. The leading team leader, a dwarf familiar with the volcano area, used magic communication to report the progress of the work to Joshua in the main city of Far Moldavia. He reported the situation truthfully, and then waited for the next step instructions.

In this regard, the soldier has nothing to say. Apart from encouraging the other party's enthusiasm for work, he can only ask to pay more attention to safety issues during work.

After finishing the call, Joshua put down the communication circle and returned to his body mentally.

At this time, he was in the study of the Lord's Mansion, meditating quietly by himself.

In the battle with Israel, although he was indeed defeated by the opponent, in fact, the fighter learned a lot in that short fight.

A legend's exquisite energy control and ingenious shot timing gave Joshua a brand-new experience. This is a different fighting skill from his, and it has a very high reference value. Not to mention the last, Is Rael transformed his will into a physical body, turning his empty hand into the blow of the lance stabbing.

This is completely different from the power he once mastered, it is the power of another system. The ability to freely switch between will and fighting spirit is so exquisite, in Joshua's view, it can be called art.

You must know that the will and spirit are derived from the power of fire, which is completely different from the grudge, which is a branch of the power of steel, which is the manifestation of the essence of life. The warrior knew that the secrets of the transformation between the two must contain the secret of Israel's advanced legend. He must study it seriously and refer to it.

As for the system, the warrior feels that relying on the system all the time is too boring, and people still need the second option to challenge.

Sitting on the chair, the soldier who temporarily finished his meditation opened his eyes slightly, showing a subconscious sense of urgency in his eyes.

He is already an extremely strong man, one of the most peak people in this world. Except for legendary strong men and gods, warriors have no opponents on this land. Now, it can make him feel the crisis and show such an expression , and only one thing.

Magic tide.

"The tide of magic is coming..." whispering these two words softly, Joshua stood up from his seat and walked to the window of the lord's mansion. The soldier looked down at Yingying and Hei who were having fun with the two little girls downstairs, and said calmly, "Sure enough, the powerful people in this world have noticed this for a long time."

The so-called demon tide, generally speaking, refers to the annual tide of monsters in the central black forest. Countless terrifying monsters will rush out from the depths of the deep magic forest and attack the civilized world. The southern fortress group and the large isolation area of ​​the eastern plain are all specially built defense lines to fight against the demon tide.

But it is obvious that the tide of magic beasts mentioned by Israel is not the tide of monsters in the ordinary sense. What he was talking about was a great tide of magic that swept across the multiverse and set off a tide of elements in countless worlds.

In this vast and boundless multiverse, the peak of energy is not consistent. In the past few thousand years, the energy level of the whole world has been relatively stable, whether it is rising or declining, it is relatively gentle. The magic tide means that in a short period of time, the energy concentration of the entire Mycroft world has reached the peak almost quickly.

what does that mean?

Means too many things.

The raging elements will completely change everything in this world, and everything will be soaked in a high-concentration magical environment, just like what the first creatures in the world experienced at the beginning of creation. Countless monsters, plants, and even various intelligent races will have benign and beneficial atavism phenomena. Countless powerful ancient creatures will get rid of the lingering situation and start to reproduce and survive normally. The minerals in the earth will become more abundant and valuable. Ordinary people perceive energy, and it will be infinitely easier to advance to black iron enlightenment than before.

The level of the entire world will be abruptly increased by one or two levels from the original basis. At that time, although golden glory is still rare, it will definitely not be like it is now. In a large empire with a population of hundreds of millions, there are only a few thousand people In order to reach this realm, the average level of adult dragons will also be raised to the gold level, becoming a genuine gold race.

At that time, countless geniuses who had been silent before would spew out like springs, and the entire continent would enter the most prosperous era because of this. In just a few decades, it would catch up with the previous generation of civilization.

Of course, these are all positives. Joshua blinked, then turned his head and glanced at the location of the Black Forest in the distance.

And the bad side is just as scary.

Intelligent life can enjoy the benefits of increased magic concentration, so of course Warcraft can too. Even more feral, close to the essence of violent magic power, they will get more promotion. When the tide of demons came, everyone had not had time to adapt to the terrifying concentration of magic power, but the endless monsters in the black forest had already gotten used to the new power and were ready to move. They will swarm out and attack the unprepared major forces with a force several times stronger than before.

This is a natural disaster.

However, the warrior is not afraid of those wild beasts. He believes that under his leadership, Moldavia, and even the entire Northland, will not suffer any loss from the black tide in the Great Ajax Mountains. People have already dealt with the beast tide. After a thousand years, not bad this time.

What he worries about is man-made disasters.

When unconstrained power spreads, ambition and desire will spread. In just a few months after the demon tide of the previous life came, the original stable situation after the war in the four major human gathering areas was broken, and the cultists claimed that it was descended from God. The precursor, the horn of doom, and the demon summoners found that they could call the power from the abyss more easily and simply.

The improvement of the magic power level does not only affect the good people, the pirates everywhere, the power of the pirates will naturally be improved fairly. Because the environment became suitable, the originally silent necromancers would wake up from their long sleep in the tomb and return to this world. At the same time, there are countless ancient inheritances that do not distinguish between good and evil.

Of course, the most important is not these.

Joshua took his eyes away from the silver-haired girl and the black dragon girl, and raised his head to look at the sky. The eyes of the warrior seem to be able to see through the void, and see the boundless heaven beyond the world and the gods in it.

The Great Demonic Tide means a lot.

But nothing is more significant than this one.

"Gods come down."

The warrior murmured: "Man and God live together on the earth."

Having said that, feeling the rare sense of crisis in his heart, he paused slightly, and then a slightly excited smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Really, an exciting era."

Some choppy sentences and typos will be corrected later!

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