Soul of Burning Steel

"Joshua, what are you thinking?"

Just as the soldier was thinking about the future, a curious voice suddenly came from outside the study door.

The magic power gathered rapidly, and the image of the winged girl appeared at the door. No. 3 was wearing a gray cotton shawl and floated into the study room. She looked at Joshua curiously: "You are not the kind of person who would be in a daze."

Hearing the voice, Joshua turned his head, looked at the projection of the artificial intelligence, nodded and said, "What's the matter, No. 3, do you have anything to do with me?"

After No. 3 entered the study room, she carefully tidied up the scattered books in the bookcase. After hearing the soldier's question, she smiled slightly: "Since you came back from the imperial capital, you have always looked a little strange... I mean , if something confuses you, you can speak up and let us know."

"We are partners." The winged girl said softly, "We should help each other."

"...Thank you for your concern, there is indeed something."

After hearing No. 3's words, Joshua rubbed his chin in surprise. He didn't expect that No. 3 would notice some abnormalities caused by thinking about the magic tide in the past few days, and remember them in his heart. He pondered After a while, he shook his head: "It's not that I can't tell you... But if this matter is fast, there will be a sign within one or two years, and if it is slow, it will happen in five years. Telling it now will only increase the pressure. "

This is the serious thought of the soldiers. Back then, the first wave of the demon tide broke out when the seven gods teamed up and knocked the five-color dragon god from the boundless heaven into the main material plane. The dragon beasts of dragon blood have all fallen into madness, causing a real dragon disaster.

But now, the source of the dragon disaster no longer exists. Although the five-color dragons were not as badly damaged as in the previous life, human beings are better preserved than them. In terms of power, they have an advantage over the previous life, and the five-color dragon gods have not yet had time to fight against the seven gods. Since many gods did not fight, they may not let the first wave of magic wave affect the mainland.

For these reasons, I can't tell No. 3 yet.

Seeing Joshua's refusal, Miss Artificial Intelligence was a little disappointed. She floated onto the desk, sat on it, and said sullenly, "Okay... so are you unhappy because of the grounding?"

She knew the character of the warrior, and knew that it was really uncomfortable for Joshua to be constrained in the Northland, but after asking this question, the warrior showed a subtle expression.

"How can I be unhappy about this kind of thing? Revenge for the inexplicably dead lords is what the lord should do. Even if he is punished, it is a matter of course."

Walking to the desk, and sitting on the desk with No. 3, Joshua looked at the map on the opposite wall, as if he was aroused by Miss Artificial Intelligence's words, so there was a hint of sarcasm in his tone: "But What made me uncomfortable was the attitude - from the beginning to the end, no one cared about Alfonso's death except me."

Speaking of this, Joshua's tone calmed down. He shook his head and said, "The nobles who made the move naturally don't care. His Majesty the Emperor looks at a higher place and is indifferent to such trivial matters. But the most disturbing What is comfortable is Alfonso's children and partners, who deliberately concealed his death for the sake of rights, without any grief."

"This attitude is too distorted. I can't even see their anger. My father was killed and my friend was killed. These people should want revenge more than me."

Joshua said indifferently: "I don't know what Alfonso's spirit in heaven will think."

"At least you avenged him, didn't you?"

Gently leaning on Joshua, No. 3 shook her head, and she said seriously: "You killed those nobles who took action, and even fought against His Majesty the Emperor for this. Mr. Alfonso's unscrupulous son was also severely punished, and you sent him to marry him." Go to Black Forest Stronghold to be an ordinary city guard."

"Because of this, more and more adventurers have come to Moldavia recently and want to join the territory to serve you, partly because of your strength, and more because your attitude of defending your subordinates makes them feel Rest assured."

"Yeah."

Joshua couldn't deny it. As he spoke, he picked up a roll of parchment from the desk. It was a planning document related to the expansion of the city's west district. After glancing at it, he put the roll of parchment aside casually, The soldier said flatly: "I just think that I should take revenge, because this is the responsibility of the lord. As for how angry I am, I don't feel that way either."

"If you can fulfill all your responsibilities, you are already a perfect person." No. 3 sorted out the documents on the desk one by one, and then said in a somewhat funny tone: "My lord count, you still have a lot of things to do." what to do."

After hearing this sentence, Joshua shrugged his shoulders, and he touched No. 3's head. Under the action of power, the soldier touched the other party's magical body with his body: "I knew it, you will come to me for sure." Not to hear me whine, come on, something."

"It's about No. 1." No. 3 said softly.

Since the warrior returned to Moldavia, there were many things waiting for him to deal with. Whether it is the government affairs of the territory, the treatment of the heretics, or the development of the Black Blood Plague potion, Joshua needs to do it all by himself. In addition, there are many other matters such as the Academy of Winterhold and the Rune Factory.

The lord's work is so busy. Joshua can complete enough practice every day because No. 3 and Rin help him with government affairs, but he still finds time to meet with the old dwarf Moria and let him see Look at the first number.

As an unprecedented steel element on the Mycroft Continent, Number One's burly steel figure and characteristics immediately attracted the old dwarf's attention. Moria was very interested in it, and after obtaining No. 1's consent, it went to the dwarf gathering place with the old dwarf to conduct follow-up experiments.

The growth of No. 1 depends on the quality of magic elements and assimilated ore. The concentration of magic power in Moldavia is not low, but it is far inferior to the gathering place of dwarves close to the underground lava area. When it comes to high-quality ore, there is no comparison . Moria said that he got an inspiration from No. 1, and he would definitely not treat it badly if he thought about it.

"Why, what happened to No. 1?" Joshua frowned. He looked at No. 3 seriously and asked, "Or did you cause any trouble?"

The artificial intelligence shook her head, and she said in a tone as light as boiled water: "Nothing happened, everything is normal, Mr. Moria has a very good attitude towards No. Metal' characteristics, a new alloy has been researched, so the entire dwarf gathering place has given the number one as a treasure, and there are any ores you want."

"In that case." Joshua was a little confused: "Then what else is there, isn't it great?"

"It's too good, my lord."

No. 3 sighed, she floated unsteadily, and then came to the soldier, a layer of light blue magic brilliance flashed like water waves on the palm of her hand, and then the brilliance spread, a lifelike magic power A projection appeared in front of Joshua.

It was a group photo of Moria and No. 1, and the image captured by magic was sent to No. 3, and then Miss Artificial Intelligence converted it into a three-dimensional projection and showed it to the soldiers. Although the old dwarf Moria has been busy with work recently, he looks full of energy. He stands next to No. 1's calf, looking very happy. Although No. 1 has no face, Joshua is inexplicable. You know, it also feels good.

Of course it is very good.

"This this?!"

After seeing the projection, Joshua got down from the desk in shock. He stood opposite No. 3, looked at the projection seriously, and couldn't help but feel incredible: "Although Moria is not tall, she is also 1.5 meters tall. Left and right, he actually only has enough calves for the first grade, doesn't that mean..."

"Yes, my lord."

No. 3 had a somewhat helpless voice, coming from behind the projection: "Your iron element, due to its well-developed development, is now more than seven meters tall—because there is no way to get out of the underground passage, the dwarves are going to Work overtime to expand the corridor."

"I think, don't even try to take it back, just let it stay there - anyway, the Lord's Mansion can no longer accommodate it."