Soul of Burning Steel

The ice and snow in November, mixed with the cold wind, pierced into the bone marrow like a knife blade, and the diamond-shaped ice crystals standing on the extreme northern ice field trembled slightly in the wind, making a piercing trembling sound.

The four-person team wore white robes enchanted with [Wind Protection], and walked forward in the ice and snow. The two low-level bless magics of [Swift] and [Free Action] created circles of subtle light silver halos on their bodies. , so that everyone can ignore the ice and snow under their feet and quickly approach their goals.

Transferring through the teleportation array inside Winterhold College, the four-person team returned to the college and handed in the mission completion certificate. They set off immediately and teleported to the time-space node of the ice field without resting at all.

For that possible gold, great enthusiasm surged in everyone's heart.

Of course, as Iwan said, what the armored deer said may not be true. In order to save their lives, it is not a strange thing for a monster to lie, but the problem is, what if it goes to see it?

They were originally going to conduct trials in various places to hone their magic skills. As for where to hone it, it is not important. In harsh environments, it doesn't make much of a difference.

The other three also thought the same way. In Nick's words, they had already killed enough monsters. Their points in the academy can be said to be the most stable. It is also time to try to explore some new things. After all, the most important thing for a mage It is curiosity, and you can never rest on your laurels.

Facts have proved that the purely harsh environment is nothing to the prepared adventurers. The four mages, at most black iron level, were not stopped by the wind and snow, and they came to the vicinity of the Dragon's Nest smoothly.

There are no powerful monsters in the extreme northern ice field, because this place was originally the territory of the white dragon, and around the astral dragon lair, within a radius of a hundred miles, it is impossible to have more than silver-level monsters. Of course, the entire White Dragon's Nest has now been taken over by a certain lord, but within a year or two, cautious monsters will not rashly approach this forbidden land in the memory of their ancestors.

But even so, as the captain, Ivan was still extremely cautious. He first raised his hand to signal his companions to stop, and then said in a low voice: "Let's detect the traces of the nearby monsters first."

At this time, the four-person team was still about five kilometers away from the Dragon Nest ruins, and the towering mountain was almost in sight. Although the Dragon Nest at the top had collapsed, the majestic mountain was still magnificent.

What Ivan said was indeed reasonable. Karin wiped her eyebrows covered with hoarfrost, and then carefully took out a device that looked like a magnifying glass from her bosom. land within several kilometers.

This is the military detection magic equipment given to her by the red-haired girl's father, [micro-light lens]. It uses a principle similar to radar to release weak magic waves towards the direction. There are creatures with strength above black iron nearby.

And Camilla also started to cast the spell. The girl with the platinum ponytail raised her right hand, and a handful of crystal clear white dust covered the four-person team. Temporarily covered by stardust powder, assimilated with the outside world.

"Wait! I found something!"

A cautious move may not necessarily pay off every time, but this time it is particularly disturbing. Karin frowned and looked at the feedback on the lens, and said to her companions in a low voice: "There is a large-scale magic power nearby. Response... There are existences above silver that have passed by here!"

"Then what should we do?" Nick touched his head, he tightened his white snow cloak, and even spoke the local dialect: "Let's not talk about the silver level and above, the silver level can kill the four of us with one hand A few back and forth, whether it's monsters or people."

Although the two often quarreled and quarreled, the half-dwarf was still very convinced of Karin's judgment.

"Hide first." Ivan looked around nervously, and then asked everyone to squat down. They were hidden in the wind and snow, and their cloaks were covered with snow. They couldn't be distinguished from a distance. The hunter boy said calmly. After thinking for a while, he said: "The extreme northern ice field is located on the other side of the black forest in the Great Ajax Mountains. It is normal to have monsters around. Now that the white dragon has been wiped out by the lord, it is not wrong for a silver-level monster to flee to the dragon's lair." impossible."

Silver-level monsters are not considered important existences in the Black Forest. Compared with black iron-level cannon fodder and the lower food chain, they are at most high-level cannon fodder and high-level beings. , any kind of silver monster is irresistible to them, even if they escape, they will have to pay a huge price.

"Amila, use your farsightedness magic to see the situation."

Ivan gave the order decisively, and the four of them cautiously came to a nearby small hill, while Amira stood halfway up the hill, looking in the direction of the Dragon's Nest Mountain Range from a distance.

【Hawkeye】

The girl's excellent magic affinity and control ability allow her to cast most of the low-level magic with ease, and even some intermediate-level magic can also be cast with the help of materials. The mere eagle eye technique is easy for Amira, but she When performing this time, there was a slight bit of tension in my heart.

But the fluctuation of magic power appeared, and the extraordinary vision extended outward, and the girl didn't have time to feel nervous.

In the distance, under the mountain range of Dragon's Nest, a dozen or so human beings dressed in black and extremely conspicuous in the snow are moving at the foot of the mountain. They are busy going up and down the mountain, as if they are doing some work.

Because of the wind and snow, Amira could only see so much, and then she had to turn off her magic. In the next second, a slightly slender figure among the men in black said "Huh", and she turned to look at Where the group of four were located, they frowned slightly.

"What's the matter, my lord priest?"

Next to it, another man in black asked courteously, and the woman in black groaned for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's nothing, maybe there are monsters peeping at the dragon's blood... this lair is full of scattered dragons." Blood is extremely attractive to those monsters.

"Don't stay here anymore, hurry up and explore the cave for me." After finishing speaking, the woman immediately scolded, and the attentive man ran towards the Dragon's Nest on the top of the mountain without hesitation.

At this time, although the man in black was not paying attention, the four-member team was still in crisis.

Because the real Warcraft is coming.

The lens-like detection device flickered red, and Karin was so startled that she almost screamed, but remembering Nick's embarrassing appearance, she forcibly resisted the urge.

Then, in an urgent and tense tone, she urged her companions who were thinking about whether they should continue to explore the dragon's nest: "Go! There are gold-level monsters around!"

The other three were startled, and Nick even accidentally dropped the shield in his hand into the snow, but after all, they were the best among the college students, so they didn't panic at all, but calmly made a judgment: Judge the path of the monster and avoid it.

At this time, it is not the time to complain about why there are gold-level monsters here. What they need to do is to save their lives as much as possible.

"That monster appeared from behind us!" While shifting rapidly in the snowstorm, the red-haired girl quickly described the current situation: "It should have originated from the Black Forest on the east side of the Great Ajax Mountain Range, and only There may also be gold-rank monsters there!"

"Where should we run?!" Ivan asked hurriedly.

It only took Karin a tenth of a second to make a decision: "To the ruins of the dragon's nest!"

This chick is undoubtedly a standard representative of order and evil, her eyes are full of light that harms others and benefits herself: "It really can't be done, let the group of people confront this monster!"

The other three are undoubtedly not very good guys.

"Good idea!" "That's it!" "Thanks for having them."

On the hill where the four people were originally, the wind and snow splashed, the earth shook, and with the roar of the bottom, cracks bloomed on the frozen soil and ice layer, and then were broken open by a huge force, and then, It was a wild roar that spread across dozens of kilometers.

A huge monster like a 30-meter-long pangolin, covered in iron shell, emerged from the ground, and then showed its presence to the surroundings. Sweeping around, the hills that were on the verge of collapsing were shattered into countless small pieces, sending snow and dust flying all over the sky.

The earthquake-like impact and powerful coercion instantly affected the four-person team that hadn't had time to run far. They felt the movement, swallowed a mouthful of saliva in unison, and then continued to accelerate without turning their heads. Run to the dragon nest ruins.

Iron Armored Mountain Dragon.

A terrifying creature that can only be seen in large rocky mountains, it is a golden novice in adulthood. Its lair is located 3,000 meters underground, close to the iron-rich area of ​​the lava field. This huge monster with the blood of the ancient dragon in the original world feeds on iron ore, rocks, and the flesh and blood of other high-level monsters, and can travel through the magma. The heat hatched offspring, able to spit out high-heat airflow dragon's breath, and their resistance to physical attacks and fire attributes had almost reached a limit.

Its carapace is a special alloy, which is produced by Iron Armor Mountain Dragon swallowing various metals and then solidifying on the surface of the body. This alloy is one of the best choices for forging armor, also known as dragon pattern steel. Such a monster is completely a biological warfare machine, whether it is from the ground or the ground, it can easily break through the protection of the city wall and cause a lot of damage in the city. Fortunately, this kind of creature is relatively indifferent to the world. They have little interest in humans that do not contain iron, and they don't live in the Black Forest, so they never join the beast tide.

Now, it is attracted here because of a certain breath.

After Joshua killed the white dragon in the dragon nest, he returned to the territory without doing anything, and his knights also picked up the outer dragon corpses later, but there were still a lot of white dragons inside the dragon nest corpse. Iron Armored Mountain Dragon likes to eat rare metals, but also likes to devour the flesh and blood of the same level. Humans have too little meat, and only monsters can satisfy its appetite. To it, the dragon's corpse is undoubtedly a dinner.

After observing for a few months and confirming that there is no life around, and it is not a trap, the cautious Iron Armored Mountain Dragon simply broke through the soil layer and came to the surface. At the same time, it also discovered the dragon nest Humans, and it was also discovered that these humans seem to be digging the dragon's lair.

"Oh, quack, quack!" The mountain dragon roared angrily. It couldn't allow its target to be touched by others. Immediately, this huge monster walked towards the distant dragon's lair with footsteps that could shake the earth. The group of men in black rushed over quickly.

In the middle of the journey, it also found four people who were running away. The Iron Armored Mountain Dragon was about to sweep these little ones away with one tail, but suddenly stopped moving.

Because it felt a breath.

Very familiar breath.

Tiejiashanlong couldn't help shivering violently, the owner of this breath, it had seen it from a distance a few weeks ago. At that time, it had just crawled out of the ground and was about to go to the surface to breathe, but it was shocked to perceive that there was a being that was far stronger than it was fighting some creature. Shanlong poked his head out cautiously and looked in the direction of the battle However, it saw the overlord of the Black Forest on the east side of the Great Ajax Mountain Range, a golden mid-level steel-feathered eagle was easily killed by a human, like killing a chicken.

"Is it really good to use this thing as a harvest sacrifice?" He seemed to be muttering to himself at that time: "It doesn't look like much meat."

The next moment, the human turned his head to look in the direction where the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon was hiding, and then he shook his head in disappointment: "Tsk, there is less meat, the body is all iron, and it doesn't look very good."

Just being glanced at is like being in an abyss. The gold-level monsters have no idea that they are being let go, just because of the lack of meat and ugly looks, but this does not prevent the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon from consuming this breath after surviving. Keep it firmly in your mind, and avoid it when you encounter it.

Withdrawing its tail that was about to be swept out, and letting go of the four insignificant creatures, the golden monster even slowed down, and stopped running towards the dragon's nest in such a hurry. It carefully observed the surroundings, sensing the human's breath.

Killing these four weak little ones is naturally easy for Iron Armored Mountain Dragon, but even Warcraft knows that if it attacks the cubs of which side, it will undoubtedly be hit hardest by that side. There is a slight possibility, and it will definitely not do anything to these little ones with that human aura, it has not lived enough, and it does not plan to seek its own death.

At this time, the four-person team was talking out of breath.

"Why is it still chasing us?!"

"Isn't it about to pass us just now, why did it slow down?!"

Amira frowned thoughtfully, and she said softly in a pleasant voice: "This monster seemed to be going to attack us just now, but it stopped suddenly... Maybe it didn't want to hurt us."

"Why?" Nick was at a loss, but the half-dwarf couldn't care so much at this time, he said in a rough voice: "Forget it, let's continue running towards the dragon's nest, it will definitely confront the group of men in black of!"

Ivan had a vague guess.

A few days ago, their team was rewarded by two deans, Nostradamus and Joshua, because they completed the most tasks and ranked first in points. Those who have been in close contact with each other have also received a small medal.

No, not likely. The young hunter shook his head vigorously. He felt that this idea was too ridiculous. Even the lord was not so horrifying that with just a little breath, he could scare the gold-level monsters from making a move.

Yes, this is impossible.

On the side of the man in black, there was a huge commotion the moment the gold-rank monster appeared.

"Warcraft attack!"

"It's Iron Armored Mountain Dragon! Its strength is mid-level gold!"

"The explorers come back quickly! Do you hear me, the explorers inside the dragon's nest come back quickly!"

A series of warnings sounded, and the woman in black, known as the priest, also looked at the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon who was walking slowly with a shocked face, and she cursed: "What's going on, the plan has been ruined ! This is the Arctic Ice Field, how could there be an Iron Armored Mountain Dragon?!"

If it's an ice pterosaur or a giant ice elemental, she can still accept it, because these are the creatures that should appear in the extreme northern ice field, but the white dragon maintains its own territory, so it drove and wiped them out. Most of the magic props prepared by the entire team are for dealing with these ice monsters.

They never thought of provoking Tiejiashanlong, a war machine!

And just when the slow-moving golden beast and the group of men in black who were gradually gathering together and waiting for battle were facing each other, the four-person team used the other party's attention to focus on the Iron Armored Mountain Dragon. Arrived at the side of Longchao Mountain.

They climbed halfway up the mountain, watching the confrontation between the two sides condescendingly, and everyone's hearts were beating non-stop. Even if they arrived at their destination, the four of them didn't mean to be happy at all.

"What can I do about this?" Karin looked sadly at the scene where a battle might break out at any time down the mountain, and could not help but complain softly: "What is the situation, the plan has changed too quickly."

The other three nodded in sympathy. The plan really couldn't keep up with the changes. Before the departure, the ghost knew that there was another group of mysterious people who had arrived at the Dragon's Nest ahead of time, and a golden monster was peeping here, and it happened that they all caught up.

The four people on the mountain had nothing to worry about, and the monsters and the man in black at the foot of the mountain were about to start fighting. At this moment, Joshua and Hei, who had turned into a human form, stood in a clump of flowers like ice crystals at the edge of the extreme northern ice sheet. Before, seems to be hesitating.

"Ice diamond thorn flower." The soldier looked at the silver-white translucent flower in front of him, and whispered to himself: "This thing... there are flowers in this place."

Like snowflakes, the beautiful flowers with icy cold light sway slightly in the wind, releasing obviously incomparable magic power fluctuations. The cold air exceeding minus 120 degrees flows and spreads around with the undulation of its petals, making everyone around A small area within a few meters was plunged into a severe cold like an ice prison.

Ice diamond wattle, this magical plant has a very high ornamental value. In addition, it can also be used as raw materials for making high-level ice magic scrolls and equipment. It is very precious and its growth conditions are extremely harsh. Even the entire North The land may not be able to produce more than ten clumps a year.

"It's so beautiful." Hei said, but she didn't know the value of the flower at all. She just expressed joy from the bottom of her heart. The black dragon girl slowly approached, wanting to touch it: "If you are talking about Yingying, you should like it." ? It goes well with her hair."

"Don't touch it, your magic power is against it."

Stopping the sea-born fire dragon from touching the ice-type magic plant, Joshua also thought about it seriously for a while: "But indeed, it is a bit similar to Yingying's hair."

Thinking of the magic girl who has been with him for a long time, even in the face of evil gods and legendary powerhouses without the slightest fear, the soldier couldn't help showing a smile: "Give her this flower, she should be happy, right?"

However, Joshua didn't take it off immediately, and took it off. The warrior just spread his fighting spirit and aura around him, so as to avoid the monsters and dangerous factors that might exist around him. Joshua patted Hei on the head and said, "Okay, let's go for a walk first, and pick it when we get home, so as not to accidentally break it when we get it."

"Okay." Hearing what the master said, even the black dragon girl looked very well-behaved. She stayed away from the ice drill thorn flower, and then turned into a dragon again, and the warrior stood back on top of the black dragon.

"Take a walk, explore the distribution of monsters, and come back to pick flowers."

Joshua nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Sure enough, a seamless plan."