Soul of Burning Steel

The aurora is like a curtain, hanging high in the sky in the middle of the night in the northern region. The soft brilliance like tulle flutters among the stars and clouds, as beautiful as a dream.

Whenever the night sky is covered by the aurora, many beings with excellent magical talents will be born on the earth. According to the research of the masters of the White Tower, this is the result of the huge magical power colliding with each other at high altitudes. Newborns will naturally have a strong affinity for elements.

Because of this, the aurora is regarded as a sign of good luck by the northerners. They hold a celebration for this, invite their brothers and friends to gather together, enjoy the beautiful scenery outdoors, and then, just like the first person to see the aurora thousands of years ago Like the human being, he gave a satisfied and amazed praise.

Thousands of years later, the aurora and the sky have not changed. Whenever the magic power makes waves and hovers in the sky, it will come as promised, but the human beings living on the earth are quite different from before.

Starfall 883, November 17th, Northland Moldova, Northwest Black Forest border.

The long wind is like a blade, carrying icy snow particles and blowing against the ridge. The cedar forest on Mount Mordus whimpers in pain, as if it will be frozen and crushed in the next moment.

At this time, it was the coldest moment in Moldova in two hundred years. Because of the inexplicable magic fluctuations erupting around the Blind Sea, the weather in the entire Northland suddenly fell into complete chaos. Even the most experienced meteorologists could not see the direction of the weather three days later, which was close to minus 50 degrees. Even the armored deer and giant wild boar, which are good at resisting the cold, couldn't resist the cold wind. They retreated to their nests obediently, waiting for the end of the cold wave.

Mount Modes is located in the Black Forest on the southeast side of the Great Ajax Mountain Range. It is the terminal branch of the huge mountain range. It is named after the explorer who discovered it. This hill is less than 800 meters It didn't have the slightest reputation in the past, but now, it has become a famous place in the whole Northland, even half of the continent.

Because here, people discovered a relic from the ancient times.

A few months ago, a group of adventurers who received a mission to explore the Black Forest entered Mordus Mountain and never came out again. However, the Moldovan lord's mansion that issued the mission believed that this group of adventurers probably encountered a hidden monster. When the golden monsters were wiped out, they reappeared.

Having lost most of their team members, the team of adventurers with scars all over their bodies struggled to escape from the Black Forest, and brought back a piece of news that was not very eye-catching at the time: there was an unusually hidden underground cave in Mordus Mountain, at the end of the cave Appears to lead to some sort of metal gate that should be man-made.

At first, everyone thought it was a phantom that these poor people saw after they went crazy, but the lord's mansion attached great importance to it. The lord Verdani even personally appointed several silver peak knights to lead a team to explore the cave. But the fact shocked everyone—what the adventurers said was true! At the end of the cave is indeed an ancient metal building buried in the mountain. Behind the gate is an ancient magic trap that is still in good condition. If the knights who lead the team are not careful, I am afraid that they will be the same as those adventurers, and most of them will be killed or injured , fled in a hurry.

This is an ancient relic from the last era!

The influence of this news in the archaeological community is second only to the ancient city ruins discovered by Master Guantian White Tower in the Central Black Forest, but how dangerous is the Central Black Forest? Exploring the city ruins there really requires too many resources, so in just a few days, many mages from other forces brought their teams to Moldova, ready to try to explore the ruins in Mount Mordus.

But unfortunately, a few days later, a rare two-hundred-year-old cold wave swept across the entire Northland. Although Moldova was not the most severely affected by weather changes, the blizzard and cold wind also completely blocked the way to the Black Forest. Do not stay in the main city of Moldova, waiting for the wind and snow to stop.

"Crap!"

In a small mountain cave on the southeast branch of the Great Ajax Mountains, a brown-haired man in a simple gray robe ruthlessly threw the "Mage Weekly" in his hand on the ground. His anger was still alive, and he pointed again. The light flashed, and the poor book immediately turned into a cloud of dust, blowing away with the wind.

"I should be the first to discover the ruins! Even the caves leading to the ruins were cleaned and excavated by me! This group of hateful Northlanders actually found the ruins while I was away, and spread the news!"

Randall took a few deep breaths before suppressing the anger in his heart, and several men in black came out from the depths of the cave. They carefully glanced at Randall in gray robes, and then whispered : "Master Priest, what's the matter?"

"It's okay." The gray-robed priest who calmed down shook his head, and asked in a deep voice, "Are there still people around the ruins?"

Those figures in black hooded robes bowed respectfully and said: "Yes, my lord, almost every team of explorers left a few spies guarding around Mount Mordus, and the Lord's Mansion even sent half a knight The regiment built a temporary camp at the foot of the mountain."

"Sure enough." Since he had guessed this result a long time ago, Randall was not angry. He calmly predicted the possibility of advancing forward in his mind: "So what is their strength?"

Several men in black looked at each other, and then said in a very small voice: "My lord priest, those gathered around the ruins are high-level mages, elite adventurers and well-known mercenary teams, and they were sent to guard Morde. Those near Sishan Mountain are the elite among them..."

"Say the answer directly." The gray-robed priest said impatiently, "I'm mentally prepared."

"Yes!" Responding immediately, a man in black took a slight step forward, and he simply said: "There are at least a dozen gold powerhouses, sir, more than half of the gold powerhouses have personally gone to guard, Moldova The lord of Villedanni Scarlet and her fiancé Brandon Chaos, these two gold peak powerhouses are also in the camp... I think there is no chance."

In the end, the man in black probably confided his heart accidentally, and Randall sighed helplessly when he heard the words, because he thought so too.

Yes, it is true that there is no chance to explore the ruins in a low-key manner.

Randall is one of the seven priests of the Plague Order. The reason why he came to the Northland was to discover the ancient ruins hidden in Mount Mordus.

The Plague Order was established about 700 years ago. In the beginning, this simple order made up of refugees, the poor, and the sick in the main city was just a small organization where a group of dying people huddled together to keep warm and spend their last days. It is to fabricate some teachings and redemption for psychological comfort, but since a strange mage who came from nowhere joined, the nature of the entire sect has deteriorated rapidly.

The mysterious mage who later became the high priest of the order cured many members of the order with incurable diseases with incredible magic, and he became the leader of the entire order as a matter of course. Under his leadership, just like at that time There are tens of thousands of small organizations on the continent of Mycroft, which were renamed [Healing Church], and began to recruit members and spread their teachings. With the ability to heal injuries and plagues, the number of members of the entire religious order increased to 150,000 in just a few years. At that time, it was already an extremely powerful force in the war-torn Mycroft Continent.

If the situation continues like this, the future of the world will definitely not be like it is now. But at that time, the Church of the Seven Gods, whose influence was limited to the far south, saw that the Healing Church in the western mountainous area did have the ability to easily cure diseases and plagues, and planned to fight with other people. Carry out exchanges and cooperation, and work together to bring salvation to more human beings.

But on the way to the headquarters of the Healing Order in the western mountains, a cautious paladin discovered their conspiracy.

This religious order in the name of healing is actually the spreader of many plagues in Xishan. It spreads various plagues, causing panic, and then heals the patients by itself, harvesting faith. What is frightening is that the cured Patients are also eccentric, their minds will become more and more unconscious, and finally become living corpses who only know how to eat. Only by joining the religious order and obtaining special internal medicines can they maintain their sanity.

The Healing Order, which was merciful and saved the world, instantly became a plague cult that people feared. After discovering the truth, many kingdoms in Xishan immediately sent troops to encircle and suppress it. The powerful royal family also cooperated with the paladins of the Church of Seven Gods to raid the headquarters of the order.

There is no need to talk about the process of the battle. All in all, the Church of the Seven Gods finally settled in the western mountainous area, while the Plague Cult was wiped out, and the remaining survivors also lost most of their inheritance. They don't know where their power comes from, only a little bit of information in the ancient books can know that their power may come from a great existence outside of a certain world.

Today, most of the leaders of the older generation of the Plague Order are hiding behind the scenes, plotting various conspiracies, while the ambitious new generation comes to the fore. These people are eager to restore the former glory of the Order, so they set their minds on Among the many ruins in the ancient books, Randall is one of them.

But now, the ruins have been found, but there is no way to get in.

The force sent by the Plague Order to the North this time is the elite of the entire Northwest branch. Among the seven priests, except for four who are still spreading mad dragon disease in the far south and cooperating with the five-color dragon clan, the remaining three are all Came here. But even so, facing more than a dozen gold powerhouses, they are still helpless, and it is absolutely impossible to defeat so many powerhouses in a head-to-head confrontation.

"Actually... my lord priest, there is another piece of bad news."

The leading man in black swallowed, and when he saw Randall nodding, he stammered, "The elite team led by Lady Sina has been out of contact for half a week..."

"Xina? Didn't she take someone to the Arctic Ice Field?" Hearing this, Randall couldn't help but frowned, and he asked nervously, "Why did you lose contact? Do you have any detailed information?"

The entire Plague Order is divided into two distinct generations. The strength of the older generation has fallen into a bottleneck. Now they are either retreating or plotting secretly. The seven gold-level priests of the new generation are all leaders of the older generation. They are the disciples or descendants of the priests. Randall and Sina are the disciples of the same old priest. The relationship between the two has always been good. However, Sina took advantage of the chaos to enter the ruins in order to cause a disturbance in Moldova some time ago. Go to the dragon's lair in the extreme northern ice field to find out if there is any residual plague gas that can be used.

Hearing that his friend was missing, the gray-robed priest began to feel that something was wrong.

The man in black who reported the news was silent for a while, and then said little by little in an unusually cautious tone: "According to the news from our spies in Moldavia...the day that Lady Sina contacted us for the last time, The Earl of the Northland happened to be walking in the extreme arctic... taking... taking his dragon..."

In the cave, there was a sudden silence.

At this time, Joshua was sitting in a dragon carriage, watching the snow and ice flying outside the window, and the scenery speeding by.

Concealing his identity, the soldier on the road alone randomly found a caravan that happened to be going to Moldova, and joined it as a passenger.

The leader of the caravan who didn't know what kind of person he was transporting didn't mind transporting a mysterious person who covered his face to Moldova after receiving the money. I dare not say the reason for the refusal, but because any caravan has done too much of this kind of thing. They can transport goods for sale, and of course they don't mind transporting an extra person. As long as they can guarantee safety, why not do this kind of extra money?

Joshua also didn't dislike the humble seat in the back of the dragon cart, he enjoyed it. Back then in the Far South, he had ridden in all kinds of vehicles. Zergs, long-horned dragons, and griffins were all common occurrences. Among those strange things, the ground dragon car was considered comfortable.

More importantly, he was originally experiencing the feeling of being an adventurer. If it is too comfortable, it will not be beautiful.

Joshua's trip to Moldova this time was partly to see if the strong man mentioned by the gold-ranked priestess was the acquaintance he had known before, and partly to relax. Since Starfall 831 when the warrior crossed over, Joshua has lived a life that is even more legendary than legends in the past two years - he has been fighting all kinds of chaotic monsters from beginning to end, fighting with five dragons head-on, and went to two aliens. World, once saw the evil god with his own eyes.

If it was an ordinary person, his San value would have dropped to zero long ago, and he would have a mental breakdown. Although Joshua was mentally tough, he didn't care about it, but if he could travel to relieve his mood, he would not refuse.

"Brandon and Verdani are now near Mount Mordus, waiting for the heavy snow to officially explore the ruins."

The soldier looked at the booklet with magic in his hand, which could directly contact the Lord's Mansion, and nodded thoughtfully: "I'll go around the main city of Moldova first, and then visit."

This booklet was specially produced by No. 3 to let Joshua know some information in time. As long as Miss Artificial Intelligence has a thought, and the magic power is transmitted, various information and information will appear on the booklet. Of course, you can also chat with soldiers , but both of them rarely use this function.

The speed of the dragon chariot is very fast, and the pace of the earth-moving dragon cannot be stopped even by wind and snow. When Joshua comfortably followed the caravan and relived the experience of the adventurers back then, he had already surpassed Moldavi Sub-territory dividing line, came to Moldova.

At this time, the soldier is closing his eyes and contemplating to adjust the route of fighting energy in his body and optimize the transmission structure. Even if he is traveling abroad, Joshua will not forget to practice. In fact, his fighting energy has made a small breakthrough recently. His spirit is condensed in his body, and he is constructing the next practice route.

But outside the dragon carriage, there was a sudden messy sound, and the dull impact reverberated in the rear cabin, disrupting Joshua's meditation.

He opened his eyes.

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