Soul of Burning Steel

"What a great idea."

After the soldier said these words, Igor stared at Joshua with unprecedented complex eyes.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have never really understood the man in front of him.

Various rumors about Joshua van Radcliffe, the Earl of Moldavia, have spread all over the country, from the holy mountain in the far sea to the extreme northern ice field, from the western coast to the eastern plain, most of the extraordinary people with a little ambition They have all heard the name of this extreme dragon slayer. For these people, they only know that the warrior is a very powerful, unprecedented young strongman. An 'extremely belligerent, undefeated' impression.

Compared with these people, the old Pope thought he should be one of the people who knew Joshua best on the continent of Mycroft. Ever since he knew that Joshua was the successor of the Azure Orb, countless information about the warrior had been leaked. delivered to him.

Indifferent, warlike, ruthless against the enemy, and fierce in attack, under the influence of most people, Joshua is a ferocious and terrifying war-thirsty maniac and dragon slayer who is more terrifying than the dragon, but in In Eagle's eyes, a warrior just fulfilled his duty as a warrior and a lord, an approachable hater. He may not be kind, but he has absolutely nothing to do with evil, otherwise, the Azure Orb would never resonate with him.

Generally speaking, this is a man with a slightly flawed personality, but he is trustworthy and entrusted, a very reliable man.

But now, this impression in Eagle's mind has been slightly refreshed.

Facing the extremely dangerous task of exploring a completely unknown edge different world, this man whose name was even used to scare children in some places did not hesitate at all, and even agreed to the request with a smile. There was no fear in his eyes, Only without hesitation it should be taken for granted.

Joshua seemed to think that this was his responsibility, so he accepted the request calmly.

But in fact, what a harsh requirement this is! Eagle knew exactly how excessive his invitation was. As the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, he actually asked a field earl of the Northern Empire to go to the depths of the remote void to explore the place where the truth of the news was still uncertain. The legacy of the sages - even if this kind of thing is rejected on the spot, it is not surprising that as the lord of a place, Joshua has ten thousand reasons to refuse this extremely dangerous request, which may cost his life.

He has no right to ask a person to leave his hometown and go to the edge of the universe so far away that he can't imagine, to perform a mission with the purpose of finding a thing that has no idea whether it is there, but is dangerous enough to escape death.

But Joshua didn't.

The warrior who had just gone through a tough battle, killed the high priest of the plague cult, and joined forces with his friends to crush the fragments of the evil god, even asked in an indescribably expectant tone, "When are you going to set off?"

He looked eager, impatient.

"...The shortest time is half a year later."

The old Pope, who originally wanted to say that the sooner the better, was silent for a while, and then said in a slightly moved tone: "The church needs to further verify the information of that marginal world, so that you cannot be put in danger."

Joshua's willingness to sacrifice for the sake of all sentient beings made Igor feel ashamed. He wanted to gather the inheritance of the sages to save this increasingly dilapidated world, so that many things were a little too hasty. Now the old Pope I realized that although it is extremely urgent to find the inheritance, ensuring the safety of the explorer is the most important thing. The value of the completely unknown fourth inheritance is far less important than the warrior who is worthy of the name of the sage inheritor.

However, Joshua, who was considered by Eagle as willing to sacrifice for all beings and extremely noble, actually didn't think that much at all.

"A completely unknown different world is a bit interesting."

The soldier thought of it this way: "Just to verify my guess about advanced."

Joshua seemed to want to ask more about the exploration of different worlds, such as whether there are any powerful primitive monsters, but Igor wanted to end this topic. He turned around and looked at the time and space in the world of Mycroft At the edge of the diaphragm, there are a few extremely dim, but slightly larger stars that are shining.

Not just these few stars, the old pope looked around, centered on the world of Mycroft, it was an extremely vast dim star field, many worlds could no longer emit bright light, only faint bursts of dead silence could be heard. breath.

Joshua followed Igor to scan the galaxy, and he naturally discovered this too. Based on all the information he knew before, the soldier said in a deep voice, "This was formed...from the war with the evil god and the abyss?"

"That's right." Igor nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "The power of civilization in the Era of Glory was not limited to the world of Mycroft, and the war against chaos and chaos was gradually transferred to the mainland because of the gradual retreat. above."

"And before that, many worlds have been completely destroyed by demons and evil gods' families... It's a pity that this period of history is only described in sporadic ancient books, and the lost three hundred years have covered up all the secrets."

Speaking of the lost three hundred years, the old Pope couldn't help but sigh again. This unknown time between the Glorious Era and the Starfall Era buried too many secrets. Even the Church of the Seven Gods, which has the most complete ancient books, has Many mysteries never knew the answer.

"Joshua."

Looking at this star field that looked dimmer because of other bright galaxies, Eagle suddenly said: "This is the first time you have come to the void."

The old pope raised his right hand, pointed at the light and mist demonic tide that was slowly approaching in the distance, pointed at the vast and bright rivers of stars, and calmly asked the soldiers: "For this multiverse, what do you have? What do you think?"

This was just an impromptu question, and even Eagle himself didn't expect much from the soldier's answer.

"have."

But after thinking about it for a while, Joshua replied in a very serious tone: "Human beings are very small."

Igor suddenly turned his head and looked at Joshua, but the soldier didn't care about the surprise and doubt in the other's eyes, he also looked at this galaxy and the darkness that contained it and said: "Any life is insignificant. "

"Compared to the endless void and darkness, even the world is insignificant."

Looking away from the brilliant sea of ​​stars in the distance, Joshua scanned the dim stars around him, and his tone was frank and sincere, without any falsehood: "Dozens, hundreds, or even tens of thousands of stars are dim, For the entire multiverse, it is just an insignificant matter, and the rise and fall of human beings is even more insignificant."

"...Is that so. You think so."

After silently listening to Joshua's words, Igor felt sad. Although he was a little disappointed, even he couldn't deny that what the soldier said was correct.

And indeed it is.

Compared with the vast world, the Mycroft Continent is nothing more than a speck of dust. Who cares about its destruction, except for the races that live in it?

But then, Joshua turned his head to look at the old pope again. He seemed to have seen through Igor's mind, so he said lightly, "However, being small doesn't mean you have to give up."

"A single spark can start a prairie fire."

"The human body can also move mountains and fill seas."

Joshua stood in front of Eagle, and the young warrior stood in front of the aged Pope. He looked at each other and said in a firm tone that the other party couldn't understand: "Compared to the entire continent, human beings are just like Mike. The Rove world and the entire multiverse are nothing more than a speck of dust, but even such a speck can use magic and battle energy to change the entire world, and magic technology can even allow ordinary people to have such a state of mind. strength."

"It is precisely because of knowing and knowing one's own insignificance that a life with wisdom is unwilling to be a speck of dust, so it will work hard to develop and continue civilization."

In the previous life, there was no news of the fourth sage inheritance, and naturally there was no exploration.

The Church of the Seven Gods was severely damaged in the Dragon Calamity. Because of the conspiracy of the cultists, the Mycroft Continent was already in flames of war before the Great Demon Tide came.

The war between humans and humans, the war between humans and elves, the war between elves and dwarves... The magic tide and the coming of the gods not only did not calm down the various forces, but expanded the scale of the war. Because of the active magic elements, all kinds of novel magic equipment and new spells were developed and put into the battlefield.

All races are busy killing each other, no one cares about the future of this continent and this world.

Except for the old man in front of him.

Joshua looked at the silent Igor. He was no longer the person who knew almost nothing about the world and was only interested in fighting. The warrior already knew many deep levels that all players in the previous life had never heard of. Secrets, for example, this world is dead, for example, this world needs firewood to continue.

The firewood was about to be burned out, which can be seen from the fact that the old pope was anxious to find the fourth inheritance and learned the mystery of the initial fire. Although Joshua did not seem to be a very intelligent person, in fact , His quick thinking is far beyond most people's imagination.

From Igor's dignified expression and the anxious look he showed from time to time, he could see that the world was running out of time, and even because of some accidents, it was so urgent that the Pope himself was required to come out, please He went to find the point of inheritance.

This sounds very unreasonable.

Even in the previous life, the form of Mycroft Continent was far from being as good as it is now. The whole world still persisted until 855 years of Starfall. The second invasion of the abyss was the first fire toppled, and the world was burned by strong winds. Then why this time? What happened so early?

The answer is simple. The same situation had already appeared in the previous life, but at that time, someone stepped up.

In the previous life, after the dragon catastrophe, Saint Eagle, known as the god of the world, never made a move until his death. His adopted son and successor, Loranda Glamorgan, fought cults and destroyed Chaos across the continent.

For a world that needs chaos as firewood to continue, this is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison, but Lolanda did it anyway. In Joshua's view, this kind-hearted person is too sincere to betray the Church of the Seven Gods. The paladin even opened the gates of the abyss, allowing the demons to invade the world he was sworn to protect.

Because, Eagle is dead.

And because of the power of the abyss, the world has been maintained until 855 years of Starfall.

"Don't worry, Your Holiness."

Looking at the tangled expression of this old man who is worthy of the name of a saint, Joshua laughed, and his voice was full of confidence: "I will go to that unknown world and find the last piece of the sage inheritance. things."

Therefore, it is not yet the time to give up, nor is it the time for an old man to sacrifice himself to support the world.

The soldier said softly, "Because I'm still alive."

So everything is not like this.