Soul of Burning Steel

When Nick Tiebao woke up from his long dream, what he saw was not the ceiling he was familiar with, but the silver starry sky that had entered the night.

The night sky after the change of day has always been like this, the stars are brighter than the double moons, because of these bright light spots, the light at night is even like the cloudy sky in the daytime before, probably because I just woke up, so I am still a little confused , the young dwarf mumbled subconsciously: "Who turned on the light?"

"Who knows, probably the Seven Gods."

Then, Nick heard a familiar female voice, and a slightly tired soft tone sounded opposite him: "You woke up really late."

"Karin?" Turned over and sat up, because he heard the voice of his friend, the dwarf instantly became sober. When he looked up, he saw the red-haired girl holding an iron rod, poking it in a bonfire in every possible way. Back and forth, and on the left and right faces of the campfire, my other two teammates, the Makarov brothers and sisters, were drinking water and eating dry food. Judging by their aura, they looked like two bears.

Seeing this scene, Nick's stomach immediately became hungry, and he couldn't help groaning. After that, the dwarf who was completely awake and recalled all the previous memories immediately asked, "Karin, what time is it now?" ? Is the trial over?"

"It's late at night the next day."

The red-haired girl threw a piece of firewood into the bonfire. It seemed that she was exhausted. Karin, who had always been energetic, said in a soft voice: "The trial lasted for two days and one night, and it is over."

Speaking of this, she raised her head depressed, frowned, looked at the dwarf, and complained: "Although I don't remember clearly, I think I should have failed...Nick, you are almost the last batch to finish the trial." Did you pass the exercise?"

"Even Karin, you failed?!"

Not paying attention to the words behind, the young dwarf opened his eyes in surprise after hearing his friend's complaint.

Cold Winter Castle Academy, the first team of the Mage Department, the four members are all first-class outstanding students in the academy. They have their own characteristics and specialties that surpass other students. The chief of the academy, Ivan Makarov, is the captain. And his sister Amira Marklove, Karin and his dwarf Nick are team members.

In this team, Captain Ivan has excellent spell combat ability and good swordsmanship. His enchantment spell and magic that can create high-temperature flames, combined with a special staff, can instantly shoot hundreds of explosive missiles. In terms of firepower, it can be said to be the first in the entire Cold Winter Castle.

And Amira, as a genius favored by many professors, even Principal Nostradamus, has even surpassed her elder brother in magic ability, ranking first in the academy, and most of them can only use one or two attributes. Unlike magic mages, this girl is born able to control all elements of attributes, and can smoothly switch and cast various basic spells in battle. The combination of powerful enchantments can be regarded as a stable crossbow skill. The forest hunted dozens of low-level monsters.

Nick himself is proficient in self-enhancement spells - rock skin, great strength, dexterous leap, sharp eyesight, giant enlargement... This kind of self-enhancement magic has actually involved some silver domains, and he has long been proficient in it. It can be cast within a second, and the strong physique that is completely different from that of a mage plus various buff spells allows him to easily be nailed to the front of the team, helping his teammates relieve pressure, and being able to cast spells smoothly.

It is not strange for a few of them to form a team, even hunting silver-level monsters, but Nick, who is familiar with everyone in his team, knows that each of them's strength and personality are too extreme.

The captain, Ivan Makarov, usually looks like an approachable young man from the Northland. A lunatic who can't be stopped once he fights, a mage who draws his sword and rushes into the monster group to release a blade storm, even if he has no magic power, this is the first time a dwarf has seen such a person even in the legendary story.

Amira Makarov, a beautiful girl with a virtuous temperament and a sweet and lovely appearance, Nick admitted that at the beginning he agreed to join the team because of Amira's appearance, but after getting along for a long time, the heart of admiration and admiration has long been It was completely wiped out - unlike her brother who is a reckless man, what this younger sister likes most is lurking in hidden corners and throwing cold arrows, throwing one or two sneak attack spells suddenly, the dwarf has suspected more than once that Amira is actually Is it a spy of the stalker department lurking in the mage department? Is that insidious and cunning style of behavior that has been squatting in the grass really a mage known for his nobleness? Isn't the talent of the Northlanders wrestling with bears?

As for Nick Tiebao himself, he actually knows that he is a weirdo. Although there are battle mages in this world who are similar to magic and martial arts, but a 'mage' like him who is purely buffed by buffs and then fights with force, I am afraid. It is a disgrace among all mages-there has never been any mage who can't even use the mage's hand!

But Karin is different.

Unlike Ivan, who seems to be approachable, but is actually driven by hatred in his heart and is about to explode, is different from Amira, who looks cute and dignified, but actually does whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Unlike the unprincipled faction, Karin, the daughter of a knight, is the only one in this team who really wants to learn magic and has actually learned it.

When Ivan was impulsively driven, he rushed into the pile of monsters and killed him, there was always someone behind him, clearing a way for the youth from the Northland to return, and when Amira's hiding place was found, there was always someone by his side , to deal with the approaching threat together, and when he was besieged by powerful monsters and was about to be unable to hold on, there was always someone who could use one or two not-so-sophisticated but extremely subtle spells to resolve the field.

If it is said that the three members of this four-person team have their own strengths, then Karin is the core that condenses these three into a team. Although Ivan is the captain, he is only in name , The command of the team has always been in the hands of this ordinary-looking red-haired girl. She may not be a genius in strength, but she definitely has outstanding wisdom. Trust each other everywhere.

But Karin like this actually said that she failed? Among them, Karin, who is the most comprehensive, failed the trial, so what about the others?

And at this moment, it seemed that he sensed Nick's surprise. Ivan, who was hungry because he hadn't eaten for two days, raised his head. While chewing the dry food in his mouth, he said clearly: "We don't have any food. Failed, but it’s hard to say whether he passed the trial or not.”

Saying so, he slightly turned in another direction, nodded to signal the dwarf to turn his head to look, and found a group of college students and knights who were neatly arranged in a coma in an open space not far away. In their ranks, several priests in white robes were using holy light from time to time to observe the expressions of these unconscious people.

"Those guys who failed, according to the words of the lord, just failed the test, and a part of their spiritual power was used as a sacrifice, dedicated to the god's engraving as a sacrifice."

Swallowing the last bit of dry food in one gulp, Amira followed her brother's words, and the girl from the Northland, who didn't need to maintain a beautiful girl's posture in front of her friends, patted her stomach indecently, and said with emotion: "It's so comfortable... By the way, Nick, you haven't said whether you have passed the trial or not - everyone's task seems to be different, but the more you wake up, the higher the degree of completion, and you are almost the last one to wake up."

The dwarf, lost in thought, recalled the tasks he had experienced in that environment.

It was an arduous trial. First of all, there were various puzzles and spell tests, which were used to test quick wit, aptitude, and basic magic skills. Nick, as a strange flower among dwarves, was considered a master of quick wit and aptitude. First class, otherwise there is no way to enter the mage academy, but just testing the basic skills of magic power does not need to use other spells. He happened to use the body strengthening spell to get a high score.

And the next ones are small trials of bits and pieces, most of which are about the choice of human nature, checking the heart and determination. The villains who had a hard time just smashed their teeth with a fist. Nick didn't even remember whether he had thought about it, and passed this level very quickly.

And in the end, there was a trial about his greatest weakness... Thinking of that time, the dwarf's complexion changed slightly, and his heart tightened suddenly.

In the illusion, boiling lava spread under his feet, and scenes he could never forget reappeared in front of his eyes, making his breathing quicken immediately.

"Well, if you don't want to think about it, then don't think about it. The last step of the trial is indeed a bit uncomfortable."

Seeing this, Karin immediately stood up and comforted him. She walked up to Nick, who had an ugly complexion, and handed him dry food and water in his grateful eyes. The red-haired girl sat next to the dwarf, and said to herself with some emotion Said to himself: "Everyone has a past that they don't want to talk about, but for me, being able to see my own weaknesses is also a great thing."

"yes."

The young dwarf, who has always been used to shouting loudly, responded to his friend in a rare whisper this time. He saw the clenched fists of the Makarov brothers and sisters, and even burst out veins, and knew that the other party was the mountain village that was slaughtered by the mad dragon. Nick, the last survivor in the movie, has already guessed what the opponent's trial is. In the next moment, he recalled the result of his trial, and the complex emotions in his heart were churning, and finally turned into silent emotion.

"I have passed the test." In front of several of his friends, the dwarf Nick Tiebao said lightly: "I have overcome my fear."

And in his heart, the originally weak voice of will began to churn and roar, until finally, it turned into an indestructible pillar of faith, supported in the dwarf's spiritual world.

survive.

He thought so. Conquer the world, become strong, and live forever and ever.

And just when the group of four was surprised by the young dwarf's answer, in the sky not far away, a man walking in the sky with his own weapons stood above the clouds, looking down at the earth.

The black-haired man's flight does not use the recoil of a certain force to gain upward momentum. Compared with that primitive method, what he uses is a more subtle and basic force, for example, using magnetic levitation, Another example is to isolate oneself from gravity.

Joshua was walking in the clouds, his body shone with countless tiny silver light spots that could hardly be seen with the naked eye. Every moment, the silver light spots were absorbing a large amount of free energy and matter in the surrounding atmosphere, transforming them into themselves At the same time, they were combined in a natural manner to interweave a brand new rune, and then borrowed the power of this brand new rune to transform the man's body.

All the details on the land came into his eyes. Joshua watched the teams resting around the bonfire, flipping through the 'information' about these trials in his mind.

The god of rivers, Xinur, was almost overloaded and collapsed because he tried to find out his weakness through calculations, but the god of power descended and repaired his engraving, so for all the testers, nothing is wrong Affected, the only difference is that the warrior was directly connected to Xinur's core god illusion before, allowing him to see the trial process of all participants.

Now, what scrolls in the warrior's mind is the information of several people who have passed the test, or in other words, met the requirements of Xinur.

Unlike most people who think that Joshua is just joking or rumors, the warrior is really planning to accept one or several disciples now, not just because of boredom, but because of the necessity.

At this moment, the Earl of the Northland of the Radcliffe family is already a legendary powerhouse, one of the world's top combat power, his existence can increase the overall strength of the entire Mycroft Continent by several percentage points, If he is willing to accept a few disciples and leave behind the legacy of his legendary achievement, then it is normal to continue to increase the overall strength by a few percentage points, and the entire Moldavian territory will undoubtedly get a huge increase in strength.

Of course, Joshua is not narrow-minded and unwilling to spread the existence of his own inheritance. He has always believed that it is people who determine whether a practice method is good or bad, and it is the wisdom that can understand those knowledge, not other messy things. If this is not the case, There will be no more than thirty quasi-inheritors from the Grandia world.

However, Joshua's requirements are also very strict, and he does not allow any of his students to be fake. Thinking of this, the soldier recalled the only apprentice in his previous life. He didn't ask these students on the Mycroft Continent to be comparable to that one (1), but at least they had to be excellent.

It just so happened that a god's mist of divine calamity descended on the Northlands. As gods, they would never favor anyone, and it was the most fair. place.

"So, I'm not competing with Nostradamus for students."

Under the puzzled eyes of the sisters and brothers flying with his master, Joshua walked with his hands behind his back, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and whispered to himself, "I'm competing with those gods for inheritors."

After all, the Mist of God’s Calamity in the previous life is a copy, but the Mist of God’s Evil in this world is the real inheritance. There is an essential difference between the two. Flipping through the information of the trial, Joshua used the images layer by layer in his mind. He saw several people he knew very well.

Leaving aside the inheritors from the world of Grandia, they all come from the desperate world of the last days. It is not surprising that they can pass the test. The warriors care about the few in the Academy of Winterhold.

Ivan Makarov, Amira Makarov, Karin Syndra, and Nick Ironburg, these four people have roughly completed the trial, and they are among the people who have reached the requirements of Shinur. The group with the lowest potential is also the one with the most potential. Surprisingly, the rune dwarf Nick has the highest degree of completion and is currently the number one successor candidate in Xinur's mind.

Joshua is very familiar with these four people, because they are members of the first group - the first team of the College of Winterhold. The level should not be able to complete the difficult task, and has received many awards from Master Nostradamus and him. The soldiers remembered that he even gave them the healthiest white dragon egg.

——It’s really rare, did a whole group succeed?

This abnormal situation undoubtedly aroused Joshua's interest, and he looked at the scene of their final trial seriously.

After a while, the soldier who had browsed roughly narrowed his eyes slightly.

The wind was shrill, the night was silent, and the crackling sound of burning flames spread in the air with the loud noise of the collapse of the house. In the forest village lit by dragon fire, the brother and sister tried their best to fight the dragon that destroyed their hometown. , relying on traps, courage, wisdom and a little bit of luck, he finally succeeded in perishing with a couple of male and female fire dragons.

Courage, tenacity, and obsession to the point of insanity made these two men.

The horn is melodious, the north wind is howling, in the black forest at the foot of the Great Ajax Mountains, there are endless monsters flocking to the fortress like a sea tide, and when the fortress is completely surrounded, it is no longer just crying The girl who prayed for her father to come back alive stood beside her father with a brand new attitude. At this time, the descendant of the knight showed extraordinary command art and magic skills. With her own wisdom, she wiped out wave after wave A wave of Warcraft monsters came in a surprise attack.

She shines with intelligence, keen observation skills and scheduling skills.

In the end, there was a bright underground cave, where the lava was boiling and the high temperature spread. Accompanied by a slight earthquake, the sudden inversion of the magma chamber caused a remote underground dwarf village to be swallowed up by overwhelming golden-red lava. Except for a dwarf child who survived because of the protection of his parents' desperately burning blood, the village has now welcomed a real mage. The dwarves back then were different from their parents who could only use blood spells. After studying hard for many years, he has been able to quickly use more than a dozen different blessing spells, and he can only use these spells. He tried his best to exhaust his magic power, and successfully rescued everyone in the village.

Years of persistence and determination to never give up have made an ordinary child grow into a man who knows how to take responsibility.

"In order to win, you can do your best to become stronger, courage and the madness hidden in your heart."

"In order to succeed, you can fight for it by whatever means, with determination and the obsession to never give up."

"I want to inherit my father's ambition and become an existence that everyone pays attention to and respects. Wisdom, tact and communication skills coexist."

"I want to..." Summarizing the deep thoughts of all those who have passed the test, and seeing the essence of their hearts, Joshua, who was selecting his disciples, suddenly frowned. This is not death, but a sense of something strange. : "Want to live forever? Just want to become stronger and live forever. There is no reason?"

Where did the fairy come from? A closer look is still a dwarf, why is his consciousness so high.

Joshua doesn't think it's weird. In fact, the pursuit of eternal life and pure power is not only not surprising, but also a very lofty ideal. It's no wonder that people with a vast world in their hearts and their own pursuits will He was listed as a candidate for the successor by the Lord of the River, but... how did he become a mage?

Moreover, a dwarf who doesn't know any spells except self-enhancing spells is different from a warrior. No, this is a different kind of warrior! (3)

Thinking of this, Joshua was a little thoughtful. He raised his hand, silver-gray light spots gathered from his whole body, and then formed a misty mist like stars in the soldier's palm.

Although this cloud of mist looks light and thin, as if it does not exist, it is the power of steel that the warrior has comprehended through many worlds. The mist is just its expression in the mortal world, but such a little bit belongs to him alone, condensing incomparable steel power, its weight is heavier than a hill, and if it touches the earth, it will even sink directly into the center of the earth.

And the power of steel itself is the existence that derives magic power and vitality. In his inheritance, the two are not incompatible, but all energies must have a place where they can be linked and utilized.

"In this case……"

Muttering to himself, Joshua looked at the group of four who were chatting with each other in amazement by the bonfire, and a rudimentary form of a practice method appeared in his mind: "There is something that I can give them to prove."

"Firefly, Rin."

He suddenly ordered, and the soldier said to the Shenji brothers and sisters in a relaxed tone that hadn't been seen in a long time in the past: "In a few days, when they are all rested."

Having said that, he pointed to the people under him: "Just call those people to the lord's mansion to meet me."

Thank you, Shinur, these inheritors you have selected are very good.

But now, it's all mine!

1: There will be a special episode in a few days (probably)

2: Anduin's tone, thank you, sorry, it's mine.

I recommend a friend's book, "The King of Dragon Veins", a new book written by a certain boss, it's very readable! (never eunuch)

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