Soul of Burning Steel

Unlike the Moldavian leader who was delighted to welcome back his master, in the center of the empire in the distance, in the palace of Morlaix, the imperial capital, there was a disturbing undercurrent.

The Hergamos Empire, ruled by the Diamond family, has gone through nearly 800 years of ups and downs. It is one of the oldest regimes in the Mycroft Continent. This huge country, which everyone simply calls the Northern Empire, has not always been stable. In his long life, there have been several times when he was on the verge of being toppled, close to splitting or even destroying the country, and the most recent one was when the war between the empire and the orcs was heating up more than 20 years ago.

At that time, the first emperor passed away, and the current emperor had just succeeded to the throne. The orcs on the front line had won numerous victories. The black smoke from the shaman army burning the city could even be seen in the holy city of three mountains. At present, more than ten powerful nobles in the east sat indifferently and watched the power of the northwest nobles and royal family weakened, looking forward to the day when they would be replaced. For the people at that time, the collapse of the northern empire was already a matter of time-the people at the bottom complained about the heavy taxes year after year, and nearly half of the powerful nobles intended to rebel. Even the royal family had many traitors. Take that seat for yourself.

As long as there is one failure, all this is no longer guesswork, but a historical fact. Yet Israel didn't give them a chance.

Behind the Palace of Morlaix, in the quiet royal garden, there was the sound of birds flapping their wings. As dozens of white pigeons flew up and down, one could see that among these birds was an unusually young man. A young man is carrying a bag of bird food, feeding these white pigeons with a smile.

The sixth prince, Adrian, stood in the center of the garden that belonged exclusively to the Diamond family. He carefully took out the bird food he had carefully prepared from the bag in his hand, and distributed it to the cuckoos. He is a non-stop bird, he has a pair of gem-like purple eyes, and his long dark golden hair is neatly arranged and hangs down to his waist. Adrian's appearance is a bit feminine, a bit like his once The mother and concubine of the most beautiful woman in the empire, but not so feminine.

He undoubtedly inherited the best blood from his father Israel and his mother. Whether it is personal strength or political sensitivity, the sixth prince has always performed well. If it wasn't because he had been assisting his sister all the time, If they never meet foreign ministers alone, maybe many nobles will try to invest in this seemingly unknown prince. In fact, Adrian's only shortcoming is probably because he is too young. Many people think that if his age is swapped with his sister's, the confusing situation of the royal family will be much clearer.

Of course, Adrian knew about this, but he never cared about these rumors that were definitely spread deliberately. He just stood calmly in the center of the open space in the garden and fed the pigeons, as if all the undercurrents did not exist.

It's been a long time since I've had such a leisurely time. While sprinkling a lot of bird food, the sixth prince recalled the past with some absent-mindedness, those few stable times in the past ten years.

When Adrian was born, it happened to be the second large-scale battle between the Northern Empire and the Orcs on the Northwest Plain. At that time, his father who was the emperor was not there, nor was his grandfather who was the most powerful nobleman in the west. Even the entire Morlaix There were not many men in the palace, and all the imperial guards and guard knights had already followed their master to the front line. It was his sister, the third princess, who helped the doctor and made his difficult mother give birth to him.

At that time, the royal family was in a difficult situation. After losing his mother, he and his elder sister lived in poverty and depended on each other. If his elder sister hadn't been standing in front of him to protect him and used her own supplies to buy medicine for him, the young and weak Adrian would have died long ago. Not to mention the honorable status of today.

The orcs on the front line are coming fiercely. Under the leadership of the new generation of Khan of the Golden Horde, the army of royal orcs that has been regularized has swept away all the discordant tribes on the Tartaros Plateau. The fortress guarding the canyon drove straight into the hinterland of the empire, laying an official base for the orcs on the Mycroft continent. And the ambitious nobles in the rear have heavy troops in their hands. They are happy to see their success, and they will immediately cause turmoil in the rear as soon as the royal family is defeated.

But nothing. The great Emperor Israel was invincible, the name of the legendary powerhouse Sky Dragonrider shocked the whole world, all conspiracies were silenced under absolute power, and peace came quickly.

Of course, the reality is not a fairy tale. After the war, everyone will be able to live happily. In fact, for some people, the war has just begun. The vast land left by the orcs, the twelve large mines, the grasslands that can breed hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses, and monsters, and the land with war beasts like stone rhinoceros On the Tartarus Plateau, whoever owns these will have an advantage in the next few hundred years. Now, the empire has recovered a little bit of vitality after several years of peaceful development, and the liquidation and reorganization of the empire's wealth will also About to start.

Filter all irrelevant information, this is the truth behind all the undercurrents. Adrian, who saw through all this, didn't mean to get involved, it was his father's revenge and revolution.

Tap, tap, tap. The sound of gentle and regular footsteps came from the garden path, causing the pigeons that were pecking leisurely to scatter vigilantly. The sixth prince looked up at the direction of the path helplessly, where the blond boy was also looking at the path. He raised his head in surprise, and looked at his brother,

"Alva." Nodding, he called the name of the only person in the royal family who was younger than himself. Adrian's tone did not change, and he was as calm as ever: "Are you here to exercise?"

"...Yes." Somewhat surprised to see another emperor brother in the garden where only he came, Alva answered cautiously. He didn't intend to communicate more with this taciturn brother, but turned a side road and walked towards the other direction of the garden.

And Adrian silently watched the other party leave. He could smell the other person's body and see the lines of breath wrapped around Alva's body. He knew that it was the smell of his father, the sixth prince could smell it, his younger brother had just come out of the royal study.

Everyone has their own advantages. If the advantage of the eldest prince is due to having a grandfather who is a duke, then the advantage of the second prince and fifth prince is due to their own strength. It was impossible for the fourth prince to fail from the very beginning, because his mother clan was almost wiped out in the orc war, and he stood on the commanding heights of "no enemy" from the very beginning. As long as he didn't die, no one could touch him.

And the Seventh Prince, his younger brother, may be because of his young age.

Sighing a little, Adrian waved his hand, and all the birds that had been scattered all flew to him from the woods, returning to the previous noise.

Not because of father's favor, but because of the choice.

The current Morlaix Palace is full of intrigues and intrigues. There are countless factions in the army, nobles and mage associations. It is also a common thing. Various policies such as the large-scale water conservancy project and the supporting magic water truck that were ordered to be built last year have not been implemented until now. Although there are certain objective factors in it, the local nobles did not cooperate from the beginning. core reason. In order to maintain the stability of the country before, even the legendary powerhouses could not give orders at will, because every little noble has a backer behind them, and after the investigation to the end, who knows if half the empire will fall into turmoil.

But now it is different. In the past, one legend could not suppress all objections, so what about three now?

Thinking of the rumors in the palace about apprentices and apprentices, even Adrian felt envious. Whether it was Master Nostradamus or the Earl of the Northland, their existence was their biggest backer, and they were completely irrelevant. As the backer of the emperor, having a good relationship with these powerful people is more important than any family background. It is only a matter of time before these three people join hands to transform not only an empire, but even the entire world.

Good morning, Master Nostradamus, Adrian can visit the Royal Association of Mages whenever he finds an opportunity, but the Earl of the Northland needs to choose an opportunity to visit him, but it just so happens that the forces behind him have an industry If you want to cooperate with the other party, now you have the opportunity.

On one side, on the other side of the garden, the sound of flesh hitting the air came one after another, and Adrian knew that it was Alva who was trying hard to temper himself. Since returning from traveling with his father and second brother, he has been training even harder. Perhaps he really wants to become Earl Radcliffe's disciple.

It's a pity, if I didn't already have a mentor with a transcendent status, otherwise I would have to give it a try.

Although thinking so, Adrian didn't pay much attention to it. These competing for advantages and paving the way for future succession have never had anything to do with him. He wanted to meet the Earl of the Northland simply because of curiosity and an industry to try to cooperate with.

If it is said that the advantages of the princes and daughters are very obvious, and they are dignified and righteous, then the advantages of him and his sister are very strange, because from the beginning, they participated in this decision with the mentality of 'it doesn't matter if you lose' future competition.

"Did you say so, teacher 'Changfeng'?"

Softly talking to himself in the slightly flowing air around him, Adrian narrowed his deep purple eyes, and at this moment, accompanied by a slight flash of magic power, a petite half-cyan human figure with a light cyan color all over his body Then it appeared on his shoulder. The wind element fairy 'Chang Feng' seemed to like this young man who seemed a bit feminine but actually had his own thoughts in his heart. She stood on the sixth prince's shoulder and patted him with her small hand. Patting the other person on the cheek, he said confidently: "Of course! As long as we are here, no matter how poor you are, you can go to Fairy Township to play with us!"

"By the way, you said you were going to meet that young legendary warrior?" As he spoke, the goblin's thoughts turned around again, and Chang Feng nodded his head enthusiastically, talking to himself Said: "Exactly, there are cards about him that haven't been designed yet... You must go!"

"Of course." Slightly smiled. Adrian knew that this was his confidence that he was not afraid of all changes. With the help of this lively goblin mentor he met accidentally in childhood, no matter how much he and his sister failed, they would never lose everything.

Rather, it's better to lose.

Deep thoughts are brewing in the deepest part of my heart. The sixth prince closed his eyes, the bird food bag in his hand was already empty, but the flying white pigeons did not leave, but continued to fly beside him. Surrounded by many birds, Adrian held Clenching his fists, he couldn't help showing a somewhat feminine smile.

Because only if I lose, my naive and cheerful, sometimes really stupid and cute silly sister will give up her dream of being a queen, will lose all support and help, and will have to live with me, or even go away the end of the world.

Only in this way, she will never be able to escape from his grasp.

On the other side of the empire, in the northern Moldavian lord's mansion, a small meeting has already begun.

"You can't keep calling it a ball of light."

Sitting on the big comfortable chair in the hall, Joshua felt the softness of the velvet cushion behind him, and then set the tone of this discussion with a simple sentence: "I have said many times, 'it' is intelligent life, you can't grow old Use it as a toy."

"Huh!" The silver-haired girl who was standing in the hall holding the beige light ball subconsciously let out a lifetime of exclamation. Yingying lowered her head, looked at the warm ball she was holding on her chest, and blinked in shock: " You actually have wisdom?!"

"Jing jingling!"

The light ball made a protesting sound, but no matter how you heard it, it was just a wind chime, but Joshua seemed to understand it, and he nodded in agreement: "The light ball is right."

firefly:"?!"

"It's fine if the master decides on a name."

On the side, Hei Rin, who was comforting the gloomy black ball because the light ball was taken away, offered a constructive suggestion. He said softly, "After all, you brought it back...By the way, what did the light ball say just now?"

"I'll name it?" Without answering Rin's question, Joshua's attitude was a little indifferent, and he said to himself: "I personally think white is better-it just matches black..." But this sentence just now Halfway through, the light sphere let out a series of jingling sounds, as if expressing strong disapproval.

"Then it's called Bell, it always feels a little repetitive with Rin." He didn't care about the objection of the light ball, and the soldier continued to think: "What do you think of Ding Dong? Although there are more names with the same name."

The ball of light seemed to be completely angry—suddenly, a translucent pure beam of light was shot out by it and shone on Joshua's body. However, although this beam of light is full of momentum, it actually has no lethality at all. Leaving aside the smiling warrior who looks very comfortable, after being affected by the aftermath, the entire wooden chair seems to be rejuvenated, sprouting and taking root , and the boys and girls on the side couldn't help laughing.

But just after a while, Joshua shook his head, intending to let the ball of light stop for a while, not to let the chair germinate, when he suddenly frowned, and then slowly sat up from the chair with a serious expression.

Seeing this, Yingying, Rin, and Kuro were all startled. They all raised their heads to look at their master. The ball of light seemed to be a little shocked, and the beam of light shot out intermittently. Regarding this, Joshua gave a serious order: : "Don't stop, keep going."

After receiving the instruction, the ball of light continued to emit light. At the same time, Joshua raised his right hand. He stared intently at the palm of his right hand, as if the carved palm prints were clear without any changes. But after a while, under the light of the ball of light, another silver radiance spread out, illuminating the existence in the entire hall of the Lord's Mansion, feeling the violent energy fluctuation, and the projection of No. 3 also appeared in the Lord's Mansion immediately In the hall, and she was also shocked by the scene in front of her.

In the center of the hall, the soldier raised his right hand. In his palm, a small piece of pure silver light was spinning in mid-air. It looked like a fragment of steel, but the whole body was filled with shocking energy. Elemental magic such as energy light, condensed dust, long wind, flame and frost gathered around it into various rainbow lights, making it more dazzling than stars.

"Shards of Steel—"

In an instant, Joshua immediately understood that although Karlis's kindness was rejected by him, he still secretly rewarded him, and a steel shard containing the power of the world was attached to his body at some point , if it weren't for the light of the light ball with similar personality shining, it might take several months for him to find out.

At that time, maybe any accident happened!

But just when Joshua was frowning and thinking about how to deal with this piece of steel, suddenly, an accident happened. For some reason, the light ball, which had been lazy all the time, became energetic for some reason. , it leaped violently, drew an arc in midair, and then just like this rushed towards the steel shards that were emitting silver brilliance, completely incorporating it into its body.

Immediately, silver rays of light shot out from every window of the lord's mansion, causing all the Moldavians to stare in amazement.

In the lord's mansion, after a moment of astonishment, Joshua's first reaction was like the master who saw his dog swallow the jewelry that fell on the ground.

"Spit it out!"

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