Soul of Burning Steel

More than a month has passed since that sudden accident, and until now, the Scarlet family and the Chaos family still send letters of thanks, and Joshua, the Brandon couple, etc. Human relationships also become closer.

After initially passing the inheritance test of the Double Blades of Order, Brandon obtained a lot of memories about the Age of Glory, as well as some inheritances related to sages, including what Joshua told him a few years ago, How to liberate the secret language of the Double Blades of Order's real name, but other than that, there is no more information. After several inquiries, the soldier confirmed that the blond swordsman did not fall into the vivid illusion like him and met the sage with his own eyes. soul.

This has to be said to be a pity, because it means that Joshua has completely lost the possibility of meeting the sage again. There are still many problems and doubts on the mainland of Mycroft that need to be resolved. The source of the direct answer, everything can only be investigated slowly by oneself, but this is also a good thing, after all, when most of the problems are almost solved, the next big event will have to wait until nearly two Ten years later, during the Abyss Invasion, Joshua would feel bored if he had nothing to do during the period.

Now, in Starfall 836, on January 15th, Joshua disappeared one morning in the same trivial matter as before, but Yingying, who had been serving him all the time, was not surprised: his master basically lived for a few days. It would suddenly disappear just once, and she was already a little surprised. What's more, from the mouth of this carefree master, the magical girl has already known a lot of news. For example, not long after, he and other legendary powerhouses will have a large-scale joint operation in the void.

"The master is not here."

In Joshua's empty room without any decorations, Ying Ying, who had a gentle smile on her face, suddenly became indifferent and deep. She put the hot tea she prepared on the side cabinet, and said with a sneer: "It's time gone."

And not long after, Hei, who woke up from a deep sleep, suddenly felt very uncomfortable in the posture, so she wanted to turn over and change the direction, but when she was about to do so, the black dragon girl suddenly found out in shock that she was actually taken by someone Sitting tied to a chair!

Hei opened his eyes abruptly, and Hei, who was still a little confused, couldn't figure out the situation at all: Isn't she in the lord's mansion? The safest place in the main city of Moldavia, next to the owner! In fact, who else but the master can tie her up!

But when she opened her eyes and scanned her surroundings, she found that she was in a mysterious room. This room is a regular square space with no doors on six sides. On each wall, there are extremely complex and mysterious rune arrays drawn with mithril and amethyst. It constitutes a part of a multi-dimensional magic circle, and in the center of this room, a huge rune amethyst is shining brightly, and he is tied under this crystal, and around, there are indifferent faces Hotaru, Rin with a tired face, and No. 3, who is also indifferent, is watching her with a strange look.

"Dingling... so scary..."

A soft and trembling sound came from the top of his head, only then did Hei realize that Xiaoguang was also caught between the horns of his head, and a miniature energy circle restrained him in place, making Ling already slightly The ball of light that learned how to speak human language trembled and dared not move.

"What... what's going on?" Hei, who has always been nervous, wanted to scratch her head, pretended to smile silly and asked what was going on, why she suddenly grabbed herself properly, but she didn't realize until halfway through. The chains and sealing spells that hold him are unexpectedly strong, not to mention the chains that should be forged from pure gold, the binding magic can only emerge from at least a high-level gold mage.

"Hey, Rin, why did you tie me up—" Until then, Hei, who really understood that she had no possibility of breaking free, suddenly panicked. The nice Rin asked, "There must be some misunderstanding!"

I didn't steal anything! I haven't skipped the training plan set by the master! I even obediently learned how to swim like a human!

Tears welled up in Hei's eyes. She really felt that she was really well-behaved and obedient recently, and she didn't do anything that would be punished—and even if she accidentally turned into a prototype when everyone was about to go to sea, Turning the surrounding coastal area into a high-temperature salt water steamer, the master just hit her on the head! Although it is heavy.

But Rin, who was questioned, just sighed tiredly—from the expression on his face that was about to sublimate, it can be seen that he has stayed up late recently to deal with countless official documents and government affairs, although the Lord's Mansion is currently studying the Eastern Plains and preparing to form a A lower-level government organization handles daily government affairs, and then liberates the Lord's Mansion itself from tedious and trivial matters, but this series of handover tasks is the most tiring. Seeing Hei's expression on the verge of crying, the youth of Shenji hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "I advise Hei that it is better for you to be honest. The master once said when interrogating cult members: Frankness is lenient, and resistance is lenient." Strict."

Hei was shocked immediately, when did he become a gang with the cultists? But before she could really ask, Yingying, who was full of indifference, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and said impatiently: "Okay, don't talk too much, the master may come back at any time, let's ask quickly."

As she said that, the silver-haired girl took a step forward. She bent down slightly, stretched out her hand, raised her black chin, and looked at the moist-eyed black dragon girl. Firefly's eyes were full of coldness: "Hurry up!" Say! Hei, how did you let the master take you out last time!"

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"Aren't you going to say it?" Sighing, Yingying shook her head and withdrew her hand, as if she was about to take out something bad from her waist: "It seems that you can only come hard—"

"No! I say!"

Although she didn't know exactly what Firefly was going to take out, Black's instinct told her that it must be extremely dangerous! So Hei followed his heart and said without hesitation: "But Sister Ying, you should at least say which time it was!"

"Which time did you ask again!" This time, even No. 3, who had been silent on the side, changed his face, and the magic projection rippled, and the surrounding amethysts also shone with uncertain light and dark. He shook his hand, increased the output of the magic seal, and said viciously: "Tell me, how many times have you gone out with Joshua in the past six months?!"

"Except...except for training, just once—" Hei, who didn't know why she was treated like this, was also very helpless. She racked her brains to recall, and then slowly said: "That is More than half a year ago, the time I went to the abyss with my master—but that was at least seven or eight months ago, you shouldn’t be doing it for that, right?!”

"That's it!" Hotaru and No. 3 said in unison, and Rin muttered beside him with a helpless expression: Can I go to rest? And the ball of light staying on top of the black head was also frightened and rolled on the spot, shrinking abruptly.

"What did the master say, ten centuries of enmity can still be retaliated!" As if to cover up the previous embarrassment, the silver-haired girl coughed and began to repeat some of Joshua's famous quotes: "Don't say it's seven or eight It’s been a month, and I can remember it clearly even in a thousand years! Well, Hei, how did you manage to leave us and go out with the master alone that time!”

"Say it, and we'll let you go." No. 3 also added on the sidelines. Unlike Ying Ying's expression of a vicious oppressor who resembles Joshua, the artificial intelligence girl appeared more gentle and elegant, and she seemed to remember What, and then added coldly: "And Xiao Guang—how did Joshua meet her, and how did he bring her back?"

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"I really don't know about this!" Hei couldn't understand why he tied himself up because of this kind of thing. Now, she still obediently recalled: "I just remember that day when I was nesting in the corner, the master passed by and asked me what I was doing here..."

Hearing this, Hotaru immediately retracted the previous threatening expression of not knowing who she was imitating, quickly took out a notebook from the small waist pocket, picked up the pen and started to record, and No. 3's eyes also began to flash. There was a faint blue data light, and she seemed to be planning to record it together with the video and sound.

"... Then I replied, it's so boring, I've already visited the ice fields, next time I want to go for a walk in the hills of the Ural Mountains, the master thought about it for a while, and replied no, there are more caravans there, and it's easy to scare people .”

Hei recalled very painfully. Anyone who recalled the conversation with someone seven months ago would be very painful, but she had to recall, because two figures, one silver and one blue, were right in front of her. The momentum of immediate execution, so the black dragon girl could only stumble and recall: "...I must have been disappointed at that time, so the master thought for a while, and then asked, do I want to become stronger."

"Become stronger?" Yingying, who was taking notes, stopped recording, she frowned beautifully, and whispered to herself: "What does this mean..."

"I answered yes." Hei continued honestly: "Then the director said yes, and then he will take me away."

"It's so simple?!" After the recording was completed, No. 3 had an expression of disbelief, and the magic projection shook his head, letting his long blue hair and the little wings on his back shake together: "Impossible, how could...but if It's Joshua's words..."

The voice gradually became quieter, thinking of Joshua's usual words and deeds, both Yingying and No. 3 frowned, and began to think seriously. The silver-haired girl even bit the tip of her pen and said in a vague voice: "If it is Master, it's really possible..."

Can I go back and rest? Rin yawned, he didn't know why he was called over - it's too stupid to ask a dragon such a complicated question, with this time, he would rather delve into the recipe.

"That's all...well, can you let me go?"

Hei twisted uncomfortably on the chair. She felt uncomfortable being locked up so tightly, especially her chest, which felt very oppressive. But at this time, both Yingying and No. 3 just gave the black dragon girl a cold look, and then continued to ponder: become stronger? Just for this reason?

"Master really has this kind of character..." the magical girl whispered to herself, and she felt that this was indeed Joshua's way of thinking: "Hei is bored, so the master must think that her training is not enough, so I asked her Do you want to become stronger, if you want to, then increase the amount of training, and then take it out to actual combat... everything makes sense!"

Whether it's the actual combat in the abyss or the surge in training after returning, it means that this is the truth! And No. 3 also nodded slightly, agreeing with Yingying's conjecture, and the two immediately left Hei who was shouting "Hey, quickly help me untie the chain", and went to the side of the room to analyze it carefully.

But after calm analysis and careful thinking, both Ying Ying and No. 3 turned pale immediately, and found the problem: Oh my god, wouldn't they be completely cold in this way?

One of them is a magic machine, and the other is an artificial intelligence. To become stronger has nothing to do with fighting and training!

"But... Damn it!"

Taking a deep breath, the pale-faced Yingying stomped her feet, gritted her teeth and said, "I won't admit it! You'll only know after you try it!"

But No. 3's reaction was not that great, she just murmured softly to herself: "It seems that the research and development process has to be stepped up..."

Hei still asked cautiously: "Can you untie it? It's so tight!"

Still no response.

...

Soon after, Joshua, who returned from stargazing in the void, returned to the Lord's Mansion. He walked out of the gate of time and space with a calm expression, and then saw the sisters and brothers of Shenji, the Black Dragon Light Ball and No. 3 waiting for him on the top floor. This couldn't help but surprised him: "Why are you all here?"

Moreover, the expressions of No. 3 and Guangqiu are a bit strange, and Rin also looks tired.

To be honest, Joshua was quite moved at this moment. Instead of saying a word, he stepped forward and patted the shoulder of the silver-haired girl in front of him: When he came back from the house, the whole family was waiting for him. It's been a long time.

At this moment, Yingying hesitated for a moment, but she immediately put the meaningless thing behind her mind, and said loudly: "Master! I want to become stronger!" Talking, but the eyes are undoubtedly speaking the same words.

"Ah? It's good that you have such a heart...but."

Although it felt a little inexplicable, Joshua was shocked by the hearts of the girls who wanted to become stronger. He laughed and changed his words: "Don't worry, I will go to the Eastern Plains and Barbarossa and others in a few days." Meet, he is the leader of the generation of Guantian White Tower, with the technical reserves of the Eastern Plains, it will not be a problem for you to become stronger on the original basis!" The tone was like a teacher encouraging students, and the soldiers watched with gratified eyes everyone.

"Also, Hotaru and Rin, I will have a long trip in a month, so be prepared."

After finishing speaking, Joshua casually nodded at the black and light balls standing aside tremblingly: "Xiao Guang also come together, I think we will need it for this operation."

Hotaru, who was clenching her fist and excited, didn't know what she was doing. Rin, who was full of confusion, and No. 3, who felt betrayed, Joshua's thoughts turned to Nostradamus and Nostradamus not long ago. That big news he said.

"The group of people in the Temple of the Earth, are you going to reconcile with me soon?"

He thought about the meaning of this sentence, and the soldier couldn't help recalling the girl who was killed by him because of her betrayal in the Blood Moon Abyss. He shrugged.

Hope they have enough sincerity.

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