Soul of Burning Steel

For adventurers living in the North, their lives have been much better than their counterparts in other places recently.

It’s not about the environment. The environment in the Northland is harsh, even in the entire continent, it is second to none. Whether it’s the half-year-long winter, the mountains and dense forests covered by snow all the time, or the ground, even monsters will slip occasionally. The inconspicuous ice surface has brought great troubles to the work of most adventurers, but recently something has changed.

Although it is said that the complete development of the Great Ajax Mountain Range in recent years has reduced the official release of exploration missions, but because of the rich species and countless precious resources in the mountains, hunting and mining missions have become more... But The most important thing is that for some unknown reason, the lord living in the Northland suddenly made an effort to move away a steep mountain blocking the way everyone must pass into the Great Ajax Mountain Range-this immediately made everyone Adventurers who depend on this mountain range for their livelihoods have made it easier to get in and out on weekdays.

Everyone knows how painful it is to climb a mountain in a world of ice and snow. If you can slowly enter the mountains through the gentle ice sheet, no one will miss the difficult journey in the past. And besides that, the lord's actions also brought him a rumor that I don't know whether it is good or bad: I heard that when the legendary strong man moved the mountain away, the entire Great Ajax Mountain Range was silent. Silent, except for the loud noise of earth and rocks cracking, there is no other sound in the whole world. Even the birds on the mountain dare not take off, and the monsters living in the cave are trembling, not to mention the stunned people present. The adventurer lying on the ground - which immediately won him the title of 'moving mountains and keeping silent'.

Today, the removed mountain is placed next to the Frostleaf Forest in the Arctic Ice Field, and has become a famous tourist attraction in the area. It is rumored that the little power left by the lord there has attracted many of his followers. Worshipers go to practice penance in that icy place.

In fact, apart from these major events, for those ordinary adventurers, there is still one event that has greatly changed their lives. It may be strange to say, but many people are indeed fanatical about it, even if it is just It's just a few extra card tables in the tavern in the main city of Moldavia.

'Broken Sword Tavern', an old-fashioned tavern with a long history, is run by a half-elf former adventurer. Its gate is opened on the street between the Lord's Avenue and the New Opera House, and it is open to everyone all day long. It didn't have a good reputation at first, and it wasn't very high-end, but in recent years, due to the fact that adventurers have gathered in the Northland, and because of the boss's identity as a former adventurer, it has gradually transformed into a high-end tavern for middle- and high-level adventurers. .

In the tavern, the atmosphere is quite harmonious, at least not like the chaotic atmosphere of vulgar slang and drunks in other places in the Northland. In the hall and each private room, many well-equipped adventurers can be seen Discussing the gains from this adventure in a low voice, or the detailed preparations before departure, the clinking of glasses from time to time means the end or beginning of a pleasant cooperation.

But in the corner of the tavern, the atmosphere is very different.

"Quick, play the cards!"

"What are you waiting for? Get out of 'Ghost General Hector' and beat him to death!"

"Shut up, now I have no fee - you idiot, now he knows my cards!"

Lively and noisy, that is, the so-called chaotic atmosphere is completely incompatible with the environment of the entire tavern, but all the drinkers present are used to this, and even a few people got up after drinking and paying the bill When we arrived at the corner, we joined in and watched this new type of game called 'Fairy Cards' with great interest.

Fairy card, about a month or two ago, I don't know when it suddenly emerged, a strange magic card game. At first, not many people wanted to try this new game, even if the tavernkeeper swore on his reputation that it was now a free trial period, because this thing was related to magic. Magic, natural disasters, who knows what curse or trap is on it? Or a new form of gambling fraud, like those enchanted dice in casinos? Adventurers are always surprisingly conservative in this regard.

But when a pair of dwarf brothers showed how to play this game in front of everyone, they hung out in the tavern all day, and everyone who lacked entertainment was immediately conquered.

The superpowers on the Mycroft Continent certainly aim to improve their strength, but that doesn't mean they don't need entertainment. And the cultural level of this world is only slightly better than that of the Middle Ages, and everyone lacks means of entertainment.

Even for nobles, their usual pastime is nothing more than hunting, opera, going to some red-light places to squander their wealth and God knows what useful handicrafts, they feed 80% of the artists in the world, but no one thinks about it. , what kind of game is interesting.

In the final analysis, this is a world with magical power. The existence of extraordinary power greatly compresses the spare time of ordinary people. Even if they know that they will not be able to become strong in the future, they will work hard to exercise and wait for the day when they will turn around. Perhaps only fairies who have no worries about food and drink, and whose lifespan is almost endless, can play the game of fairy cards in all kinds of boredom.

In any case, the goblin cards filled the gaps in the lives of adventurers in the Northland, and this kind of direct confrontation game did fit the temper of those straightforward adventurers. Now, in the main city of Moldavia, the taverns with the goblin card tables have become the busiest places for business. According to the mysterious news, some people know that these card tables all come from the magic power factory of the dwarves in the Northland, and they are manufactured by the dwarves jointly commissioned by the imperial family and the Moldavian lord's mansion.

This thick and somewhat excessive background immediately dispelled most of the unscrupulous minds, and the rest of the part was a decision, no matter what, we had to deal with this card that was bound to be popular in the future. The game was launched—for this reason, they did not hesitate to pay a lot of money, and obtained several precious fixed-point trials in the imperial capital and the southern fortress.

Now, the goblin card is spreading throughout the northern empire, and it is spreading towards other human gathering places. It is rumored that His Majesty the Emperor of the Morlaix Palace also tried to play this game at the invitation of his children, and he was happy The evaluation was given: not bad. This once again accelerated the spread of fairy cards.

Unknowingly, spring has arrived. After a rare period of rest, Joshua began to prepare to find news about the unknown ancient dragon for Barnir and William.

The delay of time for so long has nothing to do with the warriors. The main reason is the two legendary mages - the first is the purification of the ancient dragon's blood. After spying on the power of the ancient dragon last time, but the other party destroyed all the experimental results in the air, the two could only start again, extracting and cultivating the activated blood of the ancient dragon from the biological tissue of the creeping forest, which required a lot of time. Besides this, they also called Hill and Fina over, and conducted a series of tests and blood experiments on Ms. Hai Long. The two things were mixed together, and the progress was naturally slowed down.

Joshua didn't care, after all, the two victims were not in a hurry, so why was he in a hurry? The warrior who enjoys his daily life has indeed settled down a lot in the past few months. Except that he moved away because there was a mountain in the morning jogging road that prevented him from enjoying the view of the Great Ajax Mountain Range, Joshua He didn't do any big things. As for the usual, he still went to the Seventh Abyss occasionally to take a look around, and sensed the dynamics of the demon lords and Demon King Goliath in the Sixth Abyss. This has become Qiao Xiu. part of everyday life.

As for the cultists and the five-color dragons, they have completely disappeared from the Northland, and there is indeed no news at all. Even if the cultists who are really mad want to die, they will not come all the way to the Northland. The same goes for dragons.

And in just over two months, the exploration of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field by the major forces has temporarily come to an end. They have patrolled all the areas of the sacrificial field, and came to the central core area, seeing hundreds of The giant guards were staring at them silently.

After discovering that these giant god soldiers would no longer attack themselves, the group of people tremblingly watched the giant god soldiers along the way, and came to the center of the entire demiplane - under a huge metal obelisk. After careful cleaning and excavation, they found many ancient inscriptions. After tense translation and interpretation, they were shocked to find that these inscriptions recorded many ancient myths and histories about the creation of the original fire, as well as the last era, the name For some major events of the glorious era.

This is a major breakthrough for the origin of various races and the historical research of the Mycroft world. Those ancient but still clear steel inscriptions record the context of the civilization of the Mycroft world.

——At the beginning, there were seven continents in the world.

Humans were born and lived in the southeastern plains of the Central Continent. They lived in families and tribes, and used fire and stone bones as tools to develop and build houses. After a snowstorm brought by a long winter, some human beings wore primitive leather clothes and migrated to the south. They drove a boat to another continent, where they found a giant tree that held the sky. They and the giant tree Symbiosis, that is the prototype of the oldest elf family.

Climate changes on continents, changes in ocean currents and crustal movements have caused the environment of the entire world to heat up. During the continuous eruption of volcanoes, humans have discovered various metals and learned how to use flames to forge tools. Man even senses the veins of magic from natural phenomena.

At this time, some craftsmen went deep into the crypt in order to find better metals and ores, but they were blocked underground by an earthquake caused by a volcanic eruption. Although these people were isolated from the world, they found a The huge mysterious gemstone, which seemed to be condensed deep in the stratum at the beginning of the world, has a unique magical power, which made those craftsmen quickly adapt to the environment of underground life. They are the ancestors of the dwarves.

On the mainland, there are many other intelligent races that multiply in other continents. Human dwarves and elves only occupy two continents. In the later inscriptions, it can be seen that the three races began to move towards other parts of the world in order to expand. Exploration and conquest, the bloody war lasted for thousands of years or even longer, countless lives were dissipated, and the bones of countless races were piled up on the plain. The rapid development of the brutal ethnic war, on the contrary, has been negative population growth for more than ten consecutive years.

The civilization on the Mycroft Continent seemed to be on the verge of self-destruction due to race wars, until that day, at the end of the inscription, a person called a "sage" appeared in this world like the sun, ending all madness.

All the remaining inscriptions are praising the greatness of the sages and gods. He created the holy light, unified the magic system, clarified the context of fighting qi practice, and stabilized the continuation of the blood of warlocks. He made the elves no longer scattered, and also unified the dwarves into one country. He joined hands with the gods to end the war, and unified the entire Mycroft civilization, glowing with new vitality.

This is the end of the inscription. The exploration team did not discover the reason for the end of the last era. This is the unknown that plagues all intelligent life in the Mycroft Continent. Except for some legendary powerhouses, no one knows the truth of the era change.

Knowing the truth, they are conducting an important experiment at this time.

Moldavia in the north, above the Great Ajax Mountains, among the thick clouds, a shuttle-shaped floating airship is quietly floating above the creeping forest. Ripple-shaped magic ripples stirred, forming a huge cloud vortex in the sky above the entire mountain range, and lightning could be seen shuttling through the vortex, releasing powerful magic power.

"In this place, even if there is an accident, it will not harm other people on the ground."

The special airship for the White Tower Experiment, in the central isolation area, the legendary bard William smiled and said to Joshua in front of him: "And it is not ancient but powerful. The accumulation of wisdom can fill the innate gap between species. It is the meaning of civilization and inheritance. No matter how strong that ancient dragon is, it is impossible to defeat the combination of our three legends, let alone cause any danger."

"If it doesn't work, you can still call your Emperor and Nostradamus, so that's five legends." William added another sentence.

And Barnier, who seems to be used to singing with his friends, who is manipulating the instrument and performing the final purification of the ancient dragon's blood, also turned his head and added solemnly: "I can still call Barbarossa, although he always stinks. A face, but I will still look at it for the sake of William and me-this is the six legends, and it is not impossible to fight against the gods."

"I can call La Motte—the contemporary holy sword user!"

"You have to compare contacts with me, right? Could it be that I can't bring Faina over here? They are all old friends who have explored the ruins of the Black Forest together..."

Regarding the daily tit-for-tat and inexplicable rivalry between the two legendary mages, Joshua, who was left alone, couldn't help but sighed, and then rolled his eyes: "Okay, stop arguing, I can still compare the pope and nature." Your Excellency Instructor is here, so that we can make up ten legendary powerhouses, and the legend of the humanoid race can be made up with only one dwarf master craftsman—we are not going to start a world war, will the experiment start or not?"

"Now you can."

Accompanied by the violent shock of magic power, Barnier finished the last step of blood purification. He grasped the countless complicated instruments in front of him empty-handed, and suddenly there were traces of intense thunder flashing in the container, releasing a misty cloud of astonishing life energy. It was compressed into a drop of blood like a jewel. It was placed in a test tube inscribed with thirteen layers of inscriptions by the legendary mage, and handed to Joshua: "The steps should not be complicated - through the method we told you, you should be able to resonate through life energy very easily. , Perceive the information of the world where the ancient dragon is, don't confront it head-on at that time, just take the initiative to destroy this bloodline."

The incomparably precious ancient dragon's bloodline, in Barnier's mouth, was just a matter of destroying it lightly, and Joshua also took it over neatly and accepted it.

In the center of the isolation laboratory of the experimental airship, the three legendary powerhouses stared at this bloodline. The warrior held it in his hand, and a silver and hazy light shone in his palm. It was so rich that it completely overwhelmed the ancient dragon. The huge vitality of the blood was released by it, spreading to the entire sky outside, and directly dispelling the clouds within several kilometers.

At this moment, Joshua used the simplest, most direct, and most dangerous method to directly connect his steel power with the blood of the ancient dragon. Through the resonance of information, he felt his consciousness sinking into darkness rapidly. In the book, walking through the dark and mysterious spiritual world, he felt that his spirit passed through the void and several planes, and came to a strange but familiar world.

——What is it that makes me feel familiar?

At this moment, Joshua had no time to think about these extra things, because he sensed that he had found his target—a huge existence sleeping deep in the desert. It didn't sleep completely, it just rested in the ice layer, but its rest was a cycle of several life cycles for mortal things, and the raging wind and sand buried its body, forming a huge Gravel Mountains. At this moment, it had already sensed that someone was peeping at its own power, so it raised its head and opened its eyes, looking towards the direction of Joshua's will projection with an indifferent gaze without the slightest emotion.

"Hello, Gu Long."

Facing Gu Long's stare, Joshua did not panic, he felt an indescribable excitement boiling in his body, which made him unable to help but lift the corners of his mouth to reveal a smile.

"Let me see your face."

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