Soul of Burning Steel

"Lisa, you can't awaken the bloodline."

When the elder, who was always peaceful in the village, said these words in a calm tone, the girl felt dazed attacking her heart. She clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest and clasped her fingers tightly. Because of her nervousness, she subconsciously glanced around. In the spacious sacrificial hall, all the boys and girls of the right age in the village looked at her with complicated eyes, including regret, doubt, nervousness, and disdain.

"Your bloodline is pure, but it has fallen into silence, unable to awaken the power of inheritance."

The elder with white beard and hair, even his horns turned blue, said this sentence in a slightly indifferent tone, then sighed softly: "Back off, Lisa, next."

Subconsciously obeying the Great Elder's words, the girl walked down the test stone platform in the center of the sacrificial hall in a daze. Because of her mental trance, she almost fell down, but no one stepped forward to help the staggering girl. After returning to the seats around the sacrificial hall, scattered voices came from her side again.

"Hmph, the arrogant and disgusting smile on your face before the test, isn't it a failure now?"

"Isn't it okay for Lisa too? Her blood should be the purest..."

"What's the use of being pure, you can't awaken, you will always be an ordinary dragonman."

"The demon hunting team originally had high hopes for her. With Lisa's bloodline concentration, if she awakens, she will definitely become the main force to deal with those monsters... Sigh, why is this happening?"

"Perhaps it is not favored by the gods."

Lisa didn't hear the words of the people beside her at all, and an extremely intense sense of loss invaded her heart, which made the originally confident girl lose her soul. She muttered to herself in a low voice: "How could this be..."

Just ten minutes ago, she thought that she would naturally awaken her bloodline and become a "pure blood" that had not been produced in dozens of surrounding villages in the past ten years, and then become an important combat force and pillar in the village. To share the stress of being the captain of the witcher team for his father. She also imagined that her future self might grow into a powerful hunter who could go deep into the "Desert of God", find the monster that killed her mother, and avenge her mother.

But now, all illusions about the future are gone. Unable to awaken the bloodline, they will be ordinary people all their lives, not to mention becoming hunters to hunt monsters, daily life is dangerous-in the huge Kronos mountain range, there are countless dangerous giant beasts, if it is not for the dragonman's demon hunting team If you clean up the monsters in the mountains over and over again, and make a safe zone around the village as much as possible, ordinary dragon people will take huge risks even in farming.

During the period when the girl was absent-minded, one after another, boys and girls with two horns on their heads and a tail behind them went to the test stone platform in the center of the sacrificial hall. They cut their own fingers and dripped their blood into the hands of the gray-haired elder. On a gemstone that was being dragged, this gemstone was originally blue like the sky, but when it touched the blood of those young girls, it would transform into different shades of blue-red and electric arcs.

The darker the color, the thicker the arc surrounding the gemstone, and the more relief and joy in the eyes of the Great Elder, which means that the concentration and awakening of the blood may be higher.

Lisa stared blankly at this scene. When she tested it, the color of the test gemstone even turned into a dark purple that was almost black, which meant that she was a 'pure blood' who was the closest to a hundred thousand people. The blood of her ancestors, but at the same time, the gem did not flicker the slightest arc, which meant that although her blood was pure, it was unlikely that she would discover this power in her life. There is no doubt that this is a big joke.

Before puberty, one can only test the concentration of the blood vessels. Only when puberty begins and one has fertility—that is, enough vitality can one test whether this power can be awakened. Each village gathers teenagers and girls of the right age every spring to test their aptitude. Those who fail will retire, and those who meet the requirements will be left in the sacrificial hall. Through expensive awakening ceremonies, they will become powerful hunters. .

Lisa's parents were both hunters, and they were the most powerful hunters in the village, but when she was eight years old, her mother was killed by a monster from the desert of gods during an outing inspection. Lisa has been subjected to everyone's expectations since she was born, and she has been working hard to hone her strength, striving to make herself worthy of this expectation and have the power to avenge her mother.

In addition, the girl also has a great dream: she wants to explore the entire Kronos Mountains and go deep into the desert to find the source of ancient legends. She wanted to find out where the existence called 'the sea' was in the ancient books, and she wanted to know whether the desert of gods had an end.

But now, everything is over, whether it is expectations or revenge, dreams or the future, they are all over, without power, everything is empty talk.

At the end of the test, all the teenagers and girls who did not meet the requirements left the sacrificial hall, leaving only those who met the requirements. Lisa walked home slowly, full of unwillingness and pain in her heart.

"Could it be that I really can't wake up..."

Back at home—a hut made of polished logs and bluestone, the girl sat on the edge of her bed, and then lay down on the bed, her thoughts gradually emptied.

In the huge Kronos mountain range, there are countless villages and cities of dragon people, millions of dragon people with double horns and tails, and some dragon people with wings are surrounded by desert, in the only mountain range with vitality Life. Due to the complex and changeable geographical structure, every gathering place of dragon people is divided by forests, mountains, cliffs and rifts, and a hundred times the number of dragon people, different types of monsters also inhabit this mountain range. The survivors competed with each other for living space, and bloody race wars have lasted for hundreds of years.

There is rain, snowfall, plants and animals in the mountains, rivers flow in the valleys, and the fragrance of grass and trees in the wind, but outside the mountains, there is an endless "Desert of God". No one has ever been able to explore the end of the desert, and no one knows what exists in the desert. The Kronos Mountains are like isolated islands in the sand sea. Only the islands have traces of life, and the others are just nothing. Vibrant grit.

According to the ancient legends of the dragon people, the world was not what it is today. In the long past, the whole world was covered with grass and trees, rivers rushed between plains and canyons, countless races multiplied on this continent, and the civilization of dragon people flourished. But one day, a sudden disaster came. On the day when the sun disappeared, fire and darkness fell from the sky, destroying all the kingdoms on the earth—and when the world was on the verge of the end, a huge dragon god came from the sky Appeared, it controlled the thunder, and defeated the darkness that permeated the entire world.

The war between the Dragon God and the Doomsday lasted for a hundred days and nights. In the end, the God won, but he was also seriously injured. Facing the world turned into a desert, the Dragon God couldn't bear it, so he created the Kronos Mountains This last paradise was given to the dragon people, but the power of the doomsday was still there. Its power turned into a monster, vowing to kill all living things.

In order to resist the monsters, the ancestors of the dragon people used the power of the gods to transform themselves into dragon people with double horns and tails, and established the original gathering place, and some of their descendants also inherited this power, that is Now known as the existence of the witcher.

"Demon hunter... Dragon God..."

Lisa gently repeated these two words. Just a few days ago, all the dragon people gathering places observed the abnormally exaggerated thunder located in the deepest part of the desert of gods. Countless thunder pillars that seemed to be able to tear the sky fell from the top of the sky. They were black and bigger than mountains The sandstorm set off a strong wind that could be clearly felt in the Kronos Mountains, and at the very center of the sandstorm, a silver dragon shadow could be vaguely seen.

It was rumored that it was the figure of the dragon god, and the god who saved the world had awakened from his long sleep. This should have been the news that everyone felt happy and excited, but at this time Lisa didn't feel happy at all, she was still immersed in the I can't extricate myself from the fact that I can't wake up.

"Boom!!!!"

Suddenly, the girl heard violent roars in the sky. She was so frightened that she jumped off the bed like a spring and swallowed. Lisa immediately ran to the window, and she saw a meteorite Burning white flames, drawn an arc from the sky, and fell rapidly!

Moments later, before Lisa realized what was going on, the meteorite landed neatly on a mountain near the village. The violent vibration made the whole village tremble, and the girl also felt her home The roof beams also made a disturbing creaking sound, which immediately made the girl rush out of the door in fright.

Outside the house, Lisa could see that the whole village was pretty much the same. Everyone was terrified by this sudden foreign object. There were a few houses on the edge of the village that didn’t seem to be very well-made and even collapsed. The flesh is thick, and the people who were suppressed climbed out by themselves. Amidst the panicked discussions, Lisa was not in the mood to care about the safety of her compatriots for the time being. At this time, she didn't know why, and her heart suddenly "thumped" jumped up.

"That thing..."

Lisa forced herself to calm down, she didn't know what happened just now, when she saw that strange white meteorite, she suddenly felt hot all over, a feeling of being radiated by strong sunlight, and it seemed that it was because of The impact of that heat seemed to make the silent blood in her body pulsate, causing an electric arc to flicker between her fingers!

That white meteorite seems to be able to unlock her silent blood? !

"The village will definitely send a demon hunting team to observe the situation... But no matter what, I, who is not a demon hunter, will definitely not be able to get in touch with that kind of thing, even if my father is the captain of the team."

I don't know if this is an illusion, but at this time Lisa is unwilling to give up every possibility—she doesn't want to be an ordinary person, living an ordinary life in a mountain village! She wants to become the most powerful demon hunter in the world, she wants to explore the world, she wants to see the sea, and find the end of the desert of gods!

"I don't want it, just like the fish in the fish tank, just live in the village for the rest of my life!"

Reckless, desperate, insane—or, to put it another way, courage. Countless emotions filled her mind. At this time, the dragon girl Lisa had already made up her mind. She didn't believe what others gave her. She wanted to decide her own destiny—the demon hunter team would not take her, so she would go out on her own. Village, to find this meteorite that might awaken her bloodline!

Thinking about it, the girl did it without any hesitation, and immediately quietly followed the path, slipping out of the village while everyone was still panicking. The dragon people are all soldiers, and most of their daily clothes are in the protective colors of the forest. Even the dragon people who have not successfully awakened have received basic training when they were young, and there are safe areas around the village without monsters, so Lisa is very happy all the way. Smoothly, basically without encountering any obstacles.

But because she was too young, and because she was not familiar with the path, and had to avoid the route of the village's demon hunting team, when she hurried to the place where the meteorite fell, the village's demon hunting team had already arrived at the meteorite. Falling place.

The meteorite landed on a treeless hill, and the scorching high temperature spread towards the surroundings, distorting the large swathes of air. Lisa, who was out of breath, hid behind a giant tree in disappointment, watching helplessly. Her father - a tall, unicorn man with a hard face commanded the demon hunting team to carry the huge white meteorite wreckage in batches. The stones that fell from the sky usually contain very precious and strong metals, which can be used to forge the best weapons and utensils, and there are more than one dragon villages around. Before the arrival of the demon hunters from other villages, they The largest and most useful part of the meteorite will be removed as much as possible.

"Damn, the speed is too fast, don't give people a chance!"

Although unwilling, this is the limit of what Lisa can do. In the final analysis, she is a fourteen-year-old girl who has not yet awakened and wants to surpass the elite demon hunters who have been honing for more than ten years in terms of leg strength. , I really think too much. Seeing that the demon hunter team removed most of the white meteorites, Lisa originally wanted to return to the village as soon as possible. Since there was no chance, she decided not to take risks for the time being. She planned to see if she could find a chance to contact those meteorites in the village in the future. White meteorite, although the hope is slim, but it is not impossible.

However, just after the girl watched the demon hunting team carrying the meteorite leave in a hurry and disappeared into the jungle without checking the surroundings, she suddenly discovered an important thing——the feeling that made her feel hot all over, as if it would awaken her blood immediately. The strange radiation doesn't seem to disappear, it's still where the meteorite fell!

"Could it be?!"

Thinking of this possibility, Lisa immediately held her breath: Could it be that the Demon Hunt Team didn't remove the part of the meteorite that could promote the awakening of her blood? That's right, all members of the Demon Hunt Team are people who have successfully awakened. How could they be like myself, a loser who couldn't awaken?

Thinking of this, the girl didn't have any plans to hide anymore. The demon hunting team in the village had already left, and the people from other villages and the monsters in the forest hadn't arrived either. This was her best chance! As soon as she thought about it, Lisa jumped out from behind the tree she was hiding in, and then strode towards the crater - she didn't care about the scorching breath pouring into her lungs, Lisa ran with all her strength, and in just a dozen seconds Climb to the top of the hill and come to the rim of the crater.

This is a huge crater about ten meters long, but it is unexpectedly shallow. Although the meteorite is huge and the earthquake is scary, it seems that the damage to the hill is not great. The bottom of the crater is black-red magma that has begun to cool, and a dilapidated white meteorite is located in the center of the huge crater, releasing a fiery breath.

Most of it has been removed by the demon hunting team, leaving only broken scraps and a small part of the outer shell with relatively little use value, but even so, it can be seen that the texture of the meteorite is extraordinary—it is not so much a stone as it is. Steel, moreover, was compressed, condensed, and purified thousands of times by some enormous force. Just by looking at it, Lisa felt that a weapon made of this material must be indestructible... If it is a big Swords are even better!

However, the girl's attention was not attracted by the meteorite. In fact, she only had time to look at the meteorite before she involuntarily looked away.

Because, there was something slowly wriggling, like a white jelly-like thing, that happened to crawl up to her eyes.

"Isn't it all gone? Why are there still people?! Where did this human village girl come from? No, how come there are horns?!"

A certain great demon who was seriously injured and his body was completely destroyed let out an exclamation.

"Oh my god, this... what kind of monster is this!"

A dragon girl whose blood was quiet and who was fighting for future adventures let out another exclamation.

Almost all power was lost, leaving only a group of the purest flames that turned into a shape similar to the abyss flame slime. The Great Balrog Syndicate was thinking calmly. It looked at the long black hair with two cyan dragon horns in front of it. , trembling, groping for stones on the ground, the dragon girl who was about to smash herself to death for the rest of her life, in order to survive, the Balrog was thinking a lot, and subconsciously flashed the figure of a black warrior. After a short but most sincere prayer, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Syndicate's mind, and the great demon directly connected his spirit with the other party, and said in the most solemn and provocative tone in his life:

"Girl—do you have any wishes that you want to fulfill?"

"Eh?" Lisa was stunned for a moment, and stopped the action of smashing the stone in her hand.

——Mycroft Continent, Northland, Joshua, who had finished talking with Eagle, was suddenly taken aback.

"What's the matter, Joshua?"

The old pope who had just bid farewell saw the soldier's dazed expression, and asked casually. After hearing the other party's question, Joshua shrugged and said in confusion, "It seems to be... the sound of prayer?"

It should be an illusion, he thought so.

After all, there shouldn't be demons who can pray in this world, right?

I finished it in the afternoon...but I forgot to post it when I went to sleep, it's so embarrassing...