Soul of Burning Steel

Red and black clouds enveloped the sky, and blood-colored light shot out from the gaps in the clouds, like red swords piercing into the Kronos Mountains.

A storm is brewing in the depths of the sky, thunder can be heard roaring in the clouds, the atmosphere is full of the smell of sulfur and coke, and the stench of blood fills every corner of the earth.

The Kronos Mountains, which were not originally peaceful, but could barely be called peaceful, had completely turned into a battlefield for invaders from other worlds.

It was burning, like in a forest devastated by a flame storm, the scorched trees were crackling, and the entire ground was full of lava pits and traces of acid corrosion. Because of the battle between extraordinary beings, the rivers on the ground dried up, The rocks turned into sand, and the hot wind raged in mid-air, transpiring and distorting the air.

But in such a dangerous environment, Lisa was running at full speed, the girl used every tree wreckage and surviving rocks as shelters, and ran on an irregular route.

Through the power of electric current and the use of tiny electric current to stimulate muscles, the dragon girl can exert a power not inferior to ordinary monsters with a petite body, and by virtue of the induction of strong magnetic field, Lisa can also avoid flying dragons fighting all over the sky , and there are all kinds of strange flying vehicles.

Today's Kronos Mountains have turned into a battlefield for visitors from outside the sky in just ten minutes. Abyss spells are flying randomly in the sky, and the aftermath of dragon flames and blasphemy rays are destroying the few intact lands on the ground. From time to time, you can see corpses of demons or flying dragons falling from the sky for a year, and the energy overflows, completely falling Into a puddle of mud. On the ground, the monsters who have gone mad because of their dangerous instincts are running away from the battlefield of these powerful outsiders.

Although suppressed as much as possible, the forest was destroyed by the aftermath of the fighting, and the village was burned in flames.

Fortunately, those strange golden flying devices have not joined the fight between demons and flying dragons for the time being. Although they are occasionally attacked, most of the time they retreat with one touch. They are flying around, collecting plants and monsters on the ground, and they can see One after another, the beams of light were pulled down, and the panicked monsters, plants or dragonmen were brought into the cabin.

Lisa didn't have time to pay attention to these things. In the short ten minutes since she started to retreat, the girl had already heard several shrill screams from nearby, and some of them were familiar voices—the newly awakened voices in the village. The young demon hunter reservists are undergoing tests nearby. Those screams should be their near-death cries that were accidentally affected by the aftermath of the battle.

"Ah!!! Help! I—snap—"

The sound of bones being crushed.

It felt like it was on her side, and the hearing that was greatly enhanced by the electric current became Lisa's nightmare at this time. She could tell that the owner of the voice was one of her peers, although the relationship between the two was not very good , but still belongs to the person who can sit down and eat at the same table... But now, this girl who was still a friend was completely silent after uttering a scream, and was completely crushed.

"Don't think about anyone else, go, Lisa."

The girl's chest turned into a pendant, and Syndicate, who was ready for battle at any time, scolded angrily: "This is a battlefield, you have no time to sympathize with others, and you have no ability to help them! You can only manage yourself!"

"If you want revenge, wait until later. Since the first legion and the five-color dragons have invaded, it must be a foregone conclusion that this world will turn into an abyss again. You must adapt to this environment as soon as possible, and then grow up! Your potential is greater than mine , don’t be buried here now!”

"...I see, Mr. Syndicate..."

The scolding of the Balrog awakened the girl, Lisa gritted her teeth, endured the grief and fear in her heart, and said tremblingly: "But what's going on...how did the mountain suddenly become like this?"

"A few days ago, I was still discussing with Sofina what to do after becoming a witcher. She said with anticipation that she wanted to hunt a colorful crested bird and use its feathers to make beautiful clothes. I Said that I want to explore farther places... Sophia died in an instant, how could it become like this?"

"...Because this is the rule of the abyss, you dragon people are too weak and were discovered again, so you can only let the strong invade."

"Is it... is it too weak?"

The sudden change of reality shattered Lisa's vision for the future in an instant, and the girl's optimistic plan for the future was brutally destroyed. After all, she is only a girl in her teens. Ten days ago, she was still afraid of not being able to awaken the power of her blood. It is far from being able to withstand such an emergency.

If Syndicate hadn't been on the sidelines and had been using a strong tone to instruct Lisa's every move, shattering Lisa's confusion every time, the bewildered dragon girl might have been completely crushed by this sudden situation.

(It's the Fire Sea Legion... Has the Demon King from the Sixth Abyss made up his mind to invade this world? The only good news is that they are not the only ones, there are other powerful forces competing.)

At this time, the Balrog is trying to turn the thinking center. It originally didn't like to think, but now that only the core body is left, it can't be done without the brain. Syndicate senses the surrounding situation through the magnetic field and racks its brains. Think about how to break through the siege of flying dragons, demons and strange flying vehicles, and return to the still hidden dragon village. Finally, when the Balrog was about to vomit blood, it finally found a safe path.

"Come here, through the ashes of the charred trees!"

Syndicate said to Lisa in a deep voice: "The front is an open area, the only way to avoid the eyes and ears of those demons and flying dragons... Hurry up, there is no time!"

"Okay, okay!" Lisa naturally didn't suspect that Syndicate would harbor malicious intentions, but when she saw the ashes of trees that had just been burned to white ash not far away, she instinctively hesitated for a moment: "The temperature has exceeded several hundred degrees... I Can it work?"

"Nonsense, you are a pure-blooded dragon, and you have also practiced electric current propulsion, and it has already achieved initial results-do you think the inheritance I gave you will be so useless that you can't even bear the temperature of a few hundred degrees?"

The Balrog urged: "Hurry up, there is a large group of demons coming behind us, they have the ability to see the heat of life, if you don't hide in the fire ash, you will definitely be found!"

Although the devil is now fighting with flying dragons and golden vehicles, it may not care about a mere dragonman, but the carelessness of giving his life to other people is something that even a lunatic would not do.

Lisa knew that this was not the time for her to hesitate, so the girl made up her mind, took a few deep breaths to adjust her state, and then slammed into the ashes with all her strength!

At this time, in Lisa's body, countless weak electric currents began to flow throughout her body, which originated from the blood power in the dragon man's body, and this blood power was quickly mastered by the girl under the control of her own will. It can be seen that countless weak currents wandering around the body began to converge, and then merged into a thick and powerful energy, which began to run violently in Lisa's body, and even overflowed the body surface, blooming a stream of energy. Cyan blue arc.

The whole body was covered by electric arc, the cells in the body began to rub violently, and the electric current began to push the girl's body, resulting in various powerful abilities: no fear of high temperature, no fear of electric current, strong body, strengthened muscles, superhuman perception... all-round operation of the electric current propelled Lisa's strength at this time has surpassed most ordinary demon hunters, and she can confront many monsters head-on. Even a monster with a title can rely on a sneak attack to kill it with one blow.

Plunging into the ashes, Lisa immediately began to swim as if entering water. For her at this time, the high-temperature soil and gravel around her body are just like the water around ordinary people, and can be discharged at will. , only swimming freely, and the high-temperature ashes of hundreds of degrees, as Syndicate said, could not cause her any harm... Only then did Lisa really realize that she was no longer an ordinary dragon. She is not a girl, but a real extraordinary person.

As long as she continues to practice the electric current push until she reaches the limit of this breath practice method, she will become the strongest demon hunter in the history of the dragon people. If she surpasses this realm and reaches the realm above it, then she will become a real demon hunter. strong in the sense.

It's just that now, the girl doesn't have time to think so much. She can already sense dozens of powerful electromagnetic fields behind her. They are terrifying existences called demons by Mr. Syndicate. On a distant battlefield, the powerful energy radiation made Lisa feel more stinging than the ordinary high temperature, which also made her reaffirm the fact that she was weak.

After those demons were gone, Lisa emerged from the ashes of the forest. At this moment, she only felt warm all over, and there was no damage except for turning black.

"Continue, Lisa, you can't count on those demon hunters in your village now, they are hard to protect themselves, let's go back to the village first... Tsk."

To be honest, Syndicate doesn't think it's a good idea to go back to the village at all. It can see the situation in the Kronos Mountains very clearly. Nowhere is safe. Compared with a single dragonman, the village is more dangerous because of the large target. No matter how concealed it is. Rather than obeying instinct and returning to a familiar place, Balrog felt that it would be better to rely on Lisa's current strength to enter the depths of the mountains and hide. After all, it can be seen that neither the devil nor the five-color dragon wants to destroy this world, but Wanting to take it, they don't slaughter the natives, but assimilate them as part of themselves.

That being the case, isn't it all about living wherever you live?

It's just that it also knows that Lisa is still a little girl in the final analysis, it is impossible to make such a cold-blooded decision, and it is good to go back and listen to these dragon people who have been living in the mountains to summarize the situation. It feels that the race with such blood , shouldn't be knocked down so easily.

The dragon girl and the Balrog continued to sprint in the mountains. The speed of the two was very fast. They avoided most of the dead ends. The battlefield of outsiders and the ruins of the battlefield were too dangerous, and they returned to the battlefield in just half an hour. A dragon village hidden in a dead corner of the terrain.

At this time, the Dragonman village has been under martial law. The Dragonman demon hunters wearing animal skin uniforms and carrying big bows are hiding in every corner of the forest and hills, patrolling around nervously. Li, who did not deliberately avoid the sight of these people Lisa was naturally discovered by them. After a moment of surprise, a demon hunter jumped out and went to fetch Lisa, while the other demon hunter ran in another direction, as if to inform who.

Soon, the dragon girl covered in charcoal and monster blood was brought into the village by nervous demon hunters from the same village, and a one-eyed middle-aged dragon girl greeted her.

"Lisa?! It's great that you're still alive... What's wrong with you?!"

Seeing his daughter who was covered in a mess and could still smell a strong smell of blood, the one-eyed witcher was immediately stunned. He hurried forward, half-kneeled down to see if there was any injury on Lisa's body, and finally he was thankful. It was discovered that the blood was from monsters, and his daughter didn't have any wounds on her body.

"Oh my God, Lisa, the entire test team has no news. There is such a big thing happening outside, but I can't get any news from you..."

The dragon girl who was about to cry, and the one-eyed middle-aged man with vicissitudes of life couldn't help but burst into tears just by hugging her. There were obvious wounds on his arms and shoulders, most of which were bandaged. It can be seen that they have encountered a battle.

But now is not the time to ask for warmth, there is no time to continue to comfort his daughter, the middle-aged witcher stood up, he stroked Lisa's face, and swept the dust off the girl's face, he said in a serious voice: "Go away , go to the center of the mountains, take refuge in the land of the ancestors! Most of the people in the village have already left, we are almost the last batch, fortunately I waited for you... Hurry up, those powerful monsters will come over soon, their The battlefield moves fast!"

"Okay Dad." Holding back her tears, Lisa, who finally found support but couldn't vent, said with a choked voice: "Sofia is dead, everyone is dead...it's all my fault, if I don't leave , I can lead them to avoid the demons..."

"Don't be stupid, my good boy, you can't do anything. Those creatures can see through the disguise of the best demon hunters. You can come back alive because of the protection of your ancestors and dragon gods."

The middle-aged demon hunter didn't take it seriously. He shook his head and said, "There is a refuge built by our ancestors in the middle of the mountain range. This is the disaster recorded in the prophecy... But the number of people in the refuge is limited, and if you go late, you can only fend for yourself. Tidy up a little bit, your batch is about to set off."

"Okay." Lisa nodded obediently, pressed her chest, and asked with some doubts: "But what about you, Dad?"

"Daddy wants to break... Daddy is with you, and I will protect you!"

The middle-aged dragonman hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and changed his words. He knew that his decision would be looked down upon by many members of the Demon Hunt Team who were scheduled to die, but in order to ensure the safety of his daughter, he didn't bother to care about prestige and popular support. After this disaster, God knows whether the dragon man can survive, not to mention that there is nothing more important than his daughter in this world.

"I'll protect Dad too!"

Hearing the middle-aged demon hunter's words, Lisa cheered up, and she couldn't help saying, "Now Lisa is also very strong... I can also contribute!"

"I know, I know...my daughter is a rare pure-blooded person, she will definitely protect us..."

The middle-aged demon hunter originally wanted to smile, but he couldn't help but feel bitter when he laughed halfway... Ever since his wife was killed by a strange monster from the desert of gods, he has been hunting monsters wholeheartedly to vent his heart... Resentment, anger and self-blame, although it cannot be said that I neglected my daughter, but I did not stay with her at home most of the time. At that time, when he heard that his daughter could not awaken, he actually felt a little relieved, because this way he would not have to be a dangerous witcher, and could live peacefully in the village.

But now, I don't know when, the daughter has grown up and has strength... In this dangerous situation, she can also say something like protecting her father.

Is this the time? Unknowingly, so long has passed, the former little girl has become a girl who can walk through the battlefield forest alone, and the daughter in her father's arms has also become the person who promises to protect her father.

Without further ado, the middle-aged demon hunter took Lisa to the last group in the village that was about to set off for the center of the mountain range. Regardless of the rather strange eyes of the dragon people around him, he joined the demon hunters escorting the team , leading Lisa forward, a group of people approached the center of the mountain along a hidden forest path at the fastest speed. And the other demon hunters who were patrolling around the village also gathered into a team, hanging far behind the team, ready to break off at any time.

"Lisa, didn't you say when you were a child that you always wanted to go out of the village to take a look? In fact, being a demon hunter may not be able to leave the village very far, but this time, we are going to the place where our ancestors are buried, which is located in the mountains. central."

On the way, the middle-aged dragonman looked at the forest that was constantly flowing backwards around him, and said to the girl with emotion: "This is already an area that many dragonmen can't go to in their lifetime... The living environment of our dragonmen is too narrow. , and many cannot leave the village for the rest of their lives.”

"Ok, I know."

Lisa nodded. Mr. Syndicate told her about these things. At that time, the Balrog said in a disdainful tone how narrow and inflexible the dragon people's living habits were, and told her a lot about the world outside the world, which had been destroyed. A living world, a story about a living world. It also depicts many scenes that make the dragon girl's eyes shine: tall and magnificent rock buildings, plains without deserts, ice and snow covered with frost, and the vast and boundless ocean world.

Lisa has always wanted to take a look and see these worlds she has never seen, because of curiosity and desire for adventure. She'd always wanted to leave the village, and felt she would give anything for it, but today, when she did leave existence, knowing that she might never come back, never to return to that cozy log cabin on the rocks, Lisa still couldn't help feeling a little tingling in her heart.

But this is not important anymore... because the father is by my side, and my family is by my side. At this most critical moment, when she was about to go to a distant place, she only cared about her father's safety.

The journey is long and far away, with many canyons and rivers to be crossed in the middle. The village where Lisa and the others live is located on the outskirts of the mountain range, and they are going to the center of the mountain range. Some of them are ordinary people, and many women and children will fall behind. At this time, the middle-aged dragon man and other demon hunters will carry them on their backs and move forward together. Fortunately, they were lucky and didn't encounter any demons or flying dragons along the way, so in just a few days, they walked most of the distance.

It was late at night, and countless gorgeous and spectacular flames could still be seen in the dark night sky. Meteorites and dragon shadows could be seen shuttling among the clouds. Part of the main force was engaged in a decisive battle at the edge of the mountain range. The group even saw in horror that a distant mountain peak collapsed with a huge roar, which was the result of the battle of extraordinary creatures.

Most of the dragon people fell asleep exhausted because they had been on the road all day. Only the demon hunters who had awakened their blood power and could wake up through electric stimulation were in charge of guarding in turn. Lisa, who was propelled by electric current, would naturally not feel tired. At this time, she was leaning on her father's shoulder, quietly looking at the night sky.

In the night sky, there are countless stars twinkling, and the silvery brilliance becomes brighter with the large white mist. The elders in the village believe that the mist covering the sky is a call for disaster, but Mr. Syndicate said that it is a call for disaster. Opportunities for all life in the universe, of course, for the weak, opportunities may also be disasters.

"Weakness is a mistake..."

The dragon girl was thinking about these issues, and she always found it difficult to agree with this statement, the strong should fight the strong, why should it hurt the weak who want to live a good life? But the Balrog always told her that sometimes the strong don't deliberately want to harm the weak, and even actively avoid the weak, but when they really use all their strength, the aftermath of a casual blow may destroy The entire dragon race was wiped out.

"It's not wrong to be weak, but if you don't want to become strong and become strong, then the existence of such a race itself is a mistake."

The Balrog said: "The weak may not necessarily eat the strong, but the weak who don't want to become the strong are destined to be eaten."

Lisa still couldn't understand this kind of thinking, but she vaguely understood it, just like a lion would not deliberately look for a rabbit to eat, because such a move is a waste of energy, but this kind of ignorance is at least based on the fact that the rabbit runs fast. Quick, enough vigilance. Otherwise, the lion can catch a rabbit with just a touch, so why not do it?

And just as she was thinking about these too grand questions, and the girl was about to fall asleep, the light of the stars in the sky was suddenly blocked.

———Rumble——————! ! !

Like thunder, but a hundred times louder than it, the loud noise that seemed to tear the world apart came from the very top of the sky. At this time, the entire dark starry sky turned into chaos, the faint blue psychic brilliance, the black abyss Scorching breath, one black and one white, negative energy and the power of ice, runes all over the sky and invisible spiritual fluctuations filled the entire sky, dyeing it in unimaginable colors.

"It's... the king! My lord, he's here too!"

Lisa felt the tremor coming from her chest. It was the trembling of Syndicate. The Balrog looked at the sky, which occupied a corner of the sky, like the sun-like brilliance, and said in a tone of fear and reverence from the heart: "He has come...to decide the fate of this world, the real war has begun!"

"Aww—————!"

In the distance, beyond the mountains, in the center of the Desert of Gods, a huge cyan electric current also lit up. With the change of color in the sky, the dragon god on the earth was not to be outdone, and showed his strength. It faced the sky above , those existences who peeped at its power and awakened it, let out extremely angry roars.

All the dragon people woke up in an instant, because of the loud noise, and because of the trembling that came from deep in their blood, they either stared blankly at the night sky that was already brighter than the day, or looked at the flashing lightning in the desert far away. .

Lisa's father, a middle-aged dragonman, was also looking at the night sky. He could naturally feel the pulsation of blood power, and he also knew that this was the proof that their faith in the gods was completely awakened. He originally wanted to speak to calm everyone down. Since the dragon If God is fully awakened, then the situation should improve a lot, but before he could say it, the middle-aged demon hunter couldn't help but change his expression: "Those monsters are coming!"

Hearing this sentence, Lisa also turned her head suddenly. With the perception she shared with Syndicate, the girl clearly felt that the battered demons and flying dragons who had been fighting all over the mountain range became more crazy because of the intensified conflicts between their respective leaders. Well, not far away, four or five demons and flying dragons were knocked into the air by their opponents, and they landed in the vicinity of the place where the dragonmen stayed overnight. A batch of delicacies with strong blood energy immediately stood up roaring and rushed towards the dragon team!

In order to compete for energy replenishment, and also to prevent the enemy from getting it, these flying dragons and demons regard the dragonman team as a meal on the plate.

"Go!"

Immediately, the vigilant demon hunters didn't bother to hide, but roared loudly: "The third team will follow me, these monsters are seriously injured, we should be able to stop them!"

"The second team comes with me, we are in charge of blocking the monster attacking from the direction of eleven o'clock!"

"The fourth team..."

"ah."

it's time.

The middle-aged dragon man stood up. He picked up the big bow he had put aside, and picked up the quiver beside him. The man lowered his head and touched the girl's head. He looked at his daughter deeply. , as if he wanted to engrave Lisa's bewildered face into the depths of his soul, then he turned his head, without saying a word, just holding his weapon and strode away from his daughter.

There were no extra words or actions. Lisa didn't realize it at first, but after she realized it, when she watched her father follow other demon hunters to the front line of sniping, the girl immediately got up and prepared to accompany her Father went to fight together, but at this time, Balrog relied on the spiritual connection between the contract to forcibly control Lisa's body and turn around, leaving with the retreating large army.

"Mr. Syndicate! What are you doing?! Give me back my body!"

"Shut up, brat, you don't want your father's hard work to go to waste, so run as hard as you can!"

The Balrog didn't want to talk much at all at this time. In just a few days, the middle-aged man had already told Lisa all the routes to the center of the mountain range. He even secretly released his credentials for entering and exiting the refuge. Putting it into Lisa's pocket, it could be seen that this man was ready for a long time, but he was afraid of returning by himself, so he didn't say a word when he left.

A brave underdog, a father.

Lisa is like a machine, controlled by the Balrog to run, the power driven by the current circulates in her body, the speed is even faster than the average demon hunter, the girl runs mechanically like this, until the flame After Mo ended the control, she continued to run, because she was familiar with the route, so she instinctively followed the road and headed towards the center of the mountain range. Before she knew it, Lisa had burst into tears.

She can still hear the sound of battle in the distance, bowstrings breaking, arrows piercing through the air, demons and flying dragons roaring in pain, powerful demon hunters are not inferior to some low-level demons, and elite old hunters rely on ambushes and superior numbers And the terrain is enough to compete with members of the demon army, not to mention the opponent is seriously injured. So there is still a glimmer of hope in Lisa's heart, she can still sense the magnetic field of the witcher.

But soon, as the magnetic fields of the demons and flying dragons dissipated one after another, the magnetic field of the demon hunters also decreased rapidly, and as the magnetic field of the last demon fled in panic, none of the four demon hunting teams that went to snipe. Now that they were able to move, they just held their last breath and confronted the incoming monsters. After the enemies left, these fragile magnetic fields began to dissipate one by one.

crackling. This is the sound of electric current bursting, the magnetic field that has been with him for many years dissipates like smoke, and Lisa can even smell the smell of blood lingering at the tip of her nose.

The girl's heart froze. Lisa knew that that person would never come back.

Now she is alone, no matter how far she travels, to find the grassland and the sea, to find revenge for the monster that killed her mother, no one will be happy, worried, or surprised and shed tears.

She was alone.

Therefore, this road to the distant place can no longer be turned back.

Above the sky, the battle of the legendary powerhouses continued, the starry sky was also stirred into chaos, and the astonishing energy radiation even replaced the sun, illuminating this small world.

No one cared, and from then on, a young girl was alone.

8000 words today, two chapters published together, although yesterday's update has just been added, but these can be regarded as compensation for yesterday's broken update.