Soul of Burning Steel

Opening the thick solid wood door, what Priest saw was a light golden crystal lamp in the religious style of ancient Ada. He looked up and looked around, and he could see the light between white and gold filling the entire octagonal hall , Priest noticed at a glance that there was a spinning rune dancing in the center of the crystal lamp, providing a bright but not dazzling magical light.

This is the communication hall of the castle of the Champion Academy. There are thirty-two powerful communication instruments that can communicate across continents, and there are eight private communication rooms. Because the students and teachers of Cold Winter Castle College may not all be locals, the college specially built this communication hall for some people whose hometown is on the other side of the mainland to talk to their relatives. In addition to the public equipment in the hall, if you want to talk about some On the topic of conspiracy, you can also apply for a soundproof room for long-term communication.

Inside the hall, five people were in contact with relatives far away. They noticed Priest's arrival, but they didn't care, and continued their topic.

"There is nothing wrong with it except being a bit strict... Well, the teachers are too strong, I feel a little depressed, only these shortcomings, I can't find anything else." A young woman in expensive clothes.

"Yes, father, I have enough money here, and I don't need to send remittances. The prices in Moldavia are not high, even much cheaper than those in our business alliance." A woman who looks like a young lady.

"Don't worry, Mom, the academy's courses are very detailed. The instructors at home are only silver-level seniors, and any instructor in the academy is gold-level... By the way, can you believe it? The swordsmanship class teacher asked for leave a while ago, and the substitute teacher It's actually that Mr. Brandon from the Chaos family! That's a very strong man, but it's a pity that he was only invited to teach us a class." It looks like an ordinary man, but he seems to have the imperial capital's aristocratic coat of arms on his chest .

"Father, we must speed up the popularization of magic energy in the territory. Don't be stingy with funds. From Earl Radcliffe, I feel the tide of the times - if we don't look forward, we will undoubtedly be eliminated. "It was another man with a noble coat of arms.

"I'm fine, don't worry, the task is very simple. My team and I are confident to win the top ten. Next time I get the ranking, I will go back to my hometown and marry you." A man with a straight figure and plain clothes.

Male and female voices of different sizes and different tones came from all around. Priest paused slightly, but the information terminal on his wrist was shining with blue light, guiding the direction. According to the guidance of the information terminal, he chose the private communication room numbered 02.

When he came to the door of the room, Priest raised his hand and pointed the information terminal at the magic circle at the door, accompanied by a cyan light shot from the terminal, shining on the magic circle, and the door was humming slightly It opened, and Priest strode inside.

The intimate room is simply decorated, with white paint, wooden chairs, and a plain dome without any reliefs or paintings. Inside the room, the only thing that can be called conspicuous is probably the huge mirror in the center of the room. This mirror is made of silver metal. Occasionally, line-like rune veins flow through the smooth mirror. Priest feels the door behind him. It was automatically closed, and the noise from the outside world was immediately cleared, except for his own breathing, he could no longer hear any sound.

"Compared with my hometown, Moldavia is really another world."

The technology is so advanced that it is almost unimaginable and unimaginable.

Slightly sighing, Priest couldn't help thinking of his hometown in the southern border of the empire. It was just an ordinary rural town. If it wasn't for the attack of the mad dragon, almost all the villagers would never leave that land for the rest of their lives. Everyone just Planting crops, harvesting potatoes and corn, not to mention magical equipment, even a magician may not be able to see it once a year.

But in Moldavia, magical equipment can be seen everywhere, as if it is a part of life.

But now is not the time for emotion, Priest took a deep breath, and then sat on the chair in front of the mirror. And as if waiting for his arrival, the moment Priest sat down, accompanied by a slight fluctuation of magic power and the sound of 'cracking', a magical light like snowflakes suddenly appeared on the silver mirror. After a while, the light turned into clear lines and colors, and finally condensed into a slightly shaking light curtain.

And in the center of this light curtain, there is a figure in the shadow, that figure is leaning on the back of the chair, holding a book in his hand, sitting in a casual posture, sensing the activation of the light curtain, he slightly raised his head and looked at Pu The direction of Rist.

"You're here."

He said so, the man's voice was low and clear: "I didn't notify you in advance, maybe I wasted your time, please forgive me."

His tone was approachable, and his words were extremely simple and sincere, without any condescending feeling, but the moment Priest heard this voice, he felt trembling all over his body, as if some overwhelming and irresistible threat was coming, like a gallop The tide of Hessian, the former caravan guard who once fought against the dragon as a mortal and even retreated subconsciously wanted to take his flail from his waist—but after a moment, Priest Then he came to his senses, he was not in the Black Forest, he was not facing the turbulent beast tide, he was no longer a caravan guard, and he did not have his usual flail in his hand.

Everything was an illusion, he was just talking to the head of the academy, Joshua Van Radcliffe, in the private communication room of the Academy of Winterhold Champions.

That's all.

"...No, it's nothing, this... It's my honor to have a conversation with you!"

Priest quickly calmed down—this is also one of his personal characteristics. This man was a little nervous and stammered at the beginning, but then it seemed as if he had passed a hurdle, and his words suddenly stopped. After getting up smoothly, Priest bowed his head deeply, and said, "I heard from Teacher Ellie that you want to see me, my lord, I'm really nervous..."

"Don't be nervous, Priest."

And Joshua behind the light curtain seemed to be very satisfied with Priest's performance, he nodded in the shadows: "You are a student of the academy, you don't need to call me an adult, just the dean."

"As for why I want to meet you, you must be full of doubts in your heart, so I will make a long story short and get straight to the point."

At this point, Priest saw the warrior behind the light curtain adjust his sitting posture and sit upright. He put the book in his hand on the desk in front of him. Joshua supported his chin with the back of his hands and said calmly: "I hope You don't want to join the Academy of Winterhold Champions."

At this moment, Priest did not react to what Joshua said, and after a few seconds, he did not react with any expression of shock or disappointment. The young man with a scar on his face was slightly shocked. Flustered, but immediately smiled with relief: "If this is the wish of the dean, I will agree."

"This calmness is a quality that is difficult to dig out no matter how you test it. It's very good, Priest."

On the other side of the light curtain, Joshua's tone sounded more satisfied: "I don't like twists and turns, you should have seen it, I appreciate your quality, so I don't plan to let you in the academy Instead of receiving a general education, you join a new and important department, the 'Imperial Exploration Department'."

"I don't like to force others, so before I officially invite you to join that important project, I need to have a private chat with you to confirm your intentions."

Joshua didn't speak fast, but he enunciated clearly. Priest carefully memorized every word Joshua said. After the soldier finished speaking, he asked in a doubtful tone: "Why Me, Dean?"

He understands Joshua's meaning of 'I don't like twists and turns', so he directly asked the question that puzzled him: "To be appreciated by you is definitely an honor that everyone in the world will envy...to be able to I am naturally very happy to be invited to join, but before that, I want to know what kind of department the 'Department of External Exploration' is, and why I was chosen... hiccup."

Although the conversation was clear and clear at the beginning, Priest was obviously too nervous in the end, so that he accidentally hiccupped... In an instant, he was at a loss, his face flushed, and he looked as if he wanted to strangle himself.

"Hahaha, hiccup, I really saw it... well, don't blush, your performance is not bad, the little guys who talked to me before you all looked like they were about to faint, hiccups are not a shame Some of them were almost incontinent."

Rather, the fact that he can still hiccup when facing him is enough to prove that Priest's psychological quality is indeed very strong.

Joshua didn't care about Priest's performance. After laughing a few times, he answered all Priest's questions seriously: "First, why did you choose Priest? Omni, don't underestimate yourself, you are the fifth student in the written test, the first in the actual combat, and the second in the comprehensive evaluation in this freshman assessment, so it is a matter of course to choose you."

"Secondly, although the matter of the External Exploration Department is not to the point that others must not know, but if you know about it and don't plan to join, the memory of this memory will be washed away by the college tutors-do you agree with this?"

"I agree."

Without any time to think, Priest replied bluntly.

"very good."

Joshua nodded happily: "Next, let me tell you, listen."

Joshua's narration was not long. In less than three minutes of brief explanation, Priest clearly understood the true face of the 'Imperial Exploration Department'.

This is a department whose mission is to explore the world outside the Mycroft Continent. The purpose of its existence is to carry out large-scale surveys and observations of the outside world with teams or individuals as units. Inside the department, all members are very important, and they are all elites who can solve most problems on their own—even if you are not an elite at the beginning, then it will train you to be the elite of the elite.

It is independent of the Imperial Military Department and has nothing to do with the Imperial Royal Mages Association. It directly belongs to the Imperial Royal Family and is a brand new department. It is precisely because of this that it screens talents throughout the empire, even Purui Little fry like Priest will not be spared. If they choose to join, then Priest will become the seed of the department and be cultivated with all their strength. It is not impossible to achieve ultimate intention in the future.

- This is an opportunity.

The man knew this well in his heart, and there was no doubt that this was an opportunity to change his destiny and his future life. Priest felt that his heart was beating faster, and the surging blood began to make his whole body hot-a department with the prefix of Empire, which is so important to legendary powerhouses, the project it will do will undoubtedly pour the whole The power of the empire...is there a better chance? If you want to be a strong man, is there a better chance than this? no more.

Still, exploring other worlds? That is farther away than escorting the caravan to the other side of the continent, and it is almost as dangerous as going to the abyss to survey...

Thinking of this, the shadow of his younger sister Britney appeared in Priest's heart for a moment. He hesitated for a while, and the vow that he had promised his sister never to be separated lingered in his ears...but soon, he insisted. Make up your mind and make a choice.

I'm sorry, little Lanny, although the time of living in Moldavia was very pleasant and relaxed, I have never been so happy... But just this is not enough, indulging in this superficial happiness is just for me Corrosion of the mind.

What I want is not just these simple 'happiness', what I want is absolute 'peace of mind'.

Closing his eyes, Priest had a realization: there is no doubt that only when he has stronger power can he better protect his sister.

After the mad dragon disaster that captured almost all his relatives, Priest has understood the truth, that is, if he is just an ordinary person, then in a critical moment, he can't protect anything—disaster strikes At that time, my father couldn't protect my mother, my mother couldn't protect my younger brother, and I couldn't protect my relatives, so I could only desperately rescue my sister from the dragon's claws and escape from the village... But such a miracle of success can happen again in a lifetime several times?

There is nothing more ridiculous than surrendering one's life to the mercy of fate.

Yes, Priest came to Moldavia from the far south of the empire, simply because there is a legendary strong shelter here, which is safer than other places, behind this wall called 'the strong shelter' Life, you can live a comfortable and peaceful life, you don't need to explore the distance, you don't need to choose a wrong path, you don't need to worry about the unknown in the distance, and you don't need to beware of possible dangers. Everyone can live happily in the gradually popularized magic energy technology And easy life, just spend your life like this.

However, people cannot stay inside the wall forever, and should always be the one to be guarded.

—Priest wants to be a wall that can protect his sister.

This is his choice, a man will never regret it.

"why me?"

Asked the question at the beginning again, after learning the information from the Empire’s Foreign Exploration Department, Priest became even more puzzled: “My grades may indeed be outstanding, but there is still so much gold in the Empire, I am extremely interested The strong ones...and the legendary dean who can enter and leave the abyss at will, if it is them, or you explore the world, wouldn't the efficiency be countless times faster than ours?"

Regarding this, Joshua behind the light curtain shook his head, his expression was quite impatient: "You didn't understand what I said...In that case, let me explain it to you in the most simple terms.

"Priest Omni, I choose you for many reasons."

In the shadows, the soldier narrowed his eyes slightly, and two spark-like red dots swayed in the darkness, he said calmly: "Your talent is excellent, when you were underage, you had the supernatural power to wrestle with the green dragon for a while. With top-notch talent, even if you haven't broken through to Silver, you can defeat a Silver mid-level Warcraft in the illusion test."

"You don't have parents, which means that you don't have elders to restrain your behavior. You have a younger sister, which means that you still have bonds in the world. You have friends, believe in partners, have a positive personality, firm beliefs, pass the test of psychological endurance, and have excellent overall spiritual quality. Good character."

"Priest, to explore other worlds, what is needed is human elites. The reason why Israel and I did not choose the gold of the older generation, Jiyi, is because they are not elites—these continuous surveys How can a guy who doesn't understand equipment, basic mathematics, and geography take on the task of surveying the future of mankind? Instead of cultivating these people who only know how to fight in their brains... well, in other words, people who don't use their brains to fight become members of the exploration team. Train a rookie like you from scratch."

"The most important thing is." Speaking of this, Joshua sighed: "Different worlds have different reactions to superhuman powers, some are lenient, and some are repulsive. These guys who became gold in the world of Mycroft have been With the brand of Mycroft, it would be fine if it was a world with similar foundations, but if the difference is too large, even if the superhumans who have not reached the legend do not blow themselves up, their ability to be suppressed will drop sharply."

Joshua unabashedly stated the information that only legendary powerhouses can understand. Joshua, who has traveled through many worlds and experienced the rejection of many different forces of steel, expressed the biggest problem in exploring the multiverse in the past: "They don't even have Unable to become a member of the Exploration Team."

Hearing this, Priest, who was listening intently, was stunned: "Hey, if this is the case, then if we also become gold, wouldn't we be rejected as well?"

And Joshua shook his head lightly, and said with a smile: "That's why I chose you young people who have talent but haven't actually embarked on the path of transcendence."

When he said this, Joshua raised his head slightly. Behind the light curtain, he could only be seen looking up at the roof, his gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the sky, and he said with a slight smile: "You will be sent to Enter the void beyond the world, and be sent to the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Field, one of the most special places in the multiverse—you will live there, exercise, accept various teachings and assessments, and then have the universal knowledge in the multiverse. Extraordinary power."

"You will become extraordinary people who are completely different from before."

After finishing speaking, Joshua looked down at Priest, and said, "Now, Priest Omini, tell me your decision."

Is there a second option?

Priest stood up, facing the light curtain, bowed his head, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly in a tone that couldn't be more sincere.

"I would like to join!"

...

"To waste so much time on this young man... Joshua, are you too free? The server of the information terminal is not so stable yet, you can check more when you have time."

In the study of the lord's mansion, Nostradamus was sitting on the sofa beside him. The old mage watched Joshua close the light curtain in front of him, and he complained dissatisfiedly: "It's just a full twelve minutes, just a talented It’s just young people, there’s no need to be so serious.”

"You're wrong. Treat everyone seriously. You can't say it's a waste of time."

On the other side, Joshua, who picked up the book again, shook his head. He picked up the tea and took a sip: "What's more, Priest is not an ordinary person. I checked his past, and you think ordinary people can Repelled a young green dragon at the age of eighteen, and then took his sister to run twenty kilometers into the fortress to take refuge?"

"Huh? So, could it be that this little guy..."

Hearing this, Nostradamus also felt that something was wrong. He frowned and said, "What kind of descendant is he? Or is it the blood of a certain legendary powerhouse?"

"Don't always talk about bloodlines, Nostradamus, don't you dislike nobles? Rather, it's because he doesn't have any bloodlines, so I pay so much attention to him... Most importantly, I like it very much. His character, unwilling to be content with ordinary happiness, wants to hold his destiny in his own hands, this is the seed of a strong man in my heart, Lisa meets this standard, and Ivan and Alva are still a little behind."

"Besides, there is indeed some emotion."

Focusing his eyes on the words in the book, Joshua read the contents of the book, and said softly in a faint voice: "Although I used to say that so often that I became a little numb after repeating it, I still can't bear it." I can't help but want to say it again... This is the era when the tide of great demons comes, the saints come, all the heroes rise together, the abyss lurks, and the evil gods peep."

The most glorious, the best, but also the worst, most odious era.

"Nostradamus."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"A new generation of powerhouses is about to emerge."

"I know."

The old man chewed his words, first he frowned slightly, and sighed, but then he smiled and shook his head: "I'm not old yet."

"I know."

Joshua replied in this way, he recalled the blessings of the lord of the sky, Geer, to this era before he passed away. He blessed future generations to surpass them, to go farther than them, and to reach places they have never reached .

So, the soldier smiled lightly and said, "So, let's take them forward."

I have always felt that the matter of supporting future generations is itself the responsibility of the forerunner.

Hope to express a little bit.