Soul of Burning Steel

【--do you know? 】

[No matter what stage or era of civilization, there will always be a group of people called adventurers.

Their names might not have been called adventurers at the time, and what they did was not what most people imagined today.

But in any case, in essence, no matter what age or race, the so-called adventurers are all a kind of people in the final analysis.

In the barbaric period of ancient civilization, adventurers were the first to try to chew herbs and eat all kinds of strange creatures.

In the tribal period of primitive civilization, adventurers are those who travel and explore, find new places to live, and go to various dangerous and unknown areas.

In the city-state kingdoms at the back and even in the modern period, adventurers still exist. They explore dangerous forests full of monsters. They open up safe roads under the greedy prying eyes of wild beasts. , Break through the waves of the sea and go to the distance, looking for new continents one after another. 】

Starfall 839, May 3rd, noon.

In Moldavia, the northern land of the Northern Empire, in a hut in the southern part of the city.

Priest put on the wrist inlaid with the information terminal, and after debugging the newly loaded 2.7th generation special information module for external exploration, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Finally, there is the function of automatically scanning and analyzing unknown substances, and using the spirit to communicate with cross-language species. It seems that the big shots above have successfully analyzed a lot of black fog's ability modules, and the recent upgrades are really frequent."

Talking to himself, Priest stood up from the seat in front of his work desk, and after arranging his clothes in front of the mirror, he walked out of his bedroom door and walked downstairs.

"Brother, are you going on a mission again?"

A soft girl's voice came from a corner of the first floor. Priest turned his head and saw his younger sister Britney sitting at the dining table with a small potted plant in front of her. She seemed to be staring at the potted plant in a daze, but Priest's voice from downstairs interrupted the process and made the girl notice that her brother seemed to be leaving again.

"Yes." Priest stepped forward and kissed Britney on the forehead. He put his arms around his sister and asked a little funny, "Why? Haven't you sensed the force of nature yet? I said Now, if you want to improve on nature, you need to go outside more often, and it is impossible to experience nature even if you stare at potted plants for a long time.”

"But the teacher said that potted plants can be used during the enlightenment period!" Britney was a little dissatisfied with her brother's attitude, she patted the table with both hands, and said a little indignantly: "Obviously this little grass looks down on me !"

Priest looked at the silverleaf pine seedlings in the potted plants in front of him, and then at Britney, who was still staring at the potted plants with all his might, and decided to tell her the difference between saplings and grass after a while.

The child care centers affiliated to the various colleges in Moldavia, or alternative kindergartens and elementary schools, are now experimentally teaching some knowledge about extraordinary power. After passing physical examinations and small tests, those experienced instructors We will roughly determine the talents of each child, and provide corresponding resources to each other as much as possible.

Britney's school is such an experimental elementary school that has received special instructions. And Britney herself, in the test hosted by the elf teacher a few days ago, found the most suitable path for her - the Druid series about the power of nature.

To be honest, when the elf elder contacted him personally, Priest was still a little unbelievable: so his sister is also considered a genius? According to the other party's words, Britney has a natural affinity that is rare in a century, and with a little exercise, she can achieve greater achievements than elves.

"Did your ancestors have elven blood?" These were the elder's straightforward words, and this was also the normal state in this bloodline chaotic world.

Of course, now it seems that Britney's training is still long. First of all, she must tell her the difference between grass and trees.

"Remember to come back early."

Britney, who was staring at the potted plants, noticed that Priest was planning to go out, so she raised her head and muttered with some reluctance: "Next month is my birthday, if you don't come back, I will definitely not be sad of!"

In this regard, Priest, who had already opened the door, smiled slightly: "It's just an ordinary exploration of life in another world, don't worry - I also prepared a special birthday gift for you, just feel curious now! "

After finishing speaking, he closed the door with a smile and strode towards the Champion Academy in the center of the city.

[——Adventurers are always there, at any time, and the flood has become the common sense of the world. 】

【They slay monsters and complete the tasks entrusted by others. Adventurers form a small team to travel around the world, traveling for a rumor, a piece of news, or a lofty or ordinary goal and wish. There are countless adventurers like this in this era, and there are even some strong ones among them.

To be honest, this is actually really strange. If it is said that people who have nowhere to go take risks, why do strong people also become adventurers? Obviously, they only need to stay in their hometown, in the human kingdom, to have a lot of wealth, easily find a spouse who meets the requirements, leave more children, and establish a foundation that may be solid or loose .

This should be the case no matter from the perspective of pure biological instinct or material enjoyment. The existence of adventurers is actually incredible. 】

Priest is walking on the street, the LCD screen on the street is playing a piece of noon news, and there are all kinds of races and characters walking on both sides of the street: Druids and archers with elves, murloc wave breakers from the East China Sea , human warriors, rogues, and occasionally you can see a few dwarven warriors wearing armor even on the street, with beards and hair full of copper rings jingling--even mages are not uncommon. Discuss some matters with the shopkeeper in the alchemy point.

[After merging the seven duchies and two kingdoms, the supreme leader of the Roman Duchy, Grand Duke Fidel Roman, is expected to proclaim himself emperor in November this year. , the giant combat weapon called "Titan" or "Thor" by many people has entered the field of vision of many countries in many victories. This kind of magic puppet, which is extremely similar to the "giant soldier" in the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Field, has terrible combat power , Relevant personnel said that they have reason to believe that Archduke Roman may have obtained the design of the ancient giant soldier. 】

[The business alliance issued a solemn statement for the fourth time...]

Such a diverse atmosphere may only be seen in Moldavia in the North, or in the fortress cities on the borders of several major powers. These people of all kinds, with different races, beliefs, customs, habits, and personalities all came here because of a person's name. They may want to get a chance from that person, or they are just simply tired. This is theoretically one of the safest places to live in the world for the elderly.

Priest was originally the latter, but now he is the former - the young warrior has entered the gate of the Champion Academy's castle, and the original guard is already familiar with him. After seeing Priest pass the verification, the other party casually He waved his hand, signaling the other party to go in quickly, so as not to waste the time of the two of them.

So Priest successfully entered the castle of the Champion Academy, went directly to the top floor, and came to the special teleportation room at the top of the castle.

It is rumored that in each large branch of Winter Castle College, there is a mysterious room that is not accepted by all ordinary students. They are either located on the top floor, or in the basement, or even near the cafeteria, but no matter where they are located, these The rooms are never open to ordinary students, even if they are instructors, very few people can enter.

The students speculated that that room might be a high-secret laboratory, or a passage leading to the secret room of the college. Some people even swore that it was the exclusive lounge for the deans of the college, and it might be directly connected to the Lord's Mansion. And the Imperial Royal Mages Association, because he saw the Time and Space Archmage and the Earl walk out of it.

In fact, he guessed right, the portal is of course connected to the Lord's Mansion and the Imperial Capital, not only that, but also to more mysterious places... For example, the headquarters of the Empire's Foreign Exploration Department, and for example, A voidship named Granzafa.

"Hey, Captain, are you here?"

There were already quite a few people in the teleportation room, four of them were sitting together, wiping and maintaining their weapons, armor, and all kinds of strange fragmented magic props, one of them was a tall, muscular man The man stood up in surprise after seeing Priest's arrival, and waved to him, while the other three people also temporarily stopped what they were doing, and all smiled and looked at each other.

Knights and clerics are completely resurrected because the soul ball completely preserves their souls, and it doesn’t even affect their strength. According to the knight’s words, after dying once, the hidden wounds and various hidden dangers in his body are all the same. After sweeping away, his physical body has a little more potential. But no matter what, everyone was able to survive because Priest blocked the black mist's tentacle whip, otherwise, the entire elite team would have been knocked out of the two-dimensional form.

In the teleportation room, the exploration team was not the only ones. On the other side of the room, there were two dragon girl girls who looked exactly the same, and a pair of people who looked like brothers and sisters were chatting on the LCD panel. , the entire teleportation room was clearly divided into three areas.

【——The existence of adventurers is very abnormal. 】

[The same is to study hard, sharpen one's own strength, learn knowledge, and fight monsters again and again. The strong who stay in human society are definitely many times stronger than adventurers. They will fight the magic tide Be the guardian of all people in the struggle, and be supported and worshiped by all people. They will become the upper echelon of the ruling class, possess great power, and gradually control their own tribes, city-states, and even kingdoms and empires.

The royal families of countless princely kingdoms in Xishan, and even the royal family of Diamond in the northern empire stood out in this way, becoming the royal blood passed down from generation to generation.

On the contrary, people who go to distant places to explore, take risks, and search for new continents will not have any reputation, at least most of them will not have any reputation. They are located in a dangerous area far away from human society, living an isolated life Living alone, dancing on the tip of the knife every day, playing hide-and-seek with death.

However, there are still many strong people who choose to go far away, go to the uninhabited Jedi, fight various powerful monsters, and pursue various wonders and treasures in the legend. 】

"Come on, Mr. Syndicate, open your mouth."

In the innermost part of the room, Lisa raised the spoon in her hand with a smile, trying to stuff a spoonful of powder that exudes an alien atmosphere into Syndicate's mouth. While stuffing it, she whispered: "After eating this bowl , we will continue to design your new human form... Don't worry, although the gland powder of the 'Purgatory Devourer' has the effect of dissolving the flesh, it is just the original meat ball for you, no will die."

And now Syndicate, who appeared in the form of Lisa, was stuffed with swallowing beast gland powder that was enough to dissolve the body of ordinary people on the spot after resisting to no avail. He burst into tears: "But Lisa, I really don't know what to do." What kind of form should it be?"

"As long as Mr. Syndicate chooses, I like it-of course it can't be too ugly, it can't be too weird, and it can't be too like me!"

On the side, Ivan and Amira seemed to have gotten used to the interaction between Lisa and Syndicate. The two of them were changing channels on the LCD screen while complaining to each other about something in a low voice.

"Karin and Nick both went to retreat, and Alva also returned to the imperial capital, where his Majesty the Emperor assessed his study results in the past year."

Ivan switched the display to "National News Channel" and complained in a low voice: "There are only two of us left in the team, and now we can only live this boring and decadent life."

"You can also go to seclusion, exercise, and learn how to use a sword." Amira snatched the remote control and switched the display to the "Mage Weekly Special Program Station". She turned her head quite seriously and looked at the My elder brother said: "As a disciple of the lord, brother, you were unable to single out the poisonous marsh dragon with swordsmanship last time, and finally defeated the opponent by relying on elemental enchantment. This is really embarrassing!"

"But we are mages, right?" Ivan always felt that something was wrong: "Although it is strange to say that the disciple of a legendary warrior is a mage..."

"The strange thing is you, brother, right? A mage should know how to use a two-handed sword!"

"???"

On the other side, Syndicate made an embarrassing sound.

"Don't, don't stuff it, I really can't eat it!" "There's still half a bowl left, come on, honey, open your mouth."

Priest could hear the voices of everyone in the room, he shook his head with a smile, did not speak, but came to his team.

"The fifth exploration is about to begin."

He said succinctly: "Are you ready!"

"Oh! Of course!"

Everyone cheered like this, and the five people were all in high spirits. Even the knights and priests who had died once did not have any fear of the dangerous exploration mission—they might be cautious about a strange world, but they would never Pointless fear of the unknown.

【——A powerful adventurer, his life is always impressive. 】

[At the same age in their teens and twenties, a highly potential adventurer has successfully trained and started to take risks. Since then, he has wandered outside his hometown, completed various commissions, and explored countless desperate situations. They have become more and more powerful. Powerful, they can open up distant territories for the country, explore mysterious impasses, and they may even leave behind many magnificent legends. In such a life, if it ends well, adventurers can return to their hometown safely and become a respectable big man, but if they die in a foreign land, or are injured and unable to return, then they can only regretfully fall in the endless Man's wilderness is buried in a land that is not his homeland.

Apart from friends, apart from the familiar circle of strong men and adventurers, ordinary civilians may not even know who these people are and what contributions they have made.

But if it is the same person, the same age, and the same strength, the adventurer did not choose to take risks, but stayed in his homeland to sharpen his martial arts, join a guild or the army, and lead a team to resist the danger of the demon tide, he will participate In the war against the chaotic black forest, until the last moment of his life, he may still be fighting on the front line of the battlefield. If such a strong man dies well, countless of his students and soldiers will mourn for him. If he dies in battle, the whole country will share a common hatred. He must have a decent and heavy funeral, and his whole life will be written History is remembered.

He will even have his own statue, story, legend and even family. His name will live on forever.

The same is to contribute to civilization, and the same is to fight against monsters, but the two lives are so different.

These two choices are part of becoming great, but the gap between them is really too big, like a deep valley. 】

[However, even so, the life of an adventurer is so rough. 】

Priest dons his armor, he puts on his helmet.

The young warrior issued a low but clear command.

"start preparing."

As he spoke, he raised the large crystal shield on the side, and following this order, the entire elite exploration team quickly sorted out the various weapons, equipment and props in their hands, and then lined up without any hesitation or hesitation. Standing in front of Priest in a neat row.

"Set off!"

The five of them stepped forward in unison, stepping into the gate of time and space one after another—they would be sent directly to the Voidship of Gransafa, and then sent to the target world by the power of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field. There was a little bit of hesitation.

Priest, the corner of his mouth hidden behind the helmet was slightly raised, and his eyes were filled with flames similar to those of his teacher.

——Yeah, that's it, I clearly know that I will have such a life.

Even so.

Generation after generation of brave men are resolutely heading for the unknown distance away from their hometown.

I've written about the simple, the pure, and this time it's the adventurer.

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