Soul of Burning Steel

Downtown, Cathedral of St. Laurent.

The holy emblem of the black ring was hung on the top of the church, and it did not tremble in the wind and snow, as stable as a rock.

Joshua carried An Ruiya, and walked steadily and quickly. The city guard in his hand was different from his officers and comrades-in-arms. The internal organs were seriously injured, but the external injuries were few. If he did not receive immediate treatment If the injury is stabilized, it is very likely that he will die, and the lightest is organ failure.

And he just happened to have something to come to the church, so he just took it with him.

After crossing the stairs, Joshua came to the stone-wooden door. He realized that the white glow covering it before was no longer there, and the reinforced and closed magical formations had disappeared, so he simply did it himself and pushed the door open. .

Squeak.

The sound of ice and snow rubbing against wood sounded, and the door opened. The soldiers walked straight into the reception hall without any hesitation, and the two armored knights sensed that someone whose strength they could not estimate had opened the door of the church, and quickly He quickly walked out of the lounge at the corner, but the two knights stopped after seeing Joshua who opened the door, and performed a knight salute.

My lord, why are you here?

One of them stepped forward and asked suspiciously. He really felt a little strange. In this cold weather, even ordinary people just want to stay at home and don't want to come to church to pray, let alone a distinguished Earl. Why do you have the leisure to come to church?

Look for someone to heal the injury, and I will leave this guy to you. The injury is too serious.

Joshua handed the young city guard in his hand to the two guardian knights, and sensing the arrival of the gold-ranked powerhouse, two students of Artanis also hurried over at this time, the two silver-ranked priests They are still apprentices under Pastor Artanis. According to the tradition of the church, they will not be able to start to be alone until they realize their beliefs in their hearts, make a vow, and obtain the real power of the Holy Light. Host a church.

But now, he can only follow his mentor to heal his illnesses and injuries.

Thank you two, heal his internal injuries a little bit, and where is Priest Artanis? I have something urgent to find him.

Taking off the clothes full of holes and gaps that were caught by sharp claws, Joshua took off his upper body and walked straight towards the aisle at the back of the church hall. He asked as he walked, In his room? Or the library?

Library, my lord.

A younger priest named Vic took time to answer while treating An Ruiya's wound and sensing the damage to his internal organs with holy light: Teacher, he is looking for ancient books about the ancient star falling into the inner sea recently, and he has been staying in the There.

fine thanks.

Knowing the location, Joshua took a step faster, walked through the winding aisle, and walked straight to the end of the church.

library.

Artanis stood in front of the tall bookcase, flipping through ancient books silently. He wore glasses with wooden frames and his face was serious. Beside the white-haired priest, there were dozens of similar books. It piled up into a mountain, almost covering his body.

While he was seriously reading the ancient books in his hand and taking notes, the sound of heavy footsteps came from outside the library.

After a while, the sound of footsteps stopped outside the door. Accompanied by a low friction sound, the door of the library was opened, and Artanis just made a bookmark at this time. He closed the book and put it aside. The white man The pastor said to the soldiers in front of him strangely: Look, our new lord, why are you here... you don't even have any clothes on, what's the rush?

Yes, there is indeed something urgent.

Joshua also didn't show courtesy to the acquaintance in front of him, he simply said: I want to use the church's magic communication array, and immediately.

Artanis frowned. He has been a priest for so many years, from the emperor to the poor, who hasn't seen it? Judging from the faces of the soldiers in front of him, he knew clearly that something important was going to happen, and it was very urgent, so the priest got up and led the way without any nonsense, Follow me, the communication array is on the second floor.

The two walked through the corridor, crossed the spiral up and down passages, and came to the second floor of the church. Artanis walked towards an ordinary-looking room, and Joshua followed closely behind.

Walking to the door, the white-haired priest stretched out his palm, white holy light rose from his body, and some stars-like brilliance scattered, and then gathered in the palm of his hand, as if he felt the resonance of this power, this door did not On the handle and the door without a keyhole, a silver circle appeared endlessly, and the complicated runes rotated densely, making people dizzy.

Pressing the light in his hand to the formation, Artanis read in a low voice: St. Lauren's Cathedral, Priest Artanis of God's Punishment, apply for the use of the Sunset Communication Array.

After obtaining the power of the holy light that meets the requirements and confirming his identity, the silver magic circle stopped spinning immediately, and the door slowly opened.

Go, there is a super-large communication circle connecting all parts of the empire, you should be able to use it.

Withdrawing his arm, the white-haired priest took a step back to make way for a path, and at the same time narrowed his eyes and asked, So anxious, can you tell me what's going on?

I suspect that the communication of the Black Forest Fortress has been blocked, and it may be surrounded by the Kuroshio now.

The words were concise, and after Joshua finished explaining, he walked into the room directly.

This is a hall with a circular dome. On the walls and roof, there are many translucent rune crystals. They form smooth lines, in which silver-blue and golden light flows, and all the lines converge. Above the ground is a virtual sun shining with soft white light.

A 'three-dimensional magic circle' hanging in the center of the room.

In this virtual sun, countless runes and energies form extremely regular shapes. They are combined and scattered in the white light, changing all the time. Ordinary people will feel extremely tired and mentally exhausted just by looking at it. .

But Joshua is not different. Although he is a fighter, his will and spirit are as tough as his body. In fact, without a firm will and a rigorous analysis of the situation, it is impossible to become a truly powerful fighter , and, as Artanis said, he has used the communication array many times and is very familiar with it.

The black-haired warrior walked towards the three-dimensional array hanging in the center of the room. He stared at the light, then closed his eyes, spread his mind, communicated, and began to quickly adjust the communication parameters.

After a while, he felt that countless data and coordinates appeared in his mind.

Contact, Northland, Moldavian Territory, Black Forest Fortress.

These key words flashed through my mind, and Joshua's spiritual message was clear and firm: Start connecting.

At his request, countless data and coordinates flowed like a torrent, and then slowly froze, and finally determined to be a huge fortress towering in the white snow and surrounded by dense black forests.

Zi...Zi Zi.

Joshua was not discouraged when there was no reply, and he continued to repeat: Contact, Northland, Moldavian Territory, Black Forest Fortress, start connecting, increase communication fluctuations, source of authority - the Earl of the Northland of the Empire, Joe Hugh Van Radcliffe.

The authority level has been determined...in the process of increasing fluctuations...Zizi...boom! Zi...wuwu...

This time there was a strange noise, it seemed to be the firing of goblin artillery, or the sound of exploding fireballs, faintly, there seemed to be the lingering sound of horns and battle cries.

really.

After hearing this voice, Joshua took the initiative to cancel the connection with the communication formation. He opened his eyes, then sighed, and whispered to himself: It is true that an accident happened, but I don't know that the battle has ended. How long has it lasted, has the fortress been lost?

And because he felt the fluctuation of the power of the holy light gradually increased, Priest Artanis walked into the room slowly. Although he couldn't see any expression on his face, he could still feel the seriousness in the white-haired man's heart.

Joshua, what happened? Ordinary communication should not use your noble authority to increase, that is something that is only needed for cross-domain communication.

...the fortress hasn't sent any text messages for three days. I thought it was because everything was safe. Who knew that the Kuroshio had started long ago. The knights were fighting desperately on the frontier, but I didn't know anything about it.

There was silence, and then he began to smile softly. The corners of Joshua's mouth curled up slightly. He turned his head and walked towards the door of the communication room: Haha... ridiculous.

What? But why is there no warning signal? Is there any monster with the ability to cover up communication?

Hearing this kind of news, the white-haired priest immediately showed shock, but then he immediately frowned, turned around and blamed the soldiers who walked away: How can you laugh, the situation in the fortress is critical now, I don't know how many people Trapped in fire and water, Joshua, those are all your people!

No... how can I laugh at such a thing.

Leaving the communication room, Joshua slowly walked towards the balcony on the second floor of the church. He shook his head and said with emotion: Just now, I just laughed because of me like this... This omen should have been discovered long ago, haha, it was just a peaceful day After a little while, I actually let down my vigilance to such an extent...

Really, funny.

Slowly opened the floor-to-ceiling windows of the church, the turbulent cold wind blowing towards the face with snow, facing the howling north wind and the freezing cold wave, the black-haired soldier was very happy, he looked up at the sky, his sight Seemingly piercing through the heavy haze, looking at the horizon beyond the reach of the eyes, the red pupils are like flames burning.

It's about to start.

The tide of Hesse, this is just the beginning, it will be the opening of the endless disputes in the Mycroft Continent in the future, and it will also be the real starting point of his life.

Artanis... Do you know that the current peace is just an illusion, the flames of war will reignite in the future, and the blood of the tribes will soak the sand, and the corpses will be scattered all over the land - this war, no one can avoid, justice cannot save He who loves to do good, evil cannot save him who loves to do evil.

Outside the window, dark clouds enveloped the sky, ice and snow, cold wind, and hoarfrost mixed with a little sand and dust swept across the sky and the earth. It was obviously such a cold weather, but Artanis felt that something seemed to be burning in front of him.

The cowardly have nowhere to hide, only the brave survive.

Looking back, Joshua van Radcliffe, the black-haired and red-eyed warrior, whispered to the silent white-haired priest:

My friend, this age of war and strife has come at last.

——Volume 1 - The End of the Northland Gale

This chapter will be revised later

The new introduction, please help me think about it, whether it is in the group or the book review area, I am going to be mentally weak...

Fine-tuning the second volume of the detailed outline