Soul of Burning Steel

"Master, this is almost my limit..."

West of the city, Beppu, bedroom on the second floor.

Rin sat on the edge of the bed. He held the right hand of the silver-haired **** the bed with both hands. He could see a faint silver-gray light flowing between their hands. After taking a breath, the black-haired and golden-eyed boy frowned slightly and said softly: " Sister, the power in her body is too inert, and I can't extract too much. This level is already at the limit."

"Then stop, don't force it."

Joshua stood at the door. He leaned against the wall and looked sideways in the direction of the bed and said: "At least the situation has improved. Rin, you did a good job, but be careful not to let yourself in."

"Ok."

Replied in a low voice, Rin closed his eyes a little weary, and began to rest for a while.

Qiao Xiuya looked at the two divine secrets in front of her, and couldn't help but nodded. Although Ying on the bed was still asleep, her complexion did look better than before. At least, she can see that her expression is faint now. Change, unlike before only seeing the face that seemed to be frozen.

And Rin, after learning about the status of his nominal ‘sister’ not long ago, he proactively asked if he could help, and the soldiers who originally contracted for this would naturally not refuse this request. However, the young man had just succeeded in the contract after all, and he did not accompany Qiao Xiu in any battles. His level had not been improved yet, and his ability was slightly worse, and he could not do all the work.

Turning his head, looking at the red and black gem in his right hand, the crystal of steel isolated by grudge gleaming like a star, watching it, Joshua's eyes became solemn.

"Crystal of Steel...Is the world I saw with the mysterious power contained in it real?"

Muttering to himself, the soldier squinted his eyes: "Or, is that the world behind the time-space gate? But it feels different from what I knew in the previous life..."

In any case, there is indeed a certain possibility. The depressive aura and the feeling of being on the verge of destruction are indeed very similar to the post-apocalyptic world. It is almost the same as the Mycroft continent after the abyss invaded in the previous life. It is distributed everywhere. With the smell of death.

Shaking his head, and no longer thinking about it, Joshua took the gems in her pocket back, then turned to the boy and said, "Let’s take a break, Rin, I’ll introduce you to the current situation later."

-A few days later.

Beppu, the second floor, the communication circle.

Since the last time Nostradamus came to visit and left, Joshua asked the chief mage of the empire to set up a simple communication circle in his Beppu. This is because the Lord’s Mansion will probably only be rebuilt when spring comes. After that, before that, soldiers can't always go to St. Laurent's Cathedral to borrow the church's communication array, let alone the trouble of the old priest Atanis, it is really very inconvenient.

And now, Joshua is talking to Nostradamus.

"...This is the situation. The method you said is indeed effective, but it is not obvious."

The warrior’s voice was calm: “And I also found some new information. The cause of Ying’s sleep was the energy backfeed caused by my advancement, which made her start the advancement, but she carried a strange piece of steel with her. The strength of the stagnant steel released stopped this process and stopped her advancement. I think this is probably the truth about Ying's sleep."

"Really? The method is effective. This is really good news... As for the inexplicable power in the crystal of steel, I am ashamed to say that I don't have much information about this kind of cherished material."

Congratulations to Joshua, the old mage at the other end of the communication circle pondered for a while, and then suggested: "If it is alchemy materials, it's okay, but for these treasured materials for forging, I personally recommend you to ask. Ask the rune dwarves in your domain, they have the most complete mineral materials on this continent, and they have a deep understanding of any kind of treasured materials-at least better than me, a wizard who doesn't know forging."

"indeed so."

The dwarf race is rich in the world's top forging masters and ore identification masters. Hearing this very reasonable suggestion, the warrior could not help but nodded. He decided to go to the dwarf gathering area in a few days and visit the one who often wrote to His big rune dwarf casting, Senior Moria Ironbody: "Then, thank you for your opinion."

"It's okay."

The voice of the old mage on the other side of the communication array sounded very pleasant: "I am also very happy to be able to help young and promising young people like you."

After continuing to discuss other issues for a while, Joshua closed the communication array and walked to his study.

In the study room, the decoration is very simple. Although the soldiers are not opposed to enjoyment, they don’t bother to spend the time to decorate those tedious decorations. At this time, on the desk made of black pine wood, a black-haired, golden-eyed teenager is concentrating Looking at the documents on the desk, dealing with official duties.

Rin, this child is really reassuring.

Opening the door and watching this scene, Joshua couldn't help sighing, then sighed with emotion.

Since he contracted this magical boy, he has taken care of the work in the last few days. For this reason, Joshua is liberated from the boring and cumbersome official duties, and can also perform daily exercises and train other knights with peace of mind. , Train your own team.

I have to say that the information in Rin's database is extremely sufficient, and his ability is not inferior to that of professional administrative staff. Therefore, he can easily handle all the internal affairs in the territory without worrying about errors or omissions.

Not only that, this supernatural boy is also proficient in all kinds of weird and strange knowledge. Even Joshua, who is the transcendence rebirth, feels that he is inferior to his new butler in some unpopular knowledge. The other party is almost like a humanoid encyclopedia, knowing almost everything.

The job is perfect, he can cook, he can handle official duties quickly, and he even takes care of horses!

Thinking of this, the soldier couldn't help sighing.

Just this morning, the black in the stable became inexplicably irritable, but Joshua did not come forward this time. Rin calmed it down. For this reason, the boy even made a special feed to make the black Calmness, in a sense, is almost all-rounder.

"It's so strong, Rin, why do you know so much."

Qiao Xiu couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Didn’t you say that, because the master’s original synchronization rate with me was more than 60%, but the synchronization rate with my sister was only 50%, so the seniors and the old lord moved to the core of my memory in advance. A lot of special knowledge has been poured into it to help the owner handle your daily affairs... This is something that almost every divine machine has to do."

Shrugging, Rin sighed while looking at the file in his hand. In the last few days, he also learned about his master’s legendary experience over the past few months: "It’s probably the master, after you learned of the death of the old lord, you changed the synchronization rate because you were upset, right? The changes caused by the ups and downs , It is indeed something that cannot be avoided."

He flipped through a document, and then reminded: "By the way, the master, here is a letter from the dwarf. They say that the armor to be given to you is almost finished. If it can, it will be delivered in a few days."

"Oh? Really, it's a coincidence."

Joshua’s expression was a little surprised, but then he smiled and said: "Very well, I am also going to visit them in a few days... I don’t need them to send it, I will fetch it myself, Rin, and help draft a reply. Right."

"Okay, Master."

Going to the area where the dwarves are is not a simple matter to say casually. In fact, there are many problems that need to be solved now.

The gathering place for dwarves is located in the southern corner of the Great Aes Mountains and the closest place to the underground lava reservoir. They built houses in the underground rocks and soil, and used the energy of magma to activate rune tools to forge weapons. This place is indeed in Moldavia, but it is actually not easy to reach. Even skilled travelers and adventurers need to climb over several hills to find this dwarf home. There are also many special preparations on the way. .

Moreover, since it is a visit, you must bring gifts too. For example, high-quality wine and good-quality minerals are essential, and these are not things that are easy to carry.

Of course, preparing these things, naturally, does not require the Lord Joshua to take action.

Two days later.

Everything is prepared completely.

But just as Joshua was about to summon the team to make the final preparations before departure, he was suddenly informed that Clerre had come to visit.

Joshua would naturally not refuse, he received the green-haired Mori Elf in the welcome room.

Today, Claire Windsong wears a purple woolen coat. He does not look like the legendary druid who blends with nature. On the contrary, he looks like the fashionable noble ladies in the imperial capital.

Her expression looked a little tired. The soldiers knew that Claire hadn’t taken a break recently. She had been checking the soil on the ground nearby, taking samples, and conducting some special experiments. Originally, Joshua thought that this would be the case. It continued until she began to purify the earth, but she didn't expect that the elf beauty would come and say that she wanted to go to the dwarf's gathering area together.

"Ms. Claire, what about your purification work?"

Qiao Xiuya did not euphemistically point out this problem, but directly pointed out this problem: "Before spring, if the chaotic pollution can't be solved, the farmer will have no way to farm. This is definitely not your intention to come here."

"It's okay, it's finished."

The Elf Druid does not seem to be a talkative character. Upon hearing Joshua’s question, she succinctly replied: "I have planted the seeds of the sun vine around, and through collecting information on the nearby soil, I deliberately dealt with it. It has undergone a special transformation. This plant will absorb the power of the sun, balance the surrounding environment, and purify the surrounding chaotic atmosphere... Next, just sow seeds everywhere."

"That's it."

Nodding clearly, Joshua naturally knew the sun vine, which was originally a magical plant used to absorb the sun’s rays and purify negative energy, but he did not expect that this kind of ordinary, almost After being transformed by this archdruid, the cheapest magic plant can actually become a good thing that can purify the power of chaos.

The power of magic is indeed magical.

Having already achieved this point, there will be no problem, Joshua simply agreed: "Very well, in this case, then you will go to the gathering place of the dwarves with our team."

Anyway, the problem of chaos aura has been dealt with, so it doesn't matter if you bring her, and it is not a bad thing to have a golden high-level druid accompanied, not to mention that even if you refuse, the other party can pass by himself, there is no need not to agree.

"……accepted?"

There was a silence for a while, and Claire's expression seemed a little surprised. It didn't look like a disguise, but was really surprised: "I thought I would be rejected or talked for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be so simple..."

"Why do you think I would refuse?"

After hearing this sentence, Joshua felt a little inexplicable: "Humans are free to move, even if the purification task is not completed, it is not for you, a gold-level druid, to really want to go to the dwarf gathering area alone. What is difficult, let alone you have completed your duties, then why should I not agree to your request?"

"Probably because of... the expression."

Claire tilted his head a little, and then said in a calm tone: "It always seems to find it difficult to talk. He is a very vicious person."

"Faces...Listen, Claire, I never knew that elves would judge people by their appearance!"

As if choked, Joshua felt that he had to explain his image. He frowned and said in a deep voice: "Although I don't look like a good person, I am very unkind, but I am actually very good at talking. , Ordinary people ask me for help and I will also agree...what's the matter with your expression?!"

"..."

Covering his cheeks with his hands, the green-haired elf turned his head and said nothing.

——Next day

Perhaps because of living in the coldest place, people in the North are either as quick as fire or lazy like a bear, but no matter what, all preparations have been completed under Joshua's orders.

The star fell 832, February 24th, morning.

Outside the main city, the ice field.

Twenty heavily armed knights sat silently on their mounts, their waists upright among the flying snow, white frost and snow covered the silver-white armor with a thin layer of transparent ice, and they were wiped. The spears that shone brightly and gleamed with metallic light were erected, appearing to be in an extremely neat array.

Joshua was riding a tall black horse, walking back and forth in front of the knights, beside him were Rin and Kleel each riding a horse. The soldier looked at the very neat array in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

"I won't say anything else."

Use grudge to amplify the voice~www.novelmtl.com~ Joshua’s voice broke through the wind and spread across the ice sheet. He said loudly, "Knights, we are going to be the residence of the dwarves, the greatest ally of mankind. One of the settlements, so you represent the lord of Momordavia at this moment, my Joshua’s face, safeguarding the glory of mankind-so it’s better for me to be cautious, be cautious, and keep it now. This state is very good!"

"Yes!"

The knights immediately issued a resounding response, and the voices of the twenty people answering in unison were as deep and serious as thunder. They looked very excited, and they seemed to look forward to the upcoming gathering of dwarves.

"well."

Qiao Xiu looked up at the gloomy sky. The snow was getting smaller and smaller, and the temperature was no longer the severe cold that could exhale into ice in the past, now. Most of the winter has passed, and the first day of the recovery of everything is coming soon

"set off!"

Following his command, the knight and the horses turned around together, their horses' hoofs trampled on the frost and lifted up snow dust, and they rushed towards the direction of their target.

(To be continued.)