Soul of Burning Steel

The star fell in the morning of 833, April 17th.

This day was a dark day for the mages who belonged to the empire.

Because of their incomparably great emperor's majesty, they were very unhappy.

Very, very unpleasant.

Centered on the three magic fortresses around the Sanshan Holy City, the time and space fluctuations caused by teleportation spells continue to come. Just when ordinary people eat breakfast, there are hundreds of teleportations. After a while, the empire in the morning There were many more tired-looking spellcasters in long robes on the streets.

They rushed from all over the empire’s wizards, including dragon disaster detection team members far away in the South China Sea, explorers deep into the Black Forest and researchers nesting in laboratories, and even stationed in the southern fortress. Many of the entourage wizards in the group also came back.

After all, the Imperial Royal Mage Association includes all the wizards in the entire empire. It can be regarded as the top five spellcaster organization in the entire Mykroff continent. In terms of the size of personnel, it even surpasses the Seven Lunar Councils in the Eastern Plains, second only to Guantianzhi. The tower, just a part of the members gathered, the number of its high-level spellcasters exceeded two hundred, and these mages, without exception, all walked in a hurry, and gathered towards the Morlai Palace.

The black mist turmoil that occurred in the Second Underground Laboratory last night destroyed most of the Avenue of Truth, displaced thousands of civilians, and many precious magic experiment reports were corroded and disappeared. The direct economic loss exceeded 800,000 Imperial gold coins, and the indirect loss was insignificant. It is estimated that most of its responsibilities belong to the gold-level mage in charge of the second laboratory, Hasselblad, his disciples and partners, but there is no doubt that the other mages present are also jointly responsible.

Although the emperor's anger was mainly leaning on these people, the subsequent reform of the Wizards Association was closely related to all the wizards.

The Royal Mage Association is a veteran organization with a history of more than five hundred years. There are many factions in it, and there are strong forces everywhere. Even if Israel wants to take this opportunity to reorganize, it cannot be completed in an instant, you know , Most of the mages who stayed in the imperial capital for research can be considered to be relatively easy to control. Most noble mages have their own mage towers and realms, and even academies. Most of these mages simply accept the topics and tasks given by the association. After completion, you can freely conduct your own research. In terms of freedom, they are much higher than their colleagues in the imperial capital.

But no matter how free they are, these mages are holding research funds and special subsidies from the association. This is also a large amount of funds for the empire. For example, there is a research on the power core of the airship, this one alone. For the project, the empire threw nearly four million gold coins to research laboratories everywhere. It is not to say that the money is distressed. Israel mainly noticed that recently the wizards of the association have begun to deal with the tasks assigned by the empire. The casual feeling, the experimental error incident caused by Hasselblad is the most obvious example, and he decided to change this.

The specific reform content is still being discussed in the Holy Emblem Hall, but many of the Association Masters who are studying or investigating abroad quickly sent representatives to participate in the meeting. They are either worried or excited. It doesn't matter what kind of nature. There are also, but most people only care about one thing, and that is whether their research funding will be cut.

But none of this had anything to do with Joshua, who was about to leave the imperial capital.

After eating the late dinner last night, the soldiers and Nostradamus met with the emperor again.

The meeting was very concise. Israel, who paid attention to the incident throughout the whole process, praised Joshua, but due to the tight time now, he did not say any other nonsense, but was ready to give the fighters the reward he deserved.

"I heard that you also have a dragon."

Shenghui Hall, before the throne, when this majestic emperor talked about his dragon, his face with a trace of anger relaxed a lot, his eyes seemed to look into the distance, and he smiled and nodded: "They Although it's a bit fierce, as long as you get close to you, you are some very cute guys."

"Yup."

Joshua nodded in agreement. This is true, but Hei’s approach to him is to lick with his tongue. This bad habit can’t be left alone: ​​“It’s just too big to be carried all the time.”

Hearing a pity in the soldier’s voice, Rin who was standing by the side immediately became alert, and after a while, Hotaru also reacted, the silver-haired girl frowned, and whispered to her brother: "The master never gave the black Have you cleaned the scales?"

"Never prepared food for it, think about it carefully, we did all these tasks."

"He doesn't even take a walk in the dark... if he really takes it everywhere..."

The vigilant atmosphere spread, and the two looked at Joshua vigilantly.

"Really? Yes, yours is a sea dragon. I remember that it is the blood of a black dragon. Not flying is indeed a troublesome thing."

Not paying attention to the whispers of the young **** the side, His Majesty the Emperor nodded thoughtfully, and he whispered to himself: "My dragon has always followed me. It has the blood of the Hell Dragon, and its body temperature is very high. It’s also difficult to walk around, but it’s a star dragon after all, and there is always a solution."

"Gu Long should be the same."

After thinking for a while, Israel seemed to have decided something. He stretched out his hand and broke through a small space-time passage, and then fumbled for something in it. While groping, the emperor shook his head and said: "Time is too much. I'm too hasty, I can't thank you properly, but Secretary Radcliffe, I think you will like this."

After speaking, Israel took out a strangely shaped pendant, and Joshua took it.

This pendant is about the size of a human fist. It has a V-shaped shape and is silver throughout. According to the feel, the warrior thinks it is made of mithril, with a light blue magic light pattern flowing on it, which obviously contains powerful power.

"The Pendant of Changing Shapes can be used even by dragons... This is just a small thank you personally given. The Empire will never treat any meritorious officials. This time you have solved the Black Mist incident of the Royal Mage Association, and they will naturally. To express a little gratitude, treat it as interest."

As Israel said, he and Nostradamus glanced at each other. The two nodded at the same time, as if they had reached a consensus. Then, His Majesty the Emperor continued to say in a serious tone: "Because the Imperial Royal Mage Association temporarily I lost my skills and couldn't deal with plague-related experiments, so I decided to send a research team headed by Tamara Moore, the leader of the third research group, to lead Moldavia to conduct plague investigations there."

For this, Joshua was not surprised, because Nostradamus had said it before, but now it is only the Emperor's mouth to confirm this matter.

At this time, the old mage looked very happy. He touched his beard and nodded with a smile, and sent the entire third research group to Moldavia. Naturally, studying the plague was one of them, but could something like the Cthulhu Plague? Is it done in the main city without any professional mage laboratories? This is naturally impossible, and it just so happened that Nissi Snow Mountain, near Winterhold College, there is a spell laboratory that fully meets the requirements.

This of course has nothing to do with the recent lack of teachers in Winterhold College. Nostradamus is definitely not because of this, and he has specifically won the opportunity to let his old friends temporarily leave the imperial capital full of dark tides. After all, the wizard is in It's normal to do everything outside of research. Being an adventurer, a mercenary, or even a killer, how normal it is to be a teacher.

The matter is almost over. After dealing with these matters temporarily, Israel said that he was a little tired. During the day, he had to meet with representatives of the mages from all over the country. He needed a break for the time being. Nostradamus said that he would stay. Coming down to the meeting, there is no way to go to the Northland for the time being, but he has already notified Moore that Joshua only needs to find the other party.

The next step is to say goodbye.

The matter of the imperial capital has come to an end for the time being. At this time, the fighters are preparing to return to Moldavia through the portal set by Nostradamus in the Mage Association.

Behind him, there are fifteen high-level mages wearing gray hoods and robes, and they are talking in low voices, discussing their mission.

But no matter who it was, he showed great respect for Joshua, even for Hotaru and Rin, everyone was very polite.

After all, they are all mages, and they are all smart people. The strength and methods of the warriors are obviously beyond the scope they can correspond to. So instead of showing the arrogance of the mages, it is better to be a little gentler and show their kindness. Of course, this It may also be the reason for Joshua's deep charm. Everyone forgets what to say when they see his face, how can they become proud.

Even Moore didn't say much, this friend of Nostradamus stood silently behind the warrior, as if still recalling the dreams he saw at night.

On the side, the silver-haired girl was holding the V-shaped pendant, and she fiddled with it curiously, but no matter how she played with the silver pendant, the magic contained in it did not leak out.

"Master, what on earth does this thing do?"

After trying for a long time, there was no result. Hotaru couldn't help being a little discouraged. She handed the pendant to Rin and asked the black-haired boy to try it, while she went to ask Joshua's side.

The soldier was waiting for the portal to open. He heard the girl's question and couldn't help feeling a little difficult to answer.

"I have used this thing before. It is used to pass through narrow stone cracks and passages when taking risks. Generally speaking, it is to change the size of a person under the condition of ensuring the proportion. "

In the previous life, Joshua also used similar things, usually used to clear some special dungeons, such as the mission of the fairy kingdom, you must use the pendant to get it smaller, and those cute little guys hate it the most. The difference is a huge difference in body shape.

, But the pendant given to him by Israel is obviously different from the one used by warriors before~www.novelmtl.com~ The magic power surging above is more surging, indeed as the Emperor said, even if it is the magic power of the dragon. , This pendant also has an effect.

"But what's the use?"

Thinking of Israel’s subtle expression, Joshua couldn’t help frowning. If only to make the black smaller, make it easier to ride, and take it to various places, there shouldn’t be any need to give it to you so carefully. He is such a pendant, can it be said that there is any special function besides it? After all, the Diamond family has a contract with the goblins in the legend, and it is not surprising if there is any difference.

Shaking his head slightly, the soldier temporarily ended the association.

The space-time door located in the very center of the hall opened, and the blue light illuminates the entire side hall of the Mage Association. A transmission channel directly connected to the Northland slowly expanded until it was large enough for a carriage to pass through.

"Everyone, ready to go."

Shaking his head and dispelling the distracting thoughts in his mind, Joshua, as the leader, took the lead to cross this portal after a hello.

But what came into his ears was bursts of harsh screams.