The so-called power of steel is one of the most primitive and widespread powers in the world.
According to myths and legends, the primordial fire and the steel of origin forged the entire world of Mycroft, and all material existences, especially the bodies of all things, are directly derived from the steel of origin.
The stronger the innate vitality and the larger the creature, the stronger the 'steel' contained in the body. However, no matter how strong the 'steel' is, it is inactive and cannot be controlled by human will. Ordinary physical exercise This innate power cannot be stimulated. It can only be stimulated through special rituals or the stimulation of life and death. This is the [Iron Revelation] that all warriors must experience. As long as they succeed, they can advance from mortals. A black iron level professional.
As far as human beings are concerned, the probability of successful awakening is very high. Theoretically speaking, as long as they are living creatures, no matter how weak and old they are, there is still the possibility of stimulating 'steel'. However, creatures with too weak bodies, such as insects and Rats are very likely to die while awakening successfully.
Creatures that are successfully awakened will become stronger due to the activation of the 'power of steel' in their bodies, but this strength will not be reflected in their body size. People who are successfully awakened may look thin, but they can chop with bare hands. Open steel.
However, it is difficult to increase the quantity and quality of steel in the body by relying only on one's own training, without relying on external objects. For the vast majority of warriors and knights without inheritance, bathing in the blood of monsters and eating their flesh is the fastest way to obtain steel. Method, this is a steep and dangerous road. As long as you step on it, it means endless killing and death. The reason why there are hundreds of Silver Knights in the North is precisely because they fight with Warcraft all year round and plunder each other's strength. Devouring gave these knights without inheritance the power to break through the limits of their bodies.
"…different from humans."
After observing for a while, Claire nodded slowly. With her knowledge, she could naturally tell that the girl lying on the bed was not a normal life: "Artificial alchemical life?"
But Nostradamus's body trembled slightly, and he asked in a deep voice, "Joshua, is this little girl your magic machine?"
The existence of the divine machine is not a secret to these high-ranking officials in the empire. As the chief mage of the empire, Nostradamus participated in the design of the previous generation of divine machines. He was no stranger to the psychic body form of the silver-haired girl in front of him, and he could even Said it was quite familiar.
"Yes." Joshua replied simply: "She is my magic machine, Firefly."
After looking at the two people with serious expressions, the warrior walked up to the silver-haired girl. He reached the bedside and touched his forehead: "I won't talk nonsense. Since the last time the space-time gate was broken, Yingying's condition has changed." She hasn't been very well, and around the beginning of January she couldn't even wake up. Although her condition doesn't seem to have worsened, I still feel worried about whether there will be any sequelae."
Joshua turned to look at the female druid: "Ms. Clare said that there was an aura of chaos in my residence before, which reminded me of the abnormal situation that happened to Yingying. Now it seems that there is indeed a certain degree of chaos. connect."
"It's not necessarily due to the power of Chaos."
Nostradamus frowned and looked at the girl in front of him. He smoothed his beard and felt that he didn't know what to say: "Joshua... If I remember correctly, you should have inherited the title in Frostfall Moon last year. , Feixuezhiyue only became the Chaos Guardian. At that time, you were only at the beginning level of gold, and your divine machine should only be around the mid-to-high level of silver. If you become the high-level gold level, you can still use it with continuous battles and battles. You can explain it with the warrior’s ‘characteristics’, but your divine machine has actually entered the second stage!”
The white-haired mage said with a rare exclamation tone: "The Radcliffe family has been guarding the space-time gate in the North for four hundred years. With so many generations of family heads, not every generation can successfully advance the divine machine to the second stage. , but it only took you three months, this... "
Shaking his head, after speaking, the old mage continued to observe carefully: "You said that your divine machine has been sleeping until now during the advancement process? This is indeed not necessarily the cause of chaos, but it should be the failure to digest the information you provided. Due to her strength, let me continue to see..."
On the other side, Claire's expression was not good. This elf beauty of unknown age was frowning and biting her nails, as if she was thinking about something.
Reasonably ignoring the childish behavior of biting his fingernails, Joshua looked at Claire's expression and couldn't help but think of the taboos of some druids in his previous life: "Don't the earth druids support alchemical life?" Appear?"
After hearing the warrior's question, Claire shook her head. She thought for a moment, and then said: "The mating of living things, the production of descendants, and the creation of alchemical life by humans are the same natural rules and progress. I just wonder why she The power of steel in his body is so strong.”
Having said this, the elf druid subconsciously raised his finger: "Artificial life should not be like this..."
"The same stagnant, stagnant power of steel as before?"
Frowning, Joshua whispered: "Is it because of this power that Yingying cannot complete the advancement and wake up?"
According to what the Druid said before, the stagnant power of steel has been infected by chaos, which is likely to cause problems in the advancement process.
"I don't know."
Claire shook her head: "You should ask him." After saying that, she pointed to the old mage not far away.
The two of them simultaneously moved their gazes to the old mage who was thinking hard.
Nostradamus looked solemn. As the chief mage of the empire, he presided over the development and put the original sixth-generation divine machine into practice. The divine machine 'Fan' used by Joshua's father was the old butler. The core design drawings were made by him. The old mage knew very well about the divine machine, but even he was unable to analyze the reason why Yingying was sleeping in such a short period of time.
Stretching out a hand and flashing purple light, Nostradamus released a high-level energy detection technique towards Yingying on the bed. But after the detection, his expression became even weirder: "The energy core is still converting? Ordinary advancement can't be done. It’s only four or five days, which is already ten times the standard time. How can such a huge power come from?”
If the conversion is successful, how powerful will this magical machine be
Feeling the look in Joshua's eyes next to him, the old mage thought for a while, and then said slowly: "Joshua, when I say it is a possibility, it is only a possibility."
His tone was uncertain: "The reason why your divine machine is sleeping is that the accumulated power is too much, which leads to too much energy pressure during the advancement, so that her core cannot digest it quickly, and can only slowly dissolve it... If it can be If this power decreases a little, she should wake up soon."
"But where does this power come from?"
Joshua was indeed a little confused: "If it was because I advanced to a higher gold level, I shouldn't have slept for so long."
"You should ask where your power comes from." Nostradamus sighed. He looked directly into the warrior's eyes and said slowly: "When you destroyed the time and space gate, how many chaos monsters did you kill? Thousands? Tens of thousands? At least two golden monsters were killed, right? Ordinary people can't kill more than you in two minutes in a lifetime."
He warned Joshua seriously: "Don't underestimate the mutual plunder and accumulation of steels. The power obtained by killing these monsters is more terrifying than you imagine. As for why these powers are infected by Chaos … Forgive me for not being able to tell for the time being, but it should have something to do with the time and space gate.”
After a moment of silence, Joshua asked in a low voice: "So, how to resolve it?"
"... It's very simple." After being silent for a while, the old mage showed a strange smile. He looked at the tall body of the warrior and seemed to have thought of something: "Joshua, as long as you wake up another divine machine and let it Let’s share this power, even if it can’t completely revive this girl, it can at least speed up her advancement process.”
"Awakening another divine machine..."
Nodding thoughtfully, Joshua remained silent.
"Suppose other people cannot bear the load brought by two divine machines, but you are different." Nostradamus smiled happily: "You should be one of the most talented warriors in the history of the empire. If If it were you, you would definitely be able to bear the load of two divine machines."
The soldier closed his eyes: "Let me think about it."
—A few days later.
As the chief mage of the empire, Nostradamus had many affairs. Due to the existence of a large number of time and space gates in the North, he was unable to use teleportation spells at will, so he could only set out to return to the imperial capital as soon as possible. Claire Windsong, the forest elf druid, stayed behind. She was preparing to purify the power of chaos near Moldavia and Moldova, and was investigating soil samples and air near the Black Forest every day. sample.
As for the main city, Beppu in the west of the city, in the bedroom on the second floor.
"...are you still sleeping?"
The maids had just replaced Yingying's bed with brand new mattresses and quilts, and Joshua was sitting on the edge of his weapon's bed. He reached out and pinched the silver-haired girl's face, and then said to himself expressionlessly: "You guys, if you haven't woken up yet, I'm going to get another magic machine."
After saying that, Joshua chuckled: "If you get jealous when the time comes, don't blame me for not using you."
Buzz. As if in response to what the warrior said before, a slight buzzing sound came from Hotaru's body.
Shenji's clothes are all made of magic power, so the maid can't change them for her, so there is no changing clothes while sleeping.
(End of chapter)