Soul of Searing Steel

Chapter 155: A sign of the end of the world

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"This is not a common occurrence."

Soon after, the gravity imbalance disappeared. Claire, who was floating slightly because of her lighter weight, fell back to the earth. She stabilized her body, then shook her head and said to Joshua and the others. : "This is not the earth element plane. Stable gravity is one of the foundations for the survival of the world. Its change represents the approach of the end of the world."

Shaking his head with some regret, the elf druid looked at the small world and said in a tone that was almost a sigh: "In the elf classics, the destruction of the world is divided into several omens, and the first omen, It is the extinguishing of the first fire.

In the deepest part of every world, there is a group of initial fire shining, providing it with the power of existence. When the initial fire is extinguished, it proves that the world is heading towards true destruction. Otherwise, even if the heaven and earth collapse, it will only be rebirth. .

The second omen is that the oceans freeze or evaporate, the water cycle disappears in the world, and countless space cracks also appear.

Third, the atmosphere is filled with poisonous gas, the energy is exhausted, the spells are completely useless, and the fighting spirit will gradually disappear... all nature will be destroyed, and all living things will become extinct.

And the fourth step is the overturning of the earth... Gravity disappears and everything collapses.

The existence of fire, the time and space of water, the energy of air and the material of the earth, their chaos means that the world is beginning to disintegrate from the ground up. Today, the rain of steel and gravity imbalance are becoming more and more frequent, proving that the world is rapidly moving toward destroy. "

Having said this, Claire looked around. She looked at Joshua, Moria and Rin seriously, and said in a rare serious tone: "We need to leave this world as soon as possible now. Maybe after a while, we will be able to leave this world." Even the time and space channel will fail, and all of us will be swallowed up by the end of the world. If it is not possible, we must try even teleportation at will. Even if we live in other unknown worlds, it is better than here."

"But the problem is, according to this artificial intelligence, no matter what kind of space-time gate it is, there must be an Aragami lair around it." The old dwarf subconsciously grinded his teeth and frowned: "The last time you saw Aragami, it was probably a lair. More than a hundred years ago, I could see their images every day when I looked up. Their number and terror were engraved in my heart. It would be fine if it were a nest, but not every space-time gate leads to Mycroft. This means that we need to break through many Aragami lairs to find a space-time passage leading to Mycroft."

Having said this, Moria shook his head and said: "It's difficult to handle."

On the sidelines, Joshua directly asked No. 3: "Approximately how many Aragami are there in each Aragami lair?"

"The number is not very large. Some are only tens of thousands, but many are even millions." No. 3 answered in detail: "The vast majority of them are not very strong, but a few are very huge. , the mountain-like Aragami are very strong and very troublesome, even I just drive around them and don’t come into contact with them.”

As she spoke, she also projected the image of this wild god.

Joshua raised his brows. He could tell at a glance that the powerful god that the artificial intelligence spoke of was the same kind as the Jiyi god that appeared in the time and space gate of Moldova. It was even the same one. Thinking of this, he subconsciously He clenched his fists: "There must be a space-time gate leading to Mycroft's continent nearby. Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to appear there... On the 3rd, how many of these powerful wild gods are there nearby?"

"If it were on the Great Plains, there would only be one."

"Then it can be confirmed that there is a time and space gate leading to Mycroft on the Great Plains."

The logic is very simple. The wild gods gathered near the time and space channel, and the warriors came to the Great Plains due to teleportation. This means that the link between Mycroft and Kallis is near the Great Plains, and the only person in the Great Plains who appears in the Moldova time and space gate appears. There is a Supreme Instinct God—Now, as long as you find the location of the Ultimate Desolate God, you can naturally find the space-time gate leading to Mycroft.

Regardless of whether it is sealed or not, at least the possibility is much greater than searching randomly.

"Very good. If you have any other information, please tell me."

Joshua knows that there is no need to say anything when talking to artificial intelligence. Even if No. 3 is intelligent, it is a different existence from normal humans. Their logic is abnormal. If you have any questions or needs, just ask them directly. They don’t understand anything. Called polite and tactful.

The reason why he was so anxious before was because there was no water or food on the desolate plain, so he needed to find a suitable source of supplies as soon as possible. When he came to the ecological cycle area in the Great Pyramid, Joshua was actually a little relieved. Without water and food—the bark and roots of plants are also considered food—then time is not so urgent. Based on his knowledge in his previous life, he spent a little more time and with the help of Claire, the spell caster, and No. 3, he made A small space-time gate is not difficult to build.

But now, according to Claire's words, the world is on the verge of destruction, so it is not the time to tinker with the time and space gate. A safe method always requires plenty of time.

"Tens of thousands of Aragami... at least."

After hearing what Rin said, Moria turned his head and glanced at Joshua. He frowned: "If it is a small lair, we can try it with the power of the three of us gold. Joshua, you are the Chaos Guardian." Or, it’s not difficult to restrain the Aragami and defeat them with the help of me and Claire, but more will be dangerous.”

"Can we go around it? Or sneak in and avoid the Aragami."

Claire made a suggestion: "Instead of fighting head-on, I know deep invisibility and natural camouflage. You can try it."

"impossible."

Joshua shook his head. He looked at the detailed terrain map given by No. 3 and said, "Look, most of the time and space gates are in the center of the lair. Do you want to go around them? Although Aragami has no brains, it is not difficult to detect us. As for the invisibility technique, it is completely useless for Aragami, who has no eyes at all and relies solely on sensing the power of order."

While No. 3 was watching the discussion between the three, he suddenly interjected: "Do you want to go to the Aragami's lair?"

The artificial intelligence looked a little interested: "Actually, it's not necessary. If you want to see the Aragami, you can see it soon - every time the gravity is imbalanced, many Aragami will come to attack the fortress. According to the time estimate, It didn’t take long.”

"... This kind of information should be given earlier next time, No. 3."

After a pause, and then sighing, Joshua looked back at the unarmed Moria and Claire, and could only say helplessly: "Do you have any weapons?"

"have."

Joshua asked directly and rudely, but No. 3 was even more decisive than the warrior - she directly mobilized the magic power of the fortress, took out a white spear and brown staff from nowhere, then used magic power to levitate and handed it to Joshua: "Since the evil god came to the world, all the weapons used against the wild god have been sealed, and only a few weapons can be used. These two are among the few good weapons that can be used."

Joshua took it and then simply handed the sharp spear to Moria and handed the brown staff to Claire. The old dwarf waved the spear and shook his head: "It's not a hammer and a hammer." The battle ax... doesn't matter, it can still be used."

The elf didn't say much. She just shook the staff in her hand. The green light emerging from the top transformed into the shape of a pitcher plant and then into the image of a man-eating tree. Then Claire nodded with satisfaction. : "Surprisingly good."

Next to Joshua, Rin stood on tiptoes and said softly to the warrior: "These weapons have some similar aura, but there are many stronger auras of divine machines around..."

Halfway through, the mysterious young man seemed to have thought of something, then shrugged and stopped talking. According to No. 3, it is normal to have many magical machines in the surrounding storage area. It is indeed good to be able to come up with two perfect weapons after a thousand years. It can be seen that this artificial intelligence is doing its best. of maintenance.

"Unlike you, these divine machine prototypes cannot withstand the erosion of the evil god's aura and are difficult to use. There must be very few of these aliens who can ignore the evil god's erosion."

Following Rin's words, Joshua moved his hands and feet.

"It seems like you want to help me?"

No. 3 still looked expressionless and very calm. She shook her head and said: "It's not necessary. Ordinary Aragami can't break through automatic defense facilities, but they can break through..."

"Make no mistake, AI."

Interrupting No. 3's words, Joshua sneered: "I just have itchy hands. I'm just helping you. It's just convenient."

After saying that, he looked at Rin again: "Are you in good condition? This is your first battle."

"Looking forward to it, Master."

With a chuckle, Rin also showed a smile similar to his master's: "Can't wait."

“…”

The interrupted No. 3 was silent for a while, and then continued: "Fighter of Order, your weapon has a very similar structure to the weapon forged by the Kallis people to fight the Aragami, but the runes and magic energy circuits are slightly different. There are differences, but they are all cast using the crystals left behind by Aragami.”

There was a slight distortion in the flow of magic power around this artificial intelligence. She seemed to be observing in detail: "Give weapons artificial souls to resist the erosion of evil gods... This is far better than the Kallis people, but there are still a few imperfections. After defeating the Aragami, I will hand over the corresponding information to you to perfect this Mr. Weapon."

"Thank you... you can call me Joshua."

After thanking him, Joshua realized that he had not told No. 3 his name, and then he introduced everyone.

"...the pronunciation of your names is really strange."

After repeating the full names of Moria, Claire and others, No. 3 shook her head humanely. After a moment of silence, she said: "The attack of the Aragami is about to begin. Do you really want to Do you want to go see the outside world? I must remind you that Aragami is very dangerous."

"certainly."

This time it was not Joshua who spoke, but Moria who said in a deep voice. The old dwarf looked serious: "How can we raid the Aragami's lair if we don't know the Aragami's fighting power in another world? We must take advantage of this battle to collect some information."

Now that Joshua and others have made up their minds, No. 3 stopped admonishing her. She bowed slightly, and then the projection gradually dissipated, but her calm voice still echoed in front of everyone: "Then, I will no longer stop you... on the left There is an emergency passage from which you can go directly to the outside of the fortress, and I have given you the corresponding permissions."

The projection of No. 3 disappeared completely. After Joshua and others looked at each other, they didn't say much. With the roar of the machine and the sound of gears running, an upward corridor opened on the left side of the ecological cycle area not far away. .

"Go up."

Joshua took the lead towards the corridor, followed closely by the others.

Passing through the spacious and silent steel passage, feeling the concentration of magic gradually decrease, everyone did not speak, but moved forward in silence.

Soon after, the exit appeared.

After crossing the exit and arriving at the outside world outside the protection of the fortress, a strong wind carrying black mist blew by. Joshua held up a red fighting spirit mask to isolate himself from the outside world.

He stood on the steel base, looking up into the distance.

A rumbling wind swept across the earth. At the end of the warrior's field of vision, an inexplicable light rose from the ground and turned into a pillar of light to illuminate the sky. However, the chaotic cloud curtain surged, stirring the sky into a black vortex, turning everything into darkness and shadow.

Inexplicable sounds resounded in the heaven and earth, and strange tremors began to shake everything. Along with the violent wind that seemed to be sighing, endless waves of dust were stirred up in the vast desolate wilderness, and with the rolling darkness and shadows, the black Red lines eroded the earth. They invaded, spread, jumped, and formed veins like blood vessels.

It's like the flesh and blood of the evil god.

Seeing this scene, Joshua held Rin's hand, Claire squeezed the ring and brown staff that Joshua gave her, and the old dwarf's hands were filled with fighting spirit, and he held the white spear. Cover with a layer of gold.

Rin looked nervously at the black lines in the distance, and he reminded in a low voice: "Master, it's coming!"

The ground covered with black lines began to vibrate violently, opening countless cracks, and black mist poured out, and countless wild gods condensed out of the mist. They gathered in groups, and then began to gallop, directly towards the body. The huge fortress comparable to a mountain peak rushed towards them like a black wave capable of destroying everything.

And Joshua glanced at the Aragami army that was gathering in front of him, rushing like a tide, and seemed to recall something.

“It’s really a big scene I haven’t seen in a long time.

He grinned, revealing his white teeth, and smiled.

(End of chapter)