"you say."
Standing in a corner of the hall outside the palace's secret vault, a silver-haired girl turned her head and said to her brother in confusion: "What will our future be like?"
"Even if you ask me..."
After a moment of silence, the black-haired boy replied calmly: "I don't know either."
—This conversation took place before Joshua came out of the secret vault.
Tucking her shoulder-length black hair back, Rin certainly knew what her sister was thinking about right now.
It is simply because they discovered that as their masters became stronger and stronger, they were used less and less as weapons.
This is indeed a very bad thing. Even he has to admit this. The black-haired boy has long known that his master, the warrior named Joshua, has reached the point where his every move is a killing weapon. He can tear apart steel with his bare hands, and he can wrestle with demons, even giant dragons, but he can only be defeated.
His body is armor, his fingers are spears, his fists are hammers, and his palms are swords.
Most of the time this kind of being uses weapons just because he grabbed one...perhaps because of the emotion of taking care of himself and his sister. Rin also knew that the master still cared about their feelings.
But in any case, if a weapon is reduced to the point of being 'used just for the sake of use', it is no different from being placed aside. Its own meaning is lost, and Ying is also troubled by this.
However, although Rin feels the same way, she has a different perspective.
"No matter what the future holds, it doesn't matter."
The black-haired boy stared at his sister's green pupils and said seriously: "As long as you can stay with the master, does it matter whether you are a divine machine or a human being?"
He chuckled and said: "Master has always treated us as human beings. There is no need to dwell on one identity."
"But we are made and created just to fight, so that our master can fight better!"
The silver-haired girl was still very confused. She lowered her head and looked at her white hands, which had a faint layer of fluorescence floating on them. After thinking for a while, Ying turned her head in confusion. She said softly: "I want to do it too." If you don't think about anything, just follow the master, no matter how you use or place it, it is the duty of the weapon, but maybe you are right... "
The girl's voice was so soft that only Rin who was beside her could vaguely hear her: "Because the master has always treated us as human beings and given us desires similar to human beings, I... maybe I don't want to be used, I just want to be used." need… "
This sister...
Rin couldn't help but shook his head.
Perhaps she was determined to be an abandoned product at the beginning, and was chosen by her master because of an accident, which caused her to feel inferior. Although Ying looked fine on the outside, she was always unsure of herself and worried about whether she would be left behind. Not required.
"Okay, aren't you needed now?"
Taking a step forward, the black-haired boy gave his sister a hug. He smiled and whispered in the silver-haired girl's ear: "Just like I will help the master with government affairs and you will help the master with housework, we have always They're all needed—so there's no need to worry."
"There are still many things we can do. The divine machine is not just a weapon."
—After Joshua came out of the secret vault, everything returned to normal.
A group of people were walking in the corridor of the palace. It was almost midnight. Joshua and others were preparing to go back to the Radcliffe family to rest in the imperial capital's property. Alfonso had already prepared a banquet, but it seemed that this time I am afraid that dinner will not turn into breakfast. As for Brandon and Nostradamus, they still have some things to do. The swordsman needs to go back to the Mage Association laboratory to sort out some items, and the old mage needs to go to the scene where the demon appears to investigate.
“Remember to come back to Moldova often.”
Arriving at the gate of the Morlai Palace, Joshua said goodbye to Brandon and Nostradamus in the awe-inspiring eyes of the guards. The old mage disappeared after teleporting, and when the swordsman was leaving, The warrior smiled and said to him: "Vildani and your two daughters miss you very much."
"Definitely, but Joshua."
Nodding seriously, the blond swordsman looked very serious, but then he showed a teasing smile: "You are so old, now you should find a lord's wife, right?"
"Ha ha."
He smiled and shook his head. Just when Joshua was about to respond, Ying beside her suddenly let out a sigh, and then took out the communicator on her waist. The girl said with some confusion: "Who, why at this time..."
This is a rectangular metal instrument customized by the magic professors of Winterkeep Academy at the request of the warrior. It is engraved with a two-way communication array. This magic prop can carry out long-distance communication without delay. However, although the link distance is very long, it can be It can only fix two points of communication so it is not universal. Joshua usually uses this thing to communicate with the territory when he is out of town.
And it was late at night. If it wasn't a big deal, logically speaking, no one in the territory would contact him now.
"give it to me."
Taking the communicator from Ying's hand, Joshua frowned and turned it on.
Brandon and the Shenji siblings watched on the side as the warrior and the person on the other end of the communicator confirmed each other's identities, and then began to talk about business. Joshua's expression was serious at first, then turned into shock, and then... Angry, then gradually calmed down: "Okay, I understand, thank you very much, Loranda, this matter has nothing to do with you, there is no need to blame yourself."
"It's okay. I will come back to deal with this matter... It's not a big problem. The celebration banquet is not just for one day. It doesn't matter if you don't want to participate. I have already met His Majesty the Emperor."
"I understand. Just stabilize the situation around you and deal with the environment. I'll be there right away."
With that said, he closed the communication circle with an expressionless face.
"What's the matter, friend?"
And Brandon looked at the soldier's somewhat darkened face and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Is there something wrong with the territory?"
He could vaguely hear what seemed to be something happening in the territory, and it was something serious, requiring Joshua to return quickly.
"It's nothing, Brandon, it's just a small matter."
Handing the communicator back to Yingying, Joshua sneered, his eyes flashing with danger: "The horse at home is disobedient and runs around, causing some trouble."
- I said it clearly, keep an eye on the teleportation array and don’t move around, but I still ran past it! This doesn't take my words to heart at all!
When he thought of this, the soldier's expression became even colder: "I'll just go back and teach it a lesson."
Ilgnar World, the next afternoon.
Under the guidance of Professor Nelson, Black and a heavily armed armored army arrived at Sapphire Port, the largest coastal port in the Babel Province.
Sapphire Port is a large port located on the northeastern coast of the Gulf Federation. It has an advantageous geographical location and is naturally a deep-water port. Years of artificial transformation have brought its cargo throughput to a terrifying level. In addition, Sapphire Port The scenery is beautiful. Because there is no wind all year round, the calm sea water is as bright as a gem under the sun. This is also the origin of its name.
The reason why the Black Belt was brought to Sapphire Harbor was because the capital of Babel Province could not provide the food and housing requirements of such a behemoth. Due to the eruption of Sigmar volcano, hundreds of thousands of refugees wandered into the province. Among the many cities, the capital is the most numerous.
With the growing national power of the Gulf Federation, there is no problem in providing food, clothing, housing and transportation to the refugees, and there is even enough energy to hold a carnival to enhance the atmosphere. However, it is different for such a huge existence as a half-dragon. Although Hei is very close to the elves, I don't know how many timid elves will be frightened to death by the dragon's power if it is allowed to walk freely, and the daily food of a dragon is not what a city that does not produce food can provide, not to mention that according to the researchers' judgment, half-dragons are aquatic species. Although it is possible to live in magma or high-temperature hot springs, seawater is obviously more suitable for it than land.
Moreover, there is a lot of food in the sea, which can reduce the pressure on food. Even if Hei doesn't want to hunt, transporting food at the port is more convenient than inland.
On the way to Sapphire Port, Professor Nelson, who was sitting on top of the armored vehicle, never gave up communicating with Hei. He even asked his students to take out the research materials on the language of the Plains people that had been collected for many years, and corrected himself as much as possible. pronunciation problem, but the nature of black is not very high.
Because it always feels a chill running up and down its spine, as if it is being targeted by some extremely terrifying existence. Now that the half-dragon is of ancient dragon bloodline, it rarely feels this danger.
what happened? It was a little uneasy. Even though the old elf beside him kept saying something, Hei didn't pay much attention to it. The cold was so terrible that it made the half-dragon's limbs feel weak.
While the white-haired old elf professor was chattering endlessly about the horse, the team finally arrived on a hill on the outskirts of Sapphire Port, from where they could overlook the scenery of the port in the distance.
But no matter who the elves in the team were, when they saw the scene in front of them, they couldn't help but be shocked and speechless.
Because the sea is turning red.
There is a commotion taking place in the port. I don’t know if it happened a long time ago or just happened not long ago. Under the sunlight in the afternoon, the originally blue sea of gems in the distance is becoming turbid at a speed visible to the naked eye. , countless black mud and rots accumulated on the seabed were washed up by an inexplicable force, dyeing the sea area within dozens of kilometers with a strange black-red color.
As the sea water became more and more turbid, everyone also smelled a strange smell. This smell was very familiar, a bit like sulfur, and mixed with the smell of dead fish that is often smelled in port cities. It was a bit like yes…
"Roar!"
Black suddenly reacted. He immediately turned his head and looked at Professor Nelson. The half-dragon roared several times and seemed to be saying something, but the old elf couldn't understand a word. In his anxiety, he suddenly understood something. .
"This smell is very similar to the smell of the Volcano Dragon... sulfur, lava, volcano... volcano?!"
Looking in astonishment at the source of the reddened sea water in the distance, where countless dead fish were floating, churning, and seemingly boiling, Nelson came up with the worst guess in his mind.
"Could it be that it's an undersea volcano?!"
Today my roommate returned to China, helped him prepare his luggage and sent him to the plane. The update was late...
(End of chapter)