Above the gloomy sky, due to the end of the battle, the sharp sirens of the floating battleships gradually ceased. Now, one can only hear the hum of the mana furnace operating at full strength, echoing in the heavy rain and strong wind, and see the flashing searchlights above the clouds. Shooting back and forth.
The black dragon retreated after being injured, and all the irrational mad dragons around him also fled with the leader. They left behind the flying ash and debris in the sky, and hurriedly flew into the cumulus clouds to avoid human pursuits, regardless of whether they were involved in the attack. Is that cloud layer a rain cloud or a thunder cloud
In the floating battleship Gale, the service personnel responsible for repairing magic equipment hurriedly shuttled back and forth in the central area of the battleship. Although this battle was not the first battle of the floating battleship, it was the first time it had faced so many flying dragons, and it was also the first time. The secondary furnace is operating at full capacity. With such precious combat data, they need to collect the data as soon as possible and then send it to the empire.
In the command room, the captain of the Gale, a middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples, sat on his big chair, listening to the reports of the people around him with a gloomy face - roughly how many crazy dragons were killed in this battle, and the consumption. How much energy has been consumed, whether the remaining supplies are sufficient, how far away from the distant sea holy mountain is - and so on, these are roughly the questions.
Originally, these were actually great news. In the past, the captain would have been very excited. But now, he was not interested at all. He saw his subordinate who was still talking nonsense, the middle-aged captain. He said in an indifferent tone: "I don't want to listen to these useless nonsense - where is the Earl now?"
He was indeed in a bad mood. First of all, it was because of the appearance of [Death Smoke] Grandi just now, which almost killed them all silently inside the battleship. The powerful negative energy cloud could completely bypass the hard armor and pass through it. Various gaps, and even directly across space, erode their vitality bit by bit - the floating battleship is indeed a big killer when facing existences of gold level and below, but when faced with the strong ones of Jiyi level , but it may not be much better than a steel coffin.
As a human being, no one is happy about being vulnerable.
Noticing the captain's current mood, the staff observing the detection circle immediately replied: "The Earl returned to the deck two minutes ago and has now arrived in his room."
"...Then, continue heading towards the Holy Mountain." Taking a deep breath, the middle-aged captain looked at the holy light gradually lighting up in the distant sky, and whispered to the staff around him: "They are already here We've been met, get ready."
"yes!"
On the other side of the Gale, is Joshua's room.
Accompanied by the sound of slightly hasty footsteps, the door was opened roughly, and as the soldier with a serious face entered, a solemn atmosphere filled the spacious bedroom.
The huge steel element No. 1 stood at the door and did not come in because of its size. Hei, who was resting in the dormitory, raised his head in confusion and looked at his master who was obviously in a bad mood.
—What happened in the battle just now
The half-dragon guessed this in its mind, but it immediately rejected this guess. This was completely impossible.
It's nothing more than a few flying dragons. If it wasn't a little afraid of heights, and the fire element in the sky is thin, it alone could ensure the safety of the floating battleship. You know, it came from the world of Ilgona and the Stone Demon. Although the swarms of mad dragons that were fighting all the way on the battlefield looked impressive, in terms of numbers, how could they compare to the overwhelming chaos army
Regardless of the half-dragon's confused thoughts, the silver-white sword held tightly in Joshua's right hand lit up with the radiance of magic. Along with the surging wave of elements, a panic-stricken silver-haired girl appeared just like this. In front of the soldiers.
After Yingying transformed into a human form, she quickly caught the black giant ax from the warrior's hand. She reached out to touch the ax blade without hesitation, and then immediately softly cried out in pain: "Hot, hot, hot—it's so hot!"
In just an instant, the white palm of the silver-haired girl turned extremely red. As a spiritual body incarnated by magic power, this meant that the temperature on the ax blade was higher than expected. Thinking of this, Yingying didn't know what to say. Able to look at his master with worried eyes.
"... I can't turn into a human form now. The situation is a bit serious."
After a moment of silence, Joshua stared at the black ax in the girl's hand and solemnly said, "I'll try it first."
After speaking, he reached out and pressed the face of the giant ax which was still extremely hot.
The body of the divine machine is these weapons. Firefly is the silver-white giant sword, and Rin is the black giant axe. Their human forms are just for the convenience of communication and traveling around together. After all, the huge sword and axe, which is as tall as one person, is a bit difficult to carry, but two humans can walk together.
The Divine Machine is specially made as a weapon against the Famine Evil God's followers. Its strength is better than most of the equipment in the world. Although it has no special ability, it is enough to cut through steel and iron and is indestructible. They can be called divine weapons. In addition, they all have self-awareness and can amplify the power of their masters who have blood contracts. Even legendary divine weapons may not be able to defeat them.
But this level of sturdiness also has its limits.
"It's okay...it's nothing serious."
Using his own fighting spirit, he carefully explored the inside of the black giant axe. While trying to communicate with Rin's spiritual world, Joshua breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It was just a little overloaded. Rin couldn't bear it and fainted." .”
The structure of the black divine machine has not been destroyed. Although the ax surface is full of the remnants of his fighting spirit, which brings extremely high heat, it has not reached the true upper limit of the divine machine.
"Although the heat on the ax surface is a bit extraordinary, it is still within the tolerance range of the divine machine. It's just that my method of infusing fighting energy was too rough during the battle and I forgot to take care of Rin's feelings."
Reciting his conclusion to Yingying, the warrior couldn't help but look a little embarrassed and helpless when he said this, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of absurd joy in his heart.
- Shenji was actually knocked unconscious by his power.
You must know that in the past, the heads of the Radcliffe family had a divine machine. How much they could exert the abilities of the blood contract depended on their talent. Being able to withstand a divine machine and use it to fight freely was all considered. Above all, he has excellent talent. Just like his father, Bello de Radcliffe, who died early, he was able to make a name for himself in the imperial capital just by being able to easily use the magic machine incarnated by the old butler 'Fan'. His Majesty the Emperor also remembered it deeply.
But when it was his turn, he could use two of them with great ease, and could even overload the divine machine.
Although this is because the Radcliffe family has never had a Jiyi-level powerhouse before, so it was not considered in the design, it is enough to show how special and powerful Joshua is.
"Rin's aura suddenly disappeared after the battle. It really shocked me."
Now that it was confirmed that the black-haired boy had just fainted, Joshua's expression returned to normal. He sat on the chair in his dormitory and shook his head to Yingying, who was sitting on the bed beside him and was still a little worried: "I I thought there was an accident, and there was no pursuit, just letting Grandy escape easily."
At this point, Joshua's tone turned cold and stern, and he showed a smiley expression: "I remember its breath."
It was obvious that the warrior had completely transferred the depression caused by fear during this period to Grandi. In his heart, the damn black dragon had completely turned into a corpse and was about to face the pain of cramps and peeling off the skin. .
"Hmm... Got it, Master."
On the side, Yingying was holding Rin's body absentmindedly. After hearing Joshua's words, the silver-haired girl's face indeed relaxed a lot. Since her brother was fine, then the problem was not big, but even so, her mood But she couldn't get excited. Even fighting with her master after a long absence couldn't make the girl happy.
Hei slowly approached the somewhat unhappy silver-haired girl. He thought for a while, then stuck out his tongue and licked Yingying's face. The girl didn't react at first, and it wasn't until the half-dragon licked her for the second time that her expression slowly changed. He changed from depressed to angry: "Hei! How many times have I told you, don't lick me!"
Yingying is a bit of a germaphobe on weekdays. It doesn't matter if she loves to be clean. She just doesn't like other foreign objects on her body, let alone wet things like saliva, so every time Yingying licks her, the girl will be very angry. , but Banlong refused to change despite repeated admonitions, and seemed to regard bullying Miss Shenji as his daily pleasure.
But now, it was Hei who did it deliberately to cheer up Ying's mood a little.
"..." Joshua touched his chin. Although his heart was still a little heavy, he still laughed silently when he saw this scene.
Hei's wisdom has become higher and higher. Rather than being close to people, it is better to say that Hei can think like humans, has emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy. He will try to encourage his friends and help them get out of trouble. Hei can't tell it at ordinary times, but it's just Because it is limited by its size, it cannot interact with others.
Just the shape-shifting pendant is no longer enough. Perhaps the half-dragon needs some more precious treasures or magic to integrate into Joshua's life.
But when he watched Hei and Yingying fighting on the bedside, the warrior's expression suddenly hardened. He blinked, glanced around, and then silently left his dormitory and came to the outer corridor.
Steel Element No. 1, who was waiting at the door, immediately responded with a roar when he saw his master's figure. Joshua nodded slightly to indicate silence, then raised his right hand, and the waves of fighting spirit spread, spreading this All detection arrays in a corridor are suppressed.
At the same time, a little light condensed from the void, forming a simple and sacred rune. Then, with this rune as the center, infinite holy light spread, and then turned into a hazy human form of light.
The humanoid face quickly solidified, and a white-haired old man with golden eyes appeared in front of the warrior. He looked at Joshua in front of him, then nodded slightly and said softly: "Joshua ·Van Radcliffe."
"Hello."
"Hello, Your Majesty the Pope."
After paying tribute to this kind-looking old man simply and neatly, Joshua did not think about any nonsense or pleasantries, but asked directly: "Why are you here? I will arrive at the Holy Mountain soon. I will meet you at that time. That’s fine, why use the incarnation of Holy Light to come here secretly now, and ask me to block the surrounding sight.”
Just now in the room, the warrior received a message from the Pope. He said that he had something to discuss with Joshua and tried to avoid other people as much as possible.
Although it was a bit strange, Joshua had no reason to refuse, but he needed an explanation.
"Young man, the progress of your strength is beyond my imagination."
But Pope Eagle did not immediately answer the soldier's question. He first looked at Joshua's body, then nodded with a smile of relief and said: "Exercise the authority of the saints and carry out the cause of justice. Your path is indeed true." It should be a smooth road, but even so, the speed is a bit beyond my imagination.”
At this time, the incarnation of the old pope was many times more solid than what Joshua had seen in the North before. If he hadn't seen with his own eyes that the other party's body was made up of holy light bit by bit, based on his appearance alone, the warrior would It is completely impossible to tell the difference between the person in front of you and the real person.
Regarding Pope Eagle's emotion, Joshua shrugged and did not answer. The reason why he became stronger so quickly was because of the system and because of his hard training every day. After all, this is true. In this world, there are no endless copies and wild monsters. If it weren't for the chaos army in the world of Kallis and Ilgona, Joshua's strength would not have been able to progress so quickly.
At this time, the old pope also began to answer the soldiers' questions: "Israel has said hello to all the forces coming along your way, otherwise this cutting-edge floating warship would not be able to pass through the airspace of all countries so easily. , as early as when you arrived in the far south, Naka Fortress notified the temple, and before you fought against the mad dragon, the archbishops and I had already discovered your traces."
Joshua fully believed this. After all, this was the area around the Holy Mountain. It was impossible for such a large floating warship to be undetectable. The reason why they did not respond in advance was probably because they wanted to see how powerful the Gale was.
Judging from Pope Eagle's expression, he seemed satisfied.
"This battleship may not be able to withstand the Jiyi-level dragon lords and legendary dragons, but it can suppress the endless army of mad dragons very well. It is indeed a weapon in times of war."
For the support from the empire, the old pope first expressed his official gratitude, and then said in a calm tone: "Joshua, the reason why I want you to shield your surroundings is because what happens next cannot be allowed to happen. Others know.”
"That thing where you invited me to come and help by name?"
Nodding slightly, Joshua had already been mentally prepared. He said seriously: "Speak frankly, His Majesty the Pope, since I am here, I will definitely keep my promise and help you complete it - you want me to go and snipe The army of mad dragons, kill their leader?"
"No." After hearing the warrior's words, the old pope shook his head slightly: "It is enough for us and your floating battleship to handle the matter of holding on to the Holy Mountain. As long as we can ensure that the mad dragon cannot break through the magic circle. It doesn't matter how much one's intention is to block it."
"Are you sure?" Joshua raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with some surprise: "You really don't need me? Although I am a little young, I can guarantee that as a strong will, my strength is absolutely qualified. With my joining, the defense of the Holy Mountain will be impregnable."
"I believe you, Joshua." He replied with an unusually confident tone. Pope Eagle seemed to have more confidence in the warrior than himself: "The fact that you can defeat [Death Smoke] Granti head-on is enough to prove that you Your strength can be considered strong even at the first level of Jiyi. You alone can stop an entire legion of the Mad Dragon, which is something Mu Yong questions."
"But, precisely because of belief, there is a more important task that needs to be entrusted to you."
At this point, Eagle's words paused slightly, and he said in a solemn voice: "With me fighting those legendary dragons on the Holy Mountain, the great temple of the Church of the Seven Gods will not be lost, but Arnold On the other side of Si Zhiyuan, I have an extremely bad feeling."
The old pope finally stated his purpose. His golden eyes flashed with divine brilliance, as if he could break through the fog of history and glimpse a corner of the future. In a solemn tone, Eagle said to the equally serious Joshua Narrated: "There is an abyss crack there, and the five-color dragon tribe has obviously made a deal with the Plague God and the abyss. I am worried that they will try to use that crack as the starting point to temporarily open the abyss gate and send their reinforcements in the abyss. come out!"
At this point, his prediction seemed not to be over yet. The old pope narrowed his eyes slightly and continued in a deep voice: "Moreover, I seem to be able to see that in a few decades, that place will become one of the sources of disasters in the world. , if we don’t pull it out now, it will become a cancer that lives in Mycroft’s world and will cause trouble for thousands of years.”
"… half good."
Nodding slowly, after listening to Pope Eagle's guess, Joshua decisively agreed: "It is indeed true."
He agreed so easily precisely because the development in the previous life was exactly as the old pope had guessed - the Abyss of Anos became the most terrifying Eye of the Abyss among the three abyss gates in later generations. I am afraid it was because of the Dragon Calamity. During that period, the fallen Five-Colored Dragon Tribe did something there, otherwise an ordinary space-time rift would never have developed to that point.
"So, Your Majesty the Pope, do you want me to go to the Abyss of Anos, find the crack in the abyss, and then destroy it?"
Speaking in a calm tone, Joshua clenched his fists and assured without hesitation: "No problem."
He does not need to make any thrilling oaths, because the warrior's words are promises, and once a promise is made, it will definitely be fulfilled.
"Yes, but you're not the only one."
Nodding slightly, Eagle smiled slightly: "Through the oracles of the Seven Gods, I roughly know where the crack in the abyss is. It is located in the deepest vortex of the Abyss of Anos. It may be so deep that you may not be able to find it on your own. Come, so Captain Robzek, Knight Loranda, Sister Saya and other powerful people I invited will work with you to find the cracks in the abyss. As the strongest people among them, you and Robzek are the leaders. Or, they will obey your orders."
Having said this, the old pope looked away from Joshua. He looked at the silent Steel Element No. 1 beside him. A strange light flashed in his eyes, but then he noticed the situation in the room, and then His eyebrows were raised slightly.
"Joshua, there seems to be something wrong with your weapon."
Eagle said softly, with a hint of concern in his tone: "Do you need help?"
In exchange, he naturally knows the meaning of the divine machine to the contractor, that is, the closest relatives and partners. He is a little worried that this may have some bad effects on Joshua's state: "If you are willing to believe in the church's With technology, you can temporarily leave him to me for treatment.”
His Majesty the Pope said with some humor: "In the name of the Holy Light, there will be absolutely no sequelae."
"…Thank you."
The soldier was very grateful for Eagle's kindness, but he seriously shook his head and said, "No need... Actually, I have a better way."
Having said this, the warrior was silent for a while, while the old pope waited quietly.
Then, Joshua took a deep breath, frowned, and made a decision.
"If you can, I'd like to ask you to do me a favor."
Joshua stared into the golden eyes of the old man in front of him, and said sincerely in a very serious tone: "I hope you can take Ying and Rin to the Holy Mountain and strengthen them to the point where they can adapt to my power - maybe this is a bit abrupt, But I hope you can take good care of them in the Holy Mountain."
"No, this is not rude. I understand how you feel." Shaking his head slightly, Eagle waved his hand. He took a deep look at the warrior, with a strange look on his face: "This is not troublesome. For the church, taking care of the two The famous machine is not a big thing, but Joshua..."
At this point, the old pope's tone was somewhat meaningful: "In this way, you will have no weapons - the power of the church can indeed strengthen your divine machine, but it will never be able to catch up with you to go to the Abyss of Anos. Look at you With an expression on your face, you don’t seem to be planning to borrow the sacred weapon from the Holy Mountain to fight.”
He said playfully: "How dare you go to the Abyss of Anos without weapons? There is an eternal storm zone. Among the whirlpools and huge waves, there are even ocean monsters hundreds of meters in size. The journey is difficult. Incomparably, even if you are fully armed, you may not be able to reach the target easily, let alone with empty hands."
"Haha, Your Majesty the Pope."
After hearing that Eagle agreed to his request, Joshua's expression became much more relaxed. In response to the old pope's question, he just smiled softly, and then said fearlessly: "It is precisely because of the difficulties and dangers that I I have to go. In your opinion, even I would find it difficult, so wouldn’t it be even more troublesome for other people?”
“Crush the enemy from the edge, turn the tide from extreme danger—that’s why I’m standing here.”
"and."
With an expression of relief on his face, the warrior clenched his fists, and a fierce cold light flashed in his eyes: "It is also a challenge and fun to occasionally use weapons."
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I fell asleep while typing yesterday... I was in a bad state. This chapter will be revised later.
Joshua was a little afraid that he might accidentally do something to Ying again, and he felt that he hadn't written it well...
(End of chapter)