Joshua returned to the ark.
"It's really neat and tidy."
Robzek and the warrior nodded to each other, and after saying hello, they looked sideways at the sea area infected with blue blood: "In just a few minutes, you killed the Abyss Demonic Dragon..."
When he said this, there was a trace of surprise on his expression. The silver-haired paladin knew that he could not do this. Although an abyssal dragon at the peak of gold was actually nothing to him, Robzek could not do it so quickly. He wanted to kill the opponent, so when facing Joshua who was beyond his imagination, his tone was more solemn than before.
This kind of strength of the warrior does not look like he has just broken through the ultimate intention. This makes many speculations in the Seven Gods Church intelligence become empty talk, because no matter how overestimated, it is still inferior to the real Joshua.
"The means are simply different." Guessing the unspoken doubts of the other party, Joshua said concisely: "You are a paladin who controls the holy light. You need to protect your companions. Your goal is victory, and your ability is biased toward defense, not killing. opponent."
"And I." When he said this, the warrior shrugged: "I am good at this."
Nodding silently, Robzek didn't say much. The stronger the warriors are, the more they explore the Abyss of Anos this time, so that the plan for the abyss will be smoother. Regarding this, he actually thinks in his heart happy.
On the side, Saya also lifted the magical barriers around herself.
In fact, with the power of the Great Sister alone, it is impossible for the sea monsters in this black sea to threaten the temple ark. In the form of a holy light fort, she has overwhelming suppression power against all low-level monsters, even if There are some powerful sea beasts that can break through Saya's blockage, and Robzek and Loranda will also take action to kill them. With the cooperation of the three of them, they can indeed roam the Abyss of Anos.
"It's a pity..." She also walked to the edge of the boat and looked at the sea with her eyes covered by the blindfold. Saya's voice was filled with regret: "Although this abyssal dragon is a little infected by the breath of the abyss, it is still It's not those weird monsters. It should know something, such as the situation of the central whirlpool in the Abyss of Anos, and where those monsters come from... We could have asked it, collected information and then sent it to Kill them so that their value can be squeezed out."
From this tone, it seemed that this kind and gentle nun was unexpectedly cold-blooded and devoid of any mercy when facing monsters.
After hearing these words, Joshua couldn't help but become a little interested. He asked curiously: "What kind of monster? Could it be." At this point, the warrior pointed at an eroding sea beast that was fleeing the sea area where the Ark was in panic: "These Doesn’t it count?”
"Of course these weak sea beasts are not 'monsters'. Without the breath of the abyss, they will soon return to their original state. They can only be said to be eroded creatures."
Facing Joshua's question, Saya smiled slightly and replied in a clear and gentle tone: "Mr. Earl, because you just came here not long ago, we still have a lot of information that we haven't told you. We have explored it four times. The last time we reached the Abyss of Anos was near the central whirlpool, but we had to withdraw due to some accidents... And at the end of that exploration, near the whirlpool, we fought hard with several very strange ocean monsters. Once, they became extremely powerful, so powerful that it frightened us."
The right eyebrow was raised slightly, and Joshua could tell that Saya's tone was very serious. The so-called hard battle should indeed be a truly evenly matched and hard battle, and the frightening feeling that followed was not an exaggeration.
But what kind of monster can do this? You must know that the combination of three people from the church in front of you includes a veteran Paladin of Ultimate Intention, a nun at the peak of gold and a genius Paladin. This combination in the mainland is enough to easily wipe out a cult and decide a Victory in a battle or a head-on confrontation with the medium-level Black Forest Demon Tide.
Coupled with Hill and his sea dragon companions, the unknown invitation powerhouse, and the combat power of the Time No. 1, the monsters that can make these people fall into a tough battle... It's really interesting.
"Speaking of which, Joshua, from what I've seen, those monsters seem to have some connection with you."
Rolanda on the side suddenly spoke. He seemed to have remembered something, so he turned to look at the warrior thoughtfully: "The aura on them is somewhat similar to the aura on Ying and Rin... although they are biased toward chaos, while Ying and Rin are... Rin is very normal—but there are similarities."
With a frown, Joshua immediately became alert, and just as he was about to ask, on the other side of the ark, the blue Stegosaurus that had been accompanying him slowly sank into the sea, while Hei tried to climb onto the deck. When the warrior saw this, he used his fighting spirit to throw the shape-shifting pendant that fell on the deck to the half-dragon. After that, with a burst of magic power, Black returned to the size of a horse, and then it took the pendant and trotted all the way to the His side.
In response, Joshua patted Hei's head and praised it for its fighting. He looked up at the sky where it was still pouring rain, and solemnly said to the three people beside him: "Loranda, you At least let me be clear... Go back to the cabin first, and please be sure to tell me later how those monsters are similar to Hotaru and Rin."
"No problem." The blond paladin nodded simply, but he was a little surprised to see the warrior showing such obvious concern.
Loranda thought that Joshua, outside of battle, would always have that flat tone and calm expression that seemed to show no interest.
—Inside the ark, a rest cabin.
As the actual leader of the Temple Ark, Robzek is currently determining his position with the crew and continuing to move towards the central whirlpool. Saya seems to be going to see someone, so she has to leave for the time being. , only Joshua and Loranda were at the square table.
"Say it, Loranda."
After taking a sip of the slightly hot tea, Joshua put it aside, then sat upright, and seriously asked the paladin who drank an unknown drink beside him: "What are you talking about?" What exactly are monsters? Why do their auras resemble those of Hotaru and Rin?"
"You also know that the purpose of our team is not only to purify the sea area of Anos Abyss, but also to destroy the abyss crack in the central maelstrom, and to find out what conspiracy those demons and the five-color dragon are playing."
Loranda is different from the slightly unfamiliar Robzek and Saya. He has a more familiar relationship with Joshua, so his tone is more colloquial: "But it's strange, except for those sea beasts infected by the abyss, all the people around the world are surrounded by them." The powerful monsters near the whirlpool have no traces of the power of the abyss, and neither their appearance nor their aura has anything to do with demons."
According to the description of the Paladin, the powerful monsters near the maelstrom have different shapes, but they all have smooth carapace, and the joints and spine of the body are all composed of translucent crystal structures. They look more like deformed sea monsters than Rather, they are huge insects covered in crystal.
The most suspicious thing is that they don't have the smell of the abyss, but instead have a strange chaotic fluctuation.
Speaking of this, Rolanda lowered her voice subconsciously, and leaned a little in the direction of Joshua: "That should be a similar existence to the stone demon in the world of Ilgna, a descendant of a certain evil god, plus they and Hotaru and Rin have a similar flavor, Joshua—I suspect they are the spawn of the evil gods in the sealed land where the Radcliffe family is stationed."
"You guessed it right... Crystal Insect Yourmadais, Aragami."
After hearing the paladin's description, Joshua frowned and murmured softly: "Indeed, the divine machine was made from the remaining materials after the Aragami was killed. Firefly and Rin have nothing to do with them. Similar flavors are not surprising... but why are they here?"
Although this question was asked, the soldier shook his head, already having an answer in his mind.
This is normal. The Evil God of Famine has invaded many worlds one after another. A thousand years ago, it turned the world of Kallis into a desolate ruin, leaving only a few less-than-legendary Gods to take over. It's not surprising that another world invasion linked to Mycroft's world has been found.
But the Abyss of Anos is the interface between the abyss and Mycroft's world. What does this have to do with the Evil God of Famine
"The situation is a bit complicated, but thank you for informing me." Joshua picked up the tea cup beside him and motioned for Loranda to clink the cups. The Paladin looked at his empty cup and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "What we drank is not Wine, no matter what glasses you drink, you will be near the maelstrom anyway, and after you see it with your own eyes, you don’t need my reminder."
"At least it made me mentally prepared."
Upon seeing this, Joshua was about to pour a cup of tea for Rolanda. This tea came from a famous teahouse in the eastern plains. It has the effect of focusing the mind and driving away distracting thoughts. It is loved by many mages. Of course, it is not something that a warrior would drink. Because he needs to soothe his mind to meditate, but because this thing tastes a bit like green tea and is refreshing to drink.
But it was obvious that the Paladin was not sensitive to this thing. He quickly waved his hand and refused: "Forget it, I don't want to drink such bitter things."
And just when Loranda stood up and prepared to find herself some other drinks, the door to the rest cabin was opened.
The door was opened very hastily, but the two people in the cabin had already noticed the footsteps in the corridor outside, so they were not surprised. Joshua calmly raised his hand to the elf boy at the door and said hello: "You Well, Mr. Hill, aren’t you resting in your room?”
"That's right." After seeing the warrior, the elf boy couldn't help curling his lips. He said with some displeasure: "If it weren't for someone's accident, we would have at least had more than one day of rest - I can't believe that the storm And the huge waves were actually triggered in advance."
"My fault."
He admitted his mistake simply and neatly. Joshua also knew that his accident due to the fire array had disrupted the plans of the entire Ark team, so he simply took another cup and poured a cup of tea: "So, want a drink?"
"Except when I'm drunk, I don't touch this bitter stuff."
After saying something similar to that of the Paladin, Hill simply walked over, sat opposite Joshua and took the tea cup. He frowned delicately, then took a big sip of tea, and his face suddenly became ugly: "It's so bitter. How can you like this thing?"
At this time, the elf boy—although he seemed to be older than the warrior, let’s just call him that—was wearing a sea-blue robe with a coat of arms drawn on it with a giant dragon and dragon spears crossed. Joshua knew that this was The logo of the Eastern Plains Sea Dragon Knights, with the logo of two golden dolphins on it, seems to be the identity of the delegation.
However, this guy was only wearing a thin silk pajamas, and only a pair of slippers on his feet. He was so casual that he didn't look like a man exploring dangerous seas, but like a middle-aged uncle resting at home.
"What do you want from me?"
Needless to say, Joshua also knew that the other party must have something to tell him when he came specifically to visit him, but he couldn't think of anything he could say to this ocean druid and part-time dragon knight.
Is it because your fighting disturbed the other party's rest? It shouldn't be just for this little thing, right
"I have just met my partner 'Fina'. Of course, I have also met your dragon..." Frowning, he swallowed the tea in his mouth. After a slight breath, Hill looked up. Looking at Joshua, he asked with a puzzled tone: "Joshua, I heard Robzek and others call you that, so I just said so - are you really a dragon knight?"
“…”
Joshua thought about it carefully. Apart from having a dragon, he seemed to have nothing to do with the dragon knight, so after being silent for a while, he answered straightforwardly: "No."
"Ahem—" After being choked, Hill opened his eyes wide, revealing his purple pupils. His delicate face was full of surprise: "Why are you so direct..."
"Because I really am not."
Joshua told the truth, he touched his chin, and then said calmly: "Hei was originally my war horse, and I dug the blood in his body for it, until it is now half-dragon - maybe it is a real giant dragon - but anyway, it is In this case, I had no intention of becoming a dragon knight, but it just so happened that my mount was a dragon."
Moreover, I have seldom used the war horse recently. I muttered something silently in my heart. The soldier suddenly discovered that in his heart, Hei had become a mobile fort instead of a mount. Joshua had long been accustomed to rushing alone. Go over and fight the enemy because it's faster this way.
"... But what you do can't even be called a knight!" Hill squeezed the tea cup in his hand with some pain, and Hill had a tangled expression on his face: "Your dragon has no saddle, no reins - not even protection. The dragon has no vital small armor or defensive measures, so do you just let your friends go up and fight like this?!"
On the side, Loranda, who came back with a glass of juice that had an unknown amount of sugar added, saw Hill who was talking to the soldier. After hearing what the two were talking about, he shrugged and went to the other end of the long table.
The poor paladin has no money to buy a mount, so he doesn't want to join in with these damn dragons.
"I rarely let the black self go into battle alone, and he usually stays back."
Although Hill's reminder made Joshua realize that Hei's combat power had not yet reached its limit, and that he was indeed a bit negligent in this regard, he still reminded him: "Generally speaking, I am the one who charges forward. It is responsible for supporting the rear, and you should have seen today's battle, Hei is actually very safe."
"No, what I mean is..." Generally speaking, there has never been a precedent for a dragon to be responsible for supporting. It was probably the first time for the elf boy to see such a strange dragon companion. His face was very tangled, and he clasped his fingers together, seemingly unwilling Know what to say: "This is so weird!"
"Then again, Mr. Hill, I wonder if you know about such magic."
As if he thought of something, Joshua poured another cup of tea for himself and the elf boy. He asked curiously: "It's the magic that makes the dragon turn into a human form. I heard that the dragons of the Sky Knights can also turn into human beings." Human form, I wonder if there are similar spells in the Sea Dragon Knights, which are also known as the two dragon knights."
"No, that organization with only the nanny doesn't deserve to be called the Dragon Riders at all!"
Subconsciously, he quickly refuted Joshua's words. Hill then understood what the warrior meant. He scratched his cheek and asked with some confusion: "Are you talking about humanization magic? Not every dragon can do that. Is that right? Your dragon was advanced through digging for blood, so it might not have this kind of inheritance magic."
"Of course."
At the door, a slightly cold female voice suddenly appeared, and along with the clear sound of footsteps, a tall lady came to the rest cabin: "The bloodline she inherited came from the ancient dragon power of refining the black dragon, and The astral dragon bloodlines of most giant dragons are completely different. Only astral dragons have humanized magic that is passed down in order to integrate into this world."
Joshua turned to look at the door.
This lady, who is at least over 1.8 meters tall and taller than most men, is wearing a simple gray leather armor. She has long blue hair and light cyan eyes. Although her appearance can be called beautiful, Absolutely no one will pay attention to this.
Because this woman is surrounded by obvious thunder power, the conspicuous electric current turns into a trace of arc, flashing continuously, and with the faintly visible horn on her head, anyone can see the extraordinary identity of the other person.
"Fina, you're here."
Seeing this lady, Hill smiled. He stood up and greeted her: "Come and sit here."
And the tall lady whom the elf boy called Fina was not polite. She simply walked up behind the elf boy, picked him up and put him in her arms, and then sat in Hill's original position.
Joshua: "...this..."
The warrior already knew the identity of the other party. The elf boy had mentioned the name of his dragon partner before, and the tall blue-haired lady who was holding the elf boy and rubbing his face also simply nodded and admitted: "Yes, I am That sea sword dragon, a rare human powerhouse, do you want your dragon to turn into a human form? I saw the shape-changing pendant, but unfortunately it only had the effect of shrinking it."
The lady in the form of a dragon spoke more directly than expected. She showed a faint smile: "Ask me this question, it must be correct."
(End of chapter)