The battle that took place in the Imperial Capital more than half a month ago has spread throughout the empire.
The Three Mountains Imperial Capital is located in the central plain of the north, linking the north and south and the western desert. It is the political and commercial center of the empire. Every day, thousands of caravans come to the satellite towns or markets at the foot of the Three Mountains to trade. At the same time, they will also bring news from various places, or take news to various places.
The battle between Emperor Israel and Northern Earl Joshua was undoubtedly a major event worthy of drunken discussion. It only took a few days, flowing caravans and expedited magical messages. The news was spread to all the well-informed nobles and large chambers of commerce. After another week, even the farmers who were busy harvesting had a general understanding of the matter.
Once again, the name Joshua was at the center of the conversation. As a Jiyi, he actually dared to challenge the legendary powerhouse. Although he was defeated, he came back intact. This kind of thing can be regarded as a legend in a sense. Of course, everyone knows that this must have been reserved by His Majesty the Emperor, but it is enough for people to talk about it.
The rain clouds were swept away, heavy rain fell, strong winds and elemental fluctuations swept across the entire Sanshan area, and the heat was as high as the arrival of the second sun. Just the aftermath is like this. For ordinary people who have never seen a truly powerful person take action, this battle can also give them a little understanding of the power of extraordinary people above gold.
However, the common people can not care about the reason why Joshua and Israel fight, and only care about the powerful power displayed by the fight between the two. However, the nobles cannot do this. Compared with Joshua, he once again showed extraordinary strength. With such strength, most of the family leaders want to know why the head of the Radcliffe family, who is clearly one of the pillars of the royal party, would fight with the ruler of the empire.
This kind of thing, they thought it was completely impossible to happen even in their dreams.
However, because no one blocked the news, they quickly learned the truth and sorted out the general process.
First of all, because of the competition from the Radcliffe family, the arms trafficking industry in the northern and eastern regions of the Fertao family has suffered a certain blow. At the same time, numerous small families and the famous Seward family have also been damaged. Home. Because the Earl of Northland was in the Holy Mountain at that time and seemed to be missing, the Fertao family decided to directly coerce and negotiate with the Radcliffe family's industry managers.
Apparently, the coercion failed, so the manager was assassinated. Seeing this, most of the nobles basically have no psychological fluctuations. Although this kind of thing is shameful and shameful to many wealthy and famous families with a long history, it is not an unacceptable method and is part of the unspoken rules.
But what happens next is a little fun. The news of the administrator's assassination seemed to be hindered by some obstruction. The Earl of Northland was not informed of it immediately. By the time the Earl knew about it, most of his subordinates in the imperial capital were already dead - those stupid Fertao. The dwarf thought that Joshua was afraid of them, so he didn't hold back at all. Instead, he became more and more energetic in killing them.
Then, needless to say, Joshua rushed to the imperial capital and killed the second son of the Seward family and three official members of the Fertao family - if it weren't for the fact that His Majesty the Emperor happened to be in the imperial capital at that time and intervened to stop him After meeting the other party, the angry earl might rush to the Fertao Territory in the northwest of the empire and kill six people, as he said, one life for another.
"Remember, tell those people that they still owe me two lives." This was what the head of the Radcliffe family said when he left the imperial capital. It seemed that he had not killed enough. If Israel hadn't stopped Joshua from continuing to kill people and forced him to be grounded in the North for a year, then the earl would have definitely gone to the Fertao family without hesitation.
This matter spread extremely quickly among the nobles. Some people didn't take it seriously, some raised their eyebrows, and most of them were wary of the Earl of Northland who took action personally if they disagreed, while the rest Among the small group of people, half clapped their hands and cheered, while the other half gnashed their teeth.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the group of people who were gnashing their teeth, only the two families who suffered casualties. Although they felt extremely resentful because of the death of their family members, they had no channel to vent it. In name, Israel had already taught each other a lesson and forced Joshua to be grounded for half a year. For a man who could fight against the legend, For those with extreme will, this is already considered a very serious punishment.
Secondly, they cannot defeat each other and cannot find a way to retaliate.
It is natural that he cannot be beaten. According to the speculation of the staff group, after experiencing the Holy Mountain Mad Dragon War and the battle with His Majesty the Emperor, the combat prowess of this Earl of Northland has been judged to be the highest level in Jiyi, surpassing many Among the other veteran Jiyi, even among the five army commanders, there are few who can compare with them. No one will deny this, not even enemies. Joshua’s record is obvious to all and cannot be faked.
There is no way to take revenge, which is actually not surprising. Before the teleportation network was established a year and a half ago, the four northern territories were basically isolated from the outside world. Their transactions with the outside world relied on dragon cart merchants and Maghe Bujong River, and they traded directly with the imperial royal family and the five directly affiliated legions. In addition, Joshua will be banned in his own territory for a year, and the Fertao family would be crazy to attack the other party's caravan. In this way, they really can't think of any ideas to retaliate against this oil man. The Earl of the North who cannot tolerate salt.
So for the time being, they can only swallow their anger and wait for the opportunity to retaliate.
The name spread further, bringing Joshua a higher reputation. Many powerful adventurers who did not care much about current affairs and focused on adventuring in the mountains and jungles also knew his name. There were many adventure teams and mercenaries. The group chose to explore around the Great Ajax Mountains simply because they were curious and wanted to see what this count, who was known as the 'strongest' Jiyi, looked like.
Because of this, even though the early winter snow has fallen, there is still an endless stream of adventurers and mercenaries heading to Moldavia in the north.
For Joshua, the so-called grounding made no sense.
In the next six months, it will be extremely cold in the North. As a lord, he had to stay here and always be on guard against the black tide in the Black Forest. As the dean of Winterfort, he still has to prepare with Nostradamus for the next academy assessment in early summer, not to mention the establishment of the rune factory and the production of magic armor.
According to the timetable, if there are no major emergencies like the trip to Anos Abyss, the warrior will be very busy in the next year and will not have time to go out. The closest major events are the harvest festival and the trip to the Abyss at any time. The natural mentor and his party came.
Starfall 833, October 5th, North Moldavia, Great Ajax Mountains.
In a volcanic cave that has long been flooded by the backflow of lava, a team of mages and workers wearing simple magic armor are working. The mages used fossils as mud and transportation skills to quickly dig passages, while workers equipped with high-temperature resistance and fire element resistance armor moved out inert rocks and ores that were not affected by spells.
Under the guidance of the spell, they dug very quickly and in the right direction. The team avoided every lava pool and dangerous magic gathering area, and the powerful power of the magic armor ensured the efficiency and progress of the workers.
These people were the engineering team sent by Joshua to discover the teleportation passage to the world of Ilgona. Due to the attack of the evil god [natural disaster], Sigma Volcano completely disappeared, and the teleportation passage in the lava cave under the Great Ajax volcano was temporarily The sealed and rolled back lava filled the entire cave, so that the cave entrances on the surface were all solidified volcanic rock.
In order to ensure that this transmission channel connecting the two worlds could be excavated before the natural teacher arrived, Joshua sent several academy tutors and association mages who were studying the black blood plague. He even asked several knights to Knights put on armor and work as diggers.
Under the protection of magic armor, these silver-level knights were temporarily not afraid of magma. The efficiency of the combination of the two extraordinary teams was so terrifying that in less than half a day, they had already completed a quarter of the task. The target is close to the cave deep underground, where the space-time passage originally was. On the way, they also discovered a rich mine of fire element crystals.
In the evening, the day's work was temporarily over. The leader of the team, a dwarf who was familiar with the volcanic area, used magic communication to report the progress of the work to Joshua in the main city of Moldavia. He reported the situation truthfully and then waited for the next step. instructions.
In this regard, the soldier had nothing to say. In addition to encouraging the other party's enthusiasm for work, he could only ask to pay more attention to safety issues during work.
After ending the call, Joshua put down the communication circle and returned mentally to his body.
At this time, he was in the study room of the Lord's Mansion, meditating quietly by himself.
In the battle with Israel, although he was indeed defeated by the opponent, in fact, the warrior learned a lot in that short encounter.
A legend's exquisite energy control and incomparable timing of attacks gave Joshua a completely new experience. This was a fighting technique different from his own and had a very high reference value, not to mention that in the end, Is Rael transformed his will into reality, turning his bare hand into a spear thrust.
This is completely different from the power he once had. It is the power of another system. The ability to freely switch between will and fighting spirit is so exquisite that in Joshua's opinion, it can be called an art.
You must know that will and spirit originate from the power of fire, which is completely different from the fighting spirit that is a manifestation of the essence of life and a tributary of the power of steel. The warrior knew that the secret of the conversion between the two must contain the secret of Israel's advancement into legend. He needed to study it carefully and refer to it.
As for the system, the warrior felt that it was too boring to rely on the system all the time. People really still need a second option to challenge.
Sitting on the chair, the warrior opened his eyes slightly after temporarily ending his meditation, with a subconscious sense of urgency in his eyes.
He is already an extremely strong person, one of the most powerful people in this world. Except for legendary strong men and gods, warriors have no rivals on this land. Now, he can feel the crisis and show such an expression. , only one thing.
Demonic tide.
"The demonic tide is coming..." Whispering these two words, Joshua stood up from his seat and walked to the window of the Lord's Mansion. The warrior lowered his head and looked down at Hotaru and Hei who were having fun with the two little girls downstairs, and said calmly: "Sure enough, the strong men in this world have noticed this a long time ago."
The so-called demon tide, generally speaking, refers to the annual great tide of monsters in the Central Black Forest. Countless terrifying monsters will rush out from the depths of the deep magic forest and attack the civilized world and the empire. The southern fortress group and the large isolated areas in the eastern plains are all defensive lines specially built to fight against the demonic tide.
But it was obvious that the demon tide that Israel spoke of was not the tide of monsters in the ordinary sense. What he was talking about was the great demonic tide that swept across the multiverse and set off a tide of elements in countless worlds.
In this vast multiverse, the peak energy levels are not always consistent. In the past few thousand years, the energy level of the entire world has been relatively stable, with both increases and declines relatively gentle. But next, the upcoming big event will The magic tide means that in a short period of time, the energy concentration of the entire Mycroft world has reached its peak almost quickly.
what does that mean
It means so many things.
The surging elements will completely change everything in this world, and everything will be immersed in a high-concentration magic environment, just like what the first creatures in the world experienced at the beginning of creation. Countless monsters, plants and even various intelligent races will undergo benign and beneficial atavism. Countless powerful ancient creatures will get rid of their lingering situation and begin to reproduce and survive normally. The minerals in the earth will become more abundant and valuable. When ordinary people perceive energy, it will be countless times easier to advance to the Black Iron Apocalypse than before.
The level of the entire world will be raised by one or two levels based on the original level. At that time, although golden glory was still rare, it was definitely not like it is now. In a large empire with a population of hundreds of millions, there were only a few thousand people. In order to reach this realm, the average level of adult dragons will also be raised to the gold level, becoming a truly golden race.
By that time, countless talented people who had been dormant will burst out like spring water, and the entire continent will enter its most prosperous era. In just a few decades, it will catch up with the footsteps of the previous generation of civilization.
Of course, these are all good things. Joshua blinked, then turned his head and glanced at the location of the black forest in the distance.
The bad side is equally terrible.
Intelligent life can enjoy the benefits of increased magic concentration, so naturally Warcraft can too. Even more wild and close to the essence of violent magic, they will be improved even more. When the great demonic tide came and everyone had not had time to adapt to the terrifying concentration of magic power, the endless monsters in the black forest had already become accustomed to this new power and were ready to move. They will swarm out and attack unprepared major forces with power several times greater than before.
This is a natural disaster.
However, the warrior is not actually afraid of those beasts. He believes that under his leadership, Moldavia, and even the entire Northland, will not suffer any losses due to the black tide of the Great Ajax Mountains. People have already dealt with the beast tide. After a thousand years, this time is the best.
What he is worried about is man-made disaster.
When unbridled power spreads, ambition and desire will spread. In just a few months after the demonic tide came in the previous life, the original stable post-war situation in the four major human gathering areas was broken. The cultists claimed that it was sent by God. The omen, the horn of doom, and the demon summoners found that they could more easily and simply call upon the power from the abyss.
The increase in magic power level does not only affect good people, but the power of pirates and bandits from all over the country will also be fairly improved. As the environment becomes more suitable, the originally silent necromancers will wake up from their long slumber in the tombs and return to the world. At the same time, countless ancient inheritances that do not distinguish between good and evil will come.
Of course, these are not the most important things.
Joshua put his eyes away from the silver-haired girl and the black dragon girl. He raised his head and looked at the sky. The warrior's eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the void and see the boundless heaven beyond the world and the gods in it.
The Great Demonic Tide means a lot.
But nothing is more significant than this one.
"The gods descend."
The warrior murmured to himself: "Man and God live together on the earth."
Having said this, feeling the rare sense of crisis in his heart, he paused for a moment before speaking with a slightly excited smile.
"It's a really exciting time."
I will correct some awkward sentences and typos later!
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