Of course, Joshua was not interested in knowing what the other party was planning to do. With just a flick of his finger, the rapidly surging air knocked the gold-level priestess unconscious. The layers of force stirred the other party's brain, causing her to sink into the depths. concussion.
"Hei, keep an eye on this guy. If anything happens, spray her with dragon breath to death."
After thinking about it, the soldier changed his mind and said, "No, I still have some questions to ask... Then if she wants to commit suicide, just knock her out."
"Okay Master!" The black dragon girl replied simply and neatly when she didn't hear the request clearly. She looked at the half-skull face of the unconscious golden priestess on the ground, her face full of curiosity: "So what? Kill her with a breath of dragon breath, or knock her unconscious?"
"Anything is fine, it depends on the situation."
Said casually, the soldier walked towards the mountainside. When passing by a large raised snow hill, he took a special look, and then the snow hill trembled uncontrollably and the snow flew.
"Seeing as you haven't done anything." Joshua nodded slightly: "I'll let you go this time and go back quickly."
The giant beast in the snow hill was naturally relieved. With the rumbling roar, the armored mountain dragon, which made the entire cult team helpless, simply escaped into the soil and hurriedly escaped from the underground.
Arriving at the place where Ivan was previously covered by an avalanche, the soldier stretched out his finger, and the invisible high-temperature air melted the snow to create a large hole, revealing the young hunter hiding in the rock crevice more than ten meters below. He raised his hand again, and the majestic life energy lifted it and placed it on the snow.
Ivan is now in a coma. Because he was hiding in the corner of a rock crevice, the boy was not directly impacted by the avalanche. However, the huge shock and aftermath were enough to knock out and seriously injure a black iron-level mage. At this time, he All the internal organs have injuries of varying severity. If not treated in time, it is likely to cause serious hidden injuries.
However, Joshua is here, and he will not let his students have any surprises. The warrior mobilizes the pure life energy in the azure orb and slightly adjusts it to a level that Ivan can accept. The next moment, this Energy poured into the young man's body.
In just three seconds, most of Ivan's injuries were healed. The reason why Ivan was not completely healed was simply because he did not have a strong body like Joshua, and treating him too quickly would be too much.
"There are three more at the bottom of the mountain."
Looking at the foot of the mountain on the other side, Joshua muttered to himself, and in the next moment, he arrived at the foot of the mountain as if teleporting, and used the same technique to rescue Amira and three others who were buried below. After healing their injuries, the warrior took them back to the mountainside and placed them with Ivan.
It was only then that Joshua began to think about why cultists appeared in the far north ice field.
"Although there are not many patrol forces around the border, it is impossible to reach the Arctic Icefield unknowingly."
Touching his chin, Joshua glanced at the snowy field. Under this large patch of snow, there were more than a dozen cultists who were in a coma. Although many people were gradually waking up, most of them were due to the severe cold. Falling into chronic death, the soldiers had no intention of taking action, but waited for these people to crawl out on their own.
Although silver-level warriors cannot resist natural disasters, their resistance is indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people. In less than ten minutes, five cultists with strong physiques woke up from the ice and snow, and quickly dug upwards to climb up. Arriving at the surface.
But what greeted them was irreversible terror.
Without much effort, Joshua easily learned how they arrived at the Far North Icefield from the frightened cultists who were kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for their lives.
These cultists passed through merchant ships on the Maghe River, disguised as merchants and passed the patrol guards around the North. Then they detoured through the Black Forest outside Moldova and finally arrived at the Far North Icefield. They came here for Excavate the possible presence of plague gas buried at the bottom of the dragon's lair. These plague gases are related to the next mission they are going to do, but only the golden priestess who leads the team knows what the specific mission is.
Joshua did not ask about the following content, but those cultists who wanted to survive rushed to reveal it spontaneously. Instead, they described the details in great detail. Judging from their enthusiasm, the soldiers thought they thought they were high-level priests.
As elite cultists who have sneaked into Moldavia, these people are certainly aware of Joshua's power and terror, but only those who have seen Joshua in person understand that the rumors are far less likely than the truth. Faced with this kind of survival instinct that can make people Beings who are desperately warning along with soul omens, no one is stupid enough to lie.
Since the other party was so understanding, Joshua was not ready to kill these cultists now. He slightly bent his fingers, and then ejected streams of air to knock these people out. The warrior planned to hand them over to the church and let Artanis and others slowly torture them.
Through observation, Joshua was able to confirm that these people did not have plague germs. They were different from the cultists he caught last time who used them to carry out self-destruction attacks. They seemed to be the backbone of the cult, and they could be expected to do so. Ask for more information.
With the four people and the captives who were still unconscious, Joshua returned to the black dragon girl at the foot of the mountain. At this time, the gold-level priestess had woken up. She was sitting on the spot with a dejected look on her face, half of her skull face was covered with blood. The soul fire was also so weak that it was about to go out. It seemed that the sequelae of the concussion were serious.
This woman seemed to have no intention of resisting. Even though there was only darkness around her, she never thought about running away. When she saw Joshua walking slowly, her lips moved slightly, as if she was saying something to herself. , but in the end there was still no sound.
"What did you come to the Northland for?"
After placing the prisoners and students on the snow, Joshua was not polite to the cultist. He asked directly: "Recently, I heard that an ancient ruins were discovered in Moldova. You should be here for those things, right? "
"...Yes, my lord."
After a moment of silence, he said very respectfully. The priestess was deeply afraid that her words and deeds would offend Joshua, so she answered cautiously: "Our sect has discovered a long time ago that there is an ancient ruins in the Black Forest of Moldova. Through the prophecies of the high priest and ancient documents, The senior leaders of the sect believe that there is something in it that we must obtain... But for some reason, the news leaked, and the arrival of many adventurers hindered our actions, so we planned to... "
Speaking of this, she smiled wryly and said: "Brandon Kaos and Verdani Scarlet are both high-level gold-level and even peak powerhouses. The Moldova they are stationed in is only larger than your territory." Slightly inferior, so in order to explore the ruins as soon as possible, the high priest decided to come in person. And just for the high priest to be able to move smoothly, we plan to come to find the plague gas and see if we can cause riots in the Moldavian territory... "
After hearing the news, Joshua raised his eyebrows. He looked at the black dragon girl who didn't understand at all, and then said: "Were you the ones who discovered the ruins in Moldova first? Are you making trouble among the adventurers?" , no wonder Brandon and the others are so busy all day that they don’t even have time to take care of their daughter.”
The priestess didn't speak, and a trace of cold sweat broke out on her head.
Whether it is a demon priest or a cult, in order to ensure that its secrets are not leaked, there will be a unique restraint method, whether it is a blood oath or a spiritual lock. If it is just an ordinary secret, it is fine, just like before to Qiao There was no backlash like the cultist that Shuya rushed to reveal the secret, but if it was the priestess who revealed some important information, she would be punished.
Judging from her expression, this restraint method is probably a spiritual lock, and she should be suffering from soul backlash at this time.
After the backlash of the opponent's soul was over, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief, Joshua asked again: "Who is the high priest you are talking about and what his strength is."
He asked calmly: "You are confident that after his arrival, you can ignore the obstruction of Brandon and Veldani and explore the ruins. I guess he is very powerful, right?"
"Of course, very strong."
After hearing the warrior's words, the soul fire in the priestess's eyes flashed, but she calmed down for some reason and said in a strange tone: "According to rumors, the Radcliffe family The lord is a madman with an incomparable thirst for war. Even if he fights against the legendary strongman and the emperor, he is not afraid... I originally thought that it was unlikely that the lord of a place would have this kind of character, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"I myself feel that I am not suitable to be a lord." Joshua shrugged. He glanced at the priestess who suddenly showed no fear and her speech became much calmer, and then said thoughtfully: "It seems, He is indeed very strong. Just thinking of his existence makes your courage rise again and you can communicate with me normally."
"That's natural... Joshua Van Radcliffe, I admit that you are indeed stronger than I imagined, even better than the rumors. Just seeing you, I know that no matter how I plot, It’s impossible to escape, no matter how lucky you are, you will definitely fail, so I won’t resist.”
Sitting on the ground, the gray-faced priestess closed her eyes and sneered: "Your power even makes me hallucinate. My soul is oppressed by instinctive fear in my body, and I can't even mobilize magic power... You are not a legend, But what is missing is a breakthrough point. Among all the powerful people in this world, you can occupy the top ten positions."
"But there is still a gap between him and the high priest."
"Oh?" After hearing this, Joshua's expression changed. He touched his chin, but he didn't look angry at all.
The priestess is still talking to herself: "In the final analysis, you still haven't broken through the shackles. No matter how fast you progress, you can't reach the legendary realm quickly, but the high priest is different... He has touched the end of the shackles. One level, just a little bit away from becoming a legend.”
Opening his eyes again, the black-clothed cultist said in a cold voice: "You can't stop the high priest, and neither can Nostradamus. If you want to challenge him, you will be completely defeated."
The priestess mustered up her last courage and said so many words to the warrior. She originally thought that Joshua would kill her out of anger, so she simply pretended to die generously, but to her surprise, Joshua did nothing, but seemed to be remembering something.
"Starfall 833, the leader of the cult is about to break through into legend..."
The warrior didn't look at the priestess at all. He simply recalled the past information: "-It sounds like they are familiar again."
"He is indeed a strong man."
Thinking of this, he showed a pure smile. Joshua lowered his head, looked at the priestess, and said leisurely: "Thank you, you have brought me the best news in the past few months."
After finishing speaking, he knocked out the gold-level priest with another snap of his fingers, and then walked towards the team of four. Black followed closely in Joshua's footsteps, and then asked curiously: "Master, master, she said Is that person really that strong?"
"It's probably true." Joshua nodded. He recalled for a moment, and then continued: "This man is indeed a genius. If he hadn't mistakenly entered a cult decades ago, he would be a well-known strong man now. He has even reached the legendary realm a long time ago. But even now, he is about to break through to the legendary realm."
"I didn't expect that taking you here for a walk would yield such a reward."
Joshua and Heiben were indeed running around in the Far North Icefield, checking to see if there were any signs of large-scale migration of monsters. However, just halfway through, they noticed gold-level magic power fluctuations around the dragon's nest in the distance. .
Originally, the warrior thought that it was two gold-level monsters fighting for the dominance of this place, but they did not expect that it was a battle between an iron-clad mountain dragon and cultists. Joshua also noticed that there were students from his own academy halfway up and at the foot of the mountain. Aura, just when he was about to set out for rescue, the avalanche was triggered by Amira and others.
After reminiscing, and feeling impressed by the big hearts of his students, Joshua smiled, then bent down and patted the faces of the four people who were about to wake up.
Then, the four people who had just woken up and opened their eyes and saw the soldiers shouted "Wow" and backed away in fear.
The smile disappeared from the warrior's face.
Ivan regained consciousness and quickly calmed down. The first thing he felt was the stabbing pain inside his body, which was caused by internal injuries that had not yet fully healed, but it was lighter than he thought. Many, the hunter boy originally thought that even if he did not die in the hands of the cultists, he would die from his injuries.
Looking up at the lord and the cultists lying on the ground around him, Ivan immediately understood how he and others survived. He immediately stood up and thanked Joshua in a somewhat reserved manner. Under the influence of the young man, Amira, Karin, Nick and others, who gradually regained their energy, also thanked Joshua.
"There's nothing to thank you for. I just dropped by for a walk around here." Seeing the four people who were so nervous that they could not even speak clearly, Joshua sighed, shook his head and said, "You can be saved. , most of it is my own credit - at such a young age, I dared to cause an avalanche and die together with the cultists. If I can maintain such courage, I will definitely achieve something in the future."
Of course, it is more likely to die early.
Having said this, the soldier looked specifically at Ivan.
He saw this child often. Ivan Makarov is known as the hardest-working student in the entire Winterkeep Academy. Except for a few who have some differences, most students and teachers have a good impression of him. This young man's talent in magic theory is very good. High, and not bad in actual combat. Overall, he is a very good talent, and can even be called a genius.
This confrontation with the cultists allowed Joshua to see the courage and determination of the other party. After thinking for a while, the soldier said: "This time, half of the credit for the annihilation of the cultists will go to you." But why are you in the far north ice field? This is not a place where students of your level should come."
No one dared to lie to Joshua, so they could only tell the truth honestly.
"Gold?" After hearing this, Joshua looked strange: "That's right, I didn't seem to dig up the white dragon's storage room, I just took away the eggs and corpses... But you ran away because of the words of a monster. Expedition to the Far North? That’s too reckless.”
On the side, Hei looked at Joshua with an incomprehensible look. She whispered to herself in confusion: "Hey, is this considered reckless?"
At this time, four faint flashes of light lit up in the distant sky of the Far North Icefield. Joshua looked up and then praised: "Yes, the rescue came in time. It seems that even if I didn't arrive, you guys would still be able to do it." It shouldn’t be life-threatening.”
Although the four of them were only black iron-level mages, they could still detect the violent fluctuations in magic power in the distance. Several golden mages were flying in this direction at a rapid speed, but they seemed to have discovered Joshua's existence, so they Slowed down.
At this moment, Ivan saw his lord take out a piece of paper and pen from nowhere, then write a few words in a flash, signed his name, and the warrior handed the parchment to the young man. : "Here is my license. You are free to enter and exit my study in Winterfort, and you can borrow books from the library that meet your requirements at will."
Joshua took back his pen. He looked at the happy faces of the boys and girls and couldn't help but smile: "This is a reward for your courage... Then, the four of you will not be allowed to do anything until next summer." After leaving Winterfort Academy, the maximum range of activities is around the Nissii Snow Mountains. This is the punishment for your recklessness."
In this regard, no one from Ivan, Amira, Karin or Nick expressed the slightest objection to this, not even in their hearts. Everyone clearly understood that after having advanced textbooks, they did not need to go around to complete tasks at all. Even if their points were surpassed by others, it did not matter. The purpose of their coming to Winter Castle Academy was not to get first place. They can use these six months to improve their strength and enrich their knowledge as much as possible.
At this time, the two golden mages who led the team had arrived first. They landed on the snow and saluted respectfully. The warrior also nodded slightly, indicating to the other party to take care of the students.
Then, he looked to the east, where the Moldovan leader was.
"Ancient ruins?" Joshua said softly, "So many people are interested."
After pondering for a while, he nodded slightly.
"interesting."
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