"What a great idea."
After the soldier said these words, Eagle stared at Joshua with an unprecedented complex look.
He suddenly realized that he seemed to have never really understood the man in front of him.
Various rumors about Joshua Van Radcliffe, the Earl of Moldavia, have spread all over the country, from the holy mountains in the far sea to the Arctic ice sheets, from the western coast to the eastern plains, and most of the extraordinary people with some ambition have spread. Everyone has heard the name of this ultimate dragon slayer. For these people, they only know that the warrior is a very powerful person, an unprecedented young strong man. Those who have a little in-depth understanding are nothing more than too much. An impression of "extremely belligerent and never defeated".
Compared with these people, the old pope believed that he should be one of the people who knew Joshua best on the Mycroft continent. Ever since he knew that the other party was the successor of the Azure Orb, countless information about the warrior had been Delivered to his hands.
Indifferent, bellicose, merciless against enemies, and ruthless in his attacks, under the influence of most people, Joshua is a ferocious and terrifying war-loving maniac and dragon slayer who is more feared than a giant dragon. However, under the influence of most people, Joshua In Eagle's eyes, the warrior just fulfilled his duties as a warrior and lord, and was an approachable hater. He may not be kind, but he is definitely not related to evil. Otherwise, the Azure Orb would never resonate with him.
Overall, this is a man who has a slightly flawed character, but is worthy of trust and trust, and is very reliable.
But now, this impression in Eagle's mind has been slightly refreshed.
Faced with the extremely dangerous task of exploring a completely unknown and fringe world, this man whose name was even used to scare children in some places did not hesitate at all. He even agreed to the request with a smile. There was no fear in his eyes. There is only the right thing to do without any hesitation.
Joshua seemed to think that this was his responsibility, so he accepted the request calmly.
But in fact, what a harsh requirement this is! Eagle was fully aware of how excessive his invitation was. As the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, he actually asked a field earl from the Northern Empire to go to the remote depths of the void to explore a place where he could not confirm whether the news was true or not. A thing passed down by a sage—it would not be surprising if such a thing was rejected on the spot. As the lord of a place, Joshua had ten thousand reasons to reject this extremely dangerous request that would have a high risk of losing his life.
He has no right to ask a person to leave his hometown and go to the edge of the universe that is so far away that it is unimaginable. The purpose is to find something that is completely unknown whether it is there or not, but it is so dangerous that it will lead to a near-death mission.
But Joshua didn't.
This warrior, who had just gone through a tough battle, killed the high priest of the plague cult, and then joined forces with his friends to crush the evil god's fragments, even asked in a tone of anticipation that Eagle could not describe: "When do you plan to set off?"
He looked eager to try and couldn't wait.
"...it will take at least half a year."
The old pope, who originally wanted to say that the sooner the better, was silent for a while, and then said in a slightly moved tone: "The church needs to further verify the information about that edge world, and cannot put you in danger."
Joshua's attitude and belief in being willing to sacrifice for all sentient beings made Eagle feel ashamed. He wanted to gather the things inherited by the saints to save this increasingly broken world, so that many things were done too hastily. Now the old pope I woke up. Although it was extremely urgent to find the inheritance, ensuring the safety of the explorers was the most critical. The value of the completely unknown fourth inheritance was far less important than the warrior in front of me who was worthy of the name of the inheritor of the sage.
However, Joshua, who was regarded by Eagle as someone who was willing to sacrifice for all living beings and had extremely noble sentiments, actually didn't think much of it at all.
"A completely unknown world is a bit interesting."
The soldier thought: "It's just right to verify my guess about the advancement."
Joshua seemed to want to ask for detailed information about the exploration of other worlds, such as whether there were any powerful primitive beasts, but Eagle planned to end the topic. He turned around and looked at the time and space of Mycroft's world. At the edge of the diaphragm, there are several extremely dim but slightly larger stars shining brightly.
Not just these few, the old pope looked around. With Mycroft's world as the center, there was an extremely vast dim star field. Many worlds could no longer emit bright light, and could only vaguely hear bursts of deathly silence and destruction. breath.
Joshua followed Eagle as he scanned the galaxy, and he naturally discovered this. Inferring from all the information he knew before, the warrior said solemnly: "Is this formed by the war with the evil god and the abyss?"
"That's right." Eagle nodded slowly and whispered: "The civilized forces during the Glorious Era were not limited to the world of Mycroft. The war with Chaos and Chaos was gradually transferred to the mainland due to the gradual retreat. above."
"Before this, many worlds have encountered the poisonous hands of demons and evil gods' families and been completely destroyed... Unfortunately, this history is only described in sporadic ancient books, and the lost three hundred years have covered up all the secrets."
Speaking of the lost three hundred years, the old pope couldn't help but sigh again. The unknown time between the Glory Era and the Starfall Era has buried too many secrets. Even the Church of the Seven Gods, which has the most complete preservation of ancient books, has Many mysteries have no answers.
"Joshua."
Looking at this star field that was even dimmer because of other dazzling galaxies, Eagle suddenly said: "This is your first time in the void."
The old pope raised his right hand and pointed at the slowly approaching demonic wave of light and mist in the distance. He pointed at the vast and bright rivers of stars, and calmly asked the warrior: "What do you think about this multiverse?" What do you think?"
This was just an impromptu question, and even Eagle himself didn't expect much from the soldier's answer.
"have."
But after thinking for a while, Joshua replied in a very serious tone: "Humans are very small."
Eagle suddenly turned his head and looked at Joshua, but the warrior didn't care about the surprise and confusion in the other person's eyes. He also looked at the galaxy and the darkness that contained the galaxy and said: "Any life is small. "
"Compared to the endless void and darkness, even the world is tiny."
Looking away from the brilliant sea of stars in the distance, Joshua scanned the dim stars around him. His tone was calm and sincere, without any falsehood: "Dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of stars are dim, For the entire multiverse, it is just a trivial matter, and the rise and fall of humankind is even more insignificant."
"... Really. That's what you think."
After listening to Joshua's words silently, Eagle felt sad. Although he was a little disappointed, even he couldn't deny that what the soldier said was correct.
And indeed it is.
Compared with the vast world, the Mycroft Continent is nothing more than a grain of countless dust. Who cares about its destruction, except for the races living in it
But then, Joshua turned his head and looked at the old pope. He seemed to see through Eagle's mind, so he said calmly: "However, being small doesn't mean giving up."
"A single spark can start a prairie fire."
"The human body can also move mountains and fill seas."
Joshua stood in front of Eagle, and the young warrior stood in front of the old pope. He looked at each other and said in a firm tone that was difficult for the other party to understand: "Compared to the entire continent, human beings are just like Mike. Rolf's world and the entire multiverse are just a speck of dust, but even such a speck of dust can use magic and fighting spirit to change the entire world. Magical technology allows ordinary people to have such strength."
"It is precisely because they know their own insignificance that intelligent beings are not willing to be mere dust, so they work hard to develop and continue civilization."
In the previous life, there was no news about the fourth item inherited by the sages, so naturally there was no exploration.
The Church of the Seven Gods was severely damaged by the dragon disaster. Due to the conspiracy and instigation of the cultists, the Mycroft Continent was already in the flames of war before the great demon tide came.
The war between humans and humans, the war between humans and elves, the war between elves and dwarves... The tide of magic and the arrival of the gods not only failed to calm down the various forces, but instead expanded the scale of the war. Because of the active magic element, various novel magical constructs and new spells were developed and then put into the battlefield.
All races are busy killing each other, and no one cares about the future of this continent and this world.
Except for the old man in front of him.
Joshua looked at the silent Eagle. He was no longer the person who knew almost nothing about the world and was only interested in fighting. The warrior already knew many deep levels that no player in his previous life had ever heard of. Secrets, such as the world is dead, such as the world needs firewood to survive.
The firewood is about to burn out. This can be seen from the old pope's anxious search for the fourth inheritance and the secret of the initial fire. Although Joshua does not seem to be an extremely intelligent person, in fact , his quick thinking is far beyond most people's imagination.
He could see from Eagle's solemn look and the anxious look he showed from time to time that the world was running out of time, and even due to some accidents, it had become extremely urgent, so much so that the Pope himself needed to personally come out to ask for help. He went to find the place of inheritance.
This sounds unreasonable.
Even in the previous life, Mycroft Continent was in far less good shape than it is now. The whole world still persisted until the year 855 of Starfall. The second invasion of the Abyss did not cause the first fire to fall and the world to be burned up by the strong wind. So why this time? Did something happen so early
The answer is simple. The same situation had already occurred in the previous life, but someone took the lead at that time.
In the previous life, after the Dragon Disaster, Saint Eagle, known as the God of the World, never took action again until his death. His adopted son and successor, Loranda Glamorgan, annihilated the cult across the continent and destroyed the Land of Chaos.
For a world that needs chaos as fuel to survive, this is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, but Loranda still did it. In Joshua's opinion, this person is so kind-hearted that she is too sincere, and it is completely impossible for her to betray the Church of the Seven Gods. The Paladin even opened the Gate of the Abyss, allowing the demons to invade the world he swore to protect.
Because Eagle is dead.
And because of the power of the abyss, the world continued until the year 855 of Starfall.
"Don't worry, His Majesty the Pope."
Looking at the troubled expression of the old man in front of him, who was worthy of the name of a saint, Joshua laughed, his voice full of confidence: "I will go to that unknown world to retrieve the last piece of the sage's inheritance. thing."
Therefore, it is not yet time to give up, nor is it time for an old man to sacrifice himself to support the world.
The soldier whispered: "Because I am still alive."
So it's not like that.
(End of chapter)