After a long silence, Rin slowly exhaled. He looked at the floor with golden eyes and subconsciously murmured: "Fortunately, obsidian is not expensive."
He has completely accepted his role as butler.
—It’s really impressive. On the other side, looking at the broken stone cracks under No. 3's feet, Yingying swallowed, but thought with some envy.
"Of course I can take you there, but you have to walk more gently."
Joshua, who had already changed into his dress, didn't feel bad about the floors. He just said to Miss Artificial Intelligence in a soft tone.
No. 3, who was choked by this tone, had never heard such a tone from Joshua, had a strange look on her face - the living metal construct did have an expression. She thought about it, and then explained reluctantly: "The output of this body is still a bit unstable. When stepping on the floor, the output of the furnace core will always be subconsciously increased... There is too little running-in, and there is nothing I can do."
"Then you need to practice more." The warrior's tone did not imply any blame. He waved his hand indifferently, and the invisible force reunited all the broken obsidian in the lord's mansion into one piece, as if going back in time. It returned to its original state, and Joshua seemed to be holding a vase, but he forgot the solid nature of the opponent: "You can practice casually around the Lord's Mansion, but you have to be careful outside."
Perhaps because she has not yet adapted to this steel body, the artificial intelligence lady suddenly jumped up. Firefly and Rin were both confused. However, the warrior could see that she wanted to fly into the air like before, but how could the magic projection work? Compared to a constructed body made entirely of precious metals? The amount of magic required to levitate this steel body covered with various runes is hundreds of times greater than that of levitating an iron block of the same weight.
Shaking his head, Joshua simply stepped forward, picked up No. 3, who was about half his body size, with one hand, and then placed it on his shoulders when Miss Artificial Intelligence was in a daze. During this process, the warrior had been very careful and seemed to pay attention to his own strength. However, even with such cautious efforts, the two-ton structure turned into a fluttering piece of paper in his hands, as if It could float away at any time.
Turning his head, Joshua saw the silver-haired girl with an envious face. He laughed, then took her hand and said, "Let's take turns, let's go now."
Although he said with a smile, his tone was unmistakable. Both girls subconsciously hummed, then lowered their heads and stopped talking. Joshua turned to look at Rin in the study. The black-haired boy blinked. Then he immediately said: "Master, have you forgotten? I still have to deal with the terrain reconstruction issue in the new city, so I won't go to the celebration this time."
"Thank you for your hard work." The warrior stepped forward and touched Lin's head. He said easily: "Wherever you want to go in the future, just say it like No. 3. There is no need to suppress yourself."
“There are not many places in this world that we cannot go to,” he said.
Soon after, Joshua, Firefly and No. 3 entered the portal on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion and headed to the Imperial Capital.
After saying goodbye to them, Rin watched the blue ripples of time and space slowly calm down. His smiling face gradually turned serious. He rubbed his temples in distress and murmured in a low voice: "It's strange. , why does it feel like something is wrong?”
Not just him, Firefly and No. 3 also felt that something was wrong. Unlike the artificial intelligence that used a steel body that they were unfamiliar with, the psychic body of the divine machine girl directly held the warrior's hand, so she felt particularly special. obvious.
Did she... really hold her master's hand
The temperature, touch, firmness, toughness...the feelings were all correct, but Yingying always felt that there was an unobvious but real barrier between her and Joshua. This barrier was so weak that It wasn't even isolated from the temperature, but the barrier was so strong that even she, who already had the level of a holy weapon, couldn't affect it at all.
In fact, what they thought was correct. Today, Joshua has indeed not come into contact with anyone.
In a sense, he is not even in touch with everything in this world.
Since returning from the world of Grandia and becoming a legend as a warrior, his body has been transforming bit by bit towards the most extraordinary form he dreamed of - during the few months he spent in the Holy Mountain in the Far Sea, Joshua did not Spending all his time traveling to the world of Kallis, most of his time was actually spent communicating with Pope Igor about the legendary way and completing his own form.
Now all the energy in Joshua's body, whether it is vitality, fighting spirit or various other fragmentary elemental powers, has been transformed into pure power of steel. The power of steel is the highest level and highest authority energy in the material world. One is to rely on the assimilation of other material energy for self-strengthening. All the strength of the warrior before can only be converted into a small ball of steel power, but this small ball of steel power can assimilate Karl in a few days. A small hillside in the world of Leith has caused the warrior's body density and strength to increase to a terrifying level.
Let's put it this way, although Joshua is still in human form, in fact it is just a shell that communicates with the outside world. The inside of the shell is a high-temperature, high-pressure, indescribable high-density material aggregate, similar to a nuclear energy reaction. Energy movement provides this body with energy for daily actions, and because the density of this body is too large, the assimilation reaction of the force of steel is too rapid. The situation is so complicated that once a warrior touches something with his own body, it is equivalent to The power of the mountain will directly crush them, and then the power of steel will assimilate them. This is a process of self-evolution of super life forms.
In order to completely control this power, instead of being driven by the power to assimilate, Joshua had to temporarily stop advancing and focus on analyzing the deeper nature of the power of steel. Before that, he controlled the surroundings around him. The free energy and magnetic field form a thin film that binds his body. If external substances cannot break this electromagnetic field composed of Joshua's own strength, they will never be able to contact the warrior's body behind the shell.
This layer of shell is all-round, so although Joshua seems to be standing on the ground now, he is actually in a state of flying in the air. There is an undetectable layer between the soles of his shoes and the ground. If he steps on the gap, no matter how solid the ground is, it will be completely distorted and crushed by his terrifying weight - that's why he is so tolerant to No. 3. The artificial intelligence girl is only a mere two tons. His current weight is at least ten thousand. times than the other party.
This kind of walking is actually very inconvenient, and you need to be careful when touching things around you, so Joshua will be careful to contact No. 3 and others. In his eyes, everything is too fragile. Just let go of the restraints and gently touch If touched, everything will be shattered, and now he temporarily understands why most legendary strong men live in seclusion, or only use their avatars to act in the outside world, because their bodies do have great power, and their mere existence will affect the survival of the people around them. .
Joshua is fine now, but if his quality increases further in the future, the warrior will have no choice but to build a new lord's mansion deep in the Great Ajax Mountains. Otherwise, living in the city, he will have no influence on the hundreds of thousands of people around him. It is a huge threat to the residents. If the restraint is accidentally released one day, most of the city will be destroyed.
Even a drop of blood will erode the surrounding land within hundreds of square meters. This is the result that Joshua obtained after conducting experiments deep in the Great Ajax Mountains.
Then again, most of the legendary strong men the warrior knows don't have this kind of trouble.
Saint Eagle is the body of light. His true body should be the endless light surrounding the great temple on the top of the Holy Mountain in the Far Sea. And that human body is just what he looked like when he was a human in the past. It is his incarnation. This form , even if he completely let go of his restraints, it would only be to hang an oversized sun lamp above the Holy Mountain in the distant sea.
The natural teacher incarnates in the ecosystem of a place. Not only does her existence not cause trouble to the surroundings, but she can also regulate the environment and ecology of the place, making the barren land fertile. She focuses on making the elves strong even if When the power goes rampant, it is nothing more than transforming into a large black forest. Of course, this black forest itself is a legendary living creature.
As for Israel, the essence of his power is said to be 'substantial will'. Whether it is described or rumored, it does not seem to be a power that will have too much impact on the material world. Instead of worrying about this, it is better to worry about this empire. The emperor forgot to feed his Hell Dragon one day. The dragon's anger must have caused more damage than his own power.
This is also the difference caused by the different paths chosen. Eagle is the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, the Natural Teacher is one of the supreme leaders of the elves, and Israel is also the emperor of the empire. They are all leaders of a major force. Their power In addition to destroying the battle, he also took care of other aspects.
The path Joshua chose was the path of pure steel, the single most 'destructive' path.
Steel is used to forge weapons. Although it can also be used to forge farm tools, in the final analysis it is a man-made thing that needs to be tempered by flames. And any man-made thing means fighting against this world.
Even a hoe that seems to have no destructive power actually destroys the original shape of the earth and shapes it into what humans need. The act of taking the initiative to sow seeds, harvest food, provide for human survival, and develop civilization is actually human beings as intelligent beings using their own wisdom to respond to the entire world as not beasts but the leader of all spirits. The world's natural ecology poses challenges.
Fighting spirit, vitality, magic power, martial arts, magic, magic technology, magic... The essence of all power is like this. It is a tool for human beings to develop themselves and challenge the world. Although the power of steel is the original power at the beginning of the creation of all things, As long as it is in the hands of humans, there is no exception.
Stepping into the portal, holding Yingying's hand and No. 3 sitting on his shoulders, Joshua was still thinking about questions about himself.
The most important of them is the descendants.
The warrior's current age is still too young compared to other legendary strongmen. Before him, no one could have imagined that there would be legendary strongmen in their twenties in this world. Apart from him, , even the youngest legend is at least forty years old, not to mention full of descendants, but his bloodline must be passed down to the world, how can he be single like this.
There is still the possibility of natural procreation at the lower level of the legendary level, but at the intermediate level of the legendary level, after being completely transformed into a high-level life, they are basically reproductively isolated from ordinary people. Without special means, it is impossible to have normal descendants - if it is He The void-born behemoth that Erras advanced does not have reproductive isolation. It is similar to a giant dragon, or even stronger. It can mate with any life. Note that it is any life. It can even pollinate flowers, and then They can give birth to their own plant descendants, and fungi can also spread spores, which can be said to be omnipotent. Therefore, the void behemoths, as the incarnation of primitive vitality, are also known as biological plagues wandering in the multiverse. The worlds they have invaded will only be destroyed in the end. His descendants remain.
Of course, Joshua is not the great stallion of the multiverse, the Void Behemoth. Before this, he had never thought about his descendants at all, and there was basically no such thing as love between men and women in his mind. In the eyes of a warrior, all lives are equal. The difference lies in the combat power value above their heads. This is indeed a very high spiritual state, but now it has caused some trouble to him.
In recent months, at least dozens of nobles have either implicitly or directly extended invitations to him. Of course, Joshua rejected them all without exception. It’s not that he pursues celibacy, he’s just not interested in getting married for the time being. , although this world has been revitalized by the rekindling of flames, there are still evil gods and abyss peeping at them. If these problems are not solved, the warrior will be in no mood at all.
As for what happens next, let’s talk about it later. It’s not that you can’t produce offspring after the legendary mid-level. It’s just that because the life level is too high and the conditions for offspring breeding are too harsh, it’s difficult to succeed.
It really doesn't work... Joshua actually has another option.
At this time, the warrior can already engrave his inheritance information in his body. Just like the blood inheritance of the dragon clan, the warrior can also engrave his memory and inheritance in his body and then 'split' it out. As long as he waits for Qiao Xiu When Ya reaches the state of perfect body, he can, like an ancient dragon, drop a drop of blood, and that drop of blood can survive on its own. In a sense, it is his heir. He only needs to find a mother's body to continue gestation, and then he can become a child. A complete life.
But this really looked a bit like an alien, too weird, and it was a bit hard for Joshua to accept it.
While thinking about it, the warrior stepped out of the portal again, and the blue ripples slowly closed behind him. In just a short moment, he had arrived at the foot of the Three Mountains of the Imperial Capital from the North, and the distance of thousands of miles passed in an instant. .
Originally, the portal could not transport overweight objects. The warrior originally exceeded the standard by far, but he restrained his weight, so he was able to pass through the portal smoothly at this time.
Joshua subconsciously straightened No. 3 on his shoulder, but the moment he touched the opponent's body, a shadow suddenly flashed in the warrior's mind.
"Wait, No. 1!"
He spoke subconsciously and murmured to himself, and the artificial intelligence girl Yu Ying blinked and looked at each other, feeling a little confused.
But Joshua didn't pay attention to what these two people were thinking. He was frowning at this time, recalling the scene when No. 1 was born.
At that time, because he was suddenly unable to control the "power of creation" in the world of Ilgona, he sublimated part of the steel into the steel element, which is now the No. 1. This power was directly given by the Steel Python. It seems now , its essence is the origin steel from the world of Ilgona.
It is proved that it is the power that allows warriors to give life to inorganic objects. This form of expression is the original vitality that can transform all things. This power had been latent in Joshua's body, but it suddenly broke out at that time. He originally thought it was just a simple accident. Now thinking about it, maybe it was because he had reached the peak of his will at that time, and the fighting spirit in his body had begun to move towards the steel. The power returned to its origin, and the two were mutually exclusive, thus forcing this external force out. The result was the birth of No. 1.
Number One has been intelligent from the beginning, perhaps because the power of steel contains part of the information about the Steel Pythons Ilgna and Joshua. In a sense, Number One might really be...
"No, this is still too weird."
Under the strange gazes of Yingying and No. 3, Joshua took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "Don't think about this kind of thing for now, I came here to watch the celebration today."
As he said these words, the warrior forcibly cleared his mind of all speculations about No. 1, completely deleting and formatting them. At the same time, he raised his head and looked around.
It is noon now. In the center of the empire, the Sanshan area of the capital has ushered in the brightest sunshine since the long winter. In the green plains at the foot of the mountains, silver ribbon-like rivers are flowing quietly, and the spring breeze sweeps around the river beaches. In the forest that has turned new leaves, you can vaguely see the running beasts and their cubs.
Because of the celebration, the imperial capital's wide-area space-time anchoring array was temporarily reduced to the point where it only covered the top of the mountain. Dozens of portals leading to various places were neatly placed in various directions under the mountain. Temporary reception areas were set up one after another. Come to welcome these distinguished guests who can use the portal, and the road leading to the top of the mountain is full of tourists and adventurers from all over the world, all of whom come to see this largest celebration in the Northern Empire.
Mycroft Continent is vast and sparsely populated. In a city, you will often see lonely scenes with several empty streets in the evening. But at this time, the Imperial Capital is uncharacteristically. There are dozens of times more people than usual, walking up and down the mountains. , and even many visitors from rare tribes from very far away can be seen in the crowd, and even a few of the same tribe of the barbarian under Joshua can be seen.
Compared with other areas, the teleportation gate connected to the Northland is the most spacious. This is because the time and space turbulence surrounding the Northland has disappeared in recent years. The teleportation network has just been established less than a few years ago. I am used to using this thing. There were still relatively few people, so when the warriors and the group walked out of the portal, they naturally attracted the attention of a large group of people around them.
"Joshua!"
Not far away, a man's slightly surprised voice came. Not long after, a blond man led a woman with violet hair out of the crowd and came to the soldier. He originally wanted to tell Qiao Xiuya opened his arms for a hug, but regretfully stopped because of the Iron Girl on the other person's shoulders: "You are finally here."
"I'm not late, Brandon, Verdani."
Joshua shrugged and told a cold joke seriously: "Justice may be late, but I won't."
There will be another chapter later, but I'm not sure if I can finish it before 12 o'clock...
Monthly tickets, I was reminded just now, please ask for a monthly ticket at the end of the month...
(End of chapter)