When Joshua returned to the Mycroft continent from the turbulence of time and space, it was already mid-May of the year 835.
Kallis pulled him from the turbulence of time and space into the star dome, the core of the world, where the flow of time became abnormal. A minute could be a day, a month, or an instant. This is why ordinary life cannot be compared with The reason for Steel Python's dialogue is that it is difficult for them to maintain a sense of themselves in this extraordinary environment. Joshua was lucky. During the time he was talking to Kallis, time passed normally in the Star Dome. It was just that the Steel Python encountered a little accident when he sent him back to Mycroft Continent. The outbreak greatly delayed his departure.
But no matter what, now he has returned to the familiar place of Mycrof Continent, the Great Ajax Mountains.
As the blue door opened, space-time cracks appeared on the most majestic mountain range in the North. The obvious time-space fluctuations spread in all directions, attracting the attention of many people who had been waiting here for a long time. Along with a burst of The array magic fluctuated, and the three mages and two gold-level warriors flew up at the same time, approaching the blue space-time gate.
The arrival of the Great Demonic Tide has greatly improved the strength level of the entire world. Under the baptism of high-concentration magic power for nearly a year, many former silver-level advanced people have advanced to the gold-level existence, but in any case, the gold-level The existence of is still the high-level power of the entire world, and the reason why these elites are waiting here respectfully is naturally because they have orders.
An order from the emperor.
Nearly a week ago, the Emperor of the Empire came to the North with his always trusted mentor, and met with two legendary mages who had lost contact for a long time. They communicated with each other for a long time. From the mouths of Barnier and William, the two The highest level of the empire knew most of what happened in the Sixth Abyss. Israel was not surprised by everything the warriors did, whether it was killing demons or severely damaging the demon army. Nostradamus was also the same. , they were not even shocked or worried about Joshua's sudden disappearance during the teleportation. The ruler of the empire with dark blond hair only responded with a calm smile when faced with Master Barnier's doubts.
"That's Joshua."
He said this, and only said this sentence without giving any explanation. However, this understatement was enough to explain everything. Even the two legendary mages couldn't help but nodded in agreement after thinking for a while. .
"That's right. If it's that guy, it's really no big deal."
William recalled what the warrior did in the abyss and said with relief: "This is the first time I have seen someone go to the abyss to kill demons - such people will be fine."
And the fact is just as they thought, Joshua returned safely, just a little late, and when the warriors faced the mages and golden warriors who had respectfully surrounded him on both sides since he stepped out of the time and space gate, they did not With too many emotions, he just said calmly: "Okay, you go tell His Majesty the Emperor and Master Nostradamus that everything is fine with me and there is no accident."
"In a few days, I will go to see them, discuss some things, and let His Majesty arrange a time." Joshua specifically told a mage who had a five-star ring-yang emblem on his body and was obviously someone close to the royal family: "The most important thing is Fortunately, we are at the Void Star Observatory, where there are many things that can be used.”
"Yes, Lord Radcliffe."
In response to Joshua's instructions, the royal mage immediately bowed his head and responded respectfully: "I will bring your words to Your Majesty in full - is there anything else you want to ask?"
No. Joshua did not say these words, because he had already begun to move towards the south, towards the Moldavia Territory, and towards the direction of the Lord's Mansion. In an instant, all the people on standby, whether high-ranking or high-ranking officials, were on standby. Neither the high-level mage nor the golden warrior saw any of the process, and the warrior disappeared. It was not until the royal mage cautiously looked up at the place where Joshua was that he knew he had left.
He came home.
At this moment, on the roof of the Lord's Mansion, Hei Zheng was holding a ball on his head, lying boredly on the uneven battlements on the edge of the tower, looking at the blue sky. In the past few days, the black dragon girl has been so leisurely. After all, she does not need to deal with official duties like Rin, nor does she need to monitor the situation in the entire main city like Miss No. 3. Even Hotaru does it better than her. Busy - at least Shenji Girl also works part-time as the maid, and cleaning important places like the study and bedroom has always been her job.
Only Hei, because he is positioned as a mount, has nothing to do except being taken out for a walk by the warriors on weekdays, so he is very idle on the days when Joshua is not around. If it is the time when the warriors are busy and cannot accompany her, the black dragon girl In fact, she will still go to the Arctic Icefield by herself, and she will even try to catch fish around the Vast Sea. But now, Joshua has not returned, not only the Shenji siblings and the artificial intelligence girl are worried , even the always carefree Hei was not in the mood to go for a walk.
Fortunately, there is a ball of light. Thinking of this, Hei stretched out his hand and carefully touched the beige ball of light stuck between his two corners, which seemed to be very suitable. A clear ringing sound came, proving that the other party was in a good mood.
Warm and so comfortable. she thought happily. But if I continue to touch it, will it get angry? The black dragon girl was a little worried again.
Regarding the existence of the light ball, both Hotaru, Rin, and No. 3 have expressed considerable curiosity. The Shenji siblings believe that it has an almost physical body of energy just like their psychic bodies, and the artificial intelligence The girl felt that the other party's form of existence was worth learning from. In fact, No. 3 had been in the central control room for several days, and seemed to be trying to imitate this repulsive force field that was obviously only energy, but as touchable as substance.
But no matter who it is, they all believe that the unknown life brought back by the owner is definitely of great value. Otherwise, why would Joshua from the Abyss of Nuoda bring back such a ball without bringing anything? So either out of curiosity or out of enterprising spirit, they all began to improve themselves in their own way, intending to show it to their master when he came back - no doubt, just like Israel and others, Everyone in the lord's house believed that the warrior would return safely.
In this regard, Hei was more powerful. She didn't think about anything. For the black dragon, which was kept by warriors in the Pawprint Lake in the Snowy Mountains of Nissie most of the time, its master was often absent.
Therefore, when she saw a long red rainbow penetrating the blue sky and stopping over the Lord's Mansion, which was right in front of her, Hei was not too surprised or excited, but just raised his hand full of energy and greeted the warrior. He said hello: "Master! You are back!"
"Yes, I'm back. Are you worried about me?"
After landing in the tower, Joshua smiled and stretched out his hand out of habit, intending to touch the black dragon girl's head. However, just when Hei Ye stretched out his head out of habit, he found that his hand touched a soft person as if it were jelly. And the elastic existence - the ball of light emitted a series of crisp wind chimes, seeming to be angry at Joshua for leaving without saying goodbye a long time ago.
"I didn't abandon you - everything was an accident." Taking the ball of light off Hei's head, Joshua stretched out his right hand and rubbed the black dragon girl's head with a comfortable expression, while turning his head towards him The light ball in his left arm said: "How is it? Mycroft Continent should be much better than in Blood Moon. I originally thought you would not be able to adapt to the air environment, but now it seems that you are doing well."
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"
Amidst the sound of the wind chime of the light ball, a wave of magic power quickly gathered in mid-air, and footsteps were heard from the stairs. I noticed the movement and familiar atmosphere on the top floor. The Shenji siblings and No. 3 were both there. He reacted instantly and took the quickest action.
Without saying anything, Joshua looked up and looked at No. 3, who had just gathered his magic power, and Firefly and Rin, who were walking out of the entrance. He smiled and nodded.
"I'm back," he said, "a little late."
"It's too late." The silver-haired girl pouted in dissatisfaction. Yingying frowned, crossed her hands on her chest, and said angrily: "And the most important thing is not this, nor is it not that we are not taken with you - But he left so suddenly without saying hello!"
"Farewell without saying goodbye will cause chaos, Master!" Even Rin, who has always been gentle, showed a troubled expression. The housekeeper who has been handling government affairs for the soldiers looked a little exhausted: "Oh my God, no one would have thought that you would be like this. You left suddenly. The Black Forest Fortress has sent documents requesting additional supplies three times. I dare not sign even if you are not here, but this matter is extremely urgent. I can only pretend to sign and resolve this matter first - you won’t blame me. Bar?"
"Of course not, I even planned to praise you." Joshua blinked. How could he blame Rin? Without this steward, the soldiers would be overwhelmed by the starry government affairs of Moldavia. You know , he has always been a little ignorant of the fact that he is a lord. At best, Joshua's character is unrestrained and unrestrained, not bound by trivial matters. At worst, he cannot be a qualified leader. He can at most command a small team to charge on the battlefield, and it is completely impossible to stay in one place. Handle tedious government affairs.
The main reason for the resentment of the Shenji siblings was that they did not take them with them on this adventure. As weapons, both Hotaru and Rin felt that they were extremely unqualified. Joshua spent a lot of effort to solve this problem, such as He promised them that if there was a chance next time, he would take the two of them out for a walk and chop something so that they would not forget their own responsibilities. After that, the soldier turned his head and looked at No. 3, who had been silent.
"Why don't you speak?" Joshua asked a little strangely. He knew that in similar situations before, the artificial intelligence lady had always been the first to speak, but this time she had been silent, and it always felt a little different from before.
"...You did something dangerous again, Joshua."
Faced with the soldier's inquiry, No. 3 was silent for a while, and then murmured softly: "You thought it was too dangerous, so you didn't take Hotaru and Rin with you... Hei is very fast and can avoid most dangerous situations. , that’s why you took her with you.”
"The abyss is not dangerous to me, but it is different for you."
Regarding the words of the artificial intelligence girl, Joshua's expression became serious involuntarily, and he replied seriously: "Actually, it was a little thoughtless to bring black, but everything is fine. This trip to the abyss also made me A lot of potential troubles were discovered.”
Thinking of the divine runes engraved on the bones in his body, Joshua couldn't help but nodded slightly. Being able to clearly detect the influence of divinity on him can be said to be one of the biggest gains from this trip to the abyss, second only to the information told to him by the Steel Python.
"Speaking of which, No. 3, this is different. You actually care about my safety."
Many thoughts flashed by, and Joshua came back to his senses. He looked at No. 3, who still looked worried, and said with a smile: "You obviously had full confidence in me before this, how could you suddenly care about my safety?" ?”
Joshua felt very relaxed when he said this. He just said it to No. 3 instinctively and casually, without even thinking about it. On the contrary, No. 3 thought carefully for a while after listening to Joshua's question. , and then answered.
"Joshua."
When saying this, the artificial intelligence girl's tone was very sincere and serious. This emotion was so obvious that even Heidu, who was stroking the light ball and making it jingle, stopped subconsciously. The movements in her hands, not to mention Hotaru and Rin who were very serious from the beginning, No. 3 seemed to be considering her words. After a few seconds, she whispered softly: "Now, we are all happy."
"Hotaru, Rin, Black, this ball of light, old Bishop Artanis, Mr. Brandon, Ms. Verdani, the two ladies of the Scarante family, Master Nostradamus and the Emperor who don't come often. His Majesty."
No. 3's voice was not loud, but it was very clear. She glanced at everyone present, and then continued in a calm voice: "A year or two ago, everyone's faces were not good-looking. They, us, We are all worried because there are many things that have not been resolved. But now it is different, our lives are on the right track."
Hotaru and Rin have adapted to their roles as head maid and butler. The silver-haired girl is no longer the ignorant god who knew nothing about anything, but a leader who can skillfully handle housekeeping and coordinate issues within the lord's house. The young man has also become a housekeeper who can take charge of his own role. The government affairs handled by Rin are getting better and better day by day, enough for anyone to trust him with their work.
The black dragon girl has learned the human way of life. Of course, she prefers to turn into a dragon and play in the wilderness, but this cannot deny her efforts. The old Archbishop Artanis no longer presides over the work of the church. Several of his former apprentices and current students began to lead masses and prayers on his behalf, and led the clergy to patrol for traces of cultists.
Not to mention the Brandons and their daughters, as well as Israel and Nostradamus. The former have a happy family and are no longer harassed by beasts and cultists, while the latter have all advanced to legends. Nothing in the entire empire could influence the minds of these two people anymore. They both got the life and power they wanted.
"The world has tended to be stable, so why do we have to put ourselves in danger? It's obviously no longer necessary."
Telling all this softly, No. 3 looked at Joshua. Her eyes were shining with blue light. The artificial intelligence seemed a little confused: "Because it is already perfect, Firefly and Rin and I both hope that you will To be safe... because without you, none of this would mean anything.”
Faced with the unprecedented sharp question from No. 3, Joshua was silent for a while. Of course, he knew that his actions would not be understood by those he knew. In the eyes of everyone, all dangers were gone. The orcs were extinct, the mad dragon was defeated, the cultists were expelled, and the devil believers were silent in the mountains. The entire Mycroft Continent has ushered in a long-lost true peace, and even those who know the truth understand that the flames have been rekindled, and the problems that have troubled these strong men for thousands of years have been solved by him. Solved by him, Joshua.
Indeed, an unprecedented era of stability has arrived, and everyone only needs to enjoy the long-lost happiness. This is especially true for the artificial intelligence girl who has been traveling in the long-destroyed world of Kallis for thousands of years. Her expectations are not ups and downs. legendary adventure, but a calm and boring daily life.
Why did Joshua deliberately put himself in danger? It was difficult for her to understand this. She would not have asked such a question originally, but an unknown impulse—an impulse that artificial intelligence would never have—driven her to abruptly ask this question.
"… You're right."
Yes, what No. 3 said is correct. The world has ushered in a peaceful and prosperous era, and even demons will never be able to invade more than twenty years later according to the previous history. In response, Joshua closed his eyes and then opened them again. He didn't know how to explain what he knew to his family members who, even though they were not related by blood, were more like relatives.
What to say? Is the abyss just an evil neighbor that you need to be wary of, and the real threat is the evil god that may come decades later? It's too ridiculous, and it can't be said. This is information about the evil god, and it can't be said to anyone.
Thinking of the majestic and majestic God of indescribable terror in the memory of Steel Python Kallis, who made the whole world tremble, Joshua couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart. Precisely because he knows more, he thinks more and does more. Even if what he does seems unnecessary to others, it must be done. Decades may seem like a long time, but for the gap between the legend and the evil god, it seems extremely short.
Not enough, far from enough. It is because you feel happy now. That's why I have to do these things as soon as possible.
Not knowing how to say this, Joshua could only step forward and give No. 3, who was floating in mid-air, a hug. Under the warrior's power, the ethereal magic projection was embraced by him like a solid entity.
"I was reckless this time, but it's okay." He said, then let go of his hand, turned around, and also gave a hug to Hotaru and Rin who were already approaching. The warrior thought about the instructions Kallis said to him. , said seriously: "From today on, I won't let you worry."
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