Starfall 835, November 7th.
Half a year passed by in a flash.
Six months and one hundred and eighty days may sound like a long time, but for civilians and extraordinary beings whose lives are becoming more and more comfortable in the era of great demon tides, these six months of peace without any war are precious in their lives. It was a warm moment, but in this short moment, many things worth remembering happened.
First of all, at the end of May, Alva Diamond, the seventh prince of the empire, was accepted as a registered disciple by the new legend of the empire, Joshua Van Radcliffe, Lord of the North. For the common people, this is just a talk after dinner, but for many nobles and the ladies in the Morlai Palace, it is great news. This news means that the status value of the Seventh Prince has been greatly increased, and it has With the guarantee of stability, even if Alva cannot become the future Emperor, his identity as a disciple of a legendary strongman is worth their investment.
And in addition, the seemingly failed competitor Dimoore was not looked down upon, because the Earl of Northland once mentioned in a private gathering with the Kaos couple that the second prince of the empire himself It has great potential, but I didn't accept it just because my ideas didn't fit. Being able to receive such formal praise from a legendary strong man, coupled with his previous performance in the army, undoubtedly proved the possibility of Demoore.
Secondly, in mid-June of the same year, the Far South Kingdom regained the city of Ruhr.
Two years ago, on March 12, 833, the year Starfall, Ruhr Port, the last coastal city of the Far Southern Kingdom, fell due to the siege of more than 100,000 wild dragons. Its radius of thousands of miles was covered with acid and flames, and the whole place was covered with acid and fire. It's all ashes and white ground, and it can be said that not even a blade of grass grows. Now, more than two years later, the army of the Far South Kingdom, which has finally recovered from the pain caused by the dragon disaster, has completely swept away the remaining sea beasts and flying dragons in the ruins of many coastal ports, and recovered the ruins of these cities.
Although these cities have been completely destroyed and the remaining ruins are completely uninhabitable, in the final analysis they are also the hometowns of many refugees from the Far South. The good news of recovering the entire territory also greatly helped the anxious Far South royal family to calm the increasingly turbulent domestic situation. - The royal family, whose prestige was greatly reduced and could hardly order the troops in various fortresses, took advantage of this good news and issued their largest and probably final decree in the past two years: the Border Autonomy Order.
This law is full of nonsense and complicated etiquette and honorifics. To put it in the simplest and most popular language, it means 'let it go'. The royal family of the Far South is no longer able to rule the southern and coastal borders that have been ravaged by the mad dragons, so anyone who has the ability to rebuild cities and villages locally and gather more than five hundred people to maintain order, whether he is an adventurer, a mercenary, a free Citizens, former nobles, criminals or foreigners will automatically become nobles of the Far South Kingdom. This decree has been recognized by the gods, and the Church of the Seven Gods and the royal family recognize its sanctity.
When the Border Autonomy Order was issued, almost everyone in the world with certain ambitions and abilities were like sharks smelling the smell of blood, cruising excitedly from all over the world. Everyone smelled the weakness of the Far Southern Kingdom. , and the possibility of realizing his ambitions. I have to say that this decree is really a genius idea from a certain perspective. In the third month after it was issued, the Far South South Territory, which was originally dilapidated and had nothing but ruins, A small amount of vitality has been initially restored due to the large number of foreign populations. According to the estimates of the group of mages who specialize in this field in the Eastern Plains, the southern territory will recover a certain amount of vitality and return to the world of order in at least one year. However, in contrast, , the royal family of the Far South can no longer control these areas.
In July, compared to their human neighbors in the plains, the elves rooted in the southern mountains and southwest swamps were much quieter. Although the wild dragon two years ago also caused harm to the elven cities and villages around the Forest of Silence. It was a huge damage, but the elves who were originally scattered did not suffer too much losses. In addition, the inland dense forest area was not a dominant area for high mountain and hilly creatures such as flying dragons, so they did not suffer much losses after the war. They quickly restored order.
However, even the elves, who have always seemed to have no sense of existence, also issued a piece of news at this time: after a grand and mysterious ceremony, the Elf Royal Court announced in the center of the Eternal Lake that they Regaining the blessings of the ancient gods, the Elf Creator, and [Father of Nature], a mysterious plant seedling they called the 'World Tree' was planted in the center of the nine Mother Trees of Life of the Elf clan, becoming the new holy land of the Elfs. .
For this reason, countless elven tribes wandering around the world have sent envoys, and even went out in large numbers to make pilgrimages to the far south. The heat originating from the bottom of the bloodline encourages these beings who follow the principle of tranquility and elegance to do so without hesitation. Made this 'impulsive' choice.
August and September were two quiet months, when the entire continent entered the period of preparation for harvest in late summer and early autumn. During this period, the only thing worth mentioning was that the underground race in Xishan finally ended the civil war, and envoys were sent one after another. Coming towards the above-ground world for communication, these races with exquisite forging craftsmanship and ancient spells inherited from the previous era cautiously approached their unfamiliar above-ground world.
In October, news from the East China Sea occupied the main pages of all newspapers in Mycroft's continent. Due to changes in the deep sea tides, the five murloc tribes that were originally isolated from the world had to move to the eastern coast of the mainland where the ocean currents are gentler. They inevitably had conflicts with the coastal cities of the eastern plains. The famous Sea Dragon Knights and the elite fish-men sea beast army faced off for more than half a month, until the top leaders of both sides held a seven-day secret meeting under the auspices of the Guantian White Tower. The result of this meeting was that the fish-men tribe withdrew. In the Gem Port-Sea Dragon City area where fishing is developed, the legendary mage Barbarossa will use his legendary power to work with the fish-man high priest to raise the continental shelf and artificially create five islands for the fish-men to live.
It is rumored that some fish people and humans are dissatisfied with this result, but for some reason, the top management of both parties have tacitly suppressed all the restless voices at the bottom. It seems that something big is brewing in the calm, like the ocean currents in the deep sea. It cannot be seen from the sea, but it is actually there.
"so?"
In the reception hall of the Lord's Mansion in Moldavia, Northland, Joshua, who had been resting in his hometown for half a year, raised his head from the newspaper. He crossed his legs leisurely and lazily asked the person sitting opposite: "What made Godar (the fish-man high priest), Barbarossa and Faina (the sea sage) willing to sit down and negotiate instead of creating a tsunami that swept the entire East China Sea?"
"Okay, my friend, don't be so blunt about finding topics." The middle-aged man sitting on the other side of the living room could vaguely see Nostradamus's former appearance in his eyes. He didn't even raise his head. A thick purple-backed gold-patterned magic book was busy writing something. The legendary mage replied in a perfunctory manner: "You know best why they stopped."
"Actually, I'm really curious."
Shrugging, Joshua put the newspaper in Yingying's hand. The silver-haired girl also respectfully offered a cup of tea and took a sip of the hydroxide compound that had no meaning to him now. The soldier did not continue. He continued to ask, because he knew that he had indeed run out of words before. The reason why Barbarossa and the others stopped was obvious. It was precisely for the time and space distortion point in the near future, that is, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site and his party.
The history of the world has been greatly skewed by his existence. In the original history, the Eastern Plains at this time had just driven away the last remnants of the dragon disaster. Mycroft, who was seriously injured, faced the sudden appearance of the underground race: The dark elves and gray dwarves were very wary, and facing the murlocs who saw the weakness and aggressiveness of the ground races, they were even more outright hostile. While the three legendary strongmen in the east were wary of each other, they limited their presence in the Far Eastern Sea. They tested each other, which resulted in a tsunami that destroyed several cities and medium-sized murloc tribes. From then on, the murloc camp and the human camp were hostile until the demonic invasion.
And now, because of Joshua's existence, there has been a vaccine for the mad dragon disease from the beginning, and the great plague of the cult has also been suppressed. The entire Mycrof continent has not been injured by the conspiracy of the five-color dragon clan, the abyss and the evil church. Bone, with considerable strength, the underground race and the fishman tribe will naturally not adopt too fierce an attitude. Due to the influence of the two factors, it is not surprising that the original enemies have become cold and cautious neighbors now.
Not to mention Nostradamus, a legendary powerhouse who did not exist at all. Because this great mage who specializes in time and space is active, the Northern Empire discovered the existence of time and space distortion points earlier, which will naturally make everyone The legendary powerhouses all looked at him sideways and temporarily stopped being wary of each other.
"Are you ready to leave after the end of the year?"
Recalling the message that Nostradamus came to the North to inform him, Joshua pondered for a while. He knew that this was the right choice. The period at the end of the year was the busiest time for various forces. The countries in the mainland needed Preparing to survive the cold winter, the fish people also have to dive into the warm deep sea. Only after getting through the initial busyness, will the legendary strong men who preside over a country have extra time to explore the ruins in the void.
To be honest, Joshua really couldn't wait. He had lived a good life during the almost six months of peace. Not long ago, he even took a group of people from the Lord's Mansion for a tour of the eastern plains. It was a great experience. It was a pleasant little adventure, but this little fight could not satisfy him at all. The warrior who had rested long enough was looking forward to the next battle.
Thump thump thump.
Regular and clear knocking came from the door of the reception hall. Neither Joshua nor Nostradamus were surprised. The soldier signaled Yingying to open the door, and the increasingly conscientious head maid also stepped forward gracefully. He went to open the door, and a young man with blond hair and blue eyes nervously hugged a stack of paper in his hand and bowed slightly to the three people in the hall: "Teacher, Master Nostradamus..."
"Come here, Alva, don't be so formal."
With a wave of his hand, Joshua asked the weak-limbed young man, who was suppressed by the pressure of the two legendary strongmen, to come closer to him. Then he took the stack of papers from the other person's arms and began to read through them carefully. With Joshua's current information processing speed, the only reason why he couldn't finish reading these drafts in one hundredth of a second was because the paper was too weak to withstand being flipped through too quickly. A few seconds later, the soldier who read Alva's topic nodded with satisfaction. He handed the stack of drafts back to Alva: "Well done on the homework, politics, history, mathematics, philosophy, the origin of extraordinary powers and preparation for practical topics. They are all qualified, but the monster you plan to hunt next is the Ice Sea Shark Lizard? That is a high-level monster in the inner layer of the Vast Sea, and it is a bit too difficult for you."
"No, teacher." Although he was a little nervous at first, it was obvious that after six months of training, Alva had become accustomed to this kind of pressure. The blond boy took a deep breath, stabilized his emotions, and then He began to explain in detail why he chose that prey: "The 'life sublimation' and 'vindictive steel armor' breathing methods you taught me allowed me to temporarily stimulate the high-heat power in my blood and condense the flame coat that ignores the surrounding low temperature environment to move freely. , and the partners of Team No. 1 have already prepared the bait to lure the Shark Lizard to the shore. With the cooperation of the five of us, there is no problem in killing an Ice Sea Shark Lizard."
“It’s still too rough, but it’s thoughtful.”
Joshua nodded noncommittally. He did not criticize the young man too harshly, but waved his hand to indicate that he had agreed: "Okay, go get ready. I look forward to your success, but you have to remember that even if It’s not a big deal if you fail, but let me remind you first: Shark lizards usually live in a family of 4 to 5, so the so-called one-on-one situation is basically impossible to exist.”
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"Aren't you afraid of failure in promoting reproduction? There is a northern proverb: Without bees in spring, there would be no flowers in summer, let alone fruits in autumn."
Watching Alva walk out of the hall with some disappointment and distress, you can hear him communicating quietly with Team No. 1 outside the corridor: brother and sister Ivan Amira, Karin, Neil and others. Nostradamus raised his head, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he seemed a little uneasy: "The level of power you taught these little guys is really too high. It is entirely part of the 'legendary power' that extends from yourself. , which is very dangerous.”
What the old mage said is indeed correct. These Joshua's registered disciples have formed a relatively mature five-person team after half a year of running in. After a long period of planned basic teaching and practical exercises, they have roughly mastered the various skills that Joshua taught them. With special power, these teenagers and girls who have not yet reached adulthood have the ability to work together to encircle and suppress a high-level magic beast that has reached the peak of silver or even the first stage of gold. The source of their power is the 'skill method' that Joshua analyzed his own power. Although the power derived from the legendary strong man is powerful, it is also incredibly difficult to master. For them who are not yet at the gold level, If you are not careful, it will lead to self-destruction.
"Then he has to be a seedling so that I can pull it out." In response to the master's doubts, Joshua replied with a proverb that only he could understand. He touched the head of Ying, who had a well-behaved face beside him, and shook his head: " If it were an ordinary person, I wouldn't use such drastic measures, it would only harm them. But obviously, the little guy who can pass the trial of the mist of divine disaster is definitely not an ordinary person, and Nostradamus and Alva are also Isn’t it pure human blood?”
"Did you see it? That's right. It's been so long. You must have discovered it long ago."
Blinking his eyes, the seemingly middle-aged mage laughed. He continued to lower his head, transcribing unknown words in his magic book, and whispered: "The founder of the Diamond family once made peace with the gem dragon. Among the metal dragons, the Diamond Dragon and the Gold Dragon are intermarried, and they even have part of the fairy blood in their bodies. Who knows how those guys attack the thumb-sized humanoid. Israel cannot tell because he has sublimated into the advanced legendary life form. , in fact, every descendant of the imperial royal family is not of pure human blood."
To be honest, for so many years, except for the psionic warlock families in the Xishan Kingdom, there are basically no pure-blood humans in the entire Mycrof continent. Nostradamus did not say this sentence, he just added: "A secret that is not a secret, the current queen has a quarter or even more of the golden dragon blood, she and Israel are still Distant relatives, the marriage between the two is to ensure the purity of the dragon blood in the Diamond family—don’t tell you that I told you this news.”
Nostradamus said all this kind of thing quickly, but he didn't show any nervous expression. After all, Joshua should have guessed this kind of thing, and it is indeed not an important secret among high-level officials. .
"No wonder..." Nodding thoughtfully, Joshua recalled the situation when he met the princes and princesses: "I didn't see the eldest prince, and Dimol's aura and talent were indeed a bit weird... The third princess It has a bit of a fairy flavor with the Sixth Prince, so is Alva the Golden Dragon? It’s really a strong taste.”
How can you get better yourself? After hearing the soldier's rather emotional comments, Nostradamus raised his head with a look of disgust. He first looked at Hotaru beside him, and then looked out the window: there, the black dragon girl was talking to the artificial intelligence floating in the air. The lady was playing a ball tossing game. As a ball of light that could be touched by entities and magic projections at the same time, Xiaoguang was the ball that was thrown. The legendary mage could also sense the black-haired boy resting in the study on the second floor and the running machine. Rune crystal.
In your lord's mansion, there are no humans except the maids.
Because he didn't want to fight with Joshua in the void, Nostradamus wisely did not say these words. He just closed the magic book in his hand and sighed: "I'm almost ready. Back to the Void Star Observatory."
"Then have a nice journey." Standing up at the same time as the mage, Joshua accompanied Nostradamus to the top floor of the Lord's Mansion. He watched the other person enter the space-time gate, then turned around and looked around the entire Molda from a high place. The main city of Via.
"I really don't want to destroy this peace."
After sighing softly, Joshua looked at his territory. The white snow in winter covered the main city and turned the four surrounding satellite cities that were taking shape into pure white. The snow on the streets was removed by the recently developed special snow shovel. The guiding machine was transported to the outskirts of the city and piled up into a small snow mountain. It has been transformed into an ice playground by the students and instructors of Winterburg Academy. Many parents who have time bring their children there. Playing here, it even attracts many tourists from other parts of the empire and even coming over to see it.
Anyone can enjoy this peace, but not yourself.
Because only the self who knows the future has the possibility to continue to maintain this peace.
For some reason, Joshua suddenly thought of people who were as white as the vast earth, saints. The figures of the saints in his childhood echoed in his mind. For some reason, the soldier felt a little emotion in his heart: This was probably what the saints had in mind back then. Bar
And maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's fate, or maybe it's resonance.
As waves of fluctuations came from the time and space gate again, Joshua, who originally thought it was Nostradamus returning, turned his head. What he saw was not the middle-aged legendary mage who had returned to his prime, but the man holding the mysterious figure in his arms. Two unconscious petite girls, a blonde swordsman and a purple-haired female mage with anxious and confused expressions.
"Joshua!"
The moment Brandon stepped out of the space-time gate, he shouted the warrior's name loudly, and he quickly discovered that Joshua was right in front of him. After all, the Ultimate Swordsman was a strong warrior who had experienced many battlefields. Or, he quickly calmed down, suppressed his urgency, and whispered: "There is something wrong with my sage's relic - the double blade of order!"
=No money=
Don't keep thinking about Sword Girl, they are the swordsman's two daughters.
I got stuck yesterday... I'm sorry... I'll try to write more these days.
(End of chapter)