After hearing Joshua's words, the two legendary mages looked at each other strangely, and then William coughed and said hesitantly: "Well, Joshua, although Gu Long woke up from his slumber, It will indeed cause earth-shattering visions and attract the attention of countless worlds... But this time it was obviously you who took the initiative to wake it up in advance, right?"
"Although I can't understand your eagerness to fight against Gu Long, I have to say that your behavior just now was indeed a bit weird - at least it's not like your usual behavior."
Barnier was still manipulating runes on the experimental platform to calculate the coordinates of the world where the ancient dragon was located. A huge rune light screen several meters high had been condensed in front of him, in which countless information flows fell like waterfalls. The rune controller had no He turned his head and turned his back to Joshua. His tone this time was not as casual as before, but serious with a little warning: "Although William and I have not known each other for long, your deeds It has been spread among all the legendary strong men that you were indeed decisive in your actions in the past, but not reckless... This time it is a little different."
After Joshua heard the words of the two legendary mages, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. It was only now that he finally realized that he had done some slightly extreme behavior in an inexplicable state of mind.
"Your mind has not reached its limit."
At this time, it was William who spoke. He also turned his head, but his tone was not as heavy as Barnier's. The mind master smiled and said easily: "This is normal, but every mind has loopholes. Although Your mental barrier is very strong, but just like glass and diamonds, the hardest is also the most fragile. Your heart is the crystal formed by high pressure and heat deep in the earth. It is hard, sharp, and like a blade. It's sharp, but it's too easy to go to extremes... I don't know if this is your nature, or if you've been affected by some other influence, but it should be enough to solve this problem."
For the two legendary mages, Joshua's current situation is not surprising. All legendary powerful men have more or less quirks, and they also have the capital to be willful. Being war-loving is not a bad habit, it's just that because of their years of experience as elders, they can't help but want to give a few words to warriors and impart some life experiences.
"... I learned a lesson, thank you."
Hearing this, Joshua couldn't help but frown. He turned around and stopped disturbing the work of the two legendary mages. Then he hurriedly walked through the central corridor of the experimental airship and walked towards the exit in mid-air.
And in the middle of the way, Hill and Fina, who happened to be in the experimental airship, who had been conducting experiments on ancient dragon blood with Barnier and William in the past two months, also appeared on one side of the corridor. They saw He saw the serious-looking Joshua, and without thinking much else, he smiled and raised his hands to say hello as usual - but strangely, Joshua seemed to ignore the two of them at this time and continued. He frowned and walked toward the exit in front, ignoring the greetings from the two people.
"...Joshua, what's going on..."
"Didn't he hear us?"
"How is it possible? He is a legendary strongman. Last time we went to the Great Ajax Mountains for an experiment, he heard the breath of the rock dragon lurking deep underground through three mountains - it is impossible not to hear it!"
Facing Joshua, who had disappeared around the corner and did not react at all to their words, Hill and Fina were also puzzled. The Elf Druid couldn't think of a reason after thinking hard: "It's strange - Although Earl Radcliffe looks a bit scary, he is not a arrogant person... Could something have happened?"
Leaving aside the dragon knights who planned to ask Barnier and William, Joshua had already stepped out of the experimental airship located in the Great Ajax Mountains and arrived in the cold high-altitude mist wind in the early spring of the North. The cold wind that was enough to freeze ice and frost could not touch his body at all, and was deflected in another direction by the powerful stance shield dozens of meters away. Joshua looked down at the mountains and the entire Northland. He had a panoramic view of the mountain peaks, ice fields, rivers, cities and villages. His eyes could reach the edge of the horizon and see the caravan airships flying in the distance. Moldavia is now thriving because of him and has gradually become the northernmost economic center on the continent.
The existence of a legendary strong man can change many things. Strong strength can reverse the course of the world and reverse the trend of fate. As a strong man, Joshua has changed the history he once knew and the past he once experienced. Mike Rowe He could no longer predict the future of his husband's world, and this was exactly what he wanted.
But what if it was himself that changed...
"What a headache. How did those guys avoid being affected?"
Suppressing Zhu's thoughts, Joshua's eyes were a little distracted. He looked up at the sky. The Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site in the void had been stabilized by several legendary strongmen headed by Eagle, together with major forces. The surrounding area of Fairy Township has ended its millennium-long circle movement. Looking at this scene, Joshua felt a little relaxed for some reason, and his eyes hardened again: "Fortunately, I was prepared."
The next moment, Joshua's figure disappeared, and only a long arc of light could be seen cutting through the sky, reaching the main city of Moldavia.
In the main city, on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion.
No. 3 sat on the battlement on the edge of the tower with a bored look on her face, her legs hanging in the air and kicking her calves in 2/4 beat. Today's Miss Artificial Intelligence is wearing a white dress and brown leather shoes. If a normal girl wears this, she might feel a little cold, but for magic projection, temperature is meaningless. Although she seems to be lazy, in fact, No. 3 is watching all the unstable elements in the entire city. Through the optimized cloud algorithm, she has been able to ignore the data of most normal people and focus her computing power on those Pick up guys who look like they're going to cause trouble and monitor their every move in real time.
But suddenly, the sharpest alarm sounded in No. 3's mind. She noticed a red arc in mid-air that cut through the clouds and reached the Lord's Mansion. The violent wind descended on the main city and wiped out the remaining snow around the Lord's Mansion. Blow away, the artificial intelligence girl who instinctively recognized this light as some kind of extraordinary strike subconsciously stood up and wanted to put up her most powerful magic shield to defend herself, but one hundredth of a second later, she realized Come here, that is the track left by the master of this city, Joshua Van Radcliffe.
"Joshua? Your sudden landing will scare many people..."
Because she stood up, No. 3's magic projection fell from the edge of the top floor of the Lord's Mansion. It looked like a girl committing suicide by jumping off the building. But soon, the shocked No. 3 floated up from the air. She slowly She came very close to Joshua, who had already landed on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion, but still had her back turned to her. Then she complained quite dissatisfiedly: "If you land harder, the top floor of the castle will collapse under your weight... Wow!"
Halfway through the words, No. 3 suddenly exclaimed, because Joshua suddenly turned around and put his hands on her shoulders. Feeling the soldier's heavy hands, the girl's words began to tremble: "Qiao...Joshua, What are you doing? Wait, what's wrong with you?"
Although she was a little out of control because of Joshua's sudden action, No. 3 quickly returned to her normal tone. She raised her head and looked at Joshua's face, and was surprised to find that there was a strange twinkle in the soldier's eyes. red light. Although people in the Radcliffe family are born with red eyes, that red light is not just pure red, but some kind of divine brilliance that comes from the depths of the soul: "Your eyes are shining - that light It’s very strange, but it has an inexplicable sacredness and majesty!”
"The situation is urgent."
Joshua spoke at this time, with a heavy tone, and he said word by word: "But I had already guessed that this moment would happen... No. 3, didn't I ask you to help keep some information last time? Now I am going to use it. It’s time.”
"So soon? Has it already reached this point?"
Although she still felt a little strange about Joshua's unusual behavior, No. 3 understood after hearing that "that thing" was going to be used, and was very surprised. She had roughly guessed Joshua's state at this time. He said: "Okay, let go first, I will extract the information again right away."
Hearing this, Joshua silently let go of his hand on No. 3's shoulder, while the artificial intelligence girl rubbed her shoulders and sighed: "I didn't believe you would reach that point so quickly... But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. .”
"indeed so."
Joshua replied, he saw No. 3 closing her eyes and releasing hazy violet light all over her body. Under her control, a huge flow of information was extracted from the rune crystals of the body, and then gathered on the girl's chest. After a moment, No. 3 opened her eyes again, her face slightly pale, and on the chest she held in her hands, a ball of silver light the size of a fist, beating like a heart, was emitting steel-like light.
The girl silently handed it to the warrior, and Joshua took the power of steel that he had given to No. 3. He held it in the palm of his hand, and his whole body began to flow with a hazy silver light like Sanhao. This ball of steel contained a huge amount of information, and it took even Joshua a long time to fully digest it. After a long time, the soldier took a long breath and whispered: "Based on comparison, in less than a year, the erosion has already reached this serious level."
"Joshua, what's wrong with you?"
Slowly approaching the soldier, No. 3 stood beside Joshua with her hands behind her back. She stuck her head out and asked in a low voice: "You were a little rude today - you were never like this before."
"It's my fault. Unintentionally, the influence of divinity has begun to become apparent."
After completely integrating the light ball of steel power in his hand into himself, the flashing red light in Joshua's eyes began to silence, and then was gradually replaced by silver brilliance. The warrior was silent for a while, and then said in a slightly tired tone: "When I discovered that the power of steel could store all my own information, I had the idea in my mind to store some of my key thoughts. The logic is simplified into an algorithm similar to artificial intelligence, and then stored in your ontology. It is a benchmark that can determine my own mental changes at all times. Through you, I can review my own thinking changes at any time to avoid accidental changes. Being bewitched by evil gods or other legendary powerful men without knowing it."
"I didn't think it was necessary before..." No. 3 shook his head and sighed.
"Now it seems that it is very necessary. I must be careful. The most terrifying thing about demons and evil gods is not their destructive power, but their ability to unknowingly corrupt people's hearts. I have always been vigilant about this and have done a good job Prepare to face the worst. The funny thing is that for so long, the enemy has not been able to defeat me, neither demons nor evil gods have corrupted my mind, but my divinity - I am changing myself."
At this time, Joshua had quickly noticed some subtle changes in the depths of his soul through his previous thinking logic stored in No. 3 body. Comparing one by one, he found that his general direction had not changed much, but his personality had indeed become much more radical than before.
Although the soldiers in the past were warlike, they were not prone to attack anyone they encountered. Although madmen and militants sound similar, they are ultimately two different things. If others are unwilling, then Joshua will not take action forcefully.
But this time... I met that ancient dragon.
Thinking of this, Joshua took a deep breath. This breath swallowed up almost all the free energy around the Lord's Mansion and even over the main city of Moldalvi, and even temporarily formed a dead magic field. And this action calmed him down a little.
After seeing the ancient dragon, Joshua felt the desire in his heart... No, not desire, but a strong instinct that seemed to be taken for granted, an uncontrollable impulse that made him want to kill. The other party plundered everything from the other party. He wanted to peel off the ancient dragon's skin and cramps, and swallow all the flesh and bones.
Killing, destruction, fighting, evolution... The impulse that came from nowhere was transforming his soul.
Because of the crazy killing of millions of void monsters in the world of stars, some of Joshua's characteristics were being merged unknowingly, and divinity was growing in his body, as if the holders of them were cheering. Confirm the truth they represent step by step. God truly recognized him and regarded him as the agent of all killing and destruction, fighting and evolution in the world.
It recognized him and wanted him to be it.
No one has ever been able to reach this point so quickly. No. 3 also felt incredible when he learned what Joshua was worried about at the beginning - because according to what Ogel and Xing Zheng said at the time, after reaching this step, he would have to climb to the top of the mountain. A prelude to becoming a god, but in the past, those who ascended to the gods needed hundreds of years of savings to barely touch that barrier. But the artificial intelligence girl did not know that at the far end of the multiverse, there was a civilization that worshiped the warrior in her eyes as a true god. His belief had begun to spread on a planetary basis. This was the Mycroft god of many glorious eras. An honor that cannot be obtained.
It was an inevitable coincidence that led to the current situation.
For Joshua, the killing in the world of stars and the faith gained in the world of stars are just things he should do and the rewards he deserves, but it is because of this that he regards all of this as ordinary. The knowledge of things perfectly meets the conditions of divinity. Seeing the performance of the Ancient Dragon Queen warrior this time was a sign of some subtle influence: Joshua completely ignored the fact that the other party was also an intelligent life. All he wanted to do was rely on the first episode to test out the other party's depth, and then The next time they meet, they will decide the outcome of life and death with that powerful beast.
As a pure agent of combat, this idea is understandable. But he's Joshua, the human Joshua Van Radcliffe, and that's a problem.
"I'm not in a good state lately. No. 3, I need you to be by my side recently. I need to always make sure that my thinking is correct."
Taking No. 3 with him, Joshua slowly walked into the lord's mansion. He arrived on the second floor and entered a room he rarely entered. Joshua sat on his big chair, frowning and closing his eyes. He said in a tired tone: "Think about it carefully, the challenge to Eagle is also - how could I not understand the strength of the old pope? Even if he does not rely on the speed of light field, he can defeat me with his strong strength foundation, but time will Just a little longer.”
Next, he was silent for a while. Joshua recalled William's words. William's title is the master of the mind, the controller of the mind. He is the strongest spellcaster in the spiritual and spiritual fields in the world. His view of his spirit was that it was strong enough, but not tough enough, and he had not reached the limits of his own mind.
"The ultimate soul... Indeed, I still lack this. Even after reaching the legend, I have not yet become the most perfect form."
Leaning his back on the chair, Joshua murmured to himself. He knew that before going to look for traces of the ancient dragon, he might need to ask some people for advice. Otherwise, before the next battle, he may lose control at any time and become a completely unstable bomb. Who knows if he will take action against his comrades when he rises.
And just when Joshua was thinking about how he could resist the erosion of divinity and reach the limit of his soul, he suddenly felt a pair of hands wrapping around his neck from behind and hugging his head. .
"Okay, Joshua, don't worry too much."
A gentle and soft voice came from behind the warrior. No. 3 stood behind Joshua. In a calm and gentle tone, she whispered into his ear: "This may be the first time I have seen you so worried. The look... Even when facing the apostles of the evil god and the natural disasters brought by the evil god, you have never shown this expression."
"Such a terrible enemy can't make you eclipse. Does it mean that facing your own instinct will scare you?"
"No, it's just..."
Joshua originally wanted to explain, but then he shut his mouth. The warrior stretched out his hand and untied the girl's arm from around his neck. He stood up and chuckled: "I didn't expect that I would be comforted by you. I really didn't expect that I would have such a weakness."
"Thanks, No. 3."
"There's nothing to be thankful for... In my eyes, you have never changed."
Letting go of his hand, No. 3 shook his head. The artificial intelligence girl floating in mid-air stared at Joshua's back, but did not continue talking.
No matter what anyone else thinks, Joshua, in my eyes.
You saved me from the world of Kallis that was on the verge of destruction.
Always the unchanging hero.
(End of chapter)