"pray?"
Eagle was very interested in Joshua's words, and he asked: "Did you hear the prayers in the Great Temple? Or did you hear the hymns of the Holy Mountain? If it is true, your hearing is a bit surprising .”
"Even though I can hear it, it's not like that."
Joshua pondered for a while, feeling that he had nothing to say to the old pope, and then he recounted what he had done to a certain Balrog in the Sixth Abyss: "That's probably it. I used the power of steel to transform its entire structure, removing most of the toxic radiation substances from its body, and basically purifying it completely. Now it is as harmless as an ordinary slime. Because of this, it There is still a part of my steel power in its body. And just now, it seemed that it was praying to me."
Having said this, the soldier couldn't help but laugh helplessly: "After what happened, did it actually believe in me? I just spared its life, after all, it is quite obedient. Or is this Another sign of divine awakening?”
"Most demons worship the strong. You spared its life and purified the toxins in its body. This not only gave it one less weapon to fight against the enemy, but also expanded its future possibilities. If it really I’m not surprised at all that you believe in me.”
Unlike Joshua who felt weird, the old pope was quite interested in this kind of thing. He said enthusiastically: "Maybe you can summon this demon to our camp - don't use that crazy preaching method. The soldier looked at me, I am serious - we will have a battle against the Abyss in the future, and a local demon who is familiar with the Abyss is very important. Don't you want to counterattack the Abyss, but start the legend in our homeland, the mainland of Mycroft? A war between strong men?”
Joshua thought about what would happen if Eagle and other legendary strongmen went all out to launch the light speed field and their respective stunts on the Mycroft continent... The warrior looked at the old pope with a look as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and then shook his head and said This is absolutely unacceptable.
Seeing that Joshua understood this, Eagle smiled, and then fell into deep thought. The old pope's face on the other side of the communication circle was a little blurry. This was because his strength was too strong and the magic could not reflect his clear face, and there was also the interference of the great demonic tide. After a moment, Eagle said: "As for the fact that you can hear its prayers, it is indeed related to divinity, but it is not just divinity."
Joshua looked at the old pope, and Eagle looked at him, and the two looked at each other. Eagle said calmly: "As far as I know, God has his own way of receiving faith and buffering divine assimilation for himself. You don't know how to do it now. Logically speaking, you can't hear prayers, but since you can hear that now The prayer of the Balrog is not fake...so there is only one possibility."
"What's possible?" Joshua asked.
Eagle took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Do you know the Sage and his Thirteen Saints?"
"Of course I know."
Joshua was slightly stunned. He did not expect that the old pope would bring the topic to this aspect. He recalled for a while, and then replied: "In the inheritance left by the sages, I have seen thirteen figures standing behind the sages. … They support the sages and complete the reconciliation and balance of the world. It is precisely because of their assistance that the sages can become sages.”①
"Indeed, the thirteen saints are the greatest help to the saints. They come from different races, different civilizations and even different worlds, but there is one thing they are the same."
After hearing Joshua's reply, Eagle nodded. When he said this, his tone was calm, but at the end, the old pope emphasized: "That is, they all use the power of the Holy Light."
After a pause, he added: "Use the power originally created by the sages."
"...I probably know."
Eagle made it so obvious that Joshua would not fail to understand - although today's Holy Light users are all over the continent, and all the priests of the Church of the Seven Gods are experts in the power of Holy Light, but There is no doubt that the Thirteen Saints back then were the first to learn the Holy Light from the Saints!
Although Joshua did not create a new power system like a sage, his power of steel was undoubtedly one of the few high-end powers in this world. At that time, there were only the Chongshan Titan and the Earth Mother Goddess. That is to say, it is owned by the direct descendants of Mycroft, the Python of Steel. The trace of steel power remaining in the body of the Fire Demon Syndicate should have been completely absorbed by him after such a long time. It is precisely because of this that Joshua has this wonderful connection with it.
"So..." After figuring out the whole joint, Joshua showed a rather surprised smile. He touched his chin and turned to look at the sky. His eyes seemed to be able to break through space and see the world beyond the distant void. , with a strange tone: "That Balrog is my 'First Saint'?"
"You can say that."
The old pope couldn't help laughing, and he also laughed. He touched his beard and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "A demon has begun to learn to pray. This must be your influence - I have never heard that demons can pray. !”
"But I never pray to God either."
"Then I don't know why."
The conversation in this area was quickly over, and the so-called first saint was just teasing. After Joshua determined that he would go to a mist of divine misfortune to find a way to train his soul, he ended his communication with the old pope.
This exchange was pleasant, but Joshua found that Eagle had been a little distracted since the last fight and seemed to be thinking about some very important issues. The warrior doesn't like to explore other people's privacy, so even if he wants to share the worry for Eagle, he will not ask recklessly, but as long as the other person asks, he will not hesitate to help the person who has helped him for a long time. elder.
After Joshua returned to the Lord's Mansion, his thoughts shifted from Eagle and returned to the Fire Demon Syndicate.
"My saint... is a Balrog?"
Picking up the tea served by Yingying, Joshua took a sip, thought about it, and smiled at the incomprehensible look of the silver-haired girl: "It's not bad."
After all, the Balrogs are essentially a powerful race comparable to dragons. According to legend, the most powerful Lord of the Abyss Balrogs can burn down a world and turn an entire continent into an unsurvivable radioactive waste just by coming. earth. In terms of pure power and potential, Syndicate has no flaws.
However, it is a demon after all. Even if it meets the standard in terms of strength, it urgently needs Joshua's guidance and transformation in other aspects. There is no doubt that if he wants to be Joshua's saint, this Balrog is still far from it - whether it is his character or anything else.
"But, after all, he also helped in the battle. This cannot be denied... Did he pray to me just now? Let me take a closer look and see what he prayed to me."
Sitting on the chair, Joshua closed his eyes and began to carefully sense the resonance of the power of steel: "If it's not too much, you can satisfy it."
Unknown world, Kronos Mountains, dragon village.
At night, the lights in the village are brightly lit, and the singing and laughter can be clearly heard even hundreds of meters away. In the square in the center of the village, a huge bonfire is burning, white meteorites are placed in the center, and countless adult dragons are having fun. Drinking, laughing, singing and dancing to celebrate this harvest.
Because of the meteorite earthquake, the originally flat square became full of ditches and depressions, but no one cared about this. Countless underage dragon boys and girls also followed behind their parents, in pairs. This is the custom of the dragon people. After growing up from childhood to adolescence, men and women will find a partner who meets their respective requirements to develop a tacit understanding, and form a family directly after adulthood. This is because of the harsh environment of the Kronos Mountains. As a result, because of monsters, partners often need to fight together, so cooperation needs to be cultivated from an early age. This is true for ordinary dragonmen, and even worse for witchers.
But since there are people in pairs, there are also people who are alone. The dragon girl Lisa was huddled tiredly in the corner of the celebration, hugging her legs alone and staying motionless.
Lisa is not tall, and looks even more petite when curled up. A long cyan tail stretches out from behind her, hugging her legs with her hands, and forming herself into a ball. The girl's long black hair was blowing in the night wind, and the two long cyan horns on her head were unusually tall. Under her slender eyebrows was a pair of burgundy eyes.
From a certain point of view, Lisa can be called beautiful, but the slightly old-fashioned dress in the village suppressed this beauty, and instead made her look like an ordinary village girl. However, Dragon people don't care much about appearance. They value muscles, strength and fertility.
This is a celebration to celebrate the discovery of the divine iron, and it is also a vigilance measure to gather all combat forces together to prevent other villages from sneak attacks.
The iron falling from the sky has appeared several times in the dragon people's short history of hundreds of years. Each time, the strength of one or several villages will be greatly improved - these magical irons can forge powerful weapons and armor, allowing demon hunters to hunt demons. People can hunt stronger monsters, and with the flesh and blood of stronger monsters, more awakened people will be born in the next generation. This is a virtuous circle, and this opportunity finally fell in their village.
The monsters in the Kronos Mountains are generally divided by the dragon people into lower-ranking ones, upper-ranking ones, and kings who rule a group. In addition, there are powerful monsters with special names. These monsters are usually unknown beasts that emerge from the Desert of Gods, and some are leaders of the strongest monster races. This village called 'Yunsha' Village was originally quite powerful and could hunt the king of monsters. However, a few years ago, a monster with the title of "Yunsha" came out of the Desert of Sanity and defeated their monster hunting team, leaving them The strength has dropped a lot.
"We are loved by God!"
In the middle of the celebration, a dragon man suddenly shouted so loudly. He pulled out his weapon, a sharp scimitar, from his waist, and then raised it above his head: "We are the people favored by the gods!"
"Oh oh oh! We are the people favored by God!"
Suddenly, countless people roared loudly, and the atmosphere of the celebration was pushed to a climax.
The People of the Gods is what the dragon people call themselves. They firmly believe that their bloodline comes from God, and that all sufferings in the world are trials. Even if these optimistic guys are facing death, they just smile, let alone facing this divine iron
Everyone was extremely excited. Only Lisa was left alone, hugging her legs and watching this scene. At this moment, a white slime that seemed to have contained all the flames emerged from the girl's chest and collar, sending out slight mental fluctuations.
"Why don't you go celebrate with your own kind?"
"I am just a loser now..."
"joke."
At the girl's words, Enma sneered: "Even if I don't have a nose, I can smell that the power of your blood is much stronger than that of those losers dancing around the campfire... But then again, you are so strong Why is your potential still so weak now? Have you tried hard to hone yourself?"
Lisa was furious about the suspicion of this unknown creature, but she couldn't think of any reason to refute it for a while. She could only say depressedly: "I, I can't wake up! However, you are an accident... On your body, There seems to be something that can stimulate the resurgence of my blood. After staying with you for a while, I felt an inexplicable impulse suddenly come from my body."
The girl stretched out her hand and stared at her index finger with her burgundy eyes. After a moment, a very slight electric arc began to beat on the index finger, which made the girl sigh, and then smiled: "Although it is as weak as non-existence, at least I can see hope... It's just that it takes so long."
Although the girl's tone was still a bit lost and lonely, the dragon's natural optimism still made her laugh: "In short, I will work hard to complete the contract and let you recover!"
"I hope so." Balrog said softly.
Not long ago, where the meteorite fell, the Syndicate and Lisa signed a soul-sworn contract.
Lisa makes a wish, hoping to gain enough to protect her family and walk freely in the outside world. As a price, she must restore the strength of the Balrog Syndicate as much as possible. The punishment for breaking the oath is that the souls of the two belong to the other.
This is a typical abyss demon contract, and Syndicate indeed lives up to its name as a demon - it seems to have signed a contract, but in fact it does not say how to fulfill it or when it will be completed. In turn, Lisa has to work hard to restore its strength. .
Although the Balrog became decent for some reason, it was still a demon after all. Although it felt a bit shameful to deceive the little girl, it still did it. The Syndicate decided that as long as they regained their strength, they could give Lisa a little strength depending on her mood, not too much, just to allow her to control the power of blood in her body.
"What a shame, the power contained in this little girl's body is just a little bit worse than when I was in my prime... I'm a big devil!"
Thinking of this, the Syndicate couldn't help but feel extremely depressed. Then it looked at the center of the square and couldn't help but gnashed its teeth: "You natives, how dare you use my body as a weapon... You are not that adult! Then one Everyone has to pay interest, and none of them can escape!"
Lisa was not as energetic as Syndicate. The little girl was in a state of ups and downs today. She also spent a lot of energy signing a contract with the devil. In addition, her tail was wrapped around her very comfortably, so she fell asleep without realizing it. Syndicate shrank again. He went back into the girl's collar and turned himself into a white gem pendant.
As a big demon, although it has little intelligence, it can still know by virtue of its innate instincts that the so-called awakening of Lisa's dragon clan is nothing more than tapping into the potential within its own body like their Balrogs. Lisa's current situation is like that of some particularly powerful creatures. In order to prevent their offspring from being destroyed by the powerful energy contained in their own bodies, they have imposed some seals that prevent them from awakening in their infancy. They can only wait until their physical fitness is sufficient. Only by taking responsibility can you tap out this power.
This should be the case with Lisa. Because she has too much potential, she cannot become stronger quickly. Only when her body matures in a few years can she tap out her strength step by step.
As for why he can make the opponent awaken early... Syndicate has some speculations. Its original radiation toxin can make life maliciously distorted, but due to the serious injury, it is too weak, and the toxins have been purified by the adult, although there is still radiation. , but at most it stimulates the body and accelerates its growth. Presumably it was for this reason that Lisa unlocked part of her power.
"It's just... my radiation is still a means of killing in the final analysis. This little dragon girl is accelerating the passage of her life and burning her future in order to speed up her awakening."
Feeling Lisa's slow heartbeat after falling asleep, the Syndicate was silent for a long time. Logically speaking, as a demon, it is good enough to be able to help the contract partner normally. It is completely impossible for it to care about the life of the other party. Compared with this, it is better to think about when it will Only then can we regain our strength.
Speaking of which, all the demons who were chasing me should have run away, right? They are already so far away, they will definitely not catch up here!
Thinking of this, Syndicate felt a lot more relaxed, but for some reason, it always felt a little uneasy.
Unable to think of a reason, the former Great Balrog could only sigh. It habitually let its thoughts fall into silence, and at the same time prayed to the adult, praying that disaster, fear and death would not befall it.
"Inflict it on my enemies!"
Having ended his prayer with these words, Balrog was about to fall into deep sleep and regain some of his strength. But soon, it let out a light sigh: "Huh? Why is there something extra in my spiritual sea?"
"What is this?"
==No money===
① I remember that I wrote about 12 saints before, but that was a mistake, it should be 13.
An update from yesterday, working hard today...
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