Soul of Burning Steel

late at night.

The sudden heavy rain mixed with ice crystals fell from the sky, while the dark clouds covered the stars and covered the mountains and the earth. The downpour of rain mixed with ice and snow filled the sky and the earth, making the huge area within the field of vision full of gray mist.

Among the thick dark clouds, purple-blue thunder flickered, and the dull thunder came in waves, like the hammering of a giant drum.

——Suddenly, a huge thunder sounded suddenly, and lightning broke through the sky, illuminating the surroundings like the sun in daytime.

Through this light, under the cover of rain and fog, one can vaguely see a majestic giant city built between three peaks.

Starfall 831, December 21st, 8:35 p.m., Northern Empire, Imperial Capital.

The three black mountain peaks are like a barrier separating heaven and earth, cutting off the world on this side and the other side, and behind this solid rock barrier is a huge city with white walls, which is located between mountains and on top of rocks. And around this giant city, there is a fortress and a mage tower on the top of each of the three peaks. They tower into the sky, like the strongest horns piercing the sky, protecting this most important city of the human empire.

In the darkness of night, white pyroxene lamps illuminate the street, like fog and freezing rain falling, covering the street with a thin layer of ice. The pedestrians on the street look in a hurry, as if they want to go home as soon as possible, but in order not to fall, they Still have to walk carefully on the ice.

A person covered in a white hooded robe walked slowly on the street. He was tall, with three jewel rings on his exposed hands, and his skin was slightly wrinkled. It could be seen that he was not young.

The man noticed the plight of the pedestrians around him, shook his head and chuckled, and said to himself in a low voice: "The weather makes the road really difficult."

He said a few words in his mouth, and then tapped lightly towards the void, the magic power immediately began to fluctuate, and the nameless spell bypassed the warning circles all over the city in an instant, covering the surrounding land within several kilometers, When the ice layer was dissolved, all the pedestrians around were surprised to find that they no longer had to move forward with restraints, but could move forward with peace of mind.

After solving the problem that troubled many people, the figure under the hood nodded slightly, and then he continued to walk towards the center of this huge city, a magnificent palace cast from basalt.

It was the residence of the Emperor of the Empire - the Morlaix Palace.

The Royal Palace Morlaix is ​​like a city within a city, surrounded by solid walls. There are countless black armored knights patrolling at the entrance. The armor and weapons on their bodies are all high-quality first-class, with engravings representing the royal family [five-star ring Yang] Heraldry, extremely powerful.

And no matter the guard's demeanor, demeanor, physique or imposing manner, it all shows that this is a master of all battles, the best of the best.

The man wearing the white hood and robe came to the gate of the palace. The rain, ice and snow bypassed his body under the influence of an inexplicable force and slid to the ground. Seeing this unreasonable scene, the guard knights would naturally go up and ask .

The first black-armored knight, who seemed to be the captain, walked up to this man, and he said to the man whose face was hidden behind the hood solemnly and politely: "Sir, here is If there is nothing important to do in the royal area, please avoid it."

As he said that, he also pointed in a direction: "And it's best not to use spells in the imperial capital, sir. If you want to avoid the rain, you can go to the street management center, where there are free umbrellas."

Hearing this extremely polite exhortation, the man behind the hood seemed a little surprised. He looked at the knight in front of him, with a smile on his face.

"Israel's subordinates are becoming more and more chivalrous...It's really different from his father."

A slightly old voice came from the shadow behind the hat. As he spoke, he took off the hood on his head, and then revealed his white hair and long beard, and looked at the man standing beside him with a smile. former knights.

After seeing the man's face, the black armored knight was stunned for two seconds, and the cold rain fell on his face, which woke him up - he backed away in a panic, and the knight immediately bowed down respectfully , whispered: "I don't know if you came here... I am very sorry! Master, please come in, His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for you in the study!"

When the other knights saw the old man's face again, their expressions changed instantly, and they all bowed respectfully.

Patting the shoulder of the leading knight, the old man signaled them to get up, and then continued to walk slowly into the palace step by step.

Across the long aisles and gardens, passing several majestic statues of previous emperors, the white-haired old man finally reached the deepest part of this magnificent palace, a room with a golden gate. in front of the room.

"Little Israel, I'm coming in."

Without knocking on the door, the old man was still talking, and he opened the door directly with his hand, and walked in like this.

In the room, it is resplendent and resplendent. Several huge and carved fluorites hang from the ceiling of the hall, shining brightly like the sun, illuminating the entire room. The floor is made of pure white crystal marble, and the walls are all huge. Metal bookcase, in the center of this extremely luxurious room, there is a desk carved from a whole piece of Feiyun wood. A man with dark golden shoulder-length hair is sitting on the seat behind the desk, silently flipping through a book. This ancient book.

This man is tall and strong, his handsome and angular face is expressionless, but he does not give people a feeling of indifference. He is wearing a red luxurious animal skin robe with a fringe of ermine on the edge. The material of the animal skin and scales is obviously taken from the strongest skin in the center of a red dragon's chest.

Sighing, he closed the ancient book in his hand, and the man who had known for a long time that someone was coming from outside the room looked up at the door, and said helplessly, "Mr. Nostradamus, you have to knock before entering the room, but you taught me etiquette."

While speaking, the voice swayed with inexplicable power, and a gust of wind blew up, closing the golden door of the study.

"But I have also taught you—there is no need to pay too much attention to etiquette among acquaintances."

He didn't take the identity of the man in front of him seriously at all. The white-haired old man smiled and walked to the opposite side of the desk. With a wave of his hand, he conjured a soft sheepskin cushion out of thin air, which looked very comfortable. The chair, and then sat straight on it: "Too much life is not a good thing, my majesty the emperor."

Israel Diamond, the supreme ruler of the northern empire smiled wryly and shook his head. Facing the old man in front of him, his mentor and guide for many years, he could not show the majesty of the emperor—— The middle-aged man with dark blond hair swept aside the ancient books on the table, and then said straight to the point: "Okay, my President of the Royal Mages Association, Your Excellency the Chief Archmage of the Empire, you informed me four hours ago Said that there was an important matter to tell, but it ended up coming to me now... Don't you think you need to give an explanation?"

The old man named Nostradamus frowned, his expression looked a little strange: "Your Majesty, do you really not know?"

"I don't have time to care about other news recently."

Israel shook his head, he clapped his hands, and suddenly two magic circles appeared on the desk, and after a flash, two cups of hot tea appeared in front of his eyes, and he handed a cup of tea to the white-haired man in front of him Old man, His Majesty the Emperor took a sip of tea by himself, and then sighed: "The three major armies surrounded the orc king's court but couldn't attack for a long time. I even planned to march by myself. In addition, there are so many black tides suddenly set off in the territory. What's the matter?" Focus on other things."

"Your Majesty, you don't care about the Kuroshio."

Simply denying what the man in front of him said, Nostradamus straightened his white hooded robe, and said seriously: "The black dragon that set off the black tide arrived in the north, but you ignored it and didn't even send a single person Go kill it."

When someone questioned his decision, even if the other party was his teacher, he would be angry, not to mention that Israel, as the emperor of the empire, didn't like others to question his will, so he said coldly: "Teacher, you The accusation is completely wrong. As early as a few weeks ago, I ordered the inspector Munster to bring a dragon-killing stone from the royal family's collection as a gift to Sir Radcliffe. With the help of this thing, Radek Li Fuqing’s strength, not to mention Kuroshio and the mid-level golden dragon at most, even a golden peak dragon will fall there.”

"If that thing is indeed a dragon, it is—but who told you it was a dragon?"

The white-haired old man shook his head, and he took out a white report from nowhere, with a bunch of formulas and words densely written on it, and a bright red seal printed on it: "The research of the Mage Association has proved that the recent black The berserk phenomenon in the tide is not just caused by the scales of the black dragon—there is an extremely obvious chaotic power in it!"

Speaking of this, Nostradamus said in an unmistakable tone: "That is a Chaos monster! Think about it, what is a Chaos monster going to the Northland for?"

Israel frowned, and His Majesty the Emperor tapped his fingers on the surface of the Feiyun wood desk, making a rhythmic sound: "Suppressed land, gatekeeper Radcliffe's house... it is going to attack Molda Via, open the space-time channel?"

"No, it has opened the space-time channel."

With a sneer, the white-haired old man looked very helpless: "My lord, because of your father, you care too much about the war with the orcs, but in fact it is unnecessary. They recovered from the last great war, but we have been cultivating for many years, even if it is delayed, they will definitely lose!"

"Only chaos, only chaos is the only enemy worthy of fear in all human worlds!"

"...You are right, teacher, orcs are not worth mentioning. I am too persistent... Wait, the door of time and space has been opened?"

His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire was not angry because of these words. He knew that his teacher was telling the truth, but when he suddenly realized what his teacher had just said, Israel's expression immediately became serious.

He didn't doubt what his teacher said, but said angrily: "The gate of time and space is open?! Damn, those people from [Shadow], and the inspector, what are they doing? Why don't I know about such an important thing?" !?"

Even as the emperor of the empire, a legendary powerhouse, it is impossible for him to pay attention to all the things in the empire all the time, so after Yisrael ascended the throne, he immediately formed the intelligence organization Shadow, and immediately controlled it. The aristocratic court system was used to collect information for him... Now, because of the incompetence and dereliction of duty of his subordinates, this kind emperor, who can be regarded as kind, is really angry.

"No, there are only five golden ranks among the four leaders of the Northland, and the one from the Wilson family has been beheaded by the young successor of the Radcliffe family—with their strength, they can't stop Chaos." Tide!"

It was not the time to be angry. Thinking of this, His Majesty the emperor with dark golden hair stood up, and the terrifying power of will surged out, and even turned into substance, stopping all the objects in the entire study room in place. Even the dust remained motionless as if frozen in amber. He said in a deep voice, "I need to immediately mobilize elite troops to suppress the highest level of natural disasters!"

"You are wrong, Israel, there are always some people in this world who are beyond common sense."

Not being oppressed by the will of the legendary strongman in front of him and his own students, Nostradamus, the chief archmage of the Imperial Royal Mages Association, stood up, and the white-haired old man said in a deep voice: "Just like I used to Just like the three shaman legions who led the mage group to defeat the orcs in succession, just like when you killed the orc emperor among thousands of armies and successfully broke through the legend, there are always people who can do things that ordinary people can't do—— The gate of time and space has been closed!"

Under the questioning gaze of His Majesty the Emperor, the white-haired old man said with emotion: "At 10:20 this morning, the time-space inspection instrument of the Mage Association detected a huge time-space fluctuation more than three hours ago. The center swelled, and about forty minutes later, when I was about to inform you, the patrol device indicated that the time-space fluctuations had stopped, and the time-space gate was completely closed."

"Due to the occasional delay of the instrument, I thought it was a false alarm at first, but after multiple verifications, it was confirmed that the space-time door was indeed opened, and all the nodes were forcibly smashed and forced to close. "

"...This is really a great event. It seems that I will prepare another huge prize."

Sitting back on the seat, Israel sighed: "The gate of time and space was destroyed in the fourth hour after it was opened. Its achievements are astonishing... Then teacher, what are you here for?"

"Someone has to seal the gate of time and space in another world."

When the old man replied, he showed a smile: "But for such a big event, I don't feel at ease to send anyone, so I'm going to go alone."

"Can break into the Black Forest amidst the beast tide, and forcibly close the time-space gate... I can't wait to see the little guy who has done such a big thing."