Soul of Burning Steel

boom.

The earth shook.

In the silent world, there was a huge roar.

In the ruins of the city shrouded in mist, something seemed to be moving. It was huge, looming in the gray haze, and its body, which was as huge as a mountain, trembled, as if it was absorbing some power from the surroundings.

As it passed by, the mud and rocks collapsed into sand and dust, and the mountains collapsed into flat ground. The "power of existence" was extracted by this giant monster, and the world itself began to shake.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering glass, everything around it becomes blurred and distant, as if it will cease to exist in the next moment.

--fire.

Indistinctly, Hotaru, who was still in a daze, seemed to hear a voice.

--fire!

This voice echoed between the sky and the earth, spreading throughout the whole world, as if it was expecting and praying for something.

What does the fire in its mouth mean?

The girl asked herself suspiciously.

——Nature is the fire of the world, the original light of existence, only fire, only fire, only it can illuminate the void and drive out chaos...

boom! There was another loud noise, the girl instinctively felt that the owner of the voice seemed to be preparing to answer her question, but for some reason, it was interrupted by some influence, and the loud noise from somewhere caused the answer to be The bulging gray fog became fragmented, and the follow-up could no longer be heard clearly.

Accompanied by the sudden roar, the turbulent chaotic waves rushed in one after another, making Hotaru feel uncomfortable, as if a suffocating pain invaded her soul, but, a burst of silvery white light lit up, some inexplicable power Gently supporting the will of the magical girl, like a shield, it blocks and drives away all the chaotic forces.

As time passed, the tide calmed down, and the shield also disappeared. Looking up, looking at the dark sky, Hotaru looked around in confusion.

Just now, she felt that a great will was watching her gently.

【The remnant of fire, the descendant of steel, the creation of my people... you should not come here before the promised time. 】

A deep voice resounded in Yingying's heart, and at the same time, an inexplicable repulsive force repelled the girl's soul and rose to the place where the dim sun shines.

[Go back, go back for now, wait until the promised day, and then take over your mission. 】

Finally, when she was about to leave this world, Yingying, who was confused but somehow reluctant to part, seemed to hear such a blessing.

【—May the sun shine on your soul forever. 】

Then, the silver-white light flickered, and there was a feeling of being squeezed out. In a trance, the silver-haired girl opened her eyes in reality.

She woke up.

"Why, did you wake up? Did you sleep comfortably?"

The girl who had just woken up just sat upright, her eyes were blank, she seemed to be still asleep, her long silver hair was a little messy, and some strands of hair were even held in her mouth for some reason—in short, she didn’t understand at all. After hearing what happened just now, Yingying immediately trembled when she heard her master's ridicule. She quickly got up and apologized in a panic: "I'm sorry, master, I don't know why I'm sleepy all of a sudden..."

Then I had a dream... Strange, what did I dream just now?

"Obviously as a magic machine, you shouldn't sleep, why..."

Biting her lips lightly, Miss Shenji frowned slightly, and said to herself in a troubled voice: "Shenji, there is a state of dormancy, but this is not the same as sleep."

"It doesn't matter, there is no need for such a big reaction. Sleep is a ritual to adjust memory and purify the soul. Even vampire dragons that don't need sleep will sleep for several years or a hundred years according to their needs."

Joshua looked at the silver-haired girl talking to herself in a daze, and felt that this Yingying was unexpectedly cute, so he couldn't help but teased again: "No matter what, next time you want to sleep, just tell me Say it, I'm not a bad person, how can I have the heart to let you yawn and follow me to work?"

Speaking of this, the soldier suddenly discovered that he hadn't slept for a long time since he advanced to the golden rank. For such a long time, whenever he felt tired, he would close his eyes directly, and after a short rest of one or two hours You will be able to fully restore your full strength and continue to work.

Such a high-intensity battle and exercise, if it wasn't for Joshua, most people would have collapsed long ago, but the magical girl followed him all the way, and never missed half a time... Thinking about it this way, Joshua couldn't help but feel ashamed, he He never expected that he would unconsciously become a black-hearted lord who oppressed his subordinates, a scumbag who oppressed child laborers.

Although Yingying always said that she was as old as the warrior—but who cares about her, the warrior is a visual creature.

The silver-haired girl was still frowning and remembering. She vaguely remembered that she saw a lot of strange things in her dreams. Although she was a little dazed at that time, she still remembered some things.

"What exactly is it……"

Standing in front of the sofa, walking back and forth, Yingying thought hard, but at most she could recall some fragmented impressions——gray fog, a stagnant world, everything wrapped in stone crystals, chaotic waves and the huge slowly moving in it. Biology...Although it sounds like a lot of content, no matter how I think about it, Hotaru still can't think of more things.

"This time I feel similar to the memory fragments I saw through the owner's will when I was on the city wall last time. Although I feel that I have seen a lot of things, I can only remember a little bit... Could it be that I just unconsciously Linked to a great existence?"

Thinking secretly in her heart, Yingying was very puzzled: "But I have the conditions to share memories with the master because of the divine machine contract, and why am I linked to that existence?"

"Um?"

Just when she was distressed, the silver-haired girl heard her master's slightly interested voice; "Dwarves...are they going to give me a suit of armor?"

Joshua was sitting in front of the desk, holding a gray-black letter in his hand. He looked at the content on it with great interest: "It's actually the chief foundry of the dwarves, and Iron Moria personally made it? Doesn't this mean that It's almost a certain legendary equipment? Just give it to me like this?"

This is one of the few good news recently. The soldier couldn't help but nodded. He just read the other letters and roughly confirmed that the descriptions of the imperial capital in Alfonso's letter were all true. He was upset, but Now that he suddenly had such good news, he felt much happier.

The dwarves actually have their own set of characters and grammar, but they naturally know the lingua franca used by humans. However, if it’s just a daily conversation, it’s okay, but if it’s written into a formal document, according to the habits of these guys, the sense of violation will definitely break through the sky. .

It took quite a while before Joshua read all the letters. A large part of them was full of meaningless blessings and slobber. This qualification, Joshua thinks, should mean that he has successfully contracted the magic machine—so according to the agreement since ancient times, they will forge the best set of armor for the warrior and give it to him free of charge. If there is a chance, they will also send The messenger came to visit and set a date to pick up the armor.

"The armor of the dwarves must be the best of the best. I really can't wait."

Putting down the letter in his hand, Joshua looked at the ceiling of the study, his face full of expectation: "Ordinary armor is too fragile for a person of my level. In the middle of the battle with the black dragon and the dragon spider , Even the best enchanted armor can't last long, basically it is completely destroyed within a few minutes... This time it is really a timely gift."

The weapon has a magic weapon, and the armor has the legendary equipment made by the dwarf forge. Joshua feels that even in his previous life, he didn't seem to have such a luxury at the same level.

Time passed, and at this moment, in the study in Beppu, the black-haired warrior was imagining the future, while the silver-haired girl was worrying about her dream, no one spoke, and the whole room suddenly fell into silence.

"Boom boom boom."

A hasty knock on the door broke the silence.

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