Soul of Burning Steel

Moria Ironbody is thinking in his laboratory in Beppu.

He was lying comfortably on a recliner next to the huge forging platform, holding a long pipe in one hand and a water glass in the other. The old dwarf looked up at the ceiling, although his face was frowning Wrinkled, but stretched out from time to time, and then spit out a smoke ring or two.

This kind of time while smoking and thinking is the most comfortable moment for Moria. Although Joshua asked him not to smoke when the children were around, Ying and Rin rarely came to the laboratory after all, so This has no effect.

And they are all magic machines. The old dwarf took a deep breath on the pipe in his hand helplessly, and exhaled a perfect circular smoke ring. He watched the circular smoke ring rise slowly and touched the ceiling, thinking in his heart: Although those two guys look young, they should actually be in their twenties now, right? This lord always judges people by appearances.

A few weeks ago, the old dwarf returned to the dwarf gathering area in the south of the Great Ajax Mountains, and after confirming some measures to deal with the dragon beast attack, he came to the main city of Moldavia again.

As early as more than ten years ago, the actual power of the gathering place has been gradually transferred to the next generation of dwarven leaders. What he has is prestige and a certain degree of decision-making power. It's irrelevant, so Moria didn't return to Joshua's Beppu for many days this time, and it didn't cause any major consequences.

The old dwarf didn't think there was anything wrong with such an approach. Anyone could manage the dwarves, but he had to create a new era.

As a blacksmith and a designer, Moria has lived for a long time. It was not until he met Joshua that he suddenly realized that forging can be so efficient, and the word industry is so charming.

Assembly line production, industrial chains, rune armor pieces, magic armor, all the novel words were spoken by the young lord in a flat voice, and the incomparably exquisite ideas contained in them made the old dwarf's blood boil. Sometimes, listening to When Joshua talked about the possible future results of these technologies, he couldn't help but have a feeling that this is not a possibility, but a real future.

All in all, if you use one word to describe it, it is shocking.

For many days, the two have been in this laboratory transformed from Beppu to further debug and simplify the magic power circuit required by the magic armor. The two gold warriors are arguing endlessly beside the iron felt like ordinary craftsmen.

The most important thing about magic armor is its strengthening ability, and everything else can be simplified. The warrior thinks that all appearance designs are irrelevant, even his special armor does not need any artistic structure , only the simplest and most simple design is required.

For the old dwarves, a good set of armor not only needs to be excellent in ability, but also needs to boost morale and aesthetics. The shock that a set of mighty armor brings to subordinates is a small advantage in ability What can't be brought, not to mention just some subtle decorations, doesn't require too much effort.

But the facts have proved that what Joshua said is correct. Simplicity does not fail to bring beauty. Too complicated design will reduce the efficiency of assembly line production. This is the biggest advantage of magic armor. After formulating a possible formula, the old dwarf had to admit that not all craftsmen have his skills, and his ideas are still a bit outdated.

When the two were arguing, Ying kept arranging the props beside them, serving tea, occasionally wiping off Joshua's sweat, and handing him the tools he needed. This scene couldn't help but make Moria, who came alone, feel extremely envious.

Shenji is indeed the best assistant. He thought so, and then sighed regretfully. But if there is no extraordinary willpower and physical body, the contractor is easily suppressed by the energy of the magic machine itself, and even causes the energy circulation in the body to collapse. Every time the contract fails, a strong man with gold-level potential will collapse in the future. Therefore, except for the Radcliffe family, which is inexplicably able to contract safely every generation, the other families who have learned of the existence of the magic machine have never thought about popularizing this powerful weapon.

After all, a magic weapon is nothing more than a powerful weapon. Extraordinary-level magic equipment is no less than a magic weapon to some extent. Even if there are some disadvantages in ability, the convenience of obtaining it is far more than that of forging. Troublesome machine.

Just when the old dwarf's thoughts became more and more divergent, and finally he was about to fall asleep, a violent energy fluctuation suddenly came from the city center, which woke him up violently.

The earth shook. It was a pulsation that was like an earthquake, but it was different. It came very suddenly and disappeared very quickly. The whole Beppu was shaken slightly because of this, and most of the equipment related to magic power was in the ground. In an instant, his own brilliance bloomed.

"Magic pulse?"

There was a hint of doubt in Moria's eyes. Of course, he could tell what this phenomenon was. The pulsation of magic power was a phenomenon that occurred when some powerful magic item or creature showed its own power. If it was triggered by himself Dou Qi can also produce a similar effect.

But at this moment, there are only two gold levels in Moldavia, but this pulsating breath is obviously not Joshua, so who is it?

He shook his head, sat up from the recliner, arranged his clothes, and planned to go out to check the situation.

On the way, he saw the same puzzled No. 3 magic power projection. This artificial intelligence lady who came from a magic creation in another world looked into the void and seemed to be using magic to detect the situation in the distance. Moria was about to ask what it was What's going on, but a bigger shock came quickly.

boom----

The momentum this time is much more violent than the previous sudden shock. If the previous phenomenon is likely to be just an illusion to civilians without magic power and fighting spirit, then this time it is a real earthquake. Shaking, the tea in the water cup was also shaking violently, even splashing out.

But just like before, the shock came suddenly and disappeared quickly. After a few seconds, the shock completely disappeared without any follow-up.

"it's over?"

Moria muttered to herself with some doubts.

"not yet."

The projection of No. 3 shook her head, and countless rune symbols flowed between her eyes: "The powerful fire element is gathering in the city center, and the energy has exceeded the upper limit of the silver level, and is about to enter the gold level."

"No, it has entered the gold level."

As soon as the words fell, a wave of fluctuations that only those with extraordinary abilities could detect struck. As No. 3 said, the strong fire elemental aura started from the city center and spread towards the surroundings. Now it has spread to the entire main city of Moldavia , In addition, there was a faint coercion. Immediately, all the mice, insects and other small creatures hidden in the houses ran out of their hiding places crazily, running aimlessly in the outside world. The turmoil caused was even greater than the previous earthquake, and the entire city was immediately filled with shouts and curses.

"I'll go and have a look."

The old dwarf decided quickly.

"Take me with you."

The projection of No. 3 refers to her main body placed in a small cart, a violet rune core.

The old dwarf naturally had no reason to refuse, so a dwarf, a core and a magic projection, quickly ran towards the city center.

But when they rushed to the backyard of the Lord's Mansion in the city center, everything came to an end.

The violent fire element turned into a golden-red halo and surrounded a black war horse. Lava-like veins flashed back and forth on its body. The surrounding air fluctuated violently as if boiling, and the distorted atmosphere It even blurred the light above the entire Lord's Mansion.

And Joshua stood in front of the war horse, holding an empty bottle and a rune box in his hand, watching this scene with a serious face.

Moria could naturally tell that this was the warrior's dragon blood horse named Hei, and the huge momentum before was probably caused by the awakening of the blood of this dragon blood horse.

But what kind of bloodline is there to have such a big vision? !

No one answered the old dwarf's doubts, but Hei stood on the ground and neighed loudly. It was hard to tell whether the sound was pain or pleasure, but it contained a frightening coercion. As soon as it came out, the surrounding fire elements poured into its body continuously as if they had heard the order.

After eating the fruit of the tree of life and drinking a bottle of ancient dragon's blood, there is a steady stream of violent life force in Hei's body that is being released. Under the urging of this force, its body is constantly undergoing various changes, lava The vein is just one of them, the life form of this war horse is fundamentally beginning to change.

The first thing to change is the body shape.

Although the change is not huge, it can be clearly seen that under the action of the power of the blood, the skeleton of the war horse has undergone obvious changes. The original black body still has a trace of horse structure at first glance, but now it can be seen again. If you look closely, you can clearly see that it is a dragon.

And on Hei's side, a giant bony thorn was slowly growing out, but it seemed that because the blood power in his body was not strong enough, the giant thorn stopped growing halfway through, and only formed the rudimentary form of wings.

Needless to say, there are other scattered changes, such as the addition of bony spines on the neck, and the ponytail has begun to transform into a real carapace long tail. These are obvious changes that can be seen at a glance.

"Hiss, ah, ah—"

Endured to the limit, Hei gave a long moan, and then stomped heavily on the ground, the sudden terrifying impact bombarded the surrounding rock floor with cobweb-like cracks, and the infinite fire element also rose up suddenly, turning into a red mist shrouded Above its head, it scorched the surrounding air.

The onlookers in the lord's mansion had long hid in the house, watching the scene through the walls and windows, and some weeds and fragile wooden structures in the backyard had already started to ignite spontaneously, and as the magic power further gathered, it was visible to the naked eye The raging flames burned around Hei's body, forming a red pillar of fire.

The pillar of fire swayed violently on Hei's body surface, and the high heat enough to melt steel reverberated on this dragon-blooded warhorse—no, it can be said to be a half-dragon dragon horse now. This heat had already burned the ground under Hei's feet into golden red. However, it was restrained by Joshua's power and did not spread around the Lord's Mansion, damaging the streets and buildings.

"Very good, with a little more effort, you will be able to completely stabilize the blood of the black dragon and become a gold-ranked half-dragon with a bright future."

At this time, even Joshua's voice showed a trace of excitement, and he didn't care if Hei could understand or not, so he began to encourage his mount: "If you can succeed in advancing, I will take you there next time." Hunt fire dragons and use their dragon blood to improve your strength!"

I don't know if he understood Joshua's words, or if he just tried hard on his own. The moment the soldier finished speaking, a golden light flashed in Ryoma's eyes, and the moving pillar of fire quickly retracted into Hei's body. It proved that it has been able to gradually control the huge energy in its body, and on the originally pitch-black carapace, countless golden-red blood vessel-like veins also appeared.

These veins passed away in a flash, and finally gathered in the center of its chest. Immediately, a golden-red core visible to the naked eye gradually formed, and its heartbeat became stronger and stronger.

In the end, the violent heartbeat could be clearly heard even several streets away, and the core of the black chest gradually stabilized and took shape.

"—Hiss!"

Raising his head and making a long hiss, Hei Xing hid his feet, scorching flames splashing out along with the uncooled lava, and it has now turned into a golden-red dragon pupil, full of the joy of successful awakening.

And Joshua also laughed, he threw the bottle and the rune box in his hand, and then stepped forward. The warrior hugged his mount's head tightly, not caring about the high heat that could melt rocks, but excited patting its back.

The expressions of one person and one horse are enough to prove one thing.

The awakening of the bloodline was successful!

Watching the U.S. election, I went to bed late, and the update was late...

This chapter will be revised later