Soul of Burning Steel

There are solid rocky roads connecting the various regions of the empire.

The graystone avenue made by magic and alchemy leads straight to the end of the world and spreads to the other end of the sky. After years of wind and frost, there are countless cracks and gaps in the road surface, but it is still not completely broken, but continues to be a place for travelers Guide the way forward.

Loranda walked briskly on the frozen soil beside the Greystone Avenue, watching the occasional carriages and caravans coming and going on the avenue.

Generally speaking, solo travelers will not walk on the avenue, only those riders and caravans who need to travel need relatively flat roads.

Loranda's walking speed was not fast, but she never stopped. Ordinary people would definitely feel tired after walking briskly for several hours, but paladins didn't feel this way. In fact, under the protection of the holy light, except Except for the occasional eating, he almost kept moving forward day and night, even if he was wearing full armor because of his experience, he didn't feel tired at all.

"According to where the sun is now, it should be afternoon."

Slowing down his pace a little, looking up at the sun, Loranda confirmed the current time, and he estimated: "If you speed up your pace a little, you will probably be able to reach Moldavia around tomorrow morning."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help cheering up: "It's been a long journey, and the journey of several months is finally coming to the end."

In the middle of the process, there is no need to go into details. The paladin walked silently beside the gray avenue, and even surpassed some horses. The overtaken riders and dragon chariot merchants on the avenue could only see a white figure walking from their side It passed by in a flash, and then quickly turned into a small dot in the distance.

After a while, he came to a small forest.

The forest beside the road is where many caravans and travelers rest, and there are no magical beasts inhabiting it. Lolanda can see a smoke rising from the forest, because the night in the Northland comes earlier, it should be some people who have already People who have walked all day are preparing today's dinner.

Loranda wasn't going to rest. With his speed, he could reach the next resting place before nightfall, and it wouldn't be too late to make the last preparations before entering the city.

But just as he was passing through the woods, he heard a burst of noisy voices.

There was a lot of noise in the woods, as if it had fallen into a great commotion, and from time to time someone's roar could be heard. Loranda turned her head to take a look, and couldn't help showing a puzzled expression.

"Have you encountered any trouble?"

Staying there, thinking for a while, he was going to see what was going on and if anyone needed help.

It is the duty of a paladin to help those in need as much as possible. After grasping her war hammer tightly, Loranda strode towards the woods.

The pine forest composed of cedars is full of vitality, even in the late autumn, the green needles do not change at all. Inside the forest, there is a large open area for setting up a camp, and in a camp that has been half built , more than a dozen people were arguing fiercely around a huge terrestrial dragon that was two stories high.

They didn't pay attention to the paladin standing aside, and Loranda also roughly understood what happened during the argument.

This group of people are all members of a dragon cart caravan. They came from the south of the empire and brought a lot of local products that are best-selling in the north. Originally, the journey was very smooth, but when they were about to arrive in Moldavia, Di Xinglong suddenly felt unwell and was unable to move.

This is very embarrassing - as the only ground dragon in this dragon cart caravan, they don't have any other means of transporting goods. If the dragon can't be cured quickly, then they can't sell the goods before the road is blocked by heavy snow. , leave the Northland.

The doctors accompanying the caravan were helpless against the illness, and as time went by, Di Xinglong, who was originally unwell, became more and more irritable, and now he couldn't even get close. Now the whole caravan is divided into two groups who blame each other , thinking that it was the fault of the other party that led to the current situation.

Lolanda was originally thinking about how to resolve this meaningless dispute, but when he observed the ground dragon, his eyes froze and he found something familiar.

"This kind of pattern, and breath...how is it the same as those crazy dragon beasts in Xishan?"

Such a thought flashed in his mind, the paladin narrowed his eyes, thought for a while, and then made a decision in his mind.

"Everyone, it looks like you need help."

The two groups who were arguing suddenly heard a deep and magnetic voice coming from behind them. There seemed to be some magic power in this voice, which made people involuntarily attracted.

They turned their heads together and looked in the direction of the sound. A knight wearing a helmet and white armor was standing on the frozen soil among the trees.

On his armor were the holy emblems of the seven gods, and his whole body exuded a faint holy light, which was enough to prove that he was a genuine paladin.

Seeing that everyone turned their heads to look at her, Lolanda, who had achieved her goal, nodded slightly, and then continued: "I think, I have a way to cure this ground dragon."

Hearing this sentence, the crowd that had just calmed down suddenly became agitated again.

"Who is he? Why is he helping us?"

"It seems to be a priest, can you trust him?"

"The paladins of the Church of the Seven Gods are trustworthy. After all, we have no other options."

"Yeah, there is no time, let's try."

Because of the good word-of-mouth reputation over the years, everyone present believed in the ability and character of the paladin. Since Lolanda said that there is a way, then it should not be lying.

So after a short discussion, the leaders of the original quarreling parties reached an agreement. They respectfully bowed to the paladin and invited him to come forward and treat the ground dragon that was lying still.

"However, when did the church's experienced paladins become so powerful?" An older businessman murmured softly, and he looked very surprised: "Even the silver knights don't have the physical strength to go on the road wearing heavy armor." .”

And the gold powerhouses are basically flying or have their own mounts, so it is impossible to work hard every step of the way.

He didn't care about other people's gazes. Under everyone's gaze, Lolanda stepped forward. He carefully observed this earth-moving dragon described by the caravan as violent and dangerous, and then found more familiar traces.

"The area around the eyelids has turned purple and blue, with some unknown particles in his breath, his mind is confused, and his desire to attack has also been amplified. It is indeed very similar to the dragon beasts that attacked the village in Xishan."

Stretching out his hand and stroking the scales of this ground dragon, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought: "Could it be that the mutation over there also exists in the Northern Empire?"

"Roar!"

But before he could finish his thinking, a deep beast roar sounded, and the ground dragon who had let the people in the caravan yell and didn't respond suddenly opened his eyes, twisted his head, and quickly bit the paladin. go.

"careful!"

"Oh my God!"

There was no time to react. Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, half of Lolanda's body was swallowed by this crazy ground dragon. The sharp teeth bit and rubbed together, as if they could tear apart all existence. At this moment, Everyone in the Dragon Chariot Caravan felt that this poor paladin was bound to die. Although the ground dragon did not have the powerful fighting ability of the flying dragon, its bite strength alone was not inferior to any creature.

This paladin is finished!

But after the shock, everyone in the caravan who was about to flee suddenly found that they did not hear the screams of the paladins, nor did they see the blood splattered out.

On the contrary, accompanied by a flash of white light, a voice with a little smile came from the dragon's mouth.

"It is indeed the same symptoms as those crazy dragon beasts."

Holy light shone on both arms, and Lolanda easily opened the mouth of the earth-moving dragon. He was completely unscathed, and even the slightly corrosive saliva of the earth-moving dragon was repelled by the holy light. Sliding off the armor, the paladin nodded and said, "Sure enough, the illness is not deep, just purify it with holy light."

After speaking, Lolanda pulled her body out of the dragon's mouth, gathered the holy light, and punched the ground dragon's jaw with a fist, and the whole dragon's body was immediately lifted up by this huge force. He looked at the insane Dixing Dragon who had been directly hit by the peak-level Gold Rising Dragon Fist, with a look of pity on his face: "You need treatment."

While Lolanda was healing (physically) walking the dragon, two middle-aged men in traveler robes looked at each other, and then slowly, without disturbing other people, left the crowd crowd.

They came among the trees.

"What's going on, why are there paladins?"

A one-eyed middle-aged man lowered his voice and said to his companion. He looked nervous: "And it seems that the strength is not low—it might be better to say that it is very high! One punch can stun a dragon. At least you must have the strength of the first level of gold at the peak of silver."

"Has our plan been discovered?"

And another man who was very ordinary and couldn't be found in the crowd pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "No, it should be an accident. Judging by the way he is wearing full armor and rushing on the road, he should be just a man. A seasoned paladin."

"Then the plan remains?"

"still."