Soul of Burning Steel

The ring, connected end to end, means balance and perfection. It is the most impeccable shape with no flaws.

Black, overpowering all other colors, is also mixed with all colors. It is the background color of the universe, the absolute, and the symbol of all endings.

The black circle holy emblem represents the existence of Zinsen, one of the seven gods of the human race, the god of justice and power.

In front of St. Lauren's Cathedral in Moldavia, there is a stone tablet with the inscription of the god's holy words: justice without light needs to be proclaimed by power. From then on, we can roughly see the character and teachings of this god.

Joshua knew and was very familiar with the holy emblems of the gods. The moment he noticed it, he knew that the elf bard in front of him was a believer of the mighty god, and he was a devout orthodox believer. The holy emblem will never be drawn on clothing, and non-believers draw the holy emblem, which is disrespectful to the gods.

After discovering this, the soldier narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the elf poet who was still singing. He no longer took the previous abnormality as an illusion, but as a hint in a certain sense. Many speculations flashed through, and unlike Ying who was still listening to the story carefully, Rin who was behind him also noticed something strange about his master, but he didn't know why.

——Perhaps it was because of the previous outbreak of the power of order.

This is a fairly reasonable guess, and Joshua is convinced that this is the truth of the matter.

In his previous life, because he hadn't touched the most secret layer of the Mycroft Continent, the warrior didn't know all the information about the gods. But now, Joshua has half a foot into the core circle of this world. Not long ago, the Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods even talked to him directly. Compared with his previous life, he now has a more thorough understanding of certain aspects.

For example, the relationship between sages and gods.

The holy light, as well as the power of order, are undoubtedly thousands of years ago, in the era of the glorious era, the power system refined by the sages summarizing the achievements of the sages, and the gods today, whether they are the gods of justice and power, It is also the god of wisdom and choice. The seven human gods all possess the power of the holy light, and their spokesperson in the material world, the Pope, seems to know the saints very well.

The two are inextricably linked.

And just now when I activated the Azure Orb, it exploded a beam of light that went straight into the sky, which was already extremely ostentatious, so it was not surprising that it attracted the attention of the gods, not to mention that it was a legacy of the sages.

"I didn't expect to enter the vision of the gods in this way."

Wei Wei laughed at himself, but Joshua didn't show any worried expression, compared to most people on the mainland who only had a half-knowledge about the gods, he knew a lot about the Seven Gods.

Compared with the extremely humanized Greek gods in the myths and legends of the previous life, the human gods on the Mycroft continent are more similar to the representatives of a certain concept. This is a relatively simple statement, and it can be explained in a more complicated way. That is the incarnation of a certain logic of order.

The Seven Gods have their own personalities, preferences, and a little bit of humanity, but as long as they are related to the interests of human beings and the concepts they represent, they will abandon all ideas and operate like the most compact machines. Joe Xiuya thinks that he has not done anything harmful to human beings, and he has no bad deeds, so he is naturally not afraid of the attention of the gods.

The God of Might only uses his believers to show the soldiers that he is paying attention to him. In other words, this was just a small episode. After a chuckle, he continued to listen to the elf poet's migration epic, and then left with the boys and girls beside him.

As the largest city in the north of the central province of the empire, the Ural Fortress naturally has a variety of shops and entertainment. On the wide street with a very northern style, Joshua leisurely walks among many pedestrians, and even walks in a certain place from time to time. Stop and listen to them talking about their parents and the news around them.

Thanks to things like newspapers that have just emerged recently, the information on the mainland has spread faster and wider, and the residents who already lack topics have a lot to talk about. By listening to the chatter of passers-by, soldiers It can be considered to have learned a lot of meaningful news.

For example, a lot of mage masters suddenly appeared in the surrounding forests, and they spread canisters of gray mist everywhere, covering the entire mountain jungle. Compared with the beginning, it is still fierce, but it is much better than before.

For another example, in the major cities in the entire empire, many strange murder cases suddenly appeared. Many old people or young people who lived alone were found dismembered in their homes, and their skins were pulled out. , drawing a strange and bloody pattern, it seems that because of the spell, the corpse will not rot for a long time, and the smell of blood will not overflow, making it difficult for people around to detect it.

Hearing this news, Joshua couldn't help frowning. He even found a newspaper vendor and bought the latest newspaper. While reading this news, his face gradually became serious: "Unexpectedly, it has already started. These evil god believers are really fast."

The first news is nothing more than the official use of the mad dragon vaccine to suppress the increasingly manic beasts, and the second murder news is a bit cruel to ordinary people, but it is nothing more than a thing of amazement and emotion. It's a small thing to hear twice, but for the soldiers who know the cause of this incident, it means that the situation about the evil god on the mainland has developed to the second stage.

The arrival of the evil gods of chaos needs to meet a variety of special conditions. The specific conditions of each evil god are different, but most of the evil gods need to panic all over the world.

Now, the dragon disaster in the south is directly attacking the kingdom, destroying major cities, setting off turmoil and refugee waves, and in other regions where the dragon disaster is temporarily out of reach, the evil god believers will naturally have other means to create panic.

This kind of weird dismemberment, skinning and killing sacrifices is just some early signs, and then those lurking believers of evil gods will try to summon some chaotic monsters in various cities, causing large-scale riots, and even putting everyone in danger. Fear emotion.

Although the activities of the evil god believers in the previous life were quickly suppressed by the local governments, they also caused a lot of chaos. Joshua thought that as the thorn in the side of the current group of dragons, he needed to pay special attention to this aspect.

——Perhaps we need to inform the main city now to let them pay attention to this issue.

Just do it when you think about it, Joshua is not a sloppy person, he walked to a quieter alley, and then motioned to Ying who was following behind him to take out a simple communication circle shaped like a mirror, and then the soldier went In the curious eyes of the silver-haired girl, she directly connected to the main city of Moldavia.

Nourishing——

The fluctuation of magic power flashed, and many snowflake-like dots appeared on the smooth surface of the mirror, and finally formed a light curtain, which meant that the communication circle had been connected, and the main body appeared vaguely on the other side of the light curtain. In the scene in Beppu, a petite figure with blue waist-length hair also appeared in front of Joshua.

"Hello, Joshua, I connected the communication line today, do you have any important instructions?"

A crisp voice came, and the one who got through the signal was the artificial intelligence No. 3 of the fortress from the world of Carliss.

There seems to be mist in the gray-blue eyes, and the bottom cannot be seen clearly. The long blue hair like silk hangs on the black wings on the back of her waist, and shakes slightly with the movement of Miss Artificial Intelligence's body. Today The No. 3 wears a suspender dress with a very human style, revealing a large area of ​​fair skin on the arms, and there is even a smile on the delicate little face.

"...It really looks more and more like a human being, No. 3."

Slightly clicking his tongue, Joshua couldn't help recalling the scene when he saw No. 3 for the first time in the world of Carliss. There is no emotion at all, and her magic power projection terminal does not change with the outside world at all, and the sense of disobedience is very serious.

But since she came to Mycroft, got in touch with many people, and obtained a large amount of information, No. 3's performance has become more and more vivid, and she seems to be constantly learning and improving, and she is approaching human beings.

"How can humans be cute like me?"

As if deliberately trying to scare Joshua, No. 3 raised her chin slightly, and said a line she would never have said in a calm but slightly arrogant tone: "The human figure created by the magic projection is definitely more powerful than a real person." In order to be perfect, there are no major flaws except that it is a little unreal, and you must know that the flaws in the skin and appearance are more difficult to imitate than the skin itself."

"puff……"

"When did Miss No. 3 become like this..."

Ying and Rin, who were watching the communication behind the soldiers, couldn't help snickering. Although the speech made by No. 3 just now seemed arrogant, but paired with that petite figure and perfect skin, it is inexplicably cute and convincing. .

At a loss for words, Joshua blinked, his red eyes rolled, and he didn't know what to say. After a while of silence, he paused every word, and said to the artificial intelligence seriously through the light curtain in front of him. : "Tell me, number 3, where did you learn these words?!"

When did the original artificial intelligence girl who was almost three-none become like this? !

"This is the answer I have summarized from some very interesting books and daily observations."

No. 3's answer is justified.

After a while of exchanges that didn't know where to go, everything finally got back on track.

Now, apart from assisting Joshua and others in the research of the magic armor, No. 3 has also been entrusted with some other tasks by the soldiers, one of which is managing the communication array, and more importantly, observing the changes in the entire city.

Just like the artificial intelligence himself said, her image is just a terminal made by magic power and convenient for communication. Although it looks perfect, it is actually just a projection. What she really uses to observe the world is the observation circle in the rune crystal. , with the large supply of magic crystals provided by Joshua, No. 3's current observation circle is enough to cover most of the main city and observe most of the areas.

After briefly explaining No. 3's instructions to pay attention to outsiders, Joshua looked helplessly at No. 3's projection rolling around on the ceiling of Beppu.

It seems that this habit cannot be changed in a short period of time. The soldier thought for a while, and then tried to ask: "Is there any dissatisfaction, No. 3, if you feel that work takes up too much time, you can tell me Yes, I will not force you to work for me."

heard this sentence. And No. 3 stopped rolling, she was silent for a while, and then returned to the front of the light curtain, after a while, as if thinking, the artificial intelligence said slowly: "There is nothing about work, it's just... I also want to be like you and go to a bigger world to see."

"Although the main city of Moldavia is very interesting, it is just a city after all. I want to see more places."

After saying this, No. 3 sighed slightly, and she said softly: "Even if it is a psionic body like Ying and Rin, I just want to touch this world with my own hands... this world is full of vitality and vitality." orderly world."