Soul of Burning Steel

The northern empire, the imperial capital.

Just as the Diamond royal family said, there is one and only one empire in this world, so this country does not need a name, there is only one imperial capital in this world, but as long as someone mentions it, no one will think of other cities.

In the center of the holy city surrounded by three mountains is a huge city within a city. It is surrounded by a solid city wall and separated from other areas of the city. Inside the city wall, there are towering minarets and vaulted halls supported by stone beams. all over it.

Over there is the residence of the imperial family, the Palais Morlaix.

The Morlaix Palace was built by the founding emperor of the empire. It originally only had a simple cylindrical hall as the residence of the royal family, but successive emperors had different aesthetic styles and built palaces according to their own preferences. Over time, the entire Morlaix Palace gradually became a compound palace group composed of countless magnificent buildings of different shapes.

In the Morlaix Palace, not only the imperial family lived, but also the residence of the royal guards [Mars Guard], the parliament hall and the headquarters of many organizations directly under the royal family.

Sitting in the dark yellow carriage with the sun emblem, Joshua and Brandon headed towards the palace together with Ying and Rin. It was late at night, but because of the appearance of the demons before, countless city guards were seriously standing there. Patrolling the streets, they strictly checked every family, and tried their best not to let this kind of thing happen again.

"It's not just the imperial capital, this kind of thing is happening everywhere on the Mycroft continent."

With the Chaos family and the Royal Mages Association as sources of information, Brandon knew something faster than Joshua. On the carriage, he flipped through the urgently sent materials and explained to the soldiers: "At present What is certain is that the Eastern Plains Kingdom suffered the worst disaster, where there are the most spellcasters, and there are many people with magic blood, which is very suitable as a sacrifice, and the far south is second, and the large number of refugees brought by the dragon disaster is the worst place for evil rituals. Good material, because a large number of monsters attacked everywhere, the kingdom's army had no time to take care of them, and suffered even greater losses than the Eastern Plains.

"Even the almost reclusive guys like the Xishan dwarves and the wind whisper elves have been harassed by the cultists. From this point of view, the imperial capital has not suffered any serious losses because of its strict defense."

"Sure enough, cultists are everywhere." Joshua nodded slightly, he was not surprised by this.

As long as desires are not satisfied, chaos will spread, no matter what race it is, without exception.

Because of the previous battle with the devil, he had already changed his clothes at this time. It seemed that he was considering the reason for the next contact with the emperor. This was a common noble attire, but even so, those complicated patterns and decorations did not change. There is a way to cover up the soldier's conspicuous fierceness: "But why did the emperor want to receive us?"

He felt a little strange. After all, he just killed a demon. This kind of thing is rare and common. Even in the imperial capital, a reward is enough. When he was in the abyss, he led a group to run and kill a lair. Some time ago, I even used the Book of Eibon to summon the devil to drink and eat, and I was already a little numb.

Even if you want to know the information about those demons, you don't need to call him over.

"It's not us, it's you, just you."

Pointing out Joshua's bad language, Brandon shook his head and said, "Although it's just a demon, its appearance in the imperial capital is its biggest difference, not to mention other political or security significance, which means the seal of the abyss It has begun to loosen, and you are the guardian of chaos...I said Joshua."

Having said that, Brandon stopped explaining and frowned. Instead of looking at the information in his hand, he raised his head and said to the soldier angrily: "Can you restrain your coercion a little? The coachman and The horses are trembling, and the carriage has begun to go astray, don't you feel it?"

"It has converged a lot."

Looking at the side, Ying and Rin were secretly smiling, Joshua shrugged helplessly, looked at the system characters on the edge of the retina, and sighed: "This trouble is really getting bigger and bigger."

In the list of system characters in the eyes of soldiers, there is a number that stands out.

【Charm: -53】

Among the attributes that are one hundred or more in a row, only this one is conspicuously negative.

Under this attribute, there are many descriptions and reports that have just been added.

[Because your charm exceeds minus fifty, your aura of fear has advanced to aura of despair. 】

[Because you killed the clone of the great demon 'Heart Eater Laldan As', its curse and resentment entangled your body, your Despair Spiritual Qi advanced to Despair Halo, and gained +1 in judgment value added. 】

【You tortured and killed a big demon, making it taste the taste of fear and despair. 】

[You have achieved: Devil's Natural Enemy]

Joshua didn't bother to look at the detailed attributes of this achievement. Anyway, it's all about reducing charm, increasing intimidation, threats, and persuasion. In general, it makes his personal image more and more negative. , would cause the horses and coachmen to tremble with fear, as Brandon said before.

What is the concept of Charm minus fifty-three? The soldier reckoned that if he didn't reveal his identity and went to the gate of the palace, he might be surrounded by the entire Knights of the Imperial Guard. No matter which city he went to, he would be blocked by the guards at the gate of the city and refused to enter. They will all be ready for him after he enters. If he adds the effect of the aura of despair—that is, the effect of the enhanced version of the aura of fear, Joshua feels that he can be called the source of riots. He will cause large-scale panic wherever he goes, and he is more devil than a devil.

"You killed too many monsters..."

Closing the information in his hand, Brandon also looked helpless: "At this point, even if you ask a priest at the archbishop level, there is no way to help you."

Of course he knew that the friend in front of him was not a villain. In fact, in the eyes of the swordsman, Joshua was a competent, even perfect lord. He was even willing to slay dragons for his people, even if it was because of this I have been assassinated many times without any regrets or complaints, but in this world with magic and souls, the curse left by life before death is also real. The monsters killed by Joshua, their resentment entangled in the soldiers Although it can't cause any harm to him, it will affect other people's thoughts.

Generally speaking, soldiers who have experienced battles will have a similar situation. Compared with being close to them, most people will respect them more, or fear them, but in Joshua, this situation has reached an extreme ——From respect, fear, fear, fear, until the last time I saw this person, I felt that this person was extremely dangerous, and even felt a sense of despair that my hands and feet were weak and unable to move.

Through divine spells, the priest can purify this special state, but as Brandon said, judging from the current situation of the warrior, I am afraid that not only people at the Pope level can help him solve this problem.

Due to Joshua's reason, the speed of the carriage was very slow, and it took a long time to arrive at the gate of the Morlaix Palace.

The imperial guards in black armor came to the carriage. They saw the royal coat of arms on it, and knew that it must be a nobleman personally invited by His Majesty the Emperor, so their attitude was very polite, but no matter how polite they were, the rules could not be changed. The guards had to open the door of the car to see who was on it, and weapons were not allowed in, and they were temporarily handed over to them for safekeeping.

The guard who looked like the captain expressed his request to open the door for inspection, and Brandon naturally agreed.

After opening the car door, the captain looked up and recognized Brandon's identity. As the backbone of the royalist faction, the eldest son of the Chaos family, the swordsman is very famous among the guards. He was even given the A glorious swordsman who has the right to hold weapons in the royal palace.

After saluting respectfully, the captain turned his head and looked to the other side.

Then he immediately put his hand on the hilt of the long sword at his waist.

I feel dizzy today... I took some medicine and my stomach feels very uncomfortable... I will write more tomorrow, I really can't stand it today...