Soul of Burning Steel

Joshua, who had tried his best to restrain himself, stared blankly at the captain of the imperial guard who seemed to draw his sword at the slightest disagreement, without any fluctuation in his heart.

—What did I just say?

In the soldier's indifferent eyes, the captain of the imperial guard also calmed down. He smiled awkwardly, as if he wanted to say something—in fact, he also recognized Joshua. After all, the soldier is also a celebrity. Although people often try the dragon thing, there are very few people who are successful and have a dragon's nest when they kill it. Just now, they just couldn't help it because of the pressure of the people's hearts.

Of course, before the news came, he didn't know that Joshua had killed another demon in the imperial capital just now.

After confirming that the three people in the car except Brandon were indeed not carrying weapons, the guard captain apologized and stepped back, allowing the carriage to move on.

"Speaking of which, Ying and Rin are considered weapons, right? Although they are your head maid and housekeeper in name."

Sitting in the carriage, Brandon squinted at the young girl who was still secretly smiling, shook his head and said with a smile: "You broke the law, Joshua, this is a capital crime of disrespect."

"It's okay, I won't use them."

Shaking his head, Joshua said casually, he didn't think about it at all when he said this, and he didn't even notice the vicious eyes from both sides. The silver-haired girl's small teeth were grinding back and forth, as if there were some Itching, and the black-haired boy seemed to want to say something, but he couldn't speak for a while, so he could only smile awkwardly.

——Is this master conscious?

Not long after, they officially arrived at the gate of the Morlaix Palace. It was no longer possible to pass by carriage here, so the four of them got out of the carriage and walked forward.

At the entrance of the gate, there are also many guards. These guards look more elite than the previous black armored guards. They wear black plate and chain composite armor, hold shields in their hands, cross long swords on their waists, and hand crossbows. Poisoned darts, since it was late at night, these guards seemed to be invisible in the shadows.

This is the exclusive elite guard of the imperial family [Mars Guard]. In the previous game, this was considered a hidden job transfer. It needs the reputation of the imperial royal family to reach respect. Only when the reputation of the empire reaches reverence can one apply for a job transfer task. It is similar to heavy armor A combination of a swordsman and a light crossbowman, it has the two characteristics of strong physique and discerning eyes, as well as two extra specialties of one-handed sword specialization and hand crossbow specialization, can use magic items, and wearing heavy armor does not affect agility , when protecting the target, you can also get a bonus to strength and endurance. It can be regarded as a very panacea, but it also has a certain strength of the profession.

They obviously knew that Brandon, Joshua and the others were coming, so after confirming, the guards all took a step back to get out of the way.

It has to be said that the speed of these people is significantly higher than that of the previous guards, which can be seen from the fact that they resisted the urge to draw their swords when Joshua passed by.

After entering the palace complex, several people who looked like servants greeted them from both sides, motioning for everyone to follow behind them, and the leading attendant saluted: "Please allow me to take you adults to the Imperial Study Room, Your Majesty and Nuo Master Chadamus is waiting for you."

Following the attendant into the interior of the palace, passing through long corridors and spectacular arches, walking around the luxurious palace for a while, and seeing many other palace staff, everyone finally came to an open-air garden.

"Sorry, we can't enter here."

With a slight bow and apology, the attendant pointed to the other end of the garden: "My lords, you can walk straight ahead, the imperial study is at the end."

Stepping on the passage on the garden, there are all kinds of tall marble statues on both sides, which are the statues of emperors and famous people in the past. These statues are obviously made by masters. Everyone looks very divine, as if they are still alive generally.

But in the middle of the walk, Joshua stopped. He frowned, looked at the palace ahead, and seemed to feel an inexplicable breath, and Brandon was also slightly shocked, and turned back to look at the soldier. Glanced, then nodded.

"Is that welcome?"

Joshua whispered to himself, "I never expected that His Majesty the Emperor would have reached this point."

The current emperor of the Northern Empire, Israel Diamond, the warriors don’t know much about this Emperor. In his previous life, when he was able to get in touch with the royal family and the level of legend, this later generation was called Israel Diamond. The Emperor Er's emperor has passed away for several years. Thinking about it carefully, it will be five or six years later. He is not very clear about the reason for this, but he knows that the new emperor of the Northern Empire is the second prince, Dimore Diamond. , he has the same talent as his father, and he overwhelmed all competitors with legendary strength, and got the position of the ruler of the empire.

To be honest, Joshua knew the second prince better. He was a tough and iron-blooded person. When Emperor Israel passed away, civil strife broke out within the empire. He made a surprise attack thousands of miles away and killed his brothers and sisters one by one. In the face of the invasion of the abyss, he even planned a series of counterattacks. Brandon also entered the legendary realm at that time, thus becoming known as the Sword of the Empire of.

The reason why that aura made Joshua frown was because he realized that His Majesty's breakthrough was imminent, but if Israel could really achieve the legendary high-level, or even the peak, then how could he be able to achieve the highest level in six years? Inexplicable death? There must be something hidden behind this.

But no matter what, everyone had already arrived at the door of the study room of the palace, it was useless to think too much, it was better to meet and observe directly, but before they asked for instructions, the door opened by itself.

"come in."

The voice of the old mage came from it: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Joshua was the first to enter it.

At that moment, what he saw was not the luxurious decoration in the study room and the countless treasures in the surrounding bookcases, but a middle-aged man who was sitting at the other end of the desk and looking at him with scrutinizing eyes.

This man is tall, with infinite majesty in his eyes—of course, there is also the psychological pressure on his face, which makes people feel the fear of being in the abyss. His expression is indifferent but with a trace of curiosity. When staring at him, the soldier felt a powerful force surrounding him, as if he wanted to see through him.

But this force was resisted by Joshua's own strength, which made His Majesty the emperor sigh slightly: "I never thought that young people nowadays are so powerful."

He stood up slowly. His Majesty the emperor with dark golden hair was tall and tall, like a little giant. Even in the study, Israel was wearing leather armor. Before the emperor, he looked more like He is a battle-hardened warrior, and his temperament is not so much a king who controls everything, but an overlord who commands all armies: "As expected of the new Guardian of Chaos, he defeated the demon tide and closed the gate of time and space. He returned safely from another world, and even slaughtered a powerful warrior from the dragon's nest."

He nodded in admiration, as if he was very satisfied with this.

"Joshua van Radcliffe."

Waved his hand and stopped the soldiers from saluting, Israel shook his head and said, "This is not just a meeting, and there are no outsiders here, so there is no need to be so polite. Nostradamus is my teacher, and little Brandon is my junior brother." , In addition, they are also my nephews and nephews - it is all to blame for this old guy to recruit apprentices indiscriminately, the seniority is too chaotic."

He seemed to be in a good mood, and he didn't deliberately show off his emperor's majesty, but even so, even if he tried his best to restrain the coercion of a legendary powerhouse, it still made people feel a little stuffy.

"This is to cultivate a new generation for your empire." On the other side, the old mage shook his head and responded: "If I want to retire, you should be the first one who refuses."

"Hahaha."

Smiling and acquiescing to Nostradamus' words, His Majesty the Emperor looked directly into Joshua's eyes. After the two looked at each other for a moment, Israel said slowly: "I have seen your father, Beruo De Radcliffe, he is a competent lord, a qualified warden of chaos...and you, go one step further."

Slowly walked out from behind the desk, and came to Joshua. The tall emperor carefully sized up the warrior, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he was a little surprised: "He has already touched the barrier of extreme intention... It is no longer possible to To describe it as a genius, is this the power inherited from the sages? It really deserves its name."

After being silent for a while, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly said, "Would you like to fight against each other?"

Joshua was silent for a while, then grinned the corners of his mouth, showing an excited smile.

He said the first words after he came to the study: "Your Majesty, I wish for it."

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