Soul of Burning Steel

"...Joshua, you?!"

Listening to the soldier's words, Lolanda, who was silent at the side, suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head to look at Joshua, who had a calm face in surprise, his blue eyes were full of shock.

Hanging above the heads of all beings, in the space-time rift in the middle of the sky, there is a huge and distorted evil watching them from the other side of the void. The paladins can feel that it is the ultimate evil that is far better than tsunamis, earthquakes, and any natural disasters. , that is a monster that wanders in the multiverse, enough to swallow the world.

The reason why the Father of Nature wants to fully wake up is to deal with this enemy in full strength. Otherwise, these stone demons on the earth are nothing but worth mentioning to a true god.

However, in the face of that evil, even the Father of Nature has no chance of winning. He prepared to fight with the awareness that he would fall into eternal sleep.

This is a battlefield where no one can intervene and belongs to the gods.

But according to what Joshua said, he actually planned to stay here to face an evil god? !

"Are you crazy?!"

Completely unable to find any other words or words to describe this behavior, Loranda felt the lack of words for the first time, and he could only express his emotions with this question mixed with doubts and shock.

"Loranda, this is facing an evil god."

Joshua replied with a calm smile to his friend's question. His face was covered by the helmet of vindictiveness and he couldn't see his expression. Only two red lights shot out from his eye sockets. The soldier's voice was very calm, completely opposite to the crazy words in his mouth. : "It is the strongest chaos that only sages and gods have faced."

"To fight the evil god, no fighter can refuse this opportunity, especially me. If I give up here, then I will definitely drown in regret in the future."

"No, in the face of an invincible enemy, anyone who has a choice will choose to retreat temporarily and wait until he can defeat the opponent."

As if infected by Joshua's attitude, Lolanda took a deep breath, and then realized that he was able to narrate his thoughts calmly. He looked at the warrior who was holding a dragon hunting sword and spear, and was wrapped in black and red fighting spirit. , said seriously: "Joshua, you are the most talented and potential human being I have ever seen."

"You can completely become the youngest legendary powerhouse in the world!"

"Even that is not your end, Joshua, you may be able to transcend the boundaries between humans and gods, sublimate your soul to the sky, and stand alongside those His Majesties—"

Speaking words that a truly devout believer would never say, the paladin thought about Joshua's fighting posture before, and then shook his head in an extremely confident tone: "If you are like this, if you leave your life here, even God will Waste of sigh."

"...Haha, I didn't expect you to have such a high opinion of me. But my choice will not change."

Haha laughed, Joshua didn't have any other special reactions, he just continued to calmly say: "If the situation is really irreversible, then I will naturally leave without hesitation, but Lolanda, as I said before That said, it’s not a lose-lose situation.”

He turned his head, looked at the Father of Nature who was silently supporting the purification network, and said clearly and firmly: "It is precisely because of the possibility of victory that I will stay here."

"The strength of the enemy now will only become an embellishment for future victories, I am so convinced."

Loranda's chest heaved a few times, he opened his mouth to speak, but finally lowered his head, having nothing to say.

But for some reason, seeing Joshua's confident posture, the paladin unconsciously felt a sliver of courage and hope in his heart.

——Maybe he really has a way to win, can he defeat this evil god?

Such thoughts flashed by, but gradually turned into something more heroic. Lolanda's tight lips gradually turned up, and finally turned into a fearless smile. The paladin looked up at the soldier again, There was a burst of enlightenment in his heart, and he felt that he might have understood the thoughts of the man in front of him.

—Even if it is death, what is there to be afraid of?

Victory and failure are irrelevant, only standing still is the biggest mistake.

And Joshua turned his head and looked at the half-dragon, and the souls of Ying and Rin floating in front of him after breaking away from the dragon-hunting sword and spear.

The silver-haired girl looked at Joshua with a puzzled expression, while the black-haired boy frowned and remained silent. Even the black-haired boy who usually had a simple mind was now staring at his master seriously.

"You guys, if you don't want to stay, then go, I will terminate the contract."

Joshua's voice was much gentler than before, the red light from the eye sockets of the helmet was no longer frightening, the soldier stretched out his hands, the tattoos on the back of his hands shone brightly, he gently faced his subordinates, or in other words, family members People said: "This is my madness, you don't have to force yourselves to accompany you."

He originally wanted to say something else, but a burning sensation came from the back of his hand, it was the move of the gods who were resisting him in the most violent way.

And the half-dragon also stepped forward, looking at Joshua with huge dragon eyes. There was an unspeakable emotion in the golden vertical pupils. At the same time, a voice that a warrior had never heard echoed in his spiritual sea. It was unfamiliar, but it made him feel extremely familiar and kind.

For the first time, Joshua heard the inner voice of his war horse.

——Before I met you, I was just an ordinary war horse.

The voice spoke slowly in a soft tone.

——An ordinary war horse that may die at the hands of the orcs in the war, or may be crippled and lame in the battle, and serve as a draft horse for the rest of its life.

Joshua van Radcliffe, my master.

You have given me wisdom, you have given me strength, you have given me dignity, and you have given me hope.

Everything about me, including life, is yours, and I will walk with you until death comes.

The half-dragon lowered its head towards the warrior, as if inviting him to move forward with him.

"..."

Looking at Banlong's lowered head, before Joshua could say anything, he felt the scorching pain on the back of his hand was gradually decreasing, and a trembling but gradually calming voice appeared beside his ears.

"Master, your words are really too much."

Ying's soul floated in the air, and the girl's suspicious eyes became clear again, without any hesitation, she chuckled softly and looked at Joshua softly: "We are magic machines, your weapons."

"Is there any weapon that will leave the master's hand for fear of breaking it?"

On the side, Rin, who was also free from the previous shock, also smiled, shook his head, and said calmly: "We are forged from your bones, even if it is the eternal abyss of hell, we will go with you.

—Master, wherever you go, we will also go.

Where you live, we live too.

Your wish is our hope, your goal is our expectation.

Where you die, we will die and be buried there, unless death separates us.

Their words were so taken for granted that they didn't even have the slightest hesitation. After going through countless battles together, their trust had already been sublimated and turned into a bond that could not be severed no matter what.

"...What a good boy, my best weapons."

After a long silence, behind the black and ferocious helmet, came a voice that I don't know whether it was gratification or regret: "I knew it would be like this, you will definitely fight with me, but..."

But this is too dangerous. Although there is hope of victory, Joshua also knows how terrifying it is to face the evil god. It is the embodiment of the deepest fear in the multiverse and the prototype of all destruction.

It is precisely because they firmly believe that they will go to the battlefield with them, so the soldiers hope that they can leave this place and live in the safe world on the other side of time and space. The danger only needs to be borne by one person.

But it seems that Ying, Rin and Hei don't intend to make everything go his way.

The eyes hidden behind the helmet glanced at the young girl and the face of the half-dragon. In the eyes of the other party, there was unconditional trust in him as the master. It was precisely because of this that Joshua felt a sense of the past. Emotions never felt.

In the past, he had always fought alone. Whether it was victory or death, it was a matter of one person, but now, his life also carried the lives and trust of others.

To fight with that kind of weight on... feels pretty good.

"You are all crazy..."

Looking at the interaction between these people, Loranda couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, but in the end, he couldn't help laughing: "I, who also want to stay, may be crazy too."

"That's just because you are now beginning to believe that we have the possibility of victory."

Responding to the paladin's self-mockery with a smile, Joshua held the dragon hunting sword tightly in one hand, and stretched out his other hand to his chest, tightly holding the burning orb that was extremely hot.

【Fire LV2: Torch】

Thinking about the plot, stuck for a long time

will make up