Soul of Burning Steel

After bidding farewell to William and Barnier, Joshua's subsequent visits and inquiries also failed one after another.

"I don't know... I probably forgot."

"Probably a harmonious mind that is not affected by the outside world. As long as you can deal with all situations calmly and rationally, you can grasp the power of your mind and resist all external intrusions."

"I advanced during the Great Demon Tide, my lord, you insist on telling me how I feel, I really don't know how to speak..."

"Lord Earl, I'm not trying to deceive you, but I really can't describe that feeling in words."

In the whole Northland, Joshua visited the ultimate soul holders who traveled or were hired one by one. Most of them accidentally advanced due to the influence of the great demon tide. Although they did complete the sublimation, they I was a little unclear about the specific process. Some of them explained their experience seriously, and some of them didn't seem to want to talk about it. Joshua didn't care. He just told them that he was willing to exchange knowledge and skills of equal value. Don't treat them badly.

It wasn't until the soldier had no choice but to find some old friends that he gained something.

"The Ultimate Soul? It happened decades ago. Although there may be some mistakes in the details, it should be generally correct."

Regarding the soldier's question, Nostradamus smiled and explained to Joshua the details of his initial advancement. The details are so clear that there are no mistakes or omissions like what he said, but the content is really incredible. Words——According to Joshua's understanding, the old mage was just meditating, and he broke through after meditating. Even if he clearly remembered the amount of dust around him when he advanced, there was nothing worth talking about. As for Joshua's troubles in terms of divinity, Nostradamus expressed his helplessness: "Your heart is already strong, my friend, even if you haven't reached the limit, you must be very close. Even if you have really reached the limit of the soul Extreme intent may not be able to resist its erosion."

Although they are very compatible in terms of personality, it is obvious that Nostradamus can't help Joshua in this regard. The only valuable sentence he said about the ultimate intention of the soul is: "If you talk about the difference before and after awakening , so before awakening, I feel that I am a whole of 'soul and body', but after awakening, the body becomes somewhat irrelevant and a part that can be discarded."

Although this kind of statement sounds worthless, it gave Joshua a vague idea. He felt that he might have caught a little bit of context, but it was still not very clear. After thanking Nostradamus and saying goodbye, the warrior thought for a while before looking for the next person, the last one in his plan.

"The ultimate meaning of the soul? My view of it is 'integration of knowledge and action'. If this is done to the best, it can be called perfect, impeccable spiritually."

Through the exchange of summoning spells, Pope Igor of the Seven Gods pondered for a moment. To the soldier's question, he slowly replied: "Whether you can achieve the ultimate intent of the soul is not directly related to whether you can resist the erosion of divinity, especially you, Joshua, you and your divinity are a bit too compatible , sometimes it is exactly the same as your thoughts-I suspect that your spiritual imperfection happens to be self-doubt and resistance.”

"In other words, the reason why you can still resist the erosion of divinity is precisely because you are not the ultimate soul."

"If a person cannot question himself, how can he make progress, and this statement is too false."

Across the magic circle, Joshua shook his head. It was obvious that Eagle's words had begun to be a bit mysterious, and his opinion was quite different. Joshua felt that the soul was just his second thinking organ besides the brain, and divinity was equal to some kind of unknown good and evil in the body, similar to the mutation of cancer, it could bring vigorous vitality and power, but it would also destroy The originally independent soul became the same as it. And the ultimate intention of the soul is to exercise this organ to the limit, so that the soul itself has the resistance to resist mutations and maintain its independence.

In other words, in Joshua's view, the soul is the same as the muscles, which can be exercised and strengthened. No matter how mysterious the statement is, it is nothing more than some kind of push-ups, sit-ups and long-distance running for the soul. He thought What you need to find is actually a way to exercise your soul.

"Everyone has a different view on the soul, but who knows the truth about it? You should have seen the fog of divinity. It is the wreckage left by the gods. The souls of the ancient gods formed it after they were shattered. It is the form of a certain soul reaching its limit."

Igor didn't intend to persuade Joshua either, after all, as he said, he just had a different opinion. As for Joshua's troubles, he gave another suggestion: "The ancient gods control the power of divinity, look at the soul forms of those pioneers, it will definitely help you."

"You're right." Joshua blinked, then nodded in approval. He really ignored this aspect—the gods in ancient times could control the power of divinity, control the sky, the earth, the wind and the sea, and the fog of divine disaster formed by their soul remains is indeed the best reference. I had observed it for a while before, but now I actually forgot about it. It seems that I was a little too anxious.

"However, Your Majesty the Pope, your tone is not like that of a priest."

After expressing his gratitude to Eagle, Joshua made a joke, but the old pope didn't take it seriously: "I respect the gods because they are the pioneers who protect civilization, and they deserve my respect and belief... you What do you think priests should do? Are they preaching all the time?"

Speaking of this, Igor laughed, and he said seriously through the magic circle: "Speaking of which, Joshua, do you want to consider joining the Church of the Seven Gods? As the patron of the Seven Gods and the legendary powerhouse, I can It will directly make you the guardian of the Great Temple—the champion of the Seven Gods, and the title of the first holy guard is waiting for you at any time."

"You are joking."

"of course not."

"...I don't care, but this is too abrupt."

Joshua frowned, of course he could see that Igor was not joking, and he had enough reasons and motives - he is the inheritor of the sages, the person watched by the seven gods, he helped the holy mountain resist the mad dragon, Helping them go to the abyss to stop the dragon army, he even helped the Church of the Seven Gods complete their mission that has been passed on since ancient times: find the fourth inheritor and continue the flame of this world.

To be honest, the current Joshua just doesn’t have a title. If it is based on deeds, it is not an exaggeration for him to come to the Holy Mountain to be the pope. If it is not for some inexplicable reasons, his reputation in the Mycroft world is somewhat Subtly leaning towards a more malicious direction, he has long been touted as the number one paladin of the contemporary era.

"Just an invitation."

Igor didn't continue talking about this topic, he closed his eyes lightly, and said in a low tone, "The abyss is ahead, the evil god is behind, and the world of Mycroft still faces many threats, but within the continent, the relationship between humans The civil war is still going on, the royal family in the northern empire, the conflict between commoners and nobles, the war within the Western Mountain Kingdom, the elves in the Far South, the undercurrent of the human kingdom and the commercial alliance, the open and secret struggle between the two mage organizations in the eastern plain... I want to end this Disputes, like sages, reconcile the balance of the world."

But you alone are not strong enough. Far from enough.

Joshua understands what Eagle is thinking now. What he wants to do is what the sages did at the beginning, unite the power of mankind in the whole world, and fight against the powerful enemies that are destined to appear in the future. But even the strength of the old pope could not do this. In the final analysis, he is not a sage, and even if he is a sage, he was assisted by twelve saints back then.

And just when Joshua asked Igor for advice on the ultimate meaning of the soul, and started a series of discussions with him.

The other end of the multiverse.

A group of blazing white flames shuttled through the void in embarrassment. Not long ago, it was escaping from the pursuit of the enemy, and for this reason, it chose the most dangerous random teleportation spell in a panic——the spell was successful, and it escaped from the pursuit of the enemy , but because of this, he fell into the depths of the abyss, not knowing where he was, and could only wander in the void for minutes.

This blazing white flame left a string of thin flame trails in the void. It was already feeling very tired, but just in time, it sensed a huge wave of power in the surrounding world. The wave was tyrannical and terrifying, but But with a trace of vitality that can circulate itself. For a life that was born in the abyss and was ashes from the very beginning, this trace of life is so precious that even if it dies, it must be approached and touched by the light. The blazing white flame was already on the verge of coma, but relying on instinct, it immediately shifted its direction, approaching the world that released vitality waves.

Not only it, but also many darkness wandering around the world are also approaching that world, but the blazing white flame has no energy to care about those things, after a long time, when it finally came around that world, it exhausted itself to the last A ray of power belonging to the great demon broke through the barrier of the world, entered the world that was actually not that big, and then turned into a bright meteor, with a long arc, hitting the ground.

It can be vaguely seen that in the center of the blazing white flame that is about to go out, it seems to be the figure of a Balrog.

But when did the white Balrog appear in this world? What kind of experience can make a Balrog become what it is now, without the slightest smell of evil and corruption?

White Balrog——Syndicate knows what happened to him, and who has such means, but he doesn't want to recall it at all. It was the cruelest torture in the world... That existence is undoubtedly the great demon among demons ! But now is not the time to think about these things. When the White Balrog landed halfway, he suddenly realized that his landing place seemed to be a small village among the mountains. With its speed, it would definitely completely destroy that village and the people inside. all life.

The Balrog naturally didn't care about it before, just destroying a village. Although it has never been to the main material world to kill people, it has never cared about other lives except itself. But now, without knowing why, Syndicate didn't know what it was affected by. It suddenly gritted its teeth and turned, expending its last bit of physical strength, and crashing towards a small hillside near the village.

Boom————— A violent explosion sounded, and the huge echo echoed among the mountains, and Syndicate also exhausted the last of his mental strength because of the sudden kindness for some unknown reason, and completely passed out in the explosion. .

After a long time, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps, a small group of people cautiously appeared from the mountain forest towards the village. They noticed the crater caused by the landing of the Syndicate, and also noticed the slowly burning white crater deep in the lava crater. flame.

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