Soul of Burning Steel

"pray?"

Igor was very interested in what Joshua said, and he asked: "Did you hear the prayers in the Great Temple? Or did you hear the hymns from the Holy Mountain? If it is true, your hearing is a bit surprising." .”

"I can hear it, but it's not that kind of thing."

Joshua pondered for a while, and felt that facing the old pope, he should have nothing to say, and then he repeated what he did to a certain Balrog in the sixth abyss: "It's probably like this, I used the power of steel to transform its whole body structure, removed most of the toxic radiation substances in its body, basically purified it completely, and now it is as harmless as ordinary slimes. Because of this, it There is still a part of my steel power in my body. Just now, it seemed that it was praying to me."

Speaking of this, the soldier couldn't help laughing helplessly: "Could it be that after going through those things, does it actually believe in me? It's just to spare its life, after all, it's quite obedient. Or, is this Another sign of divine awakening?"

"Most demons worship the strong. You spared its life and purified the toxins in its body. Although it has one less weapon against the enemy, it also expands its future possibilities. If it really I'm not surprised that I believe in you."

Unlike Joshua, who felt strange, the old pope was quite interested in this kind of thing, and he said enthusiastically: "Maybe, you can call this demon to our camp—don't look crazy like that." The eyes of the missionary looked at me, I was serious - we will have a war against the abyss in the future, and a local demon who is familiar with the abyss is very important. Don’t you want to counterattack the abyss, but in our homeland, the mainland of Mycroft Do you want to start a war between legendary powerhouses?"

Joshua thought for a while if Igor and the other legendary powerhouses were to use their full strength in the Mycroft Continent to develop the Light Speed ​​Domain and their respective stunts... The warrior looked at the old Pope with eyes like an enemy, then shook his head, Indicates that this is absolutely unacceptable.

Seeing that Joshua understood this, Igor smiled, and then fell into deep thought. The face of the old pope on the other side of the communication circle was somewhat blurred. This was because his strength was too strong, and the magic could not reflect his clear face, and there was also the interference of the great demon tide during the period. After a while, Eagle said: "As for the fact that you can hear its prayers, it is indeed related to divinity, but it is not only divinity."

Joshua looked at the old pope, and Igor also looked at him, and the two looked at each other. Eagle said lightly: "As far as I know, gods have their own way of accepting beliefs and buffering themselves from the assimilation of divinity. You don't know how to do it now. Logically speaking, you can't hear prayers, but since you can hear that now The Balrog's prayer, this is not false... So, there is only one possibility."

"What's possible?" Joshua asked.

Eagle took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Do you know, the sage and his thirteen saints?"

"Of course I know."

Joshua was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect the old Pope to bring the topic to this aspect, he recalled for a while, and then replied: "In the inheritance left by the sages, I have seen thirteen figures standing behind the sages ...they support the sages and complete the reconciliation and balance of the world, and it is precisely because of their assistance that the sages can become sages.”①

"It is true. The thirteen saints are the greatest help to the sages. They come from different races, different civilizations and even different worlds, but they are the same in one thing."

After hearing Joshua's reply, Igor nodded. When he said this, his tone was calm, but at the end, the old pope emphasized: "That is, they all use the power of the holy light."

After a pause, he said again: "Use the power originally created by the sages."

"...I probably know."

What Eagle said was so obvious, Joshua naturally would not fail to understand—although, the users of the Holy Light are spread all over the continent, and all the clergymen of the Church of the Seven Gods are specialists in the power of the Holy Light. But there is no doubt that the Thirteen Saints were the first to learn the existence of the Holy Light from the sages!

And although Joshua did not create a brand new power system like the sages, his steel power is undoubtedly one of the few high-end powers in this world. Back then, there were only the Mountain Goddess and the Goddess of the Earth. That is to say, it is only owned by the direct descendants of the steel python Mycroft. And the trace of steel power remaining in Balrog Syndicate's body should have been completely absorbed by him after such a long time, and it is precisely because of this that there is such a wonderful connection between Joshua and it.

"So..." After thinking through the whole joint, Joshua showed a surprised smile on his face. He touched his chin, turned his head to look at the sky, his eyes seemed to be able to break through the space, and saw the distant sky beyond the void. World, the tone is a bit strange: "That Balrog, is my 'First Saint'?"

"You can say that."

The old pope couldn't help laughing, and he also smiled. He stroked his beard and raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "A demon has started to learn to pray, this must be your influence-I have never heard that a demon can pray ah!"

"But I never pray to God either."

"Then I don't know why."

The topic of this aspect was quickly exhausted, and the so-called first saint was just joking. After Joshua made sure that he was going to a fog of divine calamity to find a way to train his soul, he ended the communication with the old pope.

This exchange was very pleasant, but Joshua found that Igor had been a little distracted since the last fight, and seemed to be thinking about some very important issues. The soldier doesn't like to explore other people's privacy, so even if he wants to share Iger's worries, he will not ask recklessly, but as long as the other party asks, he will help this person who has helped him for a long time without hesitation. elder.

After Joshua returned to the lord's mansion, his mind shifted from Eagle to Balrog Syndicate.

"My saint...is a Balrog?"

Picking up the tea from Yingying, Joshua took a sip, thought for a while, and smiled at the silver-haired girl's inexplicable gaze: "It's not bad at all."

After all, Balrogs are essentially a powerful race comparable to giant dragons. According to legend, the most powerful Abyssal Balrog Lord can burn down a world and turn an entire continent into a radioactive waste that cannot survive. earth. Purely in terms of strength and potential, Syndicate has no flaws.

However, it is a demon after all, even if it meets the standard in terms of strength, it urgently needs Joshua's guidance and transformation in other aspects. There is no doubt that this Balrog is still far from being Joshua's saint - no matter in terms of heart or other.

"However, in the final analysis, he also helped in the battle. This cannot be denied... He prayed to me just now, right? Let me feel carefully what he prayed to me."

Sitting on the chair, Joshua closed his eyes and began to carefully feel the resonance of the power of steel: "If it's not too much, I can satisfy it."

Unknown world, Kronos Mountains, dragon village.

At night, the village is brightly lit, and the singing and laughter can be clearly heard even hundreds of meters away. On the square in the center of the village, a huge bonfire is burning, and a white meteorite is placed in the center. Countless adult dragonmen are enjoying themselves. Drinking and laughing, singing and dancing, celebrating this harvest.

Because of the meteorite earthquake, the originally flat square became dissatisfied with the ditches and large depressions, but no one cared about this, and countless underage dragon-born boys and girls followed behind their parents, in pairs. This is the custom of the dragon people. After growing up from childhood to adolescence, both men and women will find a favorite object that meets their respective requirements to hone their tacit understanding and form a family directly after adulthood. This is because of the harsh environment of the Kronos Mountains. As a result, because of monsters, partners often need to fight together, so it is necessary to cultivate cooperation from an early age. This is true for ordinary dragonmen, but even more so for demon hunters.

But since some people are in pairs, there will naturally be some people who are alone. At this moment, the dragon girl Lisa was huddled in the corner of the celebration, holding her legs lonely, staying in place without moving.

Lisa is not tall, and she looks even petite when curled up. A long blue tail stretches out from behind her, hugging her legs with her hands, and forming herself into a ball. The girl's long black hair fluttered in the night wind, making the two long cyan horns on her head unusually tall and straight, and under her slender eyebrows were a pair of wine-red eyes.

From a certain point of view, Lisa can be called beautiful, but the slightly old-fashioned dress in the village suppresses this beauty, making her look like an ordinary village girl. However, dragon people don't care much about appearance. They pay more attention to muscles, strength and good fertility.

This is a celebration held to celebrate the discovery of Shentie, and it is also a precautionary measure to gather all fighting forces to prevent other villages from coming to attack.

The iron from the sky has appeared several times in the short hundreds of years of the dragon people's history, and each time it will greatly increase the strength of one or several villages-these divine irons can forge powerful weapons and armor, allowing hunters to Demons can hunt stronger monsters, and with the flesh and blood of stronger monsters, more awakened people will be born in the next generation. This is a virtuous circle, and this opportunity finally fell in their village .

The monsters in the Kronos Mountains are generally divided into lower ranks, upper ranks, and kings who lead a group by the dragon people. In addition, there are powerful monsters with special names. These monsters are generally unknown beasts that sprang out from the desert of gods, and some are the leaders of the strongest monster races. This village named 'Yunsha' Village was originally quite powerful, capable of hunting the king of a family of monsters, but a few years ago, a titled monster that came out of the desert of mind defeated their demon hunting team and made them The strength has dropped a lot.

"We are loved by God!"

In the middle of the celebration, a dragon man suddenly shouted so loudly, he drew his weapon from his waist, a sharp machete, and raised it above his head: "We are the people favored by the gods!"

"Oh oh oh! We are the people of the gods!"

Immediately, countless people shouted in harmony, and the atmosphere of the celebration was pushed to a climax.

The people of the gods is what the dragon people call themselves. They firmly believe that their blood comes from the gods, and all suffering in the world is a trial. These optimistic guys just smile even in the face of death, let alone the god iron that fell from the sky?

Everyone was extremely excited, and only Lisa was alone, holding her legs and watching this scene. And at this moment, a mass of white slime, which seemed to have contained all the flames, emerged from the girl's chest collar, sending out a slight mental fluctuation.

"Why don't you celebrate with your own kind?"

"I'm just a loser now..."

"joke."

The Balrog sneered at the girl's words: "Even if I don't have a nose, I can smell the strength of the blood in your body, which is far better than those wastes dancing around the campfire... But then again, you are so strong! Why is your potential so weak now? Have you worked hard to sharpen yourself?"

For this unknown creature's suspicion, Lisa was anxious, but she couldn't think of any reason to refute for a while, she could only say depressedly: "I, I can't wake up! However, you are an accident... your body , it seems that there is something that can stimulate the recovery of my blood, and after staying with you for a while, I feel an inexplicable impulse in my body."

The girl stretched out her hand, staring at her index finger with wine red eyes. A moment later, an incomparably slight electric arc began to dance on the index finger, which immediately made the girl sigh, and then smiled: "Although it's faint, it's as if it doesn't exist, but at least I can see hope... But, it's so long."

Although the girl's tone was still a bit lost and lonely, the natural optimism of the dragon man still made her laugh: "In short, I will definitely work hard to complete the contract and let you recover!"

"I hope so." The Balrog said softly.

Not long ago, at the place where the meteorite fell, Syndicate and Lisa signed a soul-swearing contract.

Lisa made a wish, hoping to obtain a wish enough to protect her family and walk freely in the outside world. As a price, she must restore the strength of the Balrog Syndicate as much as possible, and the punishment for breaking the oath is that the souls of the two belong to each other.

This is a typical abyssal devil contract, and Syndicate is indeed living up to the name of a devil—it seems to have signed a contract, but in fact it did not say how to fulfill it and when it will be completed. On the contrary, Lisa has to work hard to restore its contract. strength.

Balrog didn't know why he became decent, but he was still a devil after all, and although it felt a little shameful to deceive the little girl, he did it anyway. Syndicate decided that as long as he regained his strength, he could give Lisa a little strength depending on his mood. It didn't take much, just allowing her to control the power of blood in her body.

"Hateful, the power contained in this little girl's body is a little bit worse than my heyday... I am a big devil!"

Thinking of this, Syndicate couldn't help but feel extremely depressed, then it looked towards the center of the square, and couldn't help gnashing its teeth: "You group of natives, dare to use my body as a weapon... You are not that adult! When the time comes Each one has to pay interest, and none of them can escape!"

Lisa is not as energetic as Syndicate. The little girl's mood went up and down today, and she spent a lot of energy signing a contract with the devil. In addition, her tail was very comfortable, so she fell asleep unconsciously. Syndicate shrinks again. Going back into the girl's collar, she turned herself into a white gemstone pendant.

As a great demon, although it doesn't have much wisdom, it can also know with its natural instinct that the so-called awakening of Lisa's dragon people is nothing more than digging out the potential inside its body like the Balrogs. As for Lisa's current situation, it is like some particularly powerful creatures, in order to prevent their offspring from being destroyed by the powerful energy contained in their bodies, some seals are imposed, so that they cannot awaken in their infancy, and they can only wait until their physical fitness is sufficient. Only by undertaking it can we unearth this power.

This should be the case for Lisa, because she has too much potential, so she can't become stronger quickly. Only when her body matures a few years later can she tap her strength step by step.

As for why I can make the other party wake up early... Syndicate has some guesses. Its original radiation toxin can maliciously deform life, but because of serious injuries, I am too weak, and the toxin has been purified by that adult. Radiation, but at most stimulate the body to accelerate its growth. Presumably it was for this reason that Lisa unlocked part of her power.

"It's just... My radiation is still a means of killing in the final analysis. This little dragon girl is speeding up her own life and burning her own future in order to speed up her awakening."

Feeling Lisa's slow heartbeat after falling asleep, Syndicate was silent for a long time. Logically speaking, as a demon, it is good enough to help the contracted object normally, and it is completely impossible to want it to care about the life of the other party. Compared with this, it might as well think about when it In order to restore strength.

Speaking of which, the demons who chased and killed him should all run away, right? It's already so far away, they definitely won't chase here!

Thinking of this, Syndicate felt a lot more relaxed, but for some reason, it always felt a little uneasy.

Unable to think of a reason, the former Great Balrog could only sigh. It habitually let its thinking fall into silence, and at the same time prayed to that adult, praying that disaster, fear and death would not befall itself.

"Use it all on my enemies!"

With such a sentence to end the prayer, the Balrog was about to fall into a deep sleep and recover some of his strength. But soon, it snorted slightly: "Huh? Why is there something more in my spiritual sea?"

"What is this?"

==No money===

①I remember that I wrote 12 saints before, but it was easy, it should be 13.

Yesterday's update, today's hard work...