Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 837, February 27th, Lake of Eternity, Sequoia Mother Tree Island.

Hill Lange knelt and sat in the center of the island, in a simple wooden sacrificial hall, closing his eyes and meditating.

This is the island where the mother tree of life of the Lange tribe is located, and in this simple sacrificial hall there are portraits of the successive patriarchs of the Lange tribe. Their remains have been assimilated with the mother tree after death, and only the portraits remain for future generations. The black-haired elf sat calmly in the center of the wooden hall, bearing the gaze of the portraits of the ancestors of the past generations. Beside him, a white-haired elf who seemed extremely old due to overdrawing his life and a lost The right hand and the left calf, but the young elf also sat on his knees without saying a word.

The appearance of the three elves is very similar. As long as anyone sees it, they will never doubt the relationship between the three. Hill, who is in the middle, is the youngest and has the most sound limbs. He can see that the three have light blue spots on their heads. The light floated, one end of which was connected to the three elves, and the other end extended to the back of the sacrificial hall, linking to the huge red cedar tree in the center of the island.

"ah……"

After a long period of meditation, Hill slowly opened his eyes, and there were strands of cyan flashes in the depths of his purple pupils. After a long sigh, this very young young elf showed a stunned expression: "So So, this is the inheritance of our tribe..."

"Yes."

Beside the black-haired elf, the old white-haired elf seemed to want to stand up, but he almost fell because his hands and feet were already inflexible. Hill quickly got up to support him, but was gently pushed away by the old man. Coughing, the elderly elf stared at his youngest son with a rather complicated expression. He originally wanted to speak imposingly, but in the end he only sighed: "The position of patriarch has been handed over to you, Hill Lan Ge, you are the chief of the Lan Ge tribe of this generation."

"Be careful, brother."

On the other side of Hill, the elf with mutilated limbs also stood up slowly. Woody shoots grew from the wound of this stump, forming a wooden limb to support the movement. Hill's brother took a deep breath , and then said with a chuckle: "From now on, you will take on the heavy responsibility."

"I actually still don't understand."

In the place where the most important Mother of Life Tree of the tribe is located, in the center of the sacrificial hall with the portraits of the patriarchs of the past generations, Hill slowly shook his head. The young elf murmured in a doubtful tone: "Father, that's all, life is overdrawn." At this point, even the buds of the tree of life can only delay death and cannot restore strength, but your crippled limbs are not incurable, why do you have to come back to inherit the family?"

It's not that Hill doesn't want to take on his responsibilities, he just can't understand, so he wants to know the answer.

"Because it's not my body that's damaged, it's my heart."

Facing his younger brother's question, the elder elf replied in a calm tone. He raised his head and looked around at the portraits of his ancestors. The man said frankly: "The life-and-death battle with the five-color dragon, I realized the depth of my heart. Fragility, just a carelessness, I lost my arm and a left foot... And this injury is not as simple as it seems on the surface, the poison of the green dragon is eroding my internal organs all the time, if I want to be completely cured, I need to meditate for five years."

"Even for elves, five years is precious. I can't wait five years, and the Lange tribe can't wait five years."

This was a convincing answer. Hill could not refute it and could only accept it. He watched his father and elder brother leave the sacrificial hall and closed the door. The young elf sighed deeply.

Although the inheritance is over, he can't leave this sacrificial hall, because soon, he will inherit the patriarch's grand ceremony and wedding ceremony, and he needs to wait in this wooden house with the ancestors of the Lange tribe until the grand ceremony begins .

"Is this the shackles of returning to the family... There are all kinds of rules and regulations. After becoming the patriarch, he is responsible for coordinating the relationship between members of the clan, communicating with other clans, and it is difficult to leave the Far South... like in the past A free life is probably never going to happen again.”

Kneeling on the ground again, closing his eyes and meditating, Sihir heard the sound of the door of the sacrificial hall opening behind him, he heard the sound of gentle footsteps, and the sound of static crackling gradually sounded in the air, the black-haired elf knew that this was still In the footsteps of Fina, who has not fully grasped the power of the ancient dragon's bloodline, as her fiancée, she will wait with him for the ceremony to begin.

"Aren't you happy, Hill?"

Slowly walking to Hill's side, Ms. Hai Long knelt gently beside the black-haired elf. She put her head close to Hill and asked in a low voice. It could be seen that Fina's expression was a little disturbed. It seems that she is very worried that her race has brought additional troubles to Hill, so she who was originally quite strong is now full of sadness.

"Sill...it's all my fault." She whispered to herself.

"It's not troublesome at all, and you're not wrong at all."

Regarding Fina's remorse, Hill shook his head. He stretched out his left hand and held Fina's right hand. beside me."

"Even if I'm no longer free, I'd love to."

Starfall 837, March 1st, Lake of Eternity, Sequoia City, sunny and sunny, cloudless.

The wedding of Hill Lange, the new head of the Lange tribe, was held today.

The water resources in the far south are abundant, coupled with the geographical location near the tropics, the water vapor brought by the dense forest and rivers will rise into clouds no matter what the weather is, but under the spell of the elf mage, even the unruly clouds can Follow the orders of magic.

Compared with the cheerful atmosphere in the city, as a wedding site, the fir castle located on the giant redwood tree looks a little deserted, but all the people walking in the castle are big nobles and big shots in the elves, because At the invitation of the natural tutor and the elf queen, most of the patriarchs of the nine elf tribes came to Sequoia City. Even those who did not come for some reason, they all attached great importance to sending the family's deputy, even the previous generation of patriarchs as a substitute.

In fact, Hill, who is the protagonist of the wedding, knows that his wedding is nothing more than an invitation from the elves royal court to gather together many elves and nobles to coordinate the recent conflicts caused by the inheritance of the World Tree. After all, everyone is an elf. Why is it not good-looking, find a step to go down, then chat and compromise with each other, most of the problems can be solved, it is really dissatisfied, the queen and the mentor have no choice but to act, so that he has no choice but to be satisfied.

For this reason, the nature teacher personally endorsed his union with Fina, suppressing most of the voices in the clan who opposed confusing the blood of the elves.

"Blood defense is a family rule that our elves have adhered to for eight hundred years, but to be honest, is it still meaningful to maintain pure elf blood?"

At that time, the nature teacher faced a group of doubting conservative elves and nobles, and said in an unprecedented serious tone: "Even mice know how to adapt to the environment and change. Are we elves even worse than mice? We must abide by the ancient rules eight hundred years ago." Rules? In ancient times, the population of various races was small, and we elves could rely on the elite population for rapid development, but now, with the popularization of the magic energy industry, the world has come to a most important corner. What we need is not decades to cultivate Not one elite, but a large population who can control large-scale industrial production!"

"The fertility rate of pure-blooded elves is well known. If they continue to be stubborn, they will only be eliminated by the times... Do you want the ancient and glorious race of elves to gradually disappear in history? It's time for a change!"

The teacher of nature refuted everyone and made many diehard nobles give up and continue to oppose the "bloodline improvement plan" through intermarriage, bloodline transformation, and magic experiments, but she cleverly avoided an obvious problem-that is, the dragon clan's The fertility rate was not high either, and the combination of Hill and Fina had nothing to do with the improvement of blood vessels, but actually worsened the situation.

But who cares, who really cares? Just as there are only a few people in this castle who really want to celebrate his wedding, not many people really care about the marriage partner of a person who has nothing to do with them.

Even so, there are always a few purer ones.

"...Before loving God, I would like to take the ancient oath that you and I will live and die together and never abandon each other."

The god of love and death, before the statue of "Joy and Sorrow", the contemporary elf queen uttered oaths one after another in an elegant tone of ancient elf language. This beautiful elf lady with silver hair and golden eyes and wearing a purple jade crown blessed her with a smile. Hill and Fina, the 'Herenvarno IX' who inherited the name of the previous elven kings, although they have a different purpose to support Hill's wedding, but at this time they sincerely wish the two in front of them Human——a legendary powerhouse whose reputation is not obvious, whose strength is overshadowed by the Elf Queen, quietly adjusted the physical conditions of Hill and Fina, and even suppressed the restless ancient dragon blood in Ms. Hai Long's body.

The soft and warm fragrance of flowers pervades the entire auditorium with the blessing of the Elf Queen. This fragrance that penetrates the hearts of the people seems to be not in the material world at all, but reaches the depths of the soul. The archdruid can also clearly smell this refreshing flower fragrance, and as the fragrance ripples and spreads until it spreads outside the fir castle and covers the entire Redwood City, you can hear the sound outside the castle resounding throughout the entire city. The city, cheers that made the earth tremble slightly.

In the entire Redwood City, all people with slight illnesses felt it. In this mysterious fragrance of flowers, the pain in their body eased at a speed that could be clearly felt, improved, and finally disappeared completely——Sequoia City is the place where adventurers City, but who is the adventurer who has no secret rheumatism, minor ailments? But now, under the action of this gentle extraordinary power, everyone has been completely cured without any side effects.

This is a mighty power comparable to a miracle, but it is like spring wind turning into rain, without showing any signs of expression.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack."

And under the auditorium, Joshua, who was in the front row, was the first to applaud as if there was no one else around. This caused the auditorium's shocked and slightly dull atmosphere. Following the loud applause of this legendary powerhouse who came from afar, Behind him, the nervous elves and nobles quickly applauded to celebrate the success of the wedding ceremony of the new chief of the Lange tribe. Immediately, the entire castle auditorium was filled with blessings and applause, and the band beside him also played a gentle and clear song Elven music.

The most tedious part of the ceremony is over, and the next is the busy and fulfilling ceremony. With Hill and Fina's departure, many elves and nobles present and human beings invited like Joshua, the dwarf guests gathered in front of the maid. Leading them to the banquet hall of the castle, Hotaru and Rin followed behind the soldiers. It was their first time attending a wedding, and they looked curious with a hint of nervousness.

"There are so few elves."

Through the mental terminal, the silver-haired girl softly sighed to her younger brother: "Although I have not officially participated in the wedding, I have watched it many times in Moldavia, and there are several times more people than here, and the process is also very difficult." So bland, kind of boring."

"Boring... Sister, don't you even look at the identities of these people..."

The black-haired boy was quite speechless about his sister's simple thinking circuit: "If you throw a stone in this group of people, you can hit a dozen gold, seven or eight extreme intentions, the actual ruler of most of the elves, You know, counting the elf queen, there are three legends present at this wedding!"

"Which family can gather three legends when they get married? Look at the stern-faced elf next to the band. He is the 'history weaver' responsible for recording major historical events in the elves. Although this wedding seems quite deserted, the three Two legends are present at the same time, but it is an anecdote enough to be recorded in the annals of history!"

The Shenji siblings rely on the Internet to chat with each other and complain about each other. From time to time, they watch the news and forums of the Northland together. They are having a great time, but Joshua, who was walking in front of the two, came to the banquet hall and was guided When he entered the special room specially prepared for him, he didn't show the sincere smile that he had when he blessed Hill before.

At this time, the soldier frowned slightly, and seemed to be lost in thinking about some problem.

The luxurious and extravagant special banquet room was specially prepared for Joshua. There was nothing on the table, but the teleportation spell was solidified. As long as the warrior slightly touched it, the food that met his requirements would be automatically teleported. And the elf queen, no one dared to - and no one could be equal to him, so Joshua could only be alone.

"At this time, Hill and Fina should be discussing with the patriarchs of the other eight major tribes, the elf queen and the natural teacher in the secret room about the inheritance of the World Tree."

Because he had already talked about your problem with Galannord when he first came to Redwood City. Joshua knew where the two legendary elves and the disappeared patriarchs had gone. I also know that all my goals for coming to Redwood City have been fulfilled, and I should be able to go back now.

A few days ago, he chatted with Hill, Fina and others several times. The warrior encouraged the elves not to panic. With his potential, it is no doubt that he would become a powerful clan chief. The warrior even made a move to ease the situation. This caused the life depletion of Hill's father, and extended the life of the old elf who hadn't lived a few years, let alone more than ten years.

The fusion of Fina and the ancient dragon's bloodline has been perfected with the help of the natural teacher and the elf queen. Even Joshua has little room to make a move. Today, the elf queen's blessing has made up for Fina's last loophole. , today's Ms. Hai Long can almost be called the incarnation of the ancient dragon of Kronos in the world of Mycroft. She is a perfect awakened body like Hei, and can be called the ancient dragon of the future.

"The elves are on the eve of reformation... not only humans, but all the races in this ancient world have begun to change in order to go far away. I changed this world from a crisis to such a point, but why is there still something wrong?"

Since a few days ago, Joshua has always felt a little easily upset recently. At first, he suspected that it was the effect of divinity, but after several times of self-examination, he found that divinity had nothing to do with it after he suppressed it last time. When he was upset, the soldier always felt that he could vaguely hear some strange voices—he originally thought it was a micro-information flow similar to the power of steel, just like the Mycroft heard by Karlis the steel python. It was a side effect of his own sharper perception, but in the end he discovered that it wasn't... This matter was very mysterious, and Joshua didn't have a good explanation for it, so he could only suppress it for the time being.

It can't be an illusion. As a legendary powerhouse, if he can't even control his senses and observation methods, he really doesn't deserve to be called a legend.

"I can't find the source for the time being, so let's put it away for the time being... Let's see if this situation will continue after returning to the Northland."

Suppressing what was wrong in his heart, Joshua casually ordered a few dishes. The food of the elves was a bit bland, but this time it was probably because of the tastes of Joshua and other human dwarves, so there were also dishes from other races. The chef made a move, and the soldier felt that the unknown chef's craftsmanship was almost at the level of a master. No matter what kind of ingredients and delicacies, the workmanship was exquisite to the extreme, and he liked it very much.

However, just as Joshua was halfway through tasting the world's top chef's craftsmanship, he suddenly stopped eating, then frowned and turned his head to look in a certain direction blocked by the wall - Hotaru and Rin both raised their heads, apologizing for the abnormal behavior of their master. Strange, but then, Joshua's words surprised them even more.

"Really, today is also your wedding."

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