Soul of Burning Steel

Chaos is a strange thing.

As early as thousands of years ago, before the birth of sages, before the era of glory began, in the era when magic and fighting spirit were not created by the sages, human beings had already come into contact with chaos.

Strangely enough, Chaos didn't exist as a malicious adjective in the first place.

It is a neutral word.

'Order' and 'chaos' are enemies, 'existence' is opposed to 'nothingness', the primordial fire burns chaos, fills nothingness, produces existence, and existence is divided into all things of order, and after they are destroyed, they are chaotic wreckage.

When the wreckage and the original fire dissipate, everything returns to chaos, and the flame will be rekindled from the ashes to create everything again. This is the world cycle confirmed by the sages, the never-ending wheel of fire.

Chaos is not evil, not malicious, it does not represent destruction, nor is it a symbol of the end, it is the firewood, it represents the original form of all things, and it is the oldest concept.

——It used to be so.

In the soul space, Joshua van Radcliffe controlled his sun-like soul, and unpretentiously bumped into the galaxy-shaped defensive barrier of the weakened evil god at five times the usual speed.

Simple, direct, pure impact, without any bells and whistles, there is no sound or shock wave in the world of the soul.

But it is such a simple impact, but it contains infinite power and incredible skills-time is controlled by a man, which is a power beyond the world.

So, at the moment when the silver sun hit the black galaxy.

Everything is broken.

The silver radiance of steel power burned the chaotic mist, and the enfeebled evil god's black barrier shell, which could not be analyzed by any method, nor could light penetrate, was finally completely shattered into countless fragments.

It can be seen that those filthy, incomprehensible things, no one knows what they are, but they are the body of the evil god that can corrode people's hearts and everything, and begin to rapidly decompose and decay under the dual power of the warrior and itself.

Can hear, crying voice.

"...The sun, is it broken?!"

"What's going on, all the void outposts are completely destroyed, and we can't get any news from the outside world at all!"

"...It doesn't make sense, my compatriots. Our world is isolated by space-time storms. The high-energy rays caused by the destruction of the sun flood the world. The microscopic level is already chaotic, and it is impossible for our technology to make any progress."

"Move into the ground and live on the heat of the earth's core? Come on, we are a race with wings that fly in the sky!"

Fragmented voices, accompanied by looming illusions emerged from the shattered barriers of evil gods, and endless whispers came from the unrecognizable void, becoming a disturbing background sound. Among the illusions that emerged one after another, You can see scenes of unimaginable scenes.

As countless creatures with wings raised their hands in shock, in the sky, a large energy crystallized sun shattered like glass, and thousands of fragments of the sun turned into meteorites and fell to the sky and earth. At the same time, outside the void, people The space-time storm that trembles in everything is approaching. It beats the barriers of the world and cuts off the connection between the worlds. Countless bright worlds are dimmed because of this. Even if there is a little tenacious persistence, it is unknown how long it can last.

"Fifty-seven years, I almost forgot the feeling of flying..."

"There is no sun, technological progress is blocked, and you cannot go to the outer world of the void. Now you are still engaging in civil strife and seizing power. Isn't this suicide?!"

"Boom!"

"...Starting today, the Taidel provisional military government will take over the management of the seventeen underground shelters including Paula, Dirk, and Alan De. Citizens, please obey the government's management and hand over all the weapons you have hidden..."

The silver sun didn't have any curiosity or pity. He struck again, smashing all the cantilevers of the weakened evil god behind the barrier. It could be seen that only the core of the vortex was left in the original huge dark galaxy, which could be vaguely seen. At the very end of the vortex, In the center, there is something profound that is stirring.

"They control all the key departments, hide the technology, and implement the policy of ignoring the people!"

"But what can we do? They are outrageously generous in terms of food and enjoyment, and no one will follow us to resist."

"Even if we were able to return to the ground one day, we would not be us anymore..."

"Ha... the important thing is that when that day comes, our race will still exist."

Joshua coldly swept away all the illusions, and the silver crystalline light tore through the vortex and penetrated into it.

Of course, he certainly knows that these illusions are all the memories of the destroyed world and civilization before the weakened evil god became an "evil god" - when he completely smashed the chaotic structure of the other party, and hid them in the mist and body. When the bombardment of the information came out, it proved that the essence of the weak evil god was partially shattered by him.

mercy? Sad? Haha, where does such a naive baby have such an idea? Facing the resentment caused by the destruction of a world, the demise of a race, and the end of a civilization, no one is qualified to show mercy.

That is the evil god.

The World Eater who travels around ten thousand worlds and destroys infinite civilizations!

Especially these resentments are probably just weapons made by some more powerful beings.

Giving up thinking, listening, and observing. In order not to be affected by the chaotic fluctuations of the debilitating evil god, Joshua gave up all his perceptions. He sealed himself in the 'self-world', and then relied on his reserved procedures to simply It crashed into the chaotic vortex neatly.

Accompanied by the majestic power of steel that melted the chaos silently, the warrior completely shattered all the structures of the weakened evil god.

So, at this moment.

The Weak God is shattered.

The dark galaxy shattered with a bang, and the silver sun was bounced away by a huge force that suddenly appeared, and then, accompanied by an extremely black flash of light, it illuminated the soul space where Joshua and the weakened evil god had a decisive battle, and an extremely huge hole appeared in the space. into the space, and a mighty and strange long river rushed out of the hollow like this, quickly forming a sea under the entire soul space.

And the bounced silver sun, Joshua's soul, also turned into a human form again in doubt and awe, staring at the surging sea under his feet.

"This sea...is the essence of the broken evil god?"

Even after defeating the evil god, Joshua still didn't smile. He frowned and said to himself, unable to confirm the veracity of this speculation, but after he smashed all the structures of the evil god, this might be the only possibility.

The evil god that gave the warriors a strong threat has disappeared, and this sea is the essence of its wreckage.

What constitutes the sea is a kind of strange spiritual existence. In Joshua's eyes, it looks like a translucent and extremely turbid paste mucus. These liquids undoubtedly have life and can be seen. Different faces appeared and disappeared, flickering, they were crying or laughing, some were serious, some were sad.

bang bang! Accompanied by continuous noises, nine giant soul spots like satellites that originally floated beside Joshua fell one by one. They were the souls of nine legends from the glorious era. After Joshua regained their human form, these The soul light spots also returned to human form one by one.

It can be seen that the nine legends are two humans, one winged man, two elves, two dwarves, one murloc and one extremely tall centaur, who seem to have the blood of Titans.

The souls of these legends all have huge and deep traces of chaotic erosion, and they fell into a coma the moment they took human form, or in other words, they resisted the erosion of chaos into a long sleep.

A long time ago, in order to resist the pervasive erosion of the weakened evil god, they sealed their souls and entrusted themselves to the care of warships that operated automatically. These legendary powerhouses used the power of chaos to fight against chaos, so that after thousands of years, even the outside of their battleships grew countless flesh and limbs that looked like chaos, turning into a huge moon floating on the sealed world.

Joshua gathered these glorious and legendary souls and placed them on top of the unconscious Great Khan. Because of their own strength, the erosion of chaos has not reached the point where there is no cure. They only need to put them in an area filled with a lot of holy light, the power of order, or the power of steel, and the situation can be quickly alleviated.

After doing this, he continued to lower his head and look at the sea.

The sea of ​​souls.

Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at the seemingly boundless sea, within which were the souls of humans, elves, dwarves, and winged men—but the most common one was a kind with wings and a bird's head. Get the soul of some weird creature. These souls are mixed together, losing their own existence, only endless information and energy are transmitted and stored in the depths of the sea.

"It seems that for thousands of years, all the souls of life in this sealed world have been integrated into the essence of the evil god... Is this how the evil god becomes stronger and restored? Swallow the soul and all the information in it, and then use its As the source, it erodes the world of matter—it is completely another form of existence.”

Joshua muttered to himself, with a complicated tone: "It seems that if it was a little later, the souls of the nine legends would probably be corrupted and sink into this sea... At that time, the weakened evil god will completely recover, it is impossible It’s the half-crippled appearance it is now.”

All the lives and souls eroded by chaos were devoured by the evil gods located at the seal in the center of the earth. In this world without the reincarnation of souls and steel pythons, this is the only ending for all living beings.

But Joshua noticed that in this sea, the faces of the elves' souls were unexpectedly few, even if their long life spans were counted, they were extremely few. This meant that the elves might have avoided the erosion of chaos by some means. To preserve the existence of the soul. But others, similar to dwarves, humans, wingmen, and presumably elf souls who did not evade success, are all here.

They have all been eroded by chaos and died completely, and the wreckage is regarded as the source of power of evil gods and used by chaos—although some souls still have bright brilliance, they should have just died and been swallowed recently They exist, but their souls are being rapidly eroded, and their own strength is not enough, they have not reached the ultimate soul, so they are basically hopeless. Joshua may be able to save one or two, but it is impossible to save them all. scoop up.

One can hear endless whispers of souls coming from this vast sea of ​​spirit matter.

— howling, pain, despair.

—Cursed, boring, decadent.

— Curse, bewildered, resentful.

Everything, all evil, gathered in this turbid and churning sea of ​​souls, and the decaying breath of despair spread from it, as if it could corrode and destroy everything—just like an evil god.

But that's all there is to it.

The warrior clenches his fists—even if he is only a soul now, he is full of strength.

He knew that as long as this sea of ​​souls was completely destroyed and purified, the 'weakened evil god' would be completely destroyed without leaving a trace, just like the several evil gods killed by the glorious civilization. Of course, on the contrary, all the souls in this sea that have been corrupted and assimilated by evil gods will also be completely destroyed and purified.

However, at the moment when Joshua gathered his strength and was about to strike.

Accompanied by two huge light spots and five tiny light spots descending and taking human form, the natural tutor, her legendary Warcraft partner, and the elite team of five all appeared in the 'soul space'.

"...Why are you here?"

Joshua frowned and looked at the side where everyone was, and couldn't help but stop what he was doing: "And you, this is not a place where you gold-ranked people can enter at will. If it was earlier, your souls will also end up like this." In the second half of the sentence, Joshua spoke to the five members of the elite team. His tone was severe, but he could hear the obvious concern.

"The physical form of the Weak Evil God has just collapsed, and now the entire sealed world is filled with an indescribable strange existence... It is very similar to Chaos, but it is unexpectedly gentle, as long as you touch it, you will be entered into this space .”

Naturally, the instructor's perspective moved down, looking at the turbid sea of ​​souls, she immediately frowned like Joshua: "Although I want to say congratulations on defeating an evil god... But it seems that it's not over yet?"

"of course not."

Joshua's eyes drooped, staring at the rolling waves in front of him, which seemed to be planning to reunite: "But there is only one last step left."

Even if it has been completely broken up, its essence has turned into a sea of ​​souls, but a powerful chaotic existence like the evil god is essentially immortal and can be seen. Because it has not been harmed for a long time, the originally collapsed sea began to squirm , seems to want to reunite into a whole, and once again condense into the core of the weakened evil god.

The warrior naturally wouldn't allow this to happen, so he raised his right fist again and began to gather strength.

"Old, teacher!"

Weak, but very resolute, a voice that seemed to have given up all its courage sounded.

Joshua turned his head and looked at the person who made the voice, that is, the captain of the elite team and his student, Priest.

Joshua has many students and disciples, including those who are named, those who are not named, those who have officially confirmed their relationship, and those who are still under investigation... Except for the four-member team of the first team that is about to graduate from Winterhold College, only Long Lisa, a human girl, and Priest from the southern province have successfully become his official disciples.

Compared with those disciples who were accepted either because of the guilt of the dragon disaster, or because of the care of the dragon race in the Kronos world, as an ordinary person with only a little talent, when Priest became his student Many people expressed their surprise, because no matter in terms of talent or background, there are many people who are stronger and more competitive than Priest. Why did Joshua choose this ordinary guy as his disciple? Is this really confusing?

But actually, the answer is actually quite simple.

Because Priest was the only one who dared to tell him what he really thought during the assessment.

It sounds like a clever thing to do, but in fact, in the face of a legendary powerhouse who unleashes coercion, to do this requires real courage and determination.

Just like now, Joshua stared silently at Priest, waiting for his student to give a reason to interrupt his action.

"Under here... there are still many souls that have not been corroded by chaos!"

Facing the direct gaze of his teacher, as well as the onlookers of the natural teacher and the legendary monster, Priest, the tall young man felt that his legs and his soul were betraying him, and began to tremble and tremble crazily, he knew , Now is not the time to impart skills or teach knowledge, but now is the battlefield of chaos, the place of decisive battle against evil gods. I am a mere gold-level fighter, and I have no right to speak at all.

But even so, you must say what you want to say, even if you will be punished, reprimanded, or even die. Priest knows that he will never be able to do it, because of 'fear', 'fear', because of 'fear', he gives up his ideas, does not make any efforts, and allows the future he does not want to come.

The chaotic sea of ​​souls is surging. Countless turbid souls, mixed with dots of colorful light, let out mournful and desperate wailing.

When Joshua heard what his disciple said, a subtle expression appeared on his face.

"I probably know what you mean... You want to save these souls that have not been corroded—or save a certain one, right?"

The delicate expression on Joshua's face gradually turned cold, and he said calmly, "Do you know what the occasion is now, and what are you talking about, Priest."

"Know."

At this time, Priest's speech became smoother. He seemed to understand that he could no longer turn back, so he simply replied: "Teacher, you are right, it is true. I want to save them, but I really can't. It’s okay to save one.”

— not necessarily Sur.

— Not necessarily an elf.

—Anyone can do it.

——However, you just can’t stand by and watch.

Priest knew that his initial impulse was probably just because of fear and fear, fearing that Sur's disappearing soul might be in this turbid sea of ​​souls.

But soon, he understood that in this vast sea of ​​souls, let alone himself, even the teacher probably couldn't accurately find someone's soul.

So just give up? I don't even know if Sur's soul is inside... So I can give up with a fluke, facing so many souls in need?

of course not.

Priest may not have practiced Professor Joshua's way of gravity to the extreme, and he has not truly become the successor of the teacher, but he has learned Joshua's bad temper—that is, never give up, never give up. Don't look back.

He wants to save people, he wants to help, so he goes to save people, he goes to help. Whoever he is, it's that simple.

"Can."

But Priest, who thought he would be reprimanded or even punished, heard Joshua's calm answer, and just when he suspected that he had heard wrong, Priest heard the next sentence.

"I'll give you ten minutes, go in and find it yourself."

Does the soldier's voice have any emotional fluctuations? He said lightly: "Don't rely on the pity of others...Since it is you who want to save it, then go in by yourself."

If you can.

As he said that, Joshua kicked towards the turbulent sea of ​​souls. In an instant, as the silver ripples spread, the squirming and condensed waves immediately calmed down completely, and there was no sign of turbulence at all.

"Yes, teacher!"

Sure enough, it is the style of the teacher. The choices you make, you bear the consequences.

But that's the way it should be.

Priest, who had calmed down, breathed a sigh of relief. After the grateful answer, he, who was originally protected by the natural teacher from contacting the sea of ​​souls, immediately jumped into the slightly calm place now. In the sea of ​​souls.

The soul of the golden rank is undoubtedly transcendent, even if it is chaos, it is difficult to erode it immediately, but that kind of chaos is just the chaos leaked by the evil god's family. Xiu Ya's fragmentation is not easy to enter. It can be seen that after Priest's soul penetrated into the sea of ​​souls, it immediately began to emit corrosive green smoke, and countless fine soul fragments peeled off from the surface of his body.

"Team, Captain... Is Captain crazy?"

Seeing this scene, the alchemist was dumbfounded, and couldn't help murmuring in a low voice. Although they already knew that Priest would probably do this, they didn't expect that the other party would be so decisive that he wouldn't talk nonsense.

"It's over... It seems that we have to change the captain." The caster said pessimistically: "Love really makes people blind.

--love?

Hearing the low-pitched discussions in the elite team, Joshua couldn't help shaking his head. Although he didn't know why Priest did this and why he was so determined, he could be sure that what was burning deep in the other party's heart was not love.

What I have to say is just arrogant, but admirable 'sympathy' and 'compassion'.

But at this time, in the depths of the turbid ocean, he kept swimming towards one scattered soul light spot after another, gathering them in his arms, but the thought in his heart was very simple.

"You, you, should look at the outside world."

Sur. you're right. People are not fish, and should not live in a tank... The world is so big, we should take a look.

At the same time, above the sea.

"He didn't hesitate...really decisive."

Watching Priest's back that kept deepening, the natural teacher whispered to himself: "There is no thinking at all."

"Of course."

Joshua replied with a look of reason, without any hesitation: "He is my student."

Afterwards, he made a gesture to make the nature teacher who was eager to speak shut up: "Okay, my stupid apprentice thinks I'm going to destroy this sea of ​​souls - don't you think so?"

if not?

Hearing this, Galannord suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Joshua. Although she had to admit that the human man in front of her was indeed stronger than she expected, and he could actually defeat the evil god—even if it was just now. The evil god who awakened from the seal is also an evil god—but even so, the teacher of nature didn't think he had any other ways to deal with this sea of ​​chaos.

Also, you obviously raised your hand before and started to gather strength!

Joshua didn't pay attention to the suspicious eyes of the natural teacher, he just turned his head and looked at the end of this endless chaotic ocean.

In essence, evil gods are countless souls full of resentment, mixed with chaos, and equipped with weapons formed by some kind of extraordinary power that cannot be analyzed yet?

A tool of destruction made from the remains of the world, race, and civilization?

Maybe that's the case, and it can be inferred for the time being... But anyway, in Joshua's heart, all the unknowns, puzzles and worries about the evil gods disappeared, because the facts proved that they were not invincible and indestructible existences.

At the end of the day... that's it.

The soldier raised his right hand.

He clenched his right fist tightly, and infinite power was condensed in it. Misty silver mist and thousands of translucent light spots emerged out of thin air, and then merged into his palm as if being pulled by a black hole.

"Perhaps my application of the power of steel has caused you to misunderstand, but in fact, the 'steel of origin' is the source of everything in the world, the origin of all matter."

He said softly, as if he was explaining to the surprised nature tutor and the elite team, and seemed to be talking to himself: "But in essence, it is the power of creation, the power to create all things."

The next moment, he lowered his right hand and let go of his fist.

It could be seen that a magnificent azure gem appeared in the palm of Joshua's right hand.

"Azure Orb...unburned fire."

Joshua stared at the azure gem that appeared in his hand, showing nostalgia: "The origin of the Radcliffe family's fight against chaos."

"Among the four holy relics left by the sages, the double blades of order are weapons to deal with the chaos that will strike in the future. The pure white scepter is the authority of the holy light and the initial fire, which maintains the weak flames of the Mycroft Continent. Order The robe is the core of the world, the key to activate Grandia's world's great magic circle, and the Azure Orb is the source of the rekindled fire."

The body of the Azure Orb had already dissipated when the great magic circle was activated in the Grandia world and the fire in the Mycroft world was rekindled, leaving only the crown of power of the burning soul king remaining on Joshua.

"You, you can actually create the Azure Orb?!"

It wasn't until this time that the bewildered teacher of nature gasped and understood what Joshua was going to do—Galanord subconsciously clenched his hands, and a faint tree grew on the back of his white hands. Gen: "Your creation technology has reached this point!"

"Of course I can make it."

Joshua smiled and closed his eyes, and began to communicate with this 'Azure Orb' that he had created out of thin air.

I am not the evil god who only knows destruction and destruction.

I can create a beam of repairing light, create a soul ball, and use simple tools to achieve a true resurrection of the legendary powerhouse!

The Azure Orb created by Joshua did not have the incomparably profound power of order left by the original sage. But the sage's power of order is absent, but the warrior's power of steel is abundant.

The endless power of steel is rapidly flowing into this Joshua version of the Azure Orb.

"I once told Lisa that the power of the strong is enough to reverse the future and destiny, to turn tragedy into comedy, and turn death into rebirth."

Joshua opened his eyes, and the Azure Orb in his hand was emitting an incomparably brilliant silver light like a supernova.

"Priest, this is the power to change everything."

So, keep that determination -- get stronger.

The palm is released, and the light falls.

The silver orb fell into the chaotic ocean.

The brilliance lights up and devours chaos.

And everything that is resentful will return to rest.

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