With Joshua's character, it was naturally impossible to have any cumbersome interview procedures, and since the idea of wanting to meet these old friends arose in his heart, he went straight to it.

Therefore, when Fina was at the gate of the Northern Empire Exploration Base, holding Ciel's head from behind and letting his feet hang in the air, and asked the other party what he was going to do, she didn't expect Joshua to appear in front of them so directly and simply.

"Long time no see."

Joshua walked out of the gate of the base with Hotaru and Rin, and could see that the sun was sinking in the fairy country incarnated by the fire element fairy queen at this time, and the light of dusk had become a little golden line on the horizon, but it was obvious that the most eye-catching thing at this time was not the sunset in the fairy township, but the pair of elves and dragons with shocked expressions in front of them. The warrior glanced at their current posture and nodded, "Your relationship has always been good. ”

At this time, Ciel, half of his head was buried in Fina's chest, and because of the height difference, he could only hang in the air, and was threatened by the sea dragon lady.

Hearing Joshua's words, the two who were down reacted - Fina stiffly let go of the hand holding Ciel, and the black-haired elf who landed on the ground tidied up his clothes with a normal face, and then bowed to Joshua and made a very high-standard salute to show respect for the legendary powerhouse, and at the same time he spoke: "Lord of Moldavia, guardian of the north, dragon slayer, patron of the seven gods...... Please accept the ...... from the Sea Dragon Knights, Hill Lange"

"Stop."

Joshua raised his hand and stopped Hill's newspaper title with his eyes, but reluctantly accepted the other party's salute, his brows twisted, and he said succinctly, "Where did all this come from?" How come I don't remember that I had so many titles? ”

"Lord Count."

And Ciel, who was stopped, straightened up, chuckled, and then said easily without embarrassment: "The strong have many titles, for example, Lord Barbarossa of the Heavenly White Tower, has titles such as 'Elemental Control', 'Ascender', 'Enemy of the Fish-Men', and 'Protection of the Forty-two Kingdoms', these are all used in official written documents, if you don't want to be called 'that lord' by everyone, you must have these titles." ”

In fact, Joshua didn't care about this, not to mention the title of lord of Moldavia, in fact, since he broke through the Black Tide a few years ago, helped Moldova sweep away the chaos monsters of the Black Forest, and closed the gate of time and space, he has almost become the leader of the nobles of the Northland, and he is known as the Northern Border Guard. As for the patron of the seven gods, it is an honorific title given by the Church of the Seven Gods to people who have made great contributions to the Church of the Seven Gods, and it can only be conferred with the nod of the gods, and with Joshua's exploits in the battle of the Holy Mountain, this title is well deserved, not to mention that he has personally talked with Xingzheng, one of the seven gods.

As for the other titles, there are too many fragments, such as the Pioneer of the Great Ajax, the Lord of the Dwarves of the Northlands, the Dragon Rider, and the Master of Wintercastle, which are subordinate titles that come from the development of the Great Ajax Mountains, the title of the Dwarves, the reception of the Polar Blue Dragon, the training of the Dragon Knights, and the establishment of the Academy of Winterhold. In any case, Joshua is now a character whose title can fill half a page of parchment.

"It's better to just call me Joshua the same as before."

After listening to Hill's explanation, the warrior shook his head, but he knew that this was unlikely, after all, when his strength reached this point, it was impossible for others to treat him with a natural attitude, it was one thing for him not to care, and it was also a fact that others respected his strength. Hill can use this kind of words to liven up the atmosphere and relieve the embarrassment of a sudden visit after not seeing each other for a while, which is already considered to have a high emotional intelligence. Thinking like this, Joshua smiled: "Okay, is there something about suddenly wanting to see me?" ”

As he said this, he looked up at Fina, who was standing beside Ciel, and greeted, "Long time no see, Lady Sea Dragon, how are you doing since the Great War in the Abyss of Anoth?" ”

Fina, who was no longer embarrassed, responded generously to Joshua's greetings, no matter what, she was a sea stegosaurus who had lived for almost two hundred years, and this level of concentration was still there, and after the tedious and formal visit, the topic turned to why Hill wanted to visit Joshua.

"That's right, and it won't be long before Fina and I sign a contract to become ...... Ouch. ”

When Hill first spoke, he had a cheerful smile on his face, which made people feel very refreshing, but halfway through the sentence, he grabbed Fina's waist without warning, and pulled the unprepared Sea Dragon Lady closer to him, showing an intimate gesture. But because of this, before he could finish speaking, Fina, who was embarrassed and angry, twisted the back of the elf druid's neck fiercely, and immediately made Hill unable to speak.

"Okay, okay, don't say it, I understand."

Joshua couldn't stand it anymore, of course he knew what Hill was going to say—he could see the vibration in the vocal cords of the other person's throat clearly—so the warrior waved his hand to signal the two of them to shut up quickly, and in addition to that, he glared at the side and whispered, "This is what the book says about showing affection, right?" ''It's dog food.' Hotaru and Rin were helpless: "What are these two people reading recently?" ”

At this point, there was no need to hide anything, and soon, Hill told Joshua and the others that he would marry Fina next summer.

This is actually not surprising, in fact, except for the oldest group, the primordial dragon knights who bind each other by contract and fight against the common enemy of both sides, the relationship between most dragon knights and dragons is almost very close, if they are of the opposite sex, then it is not surprising to get married, after all, in order to cultivate a tacit understanding between dragon knights and dragons, they generally eat and sleep together, and live together. Not to mention other dragon knights, taking the Sea Dragon Knights as an example, there have been three similar cases in the last fifty years.

"Then I'll start by saying congratulations."

Glancing at Hill, who was slender, with pointed ears and big eyes, and a typical elf appearance, and then at Fina who was obviously transformed into a dragon with dragon horns on her head, Joshua nodded thoughtfully after saying congratulations - the sages of the Grandia world inherited, and Sylya seemed to be a dragonborn elf, at that time he was still thinking about how there could be such a hybrid, and now at a glance, this kind of pairing actually appeared. And if you continue to think about it carefully, the elves and dragons as immortals are indeed very compatible, both in terms of life rhythm and thinking concepts, at least much more reasonable than humans.

"However, you didn't come to see me to say the good news, did you?"

Joshua quickly went through the thought in his mind, and it only took less than a fraction of a second, but in reality, he continued to ask: "Your wedding, I will attend, but if there is any problem, just bring it up as soon as possible, after all, we are comrades-in-arms who have fought together, even if I become a legend, there is no need to be so restrained." ”

“…… It's actually very simple, mainly because Fina's strength is not enough. ”

Hill also knows Joshua's character very well, he is the kind of person who is very good at talking and does what he says, if you don't count the terrifying momentum that can be called terrifying, even if it is called a kind and friendly good man, it is not an exaggeration, but when facing a warrior, it is best not to talk nonsense, so Hill explained just as simply: "The family behind me is a relatively large part of the elf family, and the position of patriarch is not my turn as the second son, but in the dragon disaster, My father was seriously injured by fighting several pure-blooded dragons at the same time, and my brother was also left with hidden dangers in that battle......"

The rest of the story is easy to understand. The patriarch of a large elven clan had two sons, the eldest son was cultivated as an heir, and the second son was sent to the Sea Dragon Knights, who had been friends for many years. This was originally a very normal process, but because of an unexpected change, because of the invasion of the dragon, the patriarch in the prime of life was seriously injured and had to abdicate, and the eldest son was also physically disabled, and his strength was likely to be unable to advance for many years so he could not succeed him, but Hill, who was originally cultivated as a branch, showed great potential.

This story is not new, but rather very cliché - because of the call of the family, Hill, who has to return to his native clan in the Far South, will inherit the surname of 'Lan Ge' in the future and become the next patriarch heir to be cultivated, and at that point, there is no freedom in marriage, only pure-blood elves can become the leader of the clan, which means that if Hill really becomes the patriarch of their clan, then it means that he cannot marry Fina.

"Stupid elves." In this regard, Fina gave a simple and concise evaluation: "Wait for me to advance to see if they will object!" ”

Hearing this, Hill, who was classified as stupid, shrugged his shoulders and smiled with a hint of helplessness: "That's true, although it is said that it is to maintain the purity of the bloodline, but the entire Mycrof Continent really has to be strictly demonstrated, where are the pure-blooded humans, elves and dwarves?" In ancient times, the elves were all silver and green, where is there so many strange colors now? As long as Fina advances, the clan will only welcome it, after all, the bloodline of the strong is very attractive. ”

Speaking of this, Ciel also made a joke: "If you plan to marry the elves, even the elven court will be tempted." ”

"Ordinary species can't withstand my power...... Okay, let's not talk about that, I kind of understand your intentions. ”

Joshua is not the kind of guy whose brain is full of muscles after all, he recalled it carefully, and immediately understood the meaning of Ciel and Fina - when they were in the Abyss of Anos, the elf druid and the sea dragon lady were very friendly to black, not only taking care of him, but even deliberately spending energy to help black learn transformation magic, if it is said that it is familiar at first sight, it is reasonable, but more normal, it should be known about the 'ancient dragon bloodline' on black.

All life in this world originally came from the original crystallization of steel, the source of life, the darling of the will of the world, and was called the existence of 'ancient dragons'. They are the root system of the tree of life, the source of a world creature, legend, the original transcendent system is to imitate the posture of the ancient dragon, and the way of legend is closely related to the ancient dragon, the foundation of Joshua's current strength, the formation of the steel giant's true body of the fighting spirit steel armor is the original imitation of the ancient dragon and the titan skills. Theoretically speaking, the deepest part of all life bloodlines has a trace of the power of the ancient dragon, but the most direct successor of the ancient dragon is the species that lives all over the continent and is called the 'Origin Dragon'.

Unlike the astral metal dragons and five-colored dragons from other worlds that have the wisdom of civilization, the low-level primordial dragons have no wisdom, while the high-level primordial dragons have wisdom similar to humans or even far beyond humans, but they have no morality and civilization. No, to put it another way, only a demonic beast that has awakened a trace of ancient dragon bloodline can be called an Origin Dragon.

As a dragon horse, Hei naturally has the ancient dragon bloodline inherited from his ancestors, but if this bloodline hadn't been for Joshua spending a lot of money to help awaken, it was likely that he would have been lurking for the rest of his life. However, after awakening, a war horse that was once of ordinary strength can be immediately reborn into a powerful black dragon that can be swept away even against the Chaos Creation Stone Demon.

The strength of the sea stegosaurus Fina is derived from the bloodline of her ancestors, and it is also limited by the bloodline of her ancestors, and when she reaches the golden high level, she can no longer rely on hard work to advance, what she needs is the favor of the goddess of fate. However, aside from waiting for the right moment, as a powerful intelligent Primal Dragon, Fina still has a path to choose from.

That is, like black, awakening the bloodline of the ancient dragon.

Awakening the ancient dragon bloodline cannot directly increase strength, but it can find a new direction for Fina, who has almost reached the end of the bloodline, which is equivalent to having a legendary-level imitation target, which must be smoother than walking by himself.

"Lord Earl, I'm willing to use ......"

Looking at Joshua who had a calm expression but didn't say a word, Hill settled down and was about to say the reward he had been preparing for a long time, but this time before he finished speaking, Joshua interrupted him again: "This kind of trivial matter, you don't need to say anything about the reward here, just take it as a reward for helping the black master learn the transformation magic - I think that there are a lot of materials needed for awakening, and the entire market was almost looted by me last time, and now it is estimated that it will be difficult to find another ...... Wait a minute. ”

Speaking of this, Joshua suddenly remembered the Wriggling Forest, the ancient dragon relic that he and the two legendary mages forcibly snatched from the Sixth Abyss! He looked at Hill with a smile on his face, the elven druid's youthful smiling face looked very refreshing, and the warrior shook his head and said, "It seems that you have made a lot of preparations, and even the whereabouts and recent movements of Barnier and William are well known." Okay, since you've planned it, then accompany me back to the Northland later, and I'll take you to the Creep Forest to see if there are any corresponding materials. ”

"Your kindness and generosity, Lord Count!"

Hearing Joshua's reply, both Ciel and Fina couldn't help but be happy, they originally thought that this matter would be very troublesome, but they didn't expect it to be so easy. Ciel also continued: "In fact, there are only some materials lacking with a strong ancient dragon atmosphere, and we have already collected the other materials similar to the blood of the ancient dragon and the bones of the ancient dragon. ”

After all, as the backbone of the Sea Dragon Knights, Hill has accumulated a lot of savings over the years, and with the background of a giant dragon, it is normal for him to bring most of his own materials.

Joshua didn't care, after all, the Wriggling Forest was not brought back by him from the abyss, and the anger of Kangbanier and William was not a big deal, and the production of that place already had his share, so what was the big deal to give his comrades back then an emergency.

At this point, this matter is almost over, and Joshua Jean, who is still discussing in a low voice the topics of "Is Hill a strict wife after marriage?" and "It seems that Fina is not very strong", took the two of them and Xiao Guang, who no longer shines randomly, to explore the base and stay, while he walked towards the wasteland at the very edge of Fairy Township.

When he was sure that there was enough space around him and that there were no people, Joshua spoke: "Alright, Your Majesty, now I have time." ”