Chapter Twenty-Nine: This is probably the best news
Of course, Joshua was not interested in knowing what the other party was planning to do, and with a flick of his fingers, the rapid surging air currents stunned the gold-level priestess, and the layers of strength stirred the opponent's brain, causing him to fall into a deep concussion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
"Black, take care of this guy, if there is any abnormal movement, a mouthful of dragon breath will spray her to death."
After thinking about it, the warrior changed his words again: "No, I still have some questions to ask...... If she wants to kill herself, knock her unconscious. β
"Good master!" The black dragon girl replied crisply, she looked at the half-skeletal face of the golden priestess who was unconscious on the ground, her face was full of curiosity: "So is it a mouthful of dragon breath that sprays her to death, or does it stun her?" β
"Either way, it depends."
Casually, the warrior walked halfway up the mountain, and when he passed by a large raised snow hill, he took a special look, and then the snow hill trembled incessantly, and the snow flew.
"For your sake, you didn't do anything." Joshua nodded slightly: "I'll let you go this time and go back quickly." β
And the giant beast in the snow mound was naturally relieved, and with a rumbling roar, this ironclad mountain dragon that made the entire cult team helpless just escaped directly into the soil layer and hurriedly fled from the ground.
Coming to the place where Ivan was covered by an avalanche before, the warrior stretched out his hand, and the invisible high heat air flow melted the snow into a large hole, revealing the hunter boy hiding in the rock crevice more than ten meters below. He raised his hand again, and the majestic life energy lifted it up and placed it on the snow.
Ivan is now in a coma, because hiding in the corner of the rock crevice, the boy was not directly affected by the avalanche, but the huge shock and aftermath were enough to stun and seriously injure a black iron mage, at this time his internal organs have injuries of varying severity, if not treated in time, it is likely to cause serious dark injuries.
However, Joshua was here, he would not let his students have any surprises, the warrior mobilized the pure life energy in the Azure Orb, fine-tuned it a little, and reached the point where it could be accepted by Ivan, and the next moment, this energy poured into the young man's body.
In less than three seconds, Ivan's injuries had healed most of them, and the reason why he did not heal completely was because he did not have a strong body like Joshua, and too rapid treatment would only be too much.
"There are three more at the foot of the mountain."
Looking at the foot of the mountain on the other side, Joshua muttered to himself, and in the next moment, he came to the foot of the mountain as if he teleported, and used the same technique to rescue Amira and the other three who were buried below. After healing their wounds, the warrior took them back halfway up the mountain and put them together with Ivan.
It was only at this time that Joshua began to wonder why cultists appeared in the Far North Ice Field.
"Although there are not many patrols around the border, I want to come to the Far North Ice Sheet without knowing it...... No way. β
Touching his chin, Joshua glanced at a snowy field, under this large area of snow, there were more than a dozen cultists in a coma, although many people were gradually waking up, but most of them fell into a slow death due to the severe cold, and the warriors did not mean to make a move, but waited for these people to crawl out on their own.
Although the silver-level warriors could not fight against the natural disaster, their resistance was indeed much stronger than that of ordinary people, and in less than ten minutes, five cultists with strong physiques woke up from the ice and snow, and quickly dug and climbed upwards to the surface.
But they were greeted with an irreversible terror.
It didn't take much effort for Joshua to easily learn from the frightened cultists who were kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for mercy, about their arrival in the Far North Ice Field.
The cultists crossed the Northland patrol by merchant ships on the Maghebu River, disguised as merchants, and then made a detour from the Black Forest on the outskirts of Moldova to the Far Arctic Ice Field, where they came to dig up the plague gas that might exist at the bottom of the dragon's lair. The plague gas was about the next mission they were going to do, but what it was only known to the golden priestess who led the group.
Joshua didn't ask about the rest of the content, but those cultists who were trying to survive rushed to expose it spontaneously, but instead depicted the details in great detail, looking at their enthusiastic appearance, the warriors thought that they thought they were high-ranking priests.
As elite cultists who infiltrated Moldavia, these people certainly knew about Joshua's power and terror, but only those who saw Joshua's real people understood that rumors were far worse than the truth, and no one would be stupid enough to lie in the face of such an existence that could warn both survival instincts and soul predictions.
Since the other party knew each other so well, Joshua was not ready to kill these cultists right now, he flexed his fingers slightly, and then ejected a stream of air, knocking these people unconscious. The warrior planned to hand them over to the church and let Atanis and the others slowly torture them.
Through observation, Joshua was able to confirm that these people did not have plague germs on them, unlike the cultists who were used to carry out self-explosions, attacks, and attacks last time, and they seemed to be the backbone of the cult, and they could ask for more information if they wanted to.
With the still unconscious four people and the captives, Joshua returned to the side of the black dragon girl at the foot of the mountain, at this time the gold-level priestess had already woken up, she sat in place with a dejected face, and the soul fire on the face of half of the skeleton was also so weak that it was about to be extinguished, it seemed that the sequelae of the concussion were very serious.
The woman didn't seem to have any intention of resisting, even if there was only black around her, she didn't think about running away, and when she saw Joshua walking slowly, her lips moved slightly, as if she was talking to herself, but in the end she didn't make a sound.
"What did you come to the Northland for?"
Placing the captives and students on the snow, Joshua was not polite to the cultist, and he asked directly: "Recently, I heard about an ancient ruin in Moldova, you should have come for those things, right?" β
ββ¦β¦ Yes, my lord. β
There was silence for a while, and then he said very respectfully. The priestess was afraid that her words and deeds would anger Dao Joshua, so she replied cautiously: "Our Order has long found out that there is an ancient relic in the Black Forest of Moldova, and through the prophecy of the High Priest and the records of the ancient documents, the Order's higher command believes that there is something we must get in it...... But for some reason, the news leaked out, and the arrival of many adventurers hindered our actions, so we planned to ......"
Speaking of this, she said with a wry smile: "Brandon Kaos and Verdani Scarlett are both golden high-level, even pinnacle powerhouses, and the Moldova they are stationed in is only slightly inferior to your territory, so in order to be able to explore the ruins as soon as possible, the high priest decided to come in person." And we are only going to come and find the plague gas to see if we can cause a riot in the Moldovan territory so that the High Priest can move smoothly......"
After hearing the news, Joshua raised his eyebrows, he glanced at the black dragon girl who didn't understand at all, and then said: "Did you actually discover that ruin in Moldova first, you are making trouble among the adventurers, no wonder Brandon and they are so busy all day that they don't even have time to take care of their daughter." β
And the priestess did not speak, and a trace of cold sweat broke out on her head.
Whether it is a demon priest or a cult, in order to ensure that their secrets are not leaked, there will be a unique means of restraint, or blood oath, or spiritual locks, if it is just an ordinary secret, it is fine, just like the cultists who rushed to reveal the secret to Joshua before, there is no backlash, but if this priestess says some important information, then he will be punished.
Judging by her expression, this restraint method is probably a spirit lock, and she should be suffering from soul backlash at this time.
After finally breathing a sigh of relief after the other party's soul revolt was over, Joshua asked again, "Who is the high priest you said and what is his strength?" β
He asked lightly, "You are confident that after he arrives, you will be able to ignore Brandon and Verdany's obstruction and explore the ruins, I think it is very strong, right?" β
"Of course, strong."
After hearing the warrior's words, the soul fire in the priestess's eyes flickered, but she didn't know why she calmed down, and said in a strange tone: "It is rumored that the lord of the Radcliffe family is a warlike madman, even when fighting against the legendary powerhouse, the emperor...... I originally thought that it was unlikely that a land lord would be this kind of character, but I didn't expect it to be true. β
"I don't think I'm fit to be a lord." Joshua shrugged, he looked at the priestess, who was suddenly fearless and spoke much calmer, and then said thoughtfully, "It seems that he is indeed very strong. Just thinking of his presence refreshed your courage and allowed you to communicate with me normally. β
"That's nature...... Joshua van Radcliffe, I admit that you are indeed stronger than I imagined, even better than the rumors, and just by seeing you, I know that no matter how much I calculate, I will not escape, and even if I am lucky, I will definitely lose, so I will not resist. β
Sitting on the ground, the pale-faced priestess closed her eyes, and she sneered: "Your strength even makes me hallucinate, my soul is oppressed by instinctive fear, and I can't even mobilize magic power...... You are not a legend, but what is missing is only a breakthrough point, and of all the extremely strong people in this world, you can occupy the top ten positions. β
"But there is still a gap between the high priest."
"Oh?" Hearing this, Joshua's face moved, he touched his chin, and he didn't look angry at all.
And the priestess was still talking to herself: "But in the final analysis, you still haven't broken through that shackle, no matter how fast your progress is, it is impossible to reach the legendary realm quickly, but the high priest is different...... He had already touched the last layer of the shackles, and he was just a little short of becoming a legend. β
Opening his eyes again, the black-clothed cultist said in an indifferent voice, "You can't stop the High Priest, and neither can Nostradamus. β
The priestess summoned up the last courage and said so much to the warrior, she originally thought that Joshua would kill herself directly out of anger, so she simply put on a generous appearance of death, but to her surprise, Joshua did nothing, but seemed to be remembering something.
"In the year 833 of the star fall, the leader of the cult is about to break through the legendary ......"
The warrior didn't look at the priestess at all, he simply recalled the messages from the past: "--It sounds like an acquaintance again. β
"A strong man indeed."
Thinking of this, he showed a pure smile, Joshua lowered his head, looked at the priestess, and said leisurely: "Thank you, you have brought me the best good news in the past few months. β
After finishing speaking, he flicked his fingers again, knocked the gold-level priest unconscious, and then walked towards the four-person team, Hei followed Joshua's footsteps, and then asked curiously: "Master, master, is the person she said really that strong?" β
"Probably there is." Joshua nodded, he thought for a moment, and then continued: "This person is indeed a genius, if it weren't for the fact that he strayed into a cult a few decades ago, he should also be a well-known powerhouse now, and he can even reach the legendary realm. But even now, he's on the verge of breaking through the legend. β
"I didn't expect that taking you over for a walk would have such a harvest."
Joshua and Hei were indeed running around the Arctic Ice Sheet to check if there were any signs of large-scale demonic beast migration, but as soon as they were halfway through, the two of them noticed gold-level magic fluctuations around the dragon's nest in the distance.
Originally, the warrior thought that it was two gold-level demonic beasts fighting for the dominance of this place, but he didn't expect it to be a battle between an ironclad mountain dragon and a cultist, Joshua also noticed that there was the breath of his academy students halfway up the mountain and at the foot of the mountain, and just as he was about to set off to rescue, the avalanche was triggered by Amira and the others.
At the end of the memory, feeling the big hearts of his students, Joshua bent down and patted the face of the foursome who were about to wake up.
Then, as soon as he woke up, he saw the four warriors screaming 'wow', and retreated in horror.
The smile disappeared from the warrior's face.
And Ivan, who woke up, also quickly calmed down, the first thing he felt was a tingling pain inside his body, which was caused by the internal organ injury that had not yet healed completely, but this was much more slight than he imagined, the hunter boy originally thought that even if he did not die in the hands of the cultists, he would die because of the injury.
Looking up at the lord and the cultists who had collapsed on the ground around him, Ivan immediately understood how he and the others had survived, he immediately stood up and thanked Joshua with some restraint, and Amira, Karin, Nick and others, who were influenced by the boy and recovered one after another, also thanked Joshua.
"There's nothing to thank, I'm just stopping by for a walk around here." Seeing the four people who couldn't even speak clearly because of their excessive nervousness, Joshua sighed, shook his head, and said, "Most of your salvation is due to your own merits - if you dare to cause an avalanche and play with cultists at such a young age, if this courage can be maintained, it will definitely be achieved in the future." β
Speaking of this, the warrior looked at Ivan deliberately.
This child, he often sees. Ivan Makarov, known as the hardest working student in the entire Wintercastle Academy, except for a few people who are somewhat incompatible, most of the students and teachers have a good impression of him, this young man has a high talent for spell theory, and he is not bad at actual combat, in general, he is a very good person, and can even be called a genius.
This confrontation with the cultists made Joshua see the courage and determination of the other party, and after thinking for a while, the warrior spoke: "This time, half of the credit of these cultists who have been exterminated will be counted on your heads, but why are you in the Arctic Ice Field?" This is not the place where students of your level should be. β
The crowd didn't dare to lie to Joshua, so they could only tell the truth honestly.
"Gold?" After hearing this, Joshua had a strange expression: "It seems that I didn't dig the white dragon's storage room, but just took the eggs and corpses away...... But because of a magical beast, you went to the Far North Ice Sheet to explore? This is reckless. β
On the side, Hei looked at Joshua with inexplicable eyes, and she whispered to herself with some confusion: "Eh, is this reckless?" β
At this time, the sky in the distance of the Arctic Ice Sheet lit up with four faint flashes, Joshua looked up, and then praised: "Yes, the rescue came in time, it seems that even if I don't arrive, your lives should not be in danger." β
Although the four of them were only black iron level mages, they could also detect the violent magic fluctuations in the distance, and there were multiple golden mages flying in this direction at a rapid speed, but they seemed to have discovered Joshua's existence, so they slowed down.
And at this time, Ivan saw that his lord took out a piece of paper and pen out of nowhere, and then wrote a few words and signed a name, and the warrior handed the parchment to the young man: "Here is my permit, you can freely enter and leave my study in Wintercastle, and borrow books from the library that meet your requirements." β
Joshua withdrew his pen, and he looked at the young girls with happy faces, and couldn't help but smile: "Of course, this is as a reward for your courage...... Then, the four of you will not be allowed to leave the Winter Castle Academy until next summer, and the maximum range of activity will be around the NissiΓ¨re Snow Mountain, and this will be your punishment for recklessness. β
Ivan, Amira, Karin, and Nick, none of them expressed the slightest disagreement with this, not even in their hearts. Everyone clearly understands that after having advanced textbooks, they don't need to go around to complete tasks at all, even if the points are surpassed by others, it doesn't matter, they can use half a year to improve their strength as much as possible and enrich their knowledge.
At this time, the two golden mages who led the team had already arrived first, and they saluted Joshua respectfully, while the warriors nodded slightly, motioning for the other party to take care of the students.
Then he looked to the east, where the Moldovan collar was.
"Ancient ruins." Joshua said softly.
"Interesting."