Chapter 13: Sword and Axe, Fire and Steel

Looking around, Joshua didn't find any information of interest except for the statue of the seven human gods that seemed to have been renovated once in front of the hall, it was an ordinary church, with wooden seats, stained glass, and fine frescoes and statues, although a little old, but it was clean and dustless: "The prayer hall is still the same, but it doesn't feel dirty, is someone cleaning it?" ”

The seven statues at the front of the hall meant that there was no particular god here, but that all seven gods of mankind were worshipped, and Joshua could see that this was the most widely spread pan-faith temple on the road - after all, it was better for the people to believe in seven than to believe in just one.

"I've been here......"

After thinking for a while, Joshua patted the wooden chair beside him with his right hand and asserted, "There was a time when I was a child, my father would bring me here every Sunday. ”

If it had been before, Joshua would have simply thought that his father was more godly, but now it seems that there must be some secret behind this, he frowned, and recalled seriously: "At that time, he would go to a room in the side hall alone every time, leaving me alone to play with the knights, there must be a secret inside." ”

As soon as he thought of it, Joshua walked towards the side hall where he still had an impression, through the altar and the confessional room, he came to the side hall with no windows, and some darkness, and when he walked to the door of this room on the left side of the middle, Joshua felt the heat on the back of his hand again.

"Looks like that's it."

After trying it, he found that the door was not locked, opened the door and entered the room, and at a glance, Joshua found that the closed room was unexpectedly not dark.

This is a private study, the floor is black granite, and there are some stones on the ceiling that emit golden light as a light source, it should be fluorite fragments, the four walls are huge bookcases, and there is a desk made of Feiyun wood in the center, looking at this furnishings, Joshua couldn't help but sigh twice, and sighed with some emotion: "Fluorite fragments are good to say, Feiyun wood is a high-grade wood that coexists with Fuyue Dragon, and its texture is enough for weapons, so it can be used as a desk......"

Now is not the time to worship the local tyrant, he took advantage of the light of the fluorite fragments to roughly observe the surroundings, and it didn't take long to find clues.

"There are cracks in the floor."

The eyes of the legendary warrior are so sharp, even if the strength is no longer what it used to be, the observability is still strong, and the player is already good at scraping the ground to find clues, Joshua is extremely skilled in finding obvious flaws on the floor: "Although it is well disguised, there is no way to remove the wear and tear caused by frequent opening." ”

Stretching out his hand, the warrior was ready to try to see if there were any switches and traps around, but the moment his hand touched this special granite floor, a magic pattern suddenly flashed on its surface, and just when Joshua thought he had triggered the trap and was about to retreat, a low and rigid machine sounded.

"Energy Detection...... Frequency band match, target: Joshua van Radcliffe, first in line of family succession, highest authority sequence, door open. ”

"Born from fire, born from steel, wisdom is immortal, and order is eternal."

With the ancient praise, the black rock slowly opened up, revealing a narrow passage leading to the ground in front of Joshua, but he paused and did not enter immediately, Joshua frowned and began to recall the source of the praise.

In the late third edition of the Continent of Discord, there is a very difficult public dungeon in the new map Astral Void, its full name is called [Desolate Ancient Sacrifice Ground Connecting Ten Thousand Worlds], players are generally accustomed to refer to it as Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, in the core area of this public dungeon, there is a huge obelisk tower, and there is a stone tablet at its entrance, with many inscriptions written in ancient characters.

And the previous praise came from it.

Legend has it that before the world appeared in eternity, the entire multiverse was a void, empty, and only the indescribable chaos wriggled in silence.

However, there is fire that arises out of nothing, illuminates the void, distinguishes between existence and nothingness, order and chaos, light and darkness, this fire is the source of the beginning of all things, it gives all the power of existence, so that chaos retreats, and matter is revealed, which is the origin of the world in which all things live today.

The fire burned out the chaos, and the remnants were steel, and with the strengthening of order, life was gradually born, and all things got their souls and wisdom from fire, and also got their bodies and powers from steel, and humans were one of them.

Relying on fire, man names everything that has no name, sums up laws and logic, perfects order, and determines the value and meaning of all things, man uses the hope, perseverance and enthusiasm brought by fire to open up this wild world, and steel, which is the beginning of creation and the source of strength, is born of fire, but is pure because of man, man uses bones, stones, bronze and steel to forge tools and weapons to deal with all disasters, battles and strife, man uses steel to bring calmness, reason and fierceness to deal with all problems, Judge all sins that deserve to be judged.

Born from fire, born from steel, wisdom is immortal, and order is eternal.

This is the earliest and only creation myth known to players in the continent of strife, even the seven gods of the human race and the gods of other races have not refuted this statement, and Joshua also saw a boutique post analyzing this myth in the game forum, but he didn't have that interest at all, and he didn't click on it at all.

Hearing this sentence here did surprise him, after all, the current mainstream belief is the Seven Gods of the Human Race, and the worship of the Primordial Fire and the Origin Steel has long since retreated, and only a trace of them can be seen in ancient books.

"I remember that the mages of the Heavenly White Tower have argued that the magic power comes from the remnants of the Origin Fire in the multiverse, and the Dou Qi is the condensation of the power of the Origin Steel in the body of every life."

Joshua stared at the passage and walked straight down.

There's nothing to worry about, he's going to go down anyway, and since that's the case, there's no need to hesitate.

The passage to the underground was not long, and at intervals, shards of glowing fluorite were embedded in the walls, providing light, and it didn't take long for Joshua to reach the very bottom, an empty hall.

In the center of the hall is a huge statue, which is a giant hand holding a hammer and entwining a black snake, and the strength contained in it makes people feel that this giant hand will swing a giant hammer and strike the earth in the next moment.

On the four sides of the hall, there are many rooms, in which there are many tools commonly used by alchemists and mages, and there are even crystal forging tables, such as elemental furnace hearts, which are extremely expensive, which makes people can't help but have the illusion of coming to the great alchemist's workshop, but only one passage directly in front attracts Joshua, and he has a hunch that at the end of the faintly glowing passage, there is a presence calling for him to come.

Joshua walked briskly in front of him, the passage was dark and dark, there was no light except in front of him, but it didn't take long for his eyes to suddenly open up.

A large and intact piece of fluorite hung above the room at the end of the passage, and the unique smell of rust of steel hit his face, and even Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly, and only after he got used to it did he open his eyes and observe the room carefully.

"What is this ......?"

Puzzled, Joshua looked at the room again.

In the underground chamber below the cemetery church, there are countless weapons stuck in the ground, including knives, guns, swords and axes, and even flails and cross-hammers, but one thing is the same, they are all very worn, and there are countless traces of rust on their bodies.

Amid hundreds of weapons on the verge of decay, Joshua felt like it was a grave, a grave of weapons, but for some reason, two weapons caught his eye.

A greatsword, and a great axe.