Joshua walked over to the great sword closest to him.

This is a huge sword that is somewhat beyond common sense, its workmanship is not fine, but a little rough, the sword body is half inserted in the stone floor, the exposed part is still half a person tall, although the heavy sword body is rusty, you can see that the internal core is still strong, the dark silver exterior absorbs the light, as if shrouded in shadows.

Walking in front of it, the tattoo on the back of his hand was already burning like a flame, and Joshua stared at the great sword, silent, as if thinking about something.

After a moment, he held out his right hand.

Joshua grasped the sword.

"Wow-"

In the closed basement, a gust of wind suddenly rose.

All the smell of rust that had filled the room was swept away by the wind, and the weapons stuck in the ground, whether knives, swords, spears, or axes, all trembled slightly, making a dull sonorous sound, as if in celebration and regret, and in the hymn of the countless weapons humming, Joshua stared at the great sword in his hand, and pulled it out of the stone little by little.

Radiance, the light generated by magic power was born from the void, in the hustle and bustle, accompanied by the piercing sound of iron and stone rubbing, the blade of the giant sword gradually left the solid rock and was exposed in front of people, the sword body that was hidden under the earth did not decay, and the sharp blade reflected the light, like a star.

With a strange glint in his eyes, Joshua had drawn most of the sword, leaving only the last tip of the sword still in the ground - according to common sense, this could not happen, it should have been easier and easier to draw the sword, but now, the sword was left with the last bit, and the stubborn refusal to be pulled out seemed to be resisting because something was missing.

"Why did you reject me?"

Whispering, Joshua asked about the greatsword in his hand, as if he were asking about someone.

[Brand the brand.] 】

A row of such words suddenly flashed in front of him, and Joshua was originally a little stunned, but in an instant, he reacted in the system's prompt: "Indeed...... I see! ”

Taking a deep breath, Joshua pressed all his thoughts, and his mind fell silent, and with the wonderful rhythm of breathing, the internal organs, bones, muscles, and other parts of his body began to tremble, countless subtle, but the power from life itself converged, and came to his right hand along the veins and tendons, the hand that held the hilt of the sword.

The flame of light called Douqi condensed, and the power of the Origin Steel converged, and then it was infused into the half-old and half-new greatsword, cleansing its interior.

The rust peeled off, the scratches disappeared, and as the blade of the giant sword shimmered with a silver glow, the brand belonging to Joshua was struck, and the last remaining bit of the tip of the sword left the earth, and was completely pulled out, bringing out a little dust.

The tide of magic is therefore boiling! Fireflies-like points of light slowly emerged in the atmosphere, and then fell like snow to the sword's blade, and the huge power was easily contained in Joshua's stunned gaze.

Then, in a burst of intense light that was impossible to see, the hilt of the greatsword that was originally held tightly in his palm turned into a slender hand, slightly resting on his palm, and there was a black tattoo on his white wrist, which was exactly the same as the snake sword on his wrist.

"First meeting, master."

The elegant voice that belonged to the girl sounded, and Joshua looked up, a petite figure stood in front of him, she was wearing a women's double-breasted gown, her long satin silver hair fluttering in the wind, and there was an inexplicable brilliance in her green eyes like fireflies.

She smiled and bowed to Joshua, then gently withdrew her right hand and bowed again, "I have followed the bloodline of Radcliffe and the ancient covenant, presumably you are my contractor, I am the Divine Machine Akrol Steel Sword, you can call me Hotaru." ”

And Joshua was solemn the whole time, without saying a word, he stared at the girl in front of him who behaved elegantly and vaguely brought a sense of old housekeeper's vision, and couldn't take his eyes off it.

It's not that he's stunned, in fact, the thoughts in his heart are extremely complex and tumbling, but to sum up, it can roughly become something like this:

"The god machine is not a race like a human being turned into a weapon, but a weapon becoming a human race?! I'm completely reversed?! ”

Naturally, this thought could not be spoken, and the silver-haired girl who called herself Hotaru continued, she looked a little delighted, and said to Joshua with a smile in a slightly aristocratic voice: "I heard your call and guided you here, this is your wish, and it is my prayer, and now, the contract is about to be fulfilled!" ”

"From now on, my Lord, I will fight with you, blaze the way with faith, and crush hardship with strength."

No matter how surprised he was, Joshua knew by instinct at this time that he had now reached the most important step of the contract, and the power of the bloodline was surging in his body, so he became serious and put his hand on Hotaru's forehead.

"In that case, declare, the contract is established!"

The two of them said solemnly at the same time, and their voices became ethereal under the influence of some mysterious power: "Obey the ancient contract, my life is placed in your hands, and your glory is stored because of my blade, and this oath is stored with blood, and I will never break it!" ”

In the void, there was a faint light emerging, and Joshua felt an extraordinary feeling rising from the inside of his body, especially at the wrist of his right hand, which is the characteristic of the bloodline contract, although Joshua did not sign a contract with the divine machine before, but he knew how to do it, and his body also had an inexplicable sensing ability, if he had an heir in the future, then his children would also inherit this kind of induction to the divine machine.

After the contract was reached, both parties seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, especially Hotaru, who seemed to be happy and didn't intend to hide anything, her face was full of joy.

But Joshua knew that it was just a simple appearance.

Although Hotaru looks to be fourteen or fifteen years old, she is just a young girl, but as a humanoid body formed by energy condensation, although she is a divine machine, her combat power in the humanoid state is not weak, at least stronger than the silver of many humans.

At this time, the attribute version of the system naturally popped out.

[Name: Hotaru Akrol]

【Template: Excellence】

[Race: Divine Machine-Racial Skill: Divine Machine, resonates with the blood-related contractor, and incarnates as a weapon]

[Level: Lv. 23 Silver (Challenge Level 16 Silver)]

【Attribute:......】

[Body type: small humanoid otherworldly life / sword length 197 cm]

[Health: Energetic]

[Stamina: Energetic]

[Avatar Weapon: Akrol Slashing Steel Sword]

[Status: None]

[Occupation: The seventh generation uses a magic machine against Aragami / maid]

[Talent: Phase body, sleepless, no need to eat, pro-energy physique]

[Skills: Weak Click, Crushing Damage, Part Destruction, Sharpness Increase, Severed Head, Glowing Firefly (Broken)]

[Equipment: Women's double-breasted dress]

[Divine Machined LV1: Lasts for one hour, cooldown for twenty-four hours, incarnates into a weapon form, and provides one-fifth of one's own health and attributes to the contractor. 】

[Follow the contract to get a new life, and observe the world with ignorant weapons. 】

(Attributes, talents and skills, combat effectiveness is not weak at all, and this is still a nascent divine machine, if you train well, it will definitely be stronger than now, no wonder the old earl regards Fan as an arm, not only because it can be turned into a weapon.) ）

Secretly thinking in his heart, Joshua knew that Hotaru had just been born now, even so, the human form had the strength of the silver mid-level, and in times of crisis, it could also incarnate the power of the weapon amplification contractor, which was worthy of the powerful race that had set off a boom in the entire strife continent at the beginning.

And the appearance is so cute, I don't know how crazy those Yan Kongs were at the beginning!

Joshua is well aware of the urine nature of the group of senior players under his command, all of them are gentlemen and ladies, and if they don't choose a strong pet, they will choose cute and good-looking, and even some mages deliberately delve into otherworldly science and demonology, just to summon creatures such as goblins or succubi, this is still a mage, it is more convenient to find a good pet, and it would be good for ordinary warriors to have a mount, not to mention others.

He can imagine how much of a frenzy it will set off in the melee profession when such a powerful, cute, and almost warrior-exclusive race as the god machine is exposed-Joshua was not interested in this aspect at all in his previous life and didn't pay attention to any news news, and he just brushed copies to explode bosses all day long, but even so, he has heard a lot of things about the god machine, most of which are only known because the girls in the group are chatting and swiping the screen, which is enough to prove its popularity.

If Joshua is still in the original world, let the group of fans in the group know that they only know that the leader of the group who only knows **** Niang's killing and killing the cold-faced black hand and the stinky stone can actually contract with the divine machine, and the whole group will definitely explode first.

"My name is Joshua Van Radcliffe, your contractor."

Stretching out his right hand to the silver-haired girl in front of him, Joshua looked down at the other party directly, and seriously sent out an invitation: "I was supposed to talk for a while, but unfortunately I don't have enough time, now, I'm going to deal with my enemy, I don't know what you think?" ”

And Hotaru naturally stretched out her right hand, the slender hand could not be held, it could only be placed in the palm of the warrior, she and Joshua looked at each other, chuckled and bowed: "It is my born mission to follow the master to kill the enemy, it is a great honor." ”

"Good." After saying that, nodding, Joshua simply turned around and walked towards the underground hall: "Then let's go now." ”

Without speaking, Hotaru naturally followed behind him, and the two of them walked outside together.

At the same time, the consequences of Joshua's assault on the gates were fermenting.

"Rubbish!" Slapping the table fiercely, Danlia was furious in the reception room of the lord's mansion: "Fifty heavy gunmen, they couldn't even hold on for a few minutes, and they were defeated in one move?!" ”

Unable to refute it, the herald had to bow his head and look at his nose, nose and nose, and while scolding this group of spearmen in his heart, he also prayed that his employer's anger would be reduced as soon as possible, and that he would not vent it on himself.

"Silent one, ha, one of the strongest mercenaries in the Northland, who is also a silver high-level, only knows how to escape, and can't even give specific strength information, I really don't know what the use of hiring this person is!"

He cursed again, and the tall man, who was so strong that he looked a little fat, was now panting, and his head was full of green tendons.

The herald had to keep his head down, sincerely hoping that he would not be taught a lesson.

Danria had no intention of angering the person in front of him, he seemed to be angry, but his brain was very calm, and he was still complaining, but in fact he was thinking about something else.

(Joshua is so strong?) No, his talent is already better than my brother's, and it seems that he should have survived the bloody battle on the orc battlefield, and he had a breakthrough under the crisis...... Even the Silent One is no match for him, which means that no one on our side can stop him. ）

(Fortunately, the lord is also coming soon, and after so much time, the guards and patrolling knights have gathered, and he has no chance to raid now, but he still needs to be aware of the possible infiltration assassination, this is his hometown after all, maybe there will be some secret path...... The silent one is also unreliable, so be careful. ）

"You, go and call those three mercenary samurai in the backyard."

Having made up his mind, Danlia frowned and said to the herald beside him, "Just say that I will pay extra and ask them to come closer to protect me!" ”

"Yes!"

Finally able to leave, the herald quickly stood up as if relieved and ran towards the backyard, but did not see the calm eyes of his employer behind him.

"The Radcliffe family has always been a single son, and even if there are other heirs, most of them have been sent to the place of family origin in the south of the empire to become merchants like me."

After the person left, Danria didn't need to pretend to be angry, he frowned, and thought seriously: "The heads of the family have been gold, and there must be a secret behind this that I don't know...... That could be said later, but the Wilson group was completely untrustworthy, they had bad intentions from the beginning, and they needed more attention than Joshua alone. ”

With that, he sneered and scrubbed a huge sapphire ring on his thumb.

"Want me to be a puppet? It's funny, but don't underestimate a businessman who can make a lot of money. ”