Chapter 3: Burning Ambition
After looking at his character card, Joshua took a look at several other functions.
A list of achievements, a lord system that I can't remember when it was opened, a quest log, and things that have become garbled and don't know what they used to be, are all over and over again, many entries.
Since they are rarely used, or even completely none, Joshua now discovers that these options that seem to still exist can no longer be opened, and are completely blocked, only the character card is normal, but there are some glitches.
The system is close to crashing.
Although there is no evidence, the warrior can be sure that the system that accompanied his journey will disappear completely in the near future.
But he didn't care about the origin or truth of the system, and he quickly put the matter behind him, and then began to think about the Fog of God's Doom.
The Divine Mist, an existence from the departed gods, should only appear together with the Divine Seals of the Races in the later stages of the [Sage Descent], and they will appear in the place where the Boundless Heaven Realm coincides with the Mycrof Continent, interfering with the normal operation of a region, and there have even been cases where entire cities have been flooded by the mist, and hundreds of thousands of people have been pulled into the illusion.
But in fact, those are the remnants of the main gods, because they are too powerful and difficult to eliminate, so they are remembered by the world, and in the early stage of the advent of the sage, there was also a time when the stars fell to the ground and the fog spread, but the masters of these fogs are all secondary gods in the Glorious Era, although they are also gods, but their strength is not comparable to the true gods such as the Mother Earth, and it is precisely because their marks are not stable enough to combine with the boundless heavenly realm, so the early stage of the great demon tide fell off directly and fell into the mortal world.
These mist of divine misfortune from the gods did not make much waves in the previous life, but they only created many strong people with the inheritance and divinity of the inferior gods, with Joshua's current realm, he also had the qualification to ascend to the gods in the Glorious Era, and these inheritance and divinity from the gods were chicken ribs and useless for him.
But it's one thing for the soldiers themselves to be useless, and it's another thing for their subordinates to be able to use them.
The 'Knights of the Iron Wall' belonging to the Black Forest Fortress with one hundred and fourteen members, the 'Frost Dragon Knights' with fifteen members and eighty reserve members directly under the Lord's Palace, and the two hundred and fifty-five teachers and students of the Winter Castle Academy, even if you don't count the scattered fiefdom knights scattered all over the place, the officers in the city guard army with thousands of members, the hired adventurers and the 3,000 private army that has not filled the establishment, the warriors now have nearly three hundred silver and several gold, and their strength can barely go to the mist to test and get some benefits.
Even if they can't completely break the level and get the final inheritance, going through the trial of a god is also of great benefit to them, which is why Joshua said that it is a good thing to have a piece of divine mist falling in the Northland, as a public 'copy', it can quickly improve the actual combat ability of the warrior's subordinates, and make some preparations for the future waves.
"Go back to the city first."
With the arrangement in mind, Joshua nodded, and then continued to lead the team towards the main city of Moldavia not far away.
In order to train the group of young people behind him, he specially asked Pope Eagle to teleport them to the depths of the Ural Mountains, and then let them cross the country on foot. Of course, this is also because the warriors have designed the most suitable breathing method for them.
Under the care of Hotaru and Rin, these thirty or so young people from the world of Grandia were a little tired from the long journey, but they were all full of spirits and did not have the slightest anxiety or impatience.
Until now, they don't know that they have come to another world, and they have lived in the southern wasteland since childhood, how can people who have not received knowledge and education understand the relationship between the worlds and the mystery of time and space? They just feel that they have been taken by the powerful Guru to a place far, far away from their homeland - where there is no sign of death, where the sun is bright, where all living beings are full of life, and most importantly, to be able to eat enough every day and sleep without worrying about the sudden arrival of death.
That's enough, satisfied.
They had no other thoughts than that.
At the same time, the imperial capital of the empire.
Israel and Nostradamus stood at the top of the fortress of Aden on the Three Hills, thin clouds floating beneath their feet, and the Empire Masters and the President of the Royal Mages Guild watched in silence as a dozen bright silver stars fell from the sky and descended on the Empire.
Brilliant light reflected in their eyes, for these two extraordinary powerhouses, it was not a star, but a vast expanse of unparalleled divine power that had fallen from the outer layers of the world, and their fall not only caused waves across the continent, but also made the huge heavenly realm hanging at the top of Microf's world tremble.
"Even the Seven Gods can't hold it up for long."
After a long time, after all the shaking stars had fallen, the old mage said leisurely: "The foundation anchoring the boundless heavenly realm has been loosened, and no matter how much it is remedied, it is irreparable, and it is a foregone conclusion that the gods will turn into saints and descend into the mortal world. ”
"Everything is expected, the only thing that cannot be determined is when the follow-up demon tide will come." Muttering to himself, suddenly, the Venerable Emperor raised his eyebrows, he looked to the north, and said, "Oh? He's back. ”
Sensing the faint aura of steel coming from afar, a look of surprise, but not very surprised, appeared on both of their faces.
"It seems that I have been overtaken by him." Nostradamus's face was a little strange, and the archmage who mastered time and space subconsciously flashed strings of dark blue light, but in the end, he was wiped out by himself: "The empire is going to have a second legendary powerhouse." ”
"I'm not surprised that he has that energy, as well as opportunities and inheritance."
A smile appeared on Israel's face: "Eagle has hinted at this a long time ago, he probably thought that I would suppress Joshua, and he can only say that His Majesty the Pope is really old." ”
Without wasting their words on this question, the two of them continued to look up at the twinkling stars in the sky.
In the silence, the imposing Empire Commander suddenly spoke, whispering to himself, "Teacher, I remember you once asked me what I was after. ”
"That was decades ago."
The old mage's eyes were blurred for a moment as he looked up at the sky, and then said leisurely, "I remember that you were very young at that time. ”
"yes, that was thirty-seven years ago."
Israel's expression softened, and he seemed to fall into a memory: "At that time, I was not the first heir, the empire was engaged in a full-scale war with the orcs, the front line was urgent, and the two major dukes and many nobles in the rear had the intention of rebellion. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, my father and eldest brother led the five major armies to the front line of the Tatarus Plateau, and the eldest brother joked to me at the time, saying that if he died, I would be next, whether it was to go to the front line or the emperor's position. ”
A slight gust of wind blew, bringing an unstable air flow between the towering mountains, and the pine leaves and branches swayed in the wind between the clouds, making a rustling sound like a tidal wave from the flowing clouds and mist.
"He didn't come back, and I went to war."
After a long time, the emperor said this, and the legendary powerhouse's tone did not fluctuate, only a faint nostalgia: "At that time, my pursuit was that after the war, I could sleep well, without thinking about anything, without being alert to the surprise attacks of orc assassins, and without being angry and helpless every day because of the death of my relatives and comrades-in-arms - I don't want to be an emperor at all, I just want to kill all the orcs as soon as possible, and then finish everything as quickly as possible, and be a free adventurer, walking on the quiet forest path." ”
"But you can't." Nostradamus didn't look sideways at his student, he still looked at the sky, calmly replied to the other party's emotion: "After the war, you are the strongest in the empire. ”
"Yes, I can't, this pursuit is too selfish, too narrow."
Israel took a few steps forward and came to the end of the city wall, he stretched out his right hand, clenched his fist, and said in a tone that should be as it should be: "I am the strongest man in the Empire, I have the blood of the Dalmond family in my veins, I have killed the three great generals of the orcs, and the Imperial army is firmly in my hands - my father is dead, who can suppress the nobles of the Empire except me, who can lead this invincible army?" It's my responsibility, and I have to carry it. ”
"People's pursuits change, teacher."
He turned his head sideways, his eyes blazing, as if some light was surging in the depths of his eyes, boiling: "Not long ago, because of the dark wound, my pursuit was only to hand over the empire to the next successor as smoothly as possible, so as not to let this great world be shaken by my death, but, thanks to Radcliffe, that is already in the past." ”
The old mage smiled and was silent, while His Majesty the Emperor also laughed and said, "They all said that the reason why you have not advanced to the Legend is because I have the absolute right to speak in the empire, so I will not let you advance. ”
"They all feel that Radcliffe has obtained the power of the Initial Fire and advanced to Legendary, so I can't tolerate this young genius."
"But they are all wrong, my vision does not stop there, the more strong people in the empire, the happier I am."
Nostradamus looked at the Emperor with relief, who had not concealed the slightest concealment and revealed his truest thoughts in his heart, and he recalled the young man who had followed him to learn how to govern the empire.
The occasional timid and shy boy is gone, and now there is a hero who is invincible, exterminating the orcs, crushing thousands of nobles under the imperial power, and making the Northern Empire thriving and showing unprecedented prosperity.
The master of the empire grinned, he opened his arms to the sky, as if he wanted to embrace this galaxy: "One legend, even if it is two, three, ten? When the great demon tide comes, there will be countless strong people in the world, how can I worry a lot and suppress talents because of such a trivial matter? As an emperor, I am not so superficial. ”
He looked at the heavens, and Israel's eyes burned with unprecedented ambition, and the light of divinity appeared on his body like a raging flame.
"My pursuit is far above the sky and the stars."