The Abyss, a world of countless shattered and twisted small planes, is seen in countless legends and myths as a place of all evil and weirdness, the source of all despair and suffering. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There are many speculations about its origins, but a demon scholar who has traveled through the abyss has made a bold inference after decades of research.

The abyss is actually the graveyard of the multiverse, and those distorted small planes are actually the fragments left over from the destruction of countless worlds.

The Gate of the Abyss is the gateway to it and the rest of the world.

Age of Radiance, the first Abyssal Invasion, perhaps the largest Abyssal Gate since the birth of the entire multiverse, opened in the outer void of the Microf world.

It was unprecedented, connecting all the planes of the entire abyss, although many passages automatically collapsed the moment they opened, there were still hundreds of large passages maintained, and an almost endless army of demons swarmed out of them, almost destroying the world of Mycrove.

In the Starfall Era, the space-time gate opened by the second abyss invasion was not as terrifying as the first one, and dozens of small space-time gates were scattered throughout the continent, which also gave many races led by humans a chance to fight back.

After several years of hard fighting, most of the small Abyssal Gates were destroyed by the multi-ethnic coalition forces, but there were still three large Abyss Gates that were like poisonous nails, pierced to the Mycrof Continent.

The [Burning Eye] in the Ruins of Ashes and the [Gap of Ice] in the Extremely Cold Wasteland, both of which are the most difficult doomsday-level dungeons in the previous games, Joshua has always been stationed in Naya Fortress in the Ruins of Ashes with his warband, fighting the demons that gush out of the Burning Eye.

The [Abyssal Vortex] located in the far sea of the south is slightly less present than these two abyssal gates located on the continent, but the degree of danger is even more than that, because the abyssal plane it is connected to has countless abyssal beasts, plus the local sea creatures of the corrupted Microf world, fighting these monsters in the ocean is more dangerous than fighting demons.

According to the information that Lolanda said before, Joshua could be 100% sure that the Abyss of Anos was obviously the predecessor of the Abyss Vortex in the later generations, and now it was only a small abyssal rift with a small reputation, but after many years, it would gradually expand into a large vortex that could easily allow thousand-meter behemoths to pass through.

Originally, the Church of the Seven Gods had already discovered it, but it had not found the location of the crack, and the impact of the dragon plague forced the church to withdraw from the knights stationed there, which seemed to give it a chance to grow.

"What? Gone? ”

Joshua had been waiting for Lolanda to continue explaining the situation about the Abyss of Anos, but he found that the other party was suddenly silent, and the warrior raised his head and looked at the situation with some confusion, and then he noticed that the paladin seemed a little distracted.

"That's pretty much it."

Barely showing a wry smile, Lolanda sighed, straightened her hair, and then looked south, his blue eyes were a little hesitant, as if he didn't know what to say: "Joshua, you are indeed a good comrade-in-arms, but this matter really has nothing to do with you, just because I was complaining before, thank you for telling me the news." ”

“…… If you think so, that's fine. ”

Raising his eyebrows, since the other party didn't want to continue, Qiao Shuya, who was inexplicably issued a good person card, would not be forced, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Anyway, I also want to thank you for helping me interrogate those cultists." ”

The warrior didn't feel much strange about the paladin's sudden silence.

He was a nobleman from the Northlands, and Lolanda was a paladin of the Church of the Seven, and if it wasn't for a personal relationship, the other party really didn't have a reason to tell him this information.

You know, in the Mycrove Continent, there is news about the abyss and evil gods has always been tightly sealed from the outside world, and on the eve of the demon invasion in the previous life, there are still many ordinary people who don't know what the word abyss means at all, in fact, Joshua knows that in this environment, the paladin is willing to say so much information about the Abyss of Anos, which is already a sign of great trust in him.

Atanis didn't speak, he and Ying and Rin for a while, just sat on the side and listened quietly, the old bishop is a smart man, otherwise it would not be his turn to be this bishop, he is still digesting the news about the Abyss of Anos, as for Lolanda's abnormal performance......

――I've been away from home for too long, and I'm just homesick.

Shrugged slightly, Atanis's rich life experience had made him see through this a long time ago.

Later, Joshua and the old bishop exchanged questions about the Black Forest, since the warriors have been letting the knights in the Black Forest fortress explore the Great Ajax Mountains recently, the paladins have been helping in a private capacity some time ago, and now the church wants to officially join it, they are willing to send some experienced priests and knights to join the exploration team.

Joshua is naturally welcome, there have not been enough places to live in the Northland, and the population cannot go up, so since he inherited the throne of the lord, he has been exploring the Black Forest and preparing for the development of new lands, but due to the lack of spellcasters in the exploration team, the efficiency cannot be improved, Atanis is willing to do it at this time, the warrior is very happy, and the priest is better than the mage in this regard.

And just as the two began to discuss this issue in depth and came to a preliminary conclusion, a rhythmic knock suddenly sounded outside the door.

Hotaru and Rin stood up almost at the same time, and after making eye contact, Hotaru sat back down, and Rin came to the door and opened it after receiving a signal from Joshua.

The person who came was a maid with a brown ponytail and a uniform from the Lord's Mansion, and it was clear that she was from the Lord's Mansion.

The maid's expression looked a little cramped, holding an envelope without any decoration in her hand, noticing the eyes of her lord and the bishop of the church, she explained in a somewhat panicked manner: "Good day, my lord, here is an urgent letter from Wintercastle, I think you should have known earlier, but you can't be found in the lord's mansion......"

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but pause, although Joshua had restrained her coercion as much as possible, but the strong coercion still made the ordinary maid's throat a little dry: "Miss No. 3 said that you are in the church, so I will ......"

"Okay, it's okay, you're doing a good job."

Seeing that the other party's words and deeds were a little nervous, Joshua's voice slowed down a little, he nodded slightly, asked the other party to hand the letter to Rin, and then said softly, "Your name is Leah?" I also deliberately found the church, it's really not easy, let's rest for a while today. ”

Although she had long been accustomed to Joshua's approachability and never put on a show, the maid named Leah still seemed a little restrained, because of the oppressive power of the warrior, after handing the letter to the black-haired boy, she did not dare to stay in this room for long, and immediately took her leave and left.

Taking the letter from Rin's hand, Joshua did not shy away from Lolanda and Atanis, but opened it directly.

"Opening a professional academy is indeed a great way to increase the extraordinary power in your territory."

The old bishop was still very optimistic about the Winter Castle Academy, he recalled the past, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional: "The four territories in the Northland, the founders are all warriors, and most of their followers are warriors and knights, so there have always been very few spellcasters in the territory, and it is difficult to train the next generation of transcendentals. On the contrary, it took you only two years to build it. ”

"But what's the news that needs to be urgent? As far as I know, the academy has been doing well lately, and there have been no accidents with the students. ”

"As for the Academy, mainly because of Master Nostradamus, I just gave me a piece of land, and I did almost nothing, as for this letter, ......"

Joshua shook his head, indicating that he didn't know why, he calmly pulled out the letter and said as he looked at it, "If it wasn't important news, they shouldn't have sent an urgent letter...... What the?! ”

As soon as he finished reading the first line, the warrior's face changed, his brow furrowed, and then he stared at the letter and said in shock: "Dragon egg?!" ”

"What dragon eggs?!"

On the side, since he finished talking about the news of the Abyss of Anos, Lolanda, who had been sitting in his place in a daze, was aroused, he immediately turned his head, looked at Joshua with a serious face, and asked curiously, "Do you mean black?" ”

"Joshua's dragon horse? A mare indeed. ”

Atanis also joined inquiring, he touched his white beard, and said with interest: "But I remember, it seems that it has only awakened its bloodline and incarnated as a half-dragon in the last year, right?" Is there a dragon egg? ”

"No, I haven't seen ......you for a few days."

It was the slightly shocked voice of the silver-haired girl, and Hotaru couldn't help but stand up and sneak around the back of the warrior, while Rin followed in her sister's footsteps, and the two of them lay on Joshua's shoulders together, wanting to see what was written on the letter.

"Whew...... It's okay, there's something wrong with the narrative of this letter......"

There were still teenagers and girls holding their shoulders, Joshua squinted his eyes, and quickly read the letter in its entirety, then exhaled a long breath: "It was the dragon egg I brought back from the White Dragon Nest last time, since the Winter Castle Academy was built, I put the dragon eggs in the academy as a sample for safekeeping, and recently the teachers of the academy found that some of the dragon eggs showed signs of hatching. ”

Speaking of this, the warrior's expression softened, and he also returned to his previous calm attitude: "They plan to put these dragon eggs next to Hei, who is also a dragon, to see if they can speed up their hatching, so that they can cultivate a newborn little white dragon...... The person who wrote the letter was absolutely not up to par, and according to his words, I thought it was black at first who suddenly laid an egg, which was really scary. ”

- Let's just say, the ancient dragon bloodline, how can it be so easy to reproduce. The warrior shook his head with some regret.

"Dragon eggs are about to hatch? Then congratulations. ”

"A good thing indeed."

"Are we going to take care of those little dragons again......"

"It's really possible, sister......"

Ignoring the whispered complaints of the gods, compared to Lolanda's congratulations, Atanis was keenly aware of the meaning behind this incident: "If those dragon eggs can successfully hatch into a baby dragon, you can consider forming a dragon cavalry group - although it will take almost ten years to see the effect, and a hundred years before it can really take shape, this is definitely a good investment, and it will benefit future generations." ”

"Indeed, I didn't expect it to hatch."

Nodding in agreement, getting the good news, Joshua seemed to be in a good mood, and his tone was a lot lighter: "I can hatch young dragons with such careless care, which is enough to prove that they are exceptionally healthy and are good seedlings." ”

A giant dragon only needs three years, can quickly grow from a juvenile form to a juvenile body, if the young dragon is healthy, the nutritional supply is also sufficient, then five to eight years later, it can go further, become a young body, at this time the dragon's combat power, has been close to the adult earth dragon, but also has a certain ability to cast spells and fly.

However, it will take decades to become an adult dragon with true gold-level strength, and it will take generations of hard work for humans to cultivate a dragon riding group from scratch.

At present, the most well-known dragon knights in the world, one is the Sea Dragon Knights of the Eastern Plains, the other is the Sky Knights of the Far South Sky Island, and the Northern Empire, His Majesty the Emperor Israel is the most famous dragon knight in the world, but there is no formed dragon knight team.

In addition, the Church of the Seven Gods also used to have the configuration of the Dragoon Regiment, but it was inexplicably disbanded two hundred years ago, and it is said that some players in the game in the previous life discovered the truth, but Joshua didn't pay attention to it, so he didn't remember the reason why there were a lot of conspiracies involved.

Speaking of the Sky Knights, Joshua remembered a more interesting thing - as a super-large dragon riding group with a heritage of nearly five hundred years and more than thirty adult dragons, its knights have only one person from beginning to end, and the operation of the entire knight order, foreign affairs, are all handled by humanoid dragons, and the knight doesn't even need to fight, just need to take good care of the young dragons, the Sky Knights are also nicknamed the Nanny Knights, the Zoo Knights, and so on.

When the soldier in his previous life knew the news, his face was full of expressions of 'there is still this kind of operation', and even when he thought about it now, he couldn't help but smile.

"That's pretty much it for today."

Standing up, Joshua was ready to go back to the Lord's Mansion first, this news was indeed very important, he already had some impatience to go to the Winter Castle Academy to see the current situation of those dragon eggs, he nodded slightly to the old bishop and paladin: "Thank you, when I am away, if I don't have your help to take care of it, maybe this city has been harassed by cultists." ”

"Thanks to Miss No. 3, she has done a lot more than us."

Lolanda didn't speak, but Atanis shook his head with a smile and denied it, and they also stood up, this conversation was fruitful for both parties, even the paladins knew the news of their friends.

Lolanda was still a little absent-minded now, he shook his head slightly from time to time, looked south, and although he didn't speak, as long as he wasn't blind, he could notice his abnormality.

Joshua could naturally see it, so before leaving, he left a word for Lolanda.

"If you want to go back, go back."

The warrior said, always speaking directly: "It's not something unspeakable, there's no need to hesitate. ”

After speaking, he took his leave and left the room of this church with Ying and Rin, and the paladin was stunned for a while, then said with a wry smile, "Is my performance so obvious?" ”

After getting Atanis's nod of confirmation, Lolanda thought silently for a while, and then whispered to herself: "Originally, it was because of my own willfulness that I temporarily left the Holy Mountain to travel, and now I have figured it out, and the Holy Mountain is also fighting with the dragon......"

"Indeed, it is time to say goodbye."