Chapter 1 I'll go back when I go
Starfall 834, March 21, Northland Moldavia, early morning.
The bell tower of the cathedral rings gently to the noisy chirping of snow eagles in the sky, and the dark clouds crack open to reveal a faintly whitish eastern sky, and the smoke curls from the roofs of the stone houses, heralding the dawn of a new day.
But this new day is not as quiet as usual.
Adventurers who rose early or returned late walked the avenues of the main city, wearing leather armor or cloaks, but all of them put away their swords, and Moldaviari were not allowed to wear weapons in the city except for those subordinate to the lord's palace, and on both sides of the avenue, all kinds of shops, such as blacksmiths, enchanters, and taverns, had not yet opened their doors, and the shopkeepers could be seen diligently preparing the goods and drinks that would be sold for the next day.
But because of an inexplicable sense of foreshadowing, the hurried pedestrians in these streets couldn't help but raise their heads and look at the sky, and the shopkeepers of the shops hurriedly opened their doors and looked at the high places that made them secretly frightened.
So, people's eyes widened.
Suddenly a light bloomed over the city of rock and steel, accompanied by the humming sound of machines running and gears clinking, and a rainbow aurora of magic appeared without warning, hanging above the sky.
The light of the morning sun could not overshadow the tide of the magic surge, countless colors converged into light, and the aftermath of the terrifying power from outside the world swept the edge of the Mycrof continent for the first time, and the northland, where the barrier of time and space was the weakest, became the first to bear the brunt, only to see that the original blue sky suddenly became gray and blue, and the stars appeared between the clouds and mist like a veil, and the light of the stars shone in the auroral light mist, surging with indescribable power.
And the center of the city, the top of the tower of the Lord's Palace.
"Are you leaving?"
Floating at the side of the warrior, the blue-haired Miss Artificial Intelligence asked softly, "The first aftermath has come, and soon the tide of magic will descend on this world, are you sure you want to leave at this time?" β
It's too dangerous. This is a sentence she did not say, the multiverse space-time sea will be disturbed by the terrifying flow of energy, and setting off for another world now means that it will not be possible to return to the Mycrof continent for the next few months, and if there is any unforeseen danger there, the warrior will have no way out.
"Of course." Standing at the edge of the tower, the man who didn't care looked at the magic aurora surging in the sky, and he said calmly; "If you wait until a few months later, when the tide of magic really falls and settles, it will be too late."
Joshua turned his head and said seriously to No. 3: "Thank you very much for helping to take care of the territory all the time, this time it will take me a long time to go out, and I will continue to trouble you again." β
"It's nothing, I was originally created to run the city." Levitating to the side, playing with her hair, Miss Artificial Intelligence said in a tone of indifference that she had long been accustomed to: "It's you, don't come back." β
"Just looking for something, I'll take you out next time."
Hearing this, the warrior smiled indifferently, he noticed that No. 3 was a little dissatisfied, so he bent over and leaned over the other party's ear and said, "After I leave, you can go to my study to have a look." β
"There are surprises."
Three's body shuddered slightly, then regained her composure, she opened her mouth, as if to say something, but finally just shook her head, and the projection of magic that was there shattered into pieces of light.
Today is the scheduled departure day.
The Far Sea Sacred Mountain had made all preparations, and the space-time coordinates leading to the distant other world had been checked again and again by countless priests, and finally obtained a result that could be called perfect.
After 3 left, Joshua stood alone on top of the tower, looking at the city that belonged to him below.
The main city of Moldavia has undergone a very great change since he first inherited the title, the blacksmith shop that originally burned coke to heat steel has now become a high-level workshop using the elemental magic furnace, the production capacity brought by the magic energy factory and all kinds of novel magic creations have made whether it is a weapon shop, a tailor shop or an enchantment workshop have been updated many times, although the current Moldavia is not visible on the surface, in fact, in terms of technology, it is no less than those big cities in the eastern plains where magic technology is popular.
Under the round-the-clock surveillance of the 3rd, the city has hardly any crime except for some small things that are really unmanageable, such as theft and fraud. Looting and intimidation are detected at the outset and then stopped by the city guards, but to be honest, because of the prestige of the local lords, no one dares to commit anything in the city.
Ten minutes later, the aurora in the sky slowly faded, and the hazy starlight in the sky also dissipated, and the first aftermath before the arrival of the magic tide was over, and this aftermath would become more and more frequent in the coming months, until the magic tide actually came.
Behind Joshua, a dark blue space-time gate was slowly opening.
The warrior turned his head, and it was the old Pope Eagle who opened the gate of time and space in front of him, and at the other end of the portal, it was the interior of the Grand Temple of the Sacred Mountain of the Far Sea.
"Are you ready?" The old man said this, his expression looked a little tired, and he had been testing and calculating the world on the other side of time and space for more than ten days in a row, even the legendary powerhouse was a little unbearable: "Joshua, what about the brother and sister?" β
"It's already here." Joshua turned his head to look at the entrance and exit of the tower, and Hotaru and Rin walked out quickly, and hurriedly came to the side of the warrior, the two of them seemed to be saying goodbye to Black before, and there was a smell of sulfur flames on their bodies.
"Good."
Seeing this, Pope Eagle took a deep breath, and the white-haired old man said in a deep voice: "The magic circle has been prepared, as long as you feel that you can, you can set off immediately." β
"So what are you waiting for?" Joshua replied immediately, and he smiled lightly, "I can't wait." β
So, the next moment, the warrior entered the space-time gate with his weapon.
The dark blue door slowly closes, then dissipates completely.
And just after the space-time gate completely disappeared, in mid-air, the magic light points converged, forming a lifelike projection, and Miss Artificial Intelligence quietly watched the place where Joshua left.
After a long silence, she whispered to herself, "Study? β
In the next moment, the projection of Number 3 appeared in the soldier's study. Within the scope of rune crystal energy, artificial intelligence is everywhere, whether it is Joshua's study or the most remote street in the main city of Moldavia, it is all within her mind.
The soldier's study was very simple, except for the desk full of official documents, there were sofas and chairs for resting, and the four walls were hung with maps of Moldavia, Northland, Empire, and the Mycrof continent, but now, there was a huge iron box in the center of the study.
Curious, Number 3 floated forward, she could see that there was a mechanism button on the surface of the iron box, and Miss AI pressed it without hesitation, and with the sound of the gears running, the huge iron box slowly opened, revealing something that had been carefully placed in its center.
"Huh?"
After seeing this thing, No. 3 was stunned for a moment.
What appeared in front of her was a delicate puppet that resembled her in appearance, and seemed to be made of liquid metal.
Eda Gray Island, the sacred mountain of the far sea.
Behind the Moldavian Gate of Time and Space in the early hours of the morning is the Great Temple of the Holy Mountain at noon.
The holy mountain above the clouds, shrouded in light, filled with golden brilliance filled the majestic temple made of white marble, its dome was a brilliant star map, and its four walls were stone walls in relief inscribed with mountains and rivers, and at this time it could be seen in the closest place to the sky, and above the distant sky, there were stars shining and falling, turning into meteors from the distant sky.
Joshua took Hotaru and Rin, followed the footsteps of the old Pope across the space-time gate, and came to the middle of the temple, Eagle happened to look at the red meteor, and sighed lightly: "There are things from other worlds that have fallen......"
Whether it is the Molten Core Star or the Luna Silver Diamond, they are all meteors that fell from the sky, they came from the wreckage of other worlds that had been destroyed, and were finally captured by the power of the Microf world, forming many magical treasures.
Their appearance means that there is a whole world collapsed and destroyed nearby, or in the distance, and endless matter is flying in the void, which is why the old Pope sighed.
Who knows if the world of McCrove will be the next world to be destroyed?
"Come with me, the portal is in another temple."
Eagle didn't say anything useless to Joshua at this time, he knew that the character of a warrior didn't like meaningless communication, the old pope stepped directly and walked towards the goal: "Although we have calculated very well in the recent period, this does not mean that the teleportation channel is perfect, I want to tell you in advance about this, so that you can prepare." β
He began to tell Joshua in detail about the other world he was going to explore this time.
Located on the other side of the distant time and space, the world where the Fourth Sage's inheritance is located is a normal world suitable for human existence, and its ecological environment is not much different from the Mycrof world, and it is extremely good news that warriors go there without preparing any special items to survive, because this Joshua's actions will not be restricted.
However, due to the rush of time and the distance is too far, the Church of the Seven Gods does not have time to prepare too many materials to expand the space-time channel, and the space-time gate opened this time can only supply the teleportation of warriors and Shenji siblings.
"That dragon of yours is too big, and even if it turns into a human form, it will be inconvenient, so you can't bring it over for the time being."
This is something that has been discussed with Joshua a long time ago, Black can't go on an expedition with the warrior this time, and Eagle explained the reason in detail this time, but after thinking about it, he immediately said: "However, if you need it, I can send her over with some support materials when you open the portal for the second time, which will take about ten days." β
"There's no need."
Hearing this, Joshua shook his head, he couldn't help but think of the embarrassed appearance when the black flew in the sky, the warrior didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, but in the end, he still turned to Pope Eagle and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, if you can, I want you to train my dragon well - at least let her not scream when she flies." β
"This ...... Naturally no problem, but ......"
The old Pope blinked, he didn't react to what the warrior said, but after reacting, the Pope was confused: "Fly? Screaming? Why? It's no problem to help you train, the church has manuals for several legendary dragon knights from the past to train dragons......"
But then, Eagle temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, although he didn't hear what Joshua said before, the old Pope knew, and there were still some things that needed to be known to the warriors: "Don't worry about these things yet, Joshua, do you know?" This action of exploring the other world was actually affirmed by almost all the legendary powerhouses of mankind in the entire continent. β
"Oh? What does this mean? Joshua replied with interest.
He didn't look surprised, because the warrior knew that the search for the Fourth Inheritance, although it seemed to be a private matter for the Church, was actually a matter of the maintenance of the entire world, and it was not surprising to have the support of other legendary powerhouses, at least the Nature Mentor and Israel were among the supporters.
It is not surprising that Joshua's attitude, the old pope said seriously: "This means that you have been protected by all of them - before you come back, your territory and hometown will be watched by multiple legendary powerhouses all the time, no matter how powerful the cultists or the five ** dragons are vulnerable in front of them, you can explore with confidence and don't have to worry about any worries." β
This was indeed unexpected good news, and Joshua couldn't help but nod his head, as Moldavia might be the safest place in the world, and he felt a little pity for the guys who wanted to make trouble in his absence.
They don't know what awaits them.
As they spoke, the crowd had arrived at their destination.
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The location of the teleportation array, located in one of the subordinates of the central main temple, the Star Temple, now its door is blocked by a translucent white-gold light film, the old pope's hand rose a bright holy light, this holy light in Iger's hands like a living thing transformed into form, and then turned into a rune composed of countless points of light stars, he stretched out his hand and pushed forward, the rune was chimered, and the light film opened in response.
The interior of the wide temple hall is densely packed, with complex runes all over every corner, they follow the twist of energy, emitting faint blue fluorescence in turn, and in the center of the hall, there is a looming gap in time and space, unfolding under the support of the power of the runes, behind it is the phantom starlight, which can vaguely see the mountains, rivers, trees, rivers and lakes on the other side of time and space.
"This is it."
The old Pope stopped, he looked at the dark blue gap, his gaze lingered for a few seconds, then he reached out and groped in his arms, and pulled out a small mirror the size of a palm, which Eagle gave to the warrior discreetly: "Take it, Joshua." β
"What is this?" The warrior took the mirror, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked casually.
"The Mirror of Divine Radiance, it can detect the breath of holy light, and it can bring great convenience to your search journey."
On the Mycrof continent, the mirror is a prop that represents mystery, it is made by human beings, the first thing that can clearly see one's own appearance, which also means that human beings recognize themselves for the first time, so most of the magic props used to find and explore the truth will use mirrors as carriers.
There is no belief in holy light in the other world, so there is no other holy light except for the things inherited by the sages, so as long as the power of the holy light is perceived, then the things inherited by the sages are correct.
At this time, Eagle did not continue to move forward, as a legendary powerhouse, the energy level around him will spontaneously affect all the rune structures, if it is a person, it is fine, but the warrior is also here now, if he is too close, the power of the two will be superimposed, it will affect this fragile gap in time and space, and even make it collapse.
The old man's expression was a little nervous, but Joshua moved forward without changing his face, and Eagle wanted to start several times, reminding the seemingly careless man in front of him to be cautious, but in the end he still closed his mouth and chose to believe the other party.
After all, the fighters have never disappointed anyone.
Step by step, and finally before the dark blue, the gap that led to the distant otherworld, Joshua sensed a completely different sensation from all previous teleportations.
The light and shadow from the other world changed endlessly before his eyes, and the small dark blue gap was like a whirlpool in the depths of the abyss, exuding an ominous and dark smell. It smelled the same as the original world of Karlis, the world of Ilgena, and even the Abyss of the Blood Moon, which exuded the rancid stench of despair, pain, and death, and the helpless wail of the end of the world.
- Is it another sad world?
When he thought of this, his heart was like water, and he did not have the slightest wave.
"Joshua, you are the hope of the future, and your value is greater than that of the Fourth Inheritance, which has no trace." Suddenly, the voice of the old pope came from behind the warrior, and the old man said in an extremely serious tone: "If you encounter any danger, then use the mirror to inform me, no matter what the cost, I will let you return safely." β
Hearing this, Joshua, who had his back to Iger, showed a sincere smile.
Instead of looking back, he raised his hand and shook it.
Don't worry.
"I'll go back as soon as I go."
Then the warrior took the hands of his weapons and strode forward.
So, time and space change.
In the next moment, Joshua disappeared into a pale blue light curtain, and the originally extremely unstable space-time passage also temporarily collapsed between light and extinction, losing its original form.
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