Downtown, St. Lauren's Cathedral.

The black ring emblem hangs at the very top of the church, and it does not tremble in the wind and snow, and is as stable as a rock.

Joshua carried Anria, walking smoothly and quickly, the city guard in his hand was not the same as his commander and comrades, the internal organs were very seriously injured, but the external injuries were very few, if he did not immediately treat and stabilize the injuries, then he was very likely to die, and the lightest was organ failure.

And he happened to have something to do to come to church, so he simply brought it.

Stepping over the stairs, Joshua walked to the stone and wood door, and he found that the white glow that had covered it was no longer there, and the reinforced and closed magic formations were gone, so he simply took matters into his own hands and pushed the door open.

"Squeak."

The sound of ice and snow rubbing against wood sounded, the door opened, and the warrior walked directly into the reception room without hesitation, and the two armored guardian knights sensed that a person they could not estimate the strength of the church opened the door of the church, and quickly walked out of the lounge around the corner, but after the two knights saw that the person who opened the door was Joshua, they both stopped and made a knightly salute.

"My lord, why are you here?"

One of them stepped forward and asked suspiciously, he did feel a little strange, in this cold weather now, even ordinary people just want to stay at home, and do not want to come to the church to pray, let alone a noble earl, how can he have the leisure to come to the church?

"Find someone to heal your wounds, this guy will be handed over to you, the injury is too serious."

Joshua handed the young city guard in his hand to the two cathar knights, and sensed the arrival of the gold-level powerhouse, two of Atanis's students also hurried to arrive at this time, these two silver-level priests have not yet been discharged, they are still apprentices under the priest Atanis, according to church tradition, this is not until one day they realize the faith in their hearts, make a vow, and obtain the true power of the Holy Light, before they can start to take charge of a church on their own.

But now, I can only follow my mentor to heal my wounds.

"Hard, two, heal his internal injuries a little, and where is Pastor Atanis? I'm looking for him urgently. ”

Taking off his clothes full of holes and gaps that were scratched by sharp claws, Joshua **** put on his body and walked straight towards the aisle behind the church hall, he asked as he walked, "In his room or in the library?" ”

"Library, my lord."

The younger priest named Vic took the time to reply while tending to Anria's wounds and sensing the extent of the damage to his internal organs with the Holy Light, "Teacher, he has been looking for a book about the Ancient Star Falling Inland Sea lately, and has been staying there for a few days. ”

"Good, thank you."

Knowing where it was, Joshua walked a step faster, and he walked through the winding aisle to the back of the church.

Library Room.

Atanis stood in front of the tall bookcase, silently flipping through the ancient books, he wore glasses with wooden rimmed glasses, his face was serious, and beside the white-haired priest, dozens of similar books were placed, piled up in a mountain, and even almost covered his body.

And just as he was carefully reading the ancient books in his hand and taking notes, heavy footsteps came from outside the library.

After a few moments, the footsteps stopped outside the door, and with a low grinding sound, the door to the library was opened, and Atanis was just at this time to make a bookmark, he closed the book, and put it aside, and the white-haired priest said to the warrior in front of him with some strange feeling: "Look, our new lord, why are you here...... I don't even have clothes on, what's the urgency? ”

"Yes, there is an emergency."

Joshua didn't say anything polite to the acquaintances in front of him, he said simply, "I'm going to use the church's magic communication array, and it's immediately." ”

Atanis frowned, he had been a priest for so many years, from the emperor to the poor, who had not seen it? Judging from the face of the soldier in front of him, he clearly knew that something big must have happened, and it was very urgent, so the priest didn't talk nonsense, and directly got up and led the way: "Follow me, the communication array is on the second floor." ”

The two walked through the hallway, across the spiral up and down the passageway, to the second floor of the church, where Atanis walked to an unremarkable-looking room, followed by Joshua.

Walking to the door, the white-haired priest stretched out his palm, and the white holy light rose from his body, and a little light like stars floated away, and then gathered in the palm of his hand, and seemed to feel the resonance of this power, and a rotating silver circle appeared on the door without handles and keyholes, and the complex runes rotated, dense and dizzying.

Pressing the light in his hand towards the formation, Atanis whispered: "St. Lauren's Cathedral, Divine Punishment Priest Atanis, apply to use the Sunset Great Communication Array. ”

After receiving the power of holy light that met the requirements and confirming his identity, the silver circle suddenly stopped rotating, and the door slowly opened.

"Go ahead, it's a super large communication circle that connects all parts of the empire, you should be able to use it."

Withdrawing his arm, the white-haired priest took a step back to make way while narrowing his eyes and asking, "In such a hurry, can you tell me what is the matter?" ”

"I suspect that the communications of the Black Forest Fortress have been obscured, and now it may be surrounded by the Kuroshio."

The words were concise, and after Joshua finished explaining, he walked directly into the room.

It was a hall with a circular dome, and the walls and roof were covered with translucent rune crystals, which formed a smooth line with a silver-blue and gold glow, and above the place where all the lines converged, there was a virtual sun that shimmered with a soft white light.

A 'three-dimensional circle' hanging in the middle of the room.

In this virtual sun, countless runes and energies form an incomparably regular shape, they are combined and scattered in the white light, changing all the time, ordinary people just look at it, they will feel extremely tired and exhausted.

But Joshua was not unusual, although he was a warrior, his will and spirit were as tough as his body, in fact, without a firm will and a rigorous analysis of the situation, it was impossible to become a truly powerful warrior, and, as Atanis said, he had used the communication array many times and was very familiar with it.

The black-haired warrior walked towards the three-dimensional formation hanging in the center of the room, he stared at the light, then closed his eyes, his spirit spread, and he began to quickly adjust the communication parameters.

After a few moments, he felt that countless data and coordinates appeared in his mind.

"Contact, Northlands, Moldavian Territory, Black Forest Fortress."

These key words flashed through his mind, and Joshua's spiritual message was clear and firm: "Start connecting." ”

At his request, countless data and coordinates flowed like a torrent, and then slowly froze into a huge fortress towering in the snow and surrounded by a dense black forest.

"Nourish...... Zizi. ”

There was no response, Joshua was not discouraged, he continued to repeat: "Contact, Northland, Moldavian Territory, Black Forest Fortress, start to connect, increase communication fluctuations, the source of authority - Earl of the Northland of the Empire, Joshua Van Radcliffe." ”

Permission level determined...... Volatility increases...... Zizi ...... Rumble! Multiply...... Woohoo......"

This time there was a strange murmur, what seemed to be the firing of goblin artillery, or the sound of a bursting fireball, faintly, and there seemed to be the aftermath of trumpets and war cries.

"Sure enough."

After hearing this voice, Joshua simply took the initiative to disconnect from the communication formation, he opened his eyes, then sighed, and whispered to himself: "It is true that there was an accident, but I don't know how long the battle has lasted and whether the fortress has been lost." ”

And because he felt the fluctuation of the power of the Holy Light gradually increase, Pastor Atanis slowly walked into the room, although he couldn't see any expression on his face, he could still feel the seriousness in the white-haired man's heart.

"Joshua, what's going on? Normal communication shouldn't use your noble privileges to amplify it, which is something that is only needed when connecting across domains. ”

“…… The fortress didn't send a text message for three days, and I thought it was the reason for all the peace, who knew that the Kuroshio had already started, and the knights were fighting desperately on the frontier, but I didn't know anything. ”

Silence, and then began to smile softly, the corners of Joshua's mouth curled slightly, he turned his head and walked towards the door of the communication room: "Haha...... Amusing. ”

"What? But why is there no warning signal, is there any monster that has the ability to block communication? ”

Hearing this, the white-haired priest immediately looked shocked, but then he immediately frowned, turned to the warrior who walked away, and rebuked: "How can you laugh, now the fortress is in critical condition, I don't know how many people are caught in the fire, Joshua, those are your people!" ”

"No...... How could I laugh at such a thing. ”

Leaving the communication room, Joshua slowly walked to the balcony on the second floor of the church, he shook his head and sighed, "Just now, I was just laughing at me like this...... This omen should have been discovered a long time ago, haha, but after a little bit of peace, I actually let my guard down to such a point......"

"It's really, funny."

Slowly pushing open the floor-to-ceiling windows of the church, the raging cold wind and the flying snow rushed in his face, facing the howling north wind and the cold wave of ice, the black-haired warrior was willing, he looked up at the sky, his eyes seemed to penetrate the haze, looking at the horizon that his eyes could not reach, his red pupils were like flames.

"It's about to begin."

The tide of Hesse is just the beginning, the opening of the endless strife of the Mycrof continent in the future, and the real starting point of his life.

Atanis ...... Do you know that the present peace is only an illusion, that the flames of war will be rekindled in the future, and that the blood of the nations will be soaked in the sand, and the corpses will be scattered all over the earth - a war from which no one is spared, and justice cannot save those who do good, nor evil will save those who do evil? ”

Outside the window, clouds covered the sky, ice and snow, cold wind, and hoarfrost mixed with a little sand and dust swept the sky and the earth, it was obviously such a cold weather, but Atanis felt that something seemed to be burning in front of him.

"The cowardly have nowhere to hide, only the brave and resolute can survive."

Turning around, the black-haired and red-eyed warrior, Joshua Van Radcliffe, whispered to the white-haired priest who had not said a word:

"My friend, this era of war and strife has finally arrived."

- Vol. 1: Northland Tempest: The End