When Joshua walked out of the vault with his bare hands and asked Nostradamus to close the door, there was still a hint of seriousness on his face. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What? This expression. ”

The old mage used the magic power in the atmosphere to close the door of the royal treasury again, and reactivated the temporarily suspended magic circle, and in the cold wind that once again filled the hall, he looked at the warrior's empty hands, and asked with some curiosity: "Did you not find what you were looking for?" ”

Speaking of this, Nostradamus was a little puzzled, and he frowned his white eyebrows: "Although the bloodline potion may not be useful to you, each of those artifacts that host souls has the potential to be used as family heirlooms, and just by placing them in the territory and using the amplitude of the magic array, can make the people of a region be imperceptibly affected." ”

"Not to mention that there are a lot of extremely cherished breathing inheritances on the side, they are far more valuable than a powerful enchanted weapon, and they are the foundation that can make a force quickly become stronger, and Israel is seeing that your future legend is hopeful, which gives you a chance."

-- I have all the breathing methods you have, and some of you don't have the breathing methods that I have.

"I've got the most precious thing."

Shaking his head, Joshua stretched out his right hand under the watchful eyes of everyone, and both Brandon and Ying and Rin looked curiously at the warrior's palm, even Nostradamus couldn't help but tilt his gaze and look here.

And in the center of his palm, there was a light and dark light of light and darkness, in which countless figures appeared, and faintly, you could hear the battle cry of tens of thousands of people shouting in unison, and the long horn echoed.

【Souls of the Fearless】

[Passive Effect: When holding this item, allies gain an aura of courage.] 】

[After active use, you can quickly get a large number of soul points, increasing the user's soul limit and will limit.] It can also be processed by someone with a Legendary-level Soul Shaping Spell in exchange for 'Indestructible Crystal', 'Crippled Soul King Firewood', or 'Rune Indestructible']

[Just as the cowardly will be warmed by the coward, the brave themselves are also attracting other brave, and countless souls who are living in the remnants are willing to contribute their part to you, forming this collective soul light. Those who are still alive, do not fail to live up to the expectations of the dead. 】

[――Please let us move forward together.] 】

Except for Rin and Nostradamus vaguely sensing some of the functions of this thing, Brandon and Ying were a little puzzled.

"It's ...... A mass of highly concentrated soul crystals? The blonde swordsman scratched his head in confusion, and the silver-haired girl was the same, frowning slightly, meditating, and not feeling that there was anything precious about this thing.

And Rin can vaguely perceive that there is immeasurable potential in this group of souls, especially for artificial souls like him and his sister, as long as they stay near this soul light, they can slowly strengthen their essence, although Ying looks like a beautiful girl who looks delicate to the point of being a doll, but the essence is actually a person with a coarse spirit like their master, and it is normal to not be able to detect it.

The old mage saw it most thoroughly, he looked at Joshua with surprised eyes, and muttered to himself, "How can you get the approval of so many souls? ”

It is indeed the most precious thing, and the souls in those Horcruxes are separated from a part of themselves and given to the warriors, which is also a heavy burden for them, and it will take at least ten years to recover completely under the most sophisticated care.

Nodding slightly, Joshua put it away, the passive effect of the [Soul of the Fearless] has many functions, whether it is to make the warrior more brave and get a fearless army, or to cultivate mounts that will not be afraid to charge, and form a powerful knight order, even if it is actively used, it can make his own strength stronger.

This is a far more precious thing than the blood potion and the breathing method, and it is a treasure that he is willing to take on the faith of all souls.

"Speaking of the Knights......"

Joshua raised his head slightly, and his red eyes looked north: "I don't know how Hei is doing lately, whether he is having fun in the volcano or not." ”

-- and on the continent of Irgena, in the province of Babel, in the suburban plains near the capital.

The air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke, the rumbling sound of the magic energy furnace running was heard everywhere, and with the movement of several armies, more than fifty armored vehicles with large-caliber guns rushed here, and countless retinue infantry urgently dug trenches, and their targets were terrifying creatures from outside the sky.

Stone Devils.

In the forest on the edge of the distant plain, the roar of giant activity, the sound of tree trunks breaking and rocks shattering was incessant, and the sound was like countless giant elephants running together, causing countless birds to cry out and leave their nests among the trees.

And not long after, under the nervous gaze of everyone, one by one, huge and terrifying beings at least ten meters high crossed the forest and came into everyone's sight.

They have gray rock-like bodies, and their eyes are a white ball of light that is emitting light, these monsters called stone demons are like enlarged creature statues, with obvious human or animal appearances, but their movements are extremely flexible, like normal creatures, without the slightest stagnation caused by the body of rocks.

After leaving the woods, they stopped where they were, as if they were sensing something, and after a while, as if sensing something, these huge stone giants or stone beasts silently charged in the direction of the capital of Babel Province with heavy steps.

"Start attacking!"

After these huge monsters came within range, the Federation troops arranged in formation quickly launched an attack, and with an order, countless alchemy cannons roared, spraying out cannonballs, and a warhead hit the leading stone demon body, and suddenly the violent explosion shattered its torso by one-third, and the rest of the place was also full of cracks, incapacitated.

But it was just one stone demon, as a dozen stone demons were knocked down, and three times as many stone monsters rushed out of the jungle, a few of these stone demons that appeared later were obviously stronger than those that appeared before, their bodies were larger, their shells were harder, and a few shells bombarded its body, and it was impossible to even see obvious traces.

"Steel and Mithril-level stone demons have appeared, swap armor-piercing bullets!"

After perceiving this, the loaders of many artillery armored vehicles began to change ammunition, and years of war have made them know their enemies very well, generally speaking, the weakest kind of stone devil that can be killed with one shot is called rock level, and the shell has been strengthened, and the one that can withstand multiple shells is steel level, and above it, ordinary shells can not cause damage at all is the mythril level, and only special armor-piercing shells can penetrate the armor of the mythril level stone devil and cause damage to its core.

At the beginning of the invasion of the stone demons, almost all of them were rock-level existences, but at that time it was still the reign of the last elven dynasty, and the magic weapons that used magic crystals had just appeared, and most of them were fighting with magic and bows and arrows that had not weakened too much, so the initial battle with the stone demons was extremely difficult, several cities were breached, and all the inhabitants were slaughtered.

As the elves' technology advanced, the strength of the stone demons also increased, and the first appearance of the Mithril-level stone demons was seventy years ago, when the last elven dynasty was overthrown, when its attack caused great damage to the emerging federation, and almost no one could stop its actions, and finally relied on bait to introduce it into the volcano to end the disaster.

It is rumored that on top of Mithril, there is also a Adamantite-level stone demon, and it was because of that Adamantite-level stone demon that the Cold Wind Valley Fortress almost fell three years ago, but because there is so little news, no one can confirm whether it exists.

This battle, originally a bitter battle, the federal army is not fully prepared for war, the recent frequent natural disasters in various places have made everyone rush endlessly, whether it is heavy rain, blizzard, earthquake or huge waves along the coast are seriously followed, the Sigma volcano next to Babbel Province also erupted not long ago, and the armies everywhere are relieving the disaster, even if they do their best, they can only gather a large army in Babbel Province.

Fortunately, the original legion-level stone demon invasion was destroyed by the attack of the volcanic dragon, and it was about to fall near the capital, the most troublesome one-third, which suddenly made the federal army become more comfortable, with the roar of artillery, wave after wave of stone demons were destroyed, some of them certainly rushed into the elves' positions, destroyed several armored vehicles, and killed many people, but they could not continue to expand the results, but were destroyed on the spot by other angry and vengeful elves.

The sound of explosions on the battlefield was endless, and although the number of stone demons was not much, the ones that appeared later became more and more elite, and once five Mithril-level stone demons directly appeared. This immediately made many of the soldiers present feel great pressure, and under the maintenance of these five Mithril-level stone demons, a large group of rock monsters ran towards the most densely populated position.

Even if the armor-piercing bullet hits, it can't kill the Mithril-level stone demons on the spot, and the speed of their charge is too fast to dodge at all, and the elf soldiers in the position are ready to die, but just when the group of stone demons is about to rush into the position, a red light flashes, and a huge fireball appears in the center of the body of the leading Mithril-level stone demon, and a huge explosion sounds, and the strong light shines, as if the sun has dimmed for a moment.

And the Mithril-level stone demon that was in the middle of the fireball naturally shattered into countless debris and was destroyed on the spot.

And in the swept hot wind, the elven soldiers looked back in shock, and they saw that a majestic beast that was larger and more terrifying than the stone demons was slowly walking out of the city, and every few steps it took, it spewed out a golden-red streamer from the core of its chest, and as it continued to approach the position, a series of beams of light bombarded those powerful Mithril-level stone demons.

The sound of explosions was heard endlessly, and a strong shock wave lifted the surface of the earth, sputtering countless dust, even armored vehicles, in the face of such an impact, it seemed very small, and the earthquake trembled, as if it were an earthquake.

After the explosion, there was only a large pit left where the stone demons were located, and the center of the pit was lava that was cooling rapidly, and the only remaining remains of the stone demons were blown away by the previous shock wave, without any remnants.

"Is the Volcanic Dragon really from our side?"

An elven soldier who was dodging the blast wave of the explosion in the trench whispered to his companion beside him, looking a little frightened: "This power is terrifying...... The Mithril-level stone demon can be completely destroyed with a single blow, and we will have to use a lot of armor-piercing bullets to do the same thing......"

But his companion shook his head: "If I were you, I wouldn't want this kind of thing, if the Volcanic Dragon wasn't on our side, would you still be alive?" ”

Before, the stone demon almost broke through the artillery position, and if it wasn't for Ryoma's rescue, at least dozens or hundreds of people would have died, and several armored vehicles would have been destroyed. Giving his frightened friend a moment to think, the soldier said in a helpless tone: "And, even if it's not, there's nothing we can do with it......"

Hearing this, the soldier from before suddenly fell silent.

Indeed, friend or foe, the Federation is helpless against the Volcanic Dragon.

This battle, with the addition of Ryoma, ended quickly, and this time the arrival of the stone demons did not form a scale, nor did they gather into a group to charge together, but one by one, one by one, giving the federal army a chance to break through.

In the evening, the reconnaissance team determined that all the stone demons had been eliminated, and the sudden invasion was over.

On the side, the black lazily lay on the ground, as if resting, the previous battle with the stone demon was far less hard than the first time to destroy countless meteorites with all its might, but the repetition of the same thing again and again made its spirit a little tired.

On its side, there were many soldiers and scientific researchers watching, but Ryoma didn't care, whether it was in the main city of Moldavia or the Wintercastle Academy in Nissière, it was the focus of attention of citizens and students, and it had long been accustomed to the gaze of others, and as time went by, Black rested very peacefully, and he didn't even know that a lightly armed magic armored car drove in front of him.

In the armored car, an old elf with white hair stepped out, and several elite soldiers stood by his side to protect him, and this white-haired elf had a badge on his chest with the words "Supreme College of the Federation" written on it.

"Professor Nelson, this is the dragon of the volcano."

A leading elite soldier pointed to Hei's huge body and whispered to the elven old man, "It's resting now, you say, do you want to come back later?" ”

Because they had fought together, many soldiers were not too wary of Kuro, but there was still a trace of instinctive fear and was unwilling to spend time with him.

“…… Even if I have seen the pictures, I feel so shocked......" Slowly shaking his head, the elf old man named Nelson squinted at Ryoma's huge body: "Sure enough, there are a lot of traces of dragons, and the name of the volcanic dragon is not an exaggeration - are you sure it's very gentle, and even interacted with a boy for a while?" ”

"Of course, we have detailed footage." The lead captain affirmed, "If you hadn't been in a hurry, we could have called up this video for you in the command room." ”

"It's okay, that's enough...... Oh. ”

As he was speaking, the elf old man suddenly let out a soft snort, and a cautious expression appeared on his wrinkled face: "It's awake." ”

And just as he said, after Hei noticed that someone was talking in front of him, he opened his golden dragon pupils and looked at the elven old man in front of him and several soldiers who seemed to be facing a great enemy.

"Roaring ......"

With a soft hiss, Black lifted his slender neck and looked condescendingly at the only elf who didn't show fear, Professor Nelson.

- Looks like the old mage who often appears next to his master.

Hei thought so, but there was a decisive difference between the two, that is, the old man in front of him was too weak, and he was completely different from the extremely powerful old mage.

And while Ryoma was pondering, Professor Nelson cleared his throat and began to use the ancient dragon language to say to the underworld: "Hello, powerful creatures......"

As a linguistics professor who is proficient in all languages, even the strange languages of myths and legends, Nelson came this time to communicate with this powerful volcanic dragon, but halfway through, the old man found that there was confusion in his black eyes, and he didn't seem to understand what it was talking about.

- Strange thing, dragons can't speak dragon language?

This immediately made Nelson a little embarrassed, it was not that he could not speak other languages, but if the volcano dragon could not even understand dragon language, then there were not many other languages that could be understood.

However, in order to fulfill his duty, the white-haired master of language changed another language, this time the language used by the legendary goblins, which was extremely strange, as if the tone of the song was heard, and the changing amplitude made the black suddenly feel refreshed, and he nodded very happily according to the rhythm, and the dragon claws in his hand still slapped the ground, creating a very rhythmic beat.

- This guy didn't understand at all, so he should have listened to the song!

Professor Nelson had to cut off the communication immediately, he was shocked that the volcanic dragon not only knew how to appreciate music, but also had a good grasp of rhythm, and for a moment, he actually felt that this goblin language seemed to be quite suitable for singing.

But after all, the task was important, and even though Black showed a dissatisfied expression due to the interruption of the music, Nelson still continued to try in a different language, this time in the outer language used by the elemental lifeforms, judging by the sound alone, it seemed to be just a meaningless roar.

For black, it really didn't make sense, because it also roared, as if it was not to be outdone, how could the white-haired elf have a dragon's loud voice, and this communication was naturally in vain.

Nelson was unusually unwilling, he refused the request of the soldiers beside him to go back, and continued to stay where he was and try to communicate in various languages, and Black seemed to think of it as a game, and he had a good time with the white-haired elf professor.

- This guy obviously communicates with intelligent beings a lot, what kind of language is available?!

After a while, Professor Nelson, who used various languages, including Stone Spirit (Dwarf), Giant, Halfling, and various beast languages (various half-orcs), finally felt exhausted, and he couldn't help but wonder if the other party was an intelligent life, but it turned out that the wisdom of the Volcano Dragon was quite superb, comparable to that of the elves, and it couldn't help but know how to appreciate the good and bad of music, and it could also use the dragon to accompany it, in a sense, it had quite musical literacy.

"Let's try this one last......" Although he thought it was unlikely, Professor Nelson had only one choice, such as it was dark today, he hadn't eaten dinner yet, and his body was about to lose it: "In ancient legends, the language used by the people of the plains...... Although it has nothing to do with dragons, it seems that this is the only one that has not been used. ”

With the mentality of finishing early and going home early for dinner, the slightly tired white-haired elf said in the language of the name of the plains: "Excuse me, can you understand?" ”

Hearing the familiar tone, Hei, who had always thought it was a game, immediately turned his head and looked at Professor Nelson seriously with his huge dragon eyes, as if waiting for the next sentence.

-- The reaction was strong!

The old elf was greatly encouraged, he recalled the words in the language of the people of the plains, and began to stammer: "Hello, mighty volcanic dragon, I am the representative of the elves of the Gulf Federation......"

"Roar!"

Hearing this, Hei shook his head, and he seriously let out a dragon roar of different lengths to the blinded elven professor, as if he was talking.

"You...... What are you talking about? Nelson wiped the sweat from his head, he was now sure that the volcanic dragon could understand his words, it was a completely intelligent being, but he couldn't understand the other party's words, it was not a dragon's language, but a simple beast's roar.

――What the hell is going on?! Dragons don't speak dragon language, but they understand the language of the people of the plains, and the way to communicate is roaring? What the hell is it saying?

What else can be said?

The black roared so loudly, mainly to express two meanings.

One is "My name is Black, not the Dragon of Volcano." ”

The other is "The dialect is difficult to understand, please speak the standard lingua franca, thank you." ”

(To be continued.) )