Stepping through the gate, the Beast's riding boots made of leather trampled on the wooden floor, and the sound of clear footsteps echoed through the enclosed welcoming hall.

Joshua looked at the decorations around her, her eyes moving slightly.

The whole hall is dozens of meters in diameter and square, the ground is covered with beige carpets, the four walls are full of portraits of the heads of the previous generations, the corners of the walls are slightly yellowed potted plants, and in the middle of the hall is a richly decorated weapon rack, which is full of all kinds of weapons, everything is so familiar.

The Lord's Mansion, where he was born and grew up, carries his past, like the big hole in the carpet not far away, which was burned out when he played with fire when he was a child, for which he was also taught a hard lesson by the Earl, thanks to the old housekeeper's intercession, he was not beaten until he couldn't take care of himself.

Looking up, there was nothing that was not a memory for Joshua, but now, all the people who once lived here were gone, except for himself...... His father died, the old housekeeper was missing, the original maids and deacons were dispersed, and there was no one he knew in the huge mansion.

Not only that, but now there is even a group of shameless people entrenched here, trying to occupy it.

Hotaru glanced up at her master, she could feel Joshua's mood, but as a newborn divine machine, her slightly simple mental logic could not comprehend this complex feeling for the time being.

"I'm home."

There was no suppressed voice, no deliberate loudness, Joshua just said hello to the empty hall as usual.

But just as Qiao Shuya finished speaking, at the corner of the stairs more than ten meters away, there was suddenly a little cold light flickering!

"Whoa—"

An arrow wrapped in a glimmer of light shot silently towards Joshua's neck at a speed close to that of sound! The moment your ears hear the whisper of the air vibrating, that's when the arrow hits.

Laugh at.

The two fingers were gently raised, and the incoming thing was firmly clamped, and in the palm of his hand, the force contained in it was completely dissolved, Joshua held the arrow, turned his head to look at the end of the corner, and said disdainfully: "Elemental archer...... If I were you, I would not use silent arrows. ”

"For a man who has survived a hundred battles and survived the battlefield of ten thousand arrows, this arrow has no power and is not hidden, except for a little magical effect, it is simply ridiculous."

“…… You can only pay lip service to it. ”

The sneak attack failed, and the location was discovered, this ranger with a short crossbow, a short knife at his waist, and a big bow on his back simply walked out of the shadows, his face was covered by a hood, only a pair of eyes remained, after a gloomy response, this ranger took out seven or eight iron crossbow arrows of different types, depicting magic runes, he sneered: "I heard rumors, I thought it was a great guy, but I didn't expect it to be an idiot like you, facing the archer without armor, not even with weapons, it seems that the boss is right, Those mercenaries are all rubbish, and they were defeated by people like you. ”

As he spoke, the ranger quickly loaded the short crossbow in his hand with arrows, and began to press the bracket one after another, almost without any intervals, just closing his eyes and blinking, eight magic crossbow arrows with different lights shot from different directions.

At the same time, Joshua only shook his head, and the hand holding the arrow snapped, making a clattering sound, and the steel twisted in his hand.

"Weak."

With a wave of his hand, the sound of breaking air sounded.

The crumpled iron ball turned into a black streamer, shooting straight ahead, the wind and waves swept away, and all the arrows shot by the short crossbow were blown away, and in an instant, it was in front of the ranger, and the ranger had just finished the burst, he was dazed, and he didn't react at all.

The power contained in this iron ball is so heavy, if it is hit, even the physical fitness of the silver rank will not be able to withstand this blow, and it will definitely be shattered in the skull, and he will not be able to die again, but, at the moment when the streamer was about to hit the ranger, a figure suddenly flashed behind him.

Bang!

A warrior wearing chain mail held a diamond-shaped central shield and blocked the iron ball at the last shot, and the iron ball that had been forcibly mixed under this powerful impact suddenly shattered into countless pieces of iron and splashed all around.

“…… Thank you. ”

"Nothing, as it should be."

The ranger was frightened, but he also reacted quickly, he hurriedly took off the big bow on his back, and no longer dared to have any contempt for the enemy in front of him - the other party's physical fitness was even higher than he expected, and this kind of strength was almost the same as that of a golden powerhouse, and it was not a ranger who specialized in shooting at all who could take it, he swallowed his saliva and was nervous: "Be careful, he is very strong, I see that I am blind, this is the peak of Yaoling!" ”

"Didn't the information say that there is only silver mid-level?!"

There was no need for him to remind him, the warrior was also secretly frightened, the iron ball before had exploded a big hole in his shield made of iron and wood like a burst bullet from a heavy crossbow, and now his hands were still a little numb.

Seconds later, three more warriors arrived in the hall, and the sound of chaotic footsteps could be faintly heard behind them, and a large army was gathering.

"Hmph." Joshua's face was expressionless, he turned his head, took off the leather coat on his body, and threw it on the ground, his indifferent eyes scanned the five silver-level enemies: "Bugs." ”

"Arrogance!"

A new soldier couldn't help but reprimand: "We are five people, and you don't even have a weapon, where do you have the confidence to fight us?!" If you surrender, you might be left with a whole corpse. ”

Joshua ignored him, and the warrior just stepped forward, his right hand outstretched, and then clenched into a fist, and struck a posture, his body rising and falling slightly, every muscle trembling.

Subtle rays of light poured out from the depths of his flesh and then converged on the surface of his body, causing a layer of red to slowly glow on the surface of Joshua's skin.

Sensing that a huge threat was emerging, the ranger did not intend to continue this confrontation, he drew a bow in his hand, and the arrow engraved with the ice demon rune was painted, his eyes froze, accompanied by a trembling sound of the bowstring, and a streamer that could not be measured with his eyes broke through the sound, and flew towards Joshua, where he passed, magic overflowed, and frost spread.

He had used this arrow to shoot several two-headed wyverns, frozen over the fire elemental elite, as one of the strongest mercenaries in the Northland, the ranger had already exerted the ability of the elemental archer profession to the extreme, even if it was a goblin artillery, it could not be compared to his frost arrow in a comprehensive comparison!

And the other four warriors didn't have any nonsense, and just as the Ranger provoked the battle, they all raised their weapons and charged forward, their heavy feet in armor trampling the earth, crushing the planks and sending up countless debris.

These five people seem to be a small team, and they cooperate with each other to advance and retreat to a certain extent, without a trace of stagnation.

But Joshua had no fear.

"When will it ......"

Surrounded by a heavy siege, in the face of the charge of the four warriors who cooperated tacitly, the corners of Joshua's mouth curled, his eyes were as steely and indifferent, as if looking at prey: "Even a character like you dares to charge at me?" ”

Rumble!

There was a shock under his feet, like a muffled thunder explosion, and the powerful explosive force immediately smashed the carpet, wooden planks, and even the dirt and rock underneath, Joshua's figure disappeared from the field of vision of the five people, and the next moment, the frost magic arrow hit his original location, the ice demon runes flashed, and the boiling sawdust, dust and gravel were instantly frozen in place, completely frozen, and all the cold ice within a radius of more than ten meters turned into cold ice.

At this time, Joshua had already come to the side of a warrior wearing leather armor with a straight sword in his hand, and he reached out with his right hand, and grabbed a corner of this leather armor in the warrior's incredible eyes, revealing a disdainful smile.

"You can't kill people without weapons?"

With the mobilization of his muscles and the exertion of his five fingers, he instantly poked five deep holes in the leather armor made of this demonic beast leather, and a powerful force pulled the warrior's body, using his body as a shield, blocking the attacks of several other warriors for Joshua.

"Hahaha - how can power be so inconvenient!"

Smelling the smell of blood, Joshua laughed out loud, this was the first time he laughed so heartily since the crossing, there was a faint red light flashing in his eyes, and he said word by word: "Look at it, you weak scum!" ”

With a sharp force, he tore the leather armor worn by the Straight Sword Warrior with one hand, and the flexible leather was as fragile as papyrus in his hands.

"Clothes!"

With a shake of his hand, the leather that was originally pulling on suddenly stood up, and under Joshua's wielding, the leather armor seemed to be as powerful as a club, and with a volley, it hit the head of the straight sword warrior who fell to the ground, and with a muffled bang, his skull collapsed, bleeding from his mouth and nose, and he died on the spot.

"Sandstone!"

Without stopping, stepping on the ground and turning his waist forward, Joshua slammed the leather stick made of leather armor fragments in his hand to the floor, and suddenly the wooden planks cracked, and countless splashes of sand and gravel shards flew out like bullets, forcing several other warriors to stop the offensive and protect the vital points, and the ranger wanted to retreat temporarily to avoid this wave of attack, but he never expected that a shadow seemed to be aimed at him and hit his right jaw, his head rotated under the force, and his cervical vertebrae were broken violently.

It was half of a tattered piece of leather armor, worthy of a real punch thrown by Joshua.

"And - your own attacks!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he dodged, and suddenly rushed in front of a warrior with a flail in his right hand and a big shield in his left hand, in the face of Joshua's rapid action, this warrior's reaction was not slow at all, and he immediately waved the murder weapon in his hand and smashed it downward, but Joshua had already seen through this, and at the moment when the opponent attacked and the shield contracted, his left hand popped out, pressed on the inside of the warrior's right elbow, and then violently exerted.

This is a force that relies on the whole body to twist and gather strength, and then pushes with the palm of the hand, although the power is not great, but it is more heavy, and the flail warrior suddenly feels that his body is not controlled by himself, and the center of gravity of the whole person is completely offset, and he is about to fall to the right side.

How could Joshua let go of this opportunity? Taking advantage of the other party's unstable center of gravity, he tied his left hand and struck the throat without armor protection, only to hear a crisp sound, which was the sound of the laryngeal bone being shattered.

In six seconds, three out of five people were killed, Joshua was still not satisfied, facing a spearman with a spear in his hand and the previous warrior who raised the shield, he saw the opportunity, charged again, and slammed into the arms of the spearman, and then took advantage of the opponent's breath to lift it, he pushed his waist with one hand, pushed his shoulder with the other, and exerted his force violently, and the spearman was suddenly thrown at the warrior who raised the shield.

The warrior holding the shield also knew that Joshua wanted to use his teammate's body to cover his vision and use it as a springboard for attack, so he quickly jumped back and tried to distance himself, but how could he have thought that after dodging the impact of his teammate's body, an 'iron ball' that he was very familiar with and made him feel infinitely desperate appeared in front of him.

Syllable.

The sound of flesh and blood crumbling sounded, accompanied by the crisp sound of bone cracking, and the warrior's nasal cavity was completely shattered by the speeding iron ball, and his consciousness dissipated.

At this time, Joshua also stepped on the chest cavity of the fallen spearman, and he vomited blood from his mouth, broke his ribs, and died in agony.

"If I want to, even the ground under my feet will be my weapon."

Standing in the already messy hall, Joshua glanced at the five corpses on the ground and smiled disdainfully, "When my muscles and martial arts are ornamented?" ”

And behind him, at the entrance of the hall, her long silver hair fluttered, and Hotaru, who was about to show off her skills, looked at the battlefield that had ended with a blank face, the light in her green eyes flickered, her expression was extremely complicated, and she muttered in a disappointed voice: "Say yes......"

Joshua seemed to notice this, so she turned around and smiled a little apologetically: "Oops, Hotaru, it doesn't seem to be using you this time, next time!" ”