Chapter 10: The Troublesome Man
The Sixth Abyss, also known as the Molten Sea Hell, and the Seventh Abyss and the Thirty-seventh Abyss, are extremely close to the continent of Mycrove from a multiverse perspective. Perhaps tens of thousands of years ago, or even hundreds of thousands of years ago, these worlds were connected to each other by natural space-time channels, but now, only the Mycrof Continent exists alone, and the other worlds around them have either fallen into the abyss, or have been eroded by chaos and are on the verge of destruction.
After Joshua broke away from the Seventh Abyss, he did not go directly to the Fairy Township, but went to the center of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground again. The warrior descends from the clouds to the center of the plane, where he walks through the silvery buildings of the Ancient Era, calling for the coming of the will to rule.
“…… Inheritor, is there anything you can do? ”
Coming at Joshua's call, the Spirit of Will Domination communicated with him, "You want to ask when I can restart?" The vacuum tank is being re-prepared and will still take 12 million seconds, but when the tank is rebuilt, the teleportation interval will drop to 40,000 seconds. ”
"No, you've said this, I'm here for something else this time."
Joshua shook his head, "I have already told the legends of the Microf World the truth about the Shining Age period, and they should come to visit you together at a time in the near future." ”
"You want me to ......"
Joshua nodded and said solemnly: "Protect yourself - the current Mycrof continent is still not completely unified under the banner of a single regime, because of some conflicts of interest, it is very likely that there will be some accidents, if some people are ...... for some personal grievances" Speaking of this, Joshua couldn't help but think of Barbarossa and Godard, the great priest of the fishman, and said with a headache: "In short, protect all the more important facilities first, and don't expose them to the outside world like now." ”
"This is my mission, Inheritor." After listening to Joshua's words, the voice of the Dominating Will was unhurried and did not have any emotional fluctuations: "Serving the intelligent life of the Microf world is my rule, but if you want to serve others, you must first preserve yourself. Although I am an artificial soul, there is still this flexibility. ”
As soon as the words of the Will of Domination fell in the spiritual space, accompanied by the rumbling roar that appeared around him, a large area of the Glorious Age buildings made of silver metal on Joshua's side began to slowly sink with the rising smoke and dust, and sank into the earth. Faintly, the warrior could see that under the seemingly thick layer of soil on the outside, there was a large huge metal structure, it seemed that the surface structure of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground should only be a part of its body, and underground, there were some hidden facilities, covered by a thick energy shield.
That's pretty much it, Joshua thought. Although he is willing to share the truth he knows with all those who should know, he cannot guarantee that others will also think like him, in order to ensure the normal operation of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, and not be destroyed by some people with ulterior motives, he must let the Ruling Will take security precautions, which is the most basic caution.
Next, Joshua didn't stay in the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground for long, and after saying goodbye to the Ruling Will, he left this half-plane directly and went to the Fairy Country.
Goblin Township, the Northern Empire's base for exploration.
When Joshua returned from the edge of the Fairy Township plane and came to the gate of the base, he was greeted by the Shenji siblings with serious and suspicious expressions.
"What's wrong, Hotaru, Rin?"
Joshua noticed the strange expressions of his weapons, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, and habitually wanted to reach out and pick them both up: "Doesn't it look very good?" ”
"Sure enough!"
But the warrior was greeted by the voices of the two of them in unison, as if they had determined something.
"I smell it!" Without slapping off Joshua's hand, Hotaru and Rin were hugged by Joshua, and the silver-haired girl even took advantage of this posture to deliberately get close to the warrior's face and sniff it, and then said vigilantly: "Master, you have fought before!" Damn, why not take us! ”
"The smell of the explosion of the power of steel, and the smell of energy burning - definitely fought!"
On the other side, Rin added: "And it's definitely a fierce battle!" Sniff ......" He sniffed the same, and then frowned: "It's His Majesty the Pope, right?" In such a short period of time, master, you actually went to the abyss once? Damn, eating alone alone! ”
"It's almost time to go back."
Joshua looked at it left and right, and at the same time, he saw Ciel and Fina, who were curiously watching him interact with Hotaru and Rin inside the exploration base gate, Superhuman hearing that the warrior could hear the whispers of the two of them.
"You said it's better to have a few after marriage? I think two is good. ”
"What are you talking about! Why do you think so far before you get married! ”
"What is there to be shy about...... It's going to happen soon. ”
This kind of middle-aged speech is really inconsistent, but if you think about it carefully, although Hill looks like a teenager, in fact, he is also a beautiful young man's appearance, but in fact, he is already a veteran dragon knight who has been in the Sea Dragon Knights for decades...... The elven face is indeed a fraud, and the same is true of the dwarf's face, but in the opposite direction.
There is nothing else going on in the Fairy Township, after most of the legendary powerhouses have returned to their own forces and discussed the truth of what Joshua said, there are only pure exploration team members left in the exploration base, and they are still exploring the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground according to their daily plan, but because of the instructions of the warriors, there is no giant god soldier who will hinder their observation and detection, and I think it will be very smooth in the near future.
Therefore, half an hour later, with the operation of the strengthened teleportation circle, the group teleported back to Moldavia in the farewell of the personnel of the Northern Empire's exploration base.
Northern Empire, Northlands, Moldavian Territory, Old Town.
Joshua and the others appeared in the teleportation circle on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion. Here, he sensed the familiar smell of the land, the familiar smell of the air, and the familiar magic network of Number 3. This overly familiar environment made his mind relax a little from his encounter with Iger.
"It's back, my territory...... But I never seem to care about that? ”
Joshua pondered for a moment and realized that this was indeed the case. After he defeated the rebel forces led by Uncle Cheap and regained control of Moldavia, it seems that he has been doing official business seriously for two or three months, and then Rin takes over his job - and after that, it is Number Three, and when Rin is taken away by him to fight in other worlds, it is Miss AI who helps keep the territory running.
He, the Earl, has made a contribution to the development of the territory, in addition to killing demonic beasts and killing people, I am afraid that he is not as good as the Archbishop of Atanis that St. Lauren talked to, at least the old man will lead the clergy to patrol all parts of the territory from time to time to serve as a righteous doctor, and by the way, he will screen out cultists and degenerates.
However, Joshua did not feel the slightest sense of guilt, but took it for granted - anyway, he felt that letting it go was the greatest contribution to the Moldavian Territory, and if he really had to control all the affairs of the territory with real power, God knows what this place would become.
At this time, the Shenji siblings and Hilfina and their party had just walked out of the portal behind Joshua, and the elf druid and the dragon girl both let out a subconscious exclamation, the two have been living in the southeast of the continent, the sea dragon city and the elven forest with a tropical climate, and basically rarely see the scenery of the northern land - the entire land and the mountains in the distance are covered with frost and snow, and they are white from the foot to the end of the field of vision. This made the two of them have to marvel.
At this time, Joshua was concerned about the other aspect.
"I haven't paid attention to it for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be built so quickly."
He walked to the edge of the top floor of the Lord's Palace, looked at the new city that was slowly being built in the distance, and nodded subconsciously: "It's much faster than I thought." ”
At this time, Moldavia has been completely divided into two parts, one is surrounded by the original obsidian city wall, the upper city is relatively high, that is, the area covered by the original main city, and the other is the original main city as the center, expanding in all directions, the terrain is generally relatively low.
Because some time ago, due to the dragon plague and cultists, many of the people who were originally distributed in the mountains and forests of Moldavia began to converge in the direction of the main city, so the population carrying capacity of the upper city began to be insufficient, and according to Joshua's planning, the main city was supposed to add many new facilities, so the four major lower urban areas came into being, and now there are nearly 100,000 new residents settled here. Enough to supply the population needs of Moldavia's sudden increase.
Of course, the most important thing is not this, but something else.
"Have you started to fully popularize the magic energy facility?"
At this time, Joshua's Moldavia was completely different from what he had seen five years ago, when he first returned to the Northlands, whether it was the Upper City or the newly built Lower City. On both sides of the corner alley, brand new pyroxene street lamps are lined up, and although it is winter, there is no black smoke coming out of the chimneys of every house, because unified geothermal heating has spread throughout the city. Around the city, three branches of Wintercastle Vocational College have opened, and you can see many young children and teenagers training and learning in the campus square and in the school building.
Almost all school-age children and teenagers were forced to take talent tests and vocational training, because of their lordship, the Moldavian government was not short of money and precious resources, and even without these, aid from the central government of the Northern Empire was continuous, and Israel would not be stingy in this regard.
Through the energy vision, Joshua could see that under the city area, there were already three giant magic energy furnaces in operation, which were the large engines that were originally used to move the city functions under the construction of No. 3. They extract a huge amount of energy from the magic crystals mined in the Palm Seal Lake, which is supplied to the civil and public facilities of the entire city, and at the same time, it can also diffuse the magic radiation that can be controlled within the beneficial range, improving the magic adaptability of the people in the area little by little.
The rudiments of a magical technology civilization have already begun...... Seeing this scene, Joshua felt very relieved, the original scene should not have appeared ten years later, and his arrival undoubtedly advanced the progress of the whole world. After all, apart from the impact of the dragon disaster on the Far South, the rest of the mainland was relatively small, and the sense of crisis had a role in promoting emerging technologies.
Perhaps, in a few years, the accumulated Mycrof continent will soon enter the same bottom as the Karlis world at that time, or even far exceed, because of the existence of legendary powerhouses, the intelligent life in this world never has to worry about the research and development of high technology, only worry about how to civilize and generalize the power products of those strong people.
"Let me do it a little more."
Standing on the top floor of the Lord's Palace, Joshua took out the Amber Pillar out of nowhere, and he opened the supreme creation of the Atrium Civilization that could freeze material time, and took out the droplets of the holy relics left by the Sages in the past. Although the droplets of water seemed light, they were as heavy as a mountain in the hand, and the pillar of amber solidified time and isolated its mass, but this weight was not as good as dust for the warrior, and he threw the azure relic into the air with a casual throw.
The winter winds continued all day long in the sky above the Northlands, and the air currents mixed with snow and dust weaved arcs under the clouds, and the sun shone on these natural tiny crystals, refracting brilliant brilliance, and now, a blue water droplet came to their field and stayed in place under the action of a force, releasing a crystal blue glow, forming a small energy vortex hanging above the city's head.
In the whole city, all the people who are slightly sensitive to magic subconsciously look up at the sky, their eyes can't penetrate the snow dust and the wind, but they can still see the bright blue light, the huge mental fluctuations have changed the magic cycle of the entire Northland, and the aurora began to appear in the sky of Moldavia during the day-
A realm is spreading, the vast realm that once awakened the Atrium people to a psionic civilization, and now it has returned to its creator's homeland, and although it cannot exert its full strength due to the different worlds, it can still bring the possibilities that everyone has always dreamed of.
The blue vortex was slowly disappearing, it was Joshua's power that distorted the space, hiding it in a safe area, but the field brought by the water droplets did not shrink because of this, and it could be seen that there was still a faint afterglow above the sky, and the blue fluctuations mixed with the winter sun, forming a circle of light blue ripples that spread towards the end of the horizon, beautiful and peculiar.
At the same time, with a faint fluctuation of magical power, the projection of No. 3 appeared in front of Joshua, and the image of the artificial intelligence girl was suspended in mid-air in front of Joshua, staring at the warrior.
"Welcome back, Lord Lord, who always disappears suddenly."
"I'm back, I've worked hard for you all this time, No. 3."
Hearing the slightly grumbling voice of Number Three, Joshua uttered something that seemed familiar to him: he seemed to have said it many times a long time ago, and it made the warrior realize once again the importance of what Eagle said.
It had indeed been a long time since he had cared about the people and things around him. All along, he has been concerned about the rise and fall of the whole world, the sages and the deepest secrets and truths of the multiverse, and he has been looking up at the sky and looking into the future, but he has not looked much at his feet. Although this is the way he lives Joshua, it is not a bad thing to change it once in a while.
But just as Joshua was thinking about how he should take a break and enjoy life, No. 3, who was a little complaining, said faintly: "Don't be in a daze, Joshua, there are two troublesome people waiting for you at Winterhold Academy." ”
"Who is it? What troublesome characters? ”
Detached from his contemplation, Joshua frowned and said, "I remember that my enemies should all be dead...... Even if they were still alive, how dare they come to see me? ”
"It's not that kind of trouble...... No. 3 rolled his eyes extremely humanely: "It's Barnier and William, two legendary mages, they just didn't know what world they came from, and they have been waiting for you here since they heard the news that you have returned from another world, and they have been waiting for you for most of the day." ”
"It looks like there's something urgent."