After talking with Joshua and dimore, Nostradamus quickly walked into the hall. After he came in, the old mage waved his hand, and the door of the hall was suddenly closed in a burst of blue light. The patrolling guards wanted to stop him, but when they saw who was doing this, they all scratched their heads and retreated in embarrassment.

"It seems that our chief mage has found some big news."

An old man with gray hair, formal clothes and a pair of gold framed glasses, leaning on a Silver Carved cane, calmly said to a young man who was supporting him: "tomorrow will definitely have a meeting to discuss. You should prepare in advance."

"Yes, your honor!"

Similar conversations continue to appear among the people in the corridor. Nostradamus's hasty steps and slightly rude behavior seem to be a signal, which makes everyone feel unusual. Not only the eyeglasses old man, who is a judge of the royal court, but also the diplomatic envoys of other countries feel wrong, They communicate and analyze with their peers one after another.

But after all, the meeting is over. Some people seem to have any other plans and leave according to the original plan, but some people do not go far because there is no emergency later. Most of them are ministers of the Empire. These people who are familiar with the old mage are going to wait for the reappearance of Nostradamus in the reception hall on the other side, In order to ask about the situation later and get first-hand information.

Thanks to the old mage's action, everyone didn't pay attention to Joshua. Except for robzek, no one paid attention to the soldiers standing quietly. Of course, there was an exception. A middle-aged nobleman in gorgeous clothes and his entourage obviously knew dimore and Joshua. The nobleman frowned, It seems that I can't understand why two people appear at the same time.

(dimore with count Radcliffe? Is this guy in the heart of royalty

The middle-aged man thought so, but he didn't have much to say. Instead, he left in silence. When he left, he told his followers not to talk too much.

"The chancellor of the exchequer, condi, my mother's friend, a wise man."

The second prince watched the back of the middle-aged man leaving with a little regret: "unfortunately, he has no talent, just an ordinary person, but it is just because he is an ordinary person, so he can sit in the position of finance minister."

"No one seems to know you except the chancellor of the exchequer."

Standing at the corner of the corridor, Joshua looked around and asked“ As the second prince, why are you so unknown? "

The effect of fog pocket watch is good. Most of the people here don't pay attention to him, which makes the soldiers very satisfied. Atannis really gave him a good thing. Joshua thinks it's necessary to give him a thank you next time.

On the other hand, dimore said, "it's normal that they don't know me. I seldom live in the imperial capital."

"Since I was young, I was sent to the mountains in the west by my father to practice with a hermit swordsman. After the rite of passage, I have been fighting back and forth in the southern fortress and the orc battlefield in the northwest plain."

It seems that because he was defeated by Joshua, the second prince's attitude softened a lot and his tone was not as arrogant as before. He said in a low voice: "my father's meaning is that when the orcs are extinct and the empire is completely stable, I will think about the successor. During this period, I don't need to show my face, I just need to do my best to enhance my strength and learn some politics by the way, The knowledge of management and human relations is enough. "

——Let the children who are not talented enough show up in public to attract the attention of potential enemies, and let the descendants who have real potential sharpen their claws in secret?

It's a very simple idea, and it's very useful. Joshua naturally knew why Israel had made such a decision.

Although the empire is big, it also has many enemies. There have been many assassinations against the royal family. Thousands of guards patrol the palace to guard against potential assassins. But even so, it's not safe. In this world of extraordinary power, whether it's curse or other methods, There are always ways to kill a royal descendant who has not yet grown up.

There are only two ways to deal with it. One is to wait for these future successors to become strong and be able to deal with all kinds of assassinations by themselves. The other is to conceal their identities and send them to the outside world. Although it is dangerous, it is actually safer than the palace that looks like an iron wall.

It is obvious that Israel's method of cultivating dimore is a mixture of two methods, and the effect is really good. Later generations have proved this. Dimore is undoubtedly a qualified emperor, and his strength is not inferior to his father.

As the crowd gradually evacuated, only guards and scattered people were left in the corridor. Joshua didn't find such waiting boring. After he was sure that all the people around him were almost gone, he closed his eyes and began to breathe rhythmically.On one side, Ying and Lin came forward and stood in front of the soldiers. They were very skillful and often seemed to do so. Dimore was a little surprised when he saw that the game was thick. He didn't expect that the other side would start breathing exercises in this place.

(he has been exercising all the time. No wonder he is so strong and young that he reaches the goal.)

Dimore was originally so emotional, but while observing Joshua's breathing and the rhythm of the surrounding energy fluctuation, he could not help but frown and feel a little strange.

Soldiers do not care about other people's observation, just self absorbed around the energy, slowly strengthen their physique.

The effect of extreme intention of power has no use for direct combat. The meaning of its existence is that [every exercise has a gain] and [every effort has a reward].

Although it doesn't sound like much, in fact, exercise may not pay off, and efforts may not bear fruit. When you get older, the old injuries in your youth will appear, and exercise may even damage your body. The most important thing is to keep your strength unchanged, let alone become stronger.

However, the extreme meaning is the power obtained after exceeding the limit. Joshua's constitution has been completely changed, just like the steel without metal fatigue, which can be folded and forged infinitely and continuously strengthened. As long as he takes exercise, his body will become stronger all the time. Although the amplitude is small, it will definitely be rewarded. In this case, Soldiers naturally don't waste any time.

As the breathing method continued, Joshua's breath became more and more gentle, but the wind around him was not like this. The free energy whirled into his body, soaked his muscles, and then along the blood vessels, came to the heart, and then spread to the whole body.

Blood, muscles, bones and internal organs all resonate slightly with breathing, pulsating and fighting like electric current, constantly stimulating and strengthening every part of the body. In this process, although part of the energy spilled out, some of it still integrated into Joshua's body and became a part of his strength.

The strangest is the soldier's skeleton. In the process of energy dissipation, there are strange lines of black and red on his skeleton. The lines are straight and simple, revealing a burst of majestic majesty. Vaguely, Joshua seems to have a dull light from the inside to the outside. The lines spontaneously absorb the surrounding energy and enrich themselves, The skeleton and the surrounding visceral muscles become more tenacious, a little bit of transformation of the body.

In the eyes of outsiders, everything is as usual. It's just that there are gusts of breeze in the corridor, rushing in the direction of Joshua. The guards who are patrolling don't notice this slight air change. Other outsiders think it's a breeze from the other end of the corridor.

Only dimore noticed this, but he didn't know why. He looked strange.

When Joshua finished his short practice, he lowered his head and began to meditate.

"This is not right..."

Dimore said to himself in a low voice, his tone full of doubts, and in order not to attract other people's attention, he deliberately lowered the voice line, as if just mumbling: "it shouldn't be like this..."

"Why not?"

Moving his body, all his muscles worked, and there was a creaking sound like twisting steel bars. Joshua turned his head, looked at the second prince with great interest, and asked, "may I say it?"

From dimore, who is still young today, soldiers can see a trace of the iron emperor in the future. This contrast makes Joshua feel quite funny. For example, dimore will never speak in such a skeptical tone in the future. His words and deeds are full of confidence and certainty. Even if he is wrong, it seems to be the truth.

"... you shouldn't have such power."

Hearing the words of the soldiers, the second prince seemed to have made up his mind and simply said his own idea: "very strange, very strange."

"Oh? Why are you say that? What's so strange? "

When he heard dimer's words, Joshua didn't agree. He nodded slightly, asked some angry Ying and Lin not to speak, and motioned to each other to continue: "you don't seem to be the one who starts complaining when you lose."

"No, I didn't complain about losing to you. I just saw your breathing, and I didn't feel right."

Looking up, dimore frowned slightly, and his gray brown eyes revealed a suspicion: "Joshua van Radcliffe, I saw this name for the first time when my father read the ancient books about the guardian family. At that time, you were focused as the guardian of the next generation of seal land. I remember it was probably last year, At that time, you were just a silver medium level or a high level. In a word, you haven't met the gold barrier yet. "

Ying and Lin look at each other, and the girl with silver hair nods slightly. She knows clearly that when she just met her master, the soldier was just a silver high-level soldier."But I have jumped to such a level in a short year. It makes you feel strange. "

Joshua didn't have any emotion about the other party's suspicion. He still said in a calm, even smiling tone: "it's true that there can't be anyone who can advance faster than me in this world, but the reason has been found out for a long time? You should know that, too. "

"The inheritance of sages - my father and master Nostradamus told me that. Originally, I thought so, and I still feel sad in my heart. You are just a lucky man who has got the legacy of sages."

Dimore's words were simple and direct. He seemed to know that soldiers would not be angry because of these words, so he frankly expressed his own opinion: "but after the competition in the library before, I changed my opinion - you are not lucky. Your strength comes from self-discipline and self-cultivation. You are very solid without any flaw, I can't even shake it, but that's why I'm sure you haven't been passed on by sages at all. "

Hear here, Qiao Xiuya brow a pick, and the second prince's inference still continues.

"I've met Brandon Kaos, another sage inheritor. His breathing and strength come from the double blades of his waist. There is an aura of divine order between his breathing and action. This is the real sage's inheritance."

When he said this, he still kept calm, his tone was gentle, and there was no tremor. He just described his own views and discoveries: "and you, although you have the power of order, that thing is just hanging on you. Even I can see that it is not integrated with you at all - Joshua, even if you have the inheritance of sages, You didn't get it either. "

"Great."

He nodded slightly. Joshua was really surprised this time. He didn't expect that the second prince's observation could be so meticulous that he could really see a lot of things: "what else do you see?"

"I see... Your talent is not good. No matter how hard you practice, if you don't take magic medicine, you shouldn't achieve gold before you are 30 years old. Even if you get the power inheritance of the guardian family, you can't be promoted to the middle level of gold. "

At this point, dimore's doubts completely broke out. There was a great conflict between his inference and reality, but he could not find out the reason: "it's impossible, you don't have the cultivation of sages, and you don't have the improvement of fighting spirit and qualifications. These things can't be changed by hard work and hard practice, but why can you reach the state of extreme intention? Is the strength so solid? I was even wondering if you had made a deal with the devil, but I thought, what devil can give such power? It's so weird! "

"Well, dimore, don't be excited. You're right. The inheritance of sages doesn't give me any breathing method, nor does it improve my qualifications. Even the power of order is probably only because I have the green pearl hanging on me."

Being questioned like this, Joshua didn't get angry. He even calmed down. After dimore calmed down, he said faintly: "but you are a little wrong. Second prince, you are wrong about fighting spirit and the essence of your strength as soldiers."

"What essence?" Dimore asked in a low voice immediately.

"Do you remember what the root of" Douqi "is in the old common language

Joshua asked, but he did not wait for the other party to answer, but said to himself: "potesta of pugna... Fighting power, life comes from steel, its characteristic is mutual plunder, the essence of life is so, so is the power."

"You ask me why I am so powerful? It's very simple. It's like a person who keeps eating and then becomes stronger. I just keep fighting and killing the enemy, so I become stronger. "

Hearing this, dimore's expression began to change. At first, he seemed not to believe it, but then he thought of something and became thoughtful.

"In ancient times, there was no fighting spirit, no breathing method, and everyone even had different methods of exercise."

But Joshua didn't care about each other's expression. He just said his words calmly, clearly and seriously, "at that time, the ancestors of the Terran relied on hunting Warcraft and plundering their life power to make themselves stronger... Talent? Inheritance? That kind of thing is just a shortcut for the latecomer to catch up with the forerunner. If you want to obtain the most authentic and unique power, you have to fight, plunder and kill the enemy. "

At this point, Joshua's figure was covered by the shadow in dimore's eyes. Subconsciously, the second prince did not dare to look directly at each other. However, every word the soldier said clearly spread to his ears. The tone of these words was clear, as if they were telling the truth of the world."There's no reason why you can be a strong person without practicing at home."

"But I..."

Dimore seemed to argue that he was also a man who had lived in the northwest battlefield since childhood and had gone through dozens of wars, but the soldier shook his head and interrupted: "because of this, you are stronger than others. The reason why you are not as strong as me is just that you don't kill me as much."

"... is that so?"

The second prince's momentum had been completely overwhelmed by Joshua. He immediately closed his mouth and did not ask. He looked distressed and seemed to be thinking about what Joshua said. At the same time, he muttered to himself, "I don't fight enough?"

The soldier no longer pays attention to each other. He looks at the system on his retina, where there is a list describing his attributes in detail. The soldier skips those meaningless things and looks at the top value.

[Joshua van Radcliffe]

[level: lv54 · initial level of Jiyi (force)]

LV In previous games, level is a measure of a person's strength. Although it can't show absolute combat effectiveness, it is also an important index.

But it has another story.

LevelofViolence The killing index.

"This is the continent of mirov."

The mainland is in dispute.

Standing at the corner of the corridor, Joshua raised his head, looked at the ceiling, recalled the name of the game in his previous life, then raised his hand and clenched his fist.

"Either to kill or to be killed in the world."

Only fighting is truth.

In the clenched fist, the air was squeezed and exploded,

From a long time ago, he understood this truth. In this world of fire and steel, life and power can plunder each other. Bathing in the dragon's blood, he can obtain the power of the dragon, kill the devil, and obtain the frightening magic.

The human sages living in this world have long realized the essence of this world - fighting and the death of the enemy are the sources of strength. There is no room for warmth here. In fact, the players of previous generations have understood that the so-called monster killing upgrade is just a simple realization of the essence of this world.

Talent is not important, inheritance is not important. A coward who lives at home can never become a strong man. Only when he goes out of his home, leaves his hometown, goes to explore and explore all over the world, and fights with powerful enemies, can his life be sublimated.

This is the soldier.

As a soldier, what he needs to do is to clear away all the enemies in front of him. No matter the other party is an evil god, chaos, famine or plague, he will kick them into the garbage can of time one by one.

That's all