Soul of Searing Steel Chapter 232: Just like the Evergreen Pine Wood

Chapter 232: Just like the Evergreen Pine Wood

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The power of magic was the power of the world.

It was a power that existed everywhere in this world. Human used their soul to control the power, turning it into reality based on their own ideals. Based on theory, it was a technique that could create any possibility. This was the initial form of magic itself.

The casters from the beginning were known to be sages which were born with strong souls and high intelligence. They were able to identify things which regular folk were unaware of in their lives.

They believed that the ‘Psion’ world was a gift from heaven. Using their own talent, they gathered ‘psions’ and turned them into ‘psionic power’. Using this power, they created clean water out of thin air and raised fires. All these abilities were used to benefit their tribes to live on through the ancient era.

Psion was their original na. This class was no longer the typical one in the current era, which depended only on their strong souls and ntal strength. Even though they were no longer the common class in this era, it does not hinder them from having an honorable status. In the kingdom located in the Western Mountain region, there were three great psion families. Their bloodline could be traced back to thousand years back without any interruption. Although psions were rare in this era, the long-serving history and legacy gave them great strength and power.

In this era, the usual thod utilized in the world of mages was to resonate their souls to manipulate the energy that flowed within the world. Utilizing this thod, they could use the power to complete their desired task.

To use their senses to detect, to use their wisdom to understand, and to use their mind to control. Being a mage was no easy task. The difficulty to beco a full-fledged mage was comparable to a knight which had to train day and night. To further understand the theories behind elents and magic attributes, they had to spend ti to research, perform nurous calculations and conduct analyses. Only with all these efforts, could mages imdiately form the spell that they need during critical monts.

The statent above was only the basic criteria to beco a mage. Before achieving this state, most of the people had to awaken their own talent to be able to ‘feel’ the presence of this energy.

Son of Andre the hunter, grandson of Edward the scholar, Ivan Makarov was performing this task.

Within Winter Fort Academy which was located on Mount Nissia, close to a hundred students from the first batch which consisted of children and teenagers were sitting on their respective placents. All of them were pulling a long face looking at the different models of magic tools.

The test to identify magic talent was not as simple as taking out a crystal ball to test just like how it was portrayed in a fairy tale. Ivan already knew this fact, yet today he could not hold his temper and ranted, “Why is this so botherso?”

There was a black box with the size of half the table in front of him. In the middle of the box, there was a shining red light which was slowly moving around.

This magic tool was nad as [Sensing Maze for Beginners in Magic]. At the center of the tool was dense elental magic sealed within. Those with a certain level of talent in magic could ignite a small fla within the tool by looking at it in high focus. There was a small 3D maze within the box. The goal of all contestants was to control the magic light which represented themselves to the center of the maze.

This examination was able to test out the affinity of elents, spirit, intelligence and the focus duration of each contestant. Thus, the item was nad as Sensing Maze for Beginners in Magic. Those who were able to clear this task would have no problems advancing to beco an Upper Silver-tier mage. Even those who were incompetent could also enter the realm of Silver Tier. It is unlikely for them to be stuck as apprentices only.

Ivan’s elental affinity was not bad. The red light which represents himself was very bright. He was at least a few tis brighter compared to the students around the sa age near him. However, his willpower to focus was not up to par. The red light flickered quite erratically. When he was more impatient, it was even more apparent.

After being taught by his grandfather for the past few months, Ivan knew that his control was not brilliant. He then chose to extinguish his light and closed his eyes while taking a deep breath.

His sister’s talent was way above himself. She was chosen by the instructors after a few minutes to choose the courses which she would be interested to attend. He could not lose out too much as a brother.

After calming himself, he tried to focus on the black maze once again. This ti, he was able to guide his light to pass through the complex maze, reaching the center of the tool.

It was a successful attempt.

Joshua was standing on the stage within the examination hall, monitoring those who were trying hard to figure out ways to solve the problem in front of them and those who were feeling very restless. His eyes were calm. Ying and Ling were following behind him, accompanying their master to monitor the hall.

The newly fixed stage still had the sll of paint. After taking a deep breath, Joshua turned around his body and headed towards the pathway to the observatory located at the top of the academy. The Divine Armants followed him.

Master does not look very happy.

As they walked through the pathway at a quick pace, Ying felt her master’s emotion. As she turned and looked at her younger brother, Ling nodded his head as well, acknowledging that he felt the sa way.

Why?

The sa question was raised in both hearts. It was very hard to understand.

Today, Winter Fort Academy was formally open. There were hundreds of people attending the test. Those talented young people had co forward to join the academy, becoming a part of the force of Moldavia. Those were the future leaders of Moldavia, filled with passion and hope.

Under such circumstance, why does our Master feeling unhappy?

Both Ying and Ling shook their head, feeling that sothing was off.

As the moved forward to the observatory, Joshua stood on the snow-filled building and looked towards the south. As he looked towards that direction, both of his eyes were calm.

Previously, he was not unhappy about anything. It’s just that looking at the environnt filled with hopes and dreams, stirred his emotions from within.

At the foot of the mountain, there were nurous groups of people slowly advancing. Under Joshua’s command, nurous mages and knights utilized their power to open a path from the main city towards Mount Nissia. The path was still filled with snow. Occasionally there will be soone who provides guidance for them throughout their journey without getting lost in this white land.

The path stretched all the way to the south, passing through the falling snow. It was as if the pathway was leading them to the edge of the world.

In Joshua’s eyes, not only did he see the dust of snow dancing within the vast sky, he also saw nurous misty white particles which represented the elent of ice and the process of freezing. The white magic energy was rapidly increasing in density every second.

This phenonon existed because of the blizzard storm. It also represented the forecast where the Dark Tide is approaching. Being chosen by Nostradamus, this place had one of the thickest magical energy. It was easier to detect these small changes in Winter Fort as compared to other places.

The arrival of Dark Tide signified a battle approaching.

From the invasion of a magic tide from the multiverse, the dinsional barrier of the world would slowly weaken. The world would enter a new chapter where the fate of people would drastically change. The dinsional gate which could not be easily seen in a hundred years would repetitively reproduce. Interdinsional wars between different worlds would occur and beco more complicated as ti passed.

Opportunities existed within every disaster. It would be one of the best generations and could also be one of the worst tilines to live in. Joshua ca to the Mycroft continent by accident. All the big events had not happened during the ti he reached here. At this mont, the prelude would co to an end. A new age of turbulence would soon arrive. Joshua knew that he would have to once again face all calamities, eting old rivals.

At this point, there no way to identify whether he was very excited or extrely looking forward towards the future. He recalled all those students with sour faces but eyes filled with passion and hope in the examination hall.

At this point, Joshua could only lant.

The future of this young generation could be brilliant. Yet, the introduction of Magic Rising would bring forth great changes. Different catastrophic events would befall them. Who knows after then years or more, how many of them would be able to live to see another day?

A he turned his head, he saw a pine tree located at the foot of the mountain.

The green leaves on the tree retained its appearance even in the chilling wind and snow. Even if it was frozen and caused the branches to bend, it still does not stop it from standing straight in the white cold world.

Why do I have to think so much?

Joshua suddenly felt that his lantation was a bit laughable.

Since when was he such a benevolent guy?

Shaking his head, Joshua laughed at his own behavior.

Just like the pine wood, these trees needed the hone themselves in the cold. The small buddings would need to face difficulties as well. Human should be exposing themselves under pressure to beco a better man. Everything in the future will be part of their own life. It was not sothing that Joshua should worry about their behalf.

No matter what type of difficulty faced, the buds still had to germinate seeds. Even the buds could break the hard rock as they grow. Joshua believed that all this young generation would break through the darkest day, growing strong and stand by his side one day.

Ying and Ling also noticed that their master’s feeling turned out to be quite positive at that mont. When the three of them wanted to leave the observatory to go back to the examination hall, a dinsional disruption spread across the land.

A blue wave rippled in the air and Nostradamus appeared in front of them.

“Joshua.”

Before the warrior replied, the old mage said with a serious tone, “You are right.”

With a rapid and direct tone, he said without letting anyone interrupt, “The Dragon’s Calamity had begun.”

Dragon’s Calamity?

Ying blinked her eyes. This word was quite familiar to her. Ling tried to recall the conversation they had. Suddenly his expression changed and responded.

At this point, Nostradamus took out a magic map. Without any waste of ti, Joshua moved forward towards the side of the old mage.

This magic map was the clone of the map which was hung in the room of the warrior. The magic of the map could connect to the database of the Imperial Royal Mages Guild to display all sorts of information.

Under the influence of his magic, changes were made on the map covered with blue and green patches. At first, the blue area where the oceanic cities were located turned red. After that, small red dots covered all the area of the coast.

“At this point, the southern kingdom is facing an invasion at all sides.” His ssage was very simple. “This news had spread throughout the world.”

“Is this the latest status?” Joshua could understand what the red dot ant. He frowned and asked, “Do you have more detailed information or video clip ssages?”

“Of course I have.”

After finishing his sentence, magic energy gathered on the map. Nostradamus easily creating a link through the magical map and broadcasting a display which looked like a video in the air.

In the display, it showed a certain coast in the far south. The peaceful blue sky was now covered with dark clouds. Tsunamis were made and a corrosive magic energy gathered in that area. This energy was like a huge hand covering the skies, creating green lightning which could lighten up the dark sky. As the dark cloud slowly covering the land, small black dots dashed out of the clouds, heading directly towards the coast.

From the brilliance of the lightning, a black body was shown by the light provided.

These were all dragons.

The berserk dragons covered in dark purple aura were flapping their strong wings, dashing out of the dark clouds to attack the human kingdom in front of them. Their loud roars were terrifying, as if they wanted to destroy everything with their roars alone.

Not long after the dark cloud appeared, there were pillars of light piercing through the dark cloud, dispersing the darkness that covered the land. Under the strong pressure, the berserk dragon could only cry in pain and fall into the vast land and sea, turning into minced at.

The coastal city had already prepared their defensive chanisms. The plot of the Pentashade Dragons was long known by the people in the southern area. They had already evacuated most of the civilian, turning their city as the first line of defense against the incoming dragon assault, formulating a plan for a counter-attack.

After looking at this scene, Joshua felt a bit nostalgic.

In the past, he was once a mber of the coastal city, facing the dragon’s raid. He was once at the southern land, leading his troop battling against nurous dragons.

“Joshua, what you have said was true. The dragon had planned this for a long ti. They had at least prepared for a few hundred years.”

The great mage said, “This is another calamity. Luckily the Empire had prepared themselves for this.”

Joshua shook his head.

This was nothing compared to the things that would happen later on.

“This is only the prelude.”

Joshua said it to himself. As he walked towards the examination hall, he said, “This is only the dispute marking the beginning of a new era.”

4th Arc, The End of Dragons’ Sin. (End)