The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

It is precisely because of the legendary experience of Princess Chrissy and her rebellious life that many countries in the world have admirers of her in Velen. The stories related to her are enduring, and her reputation is higher than that of the pirate Earl Drake. Not bad at all.

However, Leo knew that this Princess Chrissy had another identity, which was a witch, and her witch identity also made the rumors of the death of King Eng and the Duke of Buckingham a little more authentic. At least in Sylvia's opinion, the possibility of this matter is as high as 90%.

Although Princess Chris is a witch, she is not a member of the Witch Covenant. Not much is known about her in the Witch Coven, except that she is a witch with special abilities.

According to the data, Princess Chrissy's ability is not very strong on land, but is similar to that of an ordinary witch, but at sea, she can have the power comparable to a god. As for the specific power, Sylvia is not very clear. Clearly, it was just a guess that it might have something to do with the ocean. After all, the British royal family has the blood of the Sea God. Even if a witch appeared, it should not be able to escape the scope of the blood power.

While Leo was recalling the information related to Princess Chris in his mind, Sean on the side also quickly described his relationship with Princess Kris, or why he could recognize the half-mermaid so quickly The bishop is Princess Chris.

It turned out that during the two years when Princess Chris was in the Sea God Church, the young Sean Donald was one of her attendants. Even when Princess Chris died of illness, he was also among the clergy who prayed for her. figure.

Although many years have passed, the figure of Princess Chris still remains in his heart. After all, it was his first crush when he was in love.

After hearing Sean's emotional mention of his relationship with Princess Chrissy, Leo unceremoniously pulled him back from that youthful memory and said: "Princess Chrissy really has been do you died?"

Sean immediately replied: "Of course she died. Not only did the church conduct an inspection, but the royal family also sent people to inspect it. After confirming that she was dead, she was buried at sea according to her last wish."

Leo froze for a moment, then confirmed: "Princess Chris's funeral was carried out according to her own last wish?"

"Yes." Sean nodded, and said: "Although Princess Chris has been expelled from the royal family, the royal family originally planned to bury her in the royal cemetery, and the Church of Sea God also hoped that Princess Chris The burial was according to the Eros Church’s ritual, and the two were at a stalemate. In the end, Princess Chrissy’s maid said that she left a will after death, and recorded the method of burial in the will, which ended the debate.”

Leo asked again: "What inspections did the royal family and the church do to the people who inspected Princess Chrissy's death?"

"Just a simple heartbeat test..." Sean replied quickly, but he stopped immediately, and realized something, and said, "Your Excellency Leo, you mean that Princess Chris is actually not dead?"

"I don't know." Leo didn't give the other party a clear answer, but the meaning was self-evident. When Sean wanted to ask something, he changed the subject and said, "What are you thinking now? Since you and Princess Chris are old acquaintances, and the bishop of the half-mermaid is probably Princess Chris, you may be able to..."

"No." Shawn shook his head, and said, "I was just an insignificant little servant at the time, and there were more than a dozen servants like me, and there was no old acquaintance with Princess Chrissy at all. We still Go to the temple according to the original plan!"

After finishing speaking, Sean seemed unwilling to continue this topic, and walked towards the temple. Leo followed and continued on his way.

After walking for a few hours, the two met a group of people rushing from the direction of the temple again. This time, the people and horses were slightly different from the previous ones in terms of clothing and race. This time, the people were mainly pure humans. Even if there are mutations of fish characteristics on the body, the mutation parts are recessive, and their mutations cannot be seen unless you look carefully.

And although these people also had the emblem of the Sea God Church on their bodies, they did not wear the costumes of the priests of the church, but all wore armor. Compared with the others, the armor of the leader was slightly different. There is a sculpture of Hydra on it, and each Hydra's eye is a gemstone, which seems to have no effect, just some kind of decoration.

However, if someone really uses it as a decoration, then that person may not be far from death.

Because Leo, who was hiding in the dark, could clearly feel that there was an energy fluctuation equivalent to an eighth-level psyker in the sculpture of the hydra. Although he didn't know what the function of this energy was, but But it is very clear that if the other party knows how to release this energy, then any eighth-level psyker will be severely injured by this energy, let alone those below the eighth level.

Although the leading knight possessed a very powerful strange armor, the strength of this person seemed to be much worse than that of the half-mermaid bishop who was suspected of Princess Chris in the past, because Leo was far away from the team at that time. The people were very close, and they used the spirit net to check his internal and external conditions, but even so, the other party still didn't notice that there was a mysterious strong man spying on him in the place he passed by, and his perception ability was worse than that of Princess Chris. a lot.

"Are they from the Hydra family?" After Leo released the hidden rune trap, Sean looked at the direction the team left and muttered to himself.

"What Hydra?" Leo asked.

Sean immediately explained to Leo that the people who left the inner sea and settled on land did not come from the same blood family. In fact, there were three families who chose to leave the ocean, and these three families were all Use powerful monsters in the sea as family crests, such as the Hydra family in the past just now.

"What about you?" Leo asked, "Does your Donald family belong to that sea monster family?"

"Son of the Sea." Sean said: "Ancestors record that people with the blood of the Donald family can call deep-sea sea monsters through special sea monster conch. People with purer blood can call more deep-sea sea monsters. Ten deep-sea sea monsters."

"What is the remaining family?" Leo asked again.

"Leviathan, the Eater of Worlds." Sean thought for a while and said.

Leo froze for a moment, and said, "Isn't Leviathan the incarnation of Sea God?"

According to the classics of the Church of the Sea God, the Sea God has two incarnations. These two incarnations are in charge of everything in the ocean for him when he is asleep. One incarnation is the Neptune who has never appeared in the world of Velen, and the other is the World Devourer. Leviathan.

It is said that Sea God is in charge of countless ocean worlds, and only when those ocean worlds are in decline, Leviathan will be bred in that ocean world, devouring the entire world, and turning it into the crown jewel on Sea God's head.

"It's the incarnation of Sea God, but it's also a sea monster." Sean explained, and added: "The royal family of England seems to have the blood of Leviathan, and their ancestors are likely to be members of this family."

After a brief conversation, the two continued on their way. On the way, they encountered several groups of cavalry rushing to the depths of the desperate mountain, and the surrounding environment became a little different as the number of cavalry they encountered increased. For example, the original barren gravel ground has more soil, and moss grows on the soil, and the original mountain has become a wetland. As the soil thickens, trees grow on the ground, but these trees are not very tall. , the tallest one is less than ten meters, which is obviously much worse than the hundred-meter trees that can be seen everywhere in Vinylon World.

However, the branches and leaves of the trees here are very dense, and a large number of disorderly trunks and branches grow out. Together with the leaves and vines, all the gaps between the trees are blocked. If you want to pass here, or fly directly from the trees In the past, either one could only follow the path opened up by the people here.

Obviously, the other end of this forest should be the holy mountain mentioned by Sean. The races living around the holy mountain also seem to regard this forest as a natural barrier to protect the monsters in the mountain of despair. Leo can feel this The trees in this forest are not as simple as they appear on the surface, they are full of all kinds of hidden predators, and even the forest trees themselves may be a predator, just like some kind of life community.

"How do we go now?" Standing on the hillside, Sean looked at the forest, and then at an obvious road through the forest in the distance.

"Take the road." Leo quickly gave the answer, saying: "The forest is too dangerous. I may be able to walk through it smoothly, but you may have some difficulties."

Sean hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the obvious checkpoints on the road, and asked, "What should I do there?"

"Let's go! Don't say anything later, just follow me." Leo didn't elaborate, just gave a simple order, and then walked down the hillside and walked towards the road over there .

Sean followed closely, and now he could only trust Leo. After all, if it wasn't for Leo, this sacrifice trip, which he thought shouldn't be too troublesome, might have just come here. The world was already dead, and now he can only rely on Leo, hoping that what Leo promised can be done.

The two soon came to that road. The builder of this road obviously considered the convenience of the army walking, so they built it as spacious as possible when building it. According to Leo De's estimate, the width of the road is at least 100 meters about.

The ground of the road is not a stone ground, but some bones that look like marine organisms. These bones were crushed and spread on the ground, and then compacted to form the current road surface.

Leo could easily feel a wave of energy from these bones on the pavement. Obviously, the people who built the road did not just lay the road for aesthetics, but more because the energy generated by these bones can inhibit the growth of the forest. , and can also have some dispelling effects on the monsters in the Mountain of Despair, because Leo did not find any small bugs that are often seen in the Mountain of Despair on this road, and even the mountain area within the influence range of the road energy No bugs either.

"What's the matter with you?" After the two walked on this road, Xiao En suddenly showed a strange expression on his face, and Leo also noticed it, and asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, just, just... I feel very comfortable." Xiao En said with some doubts on his face, "It's like coming home."

Leo checked Sean's situation with the Spirit Net, and found nothing unusual about Sean. The only thing worth noting was the few scales that appeared behind Sean's ears when he mutated before. The color of the scales seemed to be different. It changed into a silvery white with some golden patterns on the edges.

"Is there any problem?" Sean couldn't help asking when he saw Leo frowning.

Leo explained: "It's nothing, it's just that the environment here can stimulate some blood in you. If you stay here for a long time, maybe you can become a true family member of the Sea God."

Hearing Leo's words, Sean not only didn't show the slightest bit of joy, but was rather ugly. He was different from the Inge royal family and other people who had some relationship with the royal blood. He never liked the so-called Sea God blood. He preferred his own. Human blood, he has also seen what those Sea God Families look like, and those Sea God Families have become a nightmare in his heart, so he is not interested in mutating into that kind of Familia, and even extremely disgusted.

Leo didn't say anything, and led Sean to continue walking along the road. Because there was no cover on the road, people walking on the road could be seen from a long distance away.

So at the moment when he walked on this bone road, Leo used psychic energy to create an optical illusion around his body, hiding himself and Sean in the illusion, which made the two of them go all the way to the first None of the checkpoints were discovered by the monitors on the checkpoints.

This checkpoint is not the kind of pass-style checkpoint, but more like a beacon tower. A wooden wall and wooden door that seem to have no interception effect block the road. The sentry tower is more than ten meters long, and next to the sentry tower is a beacon-style brazier.

At this moment, the gate of the sentry post is open. It seems that it is to facilitate the entry and exit of the previous cavalry. Although there are guards on the sentry tower, the gate under the sentry tower is not guarded. The people who should be in charge of guarding are not far away. They played a local board game outside the wooden house, and they seemed to be very relaxed, not at all worried that the monsters from Despair Mountain would rush here to attack them.

The guards here are basically all human beings who have not mutated on their bodies. They speak a brand new language. Although they cannot understand what they say, it can be seen from their gestures and expressions that they should come from here Passing through, the cavalry going to the Mountain of Despair.

After Leo passed the gate, he didn't leave immediately, but followed the optical phantom to hide not far away, listening to the conversations of those people, remembering the details of their pronunciation, and collecting reference materials for himself to master this language soon .