The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Nelson looked at the old man expectantly, and said: "When I was in the academy, I read an article on the Wetzkers, which described the Wetzkers as the masters of the Black Forest, the race that knows the most herbs in the world. .Teacher, since you have the officiant ornaments of the Wetzkers here, then the human bone books of the Wetzkers that record the medicinal herbs of the Black Forest..."

The old man raised his head slightly, gave Nelson an annoyed look, and said, "If I had found the human bone book, I wouldn't be staying here. Instead, I would be sitting in the college's spacious office, smoking a cigar from the Mogaganu Kingdom, and drinking Porto wine from the French Empire."

Nelson scratched his head in embarrassment, and sat back on the chair beside the old man.

Leo looked at the necklace in his hand and fell into deep thought, while Jason walked around the store a little bored.

About ten minutes later, the old man finished writing the letter, took out his special seal from the drawer, stamped it on the letter and envelope, and handed it to Nelson.

Nelson took the letter, carefully put it away in a waterproof wallet, and then asked the old man, "Teacher, I still need to buy some insect repellent you made."

"Insect repellent?" The old man frowned upon hearing this, and said in a deep voice, "Are you going through the Black Forest?"

"Yes." Nelson looked at Leo, and after getting a nod of tacit approval, he told the old man their plan, saying: "If you are lucky, it only takes four days at most to cross the Black Forest." To reach Miria City, if you walk around the Black Forest Avenue on the edge of the Black Forest, even if you take a carriage, it will take more than ten days. It may be shorter if you ride a horse, but it won’t be too short.”

While listening to Nelson's words, the old man took out his pipe and lit it, took a deep puff, exhaled the smoke, and said, "Don't you know that it's the foggy moon in the Black Forest, so it's not suitable to enter the Black Forest?"

"Brumaire?" Nelson had a blank look on his face, obviously he didn't understand what it meant.

"I forgot, you are not from the Black Forest, so you don't know the meaning of the Brumaire." Smoking a cigarette, the old man took out a map of the Black Forest printed by the Royal Publishing House of the French Empire. While drawing on the map with his fingers, he said: "Every year For one to two months, the dense fog of the Great Black Forest in the north will descend southwards and enter the Lower Black Forest. This period of time is called the Foggy Moon by the Black Foresters. It will be very dangerous to enter the Lower Black Forest during this period. This kind of danger does not come from the black forest beasts and poisonous insects hidden in the thick fog, but the thick fog itself. People who break into the thick fog usually lose their way, and are guided by the thick fog to the depths of the black forest little by little. Finally died in the black forest."

"There is such a thing!" Nelson's expression also became serious. He knew very well that the character of the old man in front of him would never say any exaggerated words. Since the old man said so, then the Black Forest of Brumy Moon must be very dangerous. . So he asked Leo worriedly: "Mr. Leo, what do you think? Should we take the Black Forest Avenue instead? If we use fast horses, we can take a steam train to the nearest Doha in two days. It should also reach Miria City in seven or eight days."

"There is no need to change the route, we still go to the Black Forest." Leo could hear the retreat in Nelson's tone, but he ignored it. He still maintained his original decision and said with great confidence: "If you are only worried about being in the fog If you get lost, there is no need at all, because I will never get lost."

The reason why Leo is so confident is that the sub-brain system can help to draw any map easily, and it is all-round and three-dimensional. This has been proved by countless experiences in the past, so it can be called a death trap for ordinary people. The dense fog in the forest had no effect on him.

Leo's self-confidence made Nelson and old Pierre stunned at the same time.

It's just that Nelson has seen Leo's ability to choose the correct route in the mountains and forests before, and he also inexplicably feels that Leo's self-confidence is not aimless.

On the contrary, old Pierre felt that Leo's performance was nothing more than ignorant rhetoric. Once he really entered the Black Forest, he would definitely pee his pants in fright like those rookie hunters.

Therefore, the old man was going to persuade Nelson not to adopt this plan of crossing the Black Forest of Brummoon, which in his opinion was no different from courting death.

However, Nelson seemed to expect that the old man would persuade him, so he said first: "Teacher, I think that since Mr. Leo has said such a thing, he will definitely be able to do it, and we will not change the plan."

"Damn it!"

The old man was very clear about his character as a student, so he could only curse in his heart and did not try to persuade him any more.

Instead, he walked up to Leo, grabbed Leo's skirt, and looked like he wanted to vent his anger on Leo, and was about to say a few harsh words to teach others.

But for some reason, after seeing Leo's extremely calm expression, he couldn't help but feel that the other party might not be talking big, but could really do it.

So, he swallowed the words again, and finally he could only give Leo a hard look, then turned and walked to the small room behind the shop.

After a while, the old man took out a simple wooden box from the house, put it on the counter, pushed it in front of Nelson, took three spherical incense burners hanging on his body, and put them on the box. Said: "My insect repellent may be weakened in the misty moon. In addition to wearing it on your body, you also need to light one in the incense burner and scrape it on the outside of your body. Before leaving the forest, the insect repellent in the stove will be gone. Can't stop."

"Thank you, teacher." Nelson thanked him sincerely.

Jason on the side suddenly asked in English, somewhat unpleasantly, "How much does it cost? Do we have enough money?"

Leo and Nelson glared at Jason at the same time, signaling him to shut up.

The face of the old man who heard English was a little ugly. Although Nelson had already said that they were soldiers of the Kingdom of England when he introduced Leo and the others just now, when Nelson and Leo talked to him, they used the local accent of Porto. French, which made him forget for a moment that the people from several hostile countries were just his students and his friends.

But Jason's English with a strong local accent brought back bad memories and reminded him of the current hostile relationship between the two countries, so the expression on his face was naturally not much better.

I saw that he glared at the three people in front of him fiercely, and said angrily: "Never mind the price, you definitely can't afford it in your current situation." Then, he took out a very thick book and put it on the On the counter, he opened it, quickly flipped to the page with the bookmark in the middle, pointed to the herbal pattern on the page, and said, "However, as long as you can help me find this herb, these things will be given to you."

"What is this?" Leo looked at the page in doubt.

The pattern on the page of the book is a flower that looks very similar to the earth plant lily of the valley, except that this flower has only one flower, one flower stem and one flower leaf. The overall color of the flower is purple, and there are some swirls on the surface Gold thread, looks very nice.

"This is the purple crown flower." Nelson only glanced at the page, without needing to read the introduction on the pattern, he had already identified this flower with such obvious characteristics. However, he then asked suspiciously: "Didn't the Herbal Medicine Association say that purple crown flowers don't exist at all?"

"When will the words of those idiots be correct!" The old man snorted disdainfully, and then said very cautiously: "I have definite news that the purple crown flower will appear in the Black Forest of the Brumy Moon, but It needs to be put into a special container so that it can be preserved intact and will not wither."

Leo interjected abruptly at this time, and said: "Wait, since we know that this kind of plant will appear in the Black Forest of Brumy Moon, it means that someone has entered the Black Forest of Brumy Moon and came out alive. Didn't you say that No one ever…”

"Idiot, it may not be a human being who comes out." Before Lei Hou finished speaking, the old man retorted.

"It's not necessarily a person?" Leo was stunned for a while, he didn't understand what the old man said, and was about to ask again, but the old man preemptively indicated that he would not say anything.

The old man asked: "What do you think of this deal?"

Nelson hesitated for a moment and said, "I may not be able to find this legendary plant."

The old man said straightforwardly: "It's okay, it's best if you can find it, and it's nothing if you can't find it."

"Okay then, I can give it a try." Nelson nodded in agreement.

Leo interjected again at this time: "Wait, I think we seem to be at a disadvantage in this deal." Then, he pointed to the pattern on the page, and said: "If I guessed correctly, this plant is A unique plant in the world, right? Don’t you think it’s a bit of a stretch to trade in some insect repellent for a unique plant that can make you rich and famous?”

"Don't forget, I'm in danger of losing money!" The old man immediately showed his businessman's instinct, and bargained with Leo: "After all, you may not be able to find the purple crown flower, but I have to invest in these precious drive away in advance. Insect medicine."

Leo directly hit the old man's vital point, and said: "But you will never find someone who is willing to enter the Black Forest in the foggy moon, will you?"

The old man was silent for a while, gritted his teeth, and said angrily to Leo, "Okay! Greedy Engel octopus. What reward do you want?"

Leo didn't know the value of the purple crown flower, and he couldn't consult Nelson right now, so he deliberately pretended that you wouldn't cheat me, exchanged the pricing power to the old man, and said, "It's not that I want What reward, but what reward you are willing to pay."

"Three thousand golden flanges." The old man thought for a while and said.

Leo said: "No, I think three thousand gold shields are more appropriate."

"You're crazy! Three thousand gold shields? Do you know how much three thousand gold shields are worth?" The old man showed an exaggerated expression, as if Leo had offered a sky-high price enough to buy the entire French Empire.

Leo said calmly: "I know how much the three thousand gold shield is worth, and I think the purple crown flower is worth the price."

Although the French Empire is one of the most powerful countries on land, it is much poorer than the Kingdom of England, which started from maritime trade and has business ties with countries on the three continents. And because the Kingdom of England and all the countries of the Continental Congress have business contacts, the gold shields issued by them have become the common currency of the member states of the Continental Congress, and the price ratio with the gold flange is two to one.

The old man had a gloomy face and thought for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just three thousand gold shields!"

After finishing speaking, the old man took out another barrel-shaped container that should be used to hold the purple crown flower, handed it to Nelson, and then told Nelson the address of Miria City, so that he could find the purple crown flower no matter whether it was found or not. All go there.

During the whole process, the old man didn't look at Leo again, obviously he hated Leo who demanded such a ruthless price.

After leaving the herb shop, Nelson took Leo and Jason to buy some forest-specific hunting clothes, leather shoes, tents, and other necessary items. He spent more than half of the money he got from the dead bodies. Hours later, he returned to the hotel.

"I need a separate room." In the hotel lobby, Leo suddenly asked the lobby manager.

The lobby manager quickly responded: "Sorry! We don't have any vacant rooms in our hotel."

Not hearing the answer he wanted, Leo frowned.

Nelson next to him didn't understand why Leo suddenly needed a separate room, but he could see that something was wrong with Leo, so he suggested: "It's impossible to find a separate room in hotels now, if you really need a separate room If so, we can use our own room, I just need to prepare medicines, I can go to the teacher to do it, and it’s okay to rest at the teacher’s at night." Then, he looked at Jason and said: "Jason can come and help I."

Jason seemed a little reluctant, glanced at his mouth, but did not refuse the offer.

Leo was not hypocritical, nodded, and said: "Let's arrange it like this! I don't need a long time, maybe only half an hour is enough, and I will find you when it's over."

Hearing what Leo said, Nelson and Jason showed the same ambiguous eyes, and looked Leo up and down. It was obvious that Leo's words had misunderstood them.

Leo could see that the two had misunderstood, but he had no intention of explaining. He took the key from Nelson and went upstairs.

After returning to the room, Leo threw the package in his hand on the ground casually, then locked the door, checked the latch of the window, and put down the curtain. Afterwards, he checked the walls of the rooms. Although the rooms were made of wood on the outside, there was a layer of asbestos for fire prevention in the walls between the rooms, and this asbestos also played a role in sound absorption. There was so much noise in the room, and the rooms on both sides would not hear any noise.

After a careful inspection and no problems were found, Leo took off all the clothes on his body, took out the Wetzker necklace from his pocket, and lay down on the bed in the most relaxed position.

"Check the body status, adjust the body data in real time, and project the system." Leo issued an order to the vice brain.