The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Because there is a more powerful and terrifying monster entrenched here." Just when Bran and other caravan executives were puzzled by the abnormal situation in the forest, Leo's voice came from the small room behind Bushan. , Confused.

After listening to Leo's words, everyone who was stuck in a dead corner of thinking also came back to their senses. Indeed, as Leo said, for those monsters who act based on instinct and animal nature, it is only possible to encounter more powerful and terrifying monsters. Escape the chassis they already occupy.

"You better count the number of people." Leo reminded again when everyone's attention had not yet returned from the news of the existence of terrifying monsters here.

Although Leo is just a stranger who temporarily joined the caravan, his outstanding temperament has already left a deep impression on the hearts of the caravan executives. Just like Bran, others also subconsciously think that Leo is not an ordinary person , either the nobles with high status, or those superhumans with powerful power.

Unlike Bran who thinks that Leo is a big man with status, the captain of the guard and the leader of the hunter in the caravan believe that Leo is a superhuman with great power based on experience, because only those with great power have the courage and ability to fight in this world. Travel alone in an age of monsters.

No matter what image Leo is in the minds of these caravan executives, his words will be taken seriously by these people.

So when they heard Leo's reminder, even if they didn't understand what Leo meant, they still chose to follow Leo's suggestion.

As a result, a team of more than 500 meters long stopped advancing under a single order, and stood by for orders. The caravan guards took out their weapons and entered a state of alert according to past rules and experience. The hunters who were pathfinders were also listening. After the indicative whistle from the hunter leader, he quickly returned to the caravan.

Afterwards, the captains and low-level stewards in charge of each team began to check the number of caravans according to the rosters in their hands. Although everyone in the caravan was puzzled by this order, they still faithfully followed the instructions and stayed where they were, waiting for the next order , and the atmosphere of the entire caravan has changed from a relaxed atmosphere that has not encountered any monster attacks to a little tense.

Although the Fire Dancer Caravan is a large caravan, with thousands of people including logistics, but because of the proper organization and detailed division of powers, the efficiency of any work is very efficient, and the total number of caravans will soon be invited. It came out, but the final result was not what everyone hoped for, so that everyone had worried expressions on their faces.

The entire caravan was missing five people, two of them were members of the hunter team, two were caravan guards, and one was a servant in charge of logistics. The fact that someone was missing wasn't what worried the caravan executives, it really made them What is worrying is that these missing people do not exist in the memory of everyone in the caravan, and only exist in the roster.

The fire dancer caravan has been doing business outside all the year round, and the top executives of the caravan are naturally experienced old people. They soon realized that extraordinary power was involved in the disappearance of the people in the caravan. The unknown existence of the members of the caravan erased the captives from the memory of everyone in the caravan at the same time as they captured the people. This made the caravan executives not realize that someone was missing until just now.

Because this kind of thing has never happened before, the senior management of the caravan can only adjust the caravan's marching queue according to the response plan sorted out based on past experience.

The snake-like formation, which was originally based on fast travel, was gathered back, the non-combatants in the caravan were arranged in the middle of the team, the caravan guards were all arranged around in a state of readiness, and the hunter team was also called back to the team They were all arranged on the roof of Bushan's small house, equipped with mechanical bows and crossbows, serving as temporary sentry towers and long-range strike forces.

In addition, Bran also activated several shaman spells that were arranged on Bushan's body for detection and warning, and at the same time distributed the matching fruits to everyone in the caravan.

The functions of these shaman spells are the same, which is to create a warning field. As long as there is no fruit on the body, it can be sensed by this warning field. At the same time, if the creature with the fruit leaves the warning field, the field will also immediately An alarm is sounded, and the fruit will also burst, producing a very pungent smell and a fluorescent fog that can be seen clearly in the dark.

This kind of shaman spell can be said to be the most popular shaman spell on the mainland of Mosang. Because it is very simple and effective, even in places like the Holy City of the Lord of the Sky, there are people who are willing to use this kind of shaman spell. Full spells to protect yourself.

After arranging the caravan's security and defense plan, Bran also asked Leo for his opinion, but Leo would inevitably hit the opponent's morale, and did not tell his true thoughts, but let Bran continue on his way.

Leo didn't hide his thoughts, which made it easy for Bran to see that Leo didn't seem to be optimistic about these arrangements of the caravan, but although he saw Leo's true thoughts, he didn't ask too much, except Because he didn't think there was a problem with his arrangement, but also because he had a little doubt about Leo.

This does not mean that Bran really suspects that Leo is the unknown being that caused the disappearance of the caravan members, it is just because when something happens to the caravan, as the caravan supervisor, he will instinctively doubt everything that can be doubted, even if Lei He invited Ou to join the caravan.

Under Bran's order, the caravan restarted and marched towards the destination along the winding and difficult mountain road, but compared with the previous speed of the caravan, the current speed has been reduced by nearly half, so the caravan Anyone with a little experience knows that it may be difficult for them to reach the camp of the Kata tribe before dark.

In the dark night, staying in the wild, even if you are not alone and there are many people around you, you will still feel fear instinctively. This kind of fear quickly spread in the caravan. The scene also disappeared, replaced by faces with dignified expressions.

Leo in the small house naturally also saw that Bran had a little doubt about him, and he didn't mind about it, because if he was in Bran's current position, he would have the same suspicion, and even more excessive ones. matter.

What he is more concerned about now is the unknown existence who can silently abduct the caravan members and even modify his memory under the monitoring of his mental network.

When the caravan started to set off, Leo's mental net had already spread to the surrounding area. He checked the surrounding situation and found no problems until Bran mentioned that there were no monsters and ferocious beasts in the surrounding forest not long ago. , he realized something was wrong.

Because unlike Bran and other high-level caravan leaders who only put their warning targets on those ferocious beasts and monsters, Leo's spiritual net is aimed at almost all creatures, including plants and insects, because if the mutation of the world affects humans and Animals, plants and insects are certainly not immune, and compared with the continents of Velen and Minsk, the vast majority of the land in Mosang, which is still in the state of primeval forest, hides an astonishing number of dangerous insects and plants.

According to the Biology Encyclopedia published by the School of Medicine, almost all the most dangerous insects and plants in the world are found in the Mosang Continent, and only the mysterious Black Forest can compare with it in the entire Velen World.

But Leo followed the caravan all the way, and found that not only was there not a single dangerous mutated insect in the surrounding primeval forest, but even the mutated plants hidden in the normal trees in the forest shrank, not daring to show any signs of life. unusual.

This also made Leo make a previous judgment, thinking that there might be a powerful and terrifying unknown existence hidden in the forest in this area, which frightened all the mutated creatures in the forest, and those who could escape escaped from here There is a forest, including insects, and those who cannot escape can only curl up to avoid being discovered by this mutant creature.

Afterwards, Leo suggested counting the number of people because he found that there were fewer people in the caravan. When he set off, he asked for the number of people through the spirit net, and when he asked for the number again just now, he found that there were fewer people in the caravan. He lost five people, and like Bran and others, he also found that he did not have the relevant memories of these five people, only judging from the numbers that there were fewer people, which also showed that he was also subjected to unknown Force attack.

This is undoubtedly an incredible thing for Leo, because he knows very well that under the influence of various special forces on his body, even Omega-level advanced life forms or gods cannot tamper with his memory silently. But the current facts tell him that an unknown existence has done it, which also makes him guess that this unknown existence is an existence beyond the gods.

However, this conjecture was immediately denied by Leo, because it is obvious that if the other party is a being that transcends gods, then there will definitely be a place for him in the churches of all countries in Velen, especially the fanatic believers of the church of evil gods. They believe in the food of the gods, because it makes them think that they have merged with the gods, and the other party does not need to hide in the forest secretly like this, hunting humans who break into their domain.

Leo, whose curiosity was aroused by this unknown existence, didn't feel that he would encounter any danger. Instead, he created some game-like star areas, which could just use the other party to pass the boring time on the road.

Therefore, when Bran and other caravan executives began to arrange the caravan's security and fortifications, Leo also arranged some spiritual energy around the caravan, and at the same time left a spiritual imprint on everyone in the caravan. In order for someone in the caravan to go missing, he can use the spiritual imprint to find the other party's location.

In addition, he does not think that the unknown existence is still hiding in the forest to spy on the caravan like Bran and others, waiting for the next opportunity to attack. On the contrary, he thinks that the unknown existence may be hidden in the caravan now, or Becoming someone in the caravan, or hiding in the caravan's cargo, in short, this unknown existence not only deceived Bran and other caravan executives, but also made his mental network invalid, so all his The layout is all for the interior of the caravan.

However, I don't know if it's because the unknown existence already knew that the caravan had discovered the anomaly, or the caravan's various fortifications had an effect, or Leo's arrangement made the unknown existence no chance to attack. During the journey, the caravan never went missing again, nor did it encounter any danger. On the contrary, the act of stopping several times on the road to ask for a count made everyone's nerves tense. After a long time, all Everyone showed a tired look.

However, there are gains and losses. Although the hidden unknown existence exhausted the spirit of the entire caravan, the caravan was not attacked at the same time. Even in the forest after dark, there were still no monsters attacking them. Even the most insensitive person could sense something was wrong, so the atmosphere in the caravan was even more tense than during the day.

Because the caravan slowed down, they were still a long way from the Kata tribe's camp until dark as predicted by Bran and others, but they did not stop advancing as normal , camped in place, but continued to march on the more dangerous forest mountain road in the dark night.

This decision was actually suggested by Leo. The senior management of the caravan discussed whether they should stop and set up camp after dark. Although Bran had some doubts about Leo, because Leo had discovered the abnormal situation before, he was also very special. Pay attention to Leo's suggestion, and the suggestion given by Leo is completely different from the decision made by the caravan executives, that is, to move on.

As for the explanation given by Leo, it is also very simple. After the caravan stays and camps, the security and fortifications will not be much better than they are now, and because they have to camp, the current inherent formation and the entire layout will also be broken. If they are scattered, those shaman spells will naturally be temporarily withdrawn, which will instead expose the entire caravan to danger.

Instead of doing such thankless things, it is better to continue on the road and go to the camp of the Kata tribe. As for the danger that may be encountered on the road, there is only one danger, that is, the mountain road is difficult, and the monster attack that the caravan needs to worry about most , because of the influence of that unknown existence, it no longer poses a threat to the caravan walking in the forest at night.

Afterwards, as Leo said, the caravan only had some minor accidents in a few narrow mountain roads, and never encountered any major dangers until the caravan arrived at the camp of the Kata tribe. There was no monster attack, and the unknown existence did not appear.

However, for the people in the caravan, after arriving at their scheduled rest point, their tense nerves did not relax, on the contrary, they became more tense, and the original panic became stronger and faster. penetrated into the hearts of all.