The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"It's not that we don't do our best, because it's hard to find monsters in the city now." Facing Leo's displeasure, a middle-aged hunter among them, who has extraordinary power in his body but has not yet been stimulated, hesitated for a moment, or Stand up and argue.

"Is it already hard to find?" Leo frowned and said to himself.

"We have captured so many monsters these days, it should be normal for their number to decrease?" someone whispered.

Others also nodded, seeming to agree with this statement.

Leo looked at these hunters disapprovingly, as if he took this sentence as a joke. Although this sentence sounded normal, they ignored one point, that is, these monsters are not beasts.

The number of beasts may decrease or even become extinct due to over-hunting, but this kind of long-night monsters is different. These long-night monsters seem to be real, but in fact these monsters are some energy bodies formed through special methods , That's why these hunters can use the bottle made by Leo and engraved with the rune of confinement to contain the monster's origin.

As long as the long night period does not end, and the huge existence suspended in the outer space that formed the long night period is still emitting residual energy, then this long night period monster will not disappear, let alone decrease.

Therefore, in Leo's view, there is only one possibility for this situation to occur, that is, the long night period is coming to an end, and the energy scattered in Audrey is also weakening, and new monsters cannot be formed as quickly as before.

Thinking of this, Leo put those bottles containing the long-night monster's original energy on the shelf next to him, as if he didn't intend to care about this matter any more, and the hunters also breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you thinking about now?" Leo suddenly asked these lone hunters at this moment: "It has been several days since my previous proposal, what are you thinking about now?"

The laboratory fell silent immediately. These lone hunters looked at each other, as if they were waiting for others to stand up and make a decision.

In fact, the experience of these days has already helped these solo hunters make a decision. You must know that in the past, they could only stay in a safe place honestly during the long night, let alone hunting, even if they went out, they had to be careful. , and if they hunted and captured so many monsters in the past, they would have already suffered heavy casualties, but now there are no casualties, and all of them are intact. Potions and weapons provided.

Although the lone hunters present had already put life and death aside, if they could live better and continue to hunt and kill those monsters, what reason would they refuse?

So after a moment of silence, the middle-aged hunter who spoke before stood up again and said, "What do we need to pay to join the hunter organization, and what can we get in return?"

"What you need to pay is loyalty. Once you join the organization, it is impossible to quit." Leo replied very clearly: "As for the things you can get, there are weapons, money, a lot of information related to monsters, and things that can make you stronger." medicine."

After everyone heard the potion, the expressions on their faces became a lot more excited. If other people said this, these lone hunters might doubt the authenticity of the conversation, but Leo said they were 100% One hundred believe it, especially after they have tried the potion that can double their strength in a short period of time these days, they are even more convinced that Leo must have mastered one or more kinds that can permanently improve the user's strength. Potion of strength.

"Will you send us to kill people?" Just when everyone couldn't wait to express their intention to join, a relatively calm voice came from the crowd. The person who asked this question was an old hunter. Judging from the large corrosive scars on his face, he is a battle-tested warrior. The people around him seem to know this old hunter, and the eyes they look at each other have become very respectful, and they all suppress their eagerness to try. Waiting for Leo's answer.

In fact, with the strength of these solitary hunters, they can be reused by joining any organization, but they are willing to remain solitary. Apart from the fact that they are not used to being restrained by others, they are more worried about becoming other people's killers. These hunters kill monsters. They may be merciless, but they are unwilling to say that their power is used to kill the same kind.

"Of course not, you just need to deal with those monsters." Leo smiled lightly and said, "And if I really encounter an enemy that I can't solve, it is impossible to solve him with your strength, so you Don't worry that I will use you as killers, in fact, your abilities are only for monsters, and for humans, you are still far behind."

Leo's unceremonious words made the lone hunters feel a little embarrassed, but they also understood that what Leo said was reasonable, because the gap between them was too great, especially after they learned about the history of the tower wizard. At that time, he knew that Leo and them were completely in two worlds. If Leo really had any enemies that needed to be solved by assassination, they didn't even have the qualifications to be pawns.

In this complex emotion of embarrassment, anticipation, excitement and bewilderment, these lone hunters who had been willing to die a few days ago agreed to Leo's solicitation and became the first members of the Hunter's Guild under construction. .

Leo didn't keep these people by his side, but assigned them to Sylvia. The more specific work of forming the Hunter's Guild was done by Sylvia, so it was located in the north of Aodorine City the next day. In a five-storey commercial building in the civilian area, the Hunter's Guild was quietly formed, and it was also officially registered in Aodorine City, and the Hunter's Guild's sign was hung at the entrance of the building.

During the long night period, an unknown organization was suddenly established. This is a very rare thing in the city of Aldoline, and it may even be the only case in all cities and regions affected by the long night period, because everyone is old during this period. Stay at home honestly, and be cautious even when you go out. The streets are all empty, and the city is like a dead city. Under this situation, it is definitely not the best time to start an organization or start a company.

At that time, almost everyone in the city thought that the opening of the so-called Hunter's Guild would definitely be deserted, but what was unexpected was that on the day of the opening of the guild, various churches, shaman organizations, underground forces, and large and small chambers of commerce in the city They all sent people to attend the opening ceremony. The lively scene made people feel that this was not in the long night period, but in the normal time and environment.

Because of this, anyone with a little brain realized that this Hunter's Guild might not be simple.

Afterwards, news about the current members of the Hunter Guild, what the Hunter Guild does, and the supporters behind the Hunter Guild began to spread in Aodorine City. Some people who didn't care much about this matter will also pay attention Focus on the Hunter's Guild.

First of all, the fact that the Dodd Group is a supporter of the Hunter's Guild has attracted much attention, because it means that the Hunter's Guild does not need to worry about finances and logistics at least, and it also represents the potential of the Hunter's Guild.

The second is the members of the Hunter Guild. These lone hunters may not be worthy of attention in the eyes of those big shots, but for the folks, the stories of these lone hunters hunting monsters and protecting the people have long been compiled into ballads. You send it to the folks, they are heroes in the hearts of the common people, so that the newly established Hunter's Guild also gained some prestige bonuses.

As for the functions of the Hunter Guild, it has attracted many people. In addition to hunting monsters, its duties also provide some special training for hunting monsters, and these trainings are also aimed at ordinary people. As for the tuition required for these trainings, it is very low. So low that even a poor person can afford it.

Undoubtedly, among all the announced news, the functions of the Hunter's Guild are the most concerned, such as accepting various rewards related to monsters, such as the announcement of purchasing monster remnants, etc., but the most concerned by ordinary people It is training for ordinary people.

You must know that although the city of Aodorin is very safe and stable, this is not absolute. Some monster attacks also occur in the city from time to time. For ordinary people, once encountering these monsters, they are equivalent to a dead end, but If they could learn some ways to deal with those monsters, then maybe they would have a much better chance of surviving after encountering monsters.

It's a pity that unless this kind of combat experience is taught by someone, it is very difficult to study it by yourself. Maybe you will die in the hands of monsters halfway through the study, so now the Hunter's Guild provides special training for hunting monsters. meet the urgent needs of ordinary people.

This also caused the civilians in the city to leave their safe nests in groups of three or four, even after hearing such news, regardless of the fact that the long night period was not over yet, and went to the office of the Hunter Guild to inquire about monster hunting training. various matters.

The emergence of the Hunter Guild has also made various forces realize the feasibility of training civilians to become monster hunters. Even if not everyone can become a hunter, those who have not become hunters can still have a good relationship with the organization responsible for the training during the training process. Even if it is just ordinary people, if the number of people with good relationships accumulates to a certain level, it will inevitably turn into a benign influence, which will have intangible benefits for those forces.

It's just that although those forces have seen the benefits, they don't have absolute control over their respective forces like Leo and Sylvia. They need to persuade other people in the force, and the persuasion process may be very difficult. Long enough for the Hunter Association to gain a firm foothold and grow stronger.

Also because the emergence of the Hunter Association was too eye-catching, the various hunter forces that had promised Leo to join the Hunter Association were not announced, but were hidden by Sylvia through the Dodd Group. Go and disperse to recruit those capable hunters all over the Mozambique continent.

On the day the Hunters Association was established, Leo moved the laboratory from the quarry back to the factory area of ​​the Dodd Group, because his whereabouts have been exposed, it is no longer necessary to stay in the quarry, it is better to return to the factory area , began the construction of the wizard tower.

Although they left the quarry, Leo and Sylvia did not intend to give up here. On the same day, Sylvia submitted an application for a real estate transaction related to the quarry to Audorin's city council, hoping to purchase the quarry. down that land.

For the vast majority of people, this quarry in the city is as ugly as a scar left on a perfect face. In the past so many years, no one has thought of taking over the quarry, because there Outside of the slums, nothing solid could be built at all, and the huge pit needed to be filled, so the quarry had always been empty.

But the situation is different now. Those who know what happened in the quarry not long ago all guessed that the quarry might have something they couldn't think of, so it was taken by Leo, and the laboratory was placed there. Now the real estate transaction application submitted by Sylvia just proved this point, and they wanted to reject the application and keep the quarry.

However, they can only think about it, because they find that they can't find any reason to reject the application. The Dodd Group also has many spokespersons in the parliament, and these spokespersons will firmly grasp any of their loopholes. More importantly, they may not be able to find the good things hidden in the quarry. If they reject this application and fail to find the good things they think, then what awaits them will be early retirement ending.

Therefore, after a heated discussion within the city council, the land transaction for the entire quarry and the surrounding land was concluded in this way. Although the two pieces of land held by the Dodd Group seem to ordinary people, one is cursed land and the other is land that has been abandoned for many years.

For Sylvia, this land can be said to be profitable, because Leo has arranged various rune magic circles under the quarry during this period. Although Leo returned to the factory area, those runes The magic circle was not destroyed, but still remained there, so after learning about the situation, Sylvia had an idea, that is to set up the headquarters of the first witch group here, with the quarry as the center, Build another building, which can echo the tower that Leo is going to rebuild.

Sylvia felt that if her idea was completed, coupled with the influence of the Dodd Group in business and civil society, Odoline City could be completely controlled by them without much effort. .