The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although I was a little surprised that the castle that was supposed to be in the Black Forest would appear in the wilderness of the Mosang Continent, neither Leo nor Sylvia had any doubts before, because if we look at the real situation in the Black Forest In other words, the entire Velen world is just a part of the Black Forest world tree, then the wasteland is naturally a part of the Black Forest, but the difference is that the Black Forest is completely closed, while the barren principle is an open Black Forest.

Although due to the restrictions of some Black Forest laws, things in the Black Forest cannot appear outside the Black Forest, but judging from the situation of the White Deer, it is obvious that this law is either loose or can be extended infinitely. It can be said to be the Black Forest of the Velen Continent, but it can also be counted as the entire Black Forest World Tree. In this way, the White Deer can appear in the Kingdom of England and Mosan Continent, which are based on the Black Forest of the Velen Continent.

In this way, it is not incomprehensible for this corner castle that originally belonged to the Black Forest to appear here.

"Since the corner castle was moved from the Black Forest, then..." Sylvia had some thoughts at this time, looked at the heart spar of the Abyssal Demon, and said: "Then the heart of this Abyssal Demon will Could it be that it was also transferred from the Black Forest?"

"It's possible." Leo didn't say for sure, but responded vaguely.

Although the Black Forest can be said to be the core area of ​​the abyss invasion, according to Leo's knowledge, there are at least two abyss fissures hidden in the Black Forest, one is Lanxi where Leo and Sylvia had been, and the other The place is deeper in the Black Forest, guarded by the deer of the Black Forest.

Therefore, it is not impossible for the Abyssal Demon to appear in the Black Forest and die in the Black Forest, but there is one thing that makes people wonder, that is, no matter how the heart of the Abyssal Demon is not valued by those existences in the Black Forest, it should not be It is right to throw it around. This thing should either be completely destroyed or sealed for preservation. It should never be thrown into a place like the Mosang Wasteland where the Abyssal Demon might be revived.

Leo expressed his doubts, and Sylvia also showed a blank look on his face when he heard it, then pointed to the corner castle and said, "Should we go in and take a look? Maybe we can find something clue?"

Hearing Sylvia's suggestion, Leo thought for a while and nodded in agreement. He took a step ahead and walked to the gate of the corner castle, pushing the gate open forcefully.

The defense of the corner fort is not only reflected in its unique sharp corner shape and thick city walls, the gate of the corner fort is also a stone gate made by a special method, which is much stronger than ordinary city gates in terms of defense, and because the city gate There are many defensive holes on the top and surrounding walls for shooting arrows and throwing fire, so often even if the siege troops attack the city wall, they still cannot break through the city gate.

However, as famous as its defensive power is the damage rate of this kind of city gate. Basically, this kind of city gate can only last for a month or two at most, and the hinge of the city gate will be damaged, and it is very troublesome to repair.

However, what surprised Leo was that he had already planned for the city gate to be damaged, so he used some strength when pushing the door, but the city gate moved smoothly with his pushing force. The two sides opened, and drew a semicircle, hit the city walls on both sides, made two loud noises, and broke the surrounding silence.

This scene couldn't help but surprised Leo, and also made Sylvia feel puzzled. She quickly stepped forward, walked to the door hinge and looked, and soon she found that the door hinge was very new. In less than ten days, the surface was not worn seriously, even the name and number of the craftsman branded by the craftsman who made the door shaft were not worn off.

While Sylvia told Leo about her discovery, Leo's eyes also fell on the inside of the corner castle.

Because the corner fort is mainly built as a fortification, the internal construction of the corner fort is very simple. The square in front of the gate is the center, and the barracks, meeting hall, blacksmith shop, granary, etc. are surrounded in turn. The first floor is the residence of the city lord.

Under normal circumstances, only the castellan's guards, servants, castellan and his family live inside the horn fort. Only in times of war, the villages attached to the horn fort will lead the villagers to take refuge in the horn fort, and the nearby garrison will also Stationed in the corner fort to assist in the defense, when the time comes, temporary tents will be set up in the square to provide shelter for those who have taken refuge.

The corner castle that appeared in the eyes of Leo and Sylvia is not as dilapidated as the outer city wall looks, but as new as the door shaft. There are large mosses and vines growing due to no one taking care of it. Even the small grass does not grow in the gaps in the stone slabs on the square. Looking at the past, it will give people a feeling that this corner fort was used not long ago. a feeling of.

"Take a look separately." Seeing the scene in front of her, Sylvia turned her head and suggested to Leo.

"Yeah!" Leo nodded in agreement, and then reminded: "It's a bit weird here, you have to be careful."

"Understood." Sylvia replied, and then walked straight towards the meeting hall.

Seeing that Sylvia chose the conference hall, Leo looked around, then turned and walked to the granary beside him.

Just like most castles, the corner castle also pays special attention to the construction of granaries. There are four granaries of different sizes in this small area inside the corner castle. The food stored here is enough to provide half a year's consumption for 5,000 people. .

Because of those abnormal situations before, Leo also had some mental preparations for the abnormal situations that might appear in the granary. After going up to a granary, opening the granaries, and looking inside, he just said something plainly. In this way, the barn door is closed.

As Leo expected, the grain in the granary was not spoiled, and it was still well preserved, just like the new grain that had just entered the warehouse some time ago.

Afterwards, Leo went to several other granaries, and the situation was similar. Only one small granary was old grain, and the grain in all the granaries were some dried fruits, rice and wheat that would only be produced in the Vinylon Continent in the past. At that time, these dried fruits, rice and wheat, which were the main grains, had long been improved, and they were different in size and shape from the past such grains.

After looking at these granaries, Leo is basically sure that these granaries were hundreds of years ago, but time seems to have stagnated on these granaries, so everything has been maintained for hundreds of years the way it was before.

Afterwards, Leo inspected the barracks, pack animal camp, and servants' rooms in turn, and found that the furniture and daily necessities there were still the same as they were hundreds of years ago. Even on the dining tables in these places, you can still see Thoroughly spoiled processed food.

After walking out of the last servant's house, Leo happened to see Sylvia walking out of the door of the meeting hall, but Sylvia seemed to have noticed something, her face was full of thoughts, and she was holding a bag in her hand. This thick book.

Leo walked over, and didn't immediately ask Sylvia about what he found, but told Sylvia what he found, and Sylvia described it as if time had stood still when Leo mentioned it. Finally, there was a little surprise on his face, and then he handed the book in his hand to Leo, motioning him to take a look.

Leo took the book and flipped through it. The text in the book is in ancient French, which should be the second revised French. These languages ​​are not only mixed with a large number of local languages ​​of the Black Forest tribe at that time. , and the grammar has not been formalized, it seems very confusing.

However, these languages ​​that are difficult for others to read are not a hardship for Leo. He read the entire book easily.

This book was written by a man named Mitelius. Judging from the form of the name, it should be a person in the early knight dynasty, and what he wrote seems to be a dream story, and the interesting thing is that this dream story It is not finished at one time, but has a part every day, which means that the content recorded in this book is a dream story that lasted for nearly a hundred days.

The content of the dream is very simple, that is, Mitelius killed a friend of his by mistake, and felt guilty, so one night he dreamed of his friend, but the friend did not blame him, but took him to tour the world after death, He recorded in detail what he saw and heard in the dream.

If he saw this book elsewhere, Leo would undoubtedly regard this book as a very good novel, because it is very simple, unless it is a person with special abilities, it is impossible for anyone to remember clearly It is impossible to write down any things I saw in my dreams in detail, so the description of the afterlife in this book is more like some kind of fable, so as to educate people at that time to do good deeds, Do not do evil.

But now seeing this book that may be written by Si Si himself, Leo can feel the author's emotions from the lines, and can feel the fear revealed between the lines. Obviously, the recorded content seems to be terrified the author himself.

But the problem is that these recorded contents are not too scary. Compared with some folk fairy tales, these contents can be said to be quite peaceful, and can even be used as children's books, don't say no It will scare adults, even if children read it or write it down, they shouldn't be scared.

But this content is completely contrary to the mood of the author when he wrote it, which is really puzzling, especially the last chapter, which seems to be finished. The author has completed the spiritual transformation, let go of the guilt of the past, and At the end of the journey and seeing the gods, it can be said to be a very satisfactory ending.

But in the end, the author wrote these few words very abruptly, and from the distorted notes, it can be seen that the author's emotions at that time had reached the extreme of fear, reaching the verge of collapse.

"A very weird handwritten book." Leo commented on the book, and then asked Sylvia in doubt: "What did you find in this book?"

Hearing Leo's question, Sylvia was also a little surprised, and said, "Have you never heard of the Book of Fear by Metellus?"

"The Book of Fear of Metellus?" Leo was a little dazed. After a quick search in the database, he shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it. Is this book famous?"

"I'm a little surprised that you don't know this book?" Sylvia couldn't help smiling when she saw that Leo really didn't know about the Book of Fear of Metelius, and said, "I didn't expect you to exist in this world." Something you don't know?"

Leo curled his lips and said, "There are too many things in this world that I don't know. What's the surprise?"

"Indeed, there is nothing surprising, but you have impressed me too much before. You can find a solution to everything you encounter. It gives me the illusion that you are omniscient and omnipotent." Hill Via smiled, and then did not continue this topic, but shifted to the business, pointing to the book in Leo's hand, and explained: "Before the knowledge of the thirteen ancient gods of the madman appeared, the book of fear of Mitelius It is a forbidden book jointly recognized by the Orthodox Church of the True God and the Underground Church of Evil God, and there are rumors that some of the knowledge of the thirteen ancient gods of the madman comes from the Book of Fear of Mitelius."

"Since there is such a thing?" Leo showed a look of surprise, and then asked again: "Since it is called the book of fear, the content should be very scary, but the book in my hand doesn't seem to be scary no matter how you look at it .”

"I'm also a little confused," Sylvia agreed with Leo's opinion, and said, "After I got this handwritten book and saw the name of Mitellius, I immediately thought of the name of Mitellius. The Book of Fear, but except for a few exceptions, the content of this book is hard to scare people, so I also have some doubts whether the content of this book is the Book of Fear or not?" At this point, she suddenly paused , and continued: "However, after hearing the results of your examination just now, I feel that even if this book is not the Book of Fears, it may have something to do with the Book of Fears, because I remember a file of the Orthodox Church mentioning that a certain ancient A disaster caused by the Book of Fear broke out in a village. All the villagers died in that disaster. Afterwards, the village was sealed off. Later, the Orthodox Church sent people to investigate and found that the village was still exactly the same as when it was sealed off. It’s almost the same as what you described just now, as if time has stopped in that village.”

"So this is the Book of Fear of Metelius?" Leo looked at the book in his hand again. He was really confused, because he couldn't feel any extraordinary energy fluctuations from this book at all. The surrounding corners also couldn't feel any abnormalities, but he also knew that he couldn't completely trust his own perception. There are still many powers in the world that cannot be discovered through perception. Maybe this book is like this A source of strength.