The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the past, it was definitely a very important thing for the wilderness tribes to hold a banquet. The banquet would only be held when they captured rich prey beyond imagination, won a big victory in a tribal war, or performed a very important shaman ceremony. And the people who will be invited to the banquet will only be people from their own tribe, and no outsiders will be invited.

However, with the spread of culture and customs from various continents during the colonial period, even tribes that still adhere to primitive traditions like the Southern Tribal Alliance will inevitably be affected by this cultural custom. An activity adopted by tribes derived from other continental civilizations.

As the political center of the southern tribal alliance, except for those hermit tribes on the other side of the Great Horn River, almost all those tribes who follow the traditional way will set up a liaison office or office in the southern holy mountain, and the main people of these liaison offices and offices The role is to connect feelings, listen to intelligence, and conclude deals by organizing various activities.

Therefore, in the several ring cities around the southern holy mountain, various banquets are held almost every day, and the frequency of banquets is far higher than that of other civilizations outside the wasteland.

The invitation letter sent by the Anecdote Society is also a common banquet invitation letter, but this is not a banquet held by the Anecdote Society itself, but a banquet held by a tribe named Chaka in the office of the Holy Mountain.

It is not difficult to hear from the name that the Chaka tribe should be a very traditional wilderness tribe, because the name Chaka is an ancient wilderness tribe language, which is only spread in a small area. Except for those tribes that inherit ancient traditions, almost It is rare to use that ancient language as the name of your own tribe.

The meaning of Chaka means knowledge, which means that this tribe is not an ordinary hunting tribe or warrior tribe, but a shaman tribe that mainly trains shamans.

Sylvia didn't know much about this tribe either, at least she hadn't heard of this tribe's name when she was adventuring in the wasteland. The ancient tribes who migrated from the other side of the river and broke away from the secluded customs.

To this end, she asked an employee recruited by the office about the Chaka tribe, and found that the Chaka tribe is really not simple.

The great shaman at the first sight of the holy mountain in the south is from the Chaka tribe. Although after becoming the great shaman of the holy mountain, he must abandon everything from the previous tribe. Some emotions are preserved, and they are more or less partial when dealing with affairs.

For a person with the status of a great shaman at first glance, a little favoritism is not a big deal, but for a small tribe like the Chaka tribe, the slightly partial behavior of a great shaman at first glance is hidden. The additional benefits of the tribe are enough to make them one of the most influential tribes in the southern tribal alliance.

However, the Chaka tribe is also very clear that their current status and influence are all derived from the great shaman at the first glance. Once the great shaman at the first glance passes away, although the Chaka tribe will not fall to the valley, it will still It will definitely lose their strength, so they thought of a way, that is, while they still have a certain influence, they try their best to establish good relations with other tribes, and even learn about the marriage of external civilizations, and many tribes who are in power Those who have established some in-law relationships have guaranteed to a certain extent that their influence can still be maintained after encountering some accidents.

The banquet of the Chaka tribe is very famous in the southern holy mountain. It is basically the most important banquet among the various banquets in the southern holy mountain. Every banquet will invite many spokespersons of outside groups in the southern holy mountain and dignitaries of various tribes. Most of the business contracts related to the tribal alliance are usually negotiated at the banquet of the Chaka tribe, so the invitation letter to the banquet of the Chaka tribe is not only a status symbol, but also contains huge benefits.

The banquet time on the invitation letter was in the evening, and Sylvia took advantage of the gap in the middle to prepare a set of wilderness-style banquet costumes for herself and Leo, and took a carriage to the address marked on the invitation letter in the evening .

It is located between the railway station and the warehouse area. A water channel diverted from Gem Lake converges into a small lake in this low-lying area. Some villas are built around the lake, which are different from the wilderness style. All belong to the holy mountain, and the purpose of the construction is to hold banquets. The Chaka tribe has rented several connected villas for a long time, and this is also the place for them to hold public banquets.

After Sylvia and Leo got off the carriage, the waiters outside the villa stepped forward to receive them skillfully, and after checking the invitation letter politely and rigorously, they greeted them appropriately. In the lakeside garden inside the villa.

If it weren't for the faces of these waiters with the characteristics of wilderness tribesmen, perhaps Sylvia had already regarded this place as a banquet for a certain nobleman of the Faran Empire, and everything here was too familiar to her.

The arrival of her and Leo did not attract the attention of other party participants in the garden. Everyone was busy in their own way, gathered in a small pile, holding a glass of pre-dinner wine while drinking , while talking.

On the other side, the attendants at the banquet were tidying up the dining table, and plates of covered food were neatly placed on the table. Judging from the skilled movements of the attendants, it was obvious that such a banquet was already familiar to them up.

"I didn't expect that there are many old friends!" Sylvia looked around, and her eyes fell on a group of people talking in the small pavilion by the lake not far away, and said in a slightly deep tone.

Leo followed Sylvia's line of sight and saw that the clothes of those people were obviously different from those around him. They were all dressed in very formal academic uniforms that would only be worn by scholars of the French Empire. Some ribbons representing honor, such ribbons will only be awarded by the French Empire if they have made outstanding contributions in academics, and anyone who obtains such ribbons will also obtain the noble status of the knights of the French Empire.

"People from the Faran Empire?" Leo asked.

"No." Sylvia shook her head and said, "They are all traitors to the empire just like me, but my rebellion was later and they were earlier."

Perhaps feeling the sight of Sylvia and Leo, one of the oldest-looking old men in the group seemed to have noticed something, turned around and looked around, and then saw Sylvia, his face Then he showed a smile, and raised the wine glass in his hand to Sylvia.

Although Sylvia was reluctant, she also smiled and gestured towards the old man.

At this time, Leo also saw the old man's appearance clearly, and recognized this very famous scholar in French natural sciences, and said naturally: "It's Professor Faustin, I didn't expect him to be alive."

"Of course he's still alive," Sylvia said flatly, "If he had died back then, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to join the Mystery Society. He is my recommender."

The natural science of the French Empire appeared very early, and it can be said to be the earliest natural science in the world. The people who founded this discipline at that time were mainly to study the strange creatures in the Black Forest. It was a purely scientific research discipline. There have been many great figures in the discipline, and they have left a large number of works in the field of natural science in France, and some of them are the founders and supporters of the medical school.

Later, during the colonial period, as the shamanism of Mozambique spread to the French Empire, the academic circles of the French Empire took a completely different path from that of the Kingdom of England.

The Kingdom of England regarded shamanism purely as a kind of religion and mysticism, and only studied the mysterious rituals and extraordinary power of shamanism, while the French Empire integrated shamanism into natural sciences and created some The supernatural science of occultism and supernatural power, the experiment of the French Empire to create artificial superhumans is derived from this discipline.

Because this subject is a secret subject that involves a lot of blasphemous and anti-human experiments, most of the scholars engaged in the research of this subject are unknown.

However, there are exceptions to everything. For example, the old man named Faustin that Leo sees now is the representative of this supernatural science and the only living member of supernatural science with the academic ribbon of the Empire. In the Who's Who, he ranks eleventh. Before and behind him are either the emperor of the empire or the powerful, and he is the only one who is a commoner.

The reason why he was able to receive such an honor is because he created many methods that can extend human life. For example, Rembrandt’s life-support device originated from his invention, and some mechanical transformation techniques also originated from his invention. , and there are even some rumors that he has created a method that can bring the dead back to life.

Although Faustin is highly respected in the academic circles of French natural sciences, he is notorious in the Church of the True God and the Church of Evil God in the world of Velen, because the transformation techniques and related knowledge he announced all involve blasphemous content , so he was a heretic recognized by the Orthodox Church a long time ago. If it weren't for the protection of the French Empire, he might have been burned to death on the heretical execution rack long ago.

Later, Faustin disappeared suddenly on the way to his laboratory. Most of the rumors in the outside world believed that this was the work of the Orthodox Church. It was the Orthodox Church who kidnapped and killed Faustin, a heretic. Although the Orthodox Church stated that this matter had nothing to do with them, no one believed it.

Afterwards, Faustin did not appear in the world of Velen again, as if he was really dead. Unexpectedly, he would appear in the holy mountain in the south of the wasteland, and his appearance has not changed even after decades. There is no difference between the old scholars painted on the celebrity collection.

At this time, Sylvia also quickly and briefly introduced her relationship with Faustin. Faustin was her tutor when she was studying at the Royal Academy of the French Empire, and she was also the recommender for her to join the Odd Story Society.

At the beginning, Faustin used feigned death to escape the assassination of the Church of the Evil God, and Sylvia was one of the participants. After that, Faustin was also Sylvia's direct instructor in the Heterogenetic Society, and Faustin usually reported to Sylvia Ya handed in some tasks from the Hearing Society, and the relationship between the two has always been very good.

However, with the complete break between Sylvia and the Hearsay Society, the two have no contact with each other. Today's invitation letter is obviously from the hands of Faustain. As for the purpose, Sylvia is not It was very clear, but she knew that she had to wake up twelve minutes to deal with Faustin, otherwise she would easily be led into some traps by her mentor and make some troublesome promises.

"Do you need me to go with you?" Leo asked after listening to Sylvia's introduction.

"No need." Sylvia shook her head and said, "I want to know what the Hearsay Society wants to do in the wasteland. If you are by your side, they won't reveal useful information."

After finishing speaking, she picked up a glass of wine from the plate lifted by the attendant passing by, and walked towards the members of the Hearing Society gathered there.

After Sylvia left the meeting, Leo looked around again. He didn't have the idea of ​​talking to anyone else. He walked to a corner and found a chair to sit down. While drinking, he paid attention to Sylvia. While waiting for the banquet to start.

Although Sylvia broke with the Odd Society, she seemed to have a good relationship with her mentor, Faustin. By the way, other members of the Odd Society did not appear hostile, and they seemed to be in a state of talking with each other. Sylvia quickly became the center of conversation, too.

At this time, many people at the banquet, like Faustain, paid attention to that side, and also noticed Sylvia as the center of the conversation, so they told others about Sylvia.

Although Sylvia has not gone deep into the wilderness for so many years, she has left a lot of legends among the wilderness tribes in the past, and at the banquet, many chambers of commerce and group office directors from America and other places also spoke. Knowing the person in power of the Dodd Group, information about Sylvia soon spread among the banquet participants.

For a while, Sylvia, a banquet participant who had just entered and no one paid attention to, gradually became the center of the banquet. Many people looked at the communication crowd at the Hearing Society, as if they were looking for an opportunity to participate, and then Get in touch with Sylvia.

Everyone present is well aware that the conflict between the Yinyue tribe and the Huorong tribe is inevitable, and how to obtain huge benefits in this conflict is a matter of concern to many people, and among these benefits, arms trading is naturally the biggest piece. And the Dodd Group has the best weapons, whoever can get a share of the Dodd Group's weapons share, then he doesn't need to sell these weapons at all, he can make money as long as he lies down.

Although Sylvia is the center of everyone's attention, Leo, who deliberately sat in the corner, was also secretly watched by some interested people, but the people who watched him were not for the products of the Dodd Group, but It was because of Leo himself.