The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Not long after Carson Sanjes left, the banquet began. The guests who were chatting around returned to the very large dining table and sat down under the leadership of the attendants. The wine glass said some scene words, and then began to enjoy the food on the table. The guests also found some topics to talk with while eating, so that the banquet was not so dull.

The seats of Sylvia and Leo are at the front of the dining table, not far from the seat of Gapata, and only the local dignitaries are qualified to sit.

This also made the surrounding guests who didn't know Sylvia very curious about their identities, and as Sylvia's identity was revealed, she gradually became the center of the banquet, and many people took the initiative to contact her, Some are because of Sylvia's adventures in the wasteland, and more are directed at the Dodd Group controlled by Sylvia.

Compared with the popular Sylvia, Leo, who has been silent since the beginning of the banquet, is very inconspicuous, which makes most people think that Leo may just be randomly found by Sylvia A person accompanying a banquet, after all, it is always a bit weird to attend a banquet alone.

However, for those who know Leo's identity, Leo's status and importance in their minds are not much worse than Sylvia's, but they can't find a suitable reason and opportunity for a while. touch.

However, soon someone began to try to contact Leo. This person was one of the members of the Hearing Society who was talking to Sylvia just now. He didn't look very old. He was about thirty years old and had The obvious characteristics of mixed blood, it is not difficult to see from the attitudes of other people around him, even though he is a member of the Heterogenetic Society, not many people are willing to make friends with him.

The man stood up directly, walked to Leo's side, and then signaled the person next to Leo to make way for him.

This kind of behavior is regarded as an extremely rude behavior by others. The person who was asked to give up his seat also felt offended and was about to get angry, but was stopped by the companion next to him, and then He said something in a low voice, and gestured to the members of the Odd Society who were talking with other people not far away.

The man immediately became concerned and fell silent for a while, suppressed his anger, stood up, and silently made way for him.

Although this episode did not attract the attention of others at the banquet, it contained another meaning in Leo's eyes, that is, the Society of Strange Studies is no longer just a place to study various academics and spread various knowledge. The main loose organization, but a power organization that has begun to develop towards the secular forces, and should have established a lot of power in the wilderness tribes, otherwise, there would not be a mixed-race tribesman because of a strange news The identity of the society, but was scrupled by a tribal dignitary.

"Mr. Leo, my name is Tux." After the man sat down, he introduced himself directly to Leo: "I am now a clerk of the Heterogenetic Society. I heard him mention you once."

Leo didn't care that the other party mentioned the old man Rembrandt, because he couldn't prove this kind of thing at all, and there was no need to prove it, because whether he had studied with the old man Rembrandt had no influence on him, even if it was Lunbrand. It is also impossible for Mr. Brown's students or relatives to have any mental and ideological influence on him.

Compared with the fact that he had learned this from the old man Rembrandt, Leo was interested in another thing that he revealed, and said: "Bachelor of Letters? Is it possible that the members of the Hearing Society have also begun to have a division of duties? ?I remember that all members of the Heterogenetic Society are equal, and their relationship with each other is that they are companions who study and communicate together. There is not even a president. What is going on with this clerk? Is it me? Is the Odd Society known before fake, or does the Odd Society in Mosang Wasteland have another set of rules?"

Taxes did not show any timidity or shrinkage because of Leo's questioning. Instead, he raised his head slightly and said: "The times have changed, and the rules of the past are no longer suitable for the current era. Don't you think so? If If it is really still operating according to the rules of the past era, then there should not be an industrial monster as large as a country like the Dodd Group on the Mosang Continent."

Leo was noncommittal about this answer, but went straight to the point and asked, "So what is the purpose of the now-changed Odd Academy?"

"Let the world return to civilization." Tuckers said very proudly.

"Civilization?" Leo seemed to have heard a joke, smiled disdainfully, and said, "So what is civilization? And who defines what is civilization? Is it a strange society?"

"No one can define civilization, including us." Tux was very eloquent and quickly responded, and after answering, he seemed to feel that the answer was not enough to express his thoughts, and continued to add: "But in this world Nobody is better qualified to define civilization than we are."

After hearing the other party's answer that sounded somewhat contradictory, Leo smiled again, but this time it was no longer disdainful and contemptuous, but just smiled.

"What's the matter with you taking the initiative to talk to me?" Leo asked straightforwardly, as if he didn't want to go around with the other party.

Tux thought for a while, and said: "I came to contact you to ask you what you saw and experienced in the ruins in the Badisha mine not long ago?" He paused for a while. , and seemed to be worried about not being convincing enough, so he added: "We have been looking for the whereabouts of the old man Rembrandt. If you find something there, it may help us find him."

"Looking for the whereabouts of old man Rembrandt?" Leo turned to stare at Tux and asked, "It's been so many years, do you think he's still alive?"

Tuckers replied in the affirmative: "Yes, we can be sure that he is still alive."

Leo could see that the other party was not lying, which also made him realize that the Hearing Society must have left something on the old man Rembrandt back then, and that thing could respond to the life and death of the old man Rembrandt, otherwise, the other party would Wouldn't act so sure.

Leo asked again: "When you talked with Sylvia just now, didn't she tell you what happened that day?"

"No." While Tax was answering, he also bypassed Leo and looked at Sylvia who was sitting next to her and was talking to a certain tribal dignitary.

"Me neither." Leo also replied: "We found nothing there. What your people saw afterwards is what we saw."

Tux frowned, apparently not believing Leo's words, and said, "Your Excellency Leo, I believe you also hope that Old Man Rembrandt can come back smoothly, you..."

Before Tux could finish speaking, Leo interrupted the other party, and asked back: "I really believe what you just said, why can't you believe what I said?"

Taxes was silent for a while, without responding, he just stood up, saluted Leo, and then turned back to his previous seat.

"He is a student of Dutares, and he is the most outstanding student. He became an official member of the Hearing Society at the age of seventeen." At this time, Sylvia ended her conversation with a certain tribal dignitary Turning his head to look at Taxes who had returned to his seat, he said, "He did learn from old Rembrandt, but he was very young at that time, and he was with Dutares as an apprentice. Go to the ruins of Badisha and sort out the items excavated from the ruins. I suspect that when the accident happened in the ruins, he might have been at the scene, but he was on the ground."

"Dutares? That one million pounds?" Leo didn't care about Tux's affairs, but was interested in another person, and confirmed.

Sylvia nodded and said, "Yes, that one million gold pounds."

Leo said with some doubts: "How could his students appear here? You must know that the shamanism in the wasteland hates him deeply?"

In the information of Leo's memory bank, Dutares' information is very complete. It can be said that he is a member with the most complete information in the Hearing Society. A person who lives on a bounty has a detailed profile associated with him.

This Dutares is from England, and he is also a professor of folklore at the National College of England. The reason why he can become a member of the Hearing Society is not only because he has in-depth research on the folklore of various countries in the world, but also because he is a Vinylon World is the deepest academic authority on shamanism. From the perspective of shamanism's teachings and ideas, even the great shamanism of shamanism is far from being able to compare with Dutares.

Although it cannot be said that Dutares initiated the shamanism boom in the Kingdom of England, he was the one who pushed it to the peak.

Dutares believes that the core of shamanism is all kinds of mysterious rituals full of the meaning of primitive beliefs, so when he conducts academic research, he restores a large number of shamanism's abandoned rituals in the past, and even creates some new ones that are very in line with the mentality of the people at that time. Rituals, it can be said that nearly half of the shamanic ceremonies that were popular in the Kingdom of England at that time came from his academic research.

In some respects, Dutares has indeed popularized the shamanism of the wilderness tribes to the people of all countries in the world of Velen, so that people no longer reject the shamanism because of ignorance, but at the same time, his other behaviors are also corrupting the shamanism in the world. Images, such as the shamanistic rituals he restored and created, are full of various unethical behaviors, and some even involve blood sacrifices that are considered heretical.

In the end, Dutares's academic papers caused some troubles, which involved the British royal family and many dignitaries. As a result, Dutares was deprived of the titles of professor and knight, exiled from the Kingdom of England, and exiled At the same time, the black market also put up a reward related to Dutares, and there were more than one faction and person who offered the reward. There is also a name of a million pounds.

However, although he was expelled from various institutions, the Hearsay Society did not abandon him, but protected him instead, so no one has completed the black market reward.

In the black market rewards, the shamanism of the wasteland tribe also occupies a part. Although I don’t know which tribe came out of this part, it is recognized that the shamanism of the wasteland tribe has aversion and hatred for Dutares, and almost everyone thinks that Dutares would never dare to go to the wasteland. If he went, he would be sacrificed by the shaman.

However, it now seems that the bounty hunters outside are wrong. This place, which is regarded as the forbidden area of ​​Dutares, happens to be the hiding place of Dutares, and it seems that he is not the kind of hiding incognito , and even participated in various research and expedition activities of the Hearing Society in the wasteland.

"Back then, the Hearing Society paid a high price to protect Dutares, and made the shaman holy mountain in the wasteland give up the responsibility for Dutares' blasphemy. Dutares must also use his research to cooperate with the shamanism. Some teaching additions and revisions." Sylvia briefly explained, and said: "Although many people feel that those prices are not worth paying, no one objected, after all, no one can guarantee that they will be smooth sailing all the time. , if something happens one day, I also hope to get help from the organization."

Leo asked again: "Now the Strange Story Society should have a great influence in the wilderness tribe. Will it affect you?"

Sylvia shook her head and said, "I don't know for the time being. Although my relationship with the academy has broken down, they haven't become enemies yet. They won't take the initiative to provoke me." As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, He leaned over to Leo and asked curiously, "What was your Carson Sanjes talking about just now?"

"You know Carson Sangers?" Leo asked.

"Of course I know." Sylvia nodded and said: "Carson Sangers is the name he said to the outside world. His tribal name is Takuta, which translates to Eternal Light in French. This generation of firekeepers of the holy mountain was selected by the firekeeper tribe of the mountain. However, as the wilderness tribe split into north and south, the holy mountain was also divided into north and south. Originally, he should have stayed in the northern holy mountain to continue guarding the fire of the holy mountain, but he Decided to come to the holy mountain in the south, and separated one flower from the fire of the holy mountain in the north, and put it in the southern holy mountain, which became the origin of the holy fire here. This matter was a big deal in the wilderness tribe at that time, and the firekeeper The tribe had to re-select a firekeeper to be stationed in the northern holy mountain, and the matter calmed down temporarily, and the firekeeper was divided into north and south. However, this incident allowed Carson Sanjes to obtain From a certain point of view, his power and influence in the Southern Tribal Alliance are even greater than those of the great shamans in the Holy Mountain."

After hearing this, Leo said, "Then do you know that this Carson Sanders is not only a holy mountain firekeeper, but also a tower wizard, and a real tower wizard."