The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Leo Dodd."

"Roger Hans."

The meeting between the two did not have any highlight moments worth recording. It was just an ordinary meeting of two strangers. They introduced each other and shook hands.

"Is our library helpful to you?" Roger Hans asked abruptly after Leo sat down.

"Helpful." Leo answered briefly and directly, and then asked, "Your Excellency Roger, I don't know why you came here for me?"

"I asked Bojie to invite you here, mainly because I want to get to know you, because I like the shotgun you made by yourself very much. If possible, I hope you can make one for me." Roger Hans explained.

Leo shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I've disappointed you, I have too many orders on hand, these things have taken up most of my time, and I no longer plan to take any orders. "

"In this case, let's pretend that I haven't said anything about it." Seeing that Leo rejected him, Roger Hans didn't show too much disappointment, he continued: "I have another thing I want to ask Lord Leo."

"Please say."

Roger Hans asked directly: "Why did Lord Leo choose the haunted house in Monte Manor where a serious case happened? In my opinion, there are many manors better than Monte Manor in the Great North Point..."

Leo interrupted the other party, and continued: "But there is no real estate that is cheaper and larger than Monte Manor for me to choose from. Our couple just decided to settle here, and the funds on hand are not too much. You have to be smart about it.”

For this reason, Roger Hans could not find any rebuttals or doubts, because the Mont Manor is the largest manor in the Great North Point area, and the sale price of the entire manor is very low, not as low as a house. Ordinary apartment house.

The reason why no one has taken over the Monte Manor for so many years is because the case back then was too big, and the missing Monte family has not been found, and there are a lot of rumors about the Monte Manor, cultists, evil sacrifices, etc. Things were connected together, so that those who had no money could not afford to buy the manor, and those who had money were unwilling to buy it, and finally it fell into the hands of Leo and Sylvia.

In fact, the Hans family also took a fancy to the manor, not only because of the real estate value of the manor, but also because of the mystical knowledge in the manor that Roger Hans has not fully understood so far. This objection is that the Hans family has enough real estate in Beruk City, and if they buy the Monte Manor, the total area of ​​their real estate is likely to enter the top three categories. would like to see.

Although the Hans family has gradually integrated into the upper circle of Beruk City, in some things, the Hans family is still regarded as an outsider.

Roger Hans didn't get entangled in the issue of real estate, he brought the topic to the place he was interested in a little bluntly, and said: "Some time ago, when you asked someone to renovate the manor, some weird things happened. Can't you tell me a little bit more?"

"Your Excellency may be disappointed," Leo said flatly, "Those so-called weird things are just the workers and servants in charge of the reconstruction work, because of the hallucinations caused by various rumors about the manor in the past, in fact, they didn't happen at all. Something weird, they're just scaring themselves."

Although Leo made an explanation, Roger Hans was not satisfied with the explanation at all. He took out the box that was given to Boger Hans before, put it on the table, and asked, "What do you think of the box inside?" s things?"

"It's very interesting." Leo replied: "That's why I came to meet Roger. I have seen similar runes before, but I don't understand what is the meaning of them?"

Roger Hans did not answer Leo's question directly, but felt a little surprised, and asked, "Have you seen it? Where is it?"

"On Emerald Island." Leo gave the answer.

Hearing this sentence, Roger Hans couldn't help but fell into deep thought, while Bojie Hans, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, turned pale with shock, and quickly said: "Your Excellency Leo, please don't say such unfounded If this is the case, how could this thing appear on Emerald Island, and if it spreads out, it will have a very negative impact on our Hans family."

It's no wonder that Bojie Hans was so shocked, because the Emerald Island incident has become a taboo for the entire Outer Federation recently. All churches have been expelled, and all people and forces related to Emerald Island have been punished. If it is rumored that something in the Hans family is similar to something on Emerald Island, and there are mystical symbols on it, it will definitely attract the attention of the federal government. Many people have learned from the past, so the final result is likely to deal a heavy blow to the Hans family.

Thinking of this, Bojie Hans even had the urge to keep Leo in the manor, put him under house arrest, and not let him leave, lest he talk around and cause trouble for the Hans family after he left.

However, this idea only surfaced in his mind for a while, and then sank immediately, because he didn't think he could take down Leo, and it was very likely that when he did it himself, he would have been given away by the gun hidden on Leo's body. Headshot.

Now Leo is almost recognized as a dangerous person by the upper class in Beruk City, because he killed those mutant attackers as easily as crushing a few bugs on the Emerald Island. Those who were still at the venue spread the word. Some people expressed disbelief, but many people believed that Leo had such an ability, especially Bogerhans, who had hunted with Leo before. one of them.

After pondering for a moment, Roger Hans came back to his senses and said, "No! The symbols here cannot appear on Emerald Isle."

Leo didn't argue with him, but directly picked up the pen and paper on the table, and quickly drew on it the extremely uncomfortable symbol he saw from the Emerald Island.

Although Leo did not add any extraordinary power to the symbol, the symbol itself seems to contain a mysterious power that cannot be detected by any means, and this mysterious power is also affecting those around who see this symbol , such as Hans Brothers.

Bojie Hans was already extremely uncomfortable just watching Leo draw less than half, and rushed out of the house, spitting in the grass outside the house, while Roger Hans behaved better , There was no major discomfort, but from the sweat oozing from his forehead and the violently trembling face, it was not difficult to see that he was trying his best to endure the discomfort.

"That's enough, don't draw any more!" Roger Hans yelled loudly when Leo was almost halfway through the painting, and at the same time worried that Leo would not obey his order, so he reached out and grabbed it from Leo's hand. Pass the pen and paper, tear it up and break it, as if only doing so can make the strong discomfort in his spirit disappear.

After a while, he recovered from the discomfort, then shook his head and said, "No, my symbol is different from it, it's a blasphemy rune." He paused for a while, very Seriously said: "Did you really see this rune on the Emerald Isle?"

Leo replied genuinely and falsely: "Yes, I saw it on a house built on the basis of abandoned ruins."

"Abandoned ruins? It's possible." Roger Hans seemed to know something, he didn't say it completely, he just muttered for a while, and then asked Leo as if deliberately changing the subject: "Are you a superspirit? "

When Leo heard the name, he asked back: "Superspirit? Are you talking about the superspirit investigator mentioned in Brantwood's Diary of the Superspirit?"

"Yes, investigators are just a type of superspirit." Roger Hans seemed to confirm Leo's identity, and said, "You can draw profane runes, but you won't be affected by them." Influence, there are only two types of overspirit that meet these two conditions, one is detached and the other is ignorant, obviously you are not detached, otherwise, it will respond." He pointed to the A lamp-like decoration on the table said, "So you should be ignorant."

Leo said unsurprisingly: "Ignorant, it sounds a bit like cursing."

Roger Hans explained: "As the so-called ignorance is bliss, there are too many mysterious things in our world beyond the limit of human understanding. These mysterious things will infect and kill those so-called smart people through the transmission of knowledge, so the ignorant Immunity to these things is the best strength to survive well in this world."

"Interesting statement." Leo smiled, as if he took what Roger Hans said as a chat topic after dinner, and didn't seem to care at all.

"Interesting?" Roger Hans looked at Leo with some displeasure, and said, "This is not an interesting thing. You may have just come into contact with the truth of this world. When you really understand this world, you Definitely wouldn’t describe this world as interesting.”

Leo shrugged and didn't argue with him, and he didn't seem to take Roger Hans' words seriously, but said in a boring tone: "Your Excellency Roger, you called me here to say these things ?”

"No, I just want to understand a fact, and now I understand it." Roger Hans said, took out a sealed black envelope from the drawer, handed it to Leo and said, "When did you If you are interested in what I'm talking about, tear open the envelope anytime, and someone will take you to a secret place, where you can learn the truth of the world."

Leo took the envelope and looked at it, without asking any further questions, he just stood up, turned around and walked out of the room, just in time to meet Bojie Hans who had already vomited and was walking back.

When Bojie Hans was about to ask Leo why he left so soon, he suddenly saw the black envelope in Leo's hand. The surprised expression on his face was undisguised. He didn't return until Leo walked past him. Come to his senses, he followed quickly, and sent Leo away from the manor according to normal interests.

After a while, Bojie Hans, who had sent Leo off, came back in a hurry. He pushed open the wooden door, entered the house, and unceremoniously asked Roger Hans who was thinking: "You Crazy, give that thing to Leo Dodd, do you want to kill him? If something happens to Leo there, it will definitely be found out by those guys from the federal government. By then, our Hans family They will really be expelled from the Federation."

"Don't worry, not only will Leo Dodd go there, but he will thank me." Roger Hans said with great confidence.

"Is he really a Superspirit?" Boger Hans asked.

Roger Hans nodded and said: "It should be, and it is likely to be an extremely rare ignorant. If that is the case, his value will not only be reflected in the special steel. The superspirit organizations in the Special Federation and neighboring countries will be eyeing him."

"Isn't he very dangerous?" Boger Hans asked.

"You don't need to worry about him. I think what should happen to him should be his enemies. I think he should hide something." Roger Hans took out the He handed a piece of cloth to Bojie Hans and said, "Blindfold your eyes and don't peek."

Bojie Hans seemed to know what his cousin was going to do, he quickly folded the cloth skillfully, and then covered his eyes.

Blindfolded, all he could hear was Roger Hans pushing something, then some creaking noises around him that sounded like rats chewing on the floor, and finally he heard Roger Hans Suddenly, he said in a very strange tone: "You saw him just now, what do you think of him?"

Bojie Hans did not hear the sound of people and answers, and the surroundings were very silent.

But Roger Hans seemed to have heard the answer, and said to himself: "Is it just an ordinary person? Impossible, you must have read it wrong, it is impossible for ordinary people to write down the profane rune so easily Yes, this alone is enough to prove that he is not an ordinary person."

After a while, I heard Roger Hans and something say: "Impossible, it can't be that, that is rarer than the ignorant, and I even doubt that it is a legend, after all, there is no evidence, and If it is that, the lamp will definitely respond."

After speaking, after a moment of silence, Roger Hans' tone gradually calmed down, and he said, "That's the only way to go, I hope it won't disturb us."

Not long after saying this, Roger Hans motioned to his cousin to take off the blindfold, and said formally: "You and Leo can maintain a friendly relationship, but don't get too close Yes, that person is very dangerous, too close, it is not a good thing for you or the whole family."