The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"You..." When the light and shadow of the lady in the lake dissipated from Cassie Tally's face, and the light suspended on its surface also dimmed, Cassie Tally seemed to have just woken up from a deep sleep. He seemed a little dazed, especially when he saw Leo and Sylvia sitting across from him, but he quickly returned to normal, and thought to himself, "It seems that just now I'm in a state of wonder again." Then he turned to Leo and Sylvia and asked, "The two should be Mr. Leo and Ms. Sylvia that the warden sent someone to mention, right?"

Seeing Cassie Tally's appearance, Leo and Sylvia exchanged glances. It was obvious to them that Cassie Tally didn't remember what happened when she was controlled by the lady of the lake just now, nor did she Knows that conversation, and he seems used to it.

Although they had obtained some useful information from the lady in the lake just now, both Leo and Sylvia believed that Cassie Tully, who had regained consciousness, could still provide them with more useful information.

So, Leo talked to him and said: "Yes, I am Leo Dodd, this is my wife Sylvia Belmont, we are here to see you this time, and we want to chat with you About the Mont Manor."

When Cassie Tally heard this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Actually, after seeing the news in the newspaper that the two bought the Monte Manor, I already guessed that the two would come here to see me sooner or later."

"Then do you know what we want to ask?" Sylvia interjected.

"For the secrets in the manor." Cassie Tally replied calmly.

Leo said bluntly: "We want to know everything about Monte Manor, can you tell us?"

"Of course." Cassie Tally didn't have the slightest intention of refusing, and quickly replied: "Your Excellency can get the approval of the goddess, and I will naturally not hide it from you two."

Afterwards, Cassie Tally recounted the things related to Monte Manor in detail as if telling a story, without paying any attention to the special meaning behind these things, nor did he care that what he said would give Otter What kind of influence does the Federation bring, as if in his mind these things are just ordinary things like drinking water and eating.

As listeners, Leo and Sylvia showed a little surprise on their faces when they listened to what Cassie Tally said, and they also thought that if the contents of these narrations spread and were discovered If there is conclusive evidence, let alone the entire Otter Federation, even the political situation and various churches of the gods in the entire New World will be shocked by it.

The first thing Leo and Sylvia paid attention to was a secret organization of the gods that Cassie Tally mentioned.

Although the name of the Spirit Society sounds like some kind of secret society that worships the gods, in fact, the founding purpose and subsequent behavior of the Spirit Society represent that they are anti-god, anti-church, and even in the eyes of most people. Thoughts can be called blasphemy.

There is only one core idea of ​​the Society of Gods, that is, gods are not omnipotent, gods can be replaced, and we all have the opportunity to become gods.

It is also this core idea that made the Gods Society stand on the opposite side of the world's mainstream society from the very beginning, and has always been able to hide at the bottom of the world in the most secret form of secret association, even now, in the Otter Federation In such an extremely anti-church country, they dare not disclose their identities, because although the Otter Federation is anti-church, it is not anti-god.

According to Cassie Tally's description, the Society of Gods was founded very long ago. As for the exact time, he is not clear, even the high-level inside the Society of Gods is not clear. The only thing that can be known is that Gods will appear compared to some ancient countries in the Old Continent The time is even earlier.

The Society of Gods has always been a secret society, and has never tried to make itself stand out in the world situation, so there are very few records of the Society of Gods in the history of this world, and even if there is, it appears under another name, while the Church has recorded Many, almost most, lists of heresies in most churches will have the names of the Society of Gods appearing, but in the same way, these names are also some alternative names.

However, this does not mean that the gods will not be powerful. In fact, in history, the gods will often act as an undercurrent, using another identity to promote the slow flow of the overall situation in this world. For example, the beginning of the great migration is dominated by the gods. Yes, Obote Joniluk, the pioneer who is regarded as the first to set foot on the New World, is a member of the Society of Gods.

Cassie Tally's Gods will inherit the qualifications of his parents. This family inheritance system is one of the main systems for the Gods to absorb new members. Another system is to absorb like-minded and capable people. Rudolph Hans used this system to be invited to join by an association of gods.

The Monte Manor is a secret plan of the Spirit Society, and Cassie Tally is not very clear about the specific content. He just knows that the Spirit Society found something in Lake Beruk, and then came up with this plan.

In fact, the missing Monte family is also a member of the Spirit Society, and they also voluntarily joined the plan to transform their manor into a large altar for certain rituals.

Although Cassie Tally is the second designer in name, he is actually just an assistant. The main building of the manor altar was designed by Rudolf Hans. He doesn't know much about the function of the altar. Knowing that this altar can awaken part of the consciousness of the sleeping god through some method, and then steal the power contained in this part of consciousness.

After the manor was built, the Spiritual Society began to try to awaken the gods and steal power. Before Cassie Tally and his group joined the ceremony, four groups of volunteers from the Spiritual Society had already performed the ceremony. It ended in failure.

But even if it failed, enough data was given to help the latecomers further improve the ritual process and control methods, and finally the group of Cassie Tally succeeded.

Cassie Tally directly obtained the divine descent of the lady of the lake, and became the lady of the lake to walk in the world, and other participants also awakened the consciousness of the gods in this world, and obtained part of the power of the gods in this world, and then There is a mutation.

It's just that Cassie Tali didn't know what happened afterwards, because after they completed the ceremony, they were taken away by the gods and brought to a secret base for various tests and inspections. In the end, he was considered a The failed product, and let it go, as for the others, they are still doing various tests in the secret base.

After he left, the Monte family had disappeared, and the Monte Manor had also been abandoned. However, in Cassie Tally's view, the disappearance of the Monte family did not necessarily mean that they were all dead. Receive another place to live.

At that time, Cassie Tally also went back to Monte Manor to check the situation. He found that the main body of the manor altar had been disassembled, and the rest that were not suitable for disassembly were covered up by other methods.

"Can you tell me the specific content of the ceremony?" Leo asked immediately after Cassie Tally finished telling the story.

"Sorry, I don't know about these." Cassie Tally shook his head and said, "The secret rituals required for the whole ceremony are mastered by seven people, each of them is different, and I'm not even one of the seven people , so I don’t know the specific method, but one thing I know is that there are two key points in the whole ceremony. One is that the flesh or remains of the gods are needed, and the second is that the gods will fish out the flesh and blood from Lake Beruk back then. something that came."

"What did you fish out?" Sylvia asked immediately.

"I don't know." Cassie Tally still shook his head and said, "That thing is kept very strictly. Even if I am a participant in the ceremony, I have to be blindfolded beforehand. I don't know what it is at all."

Hearing what Cassie Tally said, Leo and Sylvia didn't ask any more questions. They could tell that Cassie Tally's status in the Society of Gods was not very high. The reason why he was able to participate in such an important event In addition to being a descendant of the inner family of the Society of Gods, it is more because he is one of the few truly talented and capable architects. From a certain point of view, the attitude of Gods Society to Rudolf Hans is not the same Not full trust.

Although she didn't continue to ask about the Gods Association and Monte Manor, Sylvia was still curious about another thing, so she asked, "Why did you kill those three people at the banquet? It was really just For honor and fame?"

"Of course not." Cassie Tally was already used to shaking his head. After shaking his head, he sighed heavily, and then said slowly: "I hadn't fully adapted to the coming of the goddess at that time, and all kinds of physical and mental problems Not getting used to it made me see all kinds of illusions, and in the end I couldn’t control the adverse effects caused by the illusions, so I suddenly attacked those people.” Then, he laughed at himself and said: “Maybe I used to be too obsessed with glory, but after feeling the existence of the goddess, the so-called glory is not worth mentioning in my heart."

At this moment, Leo suddenly asked: "What is the status of the chief justice Taroshi Hassan of the Supreme Court of Beiruk City in the gods now?"

Cassie Tally was stunned, and looked at Leo in surprise, as if he was surprised that Leo knew about the relationship between Taroshi Hassan and the Spirit Society, but soon his expression returned to normal, and he said: " I don't know the specific status. I just know that he should be one of the highest-ranking members of the Otto Federation. I was able to survive after committing the most serious crime because of him. In addition, he was also the main leader and participant in the ceremony at Monte Manor."

"That is to say, Taroshi Hassan has a part of the power of a god?" Sylvia also asked, and then showed a hint of surprise, and said, "No wonder when I saw him in the clubhouse, , I always feel that there is something wrong with him."

Cassie Tally nodded and said, "Yes, he has a part of the power of a god, but I don't know which god he stole the power from."

Afterwards, Leo asked some more about the Society of Gods, but Cassie Tally's answer did not reveal any more useful content.

Seeing this situation, Leo and Sylvia didn't continue to ask questions. After thanking Cassie Tally for his truthful answer, they stood up and prepared to leave.

However, Cassie Tally stopped them at this time and said, "If you have time, you can visit the Pioneer Cemetery in the federal capital."

"Why?" Leo asked.

Cassie Tally was a little dazed and puzzled, and said, "I don't know, I just feel that there is something important there, but I can't remember what it is."

"Is it a personal item?" Leo asked again.

"No, it should be something related to the Spiritual Society." Cassie Tally explained.

After hearing this, Leo nodded, but did not clearly indicate whether he would go there to take a look, and then he walked out of the room with Sylvia, and left the prison area under the leadership of the prison guards. Sylvia was leaving At that time, the power suppression on those prisoners was also lifted.

When they arrived at the prison office building, it was no longer the warden who was in charge of receiving the two, but the captain of the prison guard. It seemed that the mysterious power that Sylvia exerted on the prisoners had frightened him.

Leo and Sylvia didn't say much to the prison guard captain, they just asked him to prepare the ship, and then boarded and left.

After the two left, the warden who was hiding in a sentry tower on the outer wall of the prison came out and came to the pier to watch the boat that Leo and Silvia were on disappear into the water in the distance, and then went to In the prison, I came to the cell where Cassie Tally was, knocked on the door cautiously, and only opened the door and walked in after hearing the response from the door.

After entering the door, the warden saluted Cassie Tally with a very pious attitude, knelt down on the ground, kissed the back of Cassie Tally's instep, then stood up and said, "Teacher, those two come here How do you deal with Prison Island seeing you?"

Cassie Tally said calmly: "It's very simple. Just do what you do according to the regular procedures. You don't need to add or modify anything. You just need to tell the other side exactly what they do when they come here."

"But will this cause us any trouble?" the warden asked hesitantly.

Cassie Tally looked at the warden, put the hood back on, and said, "Do you think the outside world knows nothing about the changes inside Prison Island? You underestimate those people from the federal government , You must know that those people are specially used to deal with the church."

The warden was puzzled and said, "But why do we..."

"Because we are too small, they don't like it." Cassie Tally smiled at himself, and then said thoughtfully: "But now that we have that couple helping us attract those people's attention, We should take advantage of this opportunity to develop.”