The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Hoffman Panshi is the chief of martial arts of the Panshi family and the captain of the defense of the ancestral mountain city, responsible for the security of the entire mountain city.

In terms of numbers, the Panshi family can be said to be the smallest of all the lumberjack families. Including Hoffman, the entire Panshi family has only eight members.

This is mainly because the fertility rate of the Panshi family is very low, regardless of male or female, and being able to have one offspring is already blessed by the gods. If two offspring are born, it is definitely a great joy for the entire family. With such a low fertility rate, the number of the Panshi family will decrease every generation. Some people estimate that if the reputation of the Panshi family does not improve, the Panshi family may cease to exist in two or three generations.

However, even so, no lumberjack family would underestimate the Panshi family, because even if the family is small in number, the strength of this family is one of the best among the lumberjack families whether individually or as a whole. This is all because of the natural ability of the Panshi family, which endows them with great power, but at the same time it is also likely to be the reason why their family is not prosperous.

Just like the name of the Panshi family, the innate abilities of the Panshi family are as solid and powerful as a rock. As long as they are within the range of Mount Truber, the people of the Rock family have endless power and are as strong as the rocks of Mount Truber. body of.

It is also because of this natural advantage that the Panshi family is very martial. Almost every member of the Panshi family has the strength of a senior knight. With the cooperation of the family members, even if they are facing an army of thousands of people, they Also has the ability to take it out in a frontal attack situation.

Therefore, the person with the strongest combat power in the Panshi family in the past dynasties will be appointed as the family martial arts chief, whose status is higher than that of the family patriarch. Defense, especially when there is abnormal movement in Truber Mountain, the people of the Rock family can usually play a role in turning the tide, because their family's ability is closely linked with Truber Mountain, so they are also used by other lumberjack families Nicknamed the Son of Trube Hill.

There are very few abnormal movements in Truber Mountain, and Zudi Mountain City is at the foot of Truber Mountain, protected by a mysterious force, so it is much safer than other areas in Truber Mountain.

The custom of the lumberjack family going into the mountains every year is not so much following the ancient traditions, it is more like a vacation. The Panshi family is stationed in the ancestral mountain city all the year round, responsible for the safety of the family entering the mountain. Although the Panshi family also has properties outside, But most of them are handed over to other families to take care of them.

This time, the Otter Federation suddenly attacked the lumberjack family, which prevented the lumberjack family from transferring their property in time. All the lumberjack families suffered heavy losses, and only the Panshi family suffered very light losses. However, the current situation is not very good for the Panshi family. Well, because the food stored in the mountain city is simply not enough for so many families to consume, and most of those capable families live in the fortresses they built themselves. Only those families who are not able to hunt independently will settle in the mountain city. All food supplies need to rely on the rock family.

For this reason, the Panshi family has been leading members of the lumberjack family who are capable of hunting in the mountain city to leave the mountain city for hunting in the nearby forest.

At the beginning, things went smoothly. Every time the hunting team came back, they could bring a large amount of prey. The material warehouse in the mountain city was gradually full, and the difficulty in food was gradually made up for.

However, something unexpected happened suddenly a few days ago. A dense fog that Hoffman Panshi had never seen suddenly appeared outside the mountain city, covering the forest outside the mountain city and other places. It even penetrated into the mountain city, covering almost an average area before stopping the spread.

This is not the most troublesome thing, the most troublesome thing is that all the people who did not have time to hide when the dense fog spread did not escape from the dense fog these days, and even a rescue team that went in later fell into it, and let them What is frightening is that the dense fog seems to have some kind of maddening power. Some members of the logger family will fall into a state of madness after staring at the dense fog for too long, rushing away everyone trying to rush into the In thick fog.

Fortunately, this incident was discovered in time. Except for the first few people who went mad at the first time, they rushed into the thick fog before they had time to stop them. in the dungeon.

In order to avoid any more crazy people, the surviving members of the lumberjack family in the entire mountain city were all locked in their own houses, and the doors and windows were nailed to death. People affected by the fog are still in the mountain city, responsible for delivering food and water to those locked in their homes.

Because of the lack of manpower, Hoffman had to release the people locked in the cell in the mountain city, and selected those who would not be affected by the dense fog to supplement the lack of manpower.

Among these prisoners, the highest and most famous one is the patriarch of the Luf family, Bain Luf. The patriarch of a lumberjack family will be imprisoned, and the reason is that he betrayed the Luf family and the entire lumberjack family. This really surprised Hoffman, but this matter had nothing to do with the Panshi family, and he didn't intend to pay attention to it. He just waited for this matter to pass, and he checked whether the members of the Panshi family who hunted before were still alive. In case they were all dead, he had no interest in staying here any longer, so he didn't want to bother with the matter of the lumberjack family anymore.

The subsequent development of the matter was not as bad as imagined. After surviving the first few days that were particularly difficult, the situation has stabilized, and the thick fog has gradually faded since yesterday.

Although the dense fog has not completely receded, the maddening power in the dense fog has weakened a lot. More and more members of the lumberjack family are no longer affected by the power of the dense fog, and those who were trapped in the dense fog before Some clansmen seemed to have regained their sobriety and walked out of the thick fog by themselves.

Hoffman, who had been working continuously for many days, also relaxed a little. After conducting routine inspections, he came to the thick fog and considered the timing of leaving the mountain city.

Although he is very insensitive to politics, he can also feel that the atmosphere in the mountain city has not weakened with the thick fog, but has become more tense, because Bain Luffy, who was released to assist him before Yesterday, I suddenly led some people into the dungeon, released the rest of the people, gathered these people and their companions, formed a force that was not based on the family, and started to fight with the logging in the city. The workers' families fought in divisions.

If there were several other lumberjack families who were good at fighting in the mountain city, the matter would not have come to this point.

Those families would arrest Bain Roof before he did such a thing, and even after Bain Roof had gathered some men, they could still suppress him, using various methods to suppress him. Ways to disintegrate those around him.

But the problem is that people with a little bit of combat power are all in their own strongholds outside the mountain city at the moment. It is still unknown whether they survived the sudden change in Truber Mountain, let alone sending people to deal with Bain Luffy.

It is precisely because the lumberjack family in the mountain city feels helpless against Bain Ruff and the others that makes Hoffman's attitude as the strongest combat force in the mountain city particularly important, so people often come to chat with him these two days, hoping to get His public support.

However, Hoffman did not intend to intervene in this matter from the very beginning. In his opinion, this matter itself is not in compliance with the rules. It will not be handled by other families. Secondly, this matter looks like a farce, because the person who arrested Bain Ruff was a member of another lumberjack family. After the other party arrested him, he said a crime , put Bain Luffy in the dungeon, and no one from the Luffy family showed up from the beginning to the end. No matter how you look at this kind of thing, it makes people feel strange.

Compared with the internal fighting situation in the lumberjack family in the mountain city, Hoffman is more concerned about the safety of his clansmen. Even though he doesn't have much affection for his clansmen, after all, those people are the only ones he has in this world. Some relatives are gone.

Just as Hoffman was thinking about the chance of escape, a member of the lumberjack family hurried towards him.

Seeing this person, Hoffman couldn't help sighing in his heart. He knew this person. He was a member of the Faris family with the largest number of people in the mountain city. He was also the internal affairs officer in the mountain city. During this period of time, this person often came over and persuaded him to deal with Bain Ruff.

As a result, it is naturally impossible to get an affirmative answer from Hoffman. Seeing that the goal has not been achieved, he is like a swarm of flies these days. An urge to strangle this person to pieces immediately.

So when he saw this person running towards him, Hoffman didn't have a good look on his face. When the other person came to him and hadn't gained a foothold, he asked first: "What happened? In such a hurry run over."

"Something happened, something big happened!" The man gasped for a few breaths, then nodded immediately.

Hoffman was completely stunned. His question just now was just a casual question, and he never thought that a question would turn into a positive answer.

The man didn't pay attention to Hoffman's expression, so he continued, "Bain killed old Bjorn."

"What?" Hoffman's face was surrounded by a strong look of anger, and he reconfirmed: "What you said is true?"

The man quickly said: "Of course it's true. On the other side of the square, old Bjorn's body is still there, with marks of fierce beasts biting all over his body, and the only person in the entire mountain city who owns and can control fierce beasts is Beyorn." Well this guy."

After hearing these words, Hoffman had an unexpected reaction. The angry expression on his face gradually turned into solemnity and contemplation.

The old Bjorn they mentioned is the elder of the Layton family in the city. The Layton family is not a family known for fighting. Their family's innate abilities are related to plants, some are to control plants, some are to promote plant growth, but more It is the mind that listens to plants, so their family is the best scout and spy, because their family can often hear many confidential things through this ability to listen to plants.

Old Bjorn's ability is different from others in his family. He is able to discern the effects of plants on the human body.

It was also because of his ability that he went to the National Academy of the Otter Federation to study herbal medicine when he was young, and became a herbalist, and with the help of his ability, he became a master of herbal medicine in a short time .

In the past many years, most of the members of the lumberjack family have been treated by him, and every family's herbalist is his student. Old Bjorn's reputation is among the best in the entire lumberjack family.

Now that old Bjorn has been killed, and it is a tragic death, the entire lumberjack family in the mountain city will be furious, even those members who made mistakes and were imprisoned will be the same, and the person who caused old Bjorn's tragic death will definitely be angry. Become an enemy of the entire lumberjack family.

It is also for this reason that when Hoffman heard that Bain Ruff's companion beast had killed Old Bjorn, he immediately broke away from his anger, because he felt that this was more like an attack against the old Bjorn. Framed by Bain Roof's plot.

Although he only spent a few days with Bain Luffy, he could also feel that this seemingly rude head of the Luffy family actually had deep thoughts. This person would never kill Old Bi Bjorn, because not only would he do no good, but only disadvantages, and even if he did, he would never use companion beasts to kill old Bjorn, because it would definitely leave obvious traces, and he would directly kill Bjorn. It's easier and more secretive to do it yourself.

That's why, after hearing this, Hoffman immediately felt that something was wrong and didn't make a decision immediately.

After thinking for a moment, Hoffman ordered to the Faris family: "Ring the alarm bell of the clock tower immediately and summon all the remaining members of the defense team in the city to the square."

After finishing speaking, he didn't give any further explanations, and ran towards the square. He ran as fast as he could, for fear that he would run slower. When he arrived at the square, something irreversible had already happened.

However, when he was about to reach the square, he heard various noises and shouts from the square, followed by a beast roar, and a large number of people gathered in the square began to panic and run around, as if Like something terrible happened in the square.

Hoffman thought in his heart that it was terrible, and immediately quickened his pace, and rushed to the square against the flow of people. Seeing what was happening in the square, he drew out the knight's long sword at his waist without hesitation, and stabbed towards the target .