The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Sylvia looked in the mirror at the position of the previous scales on her neck, nodded with satisfaction, but then said with some disgust: "I don't like this kind of magic."

Sylvia's aversion to the Purifying Fire came from her bloodline power. The power of the Purifying Fire made her bloodline power instinctively disgusted, and even affected her emotions.

Although it seems that the fire of purification has a strong restraint effect on the power of the abyss dragon, the scales produced by the out-of-control blood force immediately fade away after the expulsion of the gods by the fire of purification approaches, but in fact the abyss dragon The power of the abyss dragon is higher than the power of the purification fire in terms of energy level, and the power of the abyss dragon can completely reproduce the power of the purification fire.

But the problem is, to the power of the abyssal dragon, the power of the Purifying Fire is like a pile of disgusting excrement. Even if the power level is higher and stronger, it will never take the initiative to touch a pile of excrement. That's why I choose to retreat.

In other words, the Purifying Fire relies on nausea to keep away powers like the Abyssal Dragon.

Leo is naturally very clear about the essence of the power of the Purifying Fire, because he has the power of the abyss serpent in his body, as well as the imprints of various other gods. He can feel not only the power of the abyss, but also the imprints of some gods in the Velen world. They also have a strong rejection and aversion to the power of the Purifying Fire. Only the power of the Stone Throne, the devouring power of the Chaos Stomach, and the power of nightmares are not affected in any way.

Penistan, who was on the side, was also distracted at the moment to see how Leo cast the Purifying Fire divine spell. As the most basic divine spell of the Purifying Fire, almost all parish priests of the Purifying Fire know how to use it, especially in some During special festivals, the identity of Purifying Fire will also come to the subordinate villages and towns to preach. When preaching, she will perform some magic spells to deepen the belief of the people, so she is no stranger to expulsion magic.

If she had some doubts about the fact that Leo claimed to be able to cast the magic spell of the Purifying Fire and disguised himself as the Purifying Fire just now, all this doubt has disappeared now.

At this time, there was a knock on the door from the outside room. Leo checked through the spirit net and found that it was Father Tovia and the knight-lord named Tuffman.

Leo asked Penistan to continue practicing in the house, while he and Sylvia went out together, opened the door, looked at the two outside the house and asked, "What's the matter?"

Perhaps it was because Leo made him feel intimidated just now. Priest Tovia shrank his neck and couldn't help but take a step back. He stepped back to the side of Knight Tafman, took a deep breath, and said, "There is a round of rats tonight." The tide will pass by here, and then flee back to the mountains, the church hopes that we can try to intercept it, and the church knights sent by the church will arrive soon to completely wipe out these crazy rats here."

"How do you know that there are rats passing by here tonight?" Leo asked back.

Tovia said: "Not long ago, the church notified me through the holy fire."

Leo nodded, and said blankly: "Okay! If you plan to do it, do it! Don't come here to inform our couple."

After speaking, he was about to turn around and go back into the house, closing the door.

"Wait," Tovia immediately stopped Leo and said, "We are here to inform you that we hope that the two of you can help us deal with this rat wave."

"Why should we help you?" It was not Leo who spoke this time, but Sylvia.

Tovia frowned, and said: "The rat tide is the enemy of all human beings, and anyone in front of the rat tide..."

Sylvia interrupted the other party and said, "The rat swarm is not harmful to us, and they can't hurt us either."

Tafman, who was wearing full knight armor, felt very dissatisfied when he heard Sylvia's words, and was about to say something, but was stopped by Tovia.

Tovia didn't continue to persuade, and saluted Leo and Sylvia, then turned and left, while Tuffman Knight gave Leo and Sylvia a hard look, and followed.

"Give up so simply?" Seeing Torvia's actions, Sylvia was a little surprised. She originally thought that the other party would use other methods to persuade her, such as those survivors in the city, etc., but the result was satisfactory. Unexpectedly, the other party left without saying anything, which made her feel baffled by Torvia's behavior.

Leo guessed: "He may be looking for a reason to accuse us in the future."

"In that case, it would be interesting." Sylvia not only didn't feel nervous, but looked expectant. Obviously, her current mood was still affected by the abyss dragon.

Leo shook his head, then looked at the direction the two left, and said, "I'm more interested in the rat tide they said."

"Is there a problem with the rat tide?" Sylvia asked.

"Of course there is a problem." Leo said in a deep voice: "Didn't I say before that the hive consciousness of rats should have been broken up by the Pope of the Purifying Fire Church, losing the influence of hive consciousness, these outstanding The nature of the mice will regain the upper hand, and a group of cowardly Jerry mice have no time to hide from human gathering places, so how can they form a rat swarm and attack humans."

Sylvia heard this, thought for a while, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that our priest Torvia is not as honest and pure as he appears on the surface."

After hearing the words, Leo quickly figured out why Sylvia said that, and he nodded in approval. He felt that the sudden attack of the rat wave was indeed very strange, and it was probably a pre-set stage play.

Think about it carefully, this mutated violent rat wave is coming to an end, and now the Duchy of Russ and the surrounding Duchy of Duchess are empty, the secular power vacancies, population vacancies, etc. don’t care about it, the positions of these Duchess of Duchess Vacancies will certainly be filled in the shortest possible time.

Although Father Tovia performed extremely well during this rat wave, he not only saved his own life, but also saved many survivors, and even preserved the fire of purification in this parish. Such a feat It will inevitably give Father Tovia a considerable promotion in terms of his duties in the church.

It's just that his job promotion does not necessarily satisfy him. Even if a clergyman like him without any background is promoted, most of them are promoted to some nominal positions, and he cannot become the head of a diocese at all. priest.

Torvia should be very clear about where his weaknesses lie. The Principality of the Church of Russ, which has not completely ended the Rat Tide, and the surrounding Principalities of the Church have now become fat in the eyes of many people, and they have a lot of qualifications in the Church of Purifying Fire. A person with a strong background is waiting to fill a vacancy. If he wants to stand out from these people and avoid the situation of rising and falling, he must find a way to make himself an irreplaceable existence in the eyes of the church.

What kind of existence cannot be replaced? Naturally, it is a hero. The rebuilding of the Duchy of Russ is inevitable. The Purifying Fire Church should select one of the other nobles who are related to Russ IX to succeed the position of Grand Duke. Participating in the enthronement ceremony of the new Grand Duke as a hero of the survivors will undoubtedly bring a lot of convenience to the reconstruction work, so what Tovia has to do now is to make his reputation to a higher level, reaching enough to be called a hero Degree.

Create a fake rat swarm, and then use your magic and the power of the purification fire to drive away the rat swarm, keep the hard-earned refuge, and protect the last survivors of the Principality of Russ. Open, his hero status will naturally come naturally.

However, what Leo is curious about now is how the other party will create this rat swarm, because Leo has taken Penistan to the surrounding forests and mountains in the past few days, hunting and killing all the rats he saw. Now, there are no rat swarms around the town at all, and if there are no rat swarms, there will be no rat tide.

It's just that Tovia's appearance doesn't seem to be a fake, which also makes Leo more interested in the follow-up actions of the priest of the Purifying Fire.

The time soon came to the middle of the night, because of Father Tovia's warning, no one in the town rested, no matter men, women, old or young, all picked up weapons that could be used, and stood on the temporary wooden wall Among them, the elderly and children were tightly leaning against the container of the purifying fire, while others were guarding other places on the wooden wall.

The Tuffman knight was in charge of commanding on the front line, while Father Tovia led the two surviving little believers to kneel in front of the source of the purification fire in the middle of the town, as if performing some kind of religious ceremony While praying, they threw some branches and the like into the bonfire.

At this time, Leo's spiritual net had been completely released, enveloping the entire town, checking the situation inside the town, and soon he discovered that with Father Torvia's prayer, the source of the purifying fire seemed to be Under some kind of suppression, the strength began to weaken.

The weakening of the source fire is also like a chain reaction, which has an impact on the purification fires on the surrounding wooden walls, causing their power to begin to weaken. The most intuitive manifestation is that the flames have begun to become dim and irregular. jitter.

Seeing this situation, no matter how slow-witted people are, they can detect something is wrong. Under the command of the Tafman knight, everyone clenched their weapons tightly, and some experienced hunters in the crowd also shot a shot. A rocket ignited the lighting bonfire built outside the wall.

When the bonfire was lit, the dark environment outside was occupied by the fire, and everyone could see the situation outside clearly by the light of the fire.

However, what puzzled everyone was that there were no traces of rats outside, and everything seemed normal.

Everyone thought that maybe the rats hadn't approached, so they waited for a while, but they saw that the bonfire began to gradually dim, and they still didn't find any traces of the rats, which made them suspicious.

Knight Tafman was also puzzled, and ordered his deputy to take over his command task temporarily, and then he returned to the source of the purification fire in the town. Seeing Torvia who was still praying, he couldn't wait to report the situation Tell Tovia.

Tovia was also stunned after hearing this, which was obviously different from what he expected, but he didn't show his emotions, he just said that perhaps the Rat Tide had sensed the power of the purifying fire and avoided the small town. If it is similar, then tell Tafman Knight not to relax too much, and continue to stay on the fence to avoid any accidents.

After the Tuffman knight left, Tovia did not continue the religious ceremony, but sent the two little believers away, and used the magic of the fire watcher to connect the spirit with the fire of purification to see what happened What's up.

At this time, Leo had already withdrawn the spirit net, and he already knew that Father Torvia's trick was nothing more than suppressing the power of the purification fire, giving the rats outside the city an opportunity, and sending some of the tricks to lure the rats. Throw the special plants in the purification fire and burn them, so that the unique smell of the plants will be released, leading the rats to attack the town.

As long as the rats are lured out, at that time, he can use the ability of the fire watcher to make the purifying fire burst out with stronger power and drive the rats away. In that case, he will become the one who saves the survivors and the refuge town Hero, and then spread this deed, his reputation has also reached an unprecedented height, and the church will definitely give him more attention in rebuilding the diocese of the Duchy of Russ.

It has to be said that without Leo and others, Tovia's plan could indeed be realized. Unfortunately, in the past two days, Leo asked Penistan to evacuate and kill the group of Jerry mice around his other protagonist in this scene. It's gone, losing this important role, the drama he directed has ended before it even started.

Now Father Tovia is communicating with the Purifying Fire, trying to use the power of the Purifying Fire to remedy the big drama. As you can imagine, the expected rat wave did not appear until the next morning, and the crisis did not come.

Although during this period of time Father Tovia's shelter and treatment of the survivors, as well as in stabilizing the hearts of the people in the town of refuge, had played a significant role, making the thousands of people who survived become loyal believers in the Purifying Fire, he He also gained a lot of prestige, but what he did still made some people feel dissatisfied with Father Torvia, thinking that Father Torvia was deliberately creating panic and relying on his own prestige.

This caused Father Tovia's reputation not only to not increase, but to drop a bit, but the Tuffman Knight, who had been waiting on the wall with the survivors all day, gained a lot of reputation.

Father Tovia was still at a loss and didn't know why his plan failed, but he soon thought of Leo, because it seemed that only Leo in the whole town would take Penistan to the outside of the town. I don't know what to do in the forest, and now the swarm of rats outside the town has not appeared, no doubt it has something to do with Leo and Penistan.

Although he thought of this, Father Tovia didn't dare to do anything to Leo, because he knew very well that if he messed up, he might have disappeared mysteriously before the church sent someone over, so he just I can hope that when the church sends people over, I can use the power of the church to teach Leo a lesson.