The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The memory after the establishment of the Otter Federation is very fragmented. The projection clone of the Abyss Orochi seems to be consciously cleaning up its own memory, but there are still some well-preserved memory fragments that can provide Leo with some information.

For example, at that time, the abyss serpent's projection avatar should be avoiding a certain or some strong existence. Judging from the fact that he provoked the religious war before, the object of this avoidance is very likely to be the gods behind those churches.

In addition, even in the situation of being hunted down, He still does not forget to make troubles. Judging from the fact that there are a large number of senior clergymen of different churches in His memory fragments, it is obvious that He has penetrated his influence into every surrounding church. middle.

What's interesting is that in one of the memory fragments, Leo also saw that he had contacted the patriarch he had met in the Principality of Russ. Judging from the Patriarch's behavior, it is clear that the Patriarch has a very close relationship with Him.

In addition, there are some memory fragments related to the Otter Federation, which involve some executives, and these executives Leo knows, and they are all senior officials with real power and influence in the Otter Federation, and several of them are even The proponent and maker of a series of anti-religious plans in the Special Federation.

Because of this, Leo suspects that the Otto Federation's tough purge plan against the church, as well as the church's religious battle against the Otto Federation, are all secretly induced or planned by the abyss snake.

In addition, the projection avatar of the abyss serpent also came into contact with the Jerry mouse, and fed some things to the Jerry mouse, and then stayed in Yodel City for a long time, as if waiting for something.

It's a pity that the abyss snake is very careful about his plans and actions. After each step is completed, he will perform a memory erasure of the spiritual consciousness in his projected clone, and the key memories are all cleared. It is impossible to analyze the entire plan of the projection clone of the abyss serpent from those fragmented memories.

The only thing he can be sure of is that the goal of the abyss serpent is always aimed at Truber Mountain, and now his plan should have reached the stage of closing the net, because closing the net and enjoying the fruit is the last part of the abyss serpent's projection clone idea.

The reason why the projection avatar of the abyss serpent inexplicably caught up with Leo and his party, and showed such a strong first to Sylvia, is because he regards Sylvia as a blood family member of the upper race of the abyss who snatches fruits. .

In his view, the reason why Sylvia left immediately after entering Yodel City was because she found herself, felt that she could not defeat herself, and left temporarily to find helpers, so from the moment he decided to catch up He didn't intend to let Sylvia go.

It's a pity that, as an abyssal race supremacist, although he compared the strength between himself and Sylvia, and estimated the final chance of winning, he completely ignored Leo, who was a human being, and didn't take Leo's side more seriously. The ferocious giant crocodile was counted in, and in the end it was swallowed by Leo in one gulp and wiped out.

"Shall we stay here for a while longer?" After listening to Leo's memory analysis about the Abyssal Serpent, Sylvia was a little interested in the so-called achievements of the Abyssal Serpent's layout after so many years, so she suggested.

Leo didn't answer right away, but thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't recommend doing this."

"Why?" Sylvia asked puzzled.

Leo explained: "First of all, the so-called final result comes from the memory of the abyss snake, and this memory is relatively complete compared to other parts of the memory, and it often appears."

"You think this is a trap deliberately set by the snake of the abyss." Sylvia immediately understood what Leo wanted to express.

"If you analyze it according to the habits of the abyss snake, I think it is." Leo gave an affirmative reply, and then said: "In addition, you think the gods of the church will not notice it at all if the abyss snake makes such a big movement. ?"

After hearing this, Sylvia immediately fell into deep thought. After a while, she slowly said, "You think he is looking for a substitute."

Leo said tactfully: "A family member of the abyss whose bloodline is almost the same as that of the upper race in the abyss, such a substitute is hard to find at this time." He smiled and said, "If my accident doesn't happen, then The situation is very likely that the two of you will fight, and then he will escape with the backhand he has prepared long ago, and then hide, while you will be perfectly exposed in front of the eyes of those gods and become a substitute for him."

Although this is just some speculation and analysis made by Leo based on the habits of the abyssal serpent based on some minor information, and there is no substantive evidence to prove his speculation, Sylvia fully approves of this speculation, even if This speculation is just that Leo thought too much, and she also felt that it was entirely possible for the abyss snake to do so.

Naturally, Sylvia is not a person who likes to suffer. Since she has been calculated by someone, she doesn't mind giving the schemer some trouble, so she thought for a while, and then asked: "The spiritual consciousness of the projection clone of the abyss snake? You haven't let the crystal serpent absorb it yet, have you?"

Leo didn't answer, but just spread his hand towards Sylvia, and saw a tiny black abyssal serpent lying limply in a palm-sized rune magic circle made of special metal, as if it had fallen into hibernation. in the middle.

Sylvia smiled, took the things over, and then asked how to use it, and then asked Leo, where is the group of priests from the Spring Water Temple who also got on the train together in Yodel City, where was the train? After that, he got out of the car.

About half an hour later, Sylvia opened the door and returned to the carriage. At this time, the rune magic circle in her hand was empty, and she looked a little tired.

Sylvia, who sat back next to Leo, returned the rune magic circle to Leo, then confirmed it again, and said, "I remember that the Temple of Spring Water seems to be one of the three major churches in the New World, right?"

"Yes." Leo nodded, and added: "It should be one of the top three churches. Recently, the Temple of Springs was split seventeen years ago, and its strength has been lost. But even so, the two churches after the split Any one of the Spring Water Temples can still be ranked in the top ten."

The Purifying Fire Church has always been extremely repulsive to other churches entering its parish, but in the matter of Yodel City, it turned a blind eye to Yodel City’s unauthorized invitation of the Spring Water Temple to open a temple here, and the church turned a blind eye. , The strength of the Spring Water Temple can also be seen from the side.

The Temple of Spring Water was just an ordinary church in the Old World, but it was able to grow after arriving in the New World, mainly because the Temple of Spring Water played a very important role in the exploration and settlement of the early immigrants in the New World.

The northern part of the New World has little rain and drought all year round, and the land there contains a lot of toxic minerals, so in addition to the creatures that have adapted to the environment here, other new creatures from outside will be affected by the environment here, ranging from a serious illness to severe illness. Died.

At that time, the migrants did not expand to the south, so they did not know that the situation in the south was different, but they all believed that the entire New World was in a similar environment, so after the city was established, it would have the ability to create and purify water, etc. The Temple of the Fountain became the main religion of the city, eventually allowing the migrants to settle in the New World.

Later, explorers discovered that the environment in the southern part of the New World was not as bad as the northern part. There were rivers and lakes that did not contain toxins, which caused a large number of people to move southward. The Temple of Spring Water also changed from a main belief to a secondary belief, but it relied on a large number of mining and industries in the north. Believers in the city, the Temple of Spring Water is still a very powerful church organization.

It's just that the Temple of Spring Water eventually split into two sects, the North and the South, because of the problem of philosophy. Although the overall strength of the Southern sect is much weaker than that of the Northern sect, this weakness is only relative. For this kind of regional church that only has absolute influence in a certain area, the strength of the Southern Spring Temple still has the upper hand.

In this Yordle City disaster, although the Temple of Spring Water was not attacked, some clergy who left the protection of the temple and went to the believers' homes to provide help were still attacked, and several people were killed or even eaten.

Naturally, the impact of this incident was extremely bad, causing the headquarters of the Southern Spring Water Temple to begin to consider whether a temple should be set up in this city.

The cleric who took the same train as Leo was the chief priest of the Spring Water Temple in Yodel City. He was recalled to the headquarters to state his views as a senior clergyman on the front line deep in the depths, from the spirit of Leo. Judging from the information detected on the Internet, he is obviously more inclined to keep the fountain temple in Yodel City.

The reason why he made such a decision was not for the people of Yordle City, but for the decision he had already made. After all, compared with returning to the headquarters and continuing to be an idle senior priest, becoming the chief priest of a regional temple The power and interests at hand are greater.

Just now Sylvia went to the back of the carriage, cast spells to stun the priests of the Spring Water Temple, and then planted the projected spiritual consciousness of the abyss serpent in the chief priest like an abyss seed through the secret method of the abyss body.

Although the secret method of the abyss used by Sylvia is extremely brilliant, if the southern headquarters of the Spring Water Temple is really under the attention of the true God at all times as they believers said, then the abyss seed on the head priest will be exposed Come out, it's just a matter of time.

Even if the Abyss Seed hadn't been discovered by the Temple of Springs, Leo believed that Sylvia must have buried her back and let the Abyss Seed be exposed by herself.

Leo tried to ask: "Do you want to use the hands of those church gods to deal with the abyss snake?"

"As long as the abyss serpent hides in the abyss, it is impossible for the gods of this world to harm him, and naturally there is no lesson to be learned." Sylvia shook her head, then smiled again, and said, "However, as long as If these church gods are not so stupid, they should be able to give that guy a little punishment."

Sylvia's words stopped short, without going into more detail, and Leo didn't continue to ask. He could feel that Sylvia must have done something in the spiritual consciousness projected by the abyssal serpent.

You must know that in the abyss, the relationship between the abyss serpent and the abyss dragon is often hostile. The saying that the person who knows you best is your enemy is also very applicable to these two abyss upper races, so Sylvia Even if the hands and feet he did were not fatal to the abyss snake, they would definitely hurt his muscles and bones.

During the subsequent journey, Leo and Sylvia seemed to have forgotten about the projection of the abyssal serpent. The two spent most of their time in training every day, not only training their own control of power, but also developing their own power , are also training Penistan's psionic skills.

I don't know if it's because of the comfort of that day, or because of other reasons, the relationship between Sylvia and Penistan is getting better and better, even like a mother and daughter, especially after getting to know Professor Leo After giving Penny the psychic skills what effect, she also specially tailored a set of spying methods for Penistan, so that those psychic skills can exert more practical effects.

It has to be said that when it comes to training people, Leo's textbook training method is far inferior to Sylvia's tailor-made training method in terms of training effect and final effect. In half a month, Penny was no weaker than any veteran spy in terms of actual combat ability. The only thing she lacked was experience.

However, this point was quickly made up for, because Sylvia added a training to her. She asked Penny to leave the train every time the train stopped at the supply station for resupply, and go into the city where the supply station was located. Use all means to find out the ten most valuable information, and steal one of the most valuable items without alarming anyone.

In the beginning, Penny struggled to cope with this kind of training. There was even a case where the train had already left and she hadn't gotten on the train yet. At that time, she grabbed a horse and took a shortcut, chasing after him in a certain slow lane. Get on the train, jump on the train, and not be left behind.

Although, with her current ability, even if she is abandoned by Leo and Sylvia, she can live a good life, but she is unwilling to separate from Leo and Sylvia. This is not only because of Leo and Sylvia. Sylvia taught her various abilities, also because the two gradually became new family members in her heart, and because the miraculous things she saw with them far exceeded her life in the past ten years, and had opened up With a vision, she hopes to be able to follow the two, see and experience more magical things.

After more than a month of long-distance train travel, the steam train that Leo and the others took arrived at its terminal station, the city of Nice, a city known as the heart of the New World.

Although during the journey, Leo and the others already knew about the city through the travel brochures and other books provided by the various stations in the middle, but when they saw the city, they couldn't help but exclaimed, Penistan is They were amazed at the magnificence and size of this city, while Leo and Sylvia were amazed at the familiarity of this city, because they all saw the shadow of Miria City in this city.