The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

At the same time, Sylvia ordered some snacks and drinks for the three of them in the leisure hall of the Quencia Hotel near the station, and then leisurely flipped through the newspapers that had just been delivered while eating.

Penny didn't do any exercises, but was learning various common languages ​​with a copy of the common language learning book that Leo asked the hotel waiter to buy from a nearby bookstore just now.

What happened yesterday has exposed some problems in Petunia. She is just a countryman from a small country in the south, and she doesn't have enough knowledge of her own language, let alone other languages.

Yesterday, she took the expenses Leo gave her and went out for a long time, and she was followed by someone, because she didn't understand the local dialect of the people in Nice, nor the common language popular in the north of the New World, so she was easy to recognize at a glance She is an outsider, so some people with ulterior motives naturally set their sights on her.

If those who wanted to kidnap him hadn't miscalculated her strength and given her a chance to do it, maybe she had already fallen into that magic cave, and when Leo rushed over, maybe something happened.

So last night, Leo reworked Penny's study plan. In addition to the necessary spiritual training every day, she also had to learn the most popular and commonly used lingua franca in the world.

Although there are seven most commonly used lingua francas in the world, four in the Old World and three in the New World, the meanings of most of the words in these lingua francas are understandable, but the pronunciation is slightly different due to different accents in different places. So as long as one can fully master one lingua franca, it is not so difficult to learn other lingua francas.

The reason why she chose to let Penny learn the Northern Common Language of the New World first is because the Northern Common Language centered on the city of Nice is the most popular common language in the world, and the pronunciation of this Common Language is closer to the oceans of the Old Continent. As for the pronunciation of the common language, as long as you master the common language of the Northland and go to the old continent to learn the pronunciation of the common language of the old continent, you can easily integrate into the life of the old continent.

After Leo flipped through two newspapers, he lost interest. Instead, he was more interested in the scene on the street outside the window. Compared with when he just came to Nice City yesterday, the streets of Nice City today are obviously much more tense. Almost every street The entrance is guarded by police and city guards, and there are many knights patrolling the streets. The people on the streets seem to know what happened, and they don't have much dislike for the current situation. Instead, they will ask questions when they are stopped. When inquiring, take the initiative to cooperate with the inquiry.

Although Leo didn't use the mental net or other supernormal perceptions to understand what was going on outside the hotel, he could vaguely sense that it might have something to do with what he did last night.

"Look at this report." At this moment, Sylvia suddenly took out a newspaper and handed it to Leo, pointing to the headline on the newspaper.

Leo took a quick look at it, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"Why did you kill them all?" Sylvia asked with some doubts.

"They are performing the sacrifice ceremony of the evil god," Leo said briefly: "The underground of the troupe is full of children's bones."

Sylvia nodded after hearing this and didn't say anything more.

Leo then picked up several newspapers and looked at them. Almost all major newspapers were able to receive news in advance and reported in detail about the Moxi Troupe, while the small newspapers had no relevant reports due to news blockade.

Among the major newspapers that reported on the Moxie Troupe, one newspaper used all its boards to report on the relevant materials of the Moxie Troupe. A general understanding, but what surprised him was that this Moxi troupe was also related to the well-known Twelve Heroes in the city of Nice.

You must know that in all the books on the history of the New World that Leo has read, the Acropolis War of Nice City will inevitably occupy an important space. When dividing history, some historians even regard the Acropolis War of Nice City as The dividing line between ancient history and modern history, before the Acropolis War is ancient history, after the Acropolis War is modern history.

Although most of the descriptions of the Acropolis War in these history books are dramatic and romantic, and the war is described as an epic epic, but from these exaggerated descriptions, any reader can still feel that. brutality of war.

Before the war, Nice City was the only city in the New World with a population of one million. After the war, Nice City had a population of only a few hundred thousand, and nearly 80% of them were old people, women and children, and only over 10,000 adult men.

Of the six allied countries that invaded the city of Nice, two allied countries perished within ten years, and the other four also declined one after another. They are now dependent countries of other countries. Although there are other factors in the decline of these countries, they must not Not to mention that the Battle of the Acropolis of Nice City, which ended in failure, was the fuse of all factors.

Leo also studied the trend of the Acropolis War in the city of Nice out of curiosity, and Domingo's Acropolis chant as a turning point was naturally his focus, and he even found some books recording Domingo's life for this purpose.

However, what makes people feel strange is that almost all books describe Domingo as a bard and chant master with knight strength, but they never mention what extraordinary power Domingo has mastered, or even The phenomenon of divine punishment caused by Domingo to multiple gods is also regarded as the gods punishing those who invaded the city of Nice, but what is contradictory is that all the books describe that the initiator of divine punishment is Domingo.

If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that the divine punishment for killing Domingo and the other intruder generals and officers was actually aimed at Domingo, and those intruders were just innocent people who were affected, and a person who once passed Psalms caused countless miracles, and a person who was regarded as a hero was attacked by divine punishment, and it was the divine punishment of several gods, so this person definitely needs to do unimaginable blasphemy to cause such consequences.

Before the Moxi Theater, Leo couldn't figure out the contradictory relationship, but now if Domingo is connected with the Moxi Theater he created, the previous doubts will be solved. Obviously, Domingo has become an acropolis Before the hero, he was a believer of evil gods, and he was a believer of evil gods to the extreme.

Even Leo felt that Domingo's divine punishment was not for the victory of the Acropolis War, but for other purposes, such as taking this opportunity to completely hide himself. Not much attention, and the actual situation is not too different. With the attention of the world, many things cannot be done, so it is necessary to use some method to make the world think that he is dead, and then he can hide in the dark. Keep doing something.

Thinking of this, Leo couldn't help saying to himself: "If I went in and checked carefully yesterday, I might be able to find some clues."

"It's right that you didn't go in, otherwise we might have to stay here for a few more days." Sylvia cut a piece of fruit, handed it to Leo, and said.

While talking, a hotel waiter came in from the outside, searched in the lounge, and they came over immediately when they saw Leo.

When he came to the three of them, he saluted Leo and Sylvia, then took out a few tickets, put them on the table, and said, "Mr. Leo, Ms. Sylvia, I have paid for the The three booked a cruise ship that will depart in three days. It is the cruise ship Sanctity. It is the most luxurious and largest cruise ship on the Liszt River. It belongs to the Taricut family. There hasn't been a single accident on the List."

"Why didn't you book a ticket for the steam train?" Sylvia looked at the ticket and asked.

The waiter responded with a smile: "Now it's the Hope Festival, a large number of tourists travel, and the luxury cars of the train have basically been booked half a month ago. Presumably the three of you won't like to squeeze in those ordinary cars." ?”

After hearing this, Sylvia didn't ask any more questions, and took out a few tips and handed them to the waiter.

After the waiter left, Penistan, who had been reading with a frown, suddenly said, "He's lying."

Hearing this, Leo looked at Penny in a little surprise, and said, "How do you know he's lying?"

"I don't know, I just feel like he's lying." Penny said with a dazed expression.

Leo smiled and praised: "It seems that you are really talented, and you have inspired new innate psionic skills so quickly, but you are just a prototype now, keep it up, and when you can Accurately perceive all the emotions in other people's hearts, and your innate psionic skills have been fully formed."

Penny couldn't fully understand what Leo meant, she just nodded habitually, and then continued to ask: "Why didn't we expose him when he was clearly lying?"

"Because it is not necessary, and he is not lying." Sylvia explained: "First of all, it must be true that the carriages were reserved before the Festival of Hope, but the train company must have left some extra carriages for unexpected situations. , just wanting to book these extra cabins may require some status and power, and this hotel is obviously not qualified, so they will fall back and choose a large cruise ship. For us, the purpose is to go to Santa Polia There is no difference whether it is going to the port by steam train or by boat, so there is no need to care about these small things.”

As soon as Sylvia's voice fell, she and Leo looked out of the window at the same time. Judging from their eyes, they seemed to be looking at something interesting, and Penistan also stuck out his head curiously. Looking outside, she didn't see anything interesting for her. There were people coming and going on the ordinary streets, and there was nothing worth paying attention to. It was just the expressions of Leo and Silvia telling her that there was something interesting outside. something to look at.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of a psychic technique that Leo had taught her, so she tried to stimulate a certain part of the eye through psychic energy to make the eyeball produce some kind of supernatural power.

As she used this psionic skill, the surrounding scene changed instantly. The lounge, which was originally decorated very newly, now seemed to have passed tens or hundreds of years. The decorative panels on the walls and floors were broken and completed, and the curtains Scattered like rags, except for the few tables and chairs they sat on, the other tables and chairs were all tattered and old, and there was no one around.

Immediately afterwards, inhuman roars came from outside the window, accompanied by slight vibrations. When Petunia looked out, she found that there was no one on the street, or more correctly, a Ordinary people do not.

I saw five knights wearing church armor shining with various lights, and the knights' long swords in their hands emitted all kinds of weird mist, some of which looked like flames, and some of which felt like poison. And these church knight assassins are surrounding a strange man in black robe. This strange man in black robe is constantly exuding a black aura that looks extremely evil. There is also a monster looming in the black aura. The roar of the human being came from that monster.

The man in black was obviously unwilling to have a conflict with these church knights, and was trying to end the conflict through negotiations, but those church knights had no intention of letting him go. While the other party was still talking, two of them The knight threw out a few chains made by divine arts from his hands, locking the man in black, and at the same time, other church knights also rushed towards the man in tacit understanding.

Seeing that the matter could not be resolved peacefully, the man in black didn't hold back any more. He instantly absorbed the black mist around his body into his body, and his body expanded rapidly, turning into a six-to-seven-meter-long monster with five arms and three heads. monster.

The magical chains that originally bound the monster were broken free in an instant, and the five arms of the monster also hit several church knights who rushed over.

With an inhuman distorted figure, the church knight avoided the attack perfectly, and taking advantage of the opponent's huge size and slow movements, he rushed to the monster's feet without slowing down. Cut over.

The monster's Achilles tendon faced the long sword with divine power, and was cut open without any resistance. This made the monster unable to support its huge upper body, and fell to its knees directly, while another church knight who rushed nearby He also took the opportunity to jump directly on the back of the monster. Before the monster could react, he rushed to the head and neck, and inserted a sword into the monster's head. The monster fell to the ground without even a decent resistance.

However, judging from the monster's situation, although the sword on the head made it lose its ability to move, it was not fatal. The eyes could still move normally, and the throat could continue to let out some fearful and angry roars.

After the monster fell down, the two church knights who threw the magic chains tied the monster up again with the chains, and the divine power attached to the chains suppressed the monster's body little by little, shrinking it to the size of a normal person, and then several The knights of the church dragged the monster to a carriage that was completely enclosed and engraved with divine inscriptions on the surface, threw the monster into the closed carriage behind the carriage, then jumped into the carriage and drove away from the scene quickly. After these church knights left, the empty streets were filled with people again, and the old buildings were restored to their original state.