The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The Barbarisa couple, who were dazed by the news of the battle of the gods, obviously have not completely lost their minds. Although they have decided to continue aboard the Beloved and head to the Black Reef Sea together to witness this sea battle that will surely shock the world, they have not Going to put your own family on an adventure.

After they made the decision to stay, they summoned their housekeeper and chief maid, handed over their children to them, and asked the servants and bodyguards to disembark together.

He didn't just leave these people on the ring island, but directly found an office set up here by a country on the coast of the old continent on the ring island, and then he would reveal his identity to the officials of the office and entrust his children to The country's office asked them to find another ship, or directly use the country's official ship to send the two children back home.

If ordinary people made such a ridiculous request, they would definitely be kicked out by the staff of the office, but after learning of the identities of the Barbarisa couple and confirming their identities, the director of the coastal country office immediately reported to Baba in person. The Lisa couple guaranteed the safety of their children, and they also promised to notify the domestic side to send warships to send their children back to the country.

In addition, in front of the Barbarisas and his wife, he hired some reliable mercenaries to provide additional protection for their children.

Therefore, Leo and Silvia knew the identity of the couple, although to Leo and Silvia, even if the king of any country in this world stood in front of them, they would not cause any shock feeling, but they were still a little surprised by the real identities of the Barbarisa couple.

The Middle Kingdom area of ​​the Old Continent is called the origin of world civilization, because the world’s earliest city-state civilization appeared in this area, the earliest kingdom civilization also appeared here, and even the earliest empire originated from here, although that empire is in terms of land area. The words are not worthy of the name, but in terms of unifying the surrounding city-states and kingdoms, they are well-deserved.

Therefore, the Middle Kingdom region has always had a very special meaning in the minds of people in this world.

No matter what kind of powerful country appears in the Old Continent, as long as this country tries to raise its status to the level of an empire, it will without exception need to complete the rule of the Middle Kingdom, even if it is ruled in name, otherwise, even this country The country unites all other Old World regions in the Middle Kingdom and does not qualify as an empire.

It is also this special status and role that has indirectly caused the Middle Kingdom region to be in constant war and chaos, and countries supported by various forces emerge in endlessly. No one wants a country to unify the Middle Kingdom region. The best way is to unite the Central Kingdom. The kingdom area was cut into pieces.

This state of fragmentation has lasted for thousands of years. People in the Middle Kingdom have forgotten that they used to be from the same country and nation. Instead, because of the constant wars between big and small countries, they are feuding with each other.

This situation did not turn around until the last few decades. A powerful country appeared in the Middle Kingdom region, annexed and absorbed more than a dozen surrounding city-states, and then, with amazing political wisdom, joined forces with several other relatively powerful countries in the Middle Kingdom region. countries formed an alliance, coercing other countries to join the alliance, and finally completed the integration of forces in the Middle Kingdom region before other countries in the Old Continent reacted, allowing the Middle Kingdom region to form a relatively unified alliance system, ending the continuous Thousands of years of war.

Although this kind of alliance system is somewhat loose, and this kind of mandatory alliance cannot completely eliminate some feuds between the allied countries, there will still be conflicts between the allied countries because of some old things, but because there is a unified system to suppress, Even if there is a conflict between the allied countries, this conflict is just a small friction of a few thousand people, and it has not developed to the extent of a large-scale war, allowing the people of the Middle Kingdom to obtain a rare peace.

The person who accomplished this feat was an ancient nobleman named Porta XVII. The surname Porta has a special status in the Middle Kingdom, because the royal family of the world's first empire had the surname Porta, although later the Middle Kingdom In order to prove their legitimacy, the countries in the region all claim that their blood originates from the Botha royal family and give themselves the Botha surname, but there are still several bloodlines that are recognized as the Botha royal blood. The Seventeenth World originated from one of the bloodlines.

Because this Porta XVII brought relative peace and unity to the Middle Kingdom, coupled with the addition of his bloodline factors, this Porta XVII was honored as protector by all the joining countries in the Middle Kingdom. The Duke of the Kingdom has been given a very special identity and status, and the status of the Duke of the Protector has also been recognized by other countries in the Old Continent. In recent years, even countries in the New World have successively recognized the Duke of the Protector as an aristocrat.

Some people think that in terms of the coverage of the aristocratic status of the Lord Protector, this man can definitely be called the number one nobleman in the world, but after the establishment of the alliance, the Lord Protector resigned all his He is in public office, and rarely attends some public banquets, so there is very little information about him, and even his name other than his title has not been recorded.

Celebrities with such a special status in the politics and history of the countries in the Old Continent, Leo and Sylvia naturally would not miss them when they read the relevant materials, but in their opinion, people with such a special status should be limited to Within the scope of the Middle Kingdom, it should be well protected so as not to be used by some forces and countries with ulterior motives.

But what surprised them was that the Lord Protector took his family to travel to the New World, and he only brought a dozen ordinary bodyguards and servants with him, not even a superhuman with special power. Around him, I don't know whether he is too big, thinking that his special status can solve all troubles, or whether he is confident and has other protections.

However, if you think about it carefully, a person who can contribute to the relative unification of the Middle Kingdom and who can be enshrined as a saint by several major churches in the Old World at the same time should not be the kind of person who is stupid enough to think that identity can suppress everything. It is true that there are other backhands protecting him, but neither Leo nor Sylvia have discovered this backhand before.

Leo and Sylvia did not use extraordinary means to find out who the Barbarisas were protecting them, but asked them directly.

Compared to Leo and Sylvia who only showed a little surprise after knowing the real identity of the Barbarisa couple, the Barbarisa couple were surprised by the reaction of the Leo couple, because they both have a bad taste and like When they saw their identities suddenly exposed in front of others, the exaggerated expressions on other people's faces, but the Leo couple were an exception, made them very surprised, and at the same time they became more and more curious about the identity of the Leo couple.

"Saints, because our husband and wife are saints." Facing Leo's inquiry, Barbarisa replied very frankly and concisely.

And this answer also made both Leo and Sylvia realize that in this world, the saints conferred by the church are not just a title, but must also contain other more mysterious powers, which are likely to be of a higher level. The power, at least with the current abilities of Leo and Silvia, cannot be detected.

Now they also understand why the Barbarisa and his wife are so bold. When they knew that a large-scale naval battle might break out, and even involved a battle of gods, they showed excitement without any panic, and even came together fearlessly. , Obviously they are confident and know that nothing will happen to them.

Hairessa also knew that the Barbarisa and his wife arranged their children and bodyguards on the roundabout island, and they continued to travel with the boat, which made him feel a little confused and puzzled, but he didn't think too much, after all, Baba What the Lisas did was a good thing for him, at least the pass would not be invalidated because the Barbarisas left.

And the Barbarisa couple did not stay in the same cabin with Leo and the others as they had originally thought, but continued to stay in their own cabin, and after asking Leo about the exact location of the smuggled goods, they expressed their desire to See if you can take out the smuggled goods carefully stored by Hiresa without touching any protective measures.

Obviously, after the hidden dangers in his body were eliminated, Barbarisa's mentality was completely relaxed, and the previously hidden character was released, making him much more lively than before.

Just as Hai Lesa planned, after nightfall, they quietly sailed the Beloved from the pier of the ring island, and they were not the only ships leaving the ring island at this time, but many ships, Most of them sailed in the same direction as them. Obviously, there were more than one person who had the same idea and approach as Hai Leisa.

During the time when the Cakilan gold transport fleet enters the waters of the Black Reef tomorrow during the day, it should be the calm before the storm, nothing will happen, and Leo and Silvia are not doing other things, but They used small talk to relax their spirits. As for the preparation work, they have also completed it. Next, they will wait to see if their preparation work can achieve the expected results.

During the chat, both Leo and Sylvia agreed that everything done by the protector of the country, Porta XVII, should not be entirely attributed to Barbarisa's ability, or more arbitrarily speaking, Barbarisa's ability It only accounts for a very small part of the merits of the protector of the country, Bota XVII, and even more often he acts as a bystander or a puppet who follows the trend.

Making such a judgment is not based on any substantive evidence that Leo and Sylvia have, but the analysis and inference made based on Barbarisa's performance these days and his character.

Among other things, Barbarisa just met Leo a few times, believed Leo's words, agreed to let Leo cast spells on him, and let Leo be at the mercy of him during the spell, which is a little bit different. The persona of Porta XVII did not match.

Although he is so bold or has something to do with the mysterious protection mechanism of saints, the powerful protection power of saints makes him full of confidence in his own safety. In addition, physical problems have become his heart disease. He is eager to solve this problem, even at the expense of Risky, but no matter how you analyze it, this is definitely not the behavior and mentality of a hero who can manipulate the complex political environment in the Middle Kingdom like a toy. No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel that his character is a bit too naive .

Because of this, after some discussion, Leo and Sylvia believed that the merits of the protector of the country, Porta XVII, should come from the mysterious person or force who controlled Barbarisa through the implant, And the fact that the Middle Kingdom region can become the current state of alliance should also be inseparable from the power of that mysterious person.

They feel that since there is already a successful implanted experimental body like Barbarisa, then the mysterious person and force will definitely not just create a Barbarisa. They may have secretly controlled the Middle Kingdom region through the implant. Most of them are powerful people, that's why the process of forming an alliance between the kingdoms and city-states in the Middle Kingdom is so smooth and fast, so fast that the other old continent kingdoms in the surrounding area don't even have time to react.

At the beginning, when Leo and Sylvia saw this record, they also felt that the alliance between the countries and city-states in the Middle Kingdom was so miraculous and unbelievable, as if it was a stage play that had already been scripted. Everyone just needs to act accordingly, and now it seems that their feelings are not wrong. Perhaps this historical event praised by all countries is a well-rehearsed drama.

Therefore, Leo and Silvia further deduced that the headquarters of the mysterious person and his forces should be in the Middle Kingdom. Otherwise, why would they spend so much experience helping the countries in the Middle Kingdom to form an alliance?

This also made the Middle Kingdom region included in the list of regions where Leo and Sylvia will definitely go.

Although, Leo is still not sure whether this mysterious person and force have ever controlled the Eye of Reality, the force that has mastered the alien god cells, and whether this force has anything to do with the medical school in Velen World, but from this mysterious person alone The fact that the power and forces can create an implant that produces pure spiritual power is already worth Leo's trip to the Middle Kingdom.

Because most of the founders and people of the countries in the New World are aristocrats and scholars who were persecuted in the Old World, and some frustrated people who failed in political struggles and national wars, they instinctively rejected the countries and their history in the Old World, so The related books written are also full of prejudice, and the content records are not very detailed, and regions like the Middle Kingdom are regarded as decadent places, and all relevant records are written vaguely and cannot be used as valid information.

So after Leo and Sylvia made the decision to go to the Middle Kingdom in the future, they directly approached the Barbarisa couple and asked them about various things about the Middle Kingdom to fill in the gaps in relevant information.