The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"There is also anti-magic metal in this world?" Sylvia was a little surprised.

"Maybe there is!" Leo shook his head slightly and said, "However, I think this kind of metal is more likely to be brought over from the outside world. If this kind of metal really exists in this world, the church may have already put it away. It was dug up and used."

"Hmm! You're right." Sylvia picked up the sealed metal box and looked at it repeatedly in front of her eyes. The effect of anti-magic metal made her feel a little uncomfortable, but compared to what she found in Toussaint For the anti-magic metal, the effect of the metal box in her hand is obviously much smaller, so she told Leo about this situation, and judged by herself that this phenomenon may be caused by the different laws of the two worlds.

However, Leo didn't seem to think so. He took the box from Sylvia and checked it carefully. The expression in his eyes was puzzled, but it was quickly replaced by surprise, and then he heard him say: "I think It's best not to open this box."

Everyone in the room looked at Leo in puzzlement.

"Because it's too dangerous." Leo expressed his feelings, and explained: "The reason why Xini feels that the effect of this anti-magic metal is not as obvious and powerful as the anti-magic metal she came into contact with before is not that Because the laws of this world are in effect, in fact, the cause of this situation should be the mysterious symbols on the surface of the box."

Hearing Leo's words, everyone's eyes immediately shifted from the box itself to the mysterious patterns and symbols on the surface of the box.

Just like the vast majority of ordinary people, before Leo reminded them, the Barbarisa couple, Joan and Penny only thought that this kind of pattern symbol was just for decoration, just like the walls of churches and churches would always carve some similar patterns. Pattern symbols to increase the mystery of the church.

As for Sylvia, although she knows that some special pattern symbols have mysterious power just like the Gamore language, but because she doesn't feel any power from these pattern symbols, she also subconsciously regards them as decorations. pattern.

But now that Leo pointed out the particularity of the patterns on the surface of the box, everyone paid more attention to these patterns and saw some abnormalities.

First of all, it is inferred according to common sense that this kind of pattern should not appear on this box, because this box is a fully enclosed box made of extremely sophisticated smelting technology, and if you want to take out the contents of the box, it will inevitably destroy the box, so The box is a one-time product, and it is obviously superfluous to engrave such exquisite and complicated patterns and mysterious symbols on a one-time product.

Another thing is that the box itself was built to secretly transport some things that people don't want to be missed, so the simpler the appearance of the box, the less likely it is to attract people's attention. After seeing it, I can't help but look at it more, not to mention other caring people.

Therefore, the purpose of the box itself and the manufacturing process are contradictory, and if you think about it carefully, it will give people a particularly weird feeling.

Compared to other people who just infer the irrationality of the box itself from common sense, Sylvia saw something deeper, that is, the abnormality that Leo discovered just now, and said it out, Dao: "The function of this metal is not to seal the contents of the box, but to weaken the effect of these pattern symbols."

Leo nodded and said: "You are also very clear about the effect of anti-magic metal. Even if we are in close contact now, it will be affected as well. The anti-magic metal used in this box should be passed through in terms of quality. The product after further purification by special process should be stronger than Toussaint's anti-magic metal. If the box made of this metal is only to seal the contents of the box, then the person who made the box should not engrave it This kind of pattern symbol with mystical power, because it only weakens the effect of anti-magic metal, so the box will give people an unreasonable feeling at first glance."

As he was speaking, Leo suddenly took out some materials for making rune traps from the storage space. He used his ability to mix these materials together, and then controlled them to combine into a small metal plate, and then began to tattoo on the metal plate. Engraved, a symbol he extracted from the surface of the box.

Joan and the others around looked at Leo's current operation in amazement. They were all attracted by Leo's ability. A few pieces of metal were suspended in front of their eyes, and then turned into The metal liquid was mixed together, and then instantly solidified into a metal plate. The whole process took less than a minute, so that they all had the illusion that they were hallucinating just now.

It wasn't until Leo finished carving the metal plate that they came back to their senses from the miraculous scene just now, and realized that they had just seen the legendary alchemy.

Although the Barbarisa couple didn't know what alchemy was, when they saw that Leo changed the solid state of several metals without using any conventional techniques such as high-temperature flames, turning them into liquids, and then When these metals were perfectly fused into a new metal, they all thought of the legendary power of alchemy in their minds.

There are also legends of alchemy in this world, but no one knows what alchemy is, even the church does not understand it. They just know that it is a method of using mysterious power to change the material nature of the world. It is said that alchemy can make people live forever. Just like the gods, some people think that alchemy is the way to become a god.

It was not until the improvement of smelting technology and scientific thinking appeared in colleges and universities in various countries that someone proposed that alchemy is just the metal smelting technology used by ancient people. There is no mystery, so the study of alchemy has gradually disappeared in modern times. .

However, some legends about alchemy are still very popular among the people. Even a country girl like Penistan who lives in a small town in a remote area of ​​the New World has heard of various legends about alchemy, which shows that alchemy has such a strong influence. What a human heart is the thing that aspires to the best wishes of mankind.

Although no one knows what alchemy is, several characteristics of alchemy are widely spread in this world, such as changing the form of matter, creating new substances, etc., and Leo's process of making metal plates coincides with Alchemy's characterization fits perfectly.

"Are you using alchemy?" With strong curiosity, Barbarisa couldn't help asking Leo who was concentrating on engraving symbols.

"Yes." Leo didn't stop what he was doing, but simply answered.

After getting an affirmative answer, Barbarisa and the others felt agitated for a moment, but then suddenly calmed down. This was not because they were in a good state of mind, but because they thought that they might even see the gods fighting with their own eyes. Well, seeing the legendary alchemy now is just the same thing, it's not worth making too much fuss about.

Under the influence of this kind of thinking, the novelty brought by alchemy also quickly weakened, and all kinds of surprises and excitements also calmed down.

Because it was just the most basic symbol, Leo didn't spend too long engraving it on the metal plate.

Afterwards, he did not explain the function of the symbol on the metal plate to everyone, but directly activated the mysterious symbol on the metal plate. At the moment the symbol was activated, everyone felt as if they were being watched by a high-ranking god The same thing happened, an illusion appeared in my mind, the whole world was infinitely magnified, and I became extremely small, a figure that was bigger than the world stood in front of me, a pair of eyes like the sun stared at them, ants, and the line of sight The contained power burned them to ashes like the flames of the sun.

The whole process was very short. When they recovered from the hallucinations in their heads, the metal plate in Leo's hand had already melted, and each of them sat limply on the ground as if their bones had been pulled out.

In fact, the people affected by the symbol at this moment are not limited to this cabin, the people on the Beloved and the other four surrounding ships are also more or less affected.

When Leo activated the symbols engraved on the metal plate, he had deliberately suppressed the effect of the symbols, because otherwise, everyone in the room, or even the entire Beloved, except him and Sylvia, would The spirit will be destroyed by the power contained in the symbol, or become an idiot without thinking ability, or completely become a lunatic.

However, the effect of the symbol is still very powerful. It penetrates directly from the cabin and spreads out, covering the sea area with a radius of tens of kilometers in concentric circles. Everyone who feels the effect of the symbol has the same effect as the Barbarisa couple and others. The illusion of being directly watched by a certain god, it's just that the impact of this illusion is stronger or weaker.

In fact, Leo didn't know that when the effect of the symbol was produced, some deep-sea fish monsters belonging to a certain family of sea gods gathered under the Beloved on the bottom of the sea were also strongly frightened, and fled the sea quickly, completely forgetting The task assigned to them by their Lord of Faith.

"Just one symbol can have such a powerful effect?" Sylvia, who was still awake and able to withstand the pressure brought by the gaze of the gods in the cabin, took the melted metal from Leo's hand. Board, feeling the remaining power in it, confirmed with some surprise.

"Yes, it's just a symbol." Leo nodded, then picked up the metal box, pointed to the complicated patterns and symbols on it, and said: "There are fifty-seven similar symbols printed on this box, and Those mysterious patterns around are not decorations, but also contain the same power. When these symbols and patterns are combined, the power generated is not just one plus one, but multiplied by multiples. If there is no such anti-magic metal big If this power is weakened by a large margin, even the two of us may not be able to hold it so casually."

Sylvia understood what Leo wanted to express, and said: "You mean that these pattern symbols are the main body of power to seal the unknowns in the box, and this box made of purified anti-magic metal is actually to weaken the pattern. The power of symbols."

Leo put the box back on the table and said: "I don't recommend opening the box, think about the unknown that needs to be sealed with such a powerful force, if you take it out before there is any effective countermeasure, What kind of consequences will it be?"

I don't know if it's because of the mysterious power contained in the special saint status of the Barbarisa couple. When Joan and Penny were still dizzy and nauseous because of the mental shock just now, they were lying on the ground and couldn't get up, let alone think. However, the couple has returned to normal and heard Leo's thoughts on dealing with the box.

Although the couple still have an extremely strong curiosity about the things inside the box, they are not the kind of lunatics who do not know how to live or die. Even Leo, a mysterious being who understands the legendary alchemy and possesses powerful power, still loves it. This box showed obvious scruples, and they naturally did not dare to underestimate the danger of this box, and the impulse generated by curiosity before dissipated like an ebb tide.

Before his curiosity completely disappeared, Barbarisa looked at the box with lingering fear, and said suspiciously: "Now I am really curious about the mysterious organization that entrusted the box to Captain Hailesa, what kind of power they have mastered?" , It is possible to create such a powerful item, and how can another powerful unknown object be sealed in the box."

Sylvia guessed: "Maybe this box has nothing to do with that organization from the manufacture to the use of it to seal things. They just got this box by accident for some reason." Then, she looked at Leo again , said: "What do you think?"

Leo didn't answer right away, but thought for a moment before nodding his head, and said, "This possibility is very high. According to my estimation, each symbol on this box represents a god, and five people are involved in it. Seventeen powerful gods, this is definitely not something that a mysterious organization can do. I think the secret organization that entrusted Hailesa may not know how much value this box contains, but it is known from other aspects that this box is very important. It is precious, and even hides some of the secrets they are looking forward to, so they entrust the box to the captain of this ship, Helesa, to smuggle it to the Old Continent, otherwise, they would not entrust the delivery of the box to outsiders."

"What now? Put it back where it was?" Vera asked.

Leo seemed to think of something, shook his head, and said, "No, there's no need to put it back where it was, we might be able to use it."

"Are you planning to..." Sylvia looked at Leo questioningly, but didn't finish her sentence.

Leo nodded knowingly, and said, "With this thing, we might be able to relax a bit."