The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

For the townspeople of Dashu Town, the mayor's curse is definitely a major event in the town in the past few decades, because the curse is only aimed at the mayor and has no effect on the townspeople, so they don't have much fear in their hearts, more What is curious.

Especially when several teams of the church and the investigation team of Teresa Kingdom failed to find any useful clues, and the progress of the investigation of the whole incident was almost zero after several months, the townspeople of Dashu Town cursed the mayor The curiosity and concern about the incident gradually turned into a state of mind to watch the excitement, and even the tavern owners in the town opened their mouths for this incident. What is interesting is that most of them are betting on the trio sent by the Kingdom of Teresa. It is impossible for the investigation team to resolve this incident before the end of the task time.

However, to the disappointment of these gamblers, the mayor's curse incident was investigated when the investigation team's task time was less than three days. Although the curser was still not caught, the source of the curse had been found. After coming out, the next step is to wait for the people from the church to purify the source of the curse.

After they inquired about the more detailed investigation details of the mayor's curse incident, they were all dumbfounded, because such a result was completely unexpected to them, such as Jason, who had been with them for more than ten years and was the first to die of the curse The mayor turned out to be a fake, the real mayor had died long before he took office, and the source of the subsequent mayor's curse turned out to be Mayor Jason's bones and the traditional rituals in their town.

At first, the townspeople felt that the results of this investigation were completely fabricated by the three-person investigation team sent by the Kingdom of Teresa to complete the task. After all, the contribution of Mayor Jason to the entire Dashu Town is obvious to all. He is also the most grateful and respected mayor of the townspeople of Dashu Town. These investigation conclusions of the investigation team are undoubtedly desecrating the posthumous reputation of this good mayor in their hearts.

For this reason, some good-for-nothings who had made a big bet secretly encouraged the villagers to gather outside the barracks of the mercenary regiment, clamoring for the people from the investigation team to give an explanation to the townspeople and overturn the investigation conclusions that had been made.

However, this farce ended after only one day, because the findings of the investigation team have been approved by more than a dozen Churches of True God, including the Justice Church, who had previously participated in the mayor’s curse incident, and the church has also sent The senior clergy came and set about solving the source of the curse.

As a result, the content of the conversation the day before was about the respected former mayor who was wronged after his death, and the day after that turned into various suspicious behaviors of the mayor over the past ten years, and whether the fake mayor was in Dashu Town. What heresy activities have been carried out and so on.

Some caravans who were temporarily unable to leave due to the heavy snow on the mountain were also curious about the drama of the mayor’s curse. They went to the tavern to ask the local townspeople about what happened to the fake mayor to satisfy their curiosity. or reserve for future conversations when chatting with people.

When the tavern was full of stories about the fake mayor's past and fabricated so-called weird behaviors, in a corner of the tavern, a man wearing a traditional hunting suit of the Kingdom of Teresa and a cocked three-cornered hat on his head The young man drank wine on his own, no one dared to disturb him, and even he had an empty space around him.

This young man does not have any special missions, but simply gives people a feeling of being difficult to mess with. The cause of this feeling is not only the various weapons that look weird on his body, nor the special treatment of the weapon under his feet. What's more, it's his own temperament that makes anyone who sees him immediately think of cold-blooded animals like venomous snakes, and even some ordinary people will involuntarily feel that if they get too close to this person, they will be killed by this person illusion.

Just when the young man had almost finished drinking a bottle of honey wine, a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter hurried in from outside the tavern, then quickly scanned the inside of the tavern, and walked quickly after finding the young man's location. walk over.

"Master Sheldon, I have already found out." The middle-aged man immediately lowered his body when he came to the young man, and reported respectfully: "The reason why the three people in the investigation team were able to investigate the results before the task was completed is completely Because the scholars in the school exchange team who came here two days ago were meddlesome, they found clues to the mayor's mansion, and then deduced from the clues that the mayor might be fake, and finally found out the source of the mayor's curse. "

Hearing the news from the middle-aged man, the young man put down the unfinished wine glass, his original calm expression was replaced by a gloomy look, which made his already very gloomy temperament even more gloomy, and the surrounding temperature seemed to be chilling. It dropped several degrees.

The tavern owner, who is particularly sensitive to the atmosphere, greeted the guests, and looked at the corner where the young man was from time to time, with a slightly worried look on his face, worried that this young man who seemed not to be messed with would be in his tavern make trouble.

If the three-person investigation team were here at this moment, they would definitely recognize this young man as the colleague nicknamed Viper they mentioned a few days ago. task.

In fact, the reason why this Viper stayed in Changtou Village, a village not far from Dashu Town during this period of time, was that he didn't hesitate to snatch Changtou Village, an investigation task that didn't suit his interests, from other people. It is to make it easier for the troubled three-person investigation team to come to him for help, so as to gain the favor of these three people.

However, what surprised him was that he spent so much time, and the result was that the three-person investigation team had clearly investigated the mayor's curse incident. The plan for so many days was completely in vain, and he was unwilling to accept it. So he came to Dashu Town as soon as he received the news, and then sent his subordinates to find out how the three-person investigation team found out the truth, and the most important thing was who helped the three people.

The reason why he spared no effort and time to try to get a debt of favor from the three of them was not that the three of them had any outstanding ability in investigating various supernatural events, but that the talents of the three of them just matched his some requirements.

In fact, in his eyes, the investigation ability of these three people is really poor, so obvious clues can't be seen in front of his eyes. It is not much better than the heretic hunters and church knights who only know how to use divine magic to investigate the extraordinary power of heresy. , So when he heard that the three-person investigation team had investigated the mayor's curse incident, he immediately guessed that someone must have helped the three people, and now the news of his subordinates just confirmed this guess.

If the person who helped the trio was someone else, he would definitely retaliate without hesitation, but the problem is that the helper happened to be a scholar from the Academy City, which made him feel a little worried for a while. His worries did not come from the Academy City, but from the Academy City. The elders from the family, because when he left home for trials, the elders reminded him not to provoke the scholars of the academy city.

After taking revenge on the scholars of the Academy City, he may not need to pay too much attention to the anger from the Academy City. After all, no matter his identity, nor the relationship between the Investigation Bureau and the Academy City, he will not be punished too severely. Dissatisfaction would be too much for him. He didn't want to be the impulsive guy he laughed at before, and a real case of serious consequences for disobedience to his elders.

Just when Viper suppressed the idea of ​​revenge, intending to let this matter go, and look for new opportunities to reap the debt of favor, his subordinate added: "However, there is a gap between the rumors circulating outside and the facts. , I later found out from the cemetery keeper that although the scholars in the city helped the three people during the investigation, it was a foreign couple who really played a key role."

Hearing what his subordinates said, Viper's vengeance, which had been suppressed just now, resurfaced.

Afterwards, the middle-aged hunter told Viper about some of the things he found out about Leo and Sylvia.

When Viper heard that the couple was just a pair of foreign scholars planning to go to the city of learning, a smile appeared on his face. In his eyes, as long as they were not scholars from the city of learning.

So, he handed over the processed monster's head to his subordinates, and then ordered his subordinates to go down and prepare some things, while he himself went to the hotel where Leo and Silvia were staying, first to see the pair that he had written into revenge. the target of the list, and then consider retaliating in that way.

The hotel where Leo and Sylvia lived was not far from the only tavern in the town, and it was only two blocks away. At this time, the scholars from the Academy City were having a small meeting with Leo and Sylvia at the hotel. In the living room, we exchanged views on the political systems of countries in the old and new continents.

Although the Academy City has its own official dormitory in the town, these scholars and mentors in the Academy City have spent most of their time in this hotel in recent days, and even Delkan and others have lived in the hotel. To facilitate the exchange of knowledge with Leo and Sylvia.

At the beginning, these scholars in the academy city paid attention to Leo's knowledge, but as Sylvia inserted into their topics from time to time, they discovered that Sylvia's knowledge was not much worse than Leo's, especially in politics. In terms of diplomacy, etc., she has amazing unique insights, which also makes her gradually become the focus of everyone. After all, who doesn't love a woman with outstanding intelligence, temperament, appearance, etc.? Many scholars have straightforwardly expressed envy and jealousy to Leo, which makes Leo have the momentum to become a public enemy.

The topic of today’s exchange comes from a report published in a local newspaper, and the content of this report happens to be Cape Saiwangyang Port. In the report, it is mentioned that Cape Saiwangyang Port has now returned to church control The people living there seem to have returned to hundreds of years ago, living a life of fear, and the knights of the church may kick open their homes at any time, catch them as heretics, and burn them to death on the street.

Although this article is full of prejudice and malicious speculation, the author commented on the church’s temporary control of the Cape West Port from an anti-church point of view, but the article itself can easily resonate when you read it, and you can’t help but put yourself in the same position. Integrate into the Cape West Port described in the article, especially those who are born to stand on the opposite side of the church like scholars in the city are more likely to be emotionally aroused by the content of the article.

While criticizing the cruel systems of various churches, the emotional scholars in the city also mentioned the special country of the Otter Federation. The embodiment of freedom, they stuffed all the beautiful fantasies into the Otter Federation, and then exaggeratedly praised the system of the Outer Federation.

Obviously, none of the scholars in these academy cities have ever been to the Otter Federation, and they don’t know the real situation of the Otter Federation at all. Their praise naturally aroused the ridicule of Leo and Sylvia, and then the two parties began to use the Otter Federation The political system of the Federation held various academic discussions, but soon Leo, who was very interested in politics from time to time, stopped participating in the discussions, while Sylvia argued with these academic city scholars alone, and continued Once these academic city scholars were rendered speechless, it eventually became her own political speech.

There are other people living in the hotel. When Leo and his wife argued with the scholars of the academy city, they did not restrict other people from entering the living room, so the hotel guests who were curious about the debate also gathered inside and outside the living room, although The vast majority of them couldn't understand the content of the debate at all, but they could also see Sylvia's outstanding performance and amazing knowledge. Every time a scholar couldn't refute and gave up, they would spontaneously cheer for Hope. Sylvia's performance was applauded, and some people even shouted some taboo titles such as the goddess of knowledge.

However, there are still some people in the crowd who can understand the wisdom contained in the debate, and they all took out their notebooks to record every sentence of the debate carefully like students, even before they had time to record the complete content When I was studying, I also discussed with other people to exchange notes and make up for the missing.

After Viper arrived at the hotel, he was also surprised by the crowds of people inside and outside the living room. After asking about the situation in the living room, he was even more shocked.

Although Viper himself looked down on those scholars of the Academy City who only knew how to speak and act like trash, but he also had to admit that the knowledge and wisdom of the scholars in the Academy City were beyond his comparability.

However, now, someone single-handedly refuted more than a dozen scholars from the Academy City to publicly admit defeat, and asked her to give lectures like a tutor. This was a scenario that he could not imagine before.

He knows very well that the academic exchange team sent by the Academy City is the most outstanding group of scholars in the Academy City, and there are even some wise men who stand alone like subject tutors, but now these outstanding scholars have been defeated, which makes him I can't help being curious about Sylvia, a foreign female scholar who has been called the goddess of knowledge.

So, he forcibly pushed aside the human wall in front of him, squeezed into the living room, then directly pulled down the person standing on a chair, stood up himself, and looked towards Sylvia in the center of the living room.

Just when he saw Sylvia's appearance clearly, he was stunned, as if he saw some incredible existence.