The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Just when Leo and Sylvia solved the abscess and flesh, and ingested the source, in the nearest Redstone Town to where they were, the old man who was in charge of guarding an ancient altar in the center of the town was looking at the holy man in fear. Cracks keep appearing on the statue in the center of the altar.

I saw that this statue is not much different from other ordinary statues of anthropomorphic gods, but if you look carefully, you will find that this statue has no face, and the original facial features are replaced by a complex symbol. The core of this symbol It should be the holy emblem of the Church of Justice, and there is a circle of complex symbols entwined and fused with it around the holy emblem, which feels like a chain.

If it is in other places, if such a symbol is seen by the clergy of the Church of Justice, they will definitely think it is a blasphemy. It will not be long before a large number of church knights will come to crusade. Treat it as a heresy, and come to a complete purification.

Fortunately, this is the Kingdom of Teresa, and the influence of the church is not very great here, and even though the Church of the True God has built temples, sanctuaries, churches, and temples here, and sent high-level clergy to preach here, but in these churches In the garrison, there is no complete establishment of church knights. Even if a heresy is discovered, it needs the cooperation of the Theresa Kingdom's corps to act.

Therefore, in the Kingdom of Teresa, things with obvious heresy symbols like this statue are not uncommon. If it goes too far, the Church of True God in the Kingdom of Teresa usually turns a blind eye and closes one.

Right now, this altar is the epitome of heresy belief in the entire Kingdom of Teresa. This altar existed before the construction of Red Stone Town. No one knows which god the statue inside the altar represents.

This kind of unknown is true. No one knows, not to mention the ordinary townspeople in the town. Even the old man who guards the altar does not know who the statue in the altar represents. religion.

But it is such an altar of unknown gods. Every mayor of Hongshi Town will come here to pay homage at a certain time every year, and perform some strange-looking rituals. After each ritual, he will repeatedly instruct the guardian saint Once any abnormal movement occurs here, the people on the altar must report it as soon as possible.

The old man guarding the altar has been doing this for more than 20 years. He is not a native of Hongshi Town, he is a refugee who fled from a foreign country. Not because of salary issues, but because this altar is very weird, and anyone who guards the altar will age faster than normal people.

Like the old man now, he is actually only in his forties, but now he looks almost like an old man in his sixties or seventies.

It is also because of this that most of the people who guard the altar are foreigners who are looking for, and once they do it, they will do it for a lifetime.

The reason why he has been working for a lifetime is not because the mayor of Hongshi Town does not allow the watchman to resign, but because as long as he becomes the watchman of the altar, it is like signing a contract with a certain existence in the dark. If you have the idea of ​​resigning, even if you see yourself aging faster than others day by day, you will still not have the idea of ​​resigning.

The old man originally thought that he might be like other altar keepers for the rest of his life and die in office, but an accident happened tonight. For the first time, he thought that he should leave here, go for a walk, and find another partner Anyway, his accumulated salary for so many years is enough for him to live in abundance for the rest of his life.

It's just that he soon discovered that his idea of ​​resignation was very wrong, which made him think of the altar, so he came to the altar to check the situation at the first time, and saw a lot of cracks on the surface of the statue of the altar .

If only the cracks appeared, it would not shock and panic him, but the sticky pus and bloody water bubbling from the cracks really scared him, until the arm of the statue was too big to support because of the cracks. , fell down and shattered all over the ground, he didn't react, and immediately thought of what he should do.

Ever since, the old man rushed out of the altar and ran towards the mayor's residence. Because it was late at night, no one noticed on the road, only a few patrolling town guards looked at him suspiciously. Looking at the altar keeper, he didn't understand why the other party seemed so flustered.

Not long after, the bell at the mayor's mansion was rung. This bell represented the town's entry into the most urgent state. All the people in the town who had been guards or militiamen had to gather in the town square unconditionally. .

The Kingdom of Teresa is a mercenary country, and the whole country is very familiar with various military affairs. When the alarm bell sounded, almost all the guards and militiamen in the town woke up from their sleep and equipped with He took out his weapon and concentrated towards the town square.

The originally quiet town immediately became brightly lit. Not only did every house light up, but even a brazier was set up on the square, illuminating the place brightly.

The officer guarding the town had just read the mayor's order at this time. Although he was still puzzled and didn't understand the mayor's thoughts, he didn't ask any more questions. He followed the soldiers' obedience regulations and unconditionally ordered his subordinates to deal with The guards and militia gathered in the square reorganized their teams, and soon the army stood neatly on the square under a loud command.

It's just that after the whole team was completed, the team's comprehensive guard captain did not issue follow-up orders, but stood on the square like everyone else, waiting for the mayor's arrival.

At this moment, the mayor of the town, Rose Belmont, and the altar keeper came to the altar on the edge of the town, looking at the statue that had been shattered so that only the pedestal remained, and the blood flowing all over the ground. There was pus and blood, and his face looked extremely ugly under the light of the torch.

At this moment, Rose Belmont regretted that he would take the initiative to apply to be the mayor of Redstone Town. Originally, he just thought it was a very easy routine task. As long as he sat in the position of mayor for six years, he could return Go to Belmont Castle, or work in other more prosperous cities, because in the past so many years, the members of the Belmont family who came to Redstone Town to work have done so.

But he never thought that it would be less than half a month before he resigned as mayor, and the family had already selected a candidate for a new mayor. He only had to wait for the arrival of the new mayor to complete the handover before he could leave. Something happened to the altar at that time, and judging from the situation, it should be the most serious state. Judging from this situation, the strangeness of the sealed Lübeck town may have broken through the seal.

He didn't know what that weirdness was, but he knew that in the family's ranking of dangerous items, the level of danger of that weirdness was in the top ten.

When he first came here as mayor, he also wanted to go to Lübeck town to see the specific situation out of curiosity, but on the way to Lübeck town, he was blocked by various restrictions placed by the family in that forest However, the information he found from other places found that the town of Lübeck had long been destroyed. Later, a family scholar told him that the town of Lübeck actually still existed, but now it has become a part of that weird.

The family scholar didn't tell him more about the strange situation in Lübeck Town, but repeatedly warned him that if any abnormalities appeared on the altar statue, he should be treated as the most serious situation and be prepared to die.

At this moment, everything that the scholar said appeared in Ross Belmont's mind very clearly, and he never felt flustered in his heart. Although he really wanted to escape immediately, with his ability, he escaped to the A safe place shouldn't be a problem, but when he thought of the family punishment he would face after escaping, the thought of running away immediately dissipated in his mind.

"My lord, my lord, what should we do now?" Just as various thoughts emerged in Rose Belmont's mind, the altar keeper on the side couldn't help interrupting his meditation and asked.

Rose Belmont turned his head to look at the old appearance of the altar keeper, sighed, and said, "You have been fired now, leave here immediately, and go as far away as possible."

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the altar and walked towards the town square.

Hearing Rose Belmont's words, the altar keeper looked dazed, and soon he realized that he had got rid of his duties as altar keeper, and he could really go to other places to relax as he thought before After living the days to come, he hesitated while being excited, and his face was even more bewildered, because he couldn't think of where he would live after leaving here, and what kind of life he would live.

In the past twenty years, the old man as an outsider has fully integrated into Hongshi Town. He has become a part of Hongshi Town, even more like his hometown than his hometown. He can't imagine leaving Hongshi Town. How to live after Shizhen, even if he has enough savings.

After standing in a daze for a moment, when the last relatively complete base of the statue shattered completely and made a strange noise, he also regained consciousness, and then saw him turn around and walk into the small room next to the altar , When he came out after a while, wearing a simple leather armor and holding a somewhat old spear in his hand, he left the altar and trotted towards the brightly lit town square.

After Rose Belmont came to the town square, he saw that the town's guards and militia had assembled. He didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered the captains below to deploy defenses around the town as they had been trained in the past. The prayer relics of the various Churches of True God stored in the warehouse were taken out and distributed.

These prayer relics come from different Churches of True God. They are religious items worn by the clergy of these churches. Because the clergy wear these items when they pray, some extraordinary power generated by prayer has also penetrated into the items. These prayer relics were collected by the Belmont family and Teresa's royal family, and a batch is regularly replaced every five years to avoid the decline in the effectiveness of the relics due to storage and other issues.

In addition, the procedures for replacing the holy relics are also handled by Belmont Castle, and they are sealed and stored in a special way. As long as the ban is lifted, members of the Belmont Family in Belmont Castle and nearby cities will respond. When the time comes We will organize people to come here to support as soon as possible.

Now the only task in Redstone Town is to prevent the weirdness from leaving when the weirdness in Lübeck town escapes until other reinforcements arrive.

As for whether the monster will not attack Redstone Town, but go to other places by detour, Rose Belmont is not worried at all, because according to the castle, a part of that monster is buried in Redstone Town The body, after breaking the ban, the monster will instinctively go to Hongshi Town to recover that part of the body, so Hongshi Town will encounter 100% weird attacks.

While ordering the army to deploy defenses, Rose Belmont also ordered his officials to immediately gather the old, weak, women and children in the town, and arrange for them to leave Redstone Town in a carriage immediately and take refuge in a nearby town.

The residents of the small town were all at a loss as to what had happened, and some were even wearing pajamas, but when the usually high-spirited officials in the small town knocked on their doors one by one and ordered them to Immediately pack up your clothes, and when you leave the town for refuge, no matter how stupid the residents of the town are, they will know that something big will happen.

In addition, under the command of a pair of guards and militiamen, they began to go to the outskirts of the town to deploy defenses. No matter how confused they were, they didn't have the mind to ask the reason. One by one, they hurriedly packed their bags, changed their clothes, and picked up some Finance left their houses in a panic, and some people ran towards the square without even closing the doors, fearing that they would not be able to catch up with the leaving convoy.

In this way, amidst the noise, the number of residents in the town gradually decreased, and the interior of the town returned to calm, while a convoy like a fire dragon was moving quickly along the dark mountain road towards the nearest town. On the periphery, various protective fortifications prepared before were erected, and the water tanks behind the fortifications were also filled with water, and some holy objects were thrown into the water, making the water become a magical place that has a miraculous effect on certain heretical and evil objects. Holy water, and those soldiers and militiamen who have received prayer relics all wear them on their bodies, even though they have never believed in any religion in the past, but at this time they can't help but chant some self-made prayers in their hearts Words, hoping that these prayer relics can save their lives when they are in danger.

At this time, Rose Belmont also put on the traditional armor of the Belmont family, took up a weapon, and came to the front line, and his behavior also improved the morale of the defense line to a certain extent.

However, after a long wait, the morale of the defense line and the will of the soldiers began to slowly weaken, and Rose Belmont was also puzzled by the weirdness that had never appeared, and began to wonder if he had made a mistake.