The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"What a group of beautiful little guys!" Seeing the Storm Eagle landed on the scaffold, Sylvia couldn't help showing a look of liking.

When she was young, she also domesticated an eagle, but unfortunately, that eagle was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and died in one of her adventures. After that, she never raised an eagle again, but she loved Eagle's affection has not waned much.

Taming falcons is basically an old craft of the Belmont family. In the old territory of the Belmont family in Velen World, there is an Eagle Castle dedicated to taming eagles. There is also a falconry building in the manor built after the southward migration. It's a pity that it was later demolished and rebuilt into other buildings.

Now seeing a few giant eagles standing in front of them, which are five meters high and with wings spread about twenty meters, the falconry gene in the Belmont family seems to be activated, making Sylvia talk, He couldn't help but stepped forward, trying to reach out and touch the giant eagle in front of him.

"Be careful, ma'am, this eagle is very fierce." The eagle man at the side saw Sylvia's movement and stopped it in a panic.

Even though many of these storm hawks have been domesticated, the wildness in their bones has not weakened. Except for a few domesticated storm hawks that allow hawks to approach and obey the orders of the eagle whistle, the vast majority of storm hawks are still rebellious. Taming, will attack any creature that gets close.

The Storm Eagle that Sylvia is approaching now is a storm eagle that has not been tamed, but it can still hear the whistle of the eagle, and it flies over with the other Storm Eagles.

In the past, some eagle people thought that this storm hawk was domesticated, and wanted to get close to feeding, but they were attacked, and some people even died because of it, so when Sylvia approached the storm eagle, immediately there were eagle people Speak to stop it, and other people nearby stepped forward to grab Sylvia.

However, the few people who tried to grab Sylvia's arm stopped before they approached, because they saw an amazing scene, and they saw that Sylvia was slightly approaching the other side. When there was no domesticated Storm Eagle, the ferocious Storm Eagle seemed to become extra obedient, jumping off the scaffold directly, and then bent down so that Sylvia could stroke it.

Seeing this scene, all the hawks who were in charge of taking care of the Storm Eagle were all dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

On the other hand, Miranda is very clear about how all this happened, because when the Storm Eagle showed a submissive posture just now, she felt the unprecedented and inestimable blood breath from Sylvia in front of her. The strength of the aura even far exceeded the blood power aura she felt from the patriarch of the family. At that moment, she also had an impulse similar to the Storm Eagle, wanting to kneel down and salute to Sylvia .

However, fortunately, the aura of blood power in Sylvia appeared suddenly and disappeared quickly. It disappeared suddenly when she was about to behave excessively, allowing her to return to normal.

After returning to normal, in order to cover up her inner panic, Miranda immediately ordered the hawks standing around to put the prepared saddles on the domesticated Storm Hawk, and at the same time ordered the driver in charge of driving the Storm Hawk Be prepared too.

Under Miranda's order, the Eagles immediately divided up the work and cooperated. Some of them were responsible for feeding the Storm Eagles, so that they would have enough strength to carry people in the air later, and skillfully tied the special saddles to the Eagles. Back, it didn't take long for all the Stormhawks to be ready.

Miranda asked Leo and Sylvia to each choose a Stormhawk to ride on, while she took the remaining Stormhawks with her men.

Sylvia didn't choose those Stormhawks that were already equipped with seats, but sat directly on the back of the Stormhawk that was leaning towards her, and then patted the Stormhawk's back, and saw the Stormhawk unfold The huge wings flew directly into the air, hovering above the Storm Eagle.

Seeing this situation, Miranda and the others were also very surprised, but they were surprised, but they didn't stop. They each got on the Storm Eagle they chose, and Leo didn't choose it randomly like Sylvia. An untamed Stormhawk sat on the prepared one instead.

After all sat down and fastened their seat belts, as the falcon driver blew the whistle in his hand, these domesticated storm hawks spread their wings and soared upwards, and soon flew to the sky above Storm Cliff, and Sylvie After circling a few times in the air, Ya's Storm Eagle flew towards the depths of the northern mountains under the control of the whistle.

Many people in this world know about the fact that the Belmont family castle is in the northern forest of the Kingdom of Teresa, but even so, no force has been able to find the exact location of the Belmont family castle. Moor City in the Ridge Mountains.

Moore City is located in the Blade's Edge Valley of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range, surrounded by towering cliffs, and only a very narrow road passes through the cracks in the cliffs to connect to the outside.

The snow water on the surrounding mountains converged from various creeks into a swift nameless river. This small river passed by the edge of Moore City, and directly flowed into the nightmare pit on the edge of the cliff not far away, turning into an underground The river, I don't know where it finally resurfaced, or it flowed into the ground forever.

The appearance of Moore City is very different from that of other cities in this world. On the contrary, it is more like the knight castle of the French Empire in Velen World. Because of this, the main city of Mole City is mainly a military fortress. The offshoots and vassal families of all of them live in the fortress. Most of them are warriors who have undergone rigorous training, and some of them are knights who have experienced many battles. The armed forces in this fortress alone are already comparable to Any king is the defense force of the king.

This is not all the armed forces of Moore City. Outside the main city, there are four surrounding cities guarding the main city. The people living in these four surrounding cities are all families with foreign surnames under the control of the Belmont family. These families have caravans. There are also merchant families that focus on mining, and some families that specialize in training high-quality mercenaries.

The garrisons surrounding the four cities are all composed of the armed forces of these families. In addition to the 10,000-strong reserve force, there is also a standing army of 4,000 people. Such a large number of armed forces is enough to help the Belmont family resist any outside attacks. attack.

In fact, in the past, there were indeed some extremist churches of true God who organized secret expeditions and tried to exterminate the Belmont family, an apparently heretical family. In the end, all these people became graves outside the Blade River Valley. The weapons of these people were also inserted in the huge joint burial mounds, becoming eye-catching tombstones.

It is also the fact that many churches in the Church of True God regard the Belmont family as a thorn in their side, but they have no way to take action against the Belmont family, and even have to admit the legitimacy of the Belmont family's heresy hunters. , I have to say that this is a bit ironic. You must know that the Belmont family is at the top of the list of heresies in many churches.

Although those churches have no way to take action against the Belmont family, and even hurt the fur of the Belmont family, they still try their best to make some things to disgust the Belmont family, such as the wife of the city lord who is currently being tried in the Scarlet Hall of Moore City , is one of the methods they use to disgust the Belmont family.

The city lord of Moore City has always been a member of the Belmont family, and this time is no exception. Belmont, the lord of Moore City, is named Mourning. His family background is extremely noble. His mother is a member of Theresa's royal family and his father is The Earl of Belmont, the next patriarch of the family and heir to the Duke.

Although Mourning was born noble, he was weak and sick since he was a child. Even though he improved later, his body was still too weak compared to the rest of the Belmont family, and after repeated inspections, it was almost certain that he could not Inspire the power of his blood, so he can basically be sure that he will not become the Duke of Belmont in the future.

It's just that Mourning's status is very special. You must know that the Earl of Belmont has only one descendant. Mourning loses the qualification to become the Duke of Belmont, which means that the Earl of Belmont will be promoted to the Duke in the future. Other suitable candidates are selected from the direct line to inherit the two identities of title and patriarch.

Although this kind of thing is unacceptable, there is no chance of any change. A long time ago, Mourning Belmont was appointed by the Duke of Belmont as the lord of Moore City. He was in charge of the affairs of Moore City. Basically, it has been completely determined. He is no longer qualified to inherit the patriarch and duke of the Belmont family, because in the eyes of outsiders, the extremely noble Moor City lord has become a place of exile in the eyes of the direct members of the Belmont family. Basically, every Moor City lord is composed of patriarch and The loser in the battle for the position of the duke, as long as he becomes the lord of Moore City, is equivalent to losing the qualifications to be the duke and patriarch.

Mourning is very aware of his situation. Although he was unwilling for a while after becoming the lord of Moore City, he can't do anything but be his lord honestly.

Because although Moore City has an extremely powerful military force, all the military power is in the hands of the direct family. The armed forces that the city lord of Moore City can control can no longer control any other forces except his own guards. military power in the city.

In the past, some Moor City lords who were unwilling to fail tried to gain control of Moor City's armed forces through various methods. In the end, all of these people failed without exception. So far, the corpses of these losers have been made into The specimens were collected and hung on the wall of the castle in the main city as a warning.

It was also because of the many bad examples of his predecessor that Mourning knew that he could not make any changes, so he let go of the obsession in his heart, gradually adapted to the status of the city lord, and felt that it was not bad .

However, in recent years, the obsession that was put down by Mourning was picked up again by him. He also began to secretly contact the legion commanders in charge of various military forces in Moore City, trying to get support from them, so that he could return to Bell. Monte Castle.

The reason why he had such a transformation was mainly because his wife gave him a very good offspring. When his son was born, some parts of his body had special scales. Only family members whose blood has condensed to a very high degree have it. This situation is called atavism within the family, and atavism has never happened to a newborn baby, so he judges that his son has more than The pure blood of everyone else in the family.

Mourning felt that he might not be able to become the Duke of Belmont, but his son should be able to. After all, the purity of his bloodline is so high, not to mention his pure direct lineage.

However, before he is eligible to compete for the title of patriarch and duke, he has one very important thing to do, that is, he must step down as the lord of Moore City and return to the Belmont Family Castle. Only in this way can his son With the best training, the chances of becoming the patriarch and duke of the family will be even greater.

Therefore, in the past few years, he has used various methods to win over the various forces in Moore City, especially the military forces, in order to gather these forces in his own hands, force the family to give up his exile, and let him return to the family castle .

However, his self-conceived solicitation method is not worth mentioning under the prestige accumulated by the Belmont family over the years. From the first day he wooed those forces, those forces betrayed him to the family without hesitation, and the following For several years, his every move has been under the monitoring of the family, and those forces that have been wooed are also cooperating with him in acting, and they don't take him seriously at all.

Until yesterday, Mourning had just made a routine inspection around the city. When he returned to the main city castle, he was taken directly into the scarlet hall by the castle supervisor. His father, the Earl of Belmont, and several other high-ranking members of the Belmont family, and the person standing in the judgment seat in the hall was his beloved wife.

After that, Mourning was even more shocked by the indictment read out by Earl Belmont himself. It turned out that his so-called pure-blooded son was just an illusion created by some kind of magic. All the blood of his son was extracted and turned into This will make his son look like a very pure Belmont. In fact, his son does not have any Belmont family's dragon blood, and some are just ordinary people's blood .

The person who did this kind of thing is none other than Mourning's wife, the current wife of the city lord of Moore, and the identity of the wife of the city lord is actually a saint of a church of true God. From the moment she met Mourning The purpose of scheming against Mourning is to use Mourning's identity to find an opportunity to win the position of the patriarch of the Belmont family, and no matter how bad it is, he must find out the location of Belmont Castle.