The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Under normal circumstances, if subspace debris is integrated into the normal space, it will directly expand the volume of the normal space, while the debris itself will completely disappear.

But the situation in the Belmont family castle is very special now. All the subspace plane fragments have been forcibly blended together, and merged with the current world, but this fusion is not the kind of complete fusion, but in the That intermediate state of fusion and separation.

This special fusion of subspace plane fragments in a special intermediate state was fixed inside Belmont Castle, because it was also in a fusion state at the same time, so people in this world can enter these subspace plane fragments without restriction, and The space power contained in these subspace plane fragments will also affect the surrounding environment, making the interior of the Belmont family castle much larger than it looks.

In addition to the particularity of the space, there are a large number of gargoyles squatting on the eaves of various buildings in Belmont Castle, acting as the castle's security guards.

Obviously these gargoyles do not come from the current world, but from other worlds, and these gargoyles are not products of witchcraft or magic, but real life forms, but their limbs, flesh and blood It's just a stone.

In all the books in this world that record myths or folk monsters, there have never been any legends about gargoyles, and there is no record of any such special life forms in the books of the Church of True God.

On the contrary, other worlds, such as the world of Velen, the world of the witcher, or the Earth Federation, all have relevant records of gargoyles, so these gargoyles were probably captured from other places by the ancestors of the Belmont family.

"Those stone statues..." Although Sylvia didn't have the skills like the spirit net, she still noticed that the monster stone statues on the roof eaves were special by observing Leo's expression after seeing the special items.

"They are all alive." Leo simply responded.

Sylvia was a little surprised: "Is it alive? Seriously, if you don't tell me, I really can't see it."

"What's the matter? My lords, did you find something wrong?" The maid in charge of leading the way couldn't help asking after hearing the conversation between the two.

"Those stone statues are all alive." Sylvia pointed directly at the monster stone statue on the eaves that she saw just now.

"The stone statue is alive?" The maid who asked just now was very shocked, and looked at the stone monsters that Sylvia pointed at, and her face was full of doubts. Other people around who heard the conversation also felt that Sylvia Asia seems to be joking.

Facing everyone's doubts, Sylvia didn't explain, and Leo didn't speak, because the reactions of these people made Leo realize one thing, that is, the people living in this castle didn't seem to know the eaves of the castle. The stone carvings on the Internet that look like decorations are actually stone monsters like living people.

If the servant doesn't know these things, do other members of the Belmont family know? Does the old prince know? Leo couldn't find the answers to these questions for the time being, but he was sure that these stone monsters were banned by some unknown witchcraft, and they were in a dormant state at the moment.

In addition to the subspace fragments in the castle and the stone monsters who do not know whether they are protectors or monitors, there is another thing discovered through the spiritual network that also attracted Leo's attention. This thing is the spiers of all the houses in the castle. There is a badge made of pure copper on the top, and the symbol on this badge is the symbol of the Supreme Council of the universe.

Leo did not guess why the symbol of the Supreme Council of the universe appeared in Belmont Castle, nor did he guess that the Belmont family placed this badge on every roof. He directly asked the maid beside him to take care of Sylvia. Ask what those badges on the roof are.

"I'm not very clear about this, your Excellency should ask the Earl!" The maid was obviously not the first to hear this question from Leo, so she quickly gave a standard response.

Hearing what the maid said, Leo didn't continue to ask, and the others seemed to have lost their conversation and just led the way.

Soon the silent group came to Baihua Garden, the residence designated by the old duke for the two of them.

The Flower Garden is located on the edge of the castle, which consists of a forest, a villa apartment and a viewing platform facing the lava lake.

Not to mention the not-so-big villa apartment and observation deck, the Baihua Forest that only covers the apartment and the observation deck, in terms of total area alone, seems to be more than ten times larger than Belmont Castle. The above is a real forest, but because of the effect of subspace plane fragments, the area occupied by the castle is very small, only the size of an ordinary courtyard.

Most of the plants in Baihua Forest are a kind of iron fire tree that grows near the volcano. The trunk of this iron fire tree is very hard, comparable to rocks. In addition, the wood always emits heat outward, so in the north this kind of Wood is usually used to build houses, and houses made of such wood are basically sure that even in the coldest winter, the house will still make people feel warm.

Except for the iron fire tree, the other plants in the forest are all transplanted flowers from other places. These flowers come from almost all parts of the mainland, and they are all heat-resistant or heat-loving plants. There are a large number of class flowers, but they don't look messy.

On one side of the villa apartment is the viewing platform. The platform is built on the edge of the castle. Two-thirds of the platform is on the inside, and one third extends to the outside. It is suspended in the lava lake below. Standing on the edge of the platform, you can clearly see Take a good look inside the lava lake.

As for the apartment in the villa, it is not made of the iron fire trees outside. The material used in this villa is exactly the same as the nature of the iron fire trees. The tree is named after the discoverer, so in the folk this tree has another popular name, called the cold dead tree.

The reason why it is called this is because this kind of tree emits a kind of thin cold air all the time, and people who are in it will feel as if they are in a world of ice and snow.

However, for other people, the wood that may be frostbitten if touched easily, but placed in the castle on the lava lake can produce great benefits. For example, after Leo and Silvia entered the house, they felt It was cool for a while, and it was completely different from the outside environment, and also because of the power contained in the castle itself, the cold air of this wood was no longer so cold, but became much more relaxed, and I just felt a chill when I put my hand on it It's just the chill.

After leading the two into the villa apartment, one of the maids carefully introduced the situation in the apartment to Leo and Sylvia, and then said that if there is anything that needs to be done, just ring the bell, as long as someone is nearby will pass right away.

When she said this, she took out two bells, and then used them in front of Leo and Silvia to demonstrate their effectiveness. When she shook the two bells, the bells hanging on the maid's waist would ring out. ringing.

After handing over the two bells to Leo and Sylvia, the maids went about their own affairs. Although they servants of the castle would often clean the buildings in the castle, they were clean enough to live in. It's a completely different matter, and they don't want to make the distinguished guests of the family feel any discomfort.

Leo and Sylvia went directly to the study of the apartment. When they came, Leo asked the maid, and knew that the study of the apartment in Baihuayuan was the place with the most books besides the big library of the castle. The old duke also knew This is why Leo and Silvia are placed here.

As the maid said, the study room in the apartment is indeed very large, occupying almost two-thirds of the area. When you enter the study room, you can see rows of neat bookcases. Each row of bookcases is divided into four layers. There are fifteen shelves on the first floor, and almost all the bookcases are slowly stuffed with various books. There are even many books that have no place to put them, and can only be piled up in the aisle of each row of bookcases.

Leo and Sylvia quickly searched the collection of books here, and found that all the books in this study room were arranged randomly without any order, and the arrangement of those books was completely according to the cover material and color of the books. It can be seen that the person who puts the books should not know how to put the books.

Neither of Leo and Leo had the idea of ​​helping the Belmont family organize the collection of books. They picked up a collection of books by coincidence, then found a suitable place, sat down and looked through it.

Although there are a lot of books in the study room, most of them have been read by Leo and Sylvia in other places, and those books that have not been read are just some unpublished manuscripts, most of which are contents that can be read by others. Content considered taboo by the Church.

Although these taboo contents do not involve any supernatural power, some things recorded in it are very intriguing.

For example, in one of the books, the fog at the edge of the world is mentioned in detail, and the giants that walk in the fog are mentioned.

You must know that ordinary people in this world do not know that this world is surrounded by mist, because the source continent is surrounded by the sea, and no one can find out what is at the end of the ocean, even those favored by the sea gods. There is also no way to go to the edge of the ocean.

In the past, people's exploration of the ocean finally found the New World, and their exploration of the New World has not yet reached the western edge of the New World, and may not even reach the central area, so some people say that the area of ​​​​the New World is several times that of the source continent. times, even ten times, the source continent is actually an offshore island in the new continent.

Therefore, some people speculate that the New World is actually the origin of human beings. For example, the person who wrote about the fog on the edge of the world also wrote the same book on the hypothesis that the New World is the origin of human beings.

You must know that compared to the statement that the edge of the world is shrouded in fog, the statement that the New World is the origin of mankind is a more heretical theory for the Church of True God. Not only the Church of True God will regard it as heresy, but even the Church of Evil God It would also be considered heresy.

Because whether it is the Church of True God or the Church of Evil God, the origin of the gods recorded in their root classics is in the source continent, and the origin of human beings is also in the source continent, and the origin of civilization starts from the source continent. Now there is a new theory, saying The origin of human beings is not the source continent, but the source continent is just a small island next to the new continent. This statement can be said to fundamentally destroy the foundation of all existing religions. Therefore, people who have studied this hypothesis are in the eyes of any religion. is heresy.

The people who wrote these two heretical books did not leave their names, but there are two flowers of truth painted on the original manuscripts of these two books.

The Flower of Truth is a flower that only exists in legends. No one has ever seen this kind of flower. All descriptions about the shape of the Flower of Truth are fabricated based on the myths and legends that have recorded the Flower of Truth. Now The appearance of the two flowers of truth that Leo saw came from the flowers worn on the chest by the protagonist in the book The Blind.

The book called The Blind can also be found in the study room. The story of this book describes how a person who accidentally saw the truth of the gods lost his sight and found the truth through various methods and difficulties. The story of the flower.

In this story, what the protagonist blind finds are two flowers of truth, and the images of these two flowers of truth are not the same, but have their own characteristics. Although the protagonist has lost his eyesight, in this case However, he was able to underestimate the appearance of the two flowers of truth, and described them in detail at the end.

In the story, the blind man described the divine truth he saw, but this divine truth was a big tree, a tree with countless fruits growing in the void.

There is no doubt that the content of these three taboo books should be written by the same person, and they were labeled as banned books for various reasons before they were officially published. In the end, the remaining manuscripts fell into the hands of the Belmont family. .

In the library, there are many other books like these three books, all of which record some thoughts or behaviors that are regarded as barbaric and taboo by the Church of True God.

Undoubtedly, if Leo was an expert in taboo studies, he would take away all these books as if they were treasures when he saw them. It is a pity that Leo is a wizard, and these stories that do not involve any supernatural power are very important to him. There is no use.

When the sky was getting dark, both Leo and Sylvia finished reading the books worth reading in the study, and by the way helped the Belmont family organize these books, so as to prevent the latecomers from being like when they first read those books It's totally confusing to classify it.

At this time, the maid in charge of their daily life came over and told them that the old Duke had already prepared a dinner for them in the castle hall, and it seemed that he wanted to introduce them to other members of the family.

After hearing this, Leo and Sylvia didn't express any objection. After tidying up their clothes a little, they walked towards the castle hall not too far from the Baihua Garden under the leadership of the maid.