The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Can you know its exact location?" Sylvia walked to the edge of the platform and looked at the lava below. Although the lava below was constantly churning and emitting a dazzling bright red, standing on the platform, she couldn't feel any sense of change. The scorching heat gushing out of the lava is actually very cool, and it feels like being on a normal lake.

"Unable to determine the location." Leo has already checked the lava lake with the spirit net, and the results are not ideal. There are a lot of chaotic and complicated forces in the lava lake. With the penetrability of the spirit net, he can only probe down. It was blocked at a depth of a few meters, and what blocked his mental network was not the geothermal energy of the lava itself, but some kind of array arrangement used by the castle to suppress and channel the geothermal energy.

Although it is not impossible for Leo to increase the input of psychic energy and forcibly break through the barriers of various forces in the lava, allowing the spiritual net to penetrate, but this will inevitably cause a very large impact, and may even destroy the castle itself. The defense arrangement was broken through, and in that case, the castle and the villages and towns around the lava lake would suffer.

After briefly explaining the situation, Leo also stood on the edge of the platform and looked down, then suggested: "Why don't we just jump off! The lava lake is not very big, and it won't take much time to search."

Sylvia thought about it, nodded and thought it was feasible, so the two prepared to jump directly into the lava lake, drill into the lava, and look for the abyss master parasitic in the body of the abyss dragon cub.

However, at the moment when they were about to jump off the lava lake, the old duke appeared behind the two of them. He didn't come from outside the platform, but appeared directly behind Leo and Hill as if he had opened up a space rift. behind Via.

The old duke seemed to understand why the two were going to jump into the lava lake, and said in the most direct and simple way, "You two, please don't disturb it, the Belmont family will use it for a long time .”

Both Leo and Sylvia stopped, and then turned to look at the old Duke.

The moment the old duke appeared behind him, both Leo and Sylvia sensed it immediately, but they didn't know how the old duke appeared, let alone Sylvia, Leo could at least be sure that the old duke The appearance of the Duke, which is almost moving in space, has absolutely nothing to do with space power, because he did not feel any residual traces of space power around the old Duke.

Leo didn't think too much about the way the old duke appeared, but was thinking about what the old duke mentioned, so he asked, "My lord duke, do you know what we are looking for?"

"Other abyssal superiors." The old duke replied directly, and before Leo continued to ask, he said: "This is not a place to talk, let's go to my study."

After speaking, without waiting for Leo and Sylvia to respond, he turned and walked off the platform, walking towards the apartment where he lived.

Seeing this situation, Leo and Sylvia looked at each other without any nonsense, and walked off the platform directly behind the old duke.

Soon the group of three came to the old duke's mansion in the castle. This mansion has nothing special, just a very ordinary castle mansion. The first floor is the meeting room, next to the meeting room are the war room and reception hall, etc. It is the main living area, including a dozen rooms of different sizes, including the living room, bedroom, and study.

The old prince directly led Leo and Sylvia into a small reception room next to the reception hall, and then ordered the servants waiting at the door to wait at the front door of the reception room instead of staying at the door.

"I know you two must have a lot of doubts in your heart." The old duke looked at Leo and Sylvia very sincerely, then took three large tomes from the bookshelf next to them, put them in front of them, and said: "These three books are family chronicles based on the diaries recorded by the predecessors. Most of the questions in your mind can be answered here."

"What about those who can't find the answer?" Sylvia casually flipped the top half, then closed it, and then asked, "For example, the thing parasitic in the body of the abyssal dragon cub?"

The old duke was silent for a while, and said: "Although it has not been recorded in the book, I do know what happened. If you two don't mind my nonsense, you can listen to it here."

After finishing speaking, he motioned the two of them to sit down, then thought about the words for a while, sorted out what could be said and what could not be said, and then said about the cub of the abyssal dragon.

Both Leo and Sylvia listened carefully to the old duke's account of the past. Although they always had a calm look on their faces, they were both surprised in their hearts. They didn't expect that the cub of the abyss dragon was worse than they expected. complex.

Back then, the first foothold of the ancestors of the Belmont family who came here from the world of Velen was at the crater of the active volcano, and at that time there was not only one person, but a dozen people.

The space rift appeared directly in the center of the lava lake, which is where the Belmont family castle is now, so the moment they entered this world, the ancestors of the Belmont family at that time faced an unavoidable life and death crisis.

More than a dozen people fell directly into the hot lava lake, and only one person fell into the lava lake, the blood of the abyss dragon was stimulated, and then his body turned into a dragon, resisting the burning of the lava, escaped from the lava lake, while the others were all swallowed by the lava lake.

The one who escaped became the ancestor of the Belmont family in this world, and he never forgot that he still had more than a dozen family members engulfed in lava until he died, so he made a family oath, waiting for the family to have enough ability At that time, he came to this crater and fished out the corpses of the dozens of clansmen. He believed that with the power of the blood of the family, even if they were completely swallowed by lava, they could still preserve the bones from being completely burned.

Later, the Belmont family multiplied and gained a foothold in this world, and established a complete foothold in the Teresa Mountains, and established the Teresa Kingdom. The records of the first ancestors found this active volcano, and began to excavate the remains of the ancestors from the lava.

At the beginning, the clansman in charge of the excavation was not unusual, but after half a month, all the clansmen who participated in the excavation found that the power of their bloodlines had increased significantly to varying degrees. The lava environment is very suitable for the bloodline of the abyssal dragon, but when the corpse of the first ancestor was dug up, they discovered the reason why the power of their bloodline would increase.

Because the corpse of the ancestors they excavated was not a human corpse, but the corpse of an abyss dragon, and this corpse is still placed at the main entrance of the castle.

The corpse was intact when it was first excavated, but after it was completely excavated, some of the bones quickly rotted and shattered, turning into dust.

Later, several similar skeletons were excavated, all of which were in the same condition as the first one. They were all in good condition when they were just excavated. After being placed for a while, some skeletons were rotten and damaged to varying degrees, until a complete skeleton with belt bones was excavated. After coming out, the participants at that time felt something was wrong, because they found that the corpse of the abyssal dragon was not dead or alive, and the moment the abyssal dragon was still excavated, it infected Bell who participated in it at a very fast speed. The members of the Monte family quickly mutated into monsters, and some even lost their minds and turned into beasts.

Because of this incident, the excavation naturally stopped. The Belmont family at that time had to ask someone to investigate this incident, and the person they hired quickly investigated the situation.

Under the lava, there is not only one corpse of the abyssal dragon that looks dead but is actually dead, but many, and these half-dead abyssal dragons are all those Belmont dragons that were engulfed by the lava before. The family ancestors were transformed by the clansmen, and the reason for this is related to their own blood and some kind of curse.

According to the investigators' estimates, those Belmont ancestors who were engulfed by the lava did not actually die. Their blood was stimulated like that ancestor, and they mutated rapidly, allowing them to resist the burning of the lava, but their blood was stimulated. It was much later, and their mutation was not just bloodline mutation, but more ancestral mutation, that is, magic dragon transformation, which directly caused them to lose control of their bodies, so that they could no longer escape from the bottom of the lava lake. In the end, all of them were trapped at the bottom of the lake, being burned by the surrounding lava day after day.

Most of them exhausted their blood power little by little in this kind of burning day after day, and were finally burned to death at the bottom of the lava lake. This kind of death process is very long, and it may take several years. Months, maybe years, and the degree of pain definitely surpassed any kind of torture in this world, so when they died, they were also full of resentment and curses. In the end, these resentments and curses did not disappear but summoned an unknown from the abyss the superior.

This abyss superior is also very unlucky. The moment he was summoned to this world, he was also bound by the curse and resentment of all the Belmont ancestors who had alienated into the abyss dragon. The body of the abyss dragon, which was worn away by the pain and left only resentment, continued to suffer at the bottom of the lake. In the end, the abyss superior also merged with these pains, curses, resentment, and the body of the abyss dragon.

The moment the body of the first abyssal dragon was excavated, the curse attached to it immediately affected the members of the Belmont family who had the deepest blood connection with it, causing them to rapidly mutate, and the spiritual power formed by extreme resentment and pain It also completely shredded its consciousness, leaving only the animal instinct in the blood.

Although the excavation can be suspended to avoid the expansion of the power of this curse, but because an abyss dragon body has already been excavated, it represents a perfect ban composed of the lava lake, the body of the abyss dragon, and the spiritual power formed by extreme pain and resentment The power formed a rift, and the summoned abyss superiors also had a chance to get rid of the shackles.

Although the Belmont family doesn't have any feelings of compassion, they don't want to see the monsters produced by their family escape and cause disaster to the world. After all, the danger of an abyssal superior who has been tortured to the point of madness is absolutely far away. More than any evil god who claims to destroy the world.

Therefore, at that time, the friend of the Belmont patriarch gave a method, which was to use the power of the Belmont family to channel the various chaotic forces contained in the bodies of the alienated abyssal dragons, and at the same time keep the ban in the lava lake intact , and this is how the Belmont family castle is now built in the lava lake.

At the same time, in order to avoid some unnecessary mistakes, the person who presided over the incident at that time also concealed the incident, and then fabricated a legendary story about Belmont's ancestors and their partners slaughtering the abyss dragon, which is now The story of the murals that can be seen on the dome of each hall of the castle.

As for the most real situation, only the Belmont patriarch can know. As for other people, no matter how high their status is, such as the king of the Theresa royal family, or the next patriarch appointed by the Belmont family, they cannot know. The day before resignation, pass this matter on to the next patriarch by word of mouth. If there is an accident with the patriarch and there is no time to pass on the relevant matters, there will also be recorded documents in the inheritance box that only the patriarch can open. Just read these documents , to understand the situation.

"Why? Why are you telling us about this now?" Sylvia asked in great puzzlement after hearing this.

The old duke smiled mysteriously and said, "It's very simple, this is the arrangement of our ancestors."

Sylvia frowned, apparently dissatisfied with the old duke's answer.

The old duke also noticed Sylvia's emotions, so he suppressed his smile and said very seriously: "Actually, your appearance was foreseen hundreds of years ago, and I was just following the will left by my ancestors. "

"Foresaw it hundreds of years ago?" Sylvia was stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Excellency, you don't have to say it if you don't want to. Is there no need to tell such a lie that can be easily exposed? A hundred years ago, if I remember correctly, the castle should have been built after the Kingdom of Teresa was founded, and the castle itself is only two hundred years old at best, how did the saying of several hundred years come about?"

The old duke was not annoyed by Sylvia's words, but still said formally: "I am not lying, because the appearance of the two of you was indeed foreseen hundreds of years ago, and the person who foresaw it was us. The ancestor of the same line, that is, the ancestor of the family that escaped bad luck."

After finishing speaking, he signaled the two of them to wait in the room, then he walked out of the room and went upstairs quickly, looking like he was going upstairs to find something.

"What do you think?" Sylvia turned her head to look at Leo with a little doubt, and asked, "Is what he said just now true? People hundreds of years ago really foresaw our arrival?"

"I don't know about this. It's hard for someone to explain things like time and prophecy." Leo also shook his head in a daze, and then said, "Compared to the prediction hundreds of years ago, I am more concerned about it." Who was invited to solve this problem and help the Belmont family build this castle?"