The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"How reliable are his words?" After returning to the bedroom of the apartment, Sylvia signaled Leo to use psionic skills to build a space shielded from prying eyes, and then asked very seriously.

Leo pondered for a moment, and said: "Most of them should be credible, but there are also many things hidden, and some key things."

"That's how I see it too." Sylvia nodded and said, "Not only did the dragon giant who called himself Ambert Belmont say something to conceal, but even what the old duke said also exists. Questions, like why the castle was built must be different than what they say."

Afterwards, Sylvia seriously expressed her views on the suspicious points.

According to the old duke and the others, the establishment of Belmont Castle was because when the remains of the ancestors were excavated, they accidentally discovered that the ancestors buried in the lava did not die, but began to gradually change to the shape of the abyss dragon due to other unknown reasons. Transformation, in order to prevent these mutating abyssal dragons from finally completing the disaster of the world and attracting the attention of the Church of True God, they will build castles on lava lakes, and then hold sacrifices every once in a while to enhance the effect of the castle's sealing power.

This statement sounds reasonable, and there is nothing doubtful about it, but when you think about it carefully, you can find a lot of suspicious things, such as what is the purpose of digging up the remains of the ancestors, spending a lot of manpower and resources to dig up the remains Come out, just for reburial? No matter how you think about it, this kind of reason is not right, and if it is inferred under normal circumstances, that Ambert Belmont must have participated in the excavation of the remains, so before the excavation, he must also know what is in the lava lake, so since the excavation purpose is problematic.

However, there was a problem with the original purpose, so all the reasons and statements after that were also suspicious, so Sylvia reorganized the reasons for building the castle, making the whole statement completely different.

According to Sylvia, when the lava lake was found and the remains of the ancestors were excavated, the diggers already knew what was going on in the lava lake from Ambert Belmont, so their purpose was to target the already demonic people. Those ancestors of Longhua came from them.

Afterwards, the construction of castles and the implementation of sacrifices were not only for the purpose of imprisoning those Belmont tribesmen who had already turned into dragons, but more likely to catalyze the speed of those tribesmen's transformation into dragons. You must know the growth cycle of an abyss dragon in the abyss. Very long, usually counting thousands of years.

Leo nodded listening to Sylvia's narration, expressing his approval of the reorganized statement, and after Sylvia finished speaking, he also added: "Think carefully about the Belmont families who first came to this world. Compared with the saying that the teleportation exit accidentally appeared above the lava lake, causing the clansmen to fall into the lava lake and be swallowed, I think the teleportation exit should not appear on the lava lake, so those who fell into the lava The Belmonts of the lake were no accident either, most likely on purpose."

After hearing this, Sylvia was stunned for a while, and didn't understand for a while, so she said, "Tell me in more detail."

Therefore, Leo also stated his opinion truthfully. Firstly, the saying that the teleportation exit appeared on the lava lake is totally unreasonable, because although the places where the teleportation entrances such as space rifts appear do not have to be as messy as the energy isolation vacuum Energy, but there can’t be a lot of chaotic energy, and the energy environment in this crater is obviously very unsuitable for opening a space transfer channel, not to mention that this space channel is a randomly selected channel exit point from another world.

Therefore, according to Leo's inference, the space passage opened by the people from the Belmont family in the Vinylon World should have opened up to other places, and it is a stable and safe space passage.

As for the lava lake, they found a settlement suitable for their family blood after they came to this world. Therefore, Leo also guessed that the Belmont people in the lava lake who began to transform into the abyss dragon did not accidentally fall into the lava. What was devoured behind the lake was that they took the initiative to enter the lava lake and carry out this kind of transformation into a dragon. The members of the Belmont family at that time probably mastered a secret technique that could use the environment here to let their blood lease back. Castles are also part of the occult.

Sylvia wondered: "If it was voluntary, why is it now..."

Leo analyzed: "In the past few hundred years, some accidents may have occurred, which caused the original plan to fail, and Ambert Belmont, who was in charge of the maintenance plan, had to change the plan." He paused After a while, he changed the topic again, and said: "It is also possible that Ambert Belmont, who is in charge of the operation of the maintenance plan, changed his mind and artificially changed the plan, wanting to make himself the ultimate beneficiary."

Leo then seriously talked about his thoughts after seeing the cub of the abyss dragon on the lake. He felt that the cub of the abyss dragon was not so much an accident in the process of transformation, but more like a man-made attack. Everything related to life force was removed from the cub of the abyssal dragon, and the method of removal was the rituals performed every once in a while and the castle with the special magic circle.

Even those Belmont people who failed to transform in the lava lake also failed for this reason, and the purpose of doing so is probably to gather all the vitality to breed a perfect mature abyssal dragon.

After hearing Leo's analysis, Sylvia was not surprised, but nodded in approval, and said, "If we analyze it according to our current deduction, then the matter that Ambert Belmont asked us to help It's a little weird."

As Sylvia said, the Brain in the Vat may not be there to save the Belmont family, but to reap the trophies he has planned for so many years, to occupy the mature body of the abyss dragon that is being bred in the lava, and let the Become a real abyss dragon by yourself.

Sylvia also wondered: "But why did he let us participate in this matter? Isn't this kind of thing safer if fewer people participate? Doesn't he worry that we will compete with him for the final result after we participate? ?”

Leo thought for a while and said, "I think it would be an unacceptable choice for him to let us participate."

Sylvia also understood what Leo meant, and said, "You mean there was a fatal mistake in his plan, so he had to choose us to cooperate?"

Leo nodded, and said: "This mistake is likely to be due to the activity of the ley line that turned this dormant volcano into an active volcano. If the fruits are not harvested in time, then these hundreds of years of hard work will be in vain."

Sylvia was a little puzzled and said: "But how does he know that we are capable of helping him? After all, he has never actually seen us, and all the information about us comes from rumors. The reason is exaggerated or modified, and we have never really seen our strength, and we think that we can really help him reap the fruits based on rumors, which is obviously not what any wise man should do."

There was also a little doubt on Leo's face, which is also where he felt a little contradictory, because through the previous analysis, Ambert Belmont of the brain in the tank should be a wise man with a lot of wit and patience, and judging from various situations Well, he obviously still has a backup, so no matter how urgent the matter is, he shouldn't think that Leo and Sylvia are suitable to help him complete the harvest based on the rumors.

At this time, Leo suddenly thought of something, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "I know why he thinks we are capable of helping him."

Sylvia looked at Leo puzzled.

"Lübeck Town." Leo just said a name.

Sylvia immediately understood what Leo meant, and said, "Lübeck Town is an ability test." Then, he was puzzled, "But how did he know that we would land in Lübeck Town? He should not have the ability Affect our direction perception?"

"It doesn't need to affect us." Leo shook his head and said, "No matter where we land or which way we go, our ultimate goal is to arrive at Belmont Castle, and we will always appear in a town controlled by the Belmont family. At that time, we only need to ask the receptionist to give us a little guidance, and we will be able to go to the test site. This test site does not have to be the town of Lübeck, and there are even more than one or two test sites, as long as we pass the test at any of the test sites. , then we will be considered capable of assisting him in completing his plan."

Sylvia nodded in approval. She was not annoyed that she might be counted against. Instead, she stood up excitedly, walked back and forth in the room, and said, "I originally thought that this visit to Belmont Castle was just a one-time visit. The boring trip to meet relatives, I didn't expect it to become so interesting."

"It's indeed much more interesting than I imagined." Leo also nodded and smiled.

After walking back and forth in the house twice, Sylvia sat next to Leo and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Leo thought for a while and said, "We don't need to reply immediately whether they are assisting or not. There is still some time before the ceremony. We can use this time to collect as much useful information as possible."

Sylvia tapped the armrest of the chair with her fingers and said, "I think so too. It's best to be able to determine whether the current Belmont family knows about this Ambert Belmont's plan?"

Leo asked: "Do you think the current Belmont family is also kept in the dark?"

Sylvia nodded and said: "I don't know if the old duke knows, but the others should not be insiders." She said with a smile: "I'm very interested to know if the rest of the Belmont family knows about the lava lake. After the actual situation, what kind of attitude will it have? Is it solidarity and assistance? Or do you hope to get a share of it?"

Leo was stunned, looked at Sylvia, and said: "Although the Belmont family here can only be regarded as your distant relatives, your blood is the same. They are all your clansmen. If you do this, it may make people Serious internal strife has occurred in the Belmont family, which is not a good thing.” He stood up, leaned over to look at Sylvia, stretched out his hands to hold her face, looked at her seriously, and said, “ Now because your bloodline has improved too fast, your mind has already begun to be affected by the chaotic consciousness of the abyssal dragon."

Sylvia frowned, then opened Leo's hand, shook his head, and said, "It was a little bit affected, but not deeply, it should be my own idea just now, I think that although a family There will be some chaos and casualties in the internal strife, but it can also clear up some blood stasis that has been formed for many years in the family, and use the short-term loss of strength in exchange for a more stable family foundation, which will be more important to the future development of the family. a little better."

Leo did not refute Sylvia's statement, he just said earnestly: "Although there is no problem with your idea, whether things will develop as you think in the end, you and I have no way of predicting this, I just remind you , don't go too far."

Sylvia nodded, expressing that she knew what to do, and then asked Leo, "Where do you plan to investigate these days?"

Leo said: "Since you are in charge of the Belmont family, then I will be in charge of the lava lake."

"Are you planning to go down to the lava lake?" Sylvia was a little worried. Although she was very confident in Leo's strength, the Belmont family castle and the lava lake were too weird. Since the power existing here could suppress the gestating A few abyssal dragons, then their power will inevitably pose a threat to Leo.

Leo kissed Sylvia's forehead, motioned her not to be so nervous, then smiled and said: "I do plan to go down, but it should be after investigating other things with results, and I don't plan to go on my own. Go down, I can find other things."

"Other things?" Sylvia looked at Leo puzzled.

Leo walked to the window, lifted the curtains, pointed to the gargoyle on a steeple in the distance, and said, "They are the best pathfinders."

After hearing what Leo said, Sylvia didn't think about it any more, and then asked, "What are the other things you plan to investigate?"

"For example, who is Ambert Belmont's collaborator?" Leo's expression became serious, and he said, "This matter has been going on for hundreds of years, let alone the power of the Belmont family to control and suppress the lava lake." The abyssal dragon is being bred inside. Even the castle on this lava lake may not be able to be built, so Ambert Belmont should have another collaborator. This collaborator should be very powerful in terms of strength and influence. , and he should be the reliance of Ambert Belmont, we are just the pioneers to explore the way."

"Could this partner be the Spirit of Knowledge?" Sylvia guessed.

"The Spirit of Knowledge should be an insider, but definitely not a collaborator. Moreover, judging from various circumstances, the Spirit of Knowledge can only be the last choice for the failure of Ambert Belmont's plan." Leo shook his head and denied After making this guess, he followed him to think for a while, and said: "No matter who the collaborator is, he should have left some traces in the castle. I should be able to find out, and then I will know who he is."