The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"What did you say? The secret power of the castle's protection has been activated?" The old duke had just finished dealing with the unexpected incident outside, and when he returned to the castle, he immediately heard Earl Belmont report what happened in the past few days. Why was the sky covered by thunderstorms? Covering, what thunderstorm touched the castle's guardian power, etc., he was completely confused by these things, especially about the guardian power being triggered.

As the old duke, he naturally knew what the secret guardian power was hidden in the castle, but he thought that unless the gods personally attacked the castle, it would be absolutely impossible to trigger the secret guardian power. Now that it was triggered, he couldn't help feeling a little bit worry.

And what worries the old Duke even more is that the secret protection power of the castle is related to the success rate of another event. If this trigger weakens the secret protection power of the castle, then something that the ancestors have been planning may go wrong.

Thinking of this, the old Duke immediately walked towards the big clock tower in the castle, because there was something there that could help him check the depletion of the secret power in the castle. The family members said solemnly: "Now tell me what happened carefully, the more detailed the better."

Seeing that the old Duke was like this, the others did not dare to be negligent, so they recommended the Earl of Belmont to describe what happened at that time, and they checked and filled in the gaps that the Earl of Belmont ignored or did not see.

"First there was a thunderstorm in the sky, then the thunderstorm appeared in the castle, and then the castle's secret protection power was triggered?" When the group came to the castle's clock tower, Earl Belmont almost told the situation at that time, the old duke He stopped, looked contemplative, muttered to himself, and then asked, "Did you investigate the reason for the thunderstorm in the sky?"

"There is an investigation, but there is no result." A family member in charge of guarding the castle replied immediately.

The old duke then asked, "Which area of ​​the castle did the thunderstorm appear after?"

"On the side of the spirit of the ancestor god." The man quickly replied, and added: "The thunderstorm left a little trace over there, and I have sent someone to seal that area, do you want to go and see it? "

The old prince asked immediately, "Who was there when the thunderstorm broke out?"

"No one is there." The man shook his head, but then he seemed to think of something, and added: "But when the first thunderstorm appeared, Ms. Sylvia's husband, that Leo Mr. Dodd seems to have stayed at the Spirit of the Ancestral God, as if he was studying the buildings there."

"Leo Dodd?" The old duke frowned slightly after hearing this, and did not continue to ask, but let the others stay under the big clock tower, and he led the Earl of Belmont into the clock tower and went up the stairs , came to the wall clock at the top.

"Father, what are we doing here?" Earl Belmont asked puzzled.

"Shut up, stand aside and watch." The old duke didn't have the patience to explain to him, and he reprimanded him directly, then walked to a corona table that looked like a decoration under the wall clock, and stretched out his hand to cover the scale of the corona table on the table.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of light shot out from the sunroof, covering the old Duke and the Earl of Belmont. At first, the Earl of Belmont wanted to resist, but the light disappeared in an instant, and they were no longer in the bell tower at this moment, but came to In a boxy room, this room is full of things that he can't understand at all, but he knows that these things should be related to the legendary original place, because the appearance characteristics of these things and the family's possession Some of the Birthplace magical tools are very similar.

When Earl Belmont was attracted by the items in the room, the old Duke did not immediately explain the situation to him, but walked to an operating table by himself, sat on a chair, and put his hands on the chair. On the two metal balls on the armrest, it said: "Activate self-test."

As the old duke gave the order, the wall in front of his seat immediately disappeared, turning into a deep black hole, and then a complete three-dimensional map of Belmont Castle emerged in the black hole, and rays of light rippled from the three-dimensional map The specific positions of each building radiate out, slowly sweeping over every surrounding building, and where the light sweeps, there will be lights of different colors forming various complex patterns covering the surface of the building.

Count Belmont was also immediately attracted by the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but walked behind the old duke's seat, looking at the three-dimensional view of the castle in front of him.

Soon he discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with the three-dimensional map. Although every building on the three-dimensional map was exactly the same as the castle building in his memory, the area covered by the buildings was much larger than the area covered by the various building groups in the castle. According to his It is estimated that if it is built according to the size and coverage area of ​​the building on the three-dimensional map, the final area of ​​Belmont Castle should be more than ten times larger than the current Belmont Castle.

After discovering this, Earl Belmont suddenly had strong doubts in his heart, and wanted to ask the old duke, but when he saw that the old duke was staring at the three-dimensional map, he didn't dare to ask, and could only think by himself.

However, this quickly made him think of a rumor that might be related to the situation at hand. This rumor has been circulating in the Belmont family for a long time. It is about some unexplainable strange phenomena in Belmont Castle. It is rumored that Belmont Castle has a The extremely powerful force can make all the people who enter the castle smaller, so those who enter the castle will feel that the area inside the castle is much larger than the area of ​​the castle from the outside.

Now seeing the extremely clear three-dimensional map of the castle in front of him, and thinking about the rumor, Earl Belmont couldn't help thinking that the rumor might be true.

At this moment, the last scanning light on the three-dimensional map of the castle disappeared, and the colorful patterns on the surface of each building in the castle made the whole castle look dazzling.

However, the old Duke was not affected by the complicated patterns and unknown symbols on the three-dimensional map of the castle. He quickly found the location of the bell tower among many buildings, and under his control, the three-dimensional map of the castle was enlarged Many times, but the center of the picture is always on the bell tower, or more correctly, on the wall clock at the top of the bell tower.

When the screen enlarged the wall clock to occupy the center of the entire screen, the old prince stopped zooming in and stared at a cup-shaped pattern on the surface of the wall clock.

I saw that the color of the surface of this pattern is about 80% golden yellow, and about 20% is dark purple.

After seeing the color ratio of the pattern, the old prince was slightly relieved. Although the castle's secret protection power was accidentally activated, the consumption of the protection power was much less than he expected. Judging by the existing protection power, The family's plans that have been planned for many years should not be affected.

The old duke didn't hide his emotions. The Earl of Belmont could clearly see that the old duke had relaxed a lot at the moment, so he asked cautiously, "Father, what is this place? Why didn't I know what's inside the castle?" Is there another place like this?"

"This is the control room for all the guarding secrets of the castle, and it is also the most important secret of our family. Let alone you, the whole family does not know that there is such a place in the castle except me, because all about this place is only Bell The patriarch of the Monte family knows." Because the plan was not affected, the old duke's mood improved a lot, and his tone was not as aggressive as before.

Earl Belmont couldn't help but wondered when he heard the words: "Since only the patriarch knows, then why you brought me here now..."

"You will be the patriarch in the future, and you should also know the secrets in these castles." The old duke frowned, then sighed, and said, "But it doesn't matter if you know, because everything here will be changed soon." It will be engulfed in lava along with the castle."

Hearing the old duke's words, Earl Belmont couldn't help being stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Father, what are you talking about? What castle was engulfed by lava? Didn't we plan to relocate the entire castle..."

The old duke shook his head and said: "Those plans are only used to persuade some delusional guys in the family. In fact, the possibility of the castle's overall relocation from the very beginning is almost zero."

As he spoke, he told his heir all the secrets hidden in Belmongo Castle and some secrets of the family. Although most of the secrets should not be known to anyone other than the patriarch, the old duke felt that This time the ancestor's plan may change, and he may also encounter danger, so he told his son all the secrets that the patriarch should know in advance, so that when the worst happens, Earl Belmont can successfully succeed the patriarch. The position allows the family to continue.

Although the Earl of Belmont is not a particularly smart person, he can feel something strange from the attitude of the old duke, so when the old duke narrates various family secrets, even though his heart is full of various doubts, his heart is full of doubts. He was also extremely shocked, but he still resisted the urge to ask questions, and listened obediently, anxiously.

It took about an hour or so before the old Duke told the Earl of Belmont about all the important matters in the family, especially the storage location of the device that is crucial to the family inheritance. He even reminded the Earl of Belmont repeatedly to After inheriting the position of patriarch, use that set of equipment as soon as possible, and don't use it before becoming the patriarch.

Earl Belmont didn't understand why the set of things that the old duke called the inheritance device was so important, so he tentatively asked.

"Knowledge, great knowledge is stored in that device," the old duke said without concealment: "When you heard me tell you the secrets of the castle and the family just now, did you not understand many places, what is it? mean?"

Lord Belmont nodded.

The old duke said calmly: "It doesn't matter. You don't need to know what these secrets mean right now. After you become the patriarch and use the inheritance device to accept the knowledge stored in it, you will naturally understand." After finishing speaking, he Then he sat up from the chair, motioned Earl Belmont to sit on the chair, put his hands on the two metal balls on the armrest according to his method, and said, "No matter what happens later, don't panic, just watch That's it."

As the voice of the old duke fell, the Earl of Belmont, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly found that the scene in front of him changed instantly. He was no longer in that strange room, but in Belmont Castle, but at this moment he seemed to have changed. He has become a transparent person, and the family members around him can't see him, even if he stands beside others, others can't detect his existence, and when he tries to touch others with his hands, the surface of others' bodies will An invisible force was formed to automatically slide his body aside.

After confirming his current state, the Earl of Belmont looked at other parts of the castle. At this moment, Belmont Castle showed him a completely different side. All the buildings in the castle had different patterns. These patterns are It is similar to the architectural pattern he saw from the three-dimensional map of the castle just now, but now it looks more intuitive and feels deeper, because the various rays of light emitted from those patterns directly penetrated his body, and the power of blood in his body There was some kind of wonderful connection, which gave him the illusion that he was strong enough to compete with the gods.

"It would be great if I could fly!" Earl Belmont felt that he couldn't see the whole picture of the castle like he saw the three-dimensional picture of the castle just now, and he couldn't help but have an idea in his heart.

And at the moment when this thought came into being, he found himself flying up from the ground, and soon flew into the air, and he didn't stop until the thought of stopping appeared in his mind.

At this time, the entire Belmont Castle was under his feet, and he was able to see the whole castle in a more comprehensive and intuitive way.

He found that the light emitted by the patterns on the castle buildings is not chaotic, but very regular. Almost one color represents a group of buildings in the castle, and the most radiant one is the group of buildings of the spirit of the ancestor gods , the radiance emanating there has reached the point of dazzling, and the radiance of other parts of the entire castle can't compare with the radiance of this area.

This scene instantly reminded him of the family's many unproven rumors, one of which seems to be related to this. It is said that the area of ​​the spirit of the ancestors contains great power, and that power is even comparable to the gods. If someone can penetrate the mystery of the power contained therein, then he will also have the power to counter the gods.

Regarding this rumor, his attitude is the same as that of most people in the family, thinking that it is just a family tricking children, and only some ignorant children would believe such absurd rumors, but now it seems that this rumor Seems to be true.

However, in addition to the particularly eye-catching light in the area of ​​the Spirit of the Ancestral Gods, there is also an area that is also eye-catching. That area is the Garden of Hundred Flowers. In the apartment in the courtyard, there are two light clusters that are so eye-catching that they cannot be ignored.