The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The scene that the dryad Lutaxi showed after entering the forest reminded Leo of the Black Forest.

The ability to make the forest automatically avoid a path and attract friendly animals and insects in the forest is the natural ability of the dryads. It can also be said that it is the ability bestowed on them by the white deer, but this ability is not found in all forests. All are effective, it can only produce effects in the black forest, once out of the black forest, only the white deer can use this ability, and the natural ability of the dryad seems to disappear.

In fact, not only this ability, many abilities and talents of the dryad are related to the black forest. In the black forest, the dryad is a powerful extraordinary race. Once out of the black forest, the dryad is just an ordinary It is just an intelligent creature, so the Dryad will rarely leave the Black Forest if it is not necessary. These are the group secrets that Leo inquired from the Dryad during the time he lived in the Black Forest.

Now the dryad Lutaxi is able to use her innate ability in the Green Emerald Forest, which means that this Green Emerald Forest is also a part of the Black Forest, just like the Black Forest in the world of Velen.

However, after walking for a period of time, Leo felt something was wrong again, because if it was really the Black Forest, then there should be a lot of extraordinary creatures inhabiting the Green Emerald Forest, but his mental network and reality During this period of time, the total number of extraordinary creatures discovered by Zhiyan was less than ten. This number is really small.

Although there were doubts in his heart, Leo didn't open his mouth to ask the tree demon Lutaxi who was leading the way, but followed behind silently.

After running at full speed for about a morning, the dryad Lutaxi stopped suddenly. From behind her, she could see her tail and ears flicking in circles, pacing on the spot, as if she was Hesitating about something.

"I want to take a detour to see a friend." After hesitating for a moment, she suddenly turned her head and said to Leo. At this time, her tone was not asking Leo, but directly telling Leo her plan.

Leo is not in a hurry, and is also curious about who the tree demon Rutaxi's friend is, because he remembers that people in this world cannot see the tree demon Rutaxi. In this case, it seems impossible that the tree demon Rutaxi It's only right to have friends, so driven by curiosity, he nodded and agreed with the other party's idea.

Seeing that Leo agreed, the dryad Lutaxi also showed a smile, then turned around and walked towards the southeast, followed closely by Leo.

After walking for a short time, the two came to a small pond deep in the forest.

It is said to be a pond, but it is actually more like a lake. Judging from the regular circular shape of the pond, this pond should be excavated artificially in the depths of the forest, and you can guess it here when you see the villa building on the opposite side of the pond It should be someone's vacation place.

Whether it is the construction scale of the holiday villa on the opposite side or the construction area of ​​the artificial pond, it can be inferred that the manpower, material and financial resources spent on the construction of these things are definitely not a small amount, and the entire West Green Emerald Forest area has money, power and There is only one person capable of doing this, and that is the family of the Earl of West Green Emerald.

In Leo's memory, the current Earl of West Green Emerald is definitely a rare war madman in the Middle Kingdom, and one of the few local nobles who does not give Barbarisa any face.

The Earl of the West Green Emerald has been fighting against the feud Roroth Hill all year round since he took over the position of Earl. After more than 20 years, he returned to his West Green Emerald Palace to handle political affairs for no more than ten days, and spent the rest of the time He commanded the army to fight in the border area of ​​the West Green Jade area. During this period, all the government affairs of the West Green Jade were handed over to his palace minister and countess, and his behavior directly caused the people of the West Green Jade area to Many mistakenly thought that their lord was the countess.

Also because of staying with the army all year round, the Earl of West Green Emerald behaved extremely rudely and arrogantly, without any aristocratic demeanor. Although this made him popular with his own army and soldiers, it made the Central Committee Other nobles in the Kingdom area despised and hated him extremely, especially after he shredded the mediation letter sent by Barbarisa extremely rudely, stripped the messenger who sent the letter and drove away, the nobles in the Middle Kingdom area basically died. He was excluded from the aristocratic lineage, and even the other two bloodlines in the Green Emerald area cut off contact with him.

According to the behavior of the Earl of West Green Emerald, he should have already lost the support of other noble lords, had no backup supplies, the army was scattered, and he was defeated in the battle with Roro Hill. In Lolo Hill's wars, there were winners and losers, and he even won more battles, and he never lacked logistics supplies. A countess who is envied by most of the noble lords in the kingdom.

Needless to say, the countess' internal affairs ability is needless to say. During the 20-year-long campaign of the Earl of West Green Jade, the finances of the West Green Jade region have not collapsed, and the taxation of the people has not increased. The overall atmosphere is extremely stable. Everything can be said to be the result of the Countess' outstanding performance in government affairs.

In addition to government affairs, diplomacy is also an outstanding ability of this Countess. Unlike the Earl of West Green Emerald, who is hated by people, the Countess of West Green Emerald is the darling of the aristocratic circle in the Middle Kingdom. The noble lady's tea party will inevitably send the highest standard invitation letter to the countess, which shows her status in the aristocratic circle of the Middle Kingdom.

It is precisely because of the mediation of the countess that the various war supplies needed by the Earl of West Green Jade can be purchased smoothly and sent to the front line. It is no exaggeration to say that the entire West Green Jade area is still It exists only because the countess is still alive, otherwise, the West Green Emerald region would have disappeared long ago.

As for whether the Earl of West Green Emerald knew about his lady's important letter, there is no doubt about it, just from his rude behavior and violent personality, he heard the unbearable rumors among the people, such as the lover relationship between the countess and the palace minister , After rumors that his daughter might belong to someone else, but still dare not express doubts in front of the countess, or get angry, you can feel who the real power in the West Green Emerald region is.

Just as Leo was recalling relevant information about the Earl of West Green Emerald and other dignitaries, his mental network sensed that a group of people were coming out of the villa across the pond, so he looked over and saw that it was A group of uniformly dressed servants, male and female, are surrounded by a girl in a wheelchair. The girl is dressed gorgeously, and the ornaments on her body are either gold or gemstones. Although the girl has a beautiful appearance, she There seems to be something wrong with the eyes, the eyeballs are glazed, and there is no pupil, it looks like a pair of fake eyeballs made of gemstones.

Looking at the group of servants guarding the girl, and looking at the guards around who were nervous about the girl's safety, Leo easily guessed that the girl's identity should be the daughter of the Earl of West Green Emerald, known as Countess Devena of West Green Emerald Light.

"Is she your friend?" Seeing the servants push the noble girl into the pavilion beside the pond, and the maid carried her to the soft bed prepared in the pavilion, Leo asked the tree demon Lutaxi knowingly. asked.

"Yes." The dryad Lutaxi nodded and replied.

In fact, Leo didn't need the dryad Lutaxi to answer, he already knew the answer, because his spiritual network could feel that there was a power belonging to the dryad in that girl, and this power was not hurting the girl, but It seems to be maintaining the power balance of the girl's body, because this girl has an extremely powerful power, and this power is innate to her, but she can't control it, so this power does not give No matter what benefits the girl brings, it keeps hurting her. Now the girl's eyes and legs are the result of this force.

If the girl does not have the power of the dryad to maintain balance, then the girl may have been killed by her own power now, and judging from the purity and concentration of the dryad's power in the girl, it is obvious that the dryad Lutaxi has more than Once power was injected into the girl's body, it can undoubtedly be judged that the relationship between the dryad Lutaxi and this West Green Emerald Light is not just that simple as friends.

However, Leo is not particularly interested in the relationship between the dryad Lutaxi and the noble girl, he is more interested in the girl herself, because judging from the girl's current situation, the noble girl is probably a a witch.

After coming to this world for so long, I have passed through many countries from the New World to the Old World, met many people, and collected various materials related to extraordinary power. Leo and Sylvia have never been in the world. This world sees any information related to witches.

In this world, there are many women with extraordinary power, but some of these women's power also comes from themselves, or their souls, or blood, but these women are not witches. How do you define a witch? Power is the witch, there is no definitive conclusion on these, and the method to find the witch is also very simple, that is the feeling, there is a feeling between the witch and the witch, and Leo can imitate the power of the witch naturally has that feeling , and now the noble girl in the pavilion on the other side of the pond makes him feel like a witch, and she is an unawakened witch, and judging from what Leo has now, she may also be the only one in this world. witch.

According to Sylvia, witches are no different from ordinary women at first, and only after two awakenings can they be qualified to be regarded as witches, one awakening is the awakening of the soul, and the other awakening is the awakening of power , under normal circumstances, the witch will awaken the soul after the power is awakened, and a small number of witches with special abilities will awaken the soul first, and these two awakenings will happen one after the other, basically one of the awakenings After the end, another awakening will be activated immediately. In this way, after the two awakenings, the witch not only possesses the power of the witch, but also has the method of using and practicing the power of the witch.

Now, the noble lady Devina seems to have only completed the power awakening, but the soul awakening has not been activated. This has led to her possessing the power of a witch in her body, but she has no corresponding control and practice of the power of a witch. method, this should be the main reason for her current bad state.

As for the reason for this situation, it is probably because the power of the witch in the noble lady's body was awakened passively due to some kind of opportunity or external force.

Thinking of this, Leo turned his head to look at the tree demon Lutaxi, and asked, "Did you create the power on her body?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! How could I hurt my friend?" The dryad Lutaxi glared at Leo with dissatisfaction, and said, "It was already like this when I met her, and I did it to save her." Infuse the power of nature into her."

While speaking, the noble girl seemed to be ordering the servants to leave. Perhaps this was not the first time they had heard such an order. After the servants placed some items needed by the noble girl within easy reach around the soft collapse , They left the pavilion one after another, only those guards were still watching the surrounding movement in the woods not far from the pavilion.

"Let's go there!" Seeing that there was only the noble girl left, the dryad Lutaxi was about to leave, but she stopped suddenly and asked Leo, "Can you be invisible?"

"Yes." While answering, Leo used psionic energy to create a light and shadow illusion layer to wrap himself, which looked almost invisible.

Seeing that Leo achieved the invisible effect so easily, the dryad Lutaxi was also a little surprised, but she didn't ask any more questions, but walked towards the opposite side of the pond, her four hooves stepped on the water like There was not even a slight ripple when stepping on the ground.

Leo also followed, directly placing the spiritual energy on his feet, gliding on the water like skating, and followed the dryad Lutaxi to the other side of the pond.

After the two went ashore, they walked directly into the pavilion. The moment they entered the pavilion, the noble girl seemed to sense the arrival of Leo and the tree demon Lutaxi. She stood up, turned her head to look at the two, and She opened her mouth and asked, "Did you come? My friend." After speaking, she hesitated again, and said, "It seems that there is a new friend."

Although the girl looked towards her, feeling as if she had seen through her invisible self, Leo knew very well that the other party only sensed the slight fluctuations in the surrounding energy, thus determining their positions. Wang is somewhat similar, except that the other party seems to not only feel himself, but also feel the tree demon Lutaxi who is between reality and shadow at this time.

"Yes, my friend." The dryad Lutaxi also answered when she heard the question, but her answer was useless, because of her special state, except for Leo, everyone in this world People are unable to hear her voice.

But the noble girl in front of her seems to be able to understand the meaning of the other party without hearing the dryad Lutaxi. She seems to have accepted the words without hindrance, and also seems to be talking to herself, saying: "It's been a while since we last met. It's been a month, and I miss you a little."