The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The reason why the Church of the True Eye has such a strong influence within the Lake District Alliance is not only the glasses that can inherit civilization, but also because of some potions produced by the Church of the True Eye.

For example, some potions that can help soldiers see invisible fog monsters, potions that can help ordinary people successfully complete the ancestral state, and so on.

Although the Wizards Association and the Pharmacists Association also produce some similar drugs, the effect is obviously much weaker than the drugs of the Church of the True Eye.

What's more important is that some devout believers of the Church of the True Eye will produce some witchcraft-like abilities, and these abilities are all aimed at the fog monsters, which have played an extraordinary role in discovering and eliminating the fog monsters.

It wouldn't surprise Leo too much if it was just making potions or making special glasses, but Leo felt a little strange about being able to give believers some psychic abilities.

Because according to what he learned from the books on religion, gods, etc. in the world of Vinylon, in the past, the standard for the Orthodox Church to judge whether there were gods behind a church was whether the devout congregation could obtain some abilities from the gods.

If judged according to this standard, there is obviously a real god behind the Church of the True Eye, and even some other small churches also have gods, because it is recorded that almost all small churches with a slight influence have the ability to give The power of devout cultists.

"If there is a True Eye spirit behind this True Eye church, then what is the one on the outskirts of Miria?" Leo couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when he saw the information compiled by the deputy brain.

Because the Church of the Eye of Reality is also very aware of the concerns and vigilance of the Alliance Council towards them, there is no book in their church to promote the teachings. All the teachings have only one sentence, and everything exists in reality.

Perhaps it is precisely because their teachings are so simple that even those low-level people who are not followers of the Eye of Reality know this sentence, which makes the Eye of Reality the church with the most spread and the most people who know it.

Leo has also seen this sentence in many books, and now almost everyone in the Lake District Alliance has regarded this sentence as some kind of proverb or common saying, which shows the influence of the Church of the True Eye.

In addition to the low-level people, the nobles, soldiers, chambers of commerce, and guilds of the Lake District Alliance, and even within the Wizards Association, there are also many believers in the Church of the True Eye. No wonder Leo just expressed doubts about the Church of the True Eye. Lake will be so cautious and apprehensive, judging from the information above, the Church of the Eye of Truth is indeed a giant.

However, the internal rights of the Church of the Eye of Reality are intertwined, chaotic and complicated. Even though its power is huge, it is not a rigorous and powerful organization, and people from all sides have infiltrated into the Church of the Eye of Reality to act as high-level officials. The concerns of the Church of the Eye of Truth are only at the stage of monitoring, and they have never thought of completely erasing the Church of the Eye of Reality like the Clearing of Chaos.

Leo also knows that the Church of the True Eye is not easy to mess with, but he doesn't want to confront it head-on, he just finds some small mistakes from this church, and this kind of church with chaotic internal management and entangled forces can find mistakes There are too many.

Almost without spending too much experience, the sub-brain system found some useful things from some intelligence materials.

"Did you find anything?" Marek, who was sitting opposite Leo, had already drank a whole bottle of wine, and he couldn't wait to ask when he saw that Leo had recovered from his closed-eyed meditation state.

"I have some discoveries." Leo nodded, but he hesitated to speak as if he had concerns.

"Is there really a problem?" Marek's face became gloomy a lot. Seeing that Leo seemed reluctant to speak, he made some guesses, and asked, "Is there a lot involved?"

Leo nodded again, and said: "You have collected a lot of information, which is very detailed. I found several doubts in it. Most of these doubts are only related to some small chambers of commerce and forces in Seventh Lake Town. Only One place may involve the Ten-Town Merchant Association, Mechanics Guild, Airship Transportation General Chamber of Commerce, the high-level guards of the castle in the fog area, the high-level military nobles of the Alliance, and the Wizards Association."

"What? So many forces involved?" Marek was completely confused by Leo's words. He originally thought that this matter would only involve one or two forces in Seventh Lake Town at most, but he never thought that so many forces would be involved. , which made him wonder if Leo was exaggerating.

Leo didn't explain much, but directly picked up a file book, quickly flipped to the middle page, then pointed to a detailed shipping list on it, and handed it to Marek.

Marek took it over and looked at it. He remembered that his subordinates collected this shipping list, and it was not very important. In the past so many years, almost every cargo trade between the airship and the night watchman organization and the castle guarded by the fog zone , the Chamber of Commerce will carefully record a shipment list, and the intelligence personnel of the Council in the Chamber of Commerce will also copy a list and submit it.

In Marek's view, this list is just a routine intelligence document, so he, like other people sitting in the same position, routinely compiles this list into the file, never thinking about it. But there is something suspicious in this list.

Although Leo now pointed out that there is a problem in this list, after Marek read it carefully, he still didn't find any abnormalities.

Before Marek could ask, Leo pointed out, "Time."

Hearing this, Marek immediately followed Leo's instructions and carefully looked at the shipping time on the list. He didn't find any problem at first, but when he read it for the second time, he quickly noticed it. I found the suspicious point that Leo said.

Among all the cargo airships, there are always only four airships whose freight time is fixed at four to five scales during the rest period, and this scale is also the time when they come back. Within the time range of this scale, the people in Hushang Town have completely rested, and even the city guards are only on routine patrols in the city. What.

These four airships belong to a ten-town joint chamber of commerce, but the president and main members of this chamber of commerce are all devout believers from the Eye of Truth. What's more interesting is that the ancestors of these people happened to be members of the Chaos Association back then. traitor. From the intelligence point of view, the patrons of this chamber of commerce not only have the Eye of Truth, but also those chambers of commerce, guilds, and nobles mentioned by Leo, and the most eye-catching of all the patrons behind the scenes is the Wizards Association. The eighth chief.

Marek's mood became a little heavy, and he said: "They are probably secretly transporting some contraband, and it cannot be said that they are related to the chaos."

Leo asked back: "Do you think that with the status of these people, what contraband needs them to be transported in such a surreptitious manner?"

Marek didn't answer, just like what Leo said, not to mention the special status of the eighth chief, even if the other behind-the-scenes funders of the chamber of commerce want to transport some contraband, they don't need any cover-up.

Because a chief wizard was involved, Marek had to treat it with caution, but he shook his head and said, "This bit of evidence is not enough to prove..."

However, before Marek finished speaking, Leo quickly turned a page, pointed to a column in the follow-up list, and said, "Look here before we talk."

Marek followed Leo's fingers and saw that this column was at the end of the list. It was the last time before this month that trade supplies were transported back to Lake Town from the guard castle in the fog zone, and this time it was specifically mentioned One piece of information is that there are some retired guard soldiers with sufficient merits who returned to the town of Seventh Lake with the airship.

There is no problem with this piece of information alone, but if this piece of information is linked with other information, the problem will be serious. Because according to Marek's understanding, the guard soldiers sent out by Seventh Lake Town this time did not appear to have completed the meritorious service, and naturally it is impossible for any soldiers to retire from the border of the foggy area.

What's even more strange is that on the second day after these meritorious soldiers who shouldn't exist came back, the first murder case occurred in the 23rd district, which made Marek's imagination run wild. There is something wrong with this thing.

Just as a strong suspicion appeared on Marek's face and he repeatedly looked at the suspicious points in the file, an inexplicable smile appeared on Leo's face.

Just as he forcibly combined the Church of the Eye of Reality and the Chaos Society in order to understand the Church of the Eye of Reality in this dream world, the so-called suspicious points of the joint chamber of commerce were all deliberately set up by him to confuse Marek's thoughts. It led to a misunderstanding, and the more he doubted it, the more he felt that the United Chamber of Commerce and the sponsors behind him really had something to do with the chaos. In fact, this was just a simple smuggling case.

The Church of the True Eye is indeed very large, but there is no real core inside, and the power is widely dispersed. All forces have spokespersons in it. Because of the rapid expansion, any kind of people can join it, and anyone can The opportunity to take advantage of real church resources.

The United Chamber of Commerce itself may not have any problems. It is just a bonded cooperative organization created by some behind-the-scenes funders for closer ties. A novelty unique to the district.

And some people in this United Chamber of Commerce happened to use the names of these behind-the-scenes funders to smuggle some contraband enough to make them a lot of money. Neither know anything.

As for the people transported over for the last time, I am afraid that they are not members of the Chaos Society, but real guards of the fog area.

As for why these fighters who didn't have enough merit returned to Hushang Town, it was presumably to take on some private jobs, such as guest appearances as killers and so on. They were hired to kill a certain target, and once the target was eliminated, they could immediately leave Lake Town and return to the foggy area to guard the castle.

In this case, with the authority and ability of the Hushang Town guards and city guards, it might be difficult to find anything useful.

The reason why Leo was able to see the way so quickly is because in the Earth Federation, there are countless such things, and it is no secret that people with a little brain can easily see the tricks.

As an excellent fighter, if Marek can rely on the huge data of the Great Universe Era like Leo, he should also be able to see that the matter of the United Chamber of Commerce is not necessarily related to the Chaos Society. Unfortunately, his own knowledge limits his ability. Thoughts, coupled with Leo's guidance, made his thinking fall into a misunderstanding, and the deeper he sank, the more he looked at the information in the file, the more he felt that the eye of truth was related to chaos, and his face became more and more gloomy .

"Crack!" Marek closed the file forcefully, took a deep breath, and then warned Leo very seriously: "Your Excellency Dodd, please forget about this matter, I don't want to hear rumors outside Any rumors about it."

Leo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I don't want to cause trouble, especially at this time."

Marek nodded, then fell silent for a while, and asked, "Your Excellency Dodd, are you interested in serving as a consultant in my department?"

"Advisor? Is it the same as Peter?" Leo asked.

"No, it's not the same." Marek emphasized, "It's my department."

Leo understood that the department Marek mentioned was not the 23rd District Security Bureau, but the spy department established by the Alliance Council to monitor various places.

Leo thought for a while, then asked in a deep voice, "What do I need to do to become a consultant?"

Marek said: "You don't need to do anything, just help me analyze the information in my hand."

Leo heard the words, looked at Marek thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "It seems that heroes are not omnipotent."

Obviously, Marek, who is good at fighting the enemy head-on, is not good at clerical work, not to mention that this clerical job often needs to deal with some thoughtful guys, so even though he has been in the position for several years, he still cannot get started.

The ability shown by Leo just happened to be of great help to his work, so he suddenly asked Leo about his intentions.

The face of Marek who was poked at the vital point immediately became a little embarrassed. He wanted to refute, but he lacked confidence. He coughed lightly and asked angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, just tell me whether you agree or not?"

Leo also knew that enough was enough, otherwise the other party would definitely become angry from embarrassment if he continued, so he turned the topic back to a practical question and asked, "What benefits can I get?"

"Get my friendship." Marek said confidently.

"Your Excellency Director Marek, are you joking?" Leo looked at Marek indifferently, and said, "But this joke is not funny at all."

Marek smiled and said: "Of course, apart from my friendship, Your Excellency can also get a lot of rewards. These rewards can also buy some things that cannot be bought outside, such as potions, weapons and so on."

Leo looked at Marek with interest, and said, "Do you know what I'm here for?"

"I didn't know before that so many outsiders appeared at the same time. Of course, we have to investigate, but we haven't found out the reason." Marek shook his head and said, "I didn't know until you mentioned the abandoned capital just now." I understand what you are here for."