The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Movit Road is located in the Movit Snow Mountain in the northern ice sheet of the Old World. It is covered with ice and snow all year round. Only one month in summer will the ice and snow melt. It is precisely because of the extremely harsh environment here that the Movit people who live here have long been tenacious. character and strong physique.

As one of the few cities built in the extreme north of the mainland, Movit Road has a permanent population of about 17,000 people, most of them are Movit people, and a few are foreigners. Although such a population is placed in the southern part of the mainland It is only equivalent to the population of a small town, but it is already considered a large population in the extreme north.

Although Movit Road is located deep in the mountains, it is the most economically active city in the Northland. A large number of caravans from the south will risk crossing the snowfields and trekking snow-capped mountains to come here for trade, because it is rich in the best products in the entire continent. of the finest gems, the finest metals, and the finest furs.

The Movit Mine is the most precious resource here. Both this area and the people living in this area are named after it. This mine is very strange. It is an associated mine where precious stones and metals coexist.

The Movit gemstone mined from the mine vein is one of the most precious gemstones in the world. Because its fiery red color resembles lava, it is also called the heart of lava. In addition, it is also because the king of the southern kingdom likes to inlay it on the crown. , so it also has another name of crown stone.

It's just that, compared to Movitt gemstones that are mined in very small amounts, Movitt gold, a special metal extracted from Movitt ore, is the pillar industry of the city on Movitt Road.

Movit gold itself cannot be used to make metal products alone, because this pure Movit gold is very soft, like softened soil, and can be kneaded into any shape by hand, but if you smelt other metals, often If some Movit gold is put in it, then the smelted metal will have a toughness and hardness far exceeding that of this metal.

It is precisely because this metal is extremely precious and has magical effects, so Movit Road seldom sells this metal directly, and most of the time it is directly smelted into finished products by merchants for sale, which makes Movit Road need A large amount of iron ore and other metal ores are provided by the surrounding small cities and towns mainly engaged in mining.

In this tight supply and demand situation, with Mowet Road as the center, the towns and villages in the surrounding Mowet Snow Mountains form an alliance-like physique. Although it is not a country, it is better than a country.

In addition to providing raw metal ores to Mowet Road, the towns within the Mowet Alliance also provide furs of wild beasts.

Movit Snow Mountain is covered by ice and snow all the year round. Except for a few places where you can see pine trees and other cold-resistant plants, you can no longer see any animals and plants. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, this place is equivalent to a restricted area of ​​life, but in fact, For the hunter towns of the Mowit Alliance who live on hunting, the products of the Mowet Snow Mountain are extremely rich, and various animals can be seen everywhere, and whether it is a young snow rat or a large long-haired cow, all grow A body of high-quality fur has become the main source of income for these towns.

Because the journey to Movit Snow Mountain is very dangerous, it needs to pass through a large uninhabited and long snow field, and also needs to cross layers of dangerous mountains and mountains. Even people who often take this business road can’t guarantee themselves Whether they can walk back and forth alive, so they discussed with the presidents of the various guilds on Movit Road, hoarded the ordered goods, and shipped them out twice a year during the warmest period of summer and before winter in autumn.

Rough and finished metal products of all kinds are mainly shipped in summer, while furs and precious stones are mainly shipped in autumn.

The Ice Bear Merchant Guild established by Filoria is a caravan dedicated to the autumn trade road. She herself is a half Moviter, her father is a Moviter, and her mother is a priestess of the Ice Bear Tribe walking on the ice field. Like most women, Filoria's mother robbed her father's caravan, captured her father, who was the captain of the caravan guard, and then took possession of her father. After she was born, she released her father back to Mo Werther Road.

Filoria grew up in the tribe when she was a child. After she became the war bear priest of the tribe, she left the tribe and went to Movit Road to find her father.

Although the days in the Ice Bear Tribe were a shame to her father, but her father did not dislike the daughter of his tribe because of this, and helped Filoria join a certain caravan, When Lia established her own caravan, she also helped him introduce powerful Moviters, and he even played a big role when Filoria formed the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce and signed a trade agreement with the guild on Movit Road. It can be seen that her father attaches great importance to her, so after her father died this time, there were rumors that giving her a large inheritance was not groundless.

This time, Filoria personally led the team back to Movit Road. In addition to daily business transactions, the most important thing is to receive the rumored inheritance from her father. However, receiving the inheritance is not an easy task. Even if she really has a will in her hands, she has no confidence that she can get the inheritance she deserves.

Filoria's father is not an ordinary Moviter, he is one of the seven heads of the Metal Guild, if counted according to the title of the Southern Kingdom, he should be considered a hereditary earl, as long as his family is not extinct , then it will inevitably occupy one of the seven seats in the Metal Guild.

It is also because of this that the amount of inheritance left by Filoria's father is extremely large. Apart from the part that belongs to the family, he also left behind a huge asset that is comparable to the treasury of some southern kingdoms, and the heirs of these assets are not And it's not just Filoria, because Filoria also has two possibly half-brothers.

The reason why it is said that they may be half-brothers is because Filoria's elder brother was born when Filoria's father became a captive of the Ice Bear tribe, and the birth time was a little bit wrong, compared to the normal time. After growing up for three months, the stepmother, who is the official wife, explained that the anti-fetal medicine given by the witch doctor was too effective.

Because the stepmother also came from a very prominent family in Movit Road, even more prominent than her father's family, so the matter was finally settled.

As for the so-called half-brother, although he was born normally, his origin is even more suspicious, because the priestesses of the Ice Bear Tribe have a strange curse, that is, the man who mates with them will have offspring with them After that, he will lose the ability to reproduce offspring. This curse was not known to Filoria's father at the time, but he only learned about it later, so if there is no accident, Filoria should be his only offspring. Maybe that's why he didn't hate Filoria.

Originally, Filoria was going to Movit Road with the big autumn caravan. After all, the road is difficult and dangerous. It was delivered in one day, but it was delayed for almost a month because of the war in the central and southern parts of the Middle Kingdom, which prevented her from traveling with the large caravan and had to travel alone.

And this is not the worst thing, the really bad thing is that the black storm in the northern ice field in winter actually started to appear on the ice field more than a month earlier, which not only affected the speed of the Filoria caravan, but also increased additional danger.

"Persist for a while and you will reach the Palm Rock, where you can rest, check the stretching of your body, don't fall behind, don't fall behind!" Filoria shouted loudly in the snowstorm, because she used some The power of the priest allowed the sound to travel far, even in a snowstorm, everyone in the caravan could still hear clearly.

"Roar!" The huge ice bear below her also seemed to respond to her order, and let out a roar, and its roar seemed to contain a mysterious force, which made the surrounding wind and snow weaken a lot.

Because there were ice bears opening the way, although the caravan encountered some icefield wolves on the way, they were not attacked. Most of the time, these icefield wolves just wandered around the caravan for a while before being killed The smell of the bear scared her away, and Filoria wasn't surprised by all this, but she didn't let her guard down.

Just like other women of the Ice Bear Tribe, Filoria also has a tall and fit body. For ordinary women, such a figure will definitely make them look ugly, but if you put it on Filoria It seems to be different. The appearance inherited from her father's family makes her have a beautiful face that is different from ordinary people from the Northland. Moreover, her beautiful face is not awkward when paired with a figure like a little giant. On the contrary, it makes her a The famous ice beauty in the Northland Snowfield.

It's just that this ice beauty is not something everyone can bear, because in addition to her innate physical fitness and extraordinary skills, her status as a warrior bear priest is also the reason why most admirers are discouraged.

Priestesses of War Bears are not unique to the Ice Bear Tribe. Basically, every tribe that lives in the snowfields recognizes the identity of Priests of War Bears. Unlike each tribe's own priestesses, they are exclusive to their own tribe.

It is very simple to become a war bear priest. It is to capture an adult snowfield ice bear alone, and then tame it through your own priest power, making it your companion beast.

If you want to talk about the most dangerous beasts on land, the Snowfield Ice Bear is definitely among the top three. The adult Ice Bear is as big as a small hill and possesses immeasurable power. Although the fur on its body is soft, it is no less tough than The difference between the metals is much, and in addition to the natural advantages of the body, adult ice bears also have some extraordinary powers related to ice and snow. The weak ones can create ice picks like sharp arrows, and the strong ones can control the blizzard on the ice field.

Because the ice bear is so powerful, there are very few people who can become war bear priests on the snowfield. Basically, it can be described as rare, and Filoria is such a war bear priest.

Filoria's war bear is the mount under her at the moment. Although she has reduced the size of the ice bear as much as possible through her priestly power, in the eyes of others, the ice bear is still as huge as a hill. His body shape has become the best azimuth coordinates in this snowstorm, and at the same time, it can provide strong spiritual support to people in the snowstorm.

For her war bear, Filoria is very satisfied. Although this war bear does not have the extraordinary ability of those powerful ice bears that can control the climate of the snow field, this war bear is a rare companion animal that reverts to mammals.

Under normal circumstances, the companion beasts of the priests of the snow field need the priests to continuously provide extraordinary power, or strange objects with special powers, otherwise the companion beasts will become weak and even voluntarily separate from the priests.

But the back-feeding companion beast is different. Not only does it not need the priest to provide extraordinary power and wonders, but it will feed its own power back to the priest to increase the power of the priest, and this type of priest is also particularly easy to recognize, because when they accept After receiving the power of the companion beasts to feed back, some things called war patterns will appear on their faces or bodies, just like the two battle patterns on Filoria's face that look like scars.

After gaining the power of the companion beast to feed back, Filoria not only got a leap in physical strength, but also gained some extraordinary abilities that only ice bears can master, such as making ice cones out of thin air, etc. It is because of this ability that she has turned dangers into good fortune in the dangers and crises again and again, and established such a large chamber of commerce as the Ice Bear Chamber of Commerce.

However, Filoria doesn't particularly care about her chamber of commerce, and is even a little bored. She plans to transfer the chamber of commerce after she returns to Movit Road this time, regardless of whether she can get her inheritance from her father or not. Go out, then go back to the Ice Bear Tribe, and then continue to walk the holy road of the ancient snowfield priests to find the legendary spring-like holy land in the Northland Snowfield.

It is impossible to test which tribe first handed down the snowfield holy land, but it is certain that basically all the snowfield tribes, even many tribes and villages in the northern mountainous area and southern swamp area of ​​the snowfield believe in this legend.

The content of this legend is very simple, that is to say, there is an oasis full of sacred power hidden in the snowfield of the Northland. There is no snowstorm in the oasis, and the seasons are like spring. The ground is full of various fruit trees. There is no need to cultivate, just throw the seeds on the ground, and it will not take long to grow food.

The way to enter such a perfect holy place is very simple, that is to have a pair of eyes that can see through the confusion.

In the past, many adventurers believed that they had such eyes, so they prevented the expedition team from reaching into the snow field, and only a handful of them finally came back alive.

The reason why Filoria wanted to walk the holy road of the priest of the ancient snowfield and find the legendary holy land was precisely because she also believed that she had a pair of eyes that could see through obstacles, and these eyes were the result of a serious illness not long ago. After getting it, she thought it might have come from her companion beast.