The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Sylvia felt that Leo, who came back from No. 9 Golden Oak Street, had some changes in his personality. Although this change was somewhat different from the Leo in her inner memory, she did not dislike this change. , deep down in his heart, he prefers this kind of change, and that trace of affection also takes root and sprout under the influence of this kind of emotion.

Sylvia knew enough was enough, before Leo's embarrassing expression changed, she stopped laughing, and then returned to the topic, saying: "I really want you to stay for a while, and this coincides with your arrangement. "As she spoke, she thought about it again, and then continued: "If you have nothing else to do during this time, I have some troubles and I would like to ask you."

"If it's not troublesome, I can help." Leo also quickly calmed down his embarrassment, and looked at Sylvia again and said.

Leo's response made Sylvia stunned for a moment, and then she looked Leo up and down again, and then said with a little deep meaning: "After you came back there, something has indeed changed. If a few years ago, you He will definitely ask me what is the matter first, and then negotiate the price with me according to the principle of equivalent exchange, and will definitely not agree to it without asking anything like now."

Leo could also feel the subtle changes in his personality, and he didn't feel disgusted by it, so he said disapprovingly: "I just think the previous way of doing things was too utilitarian, and now I just want to change the way of doing things, if you don't If I get used to it, I can change it back."

"No, this is very good!" Sylvia shook her head hastily, and continued: "Although your way of doing things has changed, I will still pay you what should be paid to you."

"It's up to you!" Leo responded flatly.

Sylvia stood up and walked out. After a while, she returned to the room, but there was an extra folder in her hand. She didn't close the door this time, and she put the folder directly in front of Leo. , Said: "I have several things to do now, but the underground base here needs to be evacuated, so I don't have time to deal with it. If you see what you are interested in, just help me deal with it by the way."

Leo took the folder and flipped through it, and soon saw a file with some familiar content. He picked out this file and flipped through it carefully.

On the side, Sylvia also showed concern after seeing the files Leo picked out. There are four mission files in this folder. The difficulty of these four mission files varies, and Leo picked out This document was the most difficult of the four missions. The two teams of investigators she sent were missing. If Leo hadn't appeared this time, she might have gone to investigate the matter herself.

There wasn't much content in the document, and Leo finished it quickly, then he closed the document, put it on the table, and said, "This mission is unnecessary, because I know what's going on?"

"Huh?" Sylvia, who was about to explain the details of this mission to Leo, couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and looked at Leo with a puzzled expression.

Leo explained: "The Son of the Swamp was done by the Son of the Swamp and a group of family members."

Afterwards, Leo recounted in detail what he experienced in that village yesterday, which made Sylvia very surprised.

The mission picked out by Leo happened to be the sacrificial ceremony that Leo experienced yesterday. The reason for this mission was that a very important military supplier in the United Kingdom of France retreated from Miria City. Disappeared in the outer suburbs of the Dibia Mountains.

After investigation, the United Kingdom of France found the approximate range of the missing place. Because the military supply businessman had a very important piece of information, the United Kingdom had to send people to investigate the matter when the frontline battle was urgent.

However, not only did the two consecutive investigations yield no results, but the investigators disappeared, and only one investigator fled back to the secret stronghold of the United Kingdom in the Dibia Mountains.

However, this investigator was not only seriously injured, but also delirious, and could only repeat some crazy words, and these crazy words were mixed with words like monster, fog, etc., until the investigator because of He died from his injuries and did not wake up.

Because the French Empire had completely sealed off the Dibia Mountains, the United Kingdom on the other side of the mountains was unable to send a new investigation team, so it could only pass this matter to Sylvia, who was monitoring the excavation site of the ancient monuments, through special channels.

Sylvia herself had her own task at hand, so she didn't take the task assigned by her superiors to heart. She simply asked her subordinates to investigate some surrounding situations, and did not actually send anyone to that area to investigate.

If, if Leo hadn't appeared, Sylvia might not have thought of completing this investigation task, because she instinctively felt that the things inside were not as simple as they appeared on the surface, and she recorded from the investigation materials One thing, associated with another piece of information.

After listening to Leo's description of yesterday's experience, Sylvia frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and confirmed: "You can really be sure that the patrol soldiers of the empire have been sacrificed to the swamp by the villagers in that village son?"

"It's for sure." Leo nodded very firmly, and then asked again: "Why do you think those villagers won't attack the soldiers of the empire?"

"Because of the dense fog created by the Son of the Swamp." Sylvia stood up again as she spoke, took a piece of information from the outside, spread it out in front of Leo, then pointed to a paragraph of text on the document, and said : "Look at this."

Leo followed Sylvia's fingers to read the re-edited information, and soon his eyes fell on the time and what happened, and he understood why Sylvia had such words .

I saw a time marked prominently on this text, which was only one day different from the mission data that Leo felt just now, when the village was located in the outer suburban forest, when dense fog appeared for the first time, and in this text What is recorded is that after the emperor of the Faran Empire led a team of royal guards into the Black Forest three days ago, he walked out of the Black Forest alone and intact.

"Do you suspect that these two things are related?" Leo asked.

"It's not a suspicion, I'm sure there is a connection between these two things." Sylvia said this, found several documents in the intelligence folder, and showed the time of the price tag on the documents to Leo one by one, and said : "After Louis left the Black Forest, mysterious events of varying degrees occurred in various countries on the three continents of the world. There has never been a situation like this before where various mysterious events occurred in the entire world at the same time."

Almost everyone who has a certain understanding of occult science knows that the Black Forest is a sanctuary for all kinds of mythical creatures in the world of Velen. The gods who disappeared from the world.

Therefore, once a mysterious event that cannot be analyzed by common sense occurs around the world, investigators who know the inside story will definitely think of the Black Forest, and the time when the emperor of the French Empire left the Black Forest coincided with the simultaneous occurrence of mysterious events around the world. The timing was such a coincidence that it was hard not to doubt it.

Leo closed the document in his hand and asked again: "Do you know what the emperor of the Faran Empire did in the Black Forest?"

"I don't know the specifics. It's just that a month later, a large number of special departments were added to the French Empire Army, and the people in these departments are all family members without exception." Sylvia said solemnly: "And half a year later, A 50,000-strong army of the French Empire crossed the Black Forest during the thick fog period of the Black Forest and attacked West France, which eventually directly caused the United Kingdom to lose all towns and lands north of the Dibia Mountains, including the city of Miria. , can only retreat to the area south of the Dibia Mountains."

Speaking, Sylvia paused, organized her thoughts, and continued: "However, after hearing your experience last night, I have some doubts about this matter. After all, even if the French Empire treats those family members and ancient The mythical species are very eager, but they will not send out their own soldiers to sacrifice to others..."

"Not necessarily." Leo denied Sylvia's opinion, and said: "For those rights holders, as long as the interests are sufficient, it is worthwhile to make a little sacrifice, not to mention that they are not the ones who sacrificed." Speaking of Here, he looked at Sylvia again, and said, "It seems that you are not a qualified right holder."

Sylvia did not refute Leo's statement, but a little bit of exclamation and confusion appeared on her face. It seemed that Leo's words reminded her of some bad things, which shook her confidence and thoughts.

It's just that Sylvia's heart is very strong, and her mind was only in a trance for a while, and then she recovered. She didn't linger on the topic of the rights holder's behavior, and shifted back to the task, saying: "This task has been initially completed. , Follow-up needs to be monitored to see the movement of the empire, the reward for this mission..."

"I don't need money." Leo interrupted Sylvia, then took out the king and queen and put them on the table, saying: "These two weapons have suffered some damage, although they will not affect their use temporarily. But if left unattended, the damage would spread and eventually destroy both weapons, so I hope that the rewards of this mission will be used to restore both weapons."

Sylvia picked up the king and queen on the table, felt the unusual structure and weight of the two weapons, and asked about the details of the use of the two weapons, then looked at Leo in surprise, and said: "You Should I know Master Jean Valjean?"

Leo nodded, and said: "If you are talking about Jean Valjean of the Cage City, I do know that I also got these two weapons from him. If my guess is correct, Jean Valjean should have been in the Your United Kingdom has served."

"He is the director of the National Machinery Research Institute." Sylvia pulled out an exquisite revolver from her waist while speaking, placed it in front of Leo, and said, "This weapon of mine He made it himself."

Leo took the weapon and looked at it, and found that the shape of the weapon was somewhat similar to that of the queen, and the pattern on the gun body, which resembled the root of Turing, was also exactly the same as that of the queen. It could be said that it was made by imitating the queen.

Leo tried to ask: "The function of this weapon..."

"It's the same as the queen in your hand." Sylvia took the weapon from Leo's hand, opened the magazine, and pulled out a bullet that was slightly smaller than the ordinary special bullet, saying: "It's just that the special bullet can't With the kind of special bullets commonly used by the army, they can only be manufactured separately, and their power should be much smaller than your weapon."

Leo picked up the bullet and looked at it, then put it back on the table, and said, "Since he can imitate the queen now, it shouldn't be a problem to repair these two weapons."

"I also think it shouldn't be a problem." Sylvia brought the king and queen in front of her, and promised Leo: "I will personally hand over these two weapons to Master Jean Valjean, and let him repair them as soon as possible." Put the weapon." She put her pistol and some special bullets in front of Leo, and said, "Use mine first before the weapon is repaired!"

After finishing speaking, her cheeks were inexplicably rosy, and at the same time, she turned her head to the side, as if she wanted to hide the inexplicable emotions that even she didn't know.

"Don't you need to use it?" Leo asked.

"After getting this weapon, I seldom use it. I'm used to using this old man." Sylvia casually patted the mechanical crossbow hanging on her waist, and said.

"In this case, thank you." Although Leo would not have much impact on his combat power even without the king and queen now, he did not refuse Sylvia's kindness, but extended his hand He took Sylvia's weapon and bullets over, and familiarized himself with the game before asking, "Does this weapon have a name?"

"No, I don't have the habit of naming my weapons." Sylvia shook her head and said, "However, you can call it a princess. That's what I thought of just now."

Hearing this, Leo looked at Sylvia's rosy cheeks that hadn't completely faded, said nothing, put the princess in the holster, and put the special bullets in his pocket.

Seeing that Leo didn't refuse her kindness, Sylvia also showed a smile on her face, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little weird.

"Let me complete this task for you!" Leo wasn't used to the current atmosphere in the room, so he randomly picked up another task, handed it to Sylvia, and said as if changing the subject.

Sylvia took the folder, glanced at it, and said: "This task requires you to return to Miria City, but Miria City is under martial law now, and you need an ID card to enter. Take a rest tonight. I will let you People help you create a fake identity overnight, and you can set off after dawn tomorrow."

Leo nodded in agreement with Sylvia's proposal, and then Sylvia arranged a place for Leo to rest, and asked his staff to measure Leo's figure, and planned to make a suit of clothes for Leo overnight.