The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Just when Doris and other members of the Elegant Lady Church left to deal with the crisis they were facing now, outside the window of Bellis's office, Leo seemed to have turned into a shadow and blended into the shadows of the surrounding buildings. Then it passed through and moved in the shadows at an extremely fast speed, and returned to the urban area above the pier in a moment.

Feeling the psychic interference and pressure formed by Turing's magic circle in the urban area, Leo had to walk out from the shadow beside a small apartment building on the edge of the urban area, and quickly dissipated the witchcraft formed by the power of the shadow, and his body also fell from the shadow. A mass of darkness returned to normal human form.

However, Leo's face, which had returned to normal, looked extremely pale and ugly. He didn't walk out of the shadow of the wall immediately, but leaned against the wall of the apartment building for a while, as if he was recovering from his physical discomfort.

This is the first time Leo has used the shadow magic of shadow leap for a long distance. Because he had experience in performing small-scale movement when he was on the ship, he performed it smoothly this time, but he is also in the process of performing it. , found some problems.

For example, when performing a long-distance shadow transition, the power of shadow consumed will also increase exponentially. The short distance from the civilian area of ​​the dock to the urban area above consumes nearly one-third of his power of shadow. If he continued to use the shadow leap, the shadow power in his body would be completely consumed within a distance of about two hundred meters at most. Therefore, the shadow leap is only suitable for small-scale movement and dodge during battle. Although it is troublesome to cast intermittently, it will not cause too much consumption burden on the power of shadow.

In addition, unlike the shadow avatar walking through the shadows, Leo now directly lets his body walk through the shadows, which is a huge burden on the body. Even with his current powerful body that has undergone several evolutions, he can Unable to bear the pressure brought by the shadow walk, just after the witchcraft was lifted, the body felt extremely tired and dizzy, as if someone had smashed it hundreds of times with an iron rod after carrying the steel for a whole day Well, I can't even stand upright, I can only lean against the wall to support my body from falling down.

The last problem is that shadow travel is easily disturbed by external forces, just like when he just entered the city, he was affected by the Turing magic circle all over the city. However, he was also unable to forcibly pass through the shadows of urban buildings shrouded in psychic energy under this kind of psychic interference. He could only move near the edge of the cliff, where he was not affected by psychic energy.

It took about five or six minutes for Leo's body to return to normal. Although the fatigue of the body still existed, the dizziness in the head had disappeared, and it did not affect ordinary actions.

After returning to normal, Leo immediately evaluated the pros and cons, value and side effects of the shadow leap witchcraft in his mind. In the end, he judged that if he wanted to use the witchcraft of shadow leap without hindrance, unless his psychic level and physical evolution reached the level of an eighth-level psyker, he would always be affected.

"It seems that further improvements are needed." Leo thought to himself, although this witchcraft is not suitable for long-distance movement, it can move smoothly in a small area, and the consumption of shadow power is very little, as long as the casting speed If it can be done a little faster, just like the witcher's seal, it can be cast with a gesture, then this witchcraft will play an extraordinary role in battle.

After feeling that his body had almost recovered, Leo walked out from the shadow of the apartment building. At this time, the sky had already darkened, and only a gorgeous sunset glow could be seen in the distant sky. It is estimated that in ten minutes or so, the chance will be complete. it's dark.

At this time, a city official took a bunch of keys, opened the lampshades of the street lights one by one, and lit a brazier filled with wood with a special device, lighting up some dim ones.

Although because of the technical support of the General Chamber of Commerce, most of the buildings in Vinaya City have used electric lights, but because there are only two thermal power stations in the city, the electricity generated by these two power stations is not enough to support everyone in the city. Electricity is used, so the street lights in the city still use the old brazier street lights.

Although the style of the brazier street lamp is very old, but because of the use of special wood, the fire is very bright and very bright, which can completely illuminate the surrounding area, while the place that is not illuminated is even more dark.

After Leo walked out of the shadow of the wall, he did not walk on the street under the lights, but walked along the edge of the shadow to the urban area managed by the Governor of the French Empire.

Originally, he planned to call a carriage, but what made him feel strange was that after walking a long distance, he never saw a carriage walking on the road. Afterwards, he asked a passerby, and he learned that the carriages would stop in the city of Venaya at night And rickshaw driving, the only thing you can take is the fixed-track steam bus.

However, in the evening, it is the time for the workers and employees of the docks, factories and shops to get off work. At this time, the steam bus is almost full, and there are even some people who are unwilling to walk on the railing outside the bus. A view of Vinaya Harbour.

The urban area controlled by the French Empire is located on the other side of the city, near another embankment. Compared with the areas controlled by the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom, the urban area controlled by the French Empire is much more regular.

The buildings here are all the unique Flan castle buildings, using pieces of specially polished stone, and all the features such as spires, small windows, iron gates, etc. are all imitating those castles all over the Fran Mountains. Although this kind of castle building looks rigid and ugly, it is very practical. Not only can it withstand the storms that appear from time to time, but it can also turn any residential building into a bunker in the event of a national conflict. In addition, after the wall is built, The serialized buildings can easily form a line of defense, tightly protecting the Governor's Mansion in the center of the city.

Because there are very few shops in this urban area, not many people are willing to come here to hang out. The streets are very deserted, and there are policemen from the French Empire Management Council patrolling back and forth from time to time. Unlike the policemen in the other two urban districts who wear cloth uniforms, the policemen here all wear breastplate armor and steel helmets that are more decorated than practical. Not being able to catch up with criminals is a problem.

In addition to the few people on the street, the police here are also very strict on the strangers on the street. Since Leo entered the city controlled by the French Empire, he has been investigated by the patrolling police four times. The first time Leo patiently made up a lie in order to avoid trouble, explaining his purpose of coming here, but then he simply used the Axii sign to solve the policemen, until the city where the French nobles lived This kind of temporary investigation of documents did not happen again.

After entering this urban area, Leo found that the Turing Magic Circle on the ground was not arranged in this urban area. Obviously, someone from the Faran Empire stopped this. However, this is good news for Leo. Without the spiritual influence of the magic circle, his spiritual net can be displayed smoothly to check the situation in this urban area.

Although, in the residences of the noble district, some people will arrange some items that interfere with spiritual energy to prevent someone from spying with extraordinary power, but Leo did not plan to use the spiritual net to spy on the situation of the noble residence, he just used the spiritual net to find The wildcats of the city.

From the conversation between Doris and her subordinates, Leo could easily hear that another sect of the Elegant Ladies Church lurking in the city did not have a good relationship with her sect, and it seemed that the sect had framed Dolly Suspicion of Silk's Way of Grace sect.

Although it sounds like the other party is just one person, since the other party will go after the Holy Blood Society and Doris' sect, it is obvious that he has a plan, so he should not be a lone wolf.

Now Leo wants to hear about the wild cats inhabiting this urban area, find the shrine or altar of the elegant lady, just like finding Doris before, and find out this elegant lady believer who believes in the way of thieves.

It didn't take too long for Leo to find a gathering place for wild cats, and luckily he found someone who fed them. This man was dressed as a servant and looked very ordinary, but it is not difficult to see from the light-footed posture of this man when he walked that he should have experienced very strict training for thieves, and after he fed the cat, he quickly performed a religious ceremony , revealing his identity as an elegant lady disciple.

Leo didn't catch this person right away, because he could tell from his behavior that this person was not a nobleman, but a lower-class person who had been hanging out at the bottom all the year round. The chivalry and nobility of Taoism do not match.

Therefore, he chose to follow this person to see where this person's final destination was.

After the man finished feeding the feral cats in one place, he moved to another feral cat gathering place and continued the behavior of feeding the cats before.

After feeding seven or eight wild cats repeatedly, the man almost finished feeding all the wild cats in the city. Then he finished feeding the cats and walked to a wooden house leaning on the edge of a cliff.

After putting the things in his hands into the wooden house, he saw him walk along a path on the edge of the cliff to the back door of a gorgeous manor, greeted the guards at the back door, and walked straight into the manor Inside.

"Governor's Mansion?" There was almost no need to guess, Leo could easily judge the ownership of this gorgeous manor from the area and buildings in front of him.

Different from the low-key construction of the Governor's Mansion in the other two urban areas, the Governor's Mansion of the French Empire in Venaya Port is very gorgeously built. The entire Governor's Mansion occupies half of the urban area controlled by the Faran Empire. It has a separate garden, an artificial lake where you can go boating, and even opened up a small forest for hunting wild animals. The required prey, so that people living here can enjoy the fun of hunting even without leaving the port city of Venaya.

The building materials used in the entire Governor's Mansion are all shipped from the quarries of the French Empire. The architectural design of the Governor's Mansion is completely imitated from the Jiying Hall of the French Royal Summer Palace. All the sculptures inside and outside the building are from the hands of masters. The paintings hanging in the Governor's Mansion are even more famous.

The reason why the French Empire spent such a large amount of money to build the Governor's Mansion in Port Venaya is to tell all the businessmen from all over the world who come here to do business with the gorgeousness and style of the Governor's Mansion that the French Empire is still the most powerful country on land. , still has strong strength and has not declined.

But as everyone knows, this kind of behavior of pretending to be rich has turned into an expression of guilt, making businessmen all over the world feel that the French Empire is like a twilight old lion that can roar twice, and may be killed at any time. A new lion takes its place.

Although businessmen from all over the world laugh at the childish behavior of the French Empire, which is swollen and fat, they have to admit that the French Empire still has enough strength to fight against any powerful country in the world. The banquet invitations of the Lan Empire in the Governor's Mansion in Port Vinaya are also the default status symbol of these businessmen.

In the underground market of Venaya Port, an ordinary banquet invitation card of the Governor’s Mansion costs as much as 100,000 Venaya coins, while an invitation card for a festive banquet is more than a million Venaya coins, and it is still priceless. city.

Right now, the Governor's Mansion is holding a birthday party.

As one of the most important festivals in the Faran Empire, the Birthday Festival is a festival created to commemorate the birth of the Knight King. The festival will last for three days, representing the three-day process of the Knight King from childbirth to birth. Although the people in the medical school think that it is impossible for a normal person to give birth for three days in a row, no matter whether it is physically or mentally able to support such a long time, the French Empire believes that this just shows that the mother of the King of Knights is not an ordinary person. The incarnation of some kind of god, so the Knight King is also a descendant of the god.

Perhaps in order to impress everyone that the King of Knights is a descendant of God, there will always be dramas about the birth of the King of Knights in every birthday celebration. Those royal writers of the Faran royal family will add a lot of myths to the dramas, such as Before the birth of the Knight King, the gods visited and offered gifts one by one, showing the noble status of the Knight King. In addition, after the Knight King was born, the shining stars in the sky immediately dimmed to show that the Knight King was more brilliant than the stars.

At this moment, the sound of music coming from the garden of the Governor's Mansion shows that the drama about the birth of the Knight King is being held in the Garden of the Governor's Mansion. guests, while the defenses in other parts of the Governor's Mansion seem to have relaxed a lot.

Leo did not use the shadow jump to enter the governor's mansion, but found a suitable place to sit outside the walls of the governor's mansion, and then cast shadow witchcraft to create a shadow-like shadow incarnation, devoting his mind to the incarnation Inside, it penetrated into the Governor's Mansion through the shadow.

What makes people feel strange is that Leo is ready to withstand the attack of the interference device, but after entering the mansion of the governor's mansion, he unexpectedly finds that there is no spiritual interference device installed in the governor's mansion, that is to say, his witch Art does not suffer any ill effects here.