The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because there was no need to delay any longer, Leo led the way at a much faster speed, and soon entered an ancient passage dug by the ancient Nilgardians that those people deliberately hid.

At the same time, the group of people who were disturbed by the movement of the flintlock cannon just now accelerated a lot of speed, and at the same time, they had no time to cover up the traces they had passed.

This made Leo, who was catching up behind, not need to open the spirit net at all, and could easily find the route they had traveled by directly relying on the obvious traces found.

It's just that those people are also worried that someone will catch up with them, so they often take some long detours, and deliberately find some dangerous places in the complicated underground passages, such as the edge of an abyss, etc. Wait, and even set up traps in some places.

It's a pity that these things are useless to Leo, but he didn't dismantle them, but kept them to deal with the people behind him. This made him hear at least two more screams from the passage behind him through his enhanced hearing on the subsequent road.

After less than ten minutes, Leo had already caught up with the group in front, and Spirit Net brought those people into the coverage area again.

However, Leo didn't immediately go up to contact those people, but followed from a distance, wanting to see what they were going to do after reaching the end of this passage.

Now this winding passage with a downward trend, Leo had explored through the spiritual net on the ground, and it was also at the bottom of the topographic map he constructed. Through the topographic map, he knew very well that the end of this road should be a broken bridge across the abyss of the ground fissure. As for what was on the other side of the broken bridge, it had already exceeded the maximum detection distance of the spirit network.

However, Leo felt that these people who are following now should know what is on the other side of the broken bridge, because they are very familiar with every fork in this passage, and judging from the fact that they have not gone to the wrong place, they should have explored here more than once. Now this time they should be ready to implement concrete actions.

Leo's sudden slowing down made Catherine a little puzzled, but she quickly explained for Leo, thinking that Leo deliberately slowed down to take care of his physical strength.

The reason why Catherine's attitude has changed is not only that the previous conversation shortened the distance between the two, but also because Leo saved her from a deadly trap just now, which gave her a little more trust in Leo feel.

In this way, the two groups of people drilled in this ancient underground passage for about five minutes, and finally the group in front came to the end of the passage.

Walking out of the passage, you can see a square with a wide view. Like the square in the underground residential area before, there was a statue erected here, and the statues here were also broken, and a pedestal was still left.

In addition, around the square, there are also some caves similar to shrines. There were originally statues carved in them, but they were scraped off artificially.

At the other end of the square is a cracked abyss with a width of more than 50 meters that cannot be seen from the left and right, and the bottom cannot be seen from the bottom. Apparently a lot of people passed by here back then, so some stone railings were built on the edge to prevent people from accidentally falling.

A broken stone bridge is located on the edge of the square. Judging from the remaining pedestals, railings and other fragments of the broken bridge, the broken bridge should be very beautiful when it was complete, but it is a pity that only one wreck remains.

Standing on the edge of the broken bridge and looking at the opposite side, you can vaguely see the vague shape of the broken bridge on the opposite side, but because there is no fluorescent plant growing on the opposite side, it is pitch black and you can no longer see any other objects.

After the group came to the square, they immediately started to arrange bridge tools such as cableways. First, they fixed the ropes on the stone pillars in the square, and then shot the ropes to the opposite side again and again with barbed arrows. The hook on the arrow catches a secure anchor point.

In addition, they also arranged a few people to be in charge of guarding and watching the situation at the exit of the passage. Each of these people is holding a mechanical crossbow and aiming at the entrance. Anyone who appears at the entrance will encounter random arrows attack.

It is naturally impossible to go out directly from the exit of the passage like this. Fortunately, Leo knew that another passage also led to this square, so he came to the bottom of that passage according to the instructions of the topographic map, and then gestured to Jason and Catherine. He pointed to a hole nearly three meters high that was not easy to see above his head.

Leo pushed Catherine up first, then helped Jason climb up, and he easily kicked up through the wall, which made Jason, who had just stretched out his hand to give him a hand, stunned, and held his hand a little awkwardly. I took it back and wiped it on my body.

Leo smiled and patted Jason on the shoulder, and continued to lead the way. After rounding a small bend, the three of them came to the exit of the passage. This exit was located on a stone wall about two meters high on one side of the square. Because it was covered by some vines, people in the square could not find this hole.

After arriving at the entrance of the cave, Leo did not go down to the square, but motioned Jason and Catherine to sit down near the entrance of the cave, and each pushed aside a few strands of vines to peep outside.

The ground, stone pillars and walls of the square are also covered with that kind of fluorescent plants, which makes the movement in the square clear at a glance.

Catherine, who was concerned about Nelson's safety, quickly found Nelson's location, but what made her rush there was that Nelson didn't seem like a kidnapped person.

Although it seems that Nelson's movements are a little restricted, and there are at least two burly men watching him, but judging from the scene of him talking easily with the people around him, and the fact that the mechanical repeater crossbow on his body has not been seized, etc. , Nelson has an unusual relationship with these people.

Catherine, who noticed the abnormality, found that the conversations of these people were all in English, and the accent was obviously the accent of Port of Sete, which caused bad associations in her mind. She began to feel that Nelson came to Cage City not to see her, but for other purposes, which also made her suspect Leo and Jason beside her.

"Don't think about it! Look carefully and listen carefully." Leo reminded Catherine in a low voice, as if sensing something wrong with Catherine's mood.

Hearing Leo's words, Catherine's doubts did not dissipate, but they also weakened a lot, because she thought that if Leo, Jason and the group in front of him were in the same group, then he could arrest herself directly. , there is no need to hide here to spy, it is superfluous.

"Sean, why did you bring me here?" Just as Catherine followed Leo's suggestion and calmly began to pay attention to the movement in the square, Nelson, who was being guarded, suddenly walked up to a man wearing an Aknaya robe. Behind the person, he said loudly: "I can't escape if I want to escape now. You should rest assured to let me know the whole story, right? Even if you want to kill me later..."

"Cousin Nelson, why do you think so? We are relatives, how could I kill you? I just want to borrow your blood." He lifted it up, revealing an old-looking face wearing glasses. While stopping Nelson from continuing to talk nonsense, he also told Nelson his purpose.

"It's him!" At this moment, Catherine, who saw this person, suddenly exclaimed softly.

"You know him?" Leo asked.

Catherine nodded, and said in a low voice: "I met him in Martin's office. When he introduced himself, he said that he was the secretary of the executive director of the Lanxi Industry Federation, and was responsible for labor negotiations with the workers' mutual aid association."

Leo guessed: "It seems that Martin's calculation of Nelson should have something to do with him."

At this time, Nelson, who was a little anxious, asked again: "Where is this place?"

The man named Xiao En heard the question, but he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took off the teaching robe on his body, revealing the windbreaker suit that looked like a military uniform. Then, he walked to the base of the statue in the middle of the square, erased the fluorescent plants covering the ancient characters and symbols, and said, "Nilgaard City, a lost city destroyed by the gods."

"What does this have to do with me?" Nelson asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Actually, this has nothing to do with you." Sean looked at Nelson with a pitiful expression, and said, "You just happened to appear when you shouldn't have appeared, and my original target was the French Empire. Baron de Maupassant, when you and your comrades left Rabbit Skin Town, he also left from Rabbit Skin Town and took the mainland train to Miria City. The train will stop at Lanxi for half a day, and he will be attracted by some things Come here and help me complete a ceremony. But it is also useful for you to come now, after all, you also have the blood of the red rose, the blood of the gods."

"Blood of the gods? Are you crazy?" Nelson glared at his relative angrily, and shouted, "You also believe the nonsense that the British royal family advertises that their monarchy is granted by God!"

Sean shook his head at Nelson and said, "Cousin Nelson, you are really pitiful. Not only are you excluded from the asset management of the White Rose family, but you don't even know the true history of the White Rose family."

"What are you talking about?" Nelson said to his old cousin.

Sean sat on the ground casually, patted the ground beside him, motioned Nelson to sit down, and then narrated: "It is true that the British royal family possessed the blood of the gods. The founder of the White Rose, who The Great Protector did a lot of things back then to obtain the blood of the British royal family, and later, in order to make the blood stronger, he even made a plan to marry the British royal family for a hundred years." As he spoke, he suddenly turned to Nelson seductively. Said, "Do you know why he did this?"

Nelson had already heard about this cousin's bad taste, so he ignored his question.

"What a boring guy!" Sean pouted, and said, "Robert Sean is not only a great military strategist, but also a great adventurer. A city built of megaliths..."

"The bottom of the sea? You mean the bottom of the sea?" Nelson couldn't help questioning the loopholes in the story.

"It's the bottom of the sea." Sean said with certainty, "Although I don't know how he did it, but the record in the notes is the bottom of the sea. He thinks that the city under the sea is the palace of the sea god, because only the sea god is worthy of it." Such a huge and magnificent palace. His notes didn’t describe much about that palace, but only mentioned that when he left, he took a scepter with him, which is said to be the scepter used by the sea god to rule the sea.”

When Nelson heard this, he could guess the following without much thought, and said, "The condition for using this scepter is to have the blood of the Sea God, right?"

"That's right!" Xiao En nodded and continued: "Actually, the Duke Protector's plan has succeeded, but it's a pity that one of his descendants has a person who likes adventures like him, and this descendant is very unruly. The scepter was taken away, never to be seen again."

Nelson frowned and asked, "Listen to what you said, do you know where the scepter is?"

"The person who took the scepter back then had a caring servant by his side. This servant stayed with that person until he watched him die. Then he escaped alone and returned to the Kingdom of England. He changed his face, married a wife and had children. , and eventually started a family."

"It's your Donald family, right?"

"Yes." Sean admitted frankly, then took out an old diary, stroked the somewhat old cover, and said: "The ancestor recorded all his experiences in this diary, and this diary is my old diary. Here's why."

"You mean that the scepter is here?" Although Nelson still didn't believe in the so-called divine blood, he couldn't help being attracted by Xiao En's story.

Sean's thinking jumped a little, and he suddenly led the topic to the other side, and said, "Did you know that the White Rose who took the scepter was once one of the leaders of the slave uprising that almost destroyed the French royal family. If the matter is known to the current royal family of France, I am afraid that the Matthew family will be in trouble."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Nelson asked in a panic.

It's no wonder that he was so flustered, because the royal family of Farland has always cared about the slave uprising back then. Even after so many years and several dynasties have changed, the royal family of Faran is still hostile to the slave uprising back then.

Anything and anyone related to it will still be treated with the strictest means even after so many years. No country, not even the Kingdom of England, which has been hostile for most of the time, has published anything related to the slaves of the past. Books about the uprising can be seen from these things.

"I'm not talking nonsense. It's a fact, a fact that no one knows." Sean clapped the notebook in his hand and said, "However, my ancestors recorded this big joke. Do you want to hear it?"

Nelson froze for a moment, hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

He felt that what Sean said might be true, and he was also very curious about it, but he knew more clearly that the consequences of hearing it were not something he could bear.

At this moment, there was a shout from the other side of the broken bridge, and a rope was pulled taut and straightened under the pull of the winch, and the first rope used to cross the bridge was fixed.