The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although bandits are rampant in Josh County, all Josh County bandits follow an unwritten rule, that is, robbery is not allowed in any village or town in Josh County.

No one knows who this rule is and when it was established, but all Josh people are willing to follow this rule. If someone violates this rule, then this person will definitely not be able to gain a foothold in Josh County, not only everyone The towns and villages in Josh County will join forces to arrest this person, and even the thieves group in Josh County will go after him. On this matter, the attitude of the whole Josh County is the same.

Now that Heel Bundy said that someone ran to the village's pier to attack the cargo ship, Willis just didn't believe it, but he could see that Heel Bundy didn't seem to be lying, because this kind of thing can be easily found out. , so he couldn't help but wonder whether what Heel Bundy said about Papa before was true or not.

Just when Willis was about to ask, Leo, who had been staying in the cabin after boarding the boat, opened the door and walked in from the outside, and said to Heel Bundy, "Didn't you just say that you saw Papa?" Can you tell me what those papas look like?"

Willis was dissatisfied with Leo's sudden insertion, but when he thought of the movement of Leo's shot, the dissatisfaction in his heart was quickly suppressed, and he said to the bewildered Heel Bundy: " Speak! Speak all you know."

Hearing what Willis said, Heel Bundy turned his head and looked at Leo suspiciously. Although Willis hid it well, he could still see that Willis was very worried about the nobleman who came in now. This also made him have more guesses and fantasies about Leo's identity.

Although Jiang used to analyze and write down what he saw in his heart, he didn't show too many abnormalities on the surface, and told Willis what happened to him before.

In the past, Heel Bundy, who is also a Joshman, did not take Papa's legend seriously, thinking that Papa's legend was just an old woman's pillow story, which was specially used to scare children. There are many instances of falling into the swamp, which is the number one cause of child death in Josh County.

However, this cognition was broken not long after he returned to Josh County.

At that time, Heel Bundy had just returned to Josh County, and planned to use the money he earned at sea to start a business. At that time, he hadn't thought of going to river transport. Later, he boarded a river freight ship through the introduction of his fellow villagers. The ship, and by virtue of the skills he practiced at sea, he soon became the first mate on the ship.

It was this experience of river transportation that made him very familiar with the ever-changing river channels in Josh County, and he began to understand the idea of ​​investing his savings in river transportation.

So he decided to leave here to do it alone after the last boat ride. Originally, he thought that this last trip with the boat was a very simple task, but he didn't expect that something went wrong.

He still clearly remembers that he sailed the boat into a secret pier before dark according to the rules. This pier was specially built by the owner to provide a temporary stop for the ship, because the owner discovered a long time ago. Shortcut, if the ship takes this shortcut, it can arrive a few days earlier than other ships, and the destination can run several more times a month.

The only disadvantage of this shortcut is that it will only appear during the summer rainy season, and there are no villages where the river passes, so the ship owner has to build a few temporary docks for the boat to dock at night.

As usual, the ship docked safely at the temporary pier. All the people on board disembarked, rested in the temporary house, lit up smoke, and drove away the mosquitoes in the swamp.

After entering the night, someone found that something was wrong outside the house, because a thick fog suddenly appeared outside the house.

Although it is not uncommon to have fog in the swamp, it has never been seen before in the middle of a hot summer night. The sailors on the ship left the house with curiosity and went outside to check the situation, mainly to check whether the goods on the ship Safety.

But not long after these sailors entered the fog, there were bursts of screams. After that, strange things happened one after another, and sailors disappeared continuously. Everyone was panicked. Feng Lang has seen many weird things, and he was the fastest to respond in this situation. At that time, he made the most correct choice to stay in the house, light the bonfire, and let the fire burn as much as possible , to prevent the dense fog from penetrating into the house.

It was also for this reason that he was able to survive the disaster safely, while other people who left the house died outside. When they were found, they only saw some incomplete corpses.

When the fog receded, Heel Bundy saw some monsters hidden in the thick fog with his eyesight like a watchman.

Those monsters looked like fish in human form. The humanoid body nearly three meters tall had huge fish heads on it. The cracked fish mouth was full of sharp teeth and vertical fins. Their backs and webbed limbs make them look terrifying.

This is the first time that Heel Bundy saw Papa, and the reason why he didn't think it was some other monster was mainly because of the process of the monster's appearance and the shape of the monster. In the legend, Papa also appeared with the thick fog Yes, and also in the shape of a mermaid.

Originally, this incident had already made Heel Bundy timid, and he did not dare to run the river again, but after the cargo was delivered to the destination, the payment he saw during delivery made him realize how profitable the river is. .

Driven by the money, his fear also disappeared. He bought a boat to run the river transport according to the original plan, and ran safely for several years without any accidents. This made him relax his vigilance and forget about Papa thing.

Knowing that a few months ago, he transported a ship of passengers to Edinshire, which is adjacent to Josh County. He did not take a shortcut, but took the normal river course, and stopped at a village with a pier halfway. It was also summer, and it was late at night. Thick fog suddenly appeared.

The experienced Heel Bundy immediately remembered what happened a few years ago. He immediately let the passengers on the ship stay in the hotel arranged for them by the village, and made all the wood in the hotel into a bonfire and lit it around the hotel. , to disperse the dense fog.

Some people didn't understand what he was doing, and thought he was crazy, worried about the goods left on the ship, insisted on leaving the hotel, and went back to the ship to check the situation. As a result, he died in the dense fog just like the sailors back then.

With this example, everyone was frightened and hid in the hotel following Heel Bundy's words, but this time was different from the last time, the last time he was able to see those things clearly after the thick fog receded. Monsters, but this time those monsters were close to the edge of the thick fog, looking into the hotel, this time not only he saw it, but even the passengers on other ships saw it.

Fortunately, this time, Heel Bundy was well prepared and allowed the bonfire to burn all night without increasing casualties. After the thick fog cleared, they found that the entire village had disappeared.

It is precisely because of these two things that Heel Bondi has developed the habit of letting the boat dock in a hidden river before nightfall, without docking or entering the village port.

In his opinion, the monsters appeared on the shore twice, and both were after thick fog, so he thought it would be safer to dock on the water, and because of the flow of the river, even if there was thick fog on the water, it would be easier to park than on the shore. Much lighter, as long as a bonfire is lit around the boat, nothing will happen.

"Did you tell anyone else about this?" Leo asked in a deep voice after listening carefully to Heel Bundy's words.

Heel Bundy hesitated for a moment. He did tell other people about this matter, that is, his superior, but his superior didn't seem to take this matter seriously, and just told him not to think about it, and he didn't care about it. thing.

However, he couldn't say this kind of thing at all, he just shook his head and said, "No, I haven't told anyone else."

However, after he answered, he found that the other party was looking at him with a smile, as if his eyes could see through the little secret in his heart, so he didn't dare to look at him and lowered his head.

Leo, who had already seen that Heel Bondi was lying, didn't save up for further questions, and he didn't stay any longer. He stood up, walked outside, and when he reached the door, he stopped suddenly, turned his head and said to Willis: " I’ll give you a suggestion, it’s best to let people stare at the water at night, maybe something will happen.”

Hearing Leo's words, Willis couldn't help but frowned. After thinking about it for a while, he asked people to take Heel Bundy to the cabin below and temporarily lock him up, and then ordered his men to take turns keeping watch at night.

After returning to his cabin, Leo found that Mira and Su were both in his cabin, he couldn't help but froze, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

Su asked first: "Why are you interested in this kind of country legend? It's not like you."

Leo chuckled and asked back: "Why can't I be interested in these folklore? How much do you know about me?"

"Hmph!" Su Leng snorted and turned his head away.

"Do you know anything, Your Excellency?" Mira on the side asked straightforwardly without talking nonsense.

"You mean Papa?" Leo asked again.

"Papa isn't just a folklore, is there really such a monster?" Mira asked curiously.

"Yes." Leo nodded and said, "You can see it tonight, now you can leave, I want to take a rest."

"Hmph!" Su snorted coldly again, and quickly walked out of the room, followed by Mira.

After closing the door, Leo lay on the bed, quietly recalling what Heel Bundy said just now.

Although, this incident seems to be just a supernatural event, whether it is Su, Mira, or Wolf Gang leader Willis has seen similar things more than once, and even they themselves are the most extraordinary part of this world, but this What happened to Leo's ears was not the case. He quickly associated this incident with the fog around the dream world, knight world and other worlds, and those murloc monsters were fog beasts and the like. thing.

The reason why Leo thought this way was not only because of what Heel Bondi said, but also because after entering the river in Josh County, the power of nightmare on Leo's body began to fluctuate, and Just now he sensed through the mental network that there seemed to be something in the water following the ship.

What made him feel a little strange was that when he wanted to capture the target through the mental net, he found that the target was in a strange state, as if he could move between this world and another world.

At this time, he also sensed the scene of Willis interrogating Heel Bundy through the mental network, and vaguely felt that these two things might be related, so he came to the upper captain's room to inquire.

Now Leo is almost sure that the vague existence he sensed before should be the outpost of the murloc monster, and he feels that it is not accidental that heel Bundy encountered the murloc monster the first two times, the murloc monster is probably the It came for Heel Bundy. As for the reason, I'm afraid Heel Bundy himself doesn't know.

However, Leo can be sure of one thing. Heel Bundy should have concealed something. Just now he asked Heel Bundy if he told other people about the murloc monster. Heel Bundy's heartbeat and facial expression Subtle changes in expression showed that he was lying.

The reason why Leo didn't continue to ask, to force out the little secret hidden by Heel Bundy, was only because he felt that this matter might have nothing to do with the murlocs.

On the deck, the men of the wolf gang began to make some arrangements on the ship according to Willis's instructions, and sent people to stand at the highest point of the ship to observe the surrounding situation.

This time, the people Willis exported were werewolves transformed by him through a special method. Everyone is very powerful, and has an extremely sensitive sense of smell and vision. He is confident that even if he meets what Heel Bondi said, Murloc monsters, it is not certain who will win in the end.

Soon the sky became dark, and the originally shallow lake began to increase slowly due to the backflow of the river. The shrub forest closest to the lake was quickly submerged, and then pieces of land sank to the bottom of the lake. Only some The highlands were exposed, forming small islands. When the lake stopped increasing, the area of ​​the lake had expanded by as much as six or seven times.

The dark night is a scary thing for ordinary people. After all, human beings have a natural fear of the dark, but it is not so good for werewolves. The dark night only makes them feel excited, and because the full moon has just passed, the moon is still In a state close to the full moon, werewolves can still gain some power from the moonlight, and at the same time, some primitive desires in their hearts will also be triggered.

If it wasn't for Willis, the wolf, who was suppressing them, maybe the werewolves from the wolf gang on the boat couldn't help but turn into werewolves, follow their nature, and growl loudly.

After nightfall, Willis, who didn't take Leo's warning seriously, suddenly became alert, and ordered his men who were about to make a move to carefully check the surrounding situation. Even later, he himself sat on the deck, and the reason why he This change in attitude came about because his werewolf instinct told him something was going to happen tonight.