The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Since there are artifacts as banned items, why does this happen now?" Mira, who was already fascinated, couldn't help asking in a deep voice when she heard this.

The old wizard opened his mouth and did not answer, but a wry smile appeared on his face, while Leo said thoughtfully: "Count Drake was also infected by the power of the abyss at that time, right?"

The old wizard did not deny it, nodded, and admitted: "He was indeed infected, but he extracted blood that resisted the power of the abyss from the residents of Death Valley through self-created blood therapy, and injected it into himself, so he can still stay awake. .”

"The blood therapy was created by Earl Drake?" An extraordinary person couldn't help being shocked by the news he heard now.

After all, blood therapy is notorious in the world of Vinylon, and as the creator of blood therapy, Lawrence the blood wizard is even more like a demon king in the dark world. A mass of church knights might be sent to capture him and burn him in public, rather than let him hang loose under the wing of some great man.

The old wizard shook his head and denied: "The blood therapy was indeed created by Earl Drake, but this blood therapy is completely different from the blood therapy outside, and the two are just a coincidence."

Afterwards, the old wizard continued to tell about the follow-up events in Death Valley.

Just as the old wizard said, under the effect of the Seagod's artifact, the cracks were sealed again, and the death valley returned to calm.

However, just like the tower wizard who caused the disaster back then, Earl Drake was also tempted by the abyss. Although he temporarily resisted the temptation of the abyss with his amazing willpower, this resistance will grow with time. Each time the resistance to the abyss gradually weakened.

At that time, Earl Drake estimated that the tower should send the next wizard to take over his job, so that he could get out and drive away the power of the abyss in himself with the help of other tower wizards.

But what Earl Drake never imagined was that the high tower was deserted at that time, and the wizards of the high tower went into the wasteland and disappeared.

Therefore, within the stipulated time, Earl Drake didn't wait for the new tower wizard to take over his position, so he knew that something might go wrong.

According to Earl Drake's initial idea was to leave Death Valley temporarily, go outside to check the situation, and then consider the next step.

But at that time, there was a small problem with the Sea God artifact used to seal the abyss rift, so he had to continue to sit in Death Valley, unable to leave even a single step.

In order to be able to understand what happened to the tower wizard outside, Earl Drake thought of a way, that is to train an apprentice, and then let the apprentice go outside to inquire about the situation instead of him.

Therefore, he selected one of the most talented people from the residents of Death Valley as an apprentice, and this apprentice was a harpy whose population in the valley was dwindling, that is, the wilderness wizard that Leo knew.

Different from the werewolves and blood races in the valley, before these two races were created, the world of Velen already had two families of the evil gods, the werewolves and the blood races. In this way, it was grafted to the two groups of residents of Death Valley, so the state of the two groups of people is very stable, and even some blood defects will not have a big impact on them.

But the harpies are different. They were created out of thin air according to the legends. They did not have any similar bloodlines in advance, so the bloodlines of the harpies had great flaws, and the most serious of these flaws was The fertility of the harpy is very low. Even if they are born successfully, many of them will die halfway. Therefore, the harpy is almost in a state of extinction in Death Valley.

As a student carefully selected by Earl Drake, the wilderness wizard is naturally very good at learning witchcraft. In just a few years, he skipped the apprenticeship stage and became an official wizard.

At this time, Earl Drake also sent the wilderness wizard out of Death Valley as planned, and asked him to go outside to find other tower wizards and bring the tower wizard back to Death Valley.

As for what the wilderness wizard experienced in the world of Velen, no one knows. The old wizard just knew that the wilderness wizard returned to Death Valley alone, and brought back the news of the disappearance of the tower to Earl Drake.

Although Earl Drake had expected the situation of the tower in his heart, he was still very depressed when he heard the news from his disciples. Afterwards, he locked himself in the wizard tower and never came out again.

Just like what Earl Drake did back then, the wizard of the wilderness also selected one of the residents of Death Valley to train as a wizard, and this wizard was also a Harpy, the old wizard in front of Leo.

When the old wizard told about his identity as a harpy, except for Willis, who had long been psychologically prepared, and Leo, who was indifferent to this, everyone was extremely surprised, and even Mira couldn't bear it. I was so curious that I wanted to see the old wizard turned into a Harpy.

However, just as Leo was not interested in his identity, the old wizard was also not interested in anyone other than Leo, so he ignored Mira's request and continued talking.

Unlike the wilderness wizard, the old wizard's talent is only passable. Being able to become a wizard apprentice in a short period of time is already very impressive. If you want to become an official wizard, I'm afraid it will not be possible in a short time.

And at this time, a new abyss rift appeared in Death Valley, and a new divine artifact needed to be found to seal this rift, and there was another thing that was also a problem in the hearts of the wilderness wizards, that is the Harpy reproductive problems.

Therefore, before the old wizard became an official wizard, the wild wizard handed over the task of guarding Death Valley to the old wizard, and he himself left Death Valley and went to the wasteland of the Mozambique continent.

The reason why the wilderness wizard chose the wilderness as his destination is because the gods in other continents of the Velen world have gradually disappeared, and there are no gods and artifacts at all. Only the Mosang continent, which is still in an extremely primitive state, can have wild gods. Another thing is that the birthplace of the harpy is in the wasteland. Although it only comes from ancient murals, since there are murals, it is certain that someone in ancient times has seen a real harpy in the wasteland, so he decided to go to the wasteland , just kill two birds with one stone.

But just like the tower wizards who disappeared in the wasteland before, the wilderness wizards never came out after they entered the depths of the wasteland, and even the tribesmen did not go deeper.

The old wizard didn't know the situation of the wild wizard, but not long after the wild wizard left, Earl Drake came out of his wizard tower, and then handed the wizard tower to the old wizard, and told the old wizard that if he had any difficulties, he would directly Find the royal family of England, and he himself entered the depths of the rift, sealing the new rift.

The old wizard followed Earl Drake's suggestion and got in touch with the Inge royal family, but at this time the Inge royal family was in decline and could not be compared with the time when Drake was knighted, but even so the Inge royal family could not It is very clear that if something happens in Death Valley, the Kingdom of England must bear the brunt, so they try their best to help the old wizard within their ability.

Of course, these help is not free. The royal family of England put forward two conditions. One condition is that the old wizard becomes the court wizard of the royal family, and the second condition is that if one day the artifact is not needed, it is hoped that the artifact can be returned to the royal family. .

The old wizard agreed to the request of the royal family and became the court wizard of the royal family. After confirming that the new rift was indeed sealed by Earl Drake, he would temporarily leave Death Valley every year to serve beside the royal family.

However, the old wizard didn't know that Earl Drake was not only eroded by the power of the abyss, but he also became the same as the tower wizard back then. He began to get close to the abyss, study the abyss, and even began to actively touch the abyss .

For this reason, he also did a lot of experiments, but he was more clever, and did not experiment on people in Death Valley, but on other creatures in Death Valley.

Although each experiment will produce some mutant species, but because the power of the abyss often overflows, some unknown mutant creatures will appear in Death Valley before, so that even if the old wizard finds something, he will not notice any abnormalities.

This situation did not change until a year ago when the old wizard left Death Valley again to routinely complete his duties as a court wizard.

After serving as a court wizard for almost a year, the old wizard returned to Death Valley, but at this moment, Death Valley has changed beyond recognition.

The mutated creatures infected by the power of the abyss spread all over Death Valley. Only a few of the original residents who settled near the wizard tower survived, and the rest died.

From the mouth of the survivors, the old wizard learned that not long after he left Death Valley, some residents began to believe in an unknown god called the God of Deep Void, and built churches specially for this god, and in these Under the influence of the residents, more and more people began to believe in this religion, and only a small number of people remained sober.

It's just that there are too few sober people, and they are regarded as aliens by other people in the town. The two sides often conflict, and finally it develops to the point of fighting. This tense situation makes these sober people have to choose to leave The town lived near the Wizard Tower, and this choice was the main reason why they survived.

As for the remaining people, all disappeared after a certain night, and the creatures in the entire Death Valley also mutated after that night. Only the valley where the wizard tower is located can be preserved intact.

During this period of time, the survivors also experienced many attacks by mutated creatures, but within the range protected by the wizard tower, most of those mutated creatures would become very weak, and thus were easily wiped out by these werewolves, vampires and harpies Lose.

At the same time, during this period of time, the survivors found that after wearing leather boots and leather clothes made of mutated creatures, they would not be attacked even if they entered the forest and grassland of mutated plants.

After listening to the survivor's introduction, the old wizard didn't know that something happened to Earl Drake, so he was going to go to the church built on the crack to check the situation, but the abyss monster that appeared outside the church But it blocked his way, so that he could not approach the church.

In the absence of other options, the old wizard had no choice but to rescue soldiers from the outside. As a result, the real cemetery of Earl Drake appeared, and rumors that another Poseidon artifact was hidden in the real cemetery began to circulate in the dark world. Moreover, many rewards were placed on the black market for finding the Seagod artifact, attracting a large number of people from the dark world to Josh County and Death Valley.

"What a vicious strategy!" After listening to the old wizard's narration, Su, who was also a fool, couldn't help but sneer: "Take us as your pathfinder, you hide in the dark and wait for the greatest benefit to appear, I don't think Leo's strength is beyond your expectations, I'm afraid you won't compromise!"

The old wizard shook his head slightly, and defended himself: "The strategy itself is neither vicious nor clever. As long as there is no greed and no other thoughts about the royal family and the kingdom of England, no one will be fooled. They come to death Gu itself is their own choice, no one forces them, just like you, isn't it?"

"You..." Being ridiculed by the old wizard, Su couldn't find the right words to refute for a while.

Leo didn't do anything to the verbal battle between the two, he only cared about practical issues, and he asked directly: "Before we came, how many batches of black market treasure hunters have come here for the Sea God artifact?"

"Twenty-three batches." The old wizard reported an accurate number.

After hearing this, Leo was silent for a while, and then asked speculatively, "You should have been in that church, right?"

"Why do you ask that?" The old wizard was a little surprised.

Hearing the old wizard's question, Leo confirmed his speculation more and more, and said, "Because of your reaction outside the town just now."

The old wizard was silent for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, I once entered the church when the monster was attracted by other people, but I came out soon."

"What's in the church?" Leo asked.

The old wizard smiled wryly, shook his head, and said, "I don't know, because I came out soon, and after I got out, I don't remember anything in the church, it's like my memory has been erased, the only thing that remains What exists is the feeling inside the church..." He hesitated for a while, and finally decided to say it, saying: "I feel close and disgusting, but more of a fear, as if there is something extremely scary in the church Like."

After hearing what the old wizard said, Leo didn't continue to ask questions, or showed any doubting emotions. He just thought about it for a while, and then jumped to another question, saying: "Since the Seagod Artifact is used to ban Abyss Rift, why do you want to take away the Sea God Artifact now and return it to the royal family? Wouldn't this make the situation worse?"