The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Light?" Looking at the ashes on the bed, Leo had a puzzled look on his face, and he didn't quite understand the clues given by the female corpse.

However, after hearing the clues given by the female corpse and seeing the moment when the female corpse finally turned into ashes, Frank Fussen on the side seemed to think of something, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"Director Fussen, did you find something?" At this time, Leo also noticed something wrong with Frank Fussen's expression, so he asked.

Frank Fussen asked confirmingly: "You mentioned earlier that the murderer used a hidden power similar to a clone when he attacked Pasa Kagulan, right?"

"Yes." Leo nodded.

"I think I know who killed Pasa Cagulan and is planning to assassinate General Hansen." Frank Fusen frowned and said, "I think there may be trouble this time."

Leo didn't quite understand why Frank Fussen became so nervous, so he asked, "Can you explain in more detail?"

Frank Fusen was silent for a while, and said, "Mr. Leo, have you heard of the ancient tribe in the Mosang Continent?"

"Ancient Clan?" Leo thought for a while and said, "Are you talking about the Origin Clan that has disappeared?"

"Yes, that's it." Frank Fussen nodded, then hesitated, and said, "Actually, the disappearance of the ancient clan was done by General Hoover Hansen."

After speaking, he told Leo the whole story.

The Mosang mainland tribe, known as the ancient tribe, should actually be called the origin tribe in academic terms. From its name, it is enough to know that this tribe is based on the origin of the Mosang mainland tribe. In fact, it is almost the same, except Except for a few tribes who believed that they had other origins, most of the other tribes believed that their tribes originated from the ancient tribes.

Because of this, the Gu people have a very special status among the tribes in the Mosang continent, and the Gu people often use their special status and prestige to intervene in other tribes' affairs, and even directly influence the chiefs of other tribes.

Therefore, the relationship between the Gu Clan and the various tribes in the Mosang Continent is not very harmonious, but due to the special status of the Gu Clan or some other unknown reasons, each tribe can only keep their dissatisfaction with the Gu Clan in their hearts.

At that time, the colonies of various countries on the Mozambique continent began to experience turmoil, and various uprisings emerged one after another. In addition to the new Mozambican uprisings formed by the descendants of criminals, serfs, and debtors from various countries, nationalism broke out in various tribes. The tribal nation-building uprising was the most powerful of all uprisings at that time.

It's just that those tribes have never had a national concept, their internal structure is scattered, there is no cohesion, and some of them are feuds with each other, so they can only do their own things, so that although the tribal uprisings are huge, they have never had a successful example, and they usually just revolted It was not long before it was wiped out by the colonial army.

The tribes felt that the situation would get worse if this continued, so they decided to try to unite the tribes, and the ancient tribe naturally became the best object in their minds to unite the tribes.

As a result, each tribe elected the ancient tribe as the leader, and gathered around the ancient tribe, followed the rules and forms formulated by the ancient tribe, sorted out internal government affairs, and increased the power of the tribe several times in a short period of time. The battle changed from being passively beaten to being proactive, and the colony of the Maris Kingdom on the Mozambique continent was completely lost at this time.

It's just that after seizing a large number of colonial territories, the ancients, who were supposed to continue to expand their victories, stopped pursuing them at this time and completely settled all the colonies. Instead, they chose to stop attacking and digest the victories.

The reason why the tribes made such a wrong strategic decision was not only because each tribe was extremely coveted for the expanded territory, hoping to immediately share the spoils in their hands to supplement the consumption of the war, but also the ancient tribes who were regarded as spiritual symbols began to Not willing to be a mascot to unite the tribe anymore, but want to seize higher rights so that after the country is established, they can obtain the same detached status as the royal family in other countries.

During this period, the ancients used various methods to seize the rights of the various tribes in this alliance, embezzle the tribal results, expand their own power, and deliberately win over the young and strong factions in other tribes, to control the power of the various tribes. The old people attacked.

If there are no other accidents, the ancients may really be able to take back the rights of all tribes, agree with all the tribes on the Mosang continent unprecedentedly, drive the colonists out of the Mosang continent, build a never-before-seen Mosang empire, and become The highest power controller in the entire Mozambique continent.

It's a pity that the Gu Clan was too hasty, and the methods they acted were directly cruel, so that all tribes were extremely dissatisfied with the Gu Clan, and some tribes that were hostile to the Gu Clan also began to consider dealing with the Gu Clan.

It's just that because they publicized the identity of the ancient clan too much for the sake of tribal cohesion in the early stage, so that they want to deal with the ancient clan now, I'm afraid they can't do it because of the identity they advertised. This makes them have to find external forces to solve it. This trouble.

At that time, the colonial army became the best external force, so several tribes who had enemies with the ancient tribes jointly sent out to try to practice the colonial army, expressing the idea of ​​cooperating to eliminate the ancient tribe.

At first, the colonial coalition forces thought it was a trap set up by the tribe, but soon they found out that the intentions of the other tribes were unclear, but they found that the tribes that sent envoys really wanted to get rid of the ancient tribe.

The colonial army feels that this is an opportunity, because if the ancient tribe is solved, then even if the various tribes occupy a lot of territory, the interior will become a piece of sand. For the colonial army, tribes without cohesion are very easy to deal with. Time can slowly get rid of these tribes.

Therefore, the two hit it off, and the colonial army formed a joint elite team. Under the guidance of the tribe's internal intelligence, they set up a deadly trap for the ancients, and the leader of this team was Hoover Mosang.

The ancient people have the custom of offering sacrifices to their ancestors. At a fixed time every year, they will return to their ancestral land to worship their ancestors. This time they are no exception, but it is different from the past. The defense of the horde was handed over to other tribes it considered loyal.

What happened in the year of the ancestor worship, no one knows except the elite team who executed the characters at that time, the only thing known is that the volcano where the ancestor worship suddenly erupted, engulfing all the people of the ancient tribe on the mountain, and the ancient tribe overnight There were only a few members of the team who performed the task and returned to the barracks alive, and Hoover Hansen was one of them.

Although the colonial army later asked what happened on the holy mountain where the ancient people worshiped their ancestors, the survivors such as Hoover Hansen did not say anything.

Because the ancient tribe died in a volcanic eruption, those tribes who originally planned to use the colonial army to massacre the ancient tribe as an excuse to unite the various tribes and take revenge on the colonial army failed, and the tribal alliance gathered because of the ancient tribe was also like the colonial army. As expected, civil strife soon appeared, and the tribes began to fight each other because of the distribution of loot and the ownership of the territory. From small tribes to large tribes, they were all involved without exception, and the tribal alliance was almost useless.

This was originally expected by the colonial army. As long as they waited for the right time and attacked with all their strength, they would be able to solve the tribal uprising that almost wiped out the colonial army with one sentence.

However, before they could do anything, another force had already found the opportunity. As a result, the ultimate beneficiary of the ancient clan extermination incident was neither the tribe nor the colonial army, but the new Mosang people who were underestimated by both sides.

The Neo-Mosangans, who were always saving their strength, suddenly emerged. First, they defeated the main force of the colonial coalition forces at that time with a thunderous force. After that, several major colonial cities all revolted and broke away from the control of various countries, including some very important supply port cities.

After withstanding several counterattacks by the colonial army and the navies of other kingdoms, and defeating the armies of various countries, war weariness has developed within each country. Finally, as the French Empire abandoned its colonies, all countries also abandoned their colonies, while the Kingdom of England Was the last country to abandon its colonies.

After the settlement of the colonial army, the internal strife in the tribes still has not subsided. In terms of dealing with the tribes, the New Mosangs did not completely suppress them. He chose to win over some tribes that had a good relationship with them, and went all out to attack those tribes that hated the colonists. Those tribes were completely driven back to the wasteland.

In the end, the New Mosangs were the dominant family in the colony, and several joint armies under them each occupied a piece of land to form a country, forming several major countries in the current Mosangan continent, such as the United States and California. The drawn tribes united together to form the present Panier Kingdom.

"I can understand that Hoover Hansen and the Gu Clan are enemies. After all, the annihilation of the Gu Clan must have something to do with Hoover Hansen's team." Hearing this, Leo couldn't help wondering: "However, are you How do you know that the person who wants to assassinate Hoover Hansen is from the ancient tribe? You must know that there are countless tribes who died under Hoover Hansen."

"Because of light and shadow." Frank Fussen explained carefully.

It turned out that there were some extremely special people in the ancient clan. These people were considered to have the purest blood of their ancestors. According to legend, the ancestors of the ancient clan were great beings who mastered light and darkness. Even the gods in the world of Velen could not match them. , so every clansman who awakens the blood of their ancestors is born to be able to master a part of the power of light and darkness.

The reason why the ancient people were able to gain a firm foothold in the tribal alliance back then, and gradually controlled the power within the tribal alliance, forcing the various tribes to collude with the colonial army, was not only dependent on their tribal origin identities, but more on their ethnic groups Those who have awakened the blood of their ancestors, the power of these people, even the shamans of various tribes, must be in awe.

According to Frank Fusen's explanation, Leo knew that this was not the first time that Hoover Hansen was assassinated by the survivors of the ancient clan. Hoover Hansen had been assassinated a few years ago. The murderer almost succeeded. Fortunately, Hoover Hansen's guards tried their best to protect him, and the special bureau's timely support prevented the assassination from failing.

At that time, Frank Fussen was the one who felt the on-site support the fastest. At that time, he saw how assassins used light to create illusions and how to use shadows to move quickly. Fortunately, he had the ability to distinguish enemies without using eyes. Wound the ancient man in time, and bring Hoover Hansen down.

Although the use of the light that burned the woman's corpse to ashes just now was different from the light he saw from the ancient people back then, the two gave him the same feeling.

"What are you going to do now?" Leo could feel Frank Fussen's nervousness, which made such a powerful person feel nervous. It can be seen that the power of the ancient people left him a very deep impression.

"Now that the ancients appear, the assassination will become different. Regardless of whether General Hansen agrees to cancel the opening ceremony of the museum, I must send some people to strengthen his guards, and I must also stay by his side to prevent Something happened." Frank Fussen said his decision, and then said to Leo with a serious expression: "Mr. Leo, I don't know if you still treat this as an insignificant thing, But I still hope that you can take this matter seriously, because if General Hansen really died in public in the revenge assassination of the ancients, then the Mosang Continent will probably be at war again, and the current peace of the kingdom will no longer exist. .”

"Well, I'll think about it." Leo didn't give Frank Fussen an affirmative answer, but then he seemed to have caught a loophole in the painting, and asked suddenly: "You seem to be saying that if you assassinate Hu in public Hoover Hansen is going to cause a lot of trouble, so as long as it's not in public, Hoover Hansen's life and death won't have such a big impact, right?"

"I didn't say that, this is your own understanding." Seeing Leo distorting his meaning, Frank Fusen glared at Leo angrily, then turned and walked out of the room, quickly walked downstairs, boarded He got into the carriage waiting there, gave instructions to the driver, and drove towards Durin's naval headquarters.

Obviously, the appearance of the ancient assassins made Frank Fussen more nervous about this case. He immediately felt that protecting Hoover Hansen from the Navy Headquarters was the most important thing he needed to do now.

Leo, who stayed at the scene of the murder, did not leave immediately, but went back to the attic on the third floor, stood by the window and carefully looked at the surrounding traces, with a serious expression on his face.

In fact, he had another discovery that he did not tell Frank Fusen. This discovery was that he knew what weapon the assassin would use to assassinate Hoover Hansen.