The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Shut up!" Kunstein glared at the traveling merchant, and then said to the others at the poker table, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

After finishing speaking, he quickly walked out of the cabin and walked towards his own room. Others at the card table were sorting out their gains for the day while discussing what good things Kunstein could come up with.

Although most of the passengers on the ship were meeting each other for the first time, after the game of cards just now, they already had some understanding of each other. Through the conversation, they learned that Kunstein is the heir to the estate of Belin Cameron, the great collector of the Kingdom of England, so Kunstein must have good things collected by this great collector.

Kunstein, who returned to the cabin, walked to the safe in the room, fiddled with the dial quickly, entered the password, inserted the key, and opened the safe.

The safe provided on the ship was not very big, and it was only suitable for storing some small items. There were six or seven small cloth bags of different sizes in Kunstein's safe. He picked up one of the small cloth bags and opened the mouth to have a look.

There are more than a dozen rough gemstones that have been preliminarily cut in the cloth bag, and each one is about the size of a thumbnail. Although the price of each piece is not enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably for a lifetime, at least Can make them very rich for a period of time.

Kunstein closed the cloth bag, put it in his clothes pocket, and was about to close the door of the safe, but he suddenly thought of something, hesitated for a while, and finally opened a small drawer in the safe, and took out a A stone box covered with patterns on the surface, I opened the box and looked at it.

I saw that there was a jade-like tubular object lying in the box, which was about the size of a little finger, but judging from the object itself, it was not particularly surprising, but when Kunstein moved the object to the sunlight and let the window When the sun shines on the jade tube, the jade tube suddenly emits bursts of faint colored light and clouds, accompanied by a burst of crisp sound, which is like the sound of wind chimes and raindrops. All in all, it is very pleasant.

Kunstein didn't know that when he opened the box containing the jade tube and moved it into the sunlight, the jade tube emitted an energy fluctuation that ordinary people couldn't feel. This energy fluctuation was not very strong. But it was very obvious that it alarmed the three people on board.

The leader of priest Aminon, who was explaining the doctrine of Poseidon to the congregation, was startled by this energy fluctuation and stopped, and motioned to ask other priests not to talk too much. After he hesitated, he handed over the task of explaining the doctrine to The deputy walked out of the room by himself.

The other person who sensed the energy fluctuation was the captain of the Ice Queen. He was currently writing the logbook as usual, and rearranging the things he needed to do when he arrived at the next port.

When he sensed that wave of energy fluctuations, his body suddenly trembled involuntarily. This trembling was both anxiety and excitement. His body even became uncontrollable, and some hidden abnormal limbs were also revealed, such as the eyes. It became the compound eyes of insects, the tentacles growing on the forehead, the hard hair growing behind the ears, and so on.

However, he quickly controlled the mutation of his body, allowing himself to return to his original state, then put away the log, walked out of the captain's cabin, and walked towards the lower cabin.

The last one is naturally Leo. Although he has been doing experiments in his cabin these two days, concocting potions, and making rune traps, his mental net has always enveloped the entire Ice Queen, looking for this strange ship. Secrets that I haven't discovered yet.

So when the jade tube emitted energy fluctuations, he was the first to notice it, and was even startled, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and a bottle of wizard potion that was being refined was also crippled.

Omega-level advanced life form This is the answer that instantly popped up in Leo's mind after feeling this energy fluctuation, but he quickly denied this answer because although he felt that this energy fluctuation is very similar to Omega Ga-level high-level life forms, but in this energy fluctuation, there is no suppression of that kind of high-level life. In his feeling, the life level of this energy fluctuation is very weak, even equivalent to a third-level psychic.

With curiosity in his heart, he also stopped what he was doing, and approached the energy source from the cabin he left.

That energy source didn't stay in one place, it was in the passenger cabin at first, but it quickly left the passenger cabin and went to the entertainment cabin in the middle.

When Leo came to the entertainment cabin, his eyes fell directly on the card table not far away, and he saw the stone box on the table and the jade pipe inside the box, so he walked over.

"These jewels should be enough as a bargaining chip, right?" At this time, Kunstein said as he took out the stone box and the gems in his pocket and put them on the table.

"Of course it's enough." All the discerning people present could see the value of these jewels at a glance, and nodded repeatedly.

"Can I participate in this game?" Just as Leo was about to speak, the captain who came to the entertainment cabin before him asked.

"Of course." Kunstein nodded and agreed without talking to other people at the poker table.

Others suggested that Kunstein had already agreed, and naturally did not refuse. Only the traveling businessman questioned slightly: "Mr. Captain, our poker game is not an ordinary gambling game. You must at least bring out something we are interested in to be eligible." Join the game."

"Uh, wait for me." The captain obviously didn't think that this game was not a gambling game, so he turned around and walked out of the cabin. It seemed that he was going back to the captain's cabin to find something that could be used for betting.

Just as the captain turned to leave, Leo and the leader of the priest Aminon sat at the two seats on the card table, expressing their intention to participate in the game.

And after the two of them said their words about participating in the game, they both glanced at each other. Although they didn't speak, they could feel that the other was going towards the jade pipe.

"Of course, as long as the two of you can afford enough chips." Everyone present also sensed that something was wrong, but they didn't back down. Instead, they looked at Leo and the leader of the priest Aminon with interest.

The chief priest of Aminon didn't think much about taking out an old Poseidon church scripture from his old-looking robe, and put it on the table.

"Sea God?" Everyone looked disappointed when they saw the name of the classic, because this doctrine classic can be said to be the most printed classic of the Sea God Church. Almost the entire Kingdom of England has a copy, even among believers In the eyes, it only has religious value and has no commercial value.

It's just that Leo's attitude is different from the others around him. After seeing this old classic, he couldn't help showing a look of surprise on his face, because he could feel that this classic is clearly a magical object, but with its Judging by the divine power fluctuations emitted, its value is definitely not similar to that of the king and queen in Leo's hands.

Priest Aminon seemed to be very clear about what these people were thinking, and he didn't explain much. Instead, he opened the first page of this classic, revealing the signature and handwritten message on the first page.

With curiosity, everyone stood up and looked at the signature and message on that page. When they saw the signature and message clearly, they couldn't help but gasped, and there was a little greed in each other's eyes.

Leo also saw the signature. Although he was not as surprised as those around him, he was equally surprised and became interested in this classic.

Jay Barossas is the name written on the page of the book. Not many people know this name in other kingdoms, but he is a household name in the Kingdom of England, because he is the only one in the Kingdom of England who has been canonized by the Orthodox Church. The saint's priest of the Sea God Church, and the only person who was canonized before his death.

There are countless legends and stories about Jay Barossas, the most of which is that he assisted the king to punish some evil nobles in the kingdom. Among the various plays performed in the Kingdom of England, as long as they are related to Jay Barossas dramas are very popular.

A Sea Nerve with Jay Barosas's autograph and a message is definitely a masterpiece that any collector is rushing to, and everyone has no doubt that what Priest Aminon brought out is fake, they are just curious What made Priest Aminon not hesitate to take out such a precious religious relic as a bet.

When everyone admitted that the things presented by Priest Aminon were qualified to participate in the gamble, their eyes also shifted to Leo, and they expected that Leo could come up with something good.

Seeing this situation, Leo took out a few psionic substances traded from the special bureau from his pocket, but actually from his storage space.

Compared with the quality of the spiritual energy contained in these few spiritual substances, they belong to the very poor kind. The reason why Leo kept this spiritual energy substance is mainly because the quality of the spiritual energy is too poor and there is no place to use it. .

Even so, the appearance of these psionic substances is very good. They are all natural amber, and they are presented in a perfect teardrop shape without any polishing. What's even more rare is that each amber contains two Colorful ancient insects that are only mating.

When Leo took out these psychic substances, the greedy eyes that fell on them were several times stronger than that of the sea nerves, and the most greedy among them was Kunstein who was sitting not far away.

Kunstein has many businesses, but the most important one is the jewelry business. Based on his years of experience in the industry, the value of the few ambers that Leo brought out far exceeds that of gems of the same size. They are definitely the best in the eyes of gem collectors. .

Naturally, Leo also successfully obtained the qualification to participate in the poker game.

After a while, the captain hurried in with a box, and without further ado, after sitting down, he put the box on the table and opened it, saying, "This is my bargaining chip."

Everyone looked at the box with interest, and saw that inside the box was a very peculiar metal plate with a lot of patterns on the metal plate, which looked like a very mysterious item.

"What is this?" Someone did not recognize the metal plate.

"Can you show me?" But some people seemed to see something and asked the captain.

The captain pushed the box in front of the inquirer. The inquirer professionally took out a pair of gloves and put them on, then took out the metal plate and inspected it carefully, put it back into the box carefully, and said: "I think this Items are eligible to be included in the chips."

"What the hell is this?" Someone asked in confusion.

"Guga slab." The man replied.

"Guga stone plate?" Everyone was curious about the metal plate and couldn't help looking over it.

In the field of antiquities collection, Guga slabs are definitely the best collection. It is said that during the archaeology of some ruins in the Guga Desert, a total of 54 Guga slabs were unearthed. Later, the army transporting the Guga slabs was attacked and lost. Twenty-three pieces were bought, and these twenty-three pieces of Gujia stone slabs appeared on the black market one after another, and each time they appeared, they were immediately bought at high prices.

Some people have heard the name of the Gujia stone plate, but they don’t understand the details of this thing. After seeing the metal plate, they can’t help but ask: “But isn’t this a metal plate? Why is it called a stone plate?”

As soon as the question was asked, a knowledgeable person immediately explained: "The name of the Guga stone slab is based on the name of the first stone slab discovered that recorded the Guga text, but in fact the fifty-four Guga stone slabs discovered Among them, there are sixteen metal plates, but the names have been fixed, so the sixteen metal plates are also using the old names.”

After getting the explanation, everyone's doubts disappeared, and the captain's request to join the game was naturally no problem.

The next step is to calculate the chip prices of these items. As Leo expected, the amber he took out is naturally the most expensive, followed by the captain's Guga slate, and finally Priest Aminon's sea nerve.

Kunstein also exchanged his jewelry into chips, but seeing that Kunstein did not exchange the jade pipe next to his hand, the captain couldn't help asking.

Kunstein said in a deep voice: "This thing is my lucky item, and I will not sell it unless it is absolutely necessary."

Leo and the others did not show regret, but waited for the start of the game.

Soon the game started normally. This is the first time for Leo to play poker, and he is not very familiar with the rules, so the first few hands are covered with an ante bet. No follow up.

On the gambling table, other people play very seriously, carefully calculating the cards in other people's hands, and every time they bet, they are playing a psychological battle with their opponents. It has to be said that everyone on these tables is A good player who plays with people's hearts.

It's just that, even if they are good players, there are high and low points among them, and this level is directly reflected in winning or losing.

What was surprising was that after a few rounds of poker, the biggest winners were not the veterans at the poker table, but the leader of the Aminon priest who didn't seem to know how to play cards.

The rules of fighting beast cards are very special. Chips can be continuously accumulated through continuous stacking. When a round of cards is over, if there are several winners, the winner who puts in the most chips will get the most bets.

The leader of the priest Aminon pushed out all the chips on hand like a novice who didn't know how to gamble, which made him get the most chips in each hand.