The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Of course not." Seran shook her head hastily. Although she is a lawless witch who has done some shocking things and is a wanted criminal in the Kingdom of Marris and the Kingdom of Savile, even so, she only dared to admit that she had contact with Natural walkers dare not consider themselves members of the natural party, because admitting this status is almost equivalent to giving up life in the civilized world completely, and can only go to the barbaric world of the Mozambique wasteland.

"Okay, this joke is not very funny." Sylvia patted Leo's arm with some reproach, feeling that her actions were a little too intimate, her face blushed, and she said seriously, "You don't It is no exaggeration to say that even after so many years, the high-level governments and churches of various countries have not relaxed their arrest of nature walkers and their accomplices."

"Why? Why do you hate nature walkers so much?" Leo couldn't help asking curiously, "Is it just because of Ms. Teresa's death?"

Seran also looked at Sylvia curiously.

Because the blizzard above the head has not yet ended, the three of them will stay here for a while, so Sylvia also intends to use this topic to pass the time, so she said: "I don't know the specific situation. Only the church and the Orthodox court know about this kind of thing, but I heard that this matter involves gods."

"A god again?" Seran frowned. Growing up in the Savile Kingdom, she had seen the evil deeds of the Church of the Lord of Birth and Death, and coupled with the internal teachings of the witch troupe, she really had nothing to do with gods. Good impression.

"Can you be more specific?" Leo asked.

Sylvia recalled it carefully, and said: "The information I checked seems to have mentioned that the Orthodox Church was organizing churches from various countries to perform a certain ceremony at that time. It is said that as long as the ceremony can be completed, the world will return to the place where the gods appeared again. era."

"Isn't that right?" Leo quickly discovered the loopholes in Sylvia's statement, frowned, and said: "If it really returns to the era when the gods appeared, then the kings and kings of all countries It is definitely not a good thing for the prime minister. In that case, the church will inevitably regain secular power, and their power will inevitably be reduced, so they should be very happy that this ceremony is broken. Even if they ordered the arrest of the church to appease the church Xing Zhe should just put on a show, it is absolutely impossible to be so strict like now after so many years."

"I'm not very clear about this." Sylvia also showed a puzzled look.

Seran on the side interjected, guessing: "Could it be that the ceremony that the church is conducting can actually bring great benefits to the high-level leaders of various countries?"

Sylvia shook her head indifferently, and said, "Impossible? What good in the world can compare with the power in the hands of those guys?"

"That's not necessarily true," Leo denied Sylvia's opinion, and said, "What if it's eternal life?"

"Huh?" Both Sylvia and Seran stared blankly at Leo, not understanding the meaning of Leo's words.

Leo explained: "I mean, if the church promises the dignitaries of various countries, after the ceremony is successful, the gods will give them eternal life?"

"It is indeed possible." Sylvia thought for a while, then nodded.

"It's not right!" Selan sang against the tune at this time, saying: "Those high-level officials in the kingdom who received the promise of the church have long since died, so the arrest of nature walkers by various countries should also be over..."

"No, it won't end." Sylvia shook her head and said, "According to the situation at the time, because this arrest ban has become the consensus of the entire civilized world, it is no longer a single country that can Let alone the country, even the various churches cannot lift this ban."

"However, compared to whether the ban can be lifted, I really want to know what kind of ceremony the church is performing?" Leo asked again in a deep voice: "Is there any information about this in the Orthodox Church?"

"No." Sylvia shook her head without thinking too much, "As I said, there is very little information about this incident at that time, even if there is, I can't see it, although I am an Orthodox Church The adjudicator of the witch, but that's just a product of political games, and the Orthodox Court will not really treat me, a witch, as an adjudicator." She paused and said, "However, I think this ceremony should be in harmony with the special Madam Reiss."

"Why?" Leo asked.

Sylvia deduced: "Think about it, the brutal killing of Ms. Teresa is the first and most important one among the crimes of nature walkers announced by the church and other countries, and Ms. Teresa has received so many crimes in front of her." What an honor, and being watched by the gods, so she must be the key to the ceremony."

After listening to Sylvia's analysis, Leo didn't nod his head in approval. Instead, he thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't think Ms. Teresa should have anything to do with the ceremony, or it shouldn't be the main factor of the ceremony. .”

"Why?" Not only Sylvia, but even Seran, who was attracted by the topic, looked at him suspiciously.

"It's very simple, it's too high-profile!" Leo analyzed: "Ms. Teresa's entire civilized world is too high-profile, as if she is afraid that others will not know her. A lot of attention, if it is really important to the ceremony, then the church will never let her appear in front of people in such a high-profile way, because the more people pay attention, the more people will discover the existence of the ceremony. I think the ceremony should be A secret ceremony!"

Sylvia didn't answer, which was regarded as acquiescing, but she still retorted. "Maybe the high profile was part of the ceremony."

"It's possible," Leo shook his head slightly, and said, "But don't forget, Ms. Teresa is just an ordinary person. Do you think such an important ceremony is placed on an ordinary person who appears in such a high-profile manner? Is it suitable? You must know that there must be many people who do not want this ceremony to be successful, such as those cultists and families of evil gods. Once an accident occurs, how will the Orthodox Court remedy it? Moreover, the cause of death of Ms. Teresa seems to be tortured. Long, if she's really that important, why isn't anyone protecting her?"

"Maybe the person who protected her is dead?" Seran couldn't help but speculate.

"If she is really that important, then the people who protect her must be the most powerful clergy in the Orthodox Church and various churches, but after that incident, did any important clergymen in the church die or disappear inexplicably? It seems that there is no. If someone protects her, the person who protects her will definitely take her away from the dangerous place after encountering an attack, so the place where she died should be the outer color of the punishment center." Leo refuted Seran's guess one by one , and then said his conjecture: "In my opinion, the people who killed Ms. Teresa with abusive methods are probably not natural walkers, but those cult members or evil gods who escaped from the correctional institution in disorder. What sacrifice can compare to a woman called a saint? And Ms. Teresa was just unlucky, at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and met the wrong person."

After hearing Leo's words, both Sylvia and Seran frowned and pondered, as if they were looking for loopholes in Leo's guess.

"Can you be more specific?" Sylvia asked after a moment of contemplation.

Leo narrated: "The nature walkers didn't go for Ms. Teresa, but for something hidden in the correctional facility. It's just that during the conflict between them and the people in the correctional facility, they didn't intend to go. The cult members and the family members of the evil gods who were detained in the correctional center were released. The cult members and the family members of the evil gods who escaped in the end became the winners. Ordinary people in the correctional center were sacrificed to the evil gods as sacrifices."

Sylvia retorted: "Why is it the cultists, not the nature walkers?"

Leo simply explained: "It's very simple, because the nature walker's previous behavior, even if there is a conflict with the Orthodox church and the church, he will not do anything to ordinary people."

Seran asked in puzzlement, "Since it wasn't done by nature walkers, why did the governments and churches of various countries issue such a ban?"

"Because the main responsibility for this matter lies with the Nature Walkers. If it weren't for them, how could the cultists and the family of the evil gods under the punishment center escape." Sylvia seemed to accept Leo's statement and answered Seran's question road.

And Leo also added in a timely manner: "I'm afraid not only because of the main responsibility, but also to divert everyone's attention and make some people have an illusion."

"What attention?" "What illusion?" Sylvia and Seran asked different questions respectively.

"Naturally, it is the attention of those people with ulterior motives, and the purpose is probably to make those people think that the plan has failed." Leo speculated while explaining, suddenly he seemed to think of something, and asked Sylvia: "Among the materials you've read, is there any record of the location of the punishment center?"

"Uh..." Sylvia was about to answer Leo's question, but she just opened her mouth with a look of confusion on her face, and finally asked in confusion, "No? No information from the punishment center?" She said. Looking at Leo in puzzlement, he asked, "Why is this happening? I just know it's called the Correctional Institution, but I don't know its location and official name. This is too weird? Why didn't I become suspicious?"

"It seems that my guess is right." Leo stood up from the ground with some excitement, his head was almost touching the frozen corpse layer above, and his fingers unconsciously tapped on the wall of the frozen corpse next to him. The expression on his face showed He is thinking fast.

After a while, Leo stopped that unconscious movement, stood on the spot, with a dazed look on his face, and said, "So that's it, that's it, I didn't expect that we would have a conversation sitting here today to pass the time, But it solves one of the mysteries that has had the greatest impact on the world."

Sylvia was very curious about the mystery Leo mentioned, but she felt that if Leo wanted to say it, she would naturally say it, so she didn't ask.

However, Seran didn't have that much patience, and asked impatiently, "Mystery? What kind of mystery?"

Leo looked at the two of them and said, "Do you feel that the whole world has become a little weird over the years?"

"No?" Sylvia and Seran glanced at each other, they didn't quite understand Leo's words, they both shook their heads and said.

"The number and activity of extraordinary people." Leo reminded.

After hearing Leo's reminder, Seran hadn't thought of anything yet, but Sylvia had already realized the meaning of Leo's words, and quickly followed Leo's reminder to recall the relevant information in her mind, her face changed slightly After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Yes, the number of commemorative supernatural beings has doubled every year recently, and these are supernatural beings that have been registered by the government, and those who have not registered, such as family members, are probably even more. "

Leo nodded, and then reminded: "Do you feel that your strength has improved rapidly in recent years, far surpassing the previous witches?"

This time Seran also understood. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "According to the data, the power I had before can only be possessed after the bloodline is fully awakened, but I had it before the bloodline awakened. I I thought it was because of my extraordinary talent, could it be related to the mystery you mentioned?"

Leo reminded again: "Of course it is. Don't forget, what were the plans of the church and governments back then."

"The gods appear." Sylvia and Seran said at the same time.

"Yes, the gods appear." Leo nodded, and said: "From the past data, the era of the gods is also the era of the extraordinary, wizards, witches, family members, cultists, paladins, etc. have extraordinary powers. There are many more powerful people than now, and their power is also stronger than now, so our current changes just prove that our world is changing to the era of gods appearing."

"How is this possible? Didn't the plan back then fail?" Sylvia asked, looking at Leo in puzzlement.

Leo smiled and said, "Don't forget, who announced the failure of the plan? The church. The nature walkers never said that they had destroyed the church's plan."

"But why didn't the Nature Walker explain that he didn't destroy the plan of the Orthodox Church of the True God?" Seran asked puzzled.

Sylvia, who is much more experienced, explained for Leo, saying: "Because no one will believe their words, even if those cult members and family members of evil gods who escaped from the correctional facility testify for them, no one will believe them." At this point, she paused for a moment, and said to herself: "If you look at it this way, there are some clues to some of the things I investigated before."

When Sylvia was about to ask Leo something, Leo looked up, his eyes seemed to penetrate the layer of frozen corpses, and then he heard him say: "The snowstorm has stopped."