The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Your Excellency Capello, how did you encounter so many bandits?" Just as the old knight Capello was sighing for everything in front of him, Leo had already got off his horse, walked up to Capello, and asked road.

"We don't know about this either." Hearing Leo's question, the old knight's thoughts were pulled back, and he looked at the corpses of the bandits around him and said.

"I don't think this is an easy matter." Sylvia also got off her horse at this time, and said, "It stands to reason that this place has entered the middle of Toussaint, so there shouldn't be such a large bandit group. " As she spoke, she turned to Leo and said, "Do you still remember the two gangs of bandits we saw on the way here? It's definitely not a thing for three gangs of different sizes to appear on such a short distance road at the same time. Ordinary things, those two groups of bandits are more like intercepting people who may interfere with the battle here, if my prediction is not bad, this road passes, and there should be another group of bandits blocking the way."

"You mean someone deliberately targeted this caravan?" Leo said following Sylvia's thinking.

Hearing the conversation between Leo and Sylvia, the old knight Capello's face became very ugly, because the incident happened suddenly, he didn't have time to think about it, but now the matter is over, plus Leo and Sylvia Based on his analysis, he couldn't see anything weird in it.

So, he turned around and called the caravan leader who was sorting out the goods in the caravan, and asked, "Adot, let me ask you, is there any special goods in your carriage?"

When the caravan leader was called over, his attention was completely attracted by the gorgeous armor on Leo and Sylvia. He didn't pay attention to the old knight's question for a while, and didn't return until the old knight asked a second time. Overwhelmed, he quickly shook his head and said, "No! Mr. Capello, you know that my caravan is just an ordinary caravan, and all the goods it transports are ordinary goods. There will be no special goods. If there are , I would not work so hard every day to lead the team to run around every day, not only eating and sleeping, but also worrying about encountering robbers."

Seeing the caravan leader answer so positively, the old knight Capello couldn't help showing doubts, and then the caravan leader asked why the old knight questioned him like this, and then took the conversation between Sylvia and Leo just now. Guess told him.

Hearing what the old knight said, the caravan leader immediately showed a shocked look on his face. Obviously, this incident was unheard of for him, but he seemed to have thought of something while being shocked, and couldn't help but look at it. Look at the old knight.

And this small movement was easily caught by Leo and Sylvia, and Sylvia asked, "Mr. Adot, did you think of any clues?"

Hearing the question from Sylvia who looked like a Valkyrie, the caravan leader quickly lowered his head and said, "There are indeed some clues."

With that said, he turned his head and looked at the old knight.

"This clue is related to His Excellency Capello?" Leo asked clearly when he saw the appearance of the caravan leader.

"What? It has something to do with me?" The old knight also stared blankly at the caravan leader and asked, "How could this matter have something to do with me?"

The caravan leader shrank his neck and reminded cautiously: "Master Capello, have you forgotten the sealed box that Earl Britta asked you to bring back to him?"

Following the reminder from the caravan leader, the old knight quickly thought of something. He was stunned for a while, and then his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip, unable to speak for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Sylvia asked the caravan leader about the situation, and the caravan leader didn't hide anything, and carefully told what he knew.

It turns out that the time for the wine conference is approaching day by day, and the disappearance case of the Britta Manor has not been solved. If no one takes care of the wine stored in the manor cellar, there will be a high chance of going bad and other problems.

Therefore, Earl Britta felt that he might fail miserably at this wine conference, so he decided to make two-handed preparations. On the one hand, he was still looking for a solution to the disappearance case; I have arrived at an extremely advanced wine-making recipe, and I plan to use this recipe to make wine in the coming year, which will stand out at the wine conference.

In order to prevent people from knowing about this matter, Count Britta did not use his own men, but let the newly recruited Capello continue to patrol the border and bring this formula back. This is also a right A test of Capello's abilities.

The caravan leader felt that if there was anything in the team worthy of others' concern, and he would even collude with the bandits to attack them, it would be the wine recipe, and the person who did such a thing was probably Count Britta's enemy.

"Just for a wine-making formula?" After hearing the narration of the caravan leader, Leo felt a little unbelievable, because in the three-view cognition and common sense of ethics he built after he gradually acquired ordinary people's emotions, the caravan What the team leader said was completely against his cognition, it could be described as absurd.

"Yes." Without waiting for the caravan leader to respond, Sylvia replied: "Never overestimate the lower limit of what nobles can do. They will do anything to achieve their goals. The so-called noble spirit is just a It’s just a layer of camouflage, I’ve seen this kind of thing a lot in Fran.”

"But this is too absurd! What's the use of a wine recipe?" Leo still doesn't understand this kind of thing, at least he just broke away from the absolute rationality of the biochemical man, and the emotional cognition he re-established can't understand it. understand such things.

"You forgot that the country of Toussaint is also known as the country of blood and wine. Although the blood can be said to be the blood left by the elf kingdom, it can also be said to be wine. This shows the importance of wine in this country. Sylvia turned to the caravan leader and the old knight Capello, and said, "If I'm right, the winners and participants of the annual wine conference will not only get money and fame, You should be able to obtain other benefits, such as an increase in status, etc., right?"

Both the caravan leader and the old knight Capello nodded in unison.

"With such huge interests involved, it is not so difficult to understand that those nobles would do such a thing." Sylvia smiled disdainfully, then looked at the corpses of the bandits around, and said: " Being able to silently gather so many bandits in the center of Toussaint to form a bandit group, the secret planner obviously has a high status and power in the Beauclair Court, you'd better rush to the nearby town as soon as possible and inform your respective Your superiors, let them send someone to respond. Don't think about separating, because the person behind the scenes will definitely think that you are in the same group. If you separate, it will only make him think that you are all suspected of carrying the formula. But as long as you reach the town It should be safe, after all, as long as that person has a little sense, he won't do anything to let the bandits attack the town."

Hearing Sylvia's suggestion, both the old knight and the caravan leader nodded. It was the old knight Capello who suddenly asked, "Can I hire two..."

"Sorry, we still have our own things to do!" Before the old knight could finish speaking, Sylvia immediately refused, then gestured to Leo, turned and mounted the horse, and said, "Since the things here have already If it is resolved, then we will continue on the road, hoping to see the two of you in Bauclair."

After finishing speaking, after waiting for Leo to get on the horse, the two immediately drove away from the small battlefield, not giving the old knight and the caravan leader a chance at all.

After the two rode for a distance, Leo couldn't help but wondered, and asked, "Why didn't we accept Capello's employment just now? We directly helped Capello deliver the formula to Earl Britt , should also be able to get Earl Britt's thanks, and then get his guarantee?"

Sylvia looked at Leo strangely, and asked, "Are you planning to intervene in the power game within the nobles of Toussaint?"

Leo was puzzled and said, "Aren't we intervening now? You know we killed the bandit group and destroyed the plan of the person behind the scenes, and we also received the task of Earl Britt."

"Of course not." Sylvia shook her head and explained: "We killed that bandit group only because we occasionally encountered people in distress and rescued them. This is a matter of following the actual law and virtue. It has nothing to do with who we stand on, who we support, or who we don't support. And the task we received from Earl Britt was just an ordinary employment task, it doesn't mean we support Earl Britt But if we continue to escort Capello back to Bauclair and safely deliver the formula to Earl Britt, then this means that we are completely on the side of Earl Britt, and the nature is completely different."

"It's really complicated." Leo shook his head. He felt that this kind of noble game was not something he could adapt to, so he didn't think too much about it. Then he asked Sylvia about the use of weapons and armor. .

"The dragon hunting gun is very easy to use, and it is very easy to use." Sylvia patted the box containing the dragon hunting gun with satisfaction, then raised her arm, and said, "But when the arm is moving, shoulder Jia It's going to be a little bit of a hindrance when the arms are raised, plus..."

Hearing Sylvia's problems, Leo also solved these problems one by one, because he considered the adjustment problem when designing the armor, so he reserved some adjustment space and devices, after a series of After adjustment, this dragon hunter armor fits Sylvia's figure better.

On the way afterwards, the two did not encounter any troubles.

However, they did notice some small details on the road. For example, not long after leaving the abandoned manor, they encountered two groups of bandits on the road. Like the other two groups of bandits they encountered before, the two groups of bandits also felt the thunder. Ou and Sylvia were not easy to mess with, and did not attack them, and Leo also found through the spirit network that these two groups of bandits seemed very surprised and surprised that they could come from the other side of the road, and the appearance of these bandits just confirmed that Sylvia's guess.

Because we were traveling late at night, and we deliberately avoided some villages and small towns, not many people saw Leo and Silvia, but anyone who saw them would be shocked by their armor. Fascinated, even some mythological associations emerged in my mind, and the next day, there was a story about the light knight and the dark knight chasing each other in the villages and small towns at the foot of Gorgon Mountain from the Vidette Valley.

Although the caravan that Capello and the others belonged to also spread the news about Leo and Sylvia destroying the bandits, but the scope of the spread was too small, and the story of the two foreign knights didn't sound like much. How mysterious it is, so it was quickly submerged in other more magical stories and legends.

In the early morning, Leo and Sylvia arrived at the outskirts of Earl Britt's manor after an overnight drive.

Compared with the east bank of the Sansredo River, where the sun is shining and the climate is suitable, the sun on the west bank can only be seen in the morning because of the Gaogong Mountain, and the sun is blocked by the mountains in the afternoon, and the cold air flowing on the top of the mountains In the early morning, it will turn into a cold wave and sweep down. Such a cold wave is enough to kill the immature grape seedlings. Therefore, for a long time, this land cannot be planted with grapes, and it is in a state of abandonment.

It wasn't until a druid found a kind of cold-resistant grape seedlings and grafted them onto Toussaint's local grape branches, so that the local grape seedlings had the ability to withstand the cold, so that such a vast land at the foot of Gaogong Mountain was able to play a role.

The manor of Earl Britta is in the middle of the foot of Gaugong Mountain. It is the only gentle slope mountain. Originally, the manor was built at the foot of the mountain, but halfway through the construction, it was discovered that there was a natural cave at the top of the slope, which was very suitable for storage. Wine, so the main house of the manor was moved to the top of the mountain, and the unfinished manor at the foot of the mountain became the residence of the workers.

At that time, many nobles believed that although Earl Britta's decision had cost him a certain amount of money, it was very correct.

Because Earl Britta's vineyard is located very close to Lake Seravi, when the manor moved to the highlands, standing on the small tower built by the manor, you can easily see the lake of Lake Seravi in ​​the distance, even You can also see the island in the middle of the lake where the legendary fairy in the lake lives. When the morning sun shines down, the lake is shimmering with waves, and the scenery is pleasant.

If the weather is good, you can also see the blurred image of Beauclair Palace in the distance from the manor.

It is precisely because of the scenery and environment of the Britta Manor that many nobles have taken a fancy to the land around the manor. They bought the surrounding area and built the manor, not only for the sake of wine, but also for the summer season. Provide a place to escape the heat.

However, during this period of time, due to the disappearance of Brita Manor, the manors in this area have become panicked. Although the disappearance is limited to Brita Manor, the people in the surrounding manors are already feeling scared and considering whether they should give up here. Work, get out of here.

Because of this, the owners of the surrounding manors also complained about Count Britta, which brought invisible pressure to Count Britta.