The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

From entering the manor, everything I saw in my eyes was the strong architectural style of the elf kingdom era, but when I arrived at the center of the manor, when I saw the main building, I saw a strong Nilfgaardian style. Houses, this makes anyone, even those who don't understand architecture, have a strong sense of disobedience, and in the eyes of those picky people, they will even want to tear it down and rebuild.

Although the builders of the manor are also aware of the sensory discomfort caused by the difference in style, when building this Nilfgaardian-style house, they deliberately added some elements of the elf kingdom, such as statue decorations on the eaves, doors and windows The shape of the house and the overall color of the house, etc., but even this modification still cannot completely eliminate the sense of dissonance in the style gap.

Just like the style of the house in the main building, the ancient elven text on the floor was artificially changed after it spread here, and changed into another pattern, a magic circle pattern belonging to a warlock.

These warlock magic circle patterns are very cleverly hidden in places that ordinary people cannot detect, and are covered with various decorations, covering the entire house in it.

At this moment, Leo is completely sure that Josh Manor is a conspiracy from beginning to end. Although he doesn't know what the other party is doing, he can be sure that the other party's goal is definitely not suitable for Baron Josh's family. He actually understands the ancient Elvish language, and even perfectly integrated the magic circle of the ancient Elven language with the magic circle of the current warlock, and made a new magic circle. Judging from the strength of the opponent, it is definitely a warlock in this world. top figures.

If such a powerful person really wants Baron Josh's life, there is no need to waste time playing such tricks. As a result, Baron Josh's family can't waste much energy. He secretly manipulated Baron Josh to build a magical There is obviously a deeper intention in this manor, but what makes Leo wonder is whether he has realized this intention.

Because judging from various situations, it seems that the purpose of this person behind the scenes has not been achieved, because if he arranges such a big game, once he succeeds, it will naturally cause a big commotion in the entire Toussaint, but now it is just that Joe is dead. The Earl Shi family and the vintner's family and their servants, the casualties and the identities of the dead are obviously unlikely to cause any commotion in Toussaint. The only bad effect is that this place has become Toussaint folklore forbidden area.

"Since such a large layout has been completed, it is impossible to abandon it without doing anything, unless..." Leo looked around and said to himself: "Unless he was no longer here at that time, maybe There is another more important thing waiting for him, and this place is not so important to him. Maybe something happened to hold him back."

Thinking of this, Leo began to search in his mind for all kinds of major events that happened in this world in the past two years, and finally locked on a place called Shaned Island.

If there is anything related to warlocks and has a huge impact on all kinds of warlocks and mages in this world, then the Shaned Island incident is definitely at the top. After that incident, whether it is a female warlock or a male The influence of warlocks in this world has been weakened to the extreme, and many warlocks died in that conflict. The warlock who set up this game may also be one of the victims, and it is more likely that he was injured and unable to appear.

"Vigfortez!" Leo quickly thought of Geralt's enemy. This person seems to be very suitable for the identity of the behind-the-scenes manipulator, and this person is also capable of doing so. Identity, it is not impossible to get to know Baron Josh, and the time is just right.

The discovery in front of him also made Leo's interest in this place even stronger, because if the torn pages of the book sighed by Ye Shen were really in the hands of Vigfortz, then he and Vigfortz would definitely meet each other. There is a battle, if he can pass through the magic circle of this manor now, and have some understanding of Vigfortez's overall strength in advance, then he will have a part of the opportunity before the battle.

After discovering the secret of the manor, Leo didn't continue to go to the main building of the manor, because he didn't know much about the magic circle of warlocks in this world. Obviously, the power that caused his hallucinations just now should be related to this magic circle. Unavoidable to be tricked again, he decided to withdraw for the time being, and come back after he understands the magic circle here or finds a few assistants.

As for the stone pillar embossed with monsters, he did not move either, because this stone pillar happened to be the center of the magic circle of the entire manor. Once this stone pillar was moved, the whole magic circle would undergo unpredictable changes. After a year or two of accumulation Well, I am afraid that a lot of energy has been gathered inside this magic circle. If it erupts all at once, something bad might happen.

After making a decision, Leo exited the manor the same way. When he turned over the gate again, he stood on the top of the gate and looked in the direction of the main building of the manor with his spiritual vision.

In his vision, the manor returned to its original grandeur. The garden was neatly manicured, guests walked through the garden, and laughter came from the manor. People couldn't help but feel the urge to join in.

Leo carefully felt the influence of the phantom in the manor on him, and remembered the various reactions of the body under this influence, so that he could break free more easily when encountering the same situation in the future.

After leaving the manor, Leo rode back to Fringela's residence.

At this time, Sylvia hadn't left yet. She was discussing with Fringila about where to build a temple for the goddess of the lake next to Lake Seravi. Perhaps Geralt felt that the conversation between the two was a bit boring. He had already left a long time ago, and it seemed that he would go to Bellan Manor to meet his friends.

After seeing Leo come back, the two people in the room got up one after another and asked if they had brought the stone pillar back.

Leo shook his head, and under the puzzled gaze of the two, he told them everything he found in the manor and the inferences he made.

Hearing what Leo said, Sylvia was fine, but Fringilla was completely stunned. It took a while to recover, and asked a series of questions: "Really? Is that manor really real?" Is it a large magic circle? You must have made a mistake, right? Why didn’t I see it?”

Leo didn't open his mouth to explain, then walked to the desk, picked up the pen on the table, and quickly drew on a piece of paper, and soon a bird's-eye view of Josh Manor with a clear location appeared on the paper, and then He also drew some ancient elves, connecting each small garden square with the big square in the center of the manor.

Now looking at Josh Manor, a simple magic circle appeared in front of the two of them, but there was still something missing in the center of the magic circle.

"Damn it!" Fringila's complexion became very ugly. As an advisor to the Duchess, although she ostensibly assists the Duchess in handling some government affairs, in fact she is more concerned with managing some special affairs of Toussaint. crowd.

However, now someone has quietly set up such a large magic circle that cannot distinguish between good and evil in a place so close to Bauclair. If this matter spreads and reaches the ears of the Duchess, then she will Facing the guilt of dereliction of duty, even if she is a relative of the duchess, she may not even think about staying in the position of the duke's adviser.

In addition to being angry, Fringila also quickly calmed down after hearing Leo's guess about the man behind the manor, and fell into deep thought. After a while, she slowly said: "Your guess may be That's right, the manor may indeed have been designed by Vigfortz and then built by that idiot Josh."

Sylvia asked why she was so sure, and she carefully said what she recalled.

It turned out that Vigfortz tried to buy a manor here three years ago. Although it was said to be for a vacation in name, no one knew what it was for. Fringilla knew very well the danger of Vigfortez. So secretly blocked the deal.

Just one month after Wigfortz left, Baron Josh moved to Toussaint. The manor he bought happened to be not far from the place that Wigfortz was looking for, and there were rumors that Baron Josh and Wigfortz Gofortez's relationship was also unusual. At that time, Fringilla also felt that something was wrong, but the manor transaction had already been completed at that time, and Baron Josh was also very honest, without any abnormal movements, just concentrating on building the manor, so She didn't think about anything else.

Now after listening to Leo's words, Fringila realized that she had been fooled by Vigfortz, and she almost became a victim of Vigfortz's conspiracy. God sighed that the broken page had already been extremely annoyed at controlling her emotions, so now the old and new grudges were on the top of her mind. If Wigfortz was in front of her, she might have already made a move.

"What should we do now?" Sylvia saw that Fringilla's mood was not right, so she diverted her attention and said, "Do you want to demolish it?"

"No! It can't be demolished." Leo shook his head.

As expected, Fringilla's attention shifted from her anger at Vigfortz to the current topic, and she asked in confusion, "Why? Since that manor hides Vigfortez's conspiracy, why should we Keep it there until it explodes someday?"

"Forcibly demolishing it now will only make things worse." Leo patiently briefly explained the effects of the elf magic circle arranged in the manor, and then said with a serious expression: "This manor has been built since the completion of the construction." Since one day, it has been continuously accumulating the power around it. The events of one or two years have accumulated to an extremely large extent. The surrounding birds, beasts and insects even instinctively sensed the danger there, and all escaped. If you forcefully dismantle it now , will only release the power accumulated there in an instant, and I think you should be able to predict what kind of disaster will happen then."

After hearing this, Fringilla turned pale, and still looked at Leo in disbelief, and said, "What you said is true? Is it really so dangerous there?"

"You can go and have a look now." Leo did not explain, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Josh's manor, and said, "After you experience it yourself, you shouldn't ask such questions."

For Leo's proposal, Fringila didn't respond, she just lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.

Seeing Fringilla's expression, Leo seemed to have guessed something, and said, "You said before that you went to Josh Manor to investigate, so you must have encountered that kind of illusion, right?"

Fringila's face became more and more ugly. Obviously, what happened in Josh Manor made her a little reluctant to speak, so she changed the subject a little bluntly, and said, "What are you going to do now?"

Leo directly stated the condition: "I need to understand the knowledge of your warlocks, whether it is spells or magic circles, I must understand."

Fringira thought for a while and asked, "What are you willing to pay in exchange for this knowledge?"

Leo smiled and said, "How about helping you with the Josh Manor in exchange?"

Furingilla glared at Leo and said displeasedly, "You don't have any chivalry in doing this."

"You forgot, I'm not a knight." Leo shrugged and said.

Fringila turned her head to look at Sylvia and said, "Don't you want to say something?"

And Sylvia shrugged like Leo, and said, "I won't meddle in his affairs, and he won't meddle in mine."

"You two really are a perfect match." Fringila gritted her teeth, swept her eyes back and forth between Leo and Sylvia, and finally took a deep breath and said, "Without the consent of the sorceress assembly hall, I am It is impossible to pass on my knowledge to you, but the person who will come tomorrow is Alto of Blue Mountain. He is not a member of the Sorceress Guild, and he has no other organizational constraints, so he can pass on his knowledge Here you are." She paused for a while, and then said, "I can pay Aalto for you, but I have one request."

"What request?" Leo asked.

Fringila thought for a while and said, "No matter what you have researched from the Josh Manor, you must make a copy for me."

Leo frowned and said, "The magic circle in Josh Manor is mainly composed of ancient elf language. Even if I copy a copy for you, can you understand it?"

"It's true that I don't understand, but there are people who can." Fringila said with emphasis: "So what if I don't understand? That's also my business, and you don't need to care about it at all."

Leo thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes, I can agree to your request."

Fringila might feel that she had won a round from Leo, and she looked a little better, then she led Leo to the study room, picked some books from the bookshelf and handed them to Leo, and told her these things The books are the most basic knowledge. Before Alto from Blue Mountain comes tomorrow, it will be good for him to read them. Then he dragged Sylvia out of the study and continued the things they hadn't finished talking about before.