The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Milia City?" Seeing the location pointed out by Leo's finger, Nelson showed a dazed expression, not understanding why he chose this place as their escape destination.

Judging from their current positions, the distance between them and Miria City is indeed much shorter than the distance between them and Pombo City, but the distance between the two cannot be measured only by the straight line measurement on the map, but also by the actual terrain.

If they go to Pangbo City, they only need to go down the small river, find an available boat in the villages and towns by the river, and drift along the river. It only takes three days at most to reach Pangbo City.

But if they want to go to the city of Miria, unless they are crossing the Black Forest, the largest and most primitive forest in the French Empire, otherwise, they have to detour around the edge of the forest, and it will take at least seven days to reach Miria city.

And the more important point is that the city of Miriya is located in the interior of the French Empire, and it is surrounded by one of the most important towns in the French Empire. The summer palace of the royal family of the French Empire was built in Bordeaux next to the city of Miriya. On the outskirts of the city, wherever fugitives from the Kingdom of England go, they are simply throwing themselves into the trap.

With deep doubts, Nelson said what he thought about Miria City. Although he didn't directly question Leo's decision, he already revealed that the place Leo chose was not a suitable place to escape. destination.

After listening to Nelson's words, Jason on the side still had great trust in Leo, but he also had some doubts about whether it was appropriate to go to Miria City.

On the other hand, Leo looked very confident in the face of doubts, smiled, put away the map, and tied the compass to his arm with canvas, and then asked Nelson unhurriedly, "Doctor, let me ask you, Mi Li Besides being called the City of Hundred Flowers, what is another name for Yacheng?"

"City of Peace." Nelson quickly replied.

"Why is there such a title?" Leo asked again.

Nelson frowned, and narrated: "It's because Queen Miria I of the French Empire divided the land that originally belonged to the royal garden and built a brand new city, and invited the mainland headquarters of the Continental Parliament to settle here. Therefore, it is regarded as a place of permanent neutrality. Numerous disputes between countries in the Velen Continent were mediated by the Continental Parliament in the city of Miria, and finally resolved peacefully. No war broke out, and over time it was called the City of Peace. .”

"Yes, the headquarters of the Continental Parliament on the continent of Vilen is there. You said that we are going to the city of Miria now, as a participant in the Battle of Bretui, to sue the army of Duke Dewen, the eldest son of the French Empire, for violating the common law of all countries. What do you think of the signing of the Continental Agreement and the use of imine poison gas?" Leo was glad that the former owner of his body's longing for Miria City made him now have a lot of information about the city, and thought of this method.

After hearing Leo's plan, Nelson's glasses were wide open, his mouth was slightly opened, and he couldn't close it for a long time. He even forgot to breathe through his nose and only used his mouth to inhale, which made his breathing sound very heavy.

After a long time, he regained his composure and yelled at Leo: "Are you crazy? The Continental Congress will not accept your complaint at all, they will throw you directly on the street, and then the Secret Service of the French Empire Will find you, catch you, and keep you in the dungeon forever."

"Shh, shhh! Don't be too loud, don't be too excited." Leo seemed to have expected Nelson's reaction a long time ago. He covered Nelson's mouth with his hand to prevent him from yelling, and at the same time put his finger on his lips. , signaling him not to speak.

Although Leo's actions were not rough and his tone was very flat, Nelson felt an inexplicable chill, as if if he said a word louder, his neck would be broken by the person in front of him.

At this moment, Leo let go of his hand covering Nelson's mouth, ignored the look of horror in Nelson's eyes, and continued the topic just now, saying: "If it is a small soldier like me who files a complaint, it will certainly not attract those high-ranking members of the Continental Congress. You are a doctor, but you are different! You are an intern tutor at the Velen Medical College, and you participated in the war between the French Empire and the Kingdom of England this time to save lives and heal the wounded. However, Duke Dewin killed those who had just died with imine gas. Young interns who have walked out of the academy and are carrying out their own mission of saving lives and healing the wounded, do you think the Vinylon Medical Association will react when such news spreads? Will the Continental Congress react?"

Although the fear of Leo that had just arisen in Nelson's heart hadn't completely dissipated, the accusation plan that Leo narrated eloquently made him tremble with fear. Even if the plan is very rough, and like walking on a tightrope, if you don't pay attention, you will be doomed, but it is undeniable that this plan is very maneuverable, and the probability of success is also very high.

"If it's just to sue the Duke of Devin, the French Empire may really back down and let the prosecution succeed." Nelson thought about Leo's plan carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt. To come up with such a good plan in such a short period of time, this kind of wisdom is really not something a rural blacksmith can possess.

He was silent for a while, and then asked again: "You deliberately targeted the eldest son of the emperor, the Duke of Dewen, so as to avoid spreading the scope of attack to the Faran Empire and make it more difficult to sue, right?"

"No!" Leo quickly gave an unexpected answer, pointed to Nelson, and said, "Didn't you say that Duke Devin's army should not appear here? Since it shouldn't appear, then Devon There's definitely something eccentric about the Duke, so he's a good target."

Although Leo answered firmly, Nelson always felt that he was covering up.

"But what good does it do you?" Nelson asked again.

"Of course it's good." Leo smiled and pointed to himself and Jason, and said, "We will be one of the main witnesses against Duke Dewen at that time. Although the importance is not as important as your doctor, we can still play Some effects. When the time comes, the Kingdom of England should not send our two important witnesses to the battlefield. Instead, it will protect us and let us live comfortably. When the prosecution is successful, we will also Some credits. With these credits, it shouldn’t be a big problem to leave the battlefield and return home.”

After hearing this, Nelson pondered for a while, and found that he seemed to be a key factor in Leo's plan. Without his participation, this plan might not have the slightest chance of success.

"This is your only choice. If the complaint is successful, it should be of great benefit to you." Leo seemed to see through Nelson's thoughts and said, "At that time, let alone how much you can get from the Kingdom Council after you return home." In terms of the benefits of Vinylon Medical College, your students should not be held accountable for their deaths on the battlefield, and you will also be able to keep your position as an intern tutor."

As Leo said, Nelson found that he really had no other choice. If he carried out Leo's accusation plan, then even if he would not be sent to the front by the army, he would probably be held accountable by the medical school. Not only will he lose his position as an intern tutor, but he may even lose his qualification as a doctor.

Thinking of this, Nelson was ready to agree to Leo's plan, but suddenly a siren resounding through the sky came from afar, and then he heard a burst of loud noise from mechanical friction that continued to intensify.

"It's a steam airship!" Nelson easily identified the source from this distinctive sound. Then he saw that he stood up regardless of his physical exhaustion, staggered to an open space by the river that was not covered by the surrounding trees and leaves, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Leo and Jason were also curious about the steam airship that Nelson was talking about. They walked to the river and looked up.

Not long after, I saw some neatly arranged light spots appearing in the distant sky as if shining with stars. Not long after, the light spots gradually approached, the sky began to brighten, and a huge airship appeared in the eyes of the three of them.

I saw that the airship was about 400 meters long and shaped like a whale, except that it had two more tail fins for balance. The whole was forged from a silver metal, and the metal plates were connected by huge rivets. A whole.

There are five steam pipes on the top of the airship, and steam is ejected from the pipes from time to time, just like the water column produced by a whale breathing.

The bottom of the airship is a cockpit more than 300 meters long. The cockpit and the main body of the airship are connected together. The tail of the cockpit is a propeller tied together with thousands of steam pipes. At the same time, the steam is emitted outward, which can instantly increase the speed of the airship by more than ten times.

In addition, the most shocking thing at the bottom of the cockpit is the gun barrels with downward muzzles. Roughly counting, there are about 100 gun barrels, the thickest of which is made of Right in front of the field, the tube is about 50 meters long, and it seems that it should be specially used to deal with other airships.

Soon, the airship flew over the heads of the three without stopping for a moment for the three ants below.

"It's so beautiful. Every time I see it, I feel that it is the most beautiful machine in the world." Watching the tail of the airship disappear from the top of the mountain, Nelson couldn't help but let out a long breath and sighed.

"What a big guy!" Jason echoed.

Contrary to these two, Leo seemed much calmer. Although he also admired the strange beauty of this peculiar steam machine, he had seen and boarded a Star Destroyer that was big enough to hold a city. Well, this airship is naturally different from the Star Destroyer, and the shock I feel in my heart is much smaller.

Compared with the airship itself, he was more interested in the badge on the airship, because that badge was a two-headed deer badge, and obviously this airship belonged to Duke Devin.

Leo told Nelson the badge of the airship he saw, and Nelson immediately judged that the airship was probably Duke Devin's car, the Giant Whale.

After figuring out the ownership of the airship, Leo and Nelson couldn't help feeling puzzled, because judging from the direction the airship flew over, the airship should have departed from the battlefield. That is to say, before the end of the war, Duke Dewen put down what he was doing and left the battlefield.

Nelson also judged from the flying direction of the airship that the airship should be flying towards the imperial capital of the French Empire, and it was flying very fast, constantly accelerating through the propeller.

This made sensible people like Leo and Nelson feel that there might be something happening that they couldn't touch.

The two didn't quarrel with this matter any more, Nelson quickly expressed his approval of Leo's plan, and Leo also said that it would be time-consuming to complain about this matter, so he decided to cross the Black Forest.

Hearing Leo's decision, although Nelson was a little worried, he still accepted the decision, and even showed a lot of expectation in his eyes, because the Black Forest is one of the most primitive forests in existence, and a large number of forests are preserved in the forest. Ancient species, including many herbal medicines that have been lost to the outside world, if he can bring out one or two plants, he will definitely gain an extraordinary reputation in the medical school.

On the contrary, the carefree Jason stared at Leo with horror on his face. He wanted to yell loudly, but he was afraid of making too much noise, suppressed his emotions, lowered his voice, and said excitedly to Leo: "You are crazy! You It's really crazy! Crossing the Black Forest, this kind of thing is only possible for you, if you want to die, you can jump into the water and drown yourself, why waste your energy and run so far to die?"

Leo didn't expect Jason's reaction to be so big. In his memory, the Black Forest was just a huge primeval forest.

"Are you afraid of the Black Forest?" Leo frowned slightly and asked.

"Aren't you afraid?" Jason said with obvious fear on his face, "Didn't you hear the ballad about the Black Forest when you were a child?"

"Gallad?" Leo heard the words, looked at the big man who was a few centimeters taller than him with a strange expression, and didn't know what to say for a while.

He might have thought that Jason would appear so nervous and terrified because he had been to the Black Forest before and encountered bad things, but he never thought that Jason's flustered behavior now came from the Black Forest when he was a child ballad.

Before Leo could convince Jason, Nelson stood up and persuaded him: "The Black Forest is really scary. If it is really going through the Black Forest, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare to agree. But..." As he spoke, he Pointing to their current location and Miria City on the map, he drew a route in the middle, and circled the Black Forest area where the route is located, saying: "The Black Forest we passed through is only on the edge. They have not entered the Black Forest, and this area has been explored by many people, most of the deadly beasts are felt to be deeper in the forest, and the danger is much less."

Jason looked down at the map, and after a long time, he raised his head, looked at Nelson with a little distrust, and asked, "Is the danger really much smaller?"

"It will be much smaller." Nelson nodded with certainty, and then added: "But I need to prepare some things in advance."

Jason was silent for a while, and finally nodded vigorously, saying: "Okay! Let's go to the Black Forest."