The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

After a night of rest, the group quickly recovered from the fatigue caused by the overnight driving a few days ago. As soon as the sun came out, they packed their bags and continued on their way.

Because there were no suitable ships to carry them so many people, the original plan to take the water route had to be changed, and they turned to the trade route taken by the merchants to and from the Principality of Toussaint.

This business road was first built by the elves for the purpose of connecting with the outside world. At that time, the caravans of the elves kingdom often used this business road to travel between Toussaint and Medina. The source of this business road is Bauclan, and the end is the city of Medina, the capital of Medina.

However, after the destruction of the Elven Kingdom, the Principality of Toussaint adopted more convenient, larger and faster shipping as the principality's main foreign trade route, which made this commercial route abandoned for a period of time.

Many years later, the smugglers revived this abandoned commercial route, transporting a large amount of untaxed black wine to sell in Medina, and over time the commercial route regained its vitality.

However, due to years of disrepair, the road has been potholed. Not only the vehicles carrying goods to and from the caravan cannot drive smoothly on this road, even the horses must run carefully on this road. Because no one knows whether there is a pothole on the road covered by grass. As long as the horse's legs step on that pothole while running, it will inevitably be injured. possible.

Cassirer had walked this road before and knew the situation of this road, so after he got on the business road, he reminded everyone.

But even the reminder was useless. His own horse had to be killed because he accidentally stepped into a pothole and broke his leg. Gulan shared a horse with Milwa.

Afterwards, everyone slowed down and carefully chose the path that their predecessors had already walked, so that there were no more accidents.

Not long after they got on the business road, they encountered a caravan. This caravan came from Pasha Town. This town is located at the end of the business road on the Medina side and is a goods distribution center.

Because it was a long way from the Principality of Toussaint to the city of Medina, and the Magdalen Plain in the middle was full of bandits, if the caravan traveled the whole way, it would take a lot of risk, and it might lose everything at any time.

Therefore, most of the caravans in the Principality of Toussaint will choose Pasha Town as the destination, resell the goods in their hands to the caravans in Medina at a relatively low price, and obtain low-priced goods from the caravans in Medina. .

Although doing so will reduce a lot of benefits, it is much safer, and because the travel distance is shorter, you can take a few more trips every year, so that the final benefits will not be reduced too much.

Medina caravans that purchase goods from Pasha will hire wandering knights, mercenaries, or bounty hunters as guards to cross the Magdela Plain, known as the Bandit Plain, and transport the goods to Medina. Huge rewards.

Under such circumstances, every year, many wandering knights who became hired guards here would go to the Duke of Toussaint to participate in the Knights Conference. After the Knights Conference ended, they would return to Pasha Town to wait for the caravan to be hired.

After encountering the caravan, Geralt suggested that everyone go with the caravan. One is to take care of each other, and the other is not easy to go the wrong way.

Among them, the only person who walked this road was Cassirer, but he was walking with a large army at that time, and he didn't remember how the road was taken at all. On this commercial road, there are many The branch roads leading to other towns, and even some trap sideways deliberately forged by some bandit groups, so a person who often walks this road is needed as a guide, so the moment he saw the caravan, Geralt immediately proposed suggested.

Everyone also agreed with this suggestion, and also ridiculed Cassirer, the unreliable leader, just now Cassirer almost led them to the wrong road, and it was Leo who discovered the caravan The trace of travel is back on the correct road, otherwise it may take a detour.

Faced with the request from Geralt and his group, the leader of the caravan hesitated. It stands to reason that some fighters would join the caravan without paying a commission. In case of danger, more people could assist in the battle. It’s a good thing that is hard to find even with a lantern, but the question is whether Geralt and his party are credible, or to put it directly, whether Geralt and others are the inside agents deliberately arranged by the bandit group.

More than once in the past, it happened that bandits secretly arranged internal support in the caravan, and suddenly turned back during the robbery, causing the defense of the caravan to collapse, the goods were robbed, and casualties were caused.

So now not only will the caravan doubt the origin and purpose of every caravan of people who appear on the road and ask to go with them, even the wandering knights, mercenaries and bounty hunters hired in Pasha Town will look for those If you have a good reputation, you will only find people with no background information when you have to, but you don't dare to recruit too many people with no background information.

For the caravan's cautiousness, Geralt did not express much dislike, and told them his identity according to the request of the caravan leader.

When the caravan leader heard Geralt's name and saw the wolf badge on his chest, his original vigilant expression weakened a little, because although the butcher of Bravikan didn't sound very nice, it spread widely. There are also rumors in the Nilfgaardian Empire, and Geralt is an unpopular witcher, but his reputation is not bad, at least there are no rumors of part-time bandits.

After Cassirer reported his full name and his family, the caravan leader's vigilance was reduced a lot. The Aip Chirac family is also considered a famous family in the Nilfgaard Empire. Grufid, Steward of the Fergard Royal Household, was Cassirer's father.

However, when Sylvia took off the helmet and introduced herself, all the wandering knights in the caravan were stunned, and they all looked at Sylvia in surprise.

Many of these hired wandering knights had participated in the Knights Conference last year, and they all left Toussaint after the Knights Conference ended and before the heavy snow completely blocked the mountains. They all heard that He has been known as the Knight of Light for Sylvia, and several of them have even seen Sylvia when she was alone on the mission.

Afterwards, although the commercial route was temporarily cut off due to the closure of the mountain, the connection between the outside world and Toussaint has not been cut off. Communication tools such as carrier pigeons can still transmit the events of the Principality of Toussaint to the public. Outside.

There is no doubt that the most eye-catching thing in the Duchy of Toussaint this winter, apart from the never-before-seen cold wave closing the mountains, is the appearance and rise of the mysterious foreign female knight, the Knight of Light.

Not to mention the fact that the Knight of Light was baptized with the five virtues of knighthood, received the weapon blessed by the Fairy of the Lake, or the establishment of the Knights of Light, or the Church of the Fairy of the Lake, etc. are all miraculous. , any one thing is enough to become a knight's life's work, but these things are all done by one person, and it is within a short month.

So much so that after the news came out, many people thought it was a fairy tale fabricated by the people of Toussaint, but as more and more news came out, everyone was sure that this was indeed what happened, a legend Appeared in Toussaint.

In places other than Toussaint, many people were amazed and curious about this female knight. Many people who had never seen Sylvia's true face believed that Sylvia was a monster as strong as a man. Otherwise, in their view, it would be impossible for a normal woman to accomplish such a feat.

Although there are people who have seen Sylvia's true face to refute these rumors, these people are only a minority after all, and they can't play any role at all.

However, the thing that pushed Sylvia's reputation to the peak was that Sylvia led the newly established Knights of Light and several wandering knights to completely defeat Belhaven. The successful nobles were captured by him, and all the troops led by Belhaven were defeated by him.

Although there are many wandering knights in this world, there are also many wandering knights, but in the past so many years, no wandering knights have ever been able to defeat the regular army of a certain territory on the frontal battlefield, and it is such a large territory as Belhaven Territory.

Undoubtedly, after the news spread, the first thing to appear was doubts, because in the eyes of most people, things that have never happened before are likely to be false if they happen now. Even the Wandering Knights, a group that needs a glorious record They were all skeptical about this sudden astonishing record.

But with the news that followed, coupled with the news published in the Nilfgaard Empire Gazette, everyone was truly convinced that this record was true, and the Knight of Light had accomplished a shocking feat.

Since then, the Knight of Light has almost become a spiritual idol in the eyes of all the wandering knights. Some people even think that the Knight of Light is the incarnation of the fairy in the lake, the embodiment of the knight's five virtues, etc. This world also has a lot of influence.

The wandering knights hired by this caravan can be said to be believers of the Knight of Light. They also plan to complete the escort mission when the snow in the mountains melts and the trade road in Toussaint is reopened. They are going to go to the Principality of Toussaint to apply to join the Knights of Light, no matter how bad they are, they will have to take a look at the Knights of Light.

Almost before Geralt and the others appeared, these wandering knights still mentioned this matter, but they never thought that the idol they wanted to meet would appear in front of them, which shocked them but also made them extremely happy.

One of the older wandering knights quickly stabilized his emotions, walked up to Sylvia, and saluted Sylvia respectfully: "My lord, you may not remember, I once fought side by side with you However, that is the honor of a lifetime in my heart, and I am extremely happy to see you again, my lord."

Sylvia looked at the wandering knight with a smile, and said: "Bridger of Anglin, he took the lead in cleaning up a group of highwaymen and killed two bandits. I have not forgotten your demeanor at that time. !"

"I didn't expect my lord to still remember this." Hearing Sylvia's words, the wandering knight showed an extremely strong joy on his face, as if he had obtained some treasure.

After that, wandering knights came to see them one after another. Among them, the wandering knights who had communicated with Sylvia, she could easily tell their identities and names and the scenes of the exchanges, and those wandering knights who had not met After reporting their names, she was also able to quickly tell their past achievements, making everyone who talked with him feel like a spring breeze, and even faintly thought of him as a leader.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Sylvia decides to form another knight order at this time, then this knight order will be formed in an instant, and all the wandering knights here will join the knight order with great joy and serve Sylvia.

Because of Sylvia's appearance, the caravan leader let go of his last bit of vigilance, and happily invited Geralt and others to join the caravan, and even said that all expenses on the road would be paid by the caravan. The person who was always hidden in the full body armor was ignored like this. Even if someone noticed him, he would be considered as Sylvia's guard or something.

However, this kind of misunderstanding was quickly contacted, because when the caravan specially prepared a tent for Sylvia, Sylvia said that she would live in a tent with Leo. Via has a partner, and the relationship with this partner is very close.

At this time, everyone began to re-examine Leo's special existence that was easily overlooked even if he was wearing a set of gorgeous armor.

They will not despise Leo because of his obscurity. Although the knowledge of the people in the caravan is not comparable to that of scholars, they have cultivated some eyesight after surviving to this day. They can see that when Sylvia and Leo get along , Most of the decisions made are based on Leo.

A man who can be so enamored by a legendary woman like Sylvia is definitely not an ordinary person, not to mention that Leo, who is wearing the armor of the Abyss Walker, has a very strong power. Standing there, don't pay attention to him Fortunately, once you notice him, you will feel as if you are being suppressed by a high mountain, giving you the illusion of being out of breath, and you will subtly lower your head and dare not look directly at him.

The commotion about Leo's identity didn't last long, and everyone focused on Sylvia again, and tentatively asked why Sylvia appeared here?

And Sylvia smiled and replied: "My mission in Toussaint is over, and the status and power there are useless to me. I decided to start a new journey!"