The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because of the previous experience, the last page of Night God's Sigh was absorbed smoothly. Leo's psionic energy didn't increase much, but the power of nightmare grew a lot, but Leo felt the power of nightmare. The growth of power is still far from the limit, as if the astrology map of the origin nebula on his back is a bottomless pit, and the huge nightmare power generated by the broken pages of Night God's sigh is like a stone dropped into the river, which cannot turn over any waves .

Leo doesn't know whether his current situation is normal, but he is sure that his situation has never happened before, because according to all the people he saw who had contact with the knowledge of the thirteen ancient gods of the madman, in the end they all went crazy and died. Death, I have never heard of the book being absorbed into some kind of power.

After he calmed down the surge of nightmare power, Leo did not put on the armor immediately, but tried his best to control the sinful atmosphere in his body, and asked Sylvia to check his back to see if there was any pattern on the back. Variety. As a result, Sylvia told him that there was no change in the pattern, only some more stars.

"There are still three days!" Leo said suddenly, wearing armor.

"Three days?" Sylvia froze for a moment, realized something, and said, "Is it the thick fog that brought us back?"

"Hmm!" Leo nodded, then pointed to the south, and said, "The location should be right next to the city of the Golden Tower, the capital of the Nilfgaardian Empire."

Hearing what Leo said, Sylvia couldn't help but smiled, and said, "It seems that Emperor Nilfgaard is going to suffer from insomnia these days."

Two days later, just as Sylvia said, the city of the Golden Tower of the Nilfgaard Empire began to be under martial law, and rumors of His Majesty's insomnia began to spread in the city, and the source of all these reactions was simply because of Two people are approaching the city of golden towers.

Soon the information about Sylvia and Leo fell on the desks of various forces in the Nilfgaardian Empire. When they saw the information handed in below, everyone's attention fell on the light. For the knight Sylvia, not only what happened in Toussaint, but even the encounter with the noble guards who pretended to be city bandits on the road was also recorded. There is no doubt that such a record can be placed in any country. called perfect.

However, what puzzled everyone was that even if this Knight of Light was so powerful, it wouldn't make His Majesty the emperor who was known for his iron blood so nervous.

It is precisely because of this doubt that the attention of some smart people has shifted from the radiant Knight of Light to the unknown companion of the Knight of Light.

However, the information collected from various sources shows that this knight who is also wearing gorgeous armor does not seem to have any impressive record, and he did not appear when facing the noble guards pretending to be bandits. An ordinary knight who can rely on the protection of the Knight of Light.

However, this doubt quickly disappeared, because someone from the emperor's guard revealed a news to the outside world, that is, the iron-blooded emperor was hijacked by the partner of the knight of light, and after the hijacking, he has not yet pursued him. Retaliation, this is completely contrary to the emperor's principles of doing things.

Under such circumstances, they successively obtained some news from other channels that ordinary people could not obtain. Only then did they realize that the man hiding behind the light of the Knight of Light was a real terrifying monster, and they also understood why His Majesty the Emperor would be so nervous, because if the rumors were true, then it would not be difficult for that person to break into the palace and kill the Emperor.

The strength shown by Leo also made some people think carefully. They thought they might be able to cooperate with Leo.

Among the people who were tempted, a nobleman couldn't help but took action, secretly trying to get in touch with the other party, but in the end the person sent out was directly cut off by the other party, and the nobleman's family was hanged in the next day In the Millennium Square, this also reminded everyone of His Majesty's ruthlessness and iron blood, and all the small thoughts that had just arisen were suppressed.

Leo and Sylvia didn't know what kind of commotion their marching south caused in the city of the golden tower, nor did they know that an arrogant guy they solved casually caused a noble family to be hanged. He was walking leisurely to the south, and soon came to the outskirts of the city of golden towers.

Originally, they thought that they would definitely encounter many troops from the Nilfgaardian Empire to intercept them, but the result surprised them a bit. They walked all the way to the outskirts of the Golden Tower City without encountering any obstacles. They feel strange.

But it's strange, they still followed their plan, they didn't go into the city of the golden tower, but turned a corner and walked towards a royal hunting ground next to the city of the golden tower.

The emperor in the palace was slightly relieved that they didn't enter the city of the golden tower, but he was also puzzled as to why they went to the hunting ground, because in his opinion, every move of Leo and Silvia should have a purpose The purpose, the two of them traveled a long distance to come here is definitely not just to go to the hunting ground to play, there must be some other purpose.

So, he secretly ordered the spies of the empire to follow them to see what Leo and Silvia were trying to do.

The other people in the city of the Golden Pagoda also had the same thoughts as the emperor, and were puzzled by the behavior of the two, and also curious about the purpose of the two going to the hunting ground, and also sent some people to the hunting ground to investigate the situation.

These stalkers have different levels of abilities, so it is naturally impossible to escape Leo's mental net. For these stalkers, Leo didn't bother to deal with them, and stopped after he went deep into the mountainous area of ​​the hunting ground. Come down and make a simple rest camp with Sylvia, because according to his estimation, the white fog will not appear until at least night.

And their actions made those snoopers feel a little puzzled, because judging from various situations, they all seemed to be camping, and they didn't see anything unusual at all.

As time passed, most of the snoopers retreated because they didn't find anything useful. Only a few people still stayed in the hunting ground, watching Leo quietly. They sat leisurely by the campfire, roasting With food, with wine.

Soon it got dark, and because of the temperature difference between morning and evening, some mist began to appear in the forest of the hunting ground. Although these mist appeared suddenly, it was not a big deal, and no one noticed. Changes in fog.

At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who were moderately concerned by them, stood up from the campfire, then walked to their respective horses, turned on their horses, and followed Sylvia to hand over the reins to Leo. It looks like Leo is going to take her away.

This move seemed a bit weird to those snoopers, but they didn't think much about it, thinking that it was just a habit of the two of them getting along.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding fog suddenly thickened rapidly, and soon you couldn't see your fingers. As for the figures of Sylvia and Leo in front of them, they were also wrapped in the fog, and they could only vaguely see the light of some bonfires.

Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly had an idea in their hearts. They felt that the reason why Leo and Sylvia came here might be to wait for this thick fog.

Although some people want to go to the bonfire to check the situation, they know better that walking around in such a dense fog is a dead end. The best way is to stay in place and wait for the fog to clear.

So they suppressed the emotion of exploring and patiently waited for the fog to dissipate. As time went by, the fog finally faded away, and at the campfire in front of them, the two people they were monitoring disappeared. Also missing were their horses.

In astonishment, they rushed over immediately to check the situation. The people who stayed here were veterans of tracking. They also knew each other. After saying hello to each other, they checked around the campfire. They were all surprised to find that No matter how they searched, they couldn't find any trace of Leo and Silvia leaving.

It stands to reason that two horses carrying heavy loads should have left a lot of hoofprints on the soft forest soil, just like the series of footprints on the road when they came here, but there are no such footprints now, and it is against common sense It was Leo and Silvia who disappeared without leaving any trace.

"Could it be that they can fly?" Someone couldn't help guessing.

Everyone couldn't help giving that person a blank look. It's possible that Leo and Sylvia could fly, because from the intelligence point of view, both of them seem to have abilities similar to magic, but the war horses under their crotches are not capable of flying Monsters can only be two people flying away with two horses full of items, but this kind of thing can't be done even by large flying monsters such as petrified lizards and griffins.

"Where's the portal?" Someone said again.

The others also shook their heads. Everyone present has seen what it would be like to use the portal. The surrounding things will definitely be attracted to the portal, and there will be unique portal traces on the ground, which are worse than horseshoe prints. Be obvious.

After checking several times without finding anything useful, these spies went back to their masters and reported the situation, but in the end they did not give a useful answer to the disappearance of the two of them. mystery.

The news about the disappearance of Sylvia and Leo gradually spread to the north and to Toussaint. Both the members of the Knights of Light and the priests of the Church of the Fairy in the Lake believed that Sylvia and Leo should be Received by the fairy of the lake into her Hall of Valor.

For a while, the hunting ground outside the city of the Golden Tower became a holy place of the Church of the Fairy of the Lake, and many believers of the Fairy of the Lake would follow Sylvia and Leo's southbound instructions if conditions permit. The route was a pilgrimage to the hunting ground, and Sylvia and Leo gradually became a legend because of the mysterious coming and going, and the miraculous achievements established during that time.

Leo and Sylvia, who were already in the dense fog, didn't know whether they would become legends after leaving that world. They were more concerned about the things in front of them at the moment, and as they drove forward, they would soon get out of the dense fog. He came out of the fog and returned to the dead forest of Robe Mountain.

It's just that it is inappropriate to call this forest a dead forest now, because there are countless plant-shaped monsters that they encountered at that time that can imitate other people standing in the forest.

Now these monsters seemed to be looking for something. When Leo and Sylvia came out of the dense fog, they immediately sensed it, and turned to this side in unison, showing various hideous expressions one by one. With a look on his face, he rushed towards them.

Sylvia wanted to drive the horse out to kill these monsters, but was blocked by Leo. Leo took out a few mechanical grenades he made in Toussaint directly from the storage space, Then threw them out towards these monsters. The grenade exploded instantly in the air, and the strong mechanical force threw out all the tiny saw blades on the grenade, cutting these monsters wantonly.

These saw blades are not ordinary saw blades, they are also engraved with soul bonfire runes that have a strong effect on the soul.

As Leo expected, all the plant monsters that had been cut by the saw blades took over in an instant, no matter how big or small their injuries were, and then souls blurred into a cloud of gray mist emerged from the bodies of these monsters, and the bonfires of the saw bladed souls burst into flames. Attracted by the runes, they rushed over like moths to a flame, and soon turned into soul crystal stones.

In less than a moment, all the plant monsters that could be seen turned into soul crystal stones.

Leo used spiritual energy to grab the soul crystal stones from the ground, collected them together, and put them in the pocket on the horse's back. Then he used the spiritual net to check the surrounding situation, pointed in one direction, and said, "Go!" Come on! Over there."

The two drove their horses and walked slowly towards the direction determined by Leo Spirit Net. Although they encountered some monsters on the road, they all died under Sylvia's spear.

After walking for about ten minutes, the plants in the forest ahead began to become a little different. It was no longer full of various plants that had never been seen before like the dead forest before, and the plants here are common plants in Velen Continent. , and in the dense bushes, you can also see a road that has been abandoned for a long time.

When the two drove their horses onto the road, they felt something strange behind them, and then turned their heads to look over, only to see that the dead forest where the previous one was still in it had disappeared, and the forest behind them had returned to normal status.

Seeing all this, Sylvia suddenly had a look of nostalgia on her face, and turned to Leo and asked, "Do we still have a chance to go back there?"

"Maybe there is!" Leo didn't have a definite answer, and then he got off the horse as if he suddenly thought of something, and then carefully checked the items stored on the horse's back.

"Damn it!" After checking, Leo couldn't help cursing, because he found that all the special psionic materials he had specially stored were broken and could not be used at all.