The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

When Leo returned to Teresa, the civil strife in Ice Bear County had spread throughout the city, and as the instigator, he only learned about the specific situation related to it at this time, and things did not exceed his expectations , Bingxiong County is indeed in a mess at the moment.

After the death of the Grand Duke Ice Bear, those who were loyal to the Grand Duke Ice Bear fought with other people who were hostile to the Grand Duke Ice Bear. And it ended, after all, they had prepared in advance.

However, although they won, they did not win completely. There were still many hostile nobles who fled. Among them were the most important Earl Xuelu, who was qualified as the first heir, and the prestigious president of the Society of Pharmacists. Doss, the two of them can be said to have been desperately helped by other nobles to escape from Bouviers.

It was precisely because of the escape of these two that the nobles who were loyal to Grand Duke Ice Bear had not had time to celebrate their victory, or even figured out what to do next, before Earl Snow Deer summoned the heirs of the nobles who died in the castle. Raise an army and hunt them down.

In addition, all pharmacists, including Bouviers, left their territory, saying that they would not provide any medical assistance for their army and people in their territory, and also took away all the medicines. Go to war, and their army will not have a single apothecary.

What's more serious is that they don't have a successor in line. Including Earl Snow Deer, Grand Duke Ice Bear has six heirs to the title of Grand Duke in total, and among these six people, except Earl Snow Deer, everyone else is wearing Lisa, that is to say, no matter what their reasons are, even if it is to avenge the Grand Duke, they are completely dishonest, and there are probably very few people who are willing to follow them.

However, they did not sit still, so they forged an illegitimate son of the Grand Duke, and then elected the so-called illegitimate son of the Grand Duke to become the heir of the Grand Duke to fight against Earl Xuelu.

However, everyone knows that as long as Earl Xuelu survives, he will surely become the new generation of Grand Duke Ice Bear. Even if Earl Xuelu dies, there will be other heirs who can take his place. The winner will surely be Queen Leah Winistan of Daliat.

Leo collected some relevant information in the city of Delissa, but he didn't take this matter to heart any more, and arrived at the room prepared by Leah Venistan in the Ice and Snow Temple.

At this time, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha were both in the room, doing their own things.

Although it was said to protect Leah Venistan, in fact, after returning to Dai Lisa, the safety protection of the Ice Queen was entrusted to the person she trusted. The witches stayed in the Ice and Snow Temple. If something happens, they can rush to the palace for reinforcements as soon as possible.

Leo who came back did not surprise them. After hearing that Grand Duke Ice Bear was assassinated and died, they estimated that Leo would come back, so these days, they were all following Leo's orders except for their own affairs. Gather all the information related to the ice bridge as you did.

"Is that all there is?" Leo looked at the information on the table, and couldn't help but frown, because the information was much less than he expected, and what's more troublesome is that most of these materials are folklore Well, there are only two pieces of information that are really useful, one is the official ice bridge survey report of Dariat, and the other is a book written by an adventurer from Dellatte. This adventurer once walked across the ice bridge, but Back on the way, because the way forward was blocked.

"These are the only materials that can be collected now. The rest of the materials are in the private library of the palace. Leah promised to send someone to sort them out for us. They should be delivered within a day or two." Sylvia explained , while handing a copy of the handwriting to Leo, and said: "This is some of the key points we have sorted out after reading these books for two days here. You can use them as a reference."

"Well, thank you!" Leo nodded, then sat down at the desk and began to read the information on the table, but he did not read the adventurer's book first as suggested in Sylvia's handwriting. Instead of handwriting, I read the folklore stories related to the ice bridge.

Since Sylvia marked the stories related to the ice bridge in advance, it reduced the time he needed to find the corresponding stories, and he quickly read all the stories.

Although these stories are not special in the eyes of Sylvia and Tessa Moka, they are just some folk novels, but in the face of Leo's powerful analysis ability, after stripping some story elements from these folk legends, the remaining content There is a lot of useful information on the specifics of the ice bridge.

After reading these folklore, Leo picked up the other two books and flipped through them, and soon he finished reading these two books, and compared the information compiled from the folklore with these materials, After removing those parts that are too absurd, there are still many contents that are not mentioned in those two special materials.

Unlike what Leo had imagined before, the ice bridge he thought of before was just an ice surface formed after the sea surface froze, but in fact the ice bridge should be called an ice cave.

The cold wind blowing down from the endless ice sheet in the north is extremely cold in both winter and summer, and the wind speed is extremely fast, and the wind force is also beyond imagination. Once, a large fleet chased fish and sailed into the northern ice sheet sea by accident. , As a result, it overturned and sank directly under the blowing of this cold wind. Only one lucky enough to turn around in time and go south with the wind was able to survive.

When entering the cold wind zone of the endless ice field in the north, without shelter, ordinary people can't walk in this kind of cold wind for five minutes. To survive under the wind, only a few moss plants that survive under ice and snow and those underground creatures that use moss plants as their food can survive.

Because of the blowing of the cold wind, when the waves roll over, the spray will be frozen in the air, and a hollow ice cave will be formed over time, and the ice cave is so huge that some will even sink to the bottom of the sea.

It is not safe to walk on the ice bridge. According to folklore and the adventurer's notebook, there are some monsters living in the ice cave. These monsters will attack any intruders, but these monsters are not the biggest threat, the biggest The threat is the uncertainty of Icebridge.

Under normal circumstances, the ice bridge that has formed a cave will be very strong, and it is almost impossible to be damaged by external forces. However, the continuous accumulation of hard ice attached to the outer layer will make the ice bridge heavier and heavier.

In this way, there will be problems such as subsidence, cracks, etc. Once such problems are encountered while walking on the ice cave, the result will be fatal.

Moreover, because of the continuous accumulation over the years, the terrain in the ice cave is like a maze, and the roads are all forks. If you don't know the terrain, as long as you encounter a fork, you may go the wrong way.

The adventurer who explored the ice bridge lost his way in the ice bridge because he took the wrong fork, and was trapped for more than ten days. Finally, he was lucky enough to find the right road and escape back, which also made him give up completely. In order to continue to explore the idea of ​​​​Ice Bridge, and in his subsequent books, he unabashedly expressed that he has developed a fear of Ice Bridge.

If the ice bridge is really so dangerous that even professional adventurers cannot pass through it, then the Renault people and other iceland ancestors here would not have migrated from the northern icefield of the Velen continent to avoid the flames of war. Here it comes.

As mentioned in several books of folklore, the Reynolds seem to have mastered an ability to find the right path in the ice cave, which allowed them to cross the ice bridge smoothly, before the southern kingdom began to transport prisoners to the northern ice sheet Every year, these Reynolds cross the ice bridge to the other side, the Velen Continent Ice Field, and rob the ice tribes there, not only robbing supplies, but also robbing people. recorded.

Leo told Sylvia about the Renault people, and asked if there was a way to find the information about the Renault people, but Sylvia could do nothing about it, because the last pure-blooded Renault people died more than 40 years ago. Has died of illness, and the Renault people are completely extinct in the sense of civilization. The current Renault people are at best ordinary people with some Renault blood. They dress up as Renault people and live in tents. In order to defraud funds from the kingdom, it is also to attract tourists.

Tessa Moka thought of something at this time, and suggested: "I remember that there is a Reynolds Museum in the city, which contains a lot of daily necessities and documents left by the Reynolds. You can go there and have a look."

Leo nodded, followed the other party's suggestion, and asked Ah Sylvia if he would go with him.

In this regard, Sylvia also readily agreed to Leo's invitation, and then Leo took off the armor on his body, controlled the aura of sin, and changed into an ordinary traditional Delite costume, while Sylvia Via also changed into casual clothes.

Just as the two were about to leave the room and head for the city, a court servant walked up to them and told the three in the room that the queen wanted to see them.

Hearing the message from the court attendant, the three looked at each other, and then, under the guidance of the attendant, came to the reception room in the palace.

At this time, Lia Venistan was already waiting there. There were not only the witch beside her, but also several extraordinary people and family members who exuded strong energy fluctuations. In one of the family members, Leo even felt everyone The energy of the Nest Mother fluctuates.

I saw that there were three boxes on the table at the moment. Although the boxes did not say what was inside, Leo and the others could still guess what was inside, but what made them wonder was why Leah Venistan Will get things out ahead of time.

"I am very satisfied with what you have done. These are the remunerations we have discussed before." Lia Venistan said

Sylvia stepped forward and took the three boxes, opened them and looked at them. Except for Leo's two high tower wizard's pharmaceutical notes, the other two things were placed in a metal box of different sizes.

Lia Venistan explained: "The Faceless Holy Book and the Mother Tree seeds are very special and need to be stored in this container. When you take them out, it's best to take them out in a place where no one is around."

Sylvia didn't say anything, she was very clear about the power contained in her family's scriptures, and it is no exaggeration to say that although it can't be compared with the knowledge of the thirteen ancient gods of the madman, it is not far behind, even if it is Her Belmont also needs to complete some rituals before she can use this holy book.

But Tessa Mocha showed a displeasure look on her face, and said, "You didn't tell me that the seeds had germinated before."

"You never asked me!" Lia Venistan shrugged and said, "And you should be very clear about the value of a mother tree seed that hasn't germinated. Do you think what you do is worth a mother tree seed? "

Faced with Lia Winistan's rhetorical question, Tessa Mocha didn't say anything more. In fact, she knew from the very beginning that there must be problems with the mother tree seeds provided by Lia Winistan, but she still holds it these days. There was only a hint of unrealistic expectations, and now it just confirmed her guess.

Although the germinated mother tree seeds are not of much value to most people, but for her, even if the mother tree seeds germinate, they can still have a considerable effect on her.

So she didn't continue to pursue the matter, but took the things back into her pocket.

Lia Venistan asked again: "When are you leaving? I can arrange for someone to take you to Taniko, which is the closest place to the ice bridge."

"Don't we need to protect you until you fully recover?" Sylvia was stunned when she heard the words, and asked suspiciously.

Lia Venistan briefly explained: "No need! I have already found enough people, the three of you are just in case!"

Sylvia didn't ask, thinking that there was no need for Lia Venistan to lie to her about this matter, but Leo at the side felt something was wrong, because what he felt from Lia Venistan was not The possessiveness she felt before was a kind of vigilance, and the other party seemed to be wary of her.

This made Leo very puzzled. He was a little unclear why Lia Winistan's attitude suddenly changed? However, he didn't care too much about it, because Lia Venistan's decision was exactly what he wanted.

So, he thought for a while and said, "We will be leaving in the next two days, but before leaving, I hope to look up some information about Ice Bridge in your private library, Your Majesty."

Lia Winistan heard the words, thought about it for a while, nodded and said: "Yes."