The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Mutants are the general name of the Hanossa Alliance for those who are about to become objects. Except for those who have obvious mutations at the beginning and lose their minds, there are also many people who have recessive mutations. They are different, but they will mutate when they are emotional, and with the mutation, they will temporarily or even permanently lose their minds. These mutants are also the main targets of internal arrests by the Hanossa Alliance during this period

The initial capture of the mutants by the Hanossa Alliance was relatively gentle, but as some mutants were stimulated and resisted the captors, causing casualties, the official arrest of these mutants by the Hanossa Alliance became more and more difficult. Become extremely severe, as long as the captured person resists, he will immediately kill him on the spot.

Among some people whose bodies mutated, some were lucky enough to find ships that could take them south, avoiding the army of the Hanosian Alliance and Miria full of monsters, and went to the legendary sanctuary of mutants to maintain Port of Naia.

However, those who know the situation don’t think those people are really lucky, because even though it is much safer for ships to go by sea than by road, it is not absolutely safe, because the dense fog that appears on the sea often changes suddenly, Move towards the coastline, and move to the seaside in a short time.

In this case, if those ships fail to dock in time and abandon the ship to land, they will be engulfed in dense fog and disappear forever.

It is precisely for this reason that many people did not choose this road even if they had the opportunity to go south by boat, and these people and others who had no choice decided to go north, enter the ice field, and leave the hostile Hanno Sa Union.

Although the mutated body will be stronger than ordinary people, their physique will become better, and they will not get sick easily, but the Black Forest Swamp is still a dangerous place for them, and huge and ferocious monsters will come out of the swamp at any time , devouring humans they regard as prey.

However, compared to the monsters hidden in the swamp, the mutants themselves are more dangerous, because no one knows when the other mutants around them will suddenly mutate, and no one knows whether the mutants around them are good or bad. It often happens that many groups of mutants fleeing to the north are attacked by their own people.

Randall and Mist are from the Kingdom of Sigma. They came to Velen Continent mainly to study the Black Forest. In the past, they have always settled in Miria for four years.

They are luckier than the vast majority of people in Miria City. Before Miria was involved in the war, the two of them had been invited by the Hanossa Alliance to go to the National Research Institute of the Hanossa Alliance to work on Research on Black Forest Swamps.

On the night when the mutants appeared that day, the two of them also mutated, but their mutations were hidden, and they were hidden very deeply. Unless they were naked, it was difficult to see where they mutated.

Because of this, they were lucky enough to escape targeted arrests again and again, but this good luck soon came to an end, because the church and hunters who were responsible for catching mutants had already begun to conduct full-body inspections on suspects up.

Therefore, the two of them found a secretly organized mutant fleeing team before the matter was exposed, joined them, and went to the Northland to seek refuge.

The reason why they chose the Northland instead of the South was not only because they were worried about the safety of the ship, but more importantly, their own scholarly thinking was at work. Although they went to the Northland last time and found nothing, they got a useful piece of news. This news is worth exploring, so when they decided to leave the Hanossa Alliance, they did not hesitate to choose the Northland as a place of refuge.

Relying on the research of the two of them on the Black Forest Swamp and their own luck, their fleeing team did not encounter any serious casualties when passing through the Black Forest Swamp. Only four people were killed in the swamp because they did not heed their warnings. Except for the biological attack and death, everyone else was intact.

After coming to the Northland, because the two of them had the experience of living in the Northland, they knew the essentials of life that others did not know, knew which places were suitable for them to build settlements for the winter, and could find food to help them survive the winter, so The refugee team elected them as leaders, and established a village of mutants in the northern region near the edge of the Vinovich Mountains, barely settling down.

Relying on the ability of mutants in the village, they were able to catch a lot of prey from the mountains, and they were barely able to live in this severe cold place. After their lives settled down, Randall and Mister began to think about exploring the north again. The legend of the land tribe.

This legend about the Northland tribe was heard from a Northland tribe when they came to the Northland last time. For the Northland tribe, this legend does not have any deep meaning, but for Randall and Mies For these two Black Forest researchers, it means something unusual.

This legend is the same as the legends of the ancient tribes in various places in the south. They all talk about the origin of the tribe, but the difference in this legend is that the origin it says is the origin of the entire northern tribe, not just one tribe.

According to legend, the common ancestor of the northern tribes was originally the heir of a powerful tribe in the south. Later, because their tribe was involved in a war that should not have happened, the tribal chief died on the battlefield. He, the heir, and his brother Was hunted down by other powerful people in the tribe and lost everything.

During the pursuit, he was separated from his brothers and was seriously injured. He was not far from death, but he was lucky and was rescued by a white deer, and the white deer took him away. He was hunted down by the tribe, brought him to the Northland, and taught him the abilities he should have to live in the Northland.

After that, this person lived in the Northland, and through his own ability, he won the respect of the tribes who lived in the Northland in the early days, and was later elected as the chief of a certain tribe.

At the end of the legend, he led the tribe he ruled to annex all the tribes in the Northland, forming a huge tribe, the White Deer Tribe, which had never existed in the Northland, and became the king of the Northland, and now all the tribes in the Northland They are all descendants of the White Deer Tribe.

The reason why Randall and Mister are very interested in this legend is that when they were researching the Black Forest in Miria, they discovered that the establishment and development of the Faran Empire, and even the subsequent ups and downs were more or less the same. Shao has a close relationship with the legendary white deer in the Black Forest.

Moreover, from an ancient document from the Royal Library of the French Empire, they discovered that the emperor who established the first dynasty of the French Empire, whose name did not remain, did not come from any of the tribes around the Black Forest. It was from the Northland, and the emperor had always used the white deer as his flag and badge, and it was not until later that he changed to a badge of the same shape.

In addition, later on, the Knight King of Farland was able to go to the Northland alone, and then summoned a large number of Northland fighters in a short period of time to help him restore the country. It can be seen that the relationship between the Faran royal family and the various tribes in the Northland is incomparable. close.

Therefore, both of them judged that the Fran royal family might be the descendants of the white deer tribe chief in the legend of the Northland, and the secret of the Fran royal family must also be in the White Deer tribe.

The place Randall and Mister chose to build the village is located in a small valley on the edge of the Vinovich Mountains. This place has enough trees for warmth and a large number of animals that come here to escape the extreme cold storm. It is a very suitable settlement The place.

This place was also told to them by the northern tribe they met a few months ago. It is said that sometimes when the merchant tribes in the north walk nearby and encounter an ice storm in the north, they will choose this place.

However, these northern tribes only regard this place as a temporary shelter, and it will not last long, because there is a relic of the White Deer tribe in the lee of another hill not far from here, according to the joint designation of the northern tribes. According to the rules, they cannot establish long-term tribal settlements near the remains of the Bailu tribe.

It is precisely because of the remains of the White Deer tribe that Randall and Mister did not choose another place closer to the Black Forest Swamp when discussing settlements with others, but chose this small place far away from the Black Forest Swamp. valley.

Now that the fleeing people have temporarily settled down, Randall and Mist also decided to go to the ruins of the White Deer Tribe to check the situation.

So, just ten days ago, they collected some food and found an excuse to leave the settlement.

Although the plans of the two of them are very perfect, the more perfect the plan is, the more likely it is to be disrupted by accidents, just like they have planned to spend a day going to the ruins of the Bailu tribe, spend a little time investigating the ruins, and spend a little more time Time to go back to the settlement.

But as a result, they encountered an unforeseen ice storm on the way. In this kind of storm, they could not walk in the snow at all. They could only build snow houses on the spot according to the method of the northern tribes to avoid the storm.

However, they completely miscalculated the duration of the ice storm. Originally, they thought that the ice storm would stop in just one or two days, but it has not stopped after six or seven days, and it seems impossible even after another six or seven days. stop.

Although Randall and Mist had prepared a large amount of food in advance and thought they had prepared enough, after six or seven days, no matter how abundant the food they had prepared, they had almost exhausted it.

They knew very well that if they continued to stay like this, their survival would be almost zero. They might as well try to go back while they still have some food on their bodies. If they were lucky, they should be able to return to the settlement.

However, just like the perfect plan they had made in advance, their estimates also went wrong. They got lost in the ice storm, walked intermittently for about two days, and still didn't reach the settlement.

Although the mutation of their bodies made them extremely resistant to the cold, this resistance also has a limit. Two days of walking in the extremely cold storm has already made their body's resistance reach the limit. There is no doubt that as long as they fall, what awaits them is freezing to death.

"Sorry, if I hadn't insisted..." Mist said apologetically, looking at Randall, who was standing next to her to block part of the wind and snow for her.

"It's none of your business. This is my choice. I also really want to unravel the secrets between the royal family of Farland, the Black Forest and the Northland. Even without you, I would still come here." Randall's voice trembled. said.

The conversation between the two of them has already used a lot of strength, so after they finished speaking, they didn't talk any more, and moved forward silently. They couldn't figure out their current position, so they could only go in the direction of the wind Go forward, because it must be the south, as for whether they can find a suitable shelter there, they can only rely on their luck, but in view of their previous encounters, they do not expect much from their luck.

After walking another distance, they had to stop, because the most dangerous ice storm appeared in the extreme cold storm in the North. If they didn't want to be cut to pieces by the ice, they needed to dig a temporary shelter on the ground , dodge these sharp shards of ice.

This is not the first time they have encountered this kind of shattered ice storm, so after they felt something was wrong, they stopped immediately, took out a simple wooden shovel, and with the little strength left, they quickly dug a hole that was just enough to block the two Snow wall of human body.

After the snow wall was dug, they couldn't wait to go in more. The two hugged tightly, feeling the only warmth in each other's body.

Perhaps feeling that their bodies are rapidly weakening, they may no longer be able to stand up from behind the snow wall after the ice storm is over, Mist couldn't help but asked his lover: "If we can survive, will you marry me?" ?"

When Randall heard the words, he nodded without thinking, "Yes."

Mister didn't say anything more, leaning tightly in Randall's arms, waiting for their final moment.

However, just when they had given up all hope, they suddenly felt the ground shaking violently, as if something huge was stepping on the ground and approaching here.

The two people who were waiting to die behind the snow wall were stunned when they felt the tremor on the ground, and soon they realized something, and said in unison, "Tribal hunting!"

A few months ago, they participated in a hunting festival of the northern tribe. At that hunting festival, they saw how the hunters of the tribe drove the giant ancient tower beasts on the ice field to run back and forth on the vast ice field, consuming these giant beasts physical strength, and then use the steam machine crossbow to create wounds on them, slowly consuming them to death.

At that hunting festival, what impressed the two of them was not the superb hunting skills displayed by the people of the northern tribes, but the tremors of the earth when the giant beasts in the ancient towers ran, as if the earth would tremble under the feet of these giant beasts. Cracked, exactly as they feel now.

"How is this possible? How could a tribe hunt in an ice storm?" After the surprise, both of them couldn't help but wonder.