The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

It was almost noon, and Mist and Randall had finished their work. After a few people ate some heated dry food, they left the ruins and moved towards the settlement that Mister and Randall had established some time ago. Click to move over.

The settlement was not very far from the remains of the White Deer Tribe, and Leo adjusted his speed through the psionic wing, so that the group of them had already returned to the settlement of Mist and Randall just after nightfall.

However, when they arrived outside the settlement and could clearly see the houses inside, Leo, Sylvia, and Tessa Moka couldn't help but frown, because they all found that there was something wrong with the settlement. There must be a fire in this cold weather, and there should be smoke coming from the chimneys, but none of the chimneys of the houses came out.

Compared to Leo and the others, Mister and Randall obviously didn't notice these situations. After entering the settlement, they couldn't wait to shout loudly: "Old Taylor, Cripple Quinn, Robert, Little Mister, We're back!"

However, after their excited voices spread, they didn't get any response. At this moment, they also felt that something was wrong. They glanced at each other, then quickly rushed towards the nearest house, then opened the door and entered the house, following the news There was a terrified cry.

At this time, Leo's spiritual net had already opened outwards, covering this small settlement, and he quickly understood the situation in the settlement.

I saw one to three corpses in the room here, all the corpses were lying on the bed, and the heads of the corpses were all chopped off. It seems that all the dead were killed by sneak attack while they were asleep. Cut off their heads and take them away, and the only people who will do this are probably the bounty hunters who are attracted by the reward.

"No! No!" Mister and Randall rushed out of the house in a panic, and then ran to other rooms to check the situation separately, but the results were the same, and their shouts gradually dripped down. It became a cry.

Compared to Leo, although Sylvia and Tessa Moka didn't know the situation inside the house, they could tell from various signs that something was wrong. They entered a house to check the situation, and what they saw was, Make them all feel very angry.

Because such tragedies and scenes make them empathize.

Although witch hunting is no longer prosperous now, the church has even accepted witches, and even the Orthodox Church has recruited witches like Sylvia, but the rewards for hunting witches are still hanging in the underground world, and have not been cancelled, knowledge No one dared to take on this kind of work.

In the past, the situation of the witch was not much different from the mutant fugitives in front of me. They were all hunted down as prey, and after being killed, their heads were chopped off and exchanged for money, even Sylvia and Tessa Mocha They have not experienced such a difficult time, but they can still understand what kind of situation it was from the records of the predecessors, and now this scene has awakened bad memories in their hearts, making them feel extremely sad anger.

"Can you track down those beasts?" Sylvia asked Tessa Mocha.

Tessa Moka, who was born in the Mosang Wilderness jungle, did not respond immediately, but she had already started to look around for clues and used her abilities to try to find the whereabouts of the bounty hunter who did these evil things, but after careful inspection After that, she could only shake her head regretfully, and said, "It's been too long, and the ice storm has blown away all the traces, so I have no way to find out the clues of their departure."

A look of disappointment appeared on Sylvia's face. Even Tessa Mocha couldn't find any traces of the attacker leaving. It might be difficult for her to find useful clues.

At this time, Mister and Randall had also controlled their grief, and the tears still flowed out uncontrollably. When these tears fell down, they quickly froze in such an extremely low temperature place, sticking An ice mask formed on their faces.

Although they didn't get along with these people for a long time, after all, they fled together and passed through the dangerous black forest swamp together. It can be said that they are comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe. When I came here, I was naturally very sad.

Originally, they wanted to ask Sylvia and the others to help find the murderer and avenge these people, but they happened to hear Tessa Mocha's words, and a look of despair gradually appeared on their faces.

"As for the clue..." Leo on the side suddenly spoke, and then walked into a room not far away. After a while, he took out something like an ornament, handed it to Sylvia, and said, "This The things did not match the furnishings in that room. They should not belong to the owner of the room. There was a lot of blood on them and they were stuffed under the table. It seems that the owner of the house was not completely dead when he was killed, and he was dragged from the person. , I hope someone can find those bounty hunters based on this and avenge them."

Mist immediately said: "That's Old Taylor's house. He is the captain of our escape team and has rescued many people in the swamp."

"The people here should have been drugged." Leo continued: "There are some wild beast stews on the tables in all the houses. It seems that someone put drugs that can make people stunned on the beasts, and then waited. The people here took the beast back, stewed it into broth, let everyone eat it, and after they were unconscious, they entered the village and killed them."

While listening to Leo's analysis, Sylvia took a look at the metal ornament in her hand, but in her eyes, this metal ornament was an ornament with the characteristics of the northern tribes, and there was nothing special about it.

Sylvia didn't understand the details and origin of this ornament, so she could only hand it over to others, and Tessa Mocha also didn't see anything special about it after receiving it.

"Can you show me?" Randall asked suddenly.

Tessa Mocha heard the words and handed it over.

After Randall took the ornament and looked at it, the expression on his face was both shocked and puzzled.

"Have you seen the origin of this thing?" Sylvia asked after noticing the look on Randall's face.

"Yes." Randall nodded, and said: "A few months ago, when there was no mutation, Mister and I joined an expedition team to investigate the situation of the tribes in the Northland. At that time, we met a Northland merchant tribe called the Longhorn Tribe. At that time, they were very friendly. They not only agreed that we would join their tribe and record their lives, but also took us to other tribes to learn about the life of the tribes there. , this settlement was also told by that tribe. This ornament is called Kaka Tupa, and it is an ornament that only warriors in their tribe who have withstood the cold winter tour can wear."

"So the person who came here was killed by the Longhorn tribe." Sylvia said in a deep voice.

Mister said repeatedly: "Impossible! They are very friendly. They were very friendly during the time we spent with them, and we can also know from the mouths of other tribes that they are a peaceful tribe..."

"The reason why they are peaceful is that you were normal people they were facing at the time, but now everyone here is a mutant, and they are all dominant mutants, so they will probably change their attitude." Leo's tone was cold He said: "Didn't you mention before that the attitude of the entire Velen Continent towards mutants is very bad. Although on the surface only the Hanossa Alliance officially announced the ban on mutants, there are secrets in the French Empire and the United Kingdom of France." It’s unknown if you don’t do anything, and the attitude of the underground organizations in these countries may also be problematic. As the Northland and the South get in touch more, they may not be unaffected, and even the people here are not bad in their opinion. Master."

Hearing Leo's words, Mister and Randall didn't know what to say. Although they wanted to refute Leo's words, they couldn't find any possibility to refute, because in their subconscious, they had already Consider yourself inhuman.

"Do you still want to avenge them now?" Sylvia asked in a deep voice, looking at the two people who were a little lost

Mister and Randall showed hesitation on their faces, looked at each other, seemed to understand each other's thoughts, nodded and said: "Yes, I must avenge them!"

Sylvia asked again: "Since you have followed that Long-horned tribe for a while before, should you know the whereabouts of that Long-horned tribe?"

"Yes." Mist nodded, and said: "I have talked with them before, and they said that after the winter, they will go to Ferut to spend the winter, only the young tribesmen who participated in the winter tour and their guides, They will continue to walk in the north, and they will not return to Ferut until they have killed enough prey to exchange for merit."

"Ferut? Is it Ferut at the end of Nagato Avenue?" Sylvia asked confirmingly.

"Yes." Mister nodded and admitted.

Leo, who was on the side, also searched for information about Ferut in his mind. There are many connecting passages between the Farland Empire and the Northland, but the people of the Farland Empire often take the Nagato Avenue. After the Lan Knight King ascended the throne and became the emperor of France, he spent a lot of money to build a passage. Because a large number of stone walls were built at both ends to show the achievements of the emperors of France, it looked like a gate extending far away. , so there is the name of Nagato Avenue, as for the original name, it has long been forgotten.

The south of Nagato Avenue is connected to Long Gun County, which is one of the royal territories and the main recruiting place for the Royal Guards. On the other side is Ferut, which is the largest city in the Northland and has been visited by some people who have been to the Northland. People call it the city of thousands of tents.

Although the tribes in the Northland have adapted to urban life, they still like to live in tents, so when they build their houses, they will deliberately build them in the shape of tents, so that Ferut, except for a few buildings, is a Apart from the style buildings, the other buildings are all tent-style buildings, which look like countless tents set up in the city from a distance.

In the past, the tribes in the North used to find their own places to spend the winter, but now almost all the tribes will gather in the big city of Ferut, because there are not only strong walls and houses in this big city to block the wind and snow in the north, but also sufficient The supplies can allow them to spend this winter comfortably.

So when Mister mentioned that the Longhorn tribe would spend the winter in Ferut, Leo and the others didn't show any surprise.

"It seems that they have taken the mutant refugees here as prey," Tessa Mocha is no stranger to this kind of winter patrol behavior. A similar warrior tour, so she asked again: "What are those meritorious deeds? Is it equivalent to money?"

"Yes!" Mist nodded, and said, "They will estimate meritorious service according to the value of the prey. The higher the value of the gift, the greater the meritorious service."

"This means that the rewards for killing mutants have now spread to the tribes in the Northland." Tessa Moka analyzed: "Only those high rewards for mutants can make the mutants here have the ability to be regarded as The value of the prey, otherwise, those Longhorn tribe's pilgrims would not be able to take risks and waste time targeting the people here."

"It's all our fault." Randall suddenly blamed himself and said at this time: "We brought them here and let them settle here. I'm afraid the pilgrims from the Longhorn Tribe also want to come here It's all our fault that we took shelter from the storm to find them."

Hearing Randall's words, Mister opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and strong self-blame and guilt appeared on his face.

"It's useless to talk about these things now." Sylvia pulled the two of them out of their self-blaming emotions, and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Mister and Randall seemed a little dazed when they heard this, because their idea all along was to settle down here, live a life of seclusion, and usually study the customs and customs of the northern tribes.

But the scene here now broke their illusions and made them realize that the Northland is not a sanctuary for mutants like them. This is just the beginning. In the future, more tribes in the Northland may join in the campaign against the mutant fugitives. In the midst of hunting, the northern land may be more dangerous than the southern countries by then.

When the two were at a loss for their future life, Sylvia suggested: "I will give you two options, one is that I will send you to Venaya Port, which is the real sanctuary for your mutants, and the other is to send you to Venaya Port. The second is that I arranged you in the United Kingdom, although the attitude of the United Kingdom to mutants may not be very good, but with my relationship, it should not put you in danger."

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, and quickly made their choice.