The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Damn it, what's all this?" Seeing a head displayed in the pocket, several Panshi family warriors guarding the gate couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and took two steps back.

Although Pan Shi XVI did not lose his composure like his subordinates, he also frowned, with a disgusted expression on his face.

I saw that the head in the pocket looked barely human, but all kinds of tumor-shaped meat balls covered the whole head, and each head ball seemed to have a small eye. Let everyone who saw it have a strong sense of disgust from the bottom of their hearts, wanting to crush this thing completely.

"My lord, these are the prey we caught." The leader of the Longhorn Tribe showed a little look of contempt in his eyes, and then he immediately returned to normal, and then said.

Just as Ferut's tribal family despises those tribes who still follow the primitive life of the Northland as a group of barbarians, the northern tribes who follow the ancient customs of the Northland also think that Ferut's tribal family is a group of castrated guys , although neither side showed such a contemptuous attitude on the surface, both sides knew what was in each other's mind.

Although the people of the Longhorn Tribe quickly concealed their contempt, the Sixteenth Rock, who is good at observing words and expressions, could easily see it. He was a little annoyed by this, but he didn't say much, because this kind of thing Can't tell.

"What are these?" Rock Sixteen asked with a businesslike look.

The people of the Longhorn tribe also seriously replied: "These are the mutated monsters mentioned in the batch of reward orders issued by the empire."

"Are these mutated monsters?" The Sixteenth King of the Rock was stunned when he heard the words, and signaled the people of the Long Horn Tribe to open the bag again, suppressing the discomfort in his heart, and looked at the head inside.

The reward order issued by the empire not long ago caused quite a stir in Ferut City. Although he was not interested in this matter, he had heard some related news from family members.

The reason for such a sensation is that the amount of money marked on the reward order is very large. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as ten mutant monsters mentioned in the reward order are hunted, a small family like the Panshi family can be killed in Ferut City. Been comfortable for a year.

Thinking of this, King Panshi XVI couldn't help but look at the other bags. After estimating the number of these bags in his heart, he looked at these Longhorn tribes with a little more envy and jealousy. It is no exaggeration to say that the Longhorn tribe this time The bounty they received would definitely make them the tribe with the most cash in Ferut.

Under other circumstances, Rock Sixteen would not mind taking a little oil from the heads of these bounty monsters, but now the heads of these monsters are the prey hunted by the Longhorn tribe during the winter tour, if he still dares to tamper with them If so, then he would not offend the Longhorn tribe. Those tribes in the entire northern land who still follow the ancient rituals and conduct the winter pilgrimage will regard the Panshi family who disrupted the winter pilgrimage as their enemies.

At that time, let alone the earl of the Faran Empire, even if he is the prince of the Faran Empire, he may not be able to escape the fate of being hunted down by these tribes.

After understanding the gains and losses, Panshi XVI suppressed the greed in his heart, waved to his subordinates, and said, "Let go."

Some of the gatekeepers next to them also noticed the value of these heads, and they couldn't help feeling a little greedy in their hearts, so when they heard the order from Panshi XVI, they showed puzzled expressions and looked at their patriarch , some wondered why the patriarch let go of such a big fish with huge oil and water.

"What? Is my order not working?" Realizing that his subordinates did not follow his order, King Panshi XVI couldn't help glaring at these clansmen angrily, and said with a sullen face.

Only then did everyone come to their senses, step aside and signal the Longhorn Tribe's convoy to leave.

Seeing the warriors of the Panshi family get out of the way, the people of the Longhorn tribe breathed a sigh of relief, and removed their hands from their weapons, and then drove the carriage into the city of Ferut.

Watching the people from the Long Horn Tribe leave, King Pan Shi XVI waved to a subordinate beside him, motioning him to come over, and then whispered a few words in the other's ear.

The warrior who heard the whisper immediately ran towards the city with big strides, and quickly disappeared in an alley.

Although he couldn't eat alone just now, he has a way to get a share of the Longhorn Tribe's harvest, and he doesn't have to take any risks. Thinking of this, he smiled complacently, turned around and took small steps, towards the top of the Wind Watching Tower. Go to the warm little room.

In the next few days, the Longhorn Tribe’s winter pilgrimage became the hottest topic in Ferut City. The reason why it became a topic was not because the Longhorn Tribe’s winter pilgrimage was so different. How dangerous it is, but because the benefits that the Longhorn Tribe has gained from this winter tour are shocking and even more enviable.

Many tribes who were originally not interested in those reward orders also began to pay attention to the reward orders hanging on the bulletin board of the city council, thinking about what they would do after this winter passed, and more tribes turned their attention to it The Longhorn Tribe is not a very powerful merchant tribe.

Today, the elders in the Longhorn Tribe are also mixed joys and sorrows. The joy is that their whimsical winter tour this time can be said to be extremely successful, and the harvest is far beyond their expectations. The anticipation caused them to fail to prepare in advance, resulting in the current predicament of being coveted by countless tribes.

The Long Horn Tribe was one of the first tribes to arrive at Ferut for the winter, so they were also the first tribes to see the reward order. Unlike other tribes who dismissed the reward order, they thought it was an opportunity.

Because as a merchant tribe, they know very well where all the places in the west of the Northland are suitable for human settlements. At the same time, they have also contacted some scholars and adventurers from the Hanossa Alliance who came to the Northland for investigation, and they know what is happening in the south. Knowing that a large number of mutants in the Hanossa Alliance are fleeing to the Northland, hoping to establish some settlements and shelters in the Northland, they even had contact with one of the mutant team and did business.

It is precisely because of these advantages that they feel that the money on these reward orders has almost reached their pockets, and more importantly, they have learned from the tribal council that hunting these mutants is also counted among the prey types of the winter tour.

So, when they sent people to participate in the pilgrimage, they were very sure that the pilgrimage would be successful, but the success was far beyond what they wanted.

If they knew in advance that this cold winter tour could harvest so many prey, they would never let the leader of the clan bring so many prey into the city at the same time. city, then their influence in the city will be much smaller, and there will be no such troubles as they are now.

However, although the trouble they caused is not small, they don't feel flustered, because they have already found a way out, and they only need to pay a part of the harvest to join a big tribe in the city and become a vassal tribe of this big tribe. And these troubles were naturally solved by this big tribe for them.

For other merchant tribes, they are extremely unwilling to become vassal tribes of other tribes, but for weak merchant tribes like the Longhorn tribe, becoming a vassal tribe of a large tribe can definitely help them better in the Northland. To survive in the cruel environment, the only problem is whether the tribe you join is strong enough and whether the reputation is good enough.

In the past, after many merchant tribes became vassals of certain large tribes with poor reputation, they were eventually annexed by the big tribes. The Longhorn tribe did not want to become such a tribe, so they have been looking for big tribes to attach to. And the big tribe that contacted them this time happened to be one of the most suitable big tribes on their list.

But now what they have to consider is how much bounty should be offered. This amount should not be too much. Too much will not be agreed within the ethnic group. At the same time, the big tribes will think that they have a strong ability to pay. Jin will use this number as a benchmark, and this number should not be too small. If it is too small, it will be regarded as an insult by most roads, and this road of vassalage will be completely cut off, and their situation may be even worse.

Just when the Longhorn Tribe had a headache about how much money they should spend as a vassal's offering, Leo's sled had already arrived outside Ferut's city wall with the north wind going south.

"This is Ferut?" Mist and Randall, who came here for the first time, got off the sled and asked in surprise while looking at the towering city wall in front of them.

Although before coming here, they already knew that Ferut was an important town established by the Faran Empire in the Northland, an important hub city connecting the north and the south, and the largest and only city in the Northland, but they still believed that even Ferut is very big, but it is only equivalent to an ordinary small town.

But now when they saw the towering city wall in front of them, it immediately reminded them of those ancient big cities in the south. Before entering the steam industry, those big cities also protected themselves with city walls like the Art Examination, and those city walls were better than what they saw now. The city wall I have seen is much shorter, and this kind of city wall may only be seen in a large military city like Yantiecheng.

After disassembling the sled, Leo put it away, then looked in the direction of the city gate in the distance, and said, "Should we climb over the wall, or..."

"Why do you want to climb over the wall? We are not thieves?" Sylvia shook her head and said, "If you enter the city from the south, they may search it strictly, but they will not be so careful when entering the city from the north, and we He is just a scholar who came to the Northland for investigation, and he is not a dangerous person."

After finishing speaking, she walked towards the city gate, and the others followed.

A group of people came to the city gate. The soldiers guarding the gate had the same reaction as Sylvia expected. Although they were curious about them southerners, they didn't express too many questions. After asking a few questions casually, they sent them away. let go.

With the relaxation of the control of the Faran Empire on going to the Northland, more and more southerners have come to the Northland, and Ferut, as the north-south hub, is naturally the only place for southerners to enter the Northland, so After seeing more of these southerners, these gatekeepers are no longer as curious as they used to be.

The only thing they wonder is that after winter, there are still southerners staying in the northern ice field. You must know that those southerners are not in the northern ice field, even in a city like Ferut, they can't stand it here. In the cold, when the first cold wave appeared, they left the Northland one after another, and Leo and his group were the only group of southerners these gatekeepers would see for a month.

Under the slightly curious eyes of the gatekeeper, the group of people walked towards the square near the city gate, randomly found a Northlander who was waiting for work in the square as a guide, and asked him to lead the group to Ferut for the A hotel built by visitors from the south, and then inquired about the city on the way.

Perhaps because they thought that the southerners like Leo and the others had no conflicts of interest with the Northlands, this Northlander as a guide didn't have any worries, and told all the big and small things that happened in the city recently, but he didn't He didn't notice that when he mentioned the mutants hunted by the Longhorn Tribe, the expressions on the faces of a man and a woman beside him became extremely ugly.

At this moment, Mist and Randall blamed themselves very much, because they now know that not only the settlement they were in was slaughtered by the Longhorn tribe, but also the people in other settlements were killed by the Longhorn tribe. massacre.

What made them blame themselves even more was that they probably lured the Longhorn Tribe to the settlement, because on the way to escape, they met the merchant team of the Longhorn Tribe and bought some supplies for the winter from the merchant team. , and they also mentioned the settlement when they communicated with the Longhorn Tribe.

Although they blamed themselves immensely, they still suppressed the pain in their hearts and tried to make themselves look calm. It was not until they arrived at the hotel, booked a room, and entered the room that they burst into tears uncontrollably.

Seeing the couple's gaffe, Leo and the others didn't say anything, and they didn't have any empathy. If it weren't for the existence of Mist and Randall, two people who have an unusual relationship with Sylvia, they would feel deeply when they heard the news. There will be no fluctuations in the slightest, and now they will intervene in this matter more because of the way.

After the emotional fluctuations of the two calmed down, Leo looked at them and said, "Tomorrow I will go to inquire about the news and check the location and situation of the settlement of the Longhorn tribe. We will act tomorrow night. It just so happened that the Longhorn tribe was targeted by many northern tribes because of the bounty, and if something happened, it would only be suspected by other northern tribes, and no one would suspect us."

"Have you already decided?" Sylvia suddenly asked the two of them again.

"Yes, they should pay the price!" As soon as Sylvia finished speaking, she received a hateful response.