The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

People who have never been to Ferut City can hardly imagine how big this city is, but when people know that when the Northland enters winter, people from all tribes and tribes in the Northland will gather in Ferut for the winter, so they should be able to think of this city Definitely not small.

In order to take care of the customs of each tribe and avoid conflicts between tribes, the Ferut tribal council not only formulated rules that do not allow fighting in the city, but also built a separate residential area for each tribe. , and built a high wall around the residential area, nominally to protect the tribes from being harassed by other tribes, but actually to separate the communication between the tribes.

Even in recent years, the tribal council was still in the winter, drawing people from various families in the city to set up a joint patrol team to assist the guards in the city to patrol the streets every day. It is a small tribe, and they are brave and fierce, and a little quarrel can lead to a fight to the death. Therefore, the number of weapon fights occurs the most in winter every year, and the casualties are also the most.

Originally, such a joint patrol team was also organized this year, but the civil war that happened this year made the families in the city unable to spare enough manpower to form a patrol team, and even if there were enough manpower, no family would be willing to send any more Join the patrol team. After all, after a civil war, every family has many enemies. If you leave the family's control area to patrol other areas, you may never return.

It is precisely because of the absence of this joint patrol team for maintaining law and order that the surrounding urban areas in this winter have become very chaotic. Except for the hotel where Leo and the others live and its surrounding areas, the other urban areas have simply become one. A small battlefield, where various battles take place almost every day. There are two places where the most money is made, one is the tavern and the other is the hospital.

The Longhorn Tribe is not a big tribe. Their living area is located in the second-tier urban area. When entering the second-tier urban area from the outermost urban area, they also have to pass through a city gate, and the inspection of this city gate is strict. Not much, but this kind of strictness is only aimed at those northern tribes living in the outermost urban area. Foreign travelers like Leo are easily let go.

Like an ordinary spiral traveler, Leo hired a local guide at the gate of the city to take him around the city. This is very necessary for Ferut, because it not only allows outsiders to avoid In addition to getting lost in this maze-like city without any urban planning, it is also to avoid unnecessary troubles, because many of the tribes living on the outskirts of the city live by plundering, and they don't mind Change the target of robbery from those poor tribal people to rich foreign tourists.

Leo, who was dressed differently, naturally became the target of the tribesmen. Although Leo was much taller and stronger than the northern tribesmen, but for the northern tribes In human terms, southerners are sheep with wool. They look big and strong, but they are actually very weak. As long as they are threatened a little, they will obediently take out their money.

However, the guide hired by Leo is obviously very reliable. He not only took Leo around the city like a treasure, introducing the origin of every building and every tribe in the residential area, but also he was able to detect in time. Some northern tribesmen with malicious intentions, before the other party did anything irrational, showed their family badges first, and resolved an unpleasant experience.

After visiting most of the urban area, the guide brought Leo to the residential area of ​​the Longhorn tribe. Compared with the residential areas of other tribes, the residential area of ​​the Longhorn tribe is obviously more tense. This tension is not only It lies in the other tribesmen who spy on the Longhorn tribe on the outskirts of the settlement, and it also lies in the guards who walk back and forth on the separation wall of the Longhorn tribe settlement.

Although the tribal council built walls for isolation and defense around the periphery of each residential area when the residential area was first built, but that kind of wall only serves as a symbol, and no one really thinks that such a wall can block the outside world. people come in.

But now the Longhorn Tribe has rebuilt the wall with simple materials in hand, built several rows of shelves on the inside, and the guards of the tribe walked back and forth on the shelves to inspect, and also built a tent at the corner. Usually, The guards can stay in the tent to avoid the wind and snow.

Leo knew exactly what happened here, but he still asked the guide about the situation.

"It's just a bunch of gophers whose brains have been burnt out by the bounty!" The guide glanced disdainfully at the tribal people hiding in the dark. The people of the same clan in the village were extremely contemptuous, and after saying a simple sentence, they stopped talking, as if mentioning these people would make him feel as disgusted as if he had eaten bugs.

However, compared to other tribes around, when he mentioned the Long Horn Tribe, he had a slightly better attitude, saying: "The patriarch of the Long Horn Tribe is very smart and knows that his bounty cannot be eaten by himself. , found a big family they can rely on, and they will become the vassal family of that big family soon, and they may also move to live in the city."

"As long as I become a vassal of the big tribe, can I live in the city?" Leo asked nonchalantly, while scanning all the surrounding terrain through the spiritual network.

"If you used to be able to settle down in the city as long as you wanted to, now there are other rules, and becoming a vassal of a big family is just a condition." The guide explained briefly, not intending to say too much on this matter, so he explained It was too chaotic here, and it was not suitable to stay for a long time if something happened, and then took Leo out of the Longhorn Tribe's residential area.

Afterwards, Leo asked the guide to take him to visit other urban areas. This guide seemed to be from a big family. He did not encounter too much trouble from the gatekeepers when he entered other urban areas. After visiting the whole city, almost a day passed.

The reason why Ferut City is the north-south hub is not only that it is the only big city in the Northland, but also because it is built at the foot of Mount Ferut.

Ferut Mountain itself is the easiest mountain to climb in the nearby Vinovi Mountains. In addition, the French Empire has continuously widened, rested and maintained the mountain road for many years, making this mountain road more convenient. In addition to the fact that the road surface is icy in winter and people walking on it are in danger of slipping off the roadside cliffs, mountain roads are much safer at other times.

Anyone who wants to enter the territory of the southern Faran Empire from the north, or enter the north from the territory of Farland, needs to climb over this mountain. Of course, there are also some stowaways and smugglers who will bypass the barriers of Ferut Mountain and walk on both sides. Other high mountains, but most of them ended in tragedy. Either encountered various accidents on the way to climb the mountain, or got lost in the process of climbing, accidentally entered the range of the Black Forest, and never came out again.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the most experienced smugglers cannot guarantee that they can reach the opposite side of the mountain safely without going to Mount Ferut.

Leo didn't ask the guide too much about Ferut Mountain, because the guide didn't know much about Ferut Mountain, and more importantly, he was a tourist from the Faran Empire. , There is no need to inquire about these messages at all.

What's more, Leo and the others didn't intend to enter Faran from Ferut Mountain at the beginning. They would take other roads that are very dangerous for ordinary people, bypassing the various checkpoints set up by the Faran Empire at both ends of Ferut Mountain.

When Leo returned to the hotel, it was already night. At this time, Sylvia and the others stayed in the hotel room leisurely, doing their own things by the fire. After seeing Leo come back, they were a little absent-minded all day long. Mist and Randall asked Leo how he was doing with the news of the Longhorn Tribe.

Leo didn't say too much, and went straight to the topic: "There is no problem, you can act tonight, you clean it up, you can do it yourself tonight, we are only responsible for getting rid of those who get in the way, so that the people of the Long Horn Tribe can't resist."

"What? Let's do it ourselves?" Both Mister and Randall were stunned, and they didn't react for a while.

Leo replied calmly: "Of course you take revenge yourself. Do you need us to help you in revenge? We have no grudges with the Longhorn Tribe. We only help you because of your relationship with Sylvia."

"This..." The couple of scholars could not help but hesitate at this moment.

From the beginning, they thought that when they took revenge on the Long Horn Tribe, they just had to stand aside, and they didn’t even have to stand aside. Leo and the others would get rid of the Long Horn Tribe, but now they are from Lei Ou's mouth knew that they were the ones who would do it in the end, which made them feel a little uncomfortable.

It's not that they haven't killed people. In fact, on the way to escape to the Northland, they not only killed people, but also killed the monsters in the swamp who tried to eat them, but those people and monsters killed were all on their own. When faced with the choice of life and death, if you don't kill the other party, you will die.

But now from Leo's mouth, they heard that the person they are going to kill tonight will not have any resistance, they just need to insert the sharp weapon into the opponent's vitals, which makes them feel at a loss and feel like a butcher.

Both Mister and Randall wrote their thoughts on their faces. After seeing it, Sylvia sighed and said, "Go back to your room and prepare! By the way, think about it, do you want revenge?"

After listening to Sylvia's suggestion, the two walked out of the room silently without saying anything.

"Hmph! They are really two weak guys. Are you sure you want to bring them with you?" After the two left, Tessa Mocha said quite disdainfully.

Tessa Moka, who grew up on the edge of the mosan wasteland, knows very well what it means to retaliate for injustice, and to retaliate with vengeance. In her opinion, there is no need to hesitate at all for the grievances of Mist and Randall. Leo and the others helped, and even without the help of Leo and the others, they would still try to get rid of the Horned Tribe, so the performance of Mist and Randall seemed to her too weak, and they were not suitable people to be companions. Especially for those things to be done after going to the Faran Empire, bringing these two people will only cause them a lot of trouble.

Sylvia ignored Tessa Mocha's complaints, but looked at Leo and explained: "After arriving at Winterfell, I will arrange for someone to send them to the United Kingdom, and they will not cause us any trouble. "

Leo looked at Sylvia with some puzzlement, and asked, "Since you don't want them to take revenge, why didn't you just persuade them, instead taking such a big detour?"

Sylvia sighed, and said: "I will only misunderstand them by directly persuading them, and they will not listen to other people's persuasion at that time. This kind of thing can only be figured out by themselves." As she spoke, she Looking at Leo, he asked, "Do you think I shouldn't discourage them from taking revenge?"

"Whether they're taking revenge or not doesn't make any sense to me." Leo responded coldly, looked at Sylvia, and said, "I'm just curious, why do you sympathize with the Longhorn tribe?"

"I don't sympathize with them, I just feel..." Sylvia hesitated, and said, "I think what they did might be a good thing."

Hearing Sylvia's answer, both Leo and Tessa Mocha couldn't help but stare at each other, waiting for further explanations from the other party.

"Even if there is no arrest warrant from the Faran Empire and no reward from the Hanosian Alliance, those who decide to flee to the Northland will never survive. All the tribes in the Northland will not allow others to occupy this land." Sylvia explained with a serious expression: "You may not know that more than a hundred years ago, the Hanossa Alliance sent a team to occupy a relatively fertile land near the Black Forest swamp to grow food. As a result, the various tribes in the Northland united together to form a large army, and killed all the people of the Hanossa Alliance. More than 20,000 heads were erected as human head towers. It is known that the Hanossa Alliance was only allowed more than 50 years ago. To restrain those heads, the Hanossa Alliance did not dare to set foot in the north because of this incident. This is why the Hanossa Alliance will not hunt down the mutants after they have passed the Black Forest Swamp."

"There is such a thing." Tessa Mocha said in surprise.

But Leo wasn't too surprised, because he had seen some related records from the old man Rembrandt, and knew a little about this matter, but he didn't know as much as Sylvia.

"Do you think that if those mutants successfully settle down in the Northland this winter, more people will flee to the Northland," Tessa Mocha speculated, "And if those people are killed by the Northlanders, then Han The mutants of the Nossa Alliance will know that the Northland is not safe, and will flee to the south." She was puzzled and said: "But what does this have to do with the revenge of those two people? Even if they took revenge, the mutants Don't you also know that the Northland is not safe?"