The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The airship flew very fast, and it flew completely out of the territory directly under the French royal family in just half a day, and arrived at the nearby province of Joseph, which is the closest to the Black Forest.

Although Leo and Silvia really wanted to drive the airship directly into the Black Forest, the fuel and state on the airship were not enough to support them to continue their journey.

According to the people on the airship, they were originally planning to fly the airship for a flight test around the city, which was a short-distance flight. The structure and manufacturing materials of the airship itself were not capable of long-distance and high-speed flight. It has reached the limit that the airship can bear, and Leo's mental network has already sensed that many connection points on the airship have become loose, and it seems that it will fall apart in a short time.

In addition, the fuel tank of this short-range airship is very small. If it is only flying around the city at a normal speed, judging by the amount of charcoal in the fuel tank, it is enough for this airship to conduct dozens of flight tests, but Leo and Sylvie From the very beginning, Ya let the airship fly at the highest speed, and the fuel consumed naturally doubled. It is already very good to be able to fly out of the royal family's territory and enter the Joseph province.

After confirming the situation, Leo and Sylvia decided to land the airship before heading to the Black Forest from land.

After making a decision, Sylvia found a clearing in the outskirts of an unknown town and landed.

However, when the airship landed, something unexpected happened suddenly. A large number of birds flew out of the forest in the mountain, and rushed towards the airship like crazy, trying to attack this giant wrapped in iron with flesh and blood.

"Damn it, why did the bird disaster suddenly break out?" Seeing a large number of birds forming a black cloud and rushing towards the airship madly, Sylvia accelerated the speed of landing.

Originally, Leo and Sylvia didn't have any unusual accidents after seeing the airship flying out of Winterfell City, so they thought that this airship was the same as the author of Louis X, and added some means to prevent birds from attacking. The smooth flight afterwards also seemed to confirm their guesses, but now it seems that their guesses seem to be wrong.

"Continue to land, and leave them to me." Although the airship has landed at the fastest speed, it still cannot compare with the attack speed of the birds. When the birds touch the airship, Leo said to Sylvia , and then a fantasy of a stone throne formed in his mind.

A power emanated from him in an instant. This power was somewhat similar to the power shrouded in the Faran Palace, but it was very different. The biggest difference was that the power in the palace was extremely powerful, powerful enough to block the All the extraordinary power, but the power emanating from Leo's body is obviously incomparable.

Furthermore, the power in the palace cannot be felt by ordinary people, and even ordinary people can feel Leo's power, and even be affected. For example, the captives in the cabin cannot bear the impact of this power on the spirit. , one by one passed into a coma.

Ordinary people are still unable to resist the mental impact of this force, and the birds that come close are naturally even more irresistible. They fall to the ground one by one like rain, and soon all the nearby birds attracted by the airship are all gone. Fell to the ground.

Seeing that the threat was gone, Sylvia also adjusted the speed of landing, and soon the airship landed firmly on the ground.

Leo destroyed the rudder on the airship, in case the people they captured later would drive the airship to a nearby town and spread their news, causing unnecessary trouble.

"Judging from our current location, this is either Bint Town or Bulli Town, which is a remote town. Let's go to the town to see if there is a carriage? Maybe we can go directly to the Black Forest by taking the timber road." Sylvia said from The flight deck looked at the small town looming in the distance below the mountain, and said.

Although Leo knew a lot about the geography of the various provinces in France from books, he knew very little about the actual situation, so he didn't have anything to add to Sylvia's proposal, but nodded in agreement.

After the two untied the unconscious captives, they left the airship and quickly rushed towards the small villages and towns down the mountain.

Although the mountain road was difficult, it was nothing to the two of them. It took less than a quarter of an hour to walk out of the mountain forest and enter the small town.

At this time, the people in the town were talking about the commotion caused by the large flock of birds just now. Because Leo and the others were blocked by a small hill, they didn't see the airship. Something that caused the flock of birds to fly around in shock.

From the conversations of people in the town, both Leo and Sylvia knew that not long ago, a mutant out of control and cannibalism happened in their place. Although the mutant was solved in time by the special operations department of the empire, but The impact on the ordinary people in the small town has not subsided until now. When everyone saw the strange movement of the birds, they took out all kinds of weapons and were on alert, as if something unexpected would happen at any time It's like fighting.

Under such circumstances, the arrival of the two foreigners, Leo and Sylvia, naturally attracted the attention of the people from the town, but they didn't have any bad thoughts towards them, because they both wore Scholar costumes, moreover high-ranking scholar costumes, have an extraordinary status within the empire.

"You two scholars, did you come to Bint Town because of the commotion that happened on the mountain just now?" The mayor of the town immediately rushed over after hearing the news from his subordinates. As a local official, he easily came from They were identified as royal scholars by their scholars' clothes, and they immediately approached them and asked humbly.

Seeing that the mayor of the town misunderstood the identities of the two of them, Sylvia decided to plan and said in a very pure imperial aristocratic accent, "Yes, we are here for the things on the mountain."

Hearing Sylvia's words, the mayor of the small town immediately showed a worried look on his face. Obviously, the mutant cannibalism that happened before cast a huge shadow on him.

Sylvia went on to say: "But you don't have to worry, the matter has been resolved, and other people will come to clean up the mess in a few days. You'd better tell the people in the town not to go up the mountain for a few days, so as not to cause anything to happen. Accident."

The mayor of the small town couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay! I will definitely restrict the people in the town from going up the mountain."

Sylvia ordered again: "In addition, our mounts are no longer usable. I need you to prepare the best carriage in town."

"Yes, yes, I'll send someone to prepare it immediately." The mayor of the town dared to ask anything when he heard the order, and hurriedly took people to prepare the carriage for Sylvia and Leo.

After the two waited for a while, they saw a gorgeous carriage pulled by four strong pack animals approaching and parked in front of them, and then the mayor of the town jumped off the carriage.

Sylvia wrote an IOU casually, then took out the scholar's badge and printed it on the note, handed it to the mayor of the town, and said, "In a few days, someone will come to deal with the matter on the mountain, you take this Give him the IOU, and he will return the car to you."

Before, the mayor of the town had some doubts about the identities of Sylvia and Leo. After all, the royal scholars appeared in the mountains to deal with those mysterious things, and there was no one to protect them. Sylvia's demeanor dispelled his doubts. He glanced at the loan, then put it in his pocket, and said, "Old Heel is the best carriage driver in our town..."

"No need!" Sylvia shook her head, jumped into the carriage, signaled the driver to leave, and after Leo boarded the carriage, she flicked the reins and skillfully controlled the carriage to the road leading to the Timber Avenue. superior.

Seeing Sylvia driving away by herself, the town mayor's already weakened suspicion resurfaced, but he soon realized that it was useless to doubt now, and he could only hope that he would really be like Sylvia in a few days. Someone came here to deal with things on the mountain as Ya said.

As the mayor of the town said, the carriage he brought out was indeed the best carriage. Not only was the latest anti-vibration spring installed on the carriage, but the material used to make the carriage was still the finest red iron wood. Tough and extremely wear-resistant, it is even better than steel in some special places.

In addition, the four pack animals of the carriage are also old pack animals, who know how to choose the road to run, how to reduce the vibration when pulling the cart, and how to cooperate with each other to make the cart go fast.

After the carriage reached the timber avenue, the speed of the carriage also began to accelerate with Sylvia's driving. According to this speed, it would only take a day at most for them to reach the border of the Black Forest.

The Timber Avenue is the main road in the northern provinces of the empire. This road runs through the seven provinces in the northern part of the empire. It reaches the East Coast in the east and the Black Forest in the west. This road is also one of the most important commercial routes in the empire.

The reason why this avenue is called a timber avenue is that when it was built, it was a temporary road specially used to transport the timber needed for the construction of the imperial capital, but the builders at that time never thought that this road would eventually be preserved and become a The main road of the empire.

At that time, there was still a large virgin forest outside the Black Forest, and there were a lot of precious wood in the forest. These woods were very suitable for making some wooden structures, and also suitable for making high-end furniture. Whether it is royal or folk, almost all the wood used comes from the virgin forest outside the Black Forest.

However, no matter how luxuriant the forest is, it is impossible to withstand hundreds of years of logging. Now, the timber transported by this timber road has rarely seen timber. Most of them are the products of the plantations, and some rare specialties of the Black Forest.

This world has never been short of people who take risks for money. Although everyone knows that the Black Forest is dangerous, there are still many people who are willing to venture into the Black Forest, because they only need to bring out a precious Black Forest item alive, whether it is Plants, animals, or even a stone that has never been seen outside can get an amazing fortune.

Dashu Town is such a town in the Black Forest mainly for adventurers. Just like the Rabbit Town that Leo had been to, it is a town built for the resources in the Black Forest. The difference in Pi Town is that this town is mainly for those rare animals and plants deep in the Black Forest.

No one knows why the adventurers in Dashu Town are able to repeatedly obtain something in the Black Forest. They only know that if they want any precious items related to the Black Forest, they can just find the adventurers in Dashu Town. The only flaw is the price. Some expensive.

People in Dashu Town have always made a living by doing this, and each generation will take over the duties of their parents and become adventurers in the Black Forest.

They travel through the Black Forest with the method passed down from their ancestors. As long as they do not violate the rules of the Black Forest, most of them can walk out of the Black Forest alive. Only those outsiders who do not respect the Black Forest will be captured by the Black Forest and become Black Forest. part of the forest.

However, in the past one or two years, the adventurers in Dashu Town have also become uneasy, because they found that the methods handed down from their ancestors have become a little unstable, and sometimes they can achieve very good results. But sometimes it was useless. This change also caused a lot of casualties among the adventurers in Dashu Town, which in turn had a negative impact on the population of Dashu Town.

It is precisely for this reason that the town council of Dashu Town has also begun to discuss whether it should change careers, and no longer make a living by venturing into the Black Forest to find all kinds of precious creatures.

For Dashu Town, although it is difficult to change careers, it is not impossible to do more. After all, every household in Dashu Town has been in this business for many years, and if they can survive, they must have accumulated some money on hand. Now, it is not difficult to change into a plantation.

It’s just that the vast majority of people in the town are still coveting the huge bounty for the unique creatures of the Black Forest, especially the changes in the Black Forest over the years not only affect Dashu Town, but all the towns around the Black Forest have been destroyed. It has been affected, and this has also made the unique animals and plants of the Black Forest on the market scarce during the day, and the purchase price has also risen steadily. The latest price is more than ten times higher than in the past, which can be described as huge profits.

Therefore, the discussion about changing careers has been carried out for the fourth time, and there is still no result. Even before this parliamentary discussion, another adventure team composed of seven veterans had an accident in the Black Forest, and those who were fascinated by the interests The sane man wakes up.

Although there was no result on the topic of career change, the members of the parliament discussed another issue, which was the treatment of foreign adventurers.

Because the price of Black Forest specialties has risen to an astonishing level, many adventurers from other places have also focused on the Black Forest. They have come outside the Black Forest to look for opportunities to enter the forest. Before, the small towns around the Black Forest were their footholds, and Dashu Town was one of them.