The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Is this thing a strange thing?" Sylvia looked carefully at the exquisite patterns on the metal card in her hand, and asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, this should be a wizard's wonder! It's very simple to use." Leo nodded, and told Sylvia what he deduced.

After hearing this, Sylvia couldn't help but want to give it a try, but was immediately stopped by Leo.

"It's too dangerous to use this thing here," Leo said seriously: "The power of this thing must be amazing to be able to use Jabran metal as a carrier."

Hearing Leo's words, Sylvia thought for a while, and did not listen to Leo's dissuasion, but followed Leo's instructions to arouse the power in the card, and then threw it out.

Seeing what Sylvia did, although Leo was capable of stopping it, he didn't do that. Instead, he stood by Sylvia's side and quickly cast several psychic barriers.

In fact, he was also very curious about the power contained in the card, but he didn't try it because of various concerns. Although Sylvia's behavior seemed reckless to her, it was in line with his true intentions. Now all he has to do is to be surprised. When it happens, stop the damage from falling on you.

However, what surprised him was that the explosion scene and dangerous energy he had imagined did not appear. The metal card was suspended in the air as if it had lost gravity, emitting a burst of light that enveloped the entire room. He heard a voice that seemed to be in some unknown language, and it seemed to be meaningless murmuring.

Both Leo and Sylvia felt that this sound appeared a little weird, and wanted to close their hearing, but they found that no matter what method they used to close their hearing, they could always hear these murmurs, as if the sound was directly and It's like they have a soul conversation.

This situation made them alert and checked their physical conditions immediately, but the result made them a little confused, because they didn't find any discomfort, and even their spirits didn't have any abnormalities because of these sounds, as if these sounds were just harmless sounds like.

After this sound lasted for more than an hour, I don't know whether the power that stimulated the metal card was exhausted or the sound was over. The light emitted by the metal card began to weaken and finally disappeared, and the metal card suspended in the air also disappeared. fell to the ground.

"Do you know what this thing is?" Leo walked over to pick up the metal card and looked at it, then turned to Sylvia and asked, "Otherwise, with your personality, it would be impossible to do the kind of thing you just did." Reckless move."

Hearing Leo's question, Sylvia nodded, admitted his guess, and then asked, "Have you heard of the fate card?"

Leo froze for a moment, and the relevant information of the fate card soon appeared in his mind. In fact, Sylvia's inquiry was completely superfluous, because even ordinary people in the world of Velen have more or less heard of the fate card. card story.

Whether it is folklore or church myths, fate cards have been mentioned. In ancient times, many legends were linked to fate cards, and fate cards were even the starting point of a certain legendary story.

Almost all the legends related to fate cards have similar plots. It is nothing more than that after an ordinary person obtains a fate card, it is as if he has received the favor of fate. For this reason, many legendary historical figures have also been linked to the fate card.

For example, the well-known King of Knights in the Vinylon world finally established the Third Dynasty of Faran because of obtaining a destiny card. Opponents came to the fore, and eventually agreed to a dozen independent colonies to establish the Kingdom of America and California.

The theater festival and literary circles in Vinylon World are so enthusiastic about the stories of fate cards that they create them based on the fate cards and look at related stories. Became a pillow story collection.

Although the folks are very enthusiastic about fate cards, many people think that they really have this kind of magical thing that can control fate, and some people even specially made some fate cards and divination methods for divination according to legends, but for the academic world It is completely non-existent to say that the fate card does not exist.

However, hearing Sylvia's question now, Leo felt that Sylvia's question must be inappropriate and pointless, so he confirmed: "You want to say that this thing is a fate card?"

"Maybe." Sylvia was not very sure, and explained: "When I was the adjudicator of the Orthodox Church, I read a lot of books banned by the Orthodox Church. I have mentioned such things as fate cards, and there is even a book with a pattern of a fate card drawn on it, that pattern is very similar to this kind of card, so I want to give it a try."

"Now?" Leo asked curiously: "After trying it now, can you be sure that this is the fate card?"

Sylvia shook her head in embarrassment, and said, "I don't know, because the book doesn't say what kind of reaction you should have after using the fate card? But..."

Saying that, Sylvia hesitated for a moment, and stopped talking.

Leo couldn't help asking: "But what?"

Sylvia thought for a while and said, "But I seem to have heard that voice before."

"Sound?" Leo was a little confused.

"No, it can't be called sound, there should be language." Sylvia added again, but it still seemed inappropriate, and said: "It is both sound and language. It should be one."

"Tell me in more detail." Leo felt that Sylvia's words were like a crazy person talking nonsense, without any logic at all. If there was nothing abnormal about Sylvia's physical condition, he would even doubt it. The movement made by the metal card just now has affected Sylvia's mind.

Sylvia pondered for a moment, sorted out her words, and said, "The light, voice and language produced by the metal card just now are like the oracles obtained by the senior priests of the church. They are all shrouded in sacred light, and they are all Some murmurs that feel meaningless, but they all contain a special language."

"You speak the language of the oracle?" Leo quickly got the answer and confirmed.

Sylvia nodded.

Regarding the information about the oracle language, Leo saw it from some books of wizards. This language itself contains extremely powerful power. As long as it is a senior priest who has obtained the oracle, it can use this language, and some Specific methods of use can allow the clergy to exert extraordinary power. From a certain point of view, this is another Gamore language.

But this language is not without flaws. Only the clergy who have obtained the oracle can use this language. Once the gods take back the oracle, the power of the oracle language possessed by the clergy will also disappear. Master it, and the power contained in it belongs to you completely, and will not be deprived of it by others.

Just like the Gamore language, Leo is also interested in the oracle language, a language that contains mysterious power, and he already knows that the power contained in these metal cards is not dangerous, so he tried to use the other cards Metal cards are activated once.

Just like the first metal card, the other metal cards also made some incomprehensible murmurs after being activated, but both Leo and Sylvia could hear the murmurs in these four cards. It sounds completely different.

"Sounds like it's telling a certain story?" Sylvia guessed based on her feeling.

Leo also nodded his head in agreement, looked at the four metal cards again, and said: "It is not very complicated to trigger the power of these four metal cards, and the people here should be able to do it easily. Obviously, some people have heard the sound of these four card records before us, but now these four cards appear in an ordinary grocery store, and the price is not very expensive, so it means that the previous owner of this thing They all think that this thing is not of great value." Then, he said with some doubts: "Could it be that we overestimated the value of this thing from the beginning?"

"Overestimating the value of this thing?" Sylvia was stunned for a moment, and said, "Didn't you say that even the civilizations in the starry sky might not master the craftsmanship of this Aberron metal?"

"Yes!" Leo nodded and said, "But what if there is a civilization in the Black Forest who has the technology to easily produce and process Aberron metal? For this Black Forest civilization, this metal is like our steel What? Then the value of this Aberron metal is much lower than we estimated, let alone a fate card."

"But those oracle languages..." Sylvia retorted.

"Those whispers are just like the oracle language," Leo interrupted Sylvia, saying, "We can't feel the powerful power that the oracle language should have."

Sylvia retorted: "But this kind of voice itself can be transmitted to the depths of the soul without being blocked, which is powerful enough."

Leo didn't refute Sylvia's words, because this is something he couldn't explain. From this point of view alone, he thinks that overestimating the value of this thing does not exist, because it can penetrate into the depths of the soul without being blocked. Power is extremely powerful in any world.

Sylvia picked up the four cards, looked at them, and said, "Maybe it's because this thing is incomplete, so we can't feel the true power contained in this thing."

Leo also agreed with Sylvia's point of view, and now he can't figure out why this thing is, so he can only temporarily put away these four cards to see if there is a chance to get a complete set of cards in the future.

After that, both Leo and Sylvia refocused on those books. Compared with Sylvia, Leo flipped through the books much faster, and he collected the contents of the book very skillfully and easily. In the database, because these books are very simple and basic books, the content in them will not make people feel difficult, and they can be recorded and understood at the same time.

In just over an hour, Leo had already recorded all the books, but at this time Sylvia had only recorded less than half.

"You should have a selective memory, and you don't have to memorize all the books like me," Leo quickly pulled out four books from the pile of books, handed them to Sylvia, and said, " You only need to memorize these four books! I have just studied a book called History Certificate Examination Materials. According to my analysis, most of the students will learn from these four Select the topics in this book, as long as you master these four books, you can basically obtain a study certificate. We don’t need a high-level study certificate, we only need an elementary study certificate.”

"Is the elementary school certificate enough?" Sylvia was stunned, and asked: "I remember that the scope of activities of the elementary school certificate is only in this public area, but it can go to the upper 30 floors. Not able to leave this public area."

Leo smiled and said, "That's right, it's not enough just to have a junior certificate, but as long as I have the components of a junior certificate, I can turn it into an advanced certificate that allows us to pass without hindrance."

Sylvia frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Can this thing be forged? It shouldn't be easy to forge, right? Otherwise, there would be piles of fake bachelors here!"

"It may be difficult for others to forge this thing, but for me, it is very simple." Leo said confidently, seeing that Sylvia still had a questioning look, he explained: "I think I have seen the certificates of those bachelors hanging around their necks, and I guess that kind of certificate should be some kind of very old identity card, which can be modified."

"Modification? What kind of modification?" Sylvia asked suspiciously.

"A very old read editor is the square iron box we saw at the library entrance."

Sylvia recalled it for a while, and asked: "Didn't you just say that the thing is broken, and it's just a decoration?"

Leo said with a smile: "Yes, that one is broken and can't be used, but it doesn't mean it's the only one here. As long as we find one that can be used, there is a way to modify the identity level of the student certificate."

After hearing what Leo said, Sylvia still didn't quite understand how to make the changes Leo said, but since Leo said that, he must be very sure, so she didn't ask any more questions.

Besides, even if it can't be modified, if the two of them want to get a more advanced certificate, there is no way. The only trouble is that it will take some time.

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So, under the guidance of Leo, Sylvia specifically memorized and understood the four books that were selected. The contents of the four books were also very simple, similar to some basic mechanical subjects and theological knowledge in the Vinylon world. , In many places, only a slight modification of the words and sentences can be used.