The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The old seagull in Bokadi is a living legend on the sea. As a person who was born and raised in Bokadi, an important port city in the Kingdom of Sigmar, he became a sailor like most of the people in the city, making a living at sea.

Like most of the sailors from Kingdom of Sigmar, in the last sea battle between Kingdom of Sigmar and Kingdom of Engel, he was recruited into the army and served on the battleship of Kingdom Intrepid, participating in almost all the major battles of that sea battle.

During the war, the Intrepid was sunk by the Kingdom of England. Because he was hit on the head by the beam on the ship, he was unconscious. When he woke up, he had drifted to a desert island.

The life on the island afterwards was the most legendary experience in his life. He changed from a simple sailor to an expert in wilderness survival. Numerous near-death situations allowed him to master various survival skills. In particular, he also found treasures left by previous pirates on the island.

After living on the island for nearly three years, he almost forgot everything in the civilized world, and when he became a primitive savage, a merchant ship appeared in his field of vision, and he will prepare for three years. The SOS bonfire was lit, and eventually he was rescued and returned to civilized society.

After returning to civilized society, he proved his identity to the city government of Bocadi, received a salary from the Sigma Navy Department for his military service, and used the salary to rent a boat and returned to the island. The pirate treasure was transported back, and he became a rich man in Bokadi, and his legendary experience was also spread in Bokadi, and even some people in the neighboring cities of the Sigma Kingdom had heard his stories, But don't know him.

After living comfortably, Old Seagull wrote down his experience, edited it into a book at his own expense, and then sold it in Bokadi, which has a certain reputation.

What he didn't expect was that his book was very popular, not only loved by people in the Kingdom of Sigma, but also loved by people from other countries, and even drama clubs in many countries specially adapted his stories into For a while, he changed from a lucky rich man to a best-selling novelist and adventurer.

After gaining fame and benefits, he also gained a certain social status, and even became a municipal councilor. He also married a noble lady, obtained the title of nobility, and lived the life that everyone dreamed of.

However, the old seagull was unwilling to live peacefully on the shore like this. He regarded himself as a boy on the sea since he was a child, and thought that he should live on the sea, so after his son was born and grew up to a certain level, he spent a lot of money He built a three-masted clipper for himself, recruited a group of experienced old sailors, took risks while running business, and gradually made a good reputation at sea.

The old seagull's reputation mainly comes from his sea adventures. After experiencing that life on a deserted island, he seems to have been blessed by the sea god. Plants and animals thought to be extinct.

For this reason, the School of Medicine and some collectors will find Old Seagull specifically, and buy the precious animal and plant models and seeds that Old Seagull has on hand at a high price. Nearly half of them come from plant specimens found by Old Seagull.

After decades of cooperation, Old Seagull has already gained a lot of reputation in this industry, and he can be regarded as a top figure in the industry.

This time, the old seagull accepted the entrustment of the medical school and went to a very mysterious island to capture a creature that had become extinct in Velen. This creature was called the ancient badger.

This is not the first time that Old Seagull has captured ancient badgers. In the past, he has captured ancient badgers for medical schools and collectors four times, but this time the task required to capture a living ancient badger. This is the first time. It was also something that made him feel tricky.

Because of the super high value, the old seagull has specially studied the ancient badger, which is extinct in Velen. The most valuable thing about the ancient badger is its heart and stomach. main cause of extinction.

The heart of the ancient badger can concoct a very miraculous life potion, which has a strong effect on delaying aging and increasing lifespan, and when life is dying, such a bottle of potion made from the heart of the ancient badger can act To the role of life-saving. And the stomach of the ancient badger is no worse than the heart, because the stomach of the ancient badger can be used to make an antidote, and the effect is no worse than the life potion made from the heart. So far, no such antidote has been found Insoluble poison.

More than 300 years ago, after the last clearly recorded ancient badger was hunted and killed by the hunting team of the royal family of France, no such indigenous creature as the ancient badger was seen on the continent of Velen. In the biological catalog, the ancient badger is also defined as an extinct creature.

Because of this, when the old seagull made a specimen of an ancient badger corpse a few years ago, and took out the heart and stomach for auction, it caused a great sensation in the Vinylon world. For this reason, the old seagull even boarded various Newspaper front page cover.

But after that, all kinds of troubles came one after another. Not only the dignitaries of the Kingdom of Sigma asked him for the organs and specimens of the ancient badger, but even some powerful foreign forces who could not be offended were using various means to blackmail him. With the help of Vinylon School of Medicine, he blocked the pressure from the outside world. In return, the old seagull needed to record all kinds of novel creatures he discovered and hand them over to the School of Medicine for statistics.

However, even though the medical school blocked the big troubles for him, there were still many small troubles appearing around him from time to time, which made him feel very annoyed, so he simply remodeled his ship, turning him into a The big sailboat allows me to spend most of my time at sea, avoiding those troubles.

This time, originally he was not going to accept the order from the medical school, because the person who gave him the order was a very radical school in the medical school. There are many rumors that the great plague that has appeared in Miria City is caused by the Villen School of Medicine.

But this time, the person who came to him showed something, which was a token of a big shot in the medical school who helped him back then. He was very grateful to that big shot, so he had to accept the order.

"Boss, how far is it?" When the old seagull was sitting on the wine barrel in the bow thinking about something, the first officer stepped forward and greeted the old seagull.

"When it's time to arrive, it will naturally arrive." The old seagull replied flatly.

The first mate pouted and didn't ask any more questions, because he knew very well that even if he asked again, the old seagull would not answer.

In fact, the chief mate has been with the old seagull for ten years. Under the leadership of the old seagull, he has traveled to many deserted islands and seen many magical creatures. His experience in the sea is rich enough for any The country's fleet is the captain. In fact, people from the navies of the Kingdom of England and the French Empire have come to him, hoping to recruit him to the navies of the two countries as senior fleet officials.

But the chief mate never agreed to any invitation. The reason why he abandoned the high-ranking official and rich salary and remained on the old seagull's boat was because he wanted to understand one thing, which was the mysterious island with all kinds of extinct creatures. Where is it at sea.

Before that, he had followed the old seagull to that mysterious island three times, and three times he only dared to stay on the shore, not daring to go deep into the jungle on the island. Things, the old seagulls will take them away from the island, as if there is something terrible on the island that will appear at night.

After that, when he went to that sea area, the mysterious island that existed before had disappeared.

This is not the part that confuses the chief mate the most. What puzzles him is that the sea area where the island appears is never fixed, and it appears in different sea areas three times. The most amazing thing is that the old seagull can accurately find where the island is located.

The situation is the same this time. After receiving the order from the medical school, the old seagull led them to run around in the sea near the border of the Kingdom of England, as if waiting for something, which made him suspicious of the mysterious Will the island be an island on the back of a turtle like in the legend of Bakba.

The legend of Bakba is a very popular legend in the Mosang continent. According to the legend, the world is on the back of an extremely huge sea turtle. The sea turtle carries the whole world in the sea of ​​stars, surrounded by the sun and the moon.

He is now thinking that maybe the mysterious island is also on the back of the turtle. Normally, it will sink into the sea with the turtle, and will not come up from the bottom of the sea until a certain moment, and the old seagull can foresee the island coming up. Time, this also confirmed the rumors about the old seagull being blessed by the sea god.

Although the chief mate's thoughts are hidden very deeply, how can the old seagull not see his thoughts, but in his opinion, the purpose of the chief mate may never be realized, and he can just use this to gain an experience Rich, competent and reliable first mate.

In fact, even he himself didn't know how he found the island. As the outside world speculates, he may have really received the blessing of the Sea God. As long as he is on the sea, he can feel where the island exists. Where can I get supplies, and sometimes he can even sense the arrival of a storm a day in advance, which is the main reason why he has not had any accidents in the sea for so many years.

This time, after receiving the order and boarding his sailboat, the old seagull sensed the possible time and location of the mysterious island. Instead of getting the clear location of the mysterious island as before, I got some vague feeling that the mysterious island is near me, but it is extremely far away.

In this strange state, the old seagull drove his boat back and forth in this sea area, looking for the location of the mysterious island, but he couldn't find anything from the beginning to the end, but the mysterious island has already disappeared. The feeling of appearing and being by his side is always lingering in his mind, making him hesitate whether he should give up.

Just when the first mate asked for the third time how long it would take to find the mysterious island, his inner hesitation turned into determination. If he could not find the island tomorrow, he would return. This is not only because he feels that this matter has become a bit weird, but also because he can't help it. The morale of the men on board is somewhat low. If they continue to drift aimlessly in this sea area, something may happen.

"Oh! God, what is that? Look, look, what is that!" At this moment, the watchman on the observation deck at the top of the mast suddenly let out an exclamation, and then pointed to the distant sky and shouted loudly .

Everyone looked into the distance in the direction pointed by the watchman, and saw a huge black object appearing in the distant sky. This object quickly became clearly visible from blurred, and finally appeared in the form of a huge island In the eyes of everyone on board.

The island completely appeared in the air and fell to the sea below. From a distance, it looked like seeing a gradually sinking warship in the depths of the sea. It was so spectacular and terrifying.

"What the hell are you looking at, the bow immediately turned, the sails were furled, all the ballast was placed in the bilge, everyone tied themselves to the mast, and prepared to deal with the tsunami!" Right in front of everyone's eyes When the scene was shocked, the old seagull was the first to wake up. He immediately uttered a loud roar, awakening everyone from the shock, and then immediately gave instructions.

Hearing the old seagull's orders, everyone realized that the spectacular scene in the distant sky was a disaster of death for them, because judging from the situation of the island's whereabouts, it would definitely cause a huge disaster that had never been seen before. tsunami.

Although fear has filled the hearts of all sailors, they are still well-trained to quickly move the ballast according to the old seagull's instructions, and then tie themselves to the mast, because they know very well that if they follow the old seagull's instructions If you can't survive by doing it, other methods are also a dead end.

When everyone was tied to the mast and prepared for the tsunami, the huge island that appeared in the sky had already landed on the sea level, and it seemed that it was about to fall into the sea.

But when everyone was praying to all the gods in memory for the doom they would encounter, their gods seemed to have heard their prayers, and the expected tsunami did not appear because the island fell on the sea At the same time, it scattered like turning into dust, and at the same time, a gust of breeze was blown in all directions until the entire island disappeared, the end of the sea level.

Everyone was stunned, and it took a long time to react. The emotions of the rest of their lives filled everyone's hearts in an instant, making them who were tied to the mast cry and laugh like crazy, and their emotions were completely out of control. .

The old seagull is also immersed in this strong emotion of survival, but he has had the experience of surviving after a catastrophe before, and with so many years of experience, his emotions are far more stable than others, and he has more control over his mentality. Much stronger, too, and quickly steadied himself, running to the stern as he unhooked himself from the mast, and looked over in the direction of the falling island.