The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Do you think there is something wrong here?" Just as the discussion came to an end and everyone was about to swear in accordance with the secret ceremony organized by the organization, a middle-aged man wearing a senior officer's badge suddenly said.

The middle-aged man's sudden question made everyone present feel a little puzzled. They looked at each other and agreed that they didn't find anything wrong.

However, the middle-aged man did not relax just yet. His face was full of tension. Under the gaze of everyone, he walked quickly to the window and looked out the window.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a lot of influence among these people. When he showed nervousness, other people around him also became nervous, watching the middle-aged man, waiting for his response.

The middle-aged man didn't find anything that made him feel wrong from the window, but he was cautious and still didn't give up looking for any suspicious places.

"Something's wrong!" The middle-aged man suddenly opened the window, pointed at the pedestrians on the street outside, and said, "Do you think they are a little weird?"

The people around immediately found a window and looked out, but they couldn't see anything strange about the pedestrians on the street. If they don't know very well that middle-aged people are not neurotic people, they must have discovered something to act so serious.

"Look at their shadows." The middle-aged man knew that his colleagues around him did not see anything unusual, so he reminded him.

Under the reminder of the middle-aged man, everyone discovered a strange situation. The shadows of the pedestrians on the street were all distorted and deformed, not like the shadows of normal people.

"What's going on here?" After everyone discovered the anomaly, they didn't feel any danger, they just thought it was a strange phenomenon.

"I don't know, but this is definitely not a good thing." The middle-aged man also shook his head blankly, feeling a strong sense of unease in his heart, under the influence of this unease, he suggested: "Leave here first. "

Although it felt like the middle-aged man was making a fuss, everyone did not reject the middle-aged man's proposal. After all, all the things that should be discussed have been discussed, and the next step is how to implement it.

So everyone left the room in small groups, went downstairs, and walked outside the tavern.

"Damn? What's going on here?" Soon these people were confused by the strange things that happened before them, because the few people who had just walked out of the door suddenly came back and collided with the people who wanted to leave behind. At the same time, the people who came after found that the street outside the door disappeared, and it was replaced by the interior of the first floor of the tavern. Except for no one, the other furnishings were exactly the same.

Some people do not believe in evil and try to go out again, but no matter how they go out, they will eventually return to the tavern. According to their description, the moment they stepped through the door, the scene in their eyes would change instantly. The tavern on the first floor, which was originally empty, was instantly filled with people, and they returned to the tavern.

Some people saw that it was impossible to go through the main entrance, so they put their minds on the window and tried to climb out of the window, but the result was still the same, and they would still return to the tavern.

Except for a few people with stable personalities who were still able to remain calm, most of the others had panicked expressions on their faces. After all, what happened in front of them was beyond their comprehension.

"This may be witchcraft." At this time, the middle-aged man who first discovered the anomaly seemed to have some understanding of the dark world. When everyone was still in a panic, he said something that made everyone feel Ridiculous answer.

"Claude, you just studied these things before, don't use them to make trouble now." Someone said extremely dissatisfied.

For these middle-level officers of the navy, the so-called gods, wizards, and monsters are all lies, and they have not yet qualified to be in touch with these things. Although they often hear similar rumors, they all It's just telling these kinds of things as some common urban legends.

Also, because of naval reform. The navy has been separated from the religious influence of the Church of Sea God. All the officers are from the Royal Academy, and they are also the most loyal academics. Therefore, in their eyes, the so-called miracles of the church are just some blindfolds. Those legendary witchcraft, Monsters must be tricks.

But not all officers are ignorant of the affairs of the dark world. Among these officers, except for the middle-aged man who spoke first, several other organization candidates and high-level officers have more or less contact with this dark world. So when the middle-aged people said that the situation in front of them was related to witchcraft, they did not express any doubts, but instead showed a serious look on their faces.

"Shut up!" When everyone was questioning the middle-aged man, an organization candidate suddenly stopped everyone's doubts loudly, and then asked the middle-aged man: "Do you think this is a special case?" Was it done by the bureau, or by the royal family?"

Unlike the mid-level and low-level officers around him, the candidate for this organization is already considered a high-level officer. He has more or less received some news that Hoover Hansen will be assassinated because the royal family and Congress are dissatisfied with the navy. To meddle in politics, so directly deal with the naval heroes who are most likely to make a difference in politics, and warn some ambitious people in the navy.

Originally, the organization candidate did not think such rumors were true, but the current situation made him feel that those rumors might be true, because he knew that there was a wizard under the royal family who worked for the royal family, and he was a real wizard .

"I don't know." The middle-aged man named Claude shook his head blankly.

After hearing this, several candidates for the organization turned extremely ugly. They glanced at each other, because in their opinion, if the people from the Special Bureau had created this situation, maybe they would still have a way to survive, but if it was the royal family If not, their ending may only be the same as their leader.

When the naval officers in the tavern fell into chaos, Leo sat in the coffee shop opposite the tavern, quietly waiting for the time to end.

His mood also relaxed a lot at this time, because when he said that these officers under Hoover Hansen were trapped in the tavern, the black silk threads hanging from the sky had almost disappeared, only a few thin gray silk threads scattered Distributed in every corner of the city, obviously these have nothing to do with that disaster.

All Leo has to do now is to wait for time to pass until the catastrophe caused by the power struggle at the top of the kingdom is completely over.

Time passed little by little, the sky gradually darkened, the lamplighters lit the street lamps one by one, some rich people living in the Queens District wore decent clothes and took to the streets, some gorgeously dressed ladies sat in their best carriages , and headed towards the Central Grand Theater in the Ladies District of the Lake.

The Sea Spear Tavern with its closed door didn't attract much attention, because although it was a public tavern, it was also a private club, and there had been incidents of closing taverns for private parties before.

During this period of time, people wearing navy uniforms came to the tavern, but they saw that the door of the tavern was closed. After knocking on the door, they did not go in again.

When this person appeared, it caught Leo's attention, because there was a black thread on top of this person's head, but when the person turned and left, the black thread disappeared. It seems that this person should be sent by the Navy to inform the Hoover Hansen organization that the assassin who killed Hoover Hansen was Mitty Grant.

After nightfall, a small daily behavior of the royal family caused a little accident.

After nightfall, the royal family will let the old wizard Otto scan the entire Durin City through the wizard tower from time to time. Its function is similar to Leo's spiritual net, but it is not as hidden as the spiritual net, but very public. When scanning, the energy wave emanating from the wizard tower collided with the surrounding energy, producing a gorgeous light similar to the aurora.

The reason why the royal family did this was nothing more than to give a warning to those in the dark world in Dulin City, telling them to be more honest, and it was also to show the heritage and strength of the royal family.

However, for those who don't know the reason, this is a visual feast, a blessing from heaven to Dulin City, and it has become a late-night scene of Dulin City over time.

Undoubtedly, when this wave of energy swept across the Sea Spear Tavern, the Turing magic circle that Leo arranged here inevitably had friction with this sweeping energy.

This kind of friction did not cause any adverse effects on the magic circle arranged by Leo, but the flames produced by the energy friction were extremely eye-catching. From the perspective of ordinary people, the entire Sea Spear Tavern seemed to be surrounded by a group of colorful flames, which was extremely gorgeous. It didn't disperse for a long time, which made a large number of spectators gather here very quickly.

The moment Leo saw the abnormal phenomenon, he knew that there was some small trouble, so before other people paid attention to it, he changed the Turing magic circle in the Sea Spear Tavern and added a few special symbols. The text trap strengthens the power of the entire magic circle.

Although the colorful flames surrounding the tavern weakened and disappeared with the passage of time, the crowds gathered here did not decrease. Some curious people wanted to enter the tavern, or knock on the door or window, but they Got no response. If it weren't for someone watching, maybe some good-natured people among them had already climbed upstairs along the pillars to see if they could enter the tavern through the open windows upstairs.

However, these good-natured people were soon dispersed, because the police, special bureaus and people from the navy all rushed here one after another.

When they arrived, they did not enter the tavern in a hurry, but dispersed the surrounding onlookers. The police were instructed to set up a blockade line at the outermost edge to prevent other unrelated people from entering, while the special bureau and the internal investigation team of the Navy were in charge of the interior. business investigation.

Although both the Special Bureau and the Naval Investigation Team belonged to the kingdom's officialdom, their relationship seemed to be very bad. After the onlookers were dispersed and the police were ordered to leave, the two sides began to argue head-to-head.

The Special Bureau stated that this was an incident caused by extraordinary forces, and all the extraordinary forces in the kingdom were under the management of the Special Bureau, while the Navy Investigation Team believed that this tavern was the property of the admiral and also a private club for naval officers. This tavern is handed over to the Special Bureau.

When the two sides were in dispute, people from the royal family also came, and the people from the royal family were led by the old wizard Otto, but this time he did not wear the eye-catching wizard robe, but a very ordinary one. Long coat.

It's no wonder that the royal family paid so much attention to it, because the energy friction reaction between the rune magic circle in the tavern and the wizard's tower was too great, and it also appeared very abruptly, which made the royal family have to pay attention to the situation here.

After coming here, the old wizard Otto did not participate in the scramble for the jurisdiction of the tavern. He just glanced at the tavern, and he already had an opinion in his heart. Leo in a café.

"Mr. Leo, is this your handwriting?" The old wizard Otto signaled his men to disperse to maintain order, then walked up to Leo, and asked.

"Yes." Leo nodded and admitted truthfully.

"Did someone offend you in the tavern?" The old wizard sat beside Leo, picked up the teapot on the table, got a cup of tea, and asked tentatively.

"No." Leo simply responded.

"Then you do this..." The old wizard looked at Leo in puzzlement.

"This is not a trouble caused by your royal family and the Congress." Leo waited angrily for a look at the old wizard, which made the old wizard look dazed, not knowing what Leo meant.

After seeing the old wizard's expression, Leo froze for a moment, stretched out his hand to gather his spiritual energy and quickly drew a Turing radical in the air, forming a sound-isolated environment, and then heard in a deep voice: "You don't know about the assassination?" About Hoover Hansen?"

"Assassinate Hoover Hansen?" The old wizard was completely confused by Leo's words. He never thought that Leo's blockade of the tavern had something to do with the assassination of Hoover Hansen.

Although the old wizard stayed in the wizard tower all year round and rarely participated in the kingdom's politics, he also knew how much sensation the assassination of Hoover Hansen had caused in the kingdom some time ago, and how much it had caused. big impact.

Just like all ordinary people who don't understand the situation, he also thinks that the people who assassinated Hoover Hansen are the avengers from the Mosang Continent, but now from Leo's words, he realizes that things may not be as he expected As simple as it seems, the royal family and parliament seem to be involved.

With doubts and curiosity in his mind, the old wizard couldn't help asking about the cause and effect, and Leo was not stingy, and carefully explained what he knew and speculated, which made the old wizard frown.

There is no doubt that no matter how you look at it, the actions of the royal family and parliament are despicable and shameless, and the consequences are so bad that people want to kill the person who carried out this matter.

The old wizard never doubted the weapon that Leo said could destroy the entire city, because he had seen records of similar weapons in the tower wizard's notes, and now he was in awe of the power of this mysterious weapon, What is more in my heart is the anger generated by the power struggle of some people who almost died inexplicably.