The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the early morning, sitting in the restaurant of the hotel, Leo drank his morning tea, picked up the newspaper that had been ironed by the waiter, and flipped through it. The news on the front page was that the ship of the spiritual drama troupe had an accident. News of the capsizing of the river's estuary.

Seeing this news, Leo didn't have to think too much about it, he knew it must be Vaschi's revenge, and judging from the follow-up news reports that there were no casualties, it was clear that although Vaschi was extremely angry, he was still able to control his emotions and did not go down. Stand firm, otherwise, with Vashj's ability and the environment in the water, even if Mitty Grant cannot be killed, it is not difficult to kill those members of her regiment.

After flipping through the page of the headline on the front page, you can see that the next page is the follow-up report of the last performance of the British Kingdom Tour by the Spiritual Drama Troupe. In the edition of Urban Oddities, some newspapers did not even record this incident.

Two days have passed since the last performance of the spiritual theater troupe. For the people in Dulin City, life is still the same as before. They don't feel at all that they are facing a catastrophe two days ago , almost died in his sleep.

However, for the senior management of the Kingdom of England, these two days have been very turbulent, because the political development of the senior management of the Kingdom has been dazzling, and they have no clue at all. Big things happen.

Anderson Lehman, the Chief of Logistics of the Navy, announced his retirement, which became the first news that disturbed the political situation of the Kingdom of England. After Hoover Hansen was assassinated, almost everyone believed that the next chief of staff would inevitably fall on Anderson Lehman. body.

Because Anderson Lehman was the first choice in terms of qualifications and prestige. Although he was somewhat disadvantaged in terms of age and was too old, there was no problem in taking the position of chief of staff for a few years.

But no one thought that Anderson Lehman would take the initiative to submit an application for retirement, let alone that the application for retirement was passed so quickly at the highest meeting of the Navy Department, and it only needs to be submitted to the Congress and the royal family to make some formalities Discussions on the website, stamped, will take effect immediately.

Soon some people linked the retirement of Anderson Lehman, the Naval Department quickly passed this matter, and the assassination of Hoover Hansen, although the contradiction between Anderson Lehman and Hoover Hansen was The internal conflicts of the high-level navy do not mean that outsiders do not know about it. In fact, the enmity between the two high-level navy is often talked about by the residents of the kingdom after dinner, but now it has become a bright face because of one death and one retirement. things up.

Many people believed that Hoover Hansen was killed by a killer hired by Anderson Lehman. Some newspapers who feared that the world would not be chaotic also discussed these matters with great fanfare. Call the name and submit a bill to the House of Commons to investigate whether Anderson Lehman was involved in the death of Hoover Hansen.

Judging from the contents disclosed in the newspapers, the situation of Anderson Lehman seems to be very bad. He may be arrested and investigated at any time, or even convicted and imprisoned. All the comments were made by some insignificant people, and the newspapers that reported it were only third-rate newspapers. None of the most mainstream newspapers in Dulin City reported these things. It can be seen that the situation of Anderson Lehman is not very bad.

In addition to the retirement of high-level navy officials, more than 20 people in the royal family, members of Congress, and government officials have also chosen to retire or resign in the past two days. The positions of these 20 people are undoubtedly positions of real power. The reasons for retirement are the same, they all say that one's body is no longer suitable for heavy work and so on.

It would be fine if the person who said this was in his sixties or seventies, but the youngest person who said these words was only in his twenties, and the oldest was only in his thirties, and they all belonged to the young and strong school. Work feels overwhelming.

It's just that the people who really care about the reasons for the resignation of these officials and congressmen are only ordinary people who have nothing to do. For the high-level dignitaries of the kingdom, the most important thing is the final ownership of the more than 20 vacant positions.

It is conceivable that in a short period of time in the future, these positions of real power will become the targets of the high-level factions in the kingdom, and the high-level struggle will also become a field of Shura.

After seeing these reports, Leo began to think about going to the Minsk mainland immediately after returning to Port of Sete, so as to avoid being involved in the struggle of the high-level kingdom. After all, no one knows if there will be a fool who wants to show himself The ability, use him as the background wall.

At the same time, he would also suggest that Jason and the others avoid this high-level struggle first, and go abroad for a while. After all, who can be sure that those who are obsessed with power will do anything outrageous, such as Hoover Han Sen's organization candidates.

At noon of the next day, Leo contacted the rune magic circle around the Sea Spear Tavern after confirming that Mitty Grant was far away from Durin City, and released everyone trapped in the tavern.

And all kinds of strange things that happened inside and outside the Sea Spear Tavern that night were covered up, and even the newspapers were only published in the entertainment editions of some third-rate newspapers.

Although there was nothing wrong with the bodies of the released trapped people, they suffered some mental damage, and it seemed that something bad happened to them when they were trapped, which made everyone's expressions look a little bit strange after they were released. eccentric.

Perhaps because they didn't want these followers of Hoover Hansen to do anything out of the ordinary, the high-ranking navy used the excuse that their spirits were not good to force these middle and low-level officers to take a vacation, but this incident caused some newspapers to complain. Pay attention, and report it, even linking it to the resignation of Andreessen Lehman.

"You are such a troublemaker!" Just as Leo put the newspaper aside and was in urgent need of food in front of him, Frank Fussen, who had just entered the restaurant, went straight to his side, sat down familiarly, and was not polite Said to Leo.

Leo looked at Frank Fussen coldly, without refuting.

"This high-level turmoil will not subside for a long time, and it will spread to the colonies. In order to stabilize the situation, my retirement application has been temporarily put on hold." Frank Fusen said angrily.

For others, the director of the Special Bureau is a high-ranking position, but for Frank Fussen, this is just his burden. He can't wait to get rid of this burden. The retirement application was put on hold at this time, and he had to sit in this headache-inducing position indefinitely.

"Congratulations." Leo stared at Frank Fussen for a while before saying something that made the veins pop on his forehead.

Frank Fussen said angrily: "This is not something to be happy about."

"But I feel that you are enjoying it." Leo retorted.

Regarding Leo's rebuttal, Frank Fussen felt both angry and funny, and said in a deep voice: "Where did you see that I am enjoying it?"

"If not, you can drop everything and leave directly. I don't think the orders of the royal family and the Congress can affect you." Leo's eyes seemed to be able to see through Frank Fusen's inner thoughts. He continued: "You are simply reluctant to part with the rights in your hands now. For a person who has already enjoyed the pleasure of rights, it may not be an easy task to give up the rights in your hands."

Frank Fussen did not refute, but fell silent.

He had to admit in his heart that what Leo said was indeed correct, deep down in his heart he really couldn't let go of those rights in his hands, even if those rights were left unused.

At this moment, Otto, a fashionably dressed old wizard in a straight coat, also came in from outside the restaurant and sat next to Leo. After looking at Frank Fussen, he turned to Leo and said, "You have a bad idea." Those guys have been settled, and the royal family and Congress have reached another agreement with the navy. The navy should not carry out any arrests for Mitty Grant in a short time, but it is not clear whether it will happen in the future gone."

"There's no need to tell me these things. I won't interfere in this matter anymore. Even if there is another disaster here in the future, I won't care about it." Leo stated his attitude mercilessly.

Hearing Leo's words, what the old wizard originally wanted to say was blocked in his throat and he couldn't say it.

He came to find Leo this time because an important person in the royal family wanted to meet Leo, but now it seems that it is obviously not a good idea to let Leo meet with that important person, because he knows the character of that royal family. , coupled with Leo's attitude at the moment, without much thought, he can be sure that there will be a conflict, which will actually create an enemy for the royal family.

Thinking of this, the old wizard gave up his original idea, and then, as if looking for something to say, he asked about the time and place of the follow-up potion transaction.

And Frank Fussen, who had no intention of retiring, was also very concerned about the pharmaceutical matter. After all, it was related to the lives of those under him, so he also joined in.

Leo knew very well that these two people should want to get more wizard potions from him, but he didn't plan to increase the shipments of wizard potions, but he also didn't plan to let go of the two best buyers in front of him. , so he tried to sell his rune magic circle.

"Is that the witchcraft you used yesterday?" Compared to Frank Fusen, the old wizard Otto had personally seen the effect of Leo's use of the rune magic circle, although he also had a way to crack the rune magic circle at that time. The mirror world of manufacture, but definitely not easy. Even if he faced the rune magic circle, other ordinary family members or extraordinary people, if they couldn't find the correct way to leave, would probably be the same as the people trapped in the tavern that day. They could only wait for the power of the magic circle to disappear. out of trouble.

The old wizard had always thought that the witchcraft should be very difficult to use, so although he was very angry with the witchcraft, he never thought about asking about its details, but now he found out from Leo's mouth that the one he thought The very special witchcraft seems to be as mass-produced as the wizard potion, and it seems that it can also be used by other people, which makes him feel very novel, and also transfers his interest in wizard potion to this.

Although Frank Fussen has never seen Leo use the rune magic circle, he can feel the anticipation of the other party from the expression of the old wizard. In addition, he has also heard about the Sea Spear Tavern, so he is also very interested in Leo. I am interested in this kind of rune magic circle that can trap people in a small place.

Under the expectant gaze of the two, Leo took out two rune traps and placed them on the table. Frank Fussen and the old wizard each picked up a rune trap and looked at it carefully.

When the two of them checked the rune traps, Leo also introduced the effects of these two rune traps.

These two rune traps are not the rune magic array that banned the tavern that day, but just two simple rune traps, which are triggered by themselves, and more importantly, no longer only Leo's spiritual power can activate this rune. Rune trap, any kind of energy can be used as a medium to activate the rune trap.

"How's the power of this thing?" Although Frank Fussen's overall strength may be slightly better than that of the old wizard, his knowledge and eyesight are obviously not comparable to the old wizard's, and he can't see the composition of this rune trap. He was able to put it down and asked Leo a key question directly.

Leo replied in a deep voice: "The freezing trap in your hand, after it is triggered, can instantly freeze the person who triggered it. As for how long it can be frozen, there is no constant time."

Frank Fussen thought for a while and asked, "So what about me?"

Leo thought about it seriously, and said, "Taking you as an example, you can only take a few breaths at most."

Hearing Leo's answer, Frank Fussen had a shocked expression on his face, because he knew very well that a few breaths were enough to kill him several times.

At this time, the old wizard also put down the thing, and asked Leo, "What's the price of this thing?"

"I don't want money, I just want materials!" Leo replied.

"Material? What material?" The old wizard asked again.

Leo looked at the old wizard with deep meaning, and said with a smile: "Materials that wizards can use."

The old wizard seemed to know what material Leo mentioned, and the look on his face was a little strange, while Frank Fussen on the side couldn't understand the content of the riddle-like conversation between the old wizard and Leo, but he was sure that the old wizard The materials to be paid are probably not only precious, but also difficult to obtain.

"What about me?" asked Frank Fussen, too.

"Same." Leo looked at the other party and replied simply.

Frank Fussen frowned and said, "But I don't know what material you want?"

"Aren't you the director of the Special Bureau? Since you don't know what materials I want, then go and check." Leo stood up while talking, and pointed to Frank Fussen and the old wizard who was still in a daze. Pointing to the rune trap on the table, he said: "Those two rune traps will be used as samples for the two of you to go back and test their power, and then you will know whether it is worth it."