The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

When they returned to the manor, Geralt's partners were surprised and surprised to see Geralt, Leo, and Sylvia walking in from outside the manor.

Afterwards, when they heard Geralt tell the story, they all vaguely sensed something gloomy, and the seasoned Regil and Dandelion suggested that they should stop here and not continue the investigation. while others felt that the investigation should continue until the truth was discovered.

Regarding the disagreement between Geralt and his partners, Leo and Sylvia were not prepared to get involved. They returned to their room, took off their armor, and put it on the armor rack they found in the manor.

"Do you think this is the enemy, or did it yourself?" Sylvia asked while finding a cloth and carefully wiping the armor.

Leo quickly answered, "Myself."

"I think so too." Sylvia nodded and asked again, "When did you feel something was wrong?"

"The formula of new wine." Leo said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know much about wine making, I also know that the brewing of a new wine requires not only a new formula, but also new brewing materials and a new brewing environment. So the Earl of Britta is already planning to give up here, since he has already planned to give up here, why is he willing to spend a lot of money on recruitment tasks, just to solve the problems here, so that he can sell it at a good price? I don’t think so , I always feel that there is something abnormal in it, but these are just speculations, so I didn't tell you at the time."

"It's the same as I thought! I also had doubts at that time." Sylvia took the dragon hunting gun out of the box and wiped it, and said at the same time: "I have tasted the wine brewed by this estate, it is very average, from the wine Judging from the dust accumulated on the barrels, it should be the finished wine that has been brewed, and there is more than one barrel of this kind of wine. No matter whether this winery was able to produce good wine before, but now this winery should no longer be able to produce good wine. Alcohol. This should be the main reason why Earl Britta intends to give up here, and it's not a temporary idea, it should have been brewing for a long time."

Leo nodded in agreement with Sylvia's analysis, and recalled the various information collected by walking around the edge of the plantation before, and said: "It has something to do with the land here. Compared with the land outside the plantation, the land in the plantation There's a lot less activity, which affects the grapes planted here."

"I only know how to ask, but I don't know how to maintain it. The earth will naturally abandon it." Sylvia has her own plantation in Bodo and knows the importance of land to the plantation. After hearing Leo's words, she immediately understood what's going on.

At this time, Leo hesitated a little, and said: "However, I can't figure out why so many people are killed? Is it just to sell the plantation? Even if he doesn't kill people, he should be able to sell the plantation, right?" ?”

"It's very simple, in order to be able to sell at a high price." Sylvia pondered for a while, and said: "If he sells the plantation directly like this, I am afraid that everyone in Toussaint will know that there is a problem with this plantation. Otherwise, why would a great noble sell a plantation that can produce high-quality grapes and brew fine wine? If funds are tight, mortgage the plantation, and you should be able to borrow enough money for turnover, so there is no need to sell it. As long as There is a suspicion that problems with the existence of the plantation will be discovered and that the plantation will eventually become worthless, so he needs a suitable and unsuspected excuse to sell the estate."

Leo was still a little puzzled, and asked, "But with such a commotion, wouldn't this manor be even more difficult to sell?"

"Of course not." Sylvia, who also came from a noble family, saw the noble minds of these Toussaints clearly, and explained: "The information we collected before did not mention that this world is a world where monsters often appear, Toussaint This is even more so. Almost every day, news of humans being attacked by monsters circulates in the tavern, so it is normal to be attacked by monsters here. Although the deaths of more than a dozen people will cause some minor problems, as long as the monsters are eliminated, the plantation The garden is still a high-quality plantation in the eyes of others." She paused and said, "This is probably the reason why he recruited people to solve the disappearance case with great fanfare. He wants to let everyone in Toussaint know The monsters here have been dealt with, and this place is still a plantation that can produce fine wine." At this point, she paused again, carefully put the dragon hunting gun that had been cleaned in her hand back into the box, and continued: "It's a pity that no matter how good the plan is, there are loopholes. He wants to use those monster bugs to get rid of those corpses, pretending that the bugs attack and eat the workers. It's just that he didn't expect the queen to lay eggs, and the bugs returned to the nest to protect the queen. All the entrances were sealed, and the bodies just piled up at the bottom of the pit, uneaten by the bugs."

Leo was silent for a while, and said: "It seems that we may have to do it for nothing this time."

"Not necessarily." Sylvia shook her head slightly, and said: "Although Earl Britta has some power in the Duke of Toussaint, it does not mean that he has no enemies, as long as he sells relevant information and evidence to his enemies I believe we can also get knight guarantees. In addition, I also heard that the duchess of this principality, Anna Henrietta, is a ruler with a good reputation. She certainly does not want one of her nobles to abuse the plantation The scum that kills civilians."

Hearing this, Leo frowned.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Leo's expression, Sylvia asked.

Leo said in a deep voice: "I was just thinking that the old knight Capello might be looking for a new master."

Although Leo doesn't know much about this world, he also knows that it is difficult for a wandering knight like Capello to find a suitable refugee. If something happens to Earl Britta, then he can only vote for other nobles, and he Although he was not involved in the matter of Earl Britta, he would also be implicated. I am afraid it will be difficult to find a nobleman who is willing to accept him.

Although we haven't been together for a long time, Sylvia can also feel that the wandering knight Capello is a somewhat rigid veteran knight, so she also sighs in her heart about what will happen to Capello in the future, and said: "Everyone has their own. Our own destiny and choices, we are just bystanders."

However, Sylvia didn't know that the reason why Leo frowned was more because he could feel that as he came to this world, the past biochemical personality disappeared faster and faster. His feelings and emotions are getting stronger and stronger, and he is always a little uncomfortable with this uncontrollable emotion.

On the other side, not only Leo and Sylvia have guessed about Count Britta's cruel behavior, but even Geralt has doubts, so staying in the manor temporarily and waiting for it may not appear again When the monster attacked, he also asked Regill and Angulan to investigate the situation of the families of the missing persons.

In his opinion, if the two survivors wanted to hide, their home must be the first thing they would think of, so as long as they found their home, they would definitely be able to find the survivors.

For this reason, he and his partner returned to the tiankeng full of corpses and the cave full of bug corpses, checked the dead, and recorded the appearance, characteristics and other information of the dead to determine the identity of the two survivors. identity.

During this period of time, Leo also took the opportunity to ask Geralt about the witcher's seal, alchemy, swordsmanship and other knowledge about hunting monsters.

In the beginning, Geralt only communicated with Leo with the mentality of exchanging news about Javier with Leo.

However, he soon discovered that Leo had mastered the knowledge and skills of a demon hunter unimaginably quickly. Some knowledge and skills that a demon hunter would need to master over ten years, Leo only needed a few hours. He has mastered it, and his proficiency even surpasses those old demon hunters with many years of experience.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Leo puts on the demon hunter armor, changes his skin color and pupil outfit, then he is a senior demon hunter master.

And Leo's amazing learning ability also caught Regal's attention. As a vampire, he had never seen it in the long past, so he was full of curiosity and wanted to see where the limit of Leo's learning was, so he went also joined in.

Although Regil has accumulated a huge amount of knowledge during his long life, compared to Leo who has been instilled with the big data of the Federal Intellectual Brain several times, it is obvious that Regil's accumulated knowledge is nothing. In one day Regal had nothing left to teach.

Afterwards, Leo was in the room, concentrating on studying the books and notes he had obtained before, and sorting out the various materials newly acquired in his mind.

Compared to Leo, Sylvia spent the past two days very easily. During the day, she would look for opportunities to fight with fellow demon hunters, familiarize herself with the use of long spears, swords and shields, and at night, she would go from the security According to the information obtained by Gulan, monsters were cleaned up in the villages and towns near the foot of Gaogong Mountain, and bandits were hunted down. In just two days, the reputation of the Knight of Light has spread widely in Toussaint.

This also made Leo can't help thinking that if Sylvia continued to do this, maybe they would be able to obtain the recognition of knight status without relying on any noble guarantee.

However, time obviously did not allow Leo and the others to accumulate their reputation leisurely. On the third day, Angulan, who was outside to inquire about information, ran back to the manor and told Geralt that the two suspected survivors had been found. family, and she also mentioned that someone was watching them.

It turned out that she was about to come back after inquiring about the news in a village just now, but suddenly realized that she still had a question that she hadn't asked, so she went back to find the person she had asked before, only to find that the person was being killed by a mercenary The man dressed up asked what he had just said to her.

"Is there any characteristic mark on that mercenary?" Regiel asked Angulan, who was panting, with a glass of water.

Angulan drank the whole glass of water, wiped his mouth, and recalled: "There seems to be a mark on his clothes, it is, it is a mountain surrounded by red flames."

"Chifeng Mercenary Group." Regill quickly gave the answer, "This is a mercenary group active in the Rivendell Valley."

"Old man, have you dealt with them?" Angulane asked.

"I haven't dealt with them, but I've heard something about them." Regil nodded, and then explained to everyone: "Although the Chifeng Mercenary Group is a mercenary group in name, it is often hired by local lords, and Other lords fought, but in fact, their behavior was no different from that of the bandit group. They continued to create troubles around them, causing wars, and then hired nobles to plunder legally to strengthen themselves. But they did too much again, Killed a heir of a great nobleman, and was sent by that great nobleman and several other local nobles to encircle and suppress him, and the rest of them are also missing."

Cassirer also interjected at this time: "I've heard about this incident. It was also rumored in Nilfgaard at that time. I remember that the people who established this Chifeng mercenary group were from the Berkeley family."

"The Berkeley family?" Hearing this name, many people present felt familiar, and Dandelion asked with a look of surprise: "The Berkeley family where money is morality?"

"Yes, that's him." Cassirer nodded, with an unnatural look of disgust on his face, and similar expressions on the faces of other people, as if the Berkeley family was synonymous with disgust.

At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who were foreigners, were puzzled and asked about the specific situation.

Geralt briefly talked about the Berkeley family.

It turns out that the family motto of the Berkeley family is that money is moral, and as much money as there is morality, so this family often does anything for money, and is extremely stingy in using the wealth in their hands, so not only in the Nilfgaard Empire In the territory, even the name Berkeley in the northern countries has been equated with greed and miserliness.

"Such an aristocratic family, the Nilfgaardian Empire, still allows him to exist?" Sylvia, who was also from a noble family, couldn't help frowning and asked questions. When she asked, she also inadvertently looked at the Nilfgaardian Empire. Cassirer, who was born, took a look.

Although he knew that Sylvia was not talking about himself, Cassirer couldn't help showing a look of shame on his face, but soon he returned to normal, and said: "The Berkeley family no longer exists, and the Berkeley family no longer exists. Participating in the usurping incident, His Majesty the Emperor has disposed of the Berkeley family after he ascended the throne, executed all the adult men of the Berkeley family, seized their titles, confiscated their property, and now the Berkeley family has completely perished."

"Hmph!" Dandelion snorted coldly, and said, "Your majesty the emperor is probably doing it for the wealth of the Berkeley family! If it weren't for the support of the wealth of the Berkeley family, your majesty the emperor might not have stabilized so quickly. Domestic situation, call up the army, invade Sintra."