The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because they were worried that Jacques Huppert would be too boring to stay in the legion and meddle in the affairs of the legion, so the officers of the legion would do what they liked, and would often find some famous masters who practiced ancient knight swordsmanship to present to Jacques according to knight etiquette. Huppert challenge.

It's just that it's the first time I've encountered a knight battle post inlaid with gold like this, and the officers in the legion didn't doubt him, thinking it was a new trick thought up by their colleagues, so they directly sent the This knight's battle letter of unknown origin was brought to Jacques Huppert.

Although Jacques Huppert is a representative of mediocrity and incompetence in outside rumors, he himself is not stupid. On the contrary, he is very smart. He didn't know how to manage the army, so he handed over these matters to specialized officers, and all he did was ask for money from above.

Jacques Huppert didn't say anything about what the people under him thought of him, but he knew it very well in his heart, but he didn't care about being a money bag. After all, it was better than playing those court games with those nobles in Winterfell City , it is much more innocent to stay with these army soldiers.

What's more, in order to please him, the officers here will try their best to help him find some opponents who can help him improve his swordsmanship. Although not every opponent can make him fully enjoy the battle, it is much better to have someone to compete with him in swordsmanship than to accompany a group of noble ladies to attend a boring court ball in Winterfell City.

This time, when the patrolling officer at the legion's camp brought a knight's letter of battle and put it on the desk, Jacques Huppert, like the officer, thought it was an officer under his command who inadvertently knew about the ancient knight's challenge. Some matters of etiquette, new tricks specially prepared for him.

He didn't intend to open this battle post at all, so he was ready to reject this challenge, because the situation in the French Empire has become a bit weird recently, especially the situation in Miria City made him feel inexplicably dangerous, and he wanted to be quiet He had to think about the countermeasures and consult his two sons in the eastern continent if necessary, so he was not in the mood to cooperate with the officers below to play this kind of knight duel game.

However, when Jacques Huppert picked up the knight's battle card, he was confused by the heavy weight of the battle card and the gold decoration on the battle card.

He knew very well what the officers under him were. In order to please him, it was very easy for them to get a knight's battle card with the style of an ancient knight, but the premise was that it didn't cost much.

It is definitely not something that the officers of the legion can do to make a knight's battle card directly with the best fragrant wood coated paper inlaid with gold like now, and it is precisely because of this discovery that I originally planned to ignore this battle card The young Jacques Huppert grew curious and opened the battle post to have a look.

The person who wrote the war post is obviously very familiar with the set of the French court. The words and sentences are all in ancient French, and the font is also used in the current French court. It clearly pointed to the nobles of the French court.

The content of the battle post is not very much. After deleting some flashy rhetoric, the remaining content is that the person who posted the battle post is dissatisfied with Jacques Huppert's swordsmanship, so he proposes a challenge. The challenge time is ten o'clock tonight , the location is outside the barracks of the First Legion, and the challenge project is Jacques Huppert's most proud dual-wielding cross-sword swordsmanship.

At the beginning, Jacques Huppert saw that the time, place and project of the challenge were written on the battle post, and he felt that the person who made the battle post was not clear about the rules of the ancient knight challenge, because only the challenged party had the challenge. Eligibility determines time, location and program.

But when he saw that the location was outside the camp, and the project turned out to be his strongest dual-wielding cross sword swordsmanship, he felt that the person who made the battle post really wanted to have a knight duel with him, not with him. Those so-called famous knights and swordsmen in the past were just for competition.

What really made Jacques Huppert's emotions fluctuate strongly was that the final signature turned out to be a descendant of the Perini family, and when there was a family crest on it that made him feel very familiar, he couldn't help but fell into a state of confusion. In memory.

Jacques Huppert still remembered the family legends his father told him when he picked up the cross sword for the first time, and he also remembered finding the records about the origin of the family in the family genealogy from the family homeland, and now this The Perini family and the coat of arms that should have disappeared reappeared in front of him, which made him have some thoughts.

In the eyes of those outside who know the cross-sword swordsmanship, Jacques Huppert is already the well-deserved number one swordsman on the continent of Velen, especially the dual-wielding cross-sword swordsmanship is already comparable to the legendary knight who invented the cross-sword swordsmanship.

But Jacques Huppert has seen the family records about the legendary knight, and he knows that he is still far behind that legendary knight. A powerful existence where ancient wizards can draw their swords.

And no matter how powerful his swordsmanship is now, he will be restrained everywhere when he encounters some family members with magical abilities or other people in the dark world, not to mention that the power of the current mechanical crossbow is enough to bridge the gap between swordsmanship masters and ordinary people who have practiced swordsmanship all the year round. a very wide distance.

Although, Jacques Huppert knew very well that knights who specialize in swordsmanship would withdraw from the world stage sooner or later and would only become a status symbol in the end, but he did not want the profession of knights to disappear in obscurity. In my lifetime, let the profession of knight shine again.

Now this opportunity has come. Jacques Huppert has carefully studied the deeds of the legendary knight, and he knows that apart from his own strength, the main reason why the legendary knight is invincible is that there is a pair of knights in the opponent's hands at that time. A crossed sword considered a divine weapon.

And now the person who posted the knight's battle post is likely to be a direct descendant of the legendary knight family, and since the other party has such confidence in challenging his strongest dual-wielding cross-sword swordsmanship, then the legendary knight's artifact is extremely powerful. Most likely it is on this challenger.

Jacques Huppert thought that as long as he could obtain this pair of artifacts, his strength would definitely improve, and he would definitely not be much worse than that legendary knight. With such strength, even in this place where steam mechanical weapons are rampant On the battlefield, he can also shine brightly.

Thinking of this, Jacques Huppert became extremely excited, and his face became flushed and bloody because of the excitement.

"My lord, if you are not willing to accept the challenge, I will send this thing back?" The officer standing by looked at Jacques Huppert's face, which was cloudy and uncertain, and finally flushed, as if he was angry , said hastily.

"Send it back? Why do you want to send it back?" Jacques Huppert woke up at this time, took a few deep breaths, adjusted his emotions, and then asked the officer, "Where is the person who sent the battle card?"

"Still waiting for a response at the door." Seeing that the boss's face returned to normal, the officer also breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly replied.

Jacques Huppert pondered for a while, wondering whether it is necessary to send someone to follow the person who sent the battle post and find the descendant of the Perini family, so as to avoid accidents such as his sudden disappearance.

But soon he shook his head and rejected this idea, not because he had to abide by the ancient knight code, but because he didn't have anyone trustworthy at hand.

If you send these people under the legion, let alone whether these people can find that person without alarming the other party. Even if he found that person, the news would have already spread in the barracks before reaching his ears, and it would attract attention by then, making it difficult for him to make a move.

After pondering for a moment, Jacques Huppert thought to himself: "Since it was his call, then he will definitely come. I just need to wait here for him to come, defeat him, and catch him again." , there is absolutely no need to add extra details."

Jacques Huppert, who wanted to understand, immediately found a postcard used within the Legion, wrote his reply on it, handed it to the officer, and ordered him to hand over the reply post to the sender himself, and then got up Head to the playground and prepare for tonight's duel.

Although Jacques Huppert is very confident in his swordsmanship, he feels that the opponent must be sure to fight him since he has placed the battle invitation, so he does not dare to take it lightly. He needs to prepare several sets of plans to ensure that nothing will go wrong. Sometimes even the use of the army is not hesitated.

Outside the barracks, after receiving the reply, Sylvia's subordinates rushed back immediately, and after going through several procedures dedicated to cleaning up the stalkers, the reply was sent to the room of the Sky Tower.

However, compared to the tense atmosphere in the room two hours ago, the atmosphere in the room at this moment has become very relaxed. Leo is standing in the middle of the room, and Sylvia and Emily are putting a set of French orthodox The parts of the knight armor set were strapped to his inner lining one by one.

The Faran Empire is also known as the Knight Empire, and the reputation of the various knight orders in Faran can be said to resound throughout the entire Velen continent, and even people on the other two continents have heard of their reputation.

Because there are many knights in Farland, each knight has different armors, and some knights will create a unique set of unique knight armor for themselves in order to show their personality. There are as many types of knight armor as a cow's hair. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 2,000 types of full body armor alone, and even more half body armor.

Since more than 50 years ago, the French Empire army began to imitate the Maris Kingdom to form gun troops and various steam weapon-based troops, and the military reform of the Farland Empire eliminated all knights in just ten years. All the regiments were abolished, turning knights from professions into some kind of honorary titles, and most of the knight armors were also forged into steel.

Only a small part of the knight armor with special glory and legendary experience has become the collection of noble families to show their glory, so when Leo asked Sylvia for a full-body knight armor, Sylvia didn't know for a while. I went there to get a set, and finally, with the help of the guard priests of the Sky Tower, I found a set of Frank Knight half armor from the Sky Tower warehouse.

The correct name of this set of half-body armor should actually be the half-body armor of the knights and attendants prepared by the Franks. It is mainly the standard armor prepared by the Knights of the Franks for the knights and attendants in the regiment. It is equipped with a helmet, a half-body breastplate, a set of elbow pads, and hand armor. , leg armor and knee pads. However, because the helmet was open-faced, it didn't meet Leo's requirements, so Sylvia had to help him find a new metal mask for the dance and put it on for him.

When helping Leo equip the armor and test its performance, Emily looked at the document bag on the table from time to time, the expressions of hesitation, rejection and expectation changed back and forth on her face, making her inner heart The struggle is palpable.

After getting this document about her past from Sylvia, Emily struggled in her heart. On the one hand, some memory fragments kept flashing in her mind urging her to open the file bag and regain the past. On the one hand, her inner instinct prevents her from regaining her memory, as if the past memory is a scourge.

After spending more than an hour in this daze, Emily still hadn't made a final decision. At this time, the knight armor Sylvia had prepared for Leo was repaired and sent over, making her put down the file bag altogether. First, take the opportunity of helping Leo put on the armor, and calm down first.

"You should take a look." Sylvia suggested after helping to fasten the hidden buckle on the back of the breastplate, knocking on the steel plate of the back armor.

After hearing this suggestion, Emily was stunned for a while, and looked at Sylvia with some hesitation, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

And Sylvia seemed to know Emily's thoughts, reached out and stroked Emily's cheek, and said softly: "No matter who you were in the past or what kind of memories you have, they can't change your present, don't you? Did you break ties with me just because you found the memories of the past?"

Sylvia's intimate behavior in front of Leo made Emily blush a little. She secretly glanced at Leo, and seeing that Leo looked normal, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then shook Sylvia again. Shaking his head, he responded to the question just now.

Perhaps it was because Sylvia's words had an effect, or maybe it was because she felt that it was time for her to make a decision. She walked to the table, picked up the file bag, shook her head vigorously, as if she wanted to get rid of the distracting thoughts in her mind, then opened the file bag without thinking, and put the files inside Pulled them all out, put them in front of my eyes and looked carefully.

As the contents of the information were recorded in her mind bit by bit, Emily's original scattered memory fragments were like rewoven rags, and gradually returned to a complete form, even some that hadn't appeared before. The past memory fragments are reawakened and added to the incomplete memory map.

At this time, although the expression on Emily's face remained calm, she personally felt that the material she was reading was not her past but the life of a stranger, but her eyes couldn't stop looking out. Weeping, the makeup on his face was soon ruined by crying, leaving ugly grooves along the tears.