The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

If the circle of witches shown by Emily is only the psychic field of a pseudo-seventh-level psyker, then the moment the old woman entered the room, the psychic energy or magic power emitted from her body was completely seven. The psychic coercion that super psykers can produce. In front of this old woman, Leo felt like a helpless baby.

This is not to say that the psychic power level of the old woman is already comparable to that of a seventh-level psyker. It is the special environment of the Sky Tower that has long made the old woman powerful. As long as the old woman is in the sky tower, she can have the strength equivalent to a seventh-level psyker, but once she leaves this environment, it is not clear how much strength she will have left in the end.

"Why do you have such hostility towards Sister Hannah? Sister Hannah is a good person." After the old woman left, the sensitive Sylvia looked at Leo with some doubts, and then asked anxiously : "What is the curse that Aunt Hannah said just now? Have you been cursed?"

When Emily heard this, she also looked at Leo with great concern, her eyes full of worry.

Leo didn't hide anything, and told Sylvia about the curse power attached to the Book of Night.

"Damn it, I knew that guy had bad intentions for taking out such a precious thing so readily!" After hearing this, Sylvia cursed angrily, and then complained to Leo, "Why did you just give me such a precious thing?" Sister Hannah wants to lift the curse for you, but you refuse? Don't you know how dangerous the power of the curse is?"

Emily also looked at Leo anxiously, and worried for him: "Mr. Dodd, will that curse force hurt you? How about I go find Sister Hannah and ask her to help you... "

Leo was not used to the atmosphere of being cared for, so he quickly interrupted Emily's words, and at the same time signaled Sylvia not to say too much, and then said very formally, "It's okay, you don't have to worry, this cursed power It won’t cause any harm to me, actually I don’t need Sister Hannah to do it, and it’s not too difficult for me to get rid of this cursed power myself, the reason why I keep this cursed power is because I want to study this power.”

Sylvia looked at Leo in disbelief, and shouted, "Why? Are you crazy? Go and study this evil power!"

"There is no distinction between evil and justice in power itself, only the user can distinguish between good and evil." Leo corrected Sylvia's cognition, and before the other party refuted, he continued: "Curse is a very special power. I have never used it before. I haven't seen it before. If you don't understand this kind of power clearly, how can you find a way to deal with it in time if you encounter it in the future? So the more dangerous and terrifying things are, the more you need to understand them. Master it so you don't have to be afraid of it anymore. What do you think?"

"Hmph!" Although Sylvia already agreed with Leo's statement in her heart, she didn't admit it, and just snorted.

"Well! I think Mr. Dodd is right! The more you feel the danger, the more you are afraid, the more you should face it." After hearing this, Emily had a feeling of empathy, and looked at Leo's face There was a little admiration in his eyes, and he nodded vigorously in agreement.

Emily, who got past memories, has an instinctive fear of the murderer who killed her family, even though her current character has changed because of the new memory compiled by Sylvia, she is no longer that cowardly little woman, but The fear that originated from the instinct of the body still has a strong influence on her.

What Leo said might just fit her current situation, which made her feel encouraged, even though Leo didn't have that meaning at all when he said it.

After uncovering the matter of the power of the curse, Emily took the information related to her husband, walked to the table and sat down, took out the information in the file bag very formally, placed it on the table, and carefully rummaged through it. looked up.

Neither Leo nor Sylvia bothered her. After helping Leo fully put on the remaining half body armor parts, the two walked out of the room and went to the underground training ground for guard priest training inside the Sky Tower.

At this time, there are many guardian priests of the Sky Tower in the training ground who are doing daily training. Although the cold weapon has slowly stepped off the stage of the battlefield, as the guardian priests of the traditional church, they still practice the unique cross of the church. Sword fencing.

After Sylvia came to the training ground, almost all the guard priests present knew her. While greeting her, they were also a little afraid to look at her, and left immediately after greeting her. Leo and Sylvia were the only ones left in the bustling underground training ground.

After seeing this situation, Leo couldn't help but smiled and asked, "What did you do to make them fear you so much?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I often practice swordsmanship with them and let them know what real swordsmanship is." Sylvia responded lightly. A hint of complacency.

While talking, Sylvia walked to the weapon rack on the side of the training ground, took off a training swift sword and cross dagger, and then put the swift sword in her hand, and put two cross swords on the weapon rack With a dexterous pick, the two cross swords broke away from the weapon rack and flew towards Leo.

Seeing the two crossed swords flying over, Leo stretched out his hands, cleverly avoided the blades of the crossed swords, grabbed the hilt accurately, and then flicked his wrists along the way, making a sword flower, and the two crossed swords The sword became a standard low-holding state in his hand.

"Not bad!" Sylvia's eyes lit up when she saw Leo receiving and holding the sword, and she gave her sincere approval.

Although she had already seen Leo's swordsmanship in the wilderness of the hunting ground, but because she had to deal with other enemies at that time, she couldn't get distracted, so she only had the impression of being able to use Leo's swordsmanship. With two natural and simple movements, she realized that Leo should have received extremely orthodox sword training, and his sword skills are also very strong.

"I once fought against Jacques Huppert. Although there was no winner in the end, I have to admit that if I didn't use other means, it would be difficult for me to go through ten rounds under his swordsmanship." Xi Sylvia walked to the center of the training ground, took a quick sword in one hand to make a regular attacking posture, and held a cross dagger in the other hand as a parry dagger, turned back to the side of the defense, and said: "If you beat me within ten rounds, you You are qualified to challenge Jacques Huppert, otherwise, I will need to prepare some backups, lest you fail to complete the transaction task and affect our plan to receive the First Army."

Seeing Sylvia clearly caring about her own safety but expressing it in such a tough way, Leo couldn't help but smile, swung the long sword in his hand twice, adjusted to the weight of the long sword, and left When he arrived at the training ground, he stood opposite Sylvia, made a standard crossed sword gesture, and brought himself into the mental state of the legendary knight in the twin phantom.

Sylvia didn't tell the truth just now. She fought Jacques Huppert ten years ago, and after that fight, she also paid great attention to swordsmanship. Now her swordsmanship strength has already far exceeded ten years ago. years ago. Now she is very confident that if she faces Jacques Huppert again, even if she does not use other means, she will be able to maintain a tie within 30 rounds, and after 30 rounds, she will lose due to physical problems.

The reason why she would tell such a little lie is mainly because she wanted to teach Leo a little lesson. After all, since she met Leo, she has been suppressed to death by Leo, which made the past always in a strong position. She was very unhappy in her state, and now she had the opportunity to overwhelm Leo and make Leo look a little ugly, so she would naturally not let it go.

However, when Leo used the standard crossed sword posture in cross-sword fencing, Sylvia felt that the aura on Leo's body suddenly changed, becoming like a volcano that would erupt at any time, no matter what method she used Attacking, you will face the overwhelming hot lava that erupts in an instant, and there is no chance of winning at all.

Sylvia, who couldn't find any attack position, relied on her rich experience to move around Leo quickly, looking for an opportunity to strike. But no matter how she moved, Leo's crossed swords were always aimed at her, without giving her any chance to make a move.

After a few rounds of confrontation like this, Sylvia's situation not only did not improve, but was completely suppressed, and even the whole person fell into the volcanic power formed by Leo, unable to attack or retreat.

"It's no match!" Knowing that she would be defeated in an instant no matter if she shot or retreated, Sylvia didn't continue to insist, she threw the swift sword and cross dagger in her hand on the ground, and complained to Leo: "Don't you Don't you know let me go?"

"Do you need to let go?" Leo also put away his double swords, and broke away from the mental state of the legendary knight, and asked Sylvia back.

"Of course not." Sylvia raised her head and said proudly.

"Actually, you didn't lose." Leo waved the long sword in his hand very casually, and said truthfully to Sylvia: "Your sword skills are very good. In terms of sword skills alone, I will definitely not be able to defeat you within thirty rounds." If I take you down, I may even lose to you, I just used other means to force you not to make a move."

"Other means?" Sylvia was stunned for a moment, carefully recalled the situation just now, and said suddenly, "Is it momentum?"

"Yes!" Leo nodded, and said with mixed truths: "I just borrowed the aura of a certain legendary knight, and once I do it, I may be exposed."

Sylvia's expression became serious, and she said, "Your opportunistic approach is impossible to defeat Jacques Huppert."

Leo smiled lightly, and said confidently: "No! When I fight Jacques Huppert, I will not use this method, because I am 100% sure to beat him, and killing him is also very easy things."

I don't know if it was affected by Leo's self-confidence, or because she couldn't find a better way, Sylvia didn't continue to say anything on this issue, and instead asked: "What do you need me to prepare for you?" ?"

"Just prepare a carriage for me." Leo made a simple request, then pointed to the weapon under Sylvia's feet, and said, "Come on! Let's keep coming, this time I won't cheat, Only with swordsmanship."

As time passed, the night hung on the sky again, and there were many people gathered outside the barracks of the First Legion stationed outside Miria City, most of them were officers from the Legion. Bet on the game. It's just that the person who set up the bet was very depressed because almost everyone bet on their legion leader to win, and only two people bought the challenger to win.

When the regiment commander ordered the soldiers to clean up the lawn outside the camp during the day, the regiment knew that someone was coming to challenge Jacques Huppert again. However, when they were chatting at dinner, they discovered that this challenger was not invited by any of them to find work for the legionaries, but a real challenger.

As a result, all the officers and soldiers in the barracks couldn't help feeling curious about who had the guts to come here to challenge even though they clearly knew that the members of their legion had superb swordsmanship.

Some good people also opened a betting handicap. From the first one to ten, to the later one to one hundred, and now the handicap has been completely stopped. Almost everyone is not optimistic about this challenger.

"Major General Roger, why did you think of buying the challenger to win?" Someone tried to ask one of the people who bet on the challenger the reason for betting.

Major General Roger, the deputy head of the regiment, smiled and said, "Anyway, it's just a gold flange. If you lose, you lose. If you win, I'll make a lot of money."

Someone turned to another punter and asked, "Major General Wood, do you have the same idea?"

As the chief of staff of the First Army, Major General Wood is a serious person. Even in such a relaxed private occasion, he does not have the slightest smile on his face. After hearing the question, he looks at the questioner until he sees the other person When sweat was dripping on his forehead, he said indifferently: "Throw it away casually, it's in the wrong place."

Hearing Major General Wood's words, everyone around couldn't help but want to laugh, but seeing Major General Wood's indifferent face, they couldn't laugh at all.

As Wood and Roger, who also held the rank of major general before the age of forty, they are definitely one of the best existences even among the star-studded army of the French Empire.

However, the two who were supposed to be radiant, offended some powerful nobles, coupled with their identities as free citizens, brought their promotion to an abrupt end. They were transferred from the promising Ninth Legion to the dubbed For the First Legion of Nursing Homes.

Regarding their own situation, although the two were full of resentment and resentment, they did not dare to say anything more, because the person who took over their positions in the Ninth Legion was the son of their immediate boss. If they said any resentment, I am afraid Not only are their jobs unsafe, but their lives are also unsafe.

Therefore, the two of them have always been low-key in the legion, no matter how low-key, they quietly waited for the opportunity until one day the opportunity fell.