The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because the federal government has raised the importance of Leo to the highest level, when the train that Leo and Sylvia took arrived at the terminal station, Josburg, there was already a security team specially arranged by the federal government waiting on the station platform. On the other hand, the number of Leo's security guards has also increased from a few to more than 30 people.

This security team has not been merged under the jurisdiction of the original secret service security personnel. They are a relatively independent security team. The reason for this is that this team is all sent by the military, not the Prime Minister's Office. Secret service people.

Although the secret service security personnel and the military security personnel do not belong to each other and are in charge of each other, this does not mean that there is no cooperation between the two. Look, it is obviously not the first time that the two parties have cooperated, and it can be seen that they cooperate with each other very tacitly.

Leo and Sylvia have no objection to the newly added security personnel. Even if there are some monitors among these security personnel, it makes no difference in their eyes whether there is security or not. Even Leo welcomes these people very much, because this It saves him the trouble of finding test subjects. In his eyes, these strong military elites are the best test materials.

Originally, Leo and Sylvia planned to stay in Josburg for two days to take a good look around this well-preserved ancient city, which is one of the few in the Outer Federation.

During the War of Religion, Joshburg was one of the few cities that was not affected by the war. A large number of nobles from the war zone fled to Joshburg with their families. These nobles also joined Otter after the war. The Federation has gradually formed an old aristocratic political force within the Otter Federation.

Although these aristocratic survivors who have experienced the religious wars also hate the churches that launched the religious wars, they still retain part of their belief in the gods, unlike the founders of the Ott Federation who completely abandoned their belief in the gods .

This also makes Joshburg one of the few cities in the Otter Federation with a strong atmosphere of god belief. Although there is no church here, the god belief has been rooted in the basic necessities of Joshburg locals, which also makes Otter The Special Federation has always been worried that Fort Josh will become a breakthrough for the surrounding church countries against the Federation, so the Federation will send a legion of troops to permanently station in Fort Josh.

Because of the church spies, the Otter Federation realized that the penetration of church spies is extraordinary, and other cities are like this, so how can Joshburg, which has such a strong belief in gods, be an exception, so Joshburg is already very unsafe. So much so that when the assigned military security captain saw Leo, he tried his best to say that he should leave Fort Joshua as soon as possible.

Leo and Sylvia didn't act very special, they followed the advice of the military security captain, got into the carriage prepared by the other party and drove away from Fort Joshua.

Just when they left, Leo's mental network had discovered that some people were secretly following them, but these people's tracking skills were very good, and they were never noticed by the military security personnel walking on the outermost perimeter. He didn't plan to remind them, but he hoped to attract some interesting guys through these people, so that he and Sylvia's life in Trube Hill Manor would not be too boring.

Trube Mountain is located in the southeast of Joshburg. It takes about two days to walk by horse-drawn carriage. It was originally part of the Betain Mountains, but because of a major earthquake, the mountains of Trube Mountain and the Betain Mountains It was completely cut off, and the break formed the Truber River that now runs through Josh County.

For a long time, Mount Truber has been regarded by various churches as a holy mountain, a holy place, and a place bestowed by gods, mainly because Mount Truber contains a mysterious power that can promote the rapid growth of trees, and other places need Trees that take decades to mature take only a few years or less at Truber Hill.

And no matter what type of tree grows on Truber Mountain, there will be a very special fragrance in the wood. This fragrance is said to be able to make it easier for the clergy to enter a kind of spirituality called divine communion in some church ceremonies. status.

So when the various churches ruled this area, those churches would build temples, temples, churches, etc. on Truber Hill, and there were special departments responsible for cutting down and planting trees on Truber Hill, and because of this A planned planting and felling has replaced the original vegetation and species on Truber Hill with precious tree species from all over the world.

There is a joke in Josh County that a handful of grass picked up from the ground at Truber Hill may be a rare species that has become extinct elsewhere.

Although this joke is a bit exaggerated, it has also proved that the various species growing on Truber Mountain are more precious than other areas.

After the founding of the Outer Federation, all the forest areas in Truber Mountain were nationalized, and all the missionary sites of the churches were destroyed, demolished, and even remodeled.

For example, the manors used by some dignitaries in the surrounding areas of Trouble Mountain to escape the summer all use temples of some churches. The church was rebuilt, and the manor given to Leo and Sylvia by the Outer Federation was also this kind of rebuilt manor.

As for the fact that the Outer Federation has also established a special forest farm in Truber Mountain to cut down, plant and maintain the trees there, for a long time after the founding of the Outer Federation, the trees exported to Truber Mountain have become the most important part of the Federation. The mainstay of the economy maintains the various expenditures of the Federation.

It is also because of this that the Outer Federation has gradually become stronger and more resources have been mastered. The felling of Truber Mountain has also decreased, and more maintenance and planting have been carried out. The brokerage forest farm has also gradually shrunk.

The forest farm that the Ott Federation traded to Leo is a small forest farm that is about to be cancelled. The forest farm is not large and is located on the edge of Truber Mountain. The tree species planted here are some economic tree species with a short growth cycle. It is not particularly precious, but because of the particularity of the trees in Truber Mountain, the price of this kind of trees is similar to that of the precious tree species outside.

This forest farm is not too far from Leo's manor, it only needs to cross a small river and turn over a small hill.

It was already the third day when Leo and Sylvia's carriage arrived at their manor, and the journey went smoothly without any trouble.

This is mainly because dignitaries from Joshburg and other places in Josh County often go to the manors around Truber Hill for vacation, so for safety and convenience, these people built several roads directly to Truber Hill, and also Let the local farmers form a patrol team and patrol the roads frequently, thus ensuring the safety of travelers on the road.

At this time, the interior of the manor has been tidied up. The stewards and servants who were arranged to go first were very lucky. Although the train they took was also stuck at some stations, the time of being stuck was only one day at most, and most of the time it was released within half a day. Yes, they arrived at the manor more than ten days earlier than Leo.

In the past ten days, according to Sylvia's prior instructions, they only cleaned the inside and outside of the manor, repaired the places that needed to be repaired as they were, and cleaned up the vegetation in the manor. As for the ancient churches that were left behind The ruined walls of the temple did not move, because after learning about the situation of the manor, Leo was also very interested in these ruined walls and wanted to study them.

In addition, the housekeeper also sent people to the forest area to receive the industry there, and counted the types and quantities of trees there, as well as the growth cycle, felling laws, and so on.

"You have done a good job, I am very satisfied." Sylvia looked at the report sent by the butler, nodded, and said: "You have worked hard these days, you can arrange half of the people to take turns to rest for two days, In addition, my husband and I will reward you with half a month's salary as a reward."

Sylvia's words brought smiles to the faces of all the servants present. They originally thought that they would be satisfied with a few compliments, but now they received an extra half a month's salary, which naturally surprised them. happy feeling.

Seeing that Sylvia didn't have anything to say, the steward signaled the servants to retreat, but he showed a look of hesitation, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

"Is there anything else?" Naturally, such an obvious expression could not escape Sylvia's eyes, and she asked in a deep voice.

The butler said hesitantly: "There is one thing, but that thing is a bit hard to say..."

"Speak directly, don't hesitate." Sylvia frowned, dissatisfied.

The housekeeper quickly said: "When we took over the forest farm, there were some small conflicts with the loggers. The logging work of the forest farm is fixedly handed over to a family called the Vinolin family. When we took over the forest farm, we planned to continue employing this family at the original price. lumberjacks, but the other party wants to double the employment fee, of course we don’t want to, so we fired the lumberjacks of this family directly and planned to find other lumberjack families.”

"Is there no other lumberjack family willing to take over our forest farm?" Sylvia sneered and said.

"Yes, I have searched all over the lumberjack families around Truber Mountain, and none of them are willing to take over our forest farm." The housekeeper nodded and added: "It's not just this matter. In recent days, our forest farm has It seemed to be haunted, and the people I sent to the forest farm escaped back the next day and told me they saw ghosts in the forest farm.”

"Haunted?" Leo, who was sitting on the sofa, became interested and said, "Is it really haunted, or is it fake?"

"It's true." The housekeeper said with some lingering fears: "I thought it was fake at first, so I took the people in the manor to the forest farm for one night, and it turned out to be true. It's people who died before, they all..."

The housekeeper had a look of lingering fear, and he didn't know if it was because he was too frightened and didn't want to continue recalling, or he couldn't find the right words to describe what he saw, so he got stuck there for a while, saying no down.

Neither Leo nor Silvia urged him, but waited quietly for a while.

The butler seemed to have regained his strength, and continued: "Anyway, what I saw was terrifying. Even thinking about it now, I feel like my heart will stop immediately. Later, I asked people to inquire about the forest farm. It turned out that not only Only our forest farm, and the entire forest farm in Trouble Mountain have similar strange things. It is said that it was a ghost created by a certain church of the gods before leaving. That’s why you’re so fearless.”

"There is such an interesting thing!" Leo even showed a look of expectation after hearing this.

"I do know something about this." At this time, Cady, the secret service security captain who had been standing by the door, suddenly said.

Everyone's eyes fell on Kadi.

Kadi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "The mountain tribe I belong to settled in Trube Mountain a long time ago. Later, after the catastrophe cut off the connection between the Petain Mountains and Trube Mountain, our tribe was affected. Attacks from other tribes had to flee to the depths of the Petain Mountains, and they settled in the Petain Mountains until today. Although my tribe left Trube Mountain a long time ago, some legends about Trube Mountain still circulate When it comes down, there is a haunted legend in the housekeeper's mouth, but it shouldn't be said to be haunted, the correct way to say it should be original sin."

"Original sin?" Leo and Sylvia raised their eyebrows when they heard such a strong religious word.

Cady explained: "There is a very special power in some places in Trube Mountain, which will appear at certain times, allowing those who come into contact with it to see the deepest original sin in his heart, which is It is said that the so-called ghosts seen are actually the most feared people in the hearts of the viewers. Back then, the shamans of the mountain tribes would also use this special power to practice spiritually."

After hearing this, Leo was a little puzzled and said, "I'm a little surprised. Since this kind of power is so powerful, what's going on with the lumberjack family? How can their family calm down this kind of disaster?"

"I don't know." Cardi shook his head, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Leo could see that Kadi really didn't know, he thought for a while, turned to Sylvia, and said, "Since we moved to a new house, we naturally have to hold a banquet to get to know our neighbors, just like in Beiru Like Keshi, what do you think?"

"Well! It's time for me to meet new friends." Sylvia smiled, nodded in agreement, and then gave a few instructions to the butler beside her, signaling that both the butler and Cady could leave.

When only Leo and Sylvia were left in the room, they stood up at the same time, walked to the fireplace, and looked at the shield hanging on the fireplace with serious expressions on their faces.

"Is it the same?" Leo turned to Sylvia and asked.

Sylvia nodded.

Leo asked again: "Is it a coincidence? Or..."

Sylvia said with some uncertainty: "Maybe it's a coincidence? If someone planned it, we couldn't have felt nothing beforehand." Then he looked carefully at the shield, or the badge on the shield, Asked: "There are people from the Belmont family in this world?"