The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"Have you really made a decision?" Dean Andris felt a little regretful, but also had a little expectation. Although he knew that others had already persuaded Leo, and that coming by himself was just a matter of routine, he still hoped that Leo would change his mind. .

Leo nodded and said: "Yes, I will sort out the relevant information in the past two days, and then I will leave the academic city and go to the Middle Kingdom."

Just two days ago, Leo returned to the City of Academics from the territory of Belmont Castle alone, while Sylvia stayed with the Belmont family to assist the people there to move to the new castle territory.

After returning to the Academic City, Leo expressed his intention to leave the Academic City to Dean Thomas.

Dean Thomas naturally tried his best to keep him, because the research on the relics of prehistoric civilization has just begun. If Leo leaves, it will definitely have a great impact on the research, and Leo is still the owner of those items. Will he leave? Those research items were also taken away, which was also something Dean Thomas was very concerned about.

However, Dean Thomas quickly dispelled his worries, because Leo had promised that among the relics of prehistoric civilization, except for a few items that would be taken away by him, all other items would be donated to the City of Academics, and he would also Before leaving, he left his research materials on related items, which can be used as a reference for scholars who continue to do research.

After getting Leo's promise, Dean Thomas still thinks it's not bad. Although there may be some problems and obstacles in related research without the assistance of Leo, the incarnation of the spirit of knowledge, as long as the relics of prehistoric civilization can be preserved Come down, no matter how big the problem is, it's nothing.

However, when he saw the research materials Leo wrote overnight, he immediately regretted it, because he found that Leo seemed to have reached a height far beyond imagination in the research on the relics of prehistoric civilizations. If Leo could If you continue to join the research, it will definitely help the academic city's research projects on the relics of prehistoric civilization to achieve a leap forward, and it is not impossible to even become a holy place for the study of relics of prehistoric civilization.

Therefore, his thoughts also changed accordingly, and he tried every means to persuade Leo to stay and continue related research, and even made it clear that if Leo was willing to stay, he would also take out his status as the foreign dean, and he was willing to be Leo's Assistant, to assist Leo in research.

However, all of this was in vain, and Leo never changed his mind. As a last resort, he took the research materials written by Leo and found Dean Andris of the inner courtyard, hoping that Dean Andris could assist him. Convince Leo, and Dean Andris also had the same idea as Dean Thomas after seeing the information, and was even more radical than Dean Thomas in the way of retaining Leo.

After meeting Leo, Dean Andris's first sentence was the retention condition he offered. Anyone in Academic City would be shocked if he heard this condition, because Dean Andris said that if Leo If you are willing to stay, then the identity of the internal and external dean of the college can be handed over to Leo, which means that Leo will become the only dean of the academic city.

It has to be said that when Dean Andris made this condition, Leo was also a little surprised, and even had a slight idea of ​​agreeing, after all, this condition is too tempting.

Since the first dean, the position of dean of Academic City has been divided into two, and there is no single dean who can control all the rights of Academic City. If Leo agrees to the conditions of Dean Andris, Then he will truly grasp all the rights of the academic city, and relatively obtain all the resources accumulated by the academic city over the years.

This kind of resource is not just a material resource, but more of a network resource. It is no exaggeration to say that the scholars cultivated by the academic city cover almost all human civilized regimes in the world, and they are either in a city of a certain kingdom Serve as the dean or tutor in the academy, or directly join the government agencies of certain kingdoms to control various rights.

If you just look at it as a single individual, these scholars may not have much influence in their respective positions, but if these scholars are linked together, then the power they form will be very terrifying, even those who The influence of the Church of the True God cannot be compared with it, which is one of the main reasons why the academic city can gain a foothold in this world and not be suppressed by the Church of the True God.

Now such an extremely influential right is at your fingertips, no matter how good Leo's mentality is, he will be shaken involuntarily, and also just shaken a little, he will give a response of rejection.

Seeing that Leo rejected his proposal, Dean Andris was naturally full of regrets, but he also breathed a sigh of relief, because when he made this condition, he was really impulsive, and now he has calmed down afterwards After careful consideration, he realized that he was a little reckless. If Leo really agreed to his proposal, he might have a headache for this proposal for a long time, and even regret it in the future.

After a routine persuasion, Dean Andris got up and left, and told other scholars not to disturb Leo, so that Leo could be in the best state in the past two days, and put those things in his mind related to the relics of prehistoric civilization The research materials are kept intact.

In the next two days, Leo sorted out most of the research materials related to the items called prehistoric civilization relics, which are actually cosmic civilization devices. These materials are actually some simple instructions and language comparison tables. It seems that there is a lot of content. And informative, but really nothing difficult.

After sorting out the information, Leo left without saying hello to the people in Academic City. When Dean Thomas and others found out, he was already outside the Kingdom of Teresa.

However, after leaving Academic City, Leo contacted Joan and Penny through the imprint. At this time, both of them had established a firm foothold in their respective organizations, although Leo had more important things at the moment Do it, he is not very interested in the organization's affairs, but he did not let the two leave the organization, but let them choose whether to stay in the organization or go to the Belmont family to assist Sylvia.

Joan and Penny discussed it and felt that they couldn't play a role with Leo and Sylvia, so they all chose to stay in the organization and continue to gain rights in the organization according to the original plan.

Leo was noncommittal about the decision of the two, but before leaving, he taught them the practice and use of their respective strengths, and added a protective mark on Joan's implant, In order to prevent the implant from changing.

After solving various chores, Leo directly used the psionic wings and flew towards the direction of the Middle Kingdom. During the flight, although he passed the capital of the Kingdom of Teresa, he did not stop Come down, but pass by the capital. At this moment, in his eyes, there is nothing more important than restoring the power of the stone throne that is the source of his soul.

The Middle Kingdom area is a bit far from the Kingdom of Teresa, and there are four or five kingdoms in the middle. Just like its name, this area is indeed in the middle of the Old Continent.

This area is composed of a large impact plain. This plain is called the Atoran Plain, which is the largest plain in the entire Old World. The Tabla River and the Linden River divide the entire plain into three, and the tributaries derived from the two rivers, A criss-cross water network is formed, and the three large plains are subdivided into several small plains.

It is precisely because the water network in the Middle Kingdom is so developed that the water transportation industry here is also very prosperous. Basically, no one travels by land here, and they all use faster and more comfortable water transportation. Sometimes even wars, the warring parties The victory and defeat points are also concentrated on competing for a certain waterway.

The west and north of this plain are endless mountains, while the east and south are dense forests. It is said that both the mountains and the dense forest here were the habitat of some mysterious races long ago , Those races left all kinds of legends here, and these legends have long been forgotten due to factors such as long time and lack of evidence. Even if they know these legends, they only regard these legends as fictional stories.

However, in fact, these legendary mysterious races are all real, but with the rapid growth and expansion of the human race, these mysterious races have chosen to migrate to the New World, and now they are hiding in the deepest part of the New World.

The reason why these mysterious races chose to leave their homes and migrate to the New World was not because they did not want to conflict with the rising humans, but because they had already had conflicts with humans but failed, so they had to migrate to avoid their own conflicts. The ethnic group was driven to extinction by human beings, and the relevant conflicts can be answered in those widely circulated legends.

However, although those mysterious races have left, many members of those mysterious races still stayed. Some of them stayed voluntarily, but most of them stayed passively because of their status as captives or slaves. People of these mysterious races gradually integrated into human society, intermarried with each other, and their blood was integrated into the human race in the Middle Kingdom.

Because of this, you can often see some strange-looking people in the Middle Kingdom. At the same time, the Middle Kingdom has the most people with extraordinary power. Almost all the Churches of True God have set up important temples and churches here, and are responsible for recruiting Those who have inspired extraordinary powers, and those who have not inspired but have great potential.

If you calculate carefully, you will find that nearly 70% of the popes or archbishops of the Church of God are from the Middle Kingdom. It is precisely because the Middle Kingdom is so important to the Church of God that the Church of God will never allow See a real kingdom emerge in this area.

Although the name of the Middle Kingdom area has the word kingdom, there has never been a real kingdom in this area. Even the so-called Middle Kingdom that was originally given the name to this area was actually just a gathering of the great lords at that time. It’s just a joking name for myself and others after the alliance. The Middle Kingdom does not have a real national structure and government organization. Even the so-called countries that are established in this area are just a loose lord alliance structure, not a kingdom. architecture.

The reason for this situation is that on the one hand, it is because of the secret interference of forces such as the Church of the True God, and on the other hand, it is because there has never been a hero who can convince the crowd in this area where the battles are fought every year. The lords of the lords have completed the transformation from the lord alliance to the kingdom system.

The lords of the Middle Kingdom are also very aware of the situation here, and there have never been many people who tried to change the status quo of the Middle Kingdom in the past so many years, and even the best of these people established a so-called Middle Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom quickly disintegrated into various lords, large and small, after his death.

However, even though there have been countless failures, there are still people who are still trying to accomplish the feat of unifying the Middle Kingdom region. The one who has come closest to this goal in recent years is Lord Protector Barbarisa.

Barbarisa's sudden emergence has quelled most of the wars in the Middle Kingdom in a short period of time, and has been honored as the Protector of the Country by several countries and countless lords, including his country of origin, and he has taken the initiative to build momentum for him, donate money and efforts, and hope that Push him to the apex of power and unify the Middle Kingdom regions.

But to everyone's surprise, Barbarisa suddenly gave up all the rights in his hands, only retained the title of Lord Protector and the related territories, and did not listen to the instigation of those lords at all.

For those little lords and ordinary people who don't know the truth, Barbarisa's actions are undoubtedly extremely stupid. For a long time, Barbarisa has even become synonymous with fools in taverns in the Middle Kingdom, but for those For those who are very familiar with the history of the Middle Kingdom, Barbarisa's choice is undoubtedly the most correct choice.

Because if he did not make such a choice, but launched a unified war against the Middle Kingdom region according to the wishes of those agitators at that time, then what awaited him would be endless assassinations and betrayals, and those so-called staunch supporters would also He will be abandoned for various reasons. In the end, his family will be ruined and his reputation will be ruined. Instead of losing a lot of rights like now, he is still the most respected Lord Protector in the Middle Kingdom. Has extraordinary influence.

Relying on his prestige in the Middle Kingdom, Barbarisa often takes his family to travel around. All Barbarisa's castles are often left unattended. Fortunately, he has very loyal stewards, servants and troops who can When he left, he still ensured the normal operation of the castle, and no doves occupied the magpie's nest. This also made many people highly respect Barbarisa's ability to serve as a servant.

However, Barbarisa's ability to serve as a servant has recently been challenged, because he discovered that the steward who was in charge of a part of his property had betrayed him, and after selling that property, he fled with the money.