The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

After putting the crystalline worms into the metal box, the bishop of the Chasing Light Church carefully put it into the inner pocket of his clothes and put it close to his body, and then briefly instructed the other clergy to continue fishing for the crystalline creatures at the bottom of the lake according to the original plan. And tell them that they will look at the fishing results, and then promote a senior clergyman from several people to take charge of the camp.

After finishing speaking, he couldn't wait to leave the warehouse, stepped on his horse, and led his church knights back to the depths of the forest.

"Shall we follow?" Lutaxi, the tree demon who also left the warehouse, asked Leo beside him.

"No need." Leo shook his head and said, "Let's go back to Qingshui Bieyuan."

"Aren't you going to continue the investigation?" Lutaxi the dryad said with a puzzled look on his face, "Aren't you wondering why the Chasing Light Church made this kind of crystalline insect? Don't you want to know what the god behind the Light Chasing Church is? "

"Why should I know?" Leo asked back, and added: "What good will it do me if I know?"

The Dryad Lutaxi opened her mouth, but was unable to answer. In fact, her curiosity had been completely aroused at the moment. She saw with her own eyes that the senior clergyman of Chasing Light Church turned into a The crystalline insect also personally felt the strange power of the gods contained in the crystalline insect. Her curiosity was also aroused a little bit under this situation, and now she can follow up and investigate the matter clearly, but Leo But she gave up halfway, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable as if something was stuck in her chest.

It's a pity that Leo didn't change his mind. In fact, he was also curious about everything planned by the Chasing Light Church and the gods behind it, but now there are more important things for him to do, such as entering the world of tree leaves and shadows Lake Narnia also absorbed the power of the stone throne on that side, making the power of the stone throne even stronger.

In fact, after the power of the stone throne contained in the fragment of the meteorite was completely integrated at the bottom of Lake Narnia, Leo had a very obvious feeling of incompleteness. He always felt that something was missing from the power of the stone throne, until he When I remembered that the dryad Rutaxi said that there was also a Lake of Narnia in the world under the shadow of the branches and leaves of the world tree, I realized the source of the sense of lack.

For him now, the most important thing is not to satisfy his curiosity, but to complement the part of the power that the Stone Throne lacks, and see if he can use the power that really belongs to the Stone Throne.

You must know that although the Stone Throne has changed and endowed Leo with more powerful abilities, the power Leo usually uses has not changed in essence. It is still the divine power, the power of the abyss, Psychic power, etc., the power that truly belongs to the Stone Throne is still beyond his reach, which undoubtedly means that the incomplete part of the Stone Throne itself has not yet returned to its normal state, and it is necessary to constantly search for the kind of stone that contains the stone similar to the bottom of Lake Narnia Meteorite Fragments of Throne Power to restore the Stone Throne.

Restoring the Stone Throne is an extremely long process for Leo, it may take thousands of years to complete it completely, and he has no clues, he can only find one and solve one, just like the current one in Narnia Like meteorite fragments in Lake Shadow World.

After making a decision, Leo left the camp of the Chasing Light Church, went to the place where the horse was hidden outside the camp, drove the horse back the same way, and headed for Qingshui Villa.

"What did you do in the lake?" The tree demon Lutaxi who was following Leo didn't ask Leo again if he would still investigate the Chasing Light Church, but instead asked another question that made her curious. thing, said: "When you were still in the water, I felt that Lake Narnia changed a lot. It no longer made me feel so dangerous. I can even get close to the lake. You must have done something in the lake. Bar?"

"I took away the power contained in a meteorite fragment." Leo responded truthfully: "That power is the source of your sense of danger. If I guess correctly, in Lake Narnia in the world of shadows There's also a fragment of the same meteorite, so you should still be in danger of Lake Narnia in the shadow world, right?"

The dryad Lutaxi didn't answer when he heard the words, but just nodded, and then asked again: "Are you really planning to save Devina?"

"Yes, I can cure her. I remember you asked?" Leo nodded casually, then looked at the tree demon with a strange look, and asked, "Why are you asking this again now? You What are you doubting? Doubt my ability, or doubt my intentions?"

"What good is it for you to treat her?" Lutaxi the dryad moved a little closer to Leo, looked at Leo, and said, "From your behavior, it can be seen that when you help others, you will consider gains and losses, otherwise you will not You will do certain things for no reason, just like you don’t continue to pursue the matter of Chasing Light Church, if that’s the case, then what’s the benefit of you taking the initiative to save Devina? I don’t understand.”

Leo didn't give any answer to the dryad Lutaxi, just smiled at her, and ended the conversation.

Afterwards, the two did not talk to each other on the way back to Clearwater Villa from Lake Narnia. Yes, the other party will not give any answer, so I don't want to make any unnecessary effort.

After returning to the villa, the countess and Devina were still in the pavilion of the villa, but compared to before, Devena could only lie in the pavilion, and now she can walk slowly with the help of the servants. It's just that the walking posture is not very good-looking.

Leo appeared directly around the pavilion. This behavior naturally caused some commotion, but the Countess quickly calmed down and ordered the servants to leave, leaving only the Emerald Knight guarding around.

When there were only a few people left in the pavilion, the countess asked curiously: "Mr. Leo, you came back earlier than I expected. Have you finished your business?"

"It's done," Leo nodded, and said, "But there was a small episode in the middle, but fortunately, the result is still good."

"Small episode?" The countess was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "Can you tell me about it?"

The countess' curiosity was deliberately aroused by Leo. Seeing his inquiry, he disappeared all the adult men in the three towns he saw on the road, and then seriously told the count about some behaviors of the chasing light church around Lake Narnia. Madam listened, and the Countess's face became extremely ugly while listening, obviously she didn't know the actions of Chasing Light Church around Lake Narnia.

"Damn it, those guys in the middle are playing tricks!" After hearing this, the Countess couldn't help cursing, and then expressed to Leo that she was extremely grateful to know the news, and hurriedly left the pavilion after speaking.

"It looks like your mother is in big trouble." Leo said to Devina.

Devina didn't show any emotional fluctuations, just smiled, and then told what she knew. Although she usually spends most of her time in the villa, she sometimes helps the Countess Handle some affairs and prepare for inheriting the territory of West Green Emerald Forest in the future, so she is no stranger to some government affairs of West Green Emerald Forest.

Although Lake Narnia is located on the edge of the Green Emerald Forest, and the surrounding forest does not completely belong to the territory of the West Green Emerald Forest, Lake Narnia itself and the towns that Leo passed through are all part of the West Green Emerald Forest territory. They are all under the jurisdiction of Earl West Green Emerald.

From Devina, Leo knew that the Church of Chasing Light had come to the Countess to discuss the resource development of Lake Narnia. According to the Church of Chasing Light, they were in charge of the resource development and For resource trading and other matters, West Green Emerald Forest only needs to provide land and workers, and the profits earned will be divided into 60 and 40%.

Although such conditions cannot be said to be very good, they are definitely not bad. There is no shortage of resources in the West Green Emerald area, but because of the geographical location and the surrounding political environment and other issues, even if the resources are mined, it is difficult to transport them out. , the various taxes that need to be paid in the middle will also increase the selling price of these resources several times. After they are finally shipped outside, there will be no price advantage at all, and they will even be at a disadvantage. Only some scarce resources can be sold. High price, get profit.

But the Church of the True God is different. They can transport goods through the church's special channel, which not only perfectly avoids all the complicated and redundant local taxes, but also can transport goods more smoothly and safely.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Church of the True God is responsible for transportation and sales, and the West Green Emerald region is only responsible for mining various resources, then the profits that the West Green Emerald region can obtain in the end will definitely far exceed their own mining. The final income after transporting and selling those resources, and at the same time, there is no need to worry about being robbed by bandits, local nobles or underground forces on the road.

More importantly, the profit ratio of the Chasing Light Church is six to four. Although this ratio is not the highest, it is already very good compared to the nine to one ratio of general lords and churches.

Normally, the Countess would not refuse to cooperate with the Chasing Light Church after hearing such favorable conditions. One of the hostile nobles from China was negotiating the same matter, and the Chasing Church was still the same hostile noble, and it seemed that an agreement had been reached, which made the countess vigilant, began to doubt the intention of this cooperation, and then denied the Chasing Church cooperation requirements.

The reason why the Countess had such a big reaction was because the Earl of West Green Emerald was trapped on the battlefield a few years ago, and the Countess had to dispatch the defense troops in the area to rescue, which left the defense of the West Green Emerald area empty. The hostile noble also seized this opportunity to attack the West Green Emerald region, and went all the way to the West Green Emerald Castle, trying to break through the castle, capture the countess, and completely disintegrate the regime in the West Green Emerald region in a short time.

As a result, the countess led everyone in the castle, from ordinary civilians to noble merchants, to defend the castle. Not only did she defend the castle, but she also personally led the Emerald Knights to attack the enemy army outside the city at night, killing a large number of officers in the enemy army and burning them down. The opponent's siege equipment was destroyed, so that the opponent had no chance to attack the castle, and finally had to withdraw from the West Green Emerald area while the local garrison in the West Green Emerald area returned for reinforcements.

This offensive and defensive battle was an extremely dangerous battle for the Countess. It is no exaggeration to say whether the West Green Emerald Territory will continue to exist depends entirely on the outcome of this battle. The hearts of the people in the Green Emerald Territory have truly mastered the power of West Green Emerald.

However, the countess was not happy, because Devina disappeared during the war. After the invading army entered the West Green Emerald area, the hostile nobles sent an army of knights to attack Qingshui Villa, trying to capture Devina. She came to blackmail the countess, but until the end of the war, neither Devena nor the knight army who captured her appeared again. Later, a month after the war, Devena suddenly appeared in the restored villa. It's just that none of the servants in the villa knew how Devina appeared.

After this incident, the countess, who suffered from the disappearance of her daughter, naturally hated that hostile nobleman who only invaded the army. Now that she knew that the Chasing Light Church had first cooperated with this nobleman, she must have reverie in her heart. The trust that was the basis of cooperation also no longer exists.

Now from Leo's mouth, I learned that the Chasing Light Church exploited the resources in the territory without her permission, and even kidnapped nearly 10,000 adult males in the three towns silently. Thinking of some dangerous things, so at this moment the countess has raised this matter to the level of life and death.

"Did you save her?" Leo turned to the tree demon Lutaxi after stopping Devina's narration.

The dryad Lutaxi nodded and said: "It happened suddenly at that time, and I took her to the shadow world without thinking too much. It's just that something went wrong in the process, and she was sent to another place. It took me a long time. It was time to find her and bring her back."

"I had a good time there, and the people there are very interesting." At this moment, Devina suddenly turned her head and said to the tree demon Lutaxi.

Seeing Devina's reaction, Leo and the dryad Lutaxi were both stunned, and then Leo asked, "Can you hear the dryad's voice?"

"Yes." Devina nodded, as if she was very proud of the surprise she had brought to the two, and then said to Leo: "I have been training according to the method you taught these two days. Not long ago, my I suddenly heard the sound of thunder, and then I was deaf for a short time. After returning to normal, I could hear some sounds that I couldn't hear normally. Just now I heard Xiaoshu's voice answering your question. Speaking of which, this is my first time. This is the first time I really heard Xiaoshu's voice, before I just felt what Xiaoshu wanted to express."