The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The news that Wizmir brought was so unexpected that Leo still had doubts about it even after confirming the authenticity of the news from Wizmir.

That day, when he heard the sound of the death knell, among the members of the Alcott family that emerged in Leo's mind, there was no Peter Alcott from the beginning to the end. In his opinion, even the entire Seventh The Alcott family in Lake Town is all dead, and Peter Alcott will definitely survive.

But now Peter Alcott is dead, and according to Wizmir, he still suffered from a disease and died, which made Leo simply unbelievable. After all, when he met Peter Alcott a few days ago, he was still in good health, and based on his understanding of psykers, no matter how powerful the virus was, it was impossible for a psyker to died within a few days.

"It seems that you really don't know anything," Wizmir was also surprised by Leo's reaction, and boldly guessed: "It should be the Alcott family who blocked the news, they don't want you Go to Peter Alcott's wake."

"Wake? Why am I eligible to attend Peter Alcott's wake?" Leo looked at Wizmir with a strange expression, but soon a look of surprise appeared on his face, and said: "Could it be that Peter Alcott's will has my name in it?"

As soon as Leo's words fell, Wizmir nodded vigorously and said, "Not only does it have your name, but I heard that it is one of the first few names."

After hearing this sentence, Leo was stunned for a moment, and then an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, and all the expressions of astonishment and doubt on hearing the news of Peter Alcott's death also faded away.

Although it was just speculation without any evidence, from the appearance of his name on Peter Alcott's will, Leo felt that Peter Alcott should not have died.

"Peter Alcott is dead, do you still abide by the agreement with him?" Wizmir asked again at this time.

"Of course I will obey," Leo said calmly.

Hearing Leo's answer, Wizmir showed a little smile on his face. Obviously, Leo's attitude towards the cooperation commitment made him feel a little relieved about the cooperation that the two had negotiated before. After all, no one would like to be with someone at any time. Cooperate with those who will break their promises.

Wizmir then said in a deep voice: "However, if you want to keep your promise, you really can't miss this wake."

"Why do you say that?" Leo asked.

"Peter Alcott's puppet is also one of his relics, and not only the seventh Alcott family, but also the Alcott family in other lake towns, as well as some wizards who study puppetry, all I am very concerned about this doll." Wizmir explained and speculated, "If I guessed correctly, Peter Alcott must have given you that doll in his will, otherwise, It’s just some ordinary money, the Alcott family will not be so rude and stingy. You must know that if they do this, no matter what the result is, it will cause a lot of damage to their reputation.”

Leo thought for a while and asked, "When will the vigil start?"

"Today." Wizmir responded, and then added a precise number: "After five ticks."

Leo asked again: "Is there a way for you to let me participate in the wake?"

"Although it is difficult, it is not impossible." Wizmir quickly gave an answer, saying: "Your Excellency Charles Langco has come to Lake Town, and he can serve as my master's envoy to participate in the Seventh Orco The wake of the Te family."

"It seems that you came prepared!" Seeing that Wizmir answered so quickly, Leo couldn't see that Wizmir had prepared his speech in advance.

Wizmir didn't deny it either, and said with a smile: "Hey! I'm just a small person who runs errands for others."

"Although we are considered collaborators, the expeditioner must not be so kind as to help a collaborator and offend the Seventh Alcott family." Leo soon knew that Wizmir was coming, and revealed Who is the instigator behind the details of the vigil, so he said bluntly: "Tell me! What is the request of the expeditioner?"

Wizmir replied: "It's very simple. While the big library helped my master get the book Lament of the Night God, it also helped the expeditioner get another book from the library."

Leo frowned and said, "You should know that after we enter the abandoned capital, we may not necessarily appear near the big library."

Wizmir shook his head, pretending to be mysterious, and said, "No! If you enter with His Excellency Charles Ranko, you will definitely appear near the big library."

Hearing this, Leo couldn't help guessing curiously: "Your Majesty the Expeditionist has a treasure that can locate the large library?"

It's just that Wizmir didn't answer this time, but just smiled.

Leo did not continue to ask, but changed a question, saying: "Since you can't say this question, then what book does your Excellency the Expeditionist want to get from the big library, you should be able to answer this question, right?"

"Of course it can be answered. It's the magic book of the crystal old man."

Hearing this answer, Leo froze for a moment, his face became serious.

Now Leo is no longer ignorant of the abandoned capital. Through the incomplete information provided by Wizmir, he already has a preliminary understanding of the situation in the abandoned capital.

The Wizarding Association believes that waste is the final destination after the destruction of anything in the multiverse, and the remains of any thing in the multiverse will fall into the ruined city. These things may be a country, a person, or even Possibly a cloud of cosmic energy.

What's interesting is that the concept of this multiverse was not originally created by the chief wizards of the Wizarding Association. This concept came from a note brought out from the large library by the people who entered the abandoned city before. The author of this note came from a person named An arcanist from the kingdom of Netheril.

People in the Wizarding Association have never been very clear about what arcane is, because when the arcanist wrote this note, he was already crazy. Except for a very small part of the content related to the abandoned capital that has been interpreted, most of the remaining content is some jumbled words that cannot be deciphered temporarily.

The Wizards Association has discovered the Abandoned City for thousands of years, and has entered the Abandoned City thousands of times, but they still don't know anything about the Abandoned City. They don't know how big the Abandoned City is, and they don't know where the Abandoned City is. , I don't even know how to take the initiative to enter the waste. It wasn't until the Wizards Association got this Arcanist's Notebook hundreds of years ago that they really began to understand the abandoned city and knew how to find the entrance of the abandoned city, and the name of the abandoned city became the official name of that strange world.

Regarding the contents of that notebook, Wizmir's information did not mention much, but only mentioned that the Wizards Association is now able to locate the abandoned capital locations such as the Royal City and the Great Bookstore, all relying on that notebook.

Because the notebook was found in the large library, and there are a large number of books recording magical knowledge in the large library, the wizard association's exploration of the abandoned capital has been based on the large library for a long time.

Among the information provided by Wizmir, the information in the large library accounted for more than half, which also made Leo pay special attention to the information in this area.

According to the records, although the big library looks like a tower-like library on the outside, it has infinite space inside. So far, the Wizards Association's exploration of the big library has stopped at the forty-third floor.

Just like other places in the abandoned city, the big library is full of all kinds of monsters. The power of monsters on almost every floor will be multiplied, and there will be an extremely powerful monster guarding the way to the library on every floor. The entrance and exit of the upper floor, and these monsters will continue to be resurrected repeatedly.

The crystallized old man is the guardian of the entrance to the large library on the forty-third floor, and the arcanist's notebook was also picked up on the forty-third floor, so some people speculate that the crystallized old man is the arcanist himself.

Because of this, the Wizards Association explored the forty-third floor of the large library the most. Although the Wizards Association never killed the crystal old man, they found two magic books of the crystal old man in the hidden chamber on the forty-third floor. , These two magic books have become one of the most important treasures of the wizard association, and only the chief wizard is eligible to read them.

Although, in the information, there is no mention of the process of obtaining the magic book of the crystallized old man, but after so many explorations of the large library by the Wizarding Association, it has paid a lot of casualties, but still cannot get the third magic book of the crystallized old man. Just looking at it is enough to know how difficult it is to obtain this magic book.

Now, the expeditioner Charles Langco actually wanted to exchange Leo for helping him obtain the magic of the crystallized old man just by helping Leo attend the vigil of the Alcott family, which was insignificant to him. Precious treasure, in Leo's opinion, if this person is not so whimsical to the point of naivety, then the conditions he offered must have follow-up content.

Therefore, Leo deliberately said with a slight sarcasm: "Mr. Wizmir, as a businessman, do you think this kind of exchange is equivalent?"

"Of course not." Wizmir showed a little embarrassment on his face, and then said seriously: "I asked His Excellency the Expeditionist the same at the time, but he said that as long as you are willing to help him obtain the magic book of the crystal old man, he is willing to open it to you. His personal library."

Leo showed a pensive expression, but did not answer immediately.

Undoubtedly, the terms offered by Charles Ranko are the best trading terms for any ordinary wizard in the Wizarding Association. As the master disciple of the ninth chief wizard, Charles Ranko the Expeditionist can definitely be regarded as a powerful As a wizard, many people even think that he will inherit the position of the ninth chief in the future, so his private library must contain all kinds of powerful witchcraft, which is the treasure that any wizard dreams of.

But the problem is that Leo is not a wizard, and he is not a wizard of the Wizards Association. Although the conditions offered by Charles Ranco are sufficient, they are of no use to him, and what is even more distressing is that he is not even a wizard. Such a condition cannot be opposed, otherwise, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

So after pondering for a while, Leo deliberately set up a small obstacle, and said: "It is my dream to be able to enter the library of His Excellency the Expeditionist, but helping His Excellency the Expeditionary to obtain the magic book of the crystallized old man is also full of dangers." , I don't know if I will be able to come back here alive, so this transaction condition looks good, but it is too illusory. Rather than offer such a good transaction condition, but may not be able to get it in the end, I would rather get it in advance Something real."

Wizmir was silent for a moment, and asked, "Mr. Leo, what kind of real thing do you think is suitable?"

Leo said solemnly: "No less than three notes of the chief wizard."

Wizmir thought for a while, nodded and said, "This condition should be acceptable to your Excellency the Expeditionist."

Leo didn't expect Wizmir to agree so readily, he was stunned for a while, re-examined Wizmir's identity, and at the same time stretched out his hand to Wizmir calmly, saying: "In this case, Yuanzheng and I Your Excellency's deal is done."

"The deal is concluded." Wizmir also shook Leo's hand, and continued: "I will immediately arrange for you to attend the wake, and I will pick you up in person in an hour."

"I'm not busy." Leo waved his hand casually, then stopped Wizmir, and said, "Don't rush away, I have a few things to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Witzmir asked.

Leo asked directly: "The first thing is what happened to the Nowitzki family's bounty? As far as I know, the Nowitzki family has already sent people to the root nest."

Wizmir said with some embarrassment: "I just wanted to tell you about this matter. The Nowitzki family went to the root nest to arrest people based on the murderer information you gave, but encountered some accidents and suffered heavy losses. Nowitzki There are family members in the Ji family who are dissatisfied with the current heir, and they use this as an excuse to delay the thing that should be delivered to you."

"They don't want to renege, do they?" Leo said with a gloomy face.

Wizmir shook his head immediately, and explained: "Of course not, they just delayed the time on purpose, because they knew that you would also go to the abandoned capital, so..."

"So they want to wait for me to come back from the waste capital before giving me the things," Leo sneered. "If I can't come back, they don't need to bother with me as a dead person, right?"

"They really think so." Wizmir also looked disdainful when he mentioned the tricks of these noble families, but then he said very firmly: "However, don't worry, as long as you participate in this wake, I believe that the Nowitzki family will deliver what you want to you tomorrow."

Leo looked at Witzmir with a smile on his face, and guessed in his heart that Witzmir must know something that he didn't know but was beneficial to him, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident.

For Leo, as long as the things are in hand, he doesn’t care about the process, how Wizmir operates this matter, and how much benefit this matter can bring to Wizmir, so He did not pursue the matter further.

And just when Wizmir thought that Leo would ask about the bounty or the abolition of the capital, Leo suddenly changed the subject and asked a question that worried him immensely.