The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In the early morning of the next day, after a night of noisy bonfire party, the market camp fell into silence before dawn. People from all tribes in the market returned to their tents to sleep with their gains from the party. The rangers responsible for the safety of the market are still patrolling inside and outside the market.

The young people in the caravan were still sleeping in the tents because of their participation in the party. The caravan did not forcibly pull them up. Instead, the old people who did not participate in the party hired some people from the market to bring them The goods traded yesterday were sorted and packed.

In addition, more than a dozen young people from the local tribes also accepted the employment of the caravan yesterday. They were going to go outside to see it. Because of their excitement, they came to the caravan camp early to help the old people of the caravan pack their goods. .

The various tribes in the market did not show any abnormalities, and it was still the same as before. It seemed that Picas did not succeed in persuading the tribe last night.

And after that, Leo also learned from Sans that last night Bigas didn't know why he was dismissed as the captain of the Prairie Rangers, and was instead awarded the position of the elder of the market council.

This news sounds like Bigas seems to have been promoted, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, you can find that Bigas was taken away.

When Bigas was the captain of the Prairie Rangers, the united Rangers of more than 1,000 people were completely under his orders, and the power they had was real. But in fact, the rights in his hands have been tantamount to nothing.

It would be better if they were tribal elders, more or less they would have some rights, but the market council elders are a nursing home that relies on the elderly to sell the elderly, and the elders are some old people from various tribes who have retired from important positions , Now stuffing a middle-aged man like Picass in the prime of life is undoubtedly a decent demotion for him.

After Leo knew this, he felt that he should have another conversation with Bigas.

Sure enough, at noon, when the caravan had packed up all the carts and started to continue marching towards Dry Steel City, Bigas with a worried face found Leo.

"Mr. Leo, is there any way for me to save these innocent people?" Bigas didn't beat around the bush, but asked Leo directly.

Leo was silent for a moment, and said, "There is only one way."

"What way?" Pygas asked hastily.

"Before the disaster, you became the sole master of this grassland." Leo said in a deep voice.

"How is this possible?" Bigas said with a look of shock on his face: "There has never been a ruler on this grassland, all our tribes..."

"All tribes are free, and then die freely, right?" Leo interrupted Bigas's painting indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "There has never been a master before, it doesn't mean it won't appear in the future. "

"I..." Bigas didn't refute Leo's words, he fell silent, the expression on his face changed, sometimes worried, sometimes determined.

Leo looked at each other and said, "Actually, becoming a master is not as difficult as you think, especially for you, a prairie hero who has passed so many trials. And don't forget, for so many years, you have been in the prairie How many people have been rescued by God, and how many people in each tribe have received your favor."

Hearing Leo's reminder, Bigas's eyes no longer changed, but gradually became firm, but there was still such an inexplicable hesitation in his eyes.

"Know that everything you do is to save them," Leo added, adding: "Think about the consequences if you don't do this, if the disaster I speculate appears , How many people can survive this disaster?"

At this time, the last trace of hesitation in Bigas's eyes disappeared, and his eyes became extremely firm, and then he said to Leo very straightforwardly: "Mr. Leo, thank you very much! If you need my help in the future Yes, please send someone here to inform me, I will definitely..."

"It's not necessary," Leo shook his head, interrupted Bigas, and said, "I don't have anything for you to do, and if you really encounter something that I can't do, you will be even more grateful." It can't be done."

Although Leo was telling the truth, he was too direct, and Bigas, who was very grateful to Leo, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, his character was straightforward and upright, and he didn't hold any resentment towards Leo because of it. After expressing that his promise is always valid, he left in embarrassment.

After Bigas left, Leo turned around and returned to the tent of the pack car, but his face was not good at the moment, his eyes were full of surprise, as if he was doubting something.

"How did this happen? Why did I give him those suggestions?" Leo said to himself with a serious face, "This doesn't look like me, this..."

Leo's eyes lit up suddenly as if he had woken up, and then he saw him raise the arm where the abyss snake's eyeballs were, and said, "You are influencing me?"

While speaking, his psionic energy explored the past along with the devouring power that absolutely suppressed the power of the abyss.

Just now, Leo suddenly remembered the book he had read in Wangcheng that recorded the history of the rise and fall of the Wangcheng. In that book, he mentioned how the abyss affected the Wangcheng step by step, creating disputes, chaos and killings. , This is the most commonly used method of Abyss, just like his suggestion to Picas just now.

His suggestion to Picas just now sounds like the best suggestion at first glance, but in fact it is not the case. This suggestion is just the most direct and effective suggestion, not the best suggestion.

If Bigas acts according to this suggestion, then this small grassland will inevitably fall into the vortex of tribal wars. With Bigas' own strength, and his prestige and reputation, as long as no external forces intervene, then he must be the ultimate The winner is undoubtedly.

But no matter what the outcome of the victory is, the war actually took place here, and the number of deaths must be quite a few, so the scene of this kind of harmonious coexistence in the market will disappear forever, and there will only be Dispute and confusion.

Moreover, after Bigas unified this small grassland, it does not mean that the dispute is over. The attitude of the western city-state will determine the direction of future wars.

The western city-states were able to allow the various tribes in the small grasslands to be independent from the control of each city-state because the number of these small tribes was not large, and the largest number was less than 2,000 people, and they were independent and scattered.

But once the various tribes in the small prairie are unified, there will be a large tribe with a population of more than 200,000 and a young and strong tribe of nearly 100,000, which is even bigger than any tribe in the west. How can they feel at ease? With such a tribe formed, there is no doubt that there will be wars in the west of Savile.

This is not over yet. Once the war turns out to be unfavorable to the western city-states, the small tribes that are suppressed by the big tribes in the western city-states will definitely do something, and when the foundation of stability in the western city-states is shaken, then The foundation of the stable regime that affects the entire Savile Kingdom will also be shaken, then Savile will fall into civil war just like Maris, and it will be more chaotic and disorderly.

Thinking of this, Leo's face became even more ugly. Although he has experienced countless wars, the people who died in wars are just a series of numbers, but if he is asked to personally create such a huge number of casualties, if it is a biochemical Maybe it was nothing when he was a human being, but now it made him feel very uncomfortable.

However, even so, Leo never thought of calling Bigas and persuading him to change his mind, because he was a little worried, worried that all this was not only affected by the abyss serpent, but also by the lord of the birth and death of all things. Impact.

Come to think of it, if there was a dispute, what happened last night was the cause.

Although this may be Leo's overthinking, and everything may be just a coincidence, but think carefully about who will be the ultimate beneficiary if there is a war in the Kingdom of Savile, the Church of the Lord of Life and Death, which is similar to the Kingdom of Marris. The situation is almost identical.

As he deepened his thinking, Leo's face became more and more ugly. In the end, Leo closed his eyes, as if he was clearing his mind, and suddenly heaved a heavy sigh, and his face gradually returned to normal.

After a period of mental entanglement, Leo also quickly understood that no matter whether he was affected by external forces or not, and given such a suggestion to Bigas, he could no longer delay the situation. Ambition is easy to ignite. It is difficult to extinguish it. Even if Leo gives a better method now, Bigas will probably choose the method that is more beneficial to him.

Leo sighed, and didn't think about Picas anymore. What he needs to deal with most now is to determine whether the eyeballs of the abyssal serpent really have a bad effect on him, and find out how to solve this effect.

After that, Leo stayed in the tent all the time, and after the caravan had lunch, they continued their journey, heading towards the ancient salt railway in Quinsis Snow Mountain.

Because Pygas's rangers regularly cleaned up a certain number of dangerous animals on the grassland, the caravan's trip on the grassland was smooth. The only trouble was that the grassland near the snow-capped mountains seemed to have a lot of rain in the morning. It became muddy, and the wheels sank into the mud several times. There was even a pack cart broken due to improper force when it was pulled out, and the caravan had to stop to repair the pack cart.

So when the caravan arrived at the bottom of Quinsis Snow Mountain and the starting point of the ancient salt railway, it was already close to morning. Except for people like Leo who stayed in the pack car all the time, everyone in the caravan was covered with blood. Everyone was tired and hungry, and the cold wind blowing down from the snow-capped mountains made the temperature here very cold. Everyone's body has reached its limit.

It's just that something has happened to the upper echelons of the caravan. The caravan originally chose a suitable camping point based on past experience, but it was flooded by the stream next to the camping point, but the stream is not correct. , because now the creek has become a creek.

As for the other places suitable for camping are muddy grasslands, it may be difficult to ensure rest in this environment. If there is not enough rest, it may be dangerous to walk on the ancient salt railway.

"We can camp in the old castle." At this time, the old man who had traveled four or five times with the caravan suggested.

Everyone in the discussion tent fell silent and looked at him strangely.

Being looked at by everyone with such disdainful gazes, the old man's face turned ugly, and he said slightly annoyed: "If you think it's not suitable, you can suggest a more suitable place." He said, with an extremely obvious look of disdain , muttered: "I really don't know what you are afraid of, you must know that the legend about that castle has passed for thousands of years, and no one has actually seen the monster in the castle from the beginning to the end, and there is no clear news , indicating that someone had an accident in the castle, I really don't know what you are worried about?"

After hearing the other party's sarcasm, everyone's faces became very ugly. Although they were indeed afraid of the ancient castle that had been rumored for thousands of years, no one was willing to admit that the old man's words were tantamount to twitching. It's no wonder they look good after slapping everyone in the face.

"Ahem!" Gu Sang coughed twice, breaking the awkward atmosphere in the tent, and said, "Okay! Old Bayi is right. The story of the castle has been rumored for thousands of years, and it has long been unreliable. There is no need for us to worry about being afraid, we will camp in the old castle, rest for a day and a night, and when we have enough energy and strength, we will set off to climb the mountain in the morning of the day after tomorrow."

Following Gu Sang's decision to camp in the ancient castle, the caravan slowly changed direction and moved towards the abandoned ancient castle at the front end of the ancient salt railway.

As for the caravan's decision, the people at the bottom of the caravan naturally have no way to influence it, but this does not prevent them from talking about various things related to this castle, and their tone of speech has gradually changed from worry and panic to excitement and excitement. Excited, some of the young people even couldn't wait to camp in the castle immediately, and then secretly carried the elders in the caravan to explore the secrets hidden in the castle.

Although the owner of the pack cart, Sans, is an outsider, he has a good relationship with the people in the caravan. He also joined the conversation, and obtained a lot of information related to the castle from the conversation. When driving, he also told Leo this information.

Originally, Leo was not interested in this kind of castle legends that have been passed down for thousands of years, because the legends of castles all over the world are nothing more than things like the owner of the castle not reconciled to the decline of the castle. Some people's attention and so on.

But after he heard all the rumors about the castle that Sans heard, his original thoughts began to change, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit about the castle in his heart, and decided that if he had time, he should go to check the castle , maybe you can find something interesting.