The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

"What a group of beautiful little guys!" Sylvia couldn't help showing a look of liking when she saw the Storm Eagles falling on the scaffolding.

When she was young, she once tamed an eagle, but it was a pity that the eagle was accidentally bitten to death by a highly venomous snake during one of her adventures. Eagle's love has not weakened much.

Eagle taming is basically an old craft of the Belmont family. In the old domain of the Belmont family in the Velen world, there is an eagle castle, which specializes in domesticating eagles. There is also an eagle building in the manor built after the southward move. Unfortunately, it was later demolished and rebuilt into other buildings.

Now, seeing several giant eagles with a height of five meters and a wingspan of about twenty meters standing in front of them, the falconry genes in the bones of the Belmont family also seemed to have been stimulated, and while Sylvia spoke, He couldn't help but stepped forward and tried to reach out and touch the giant eagle in front of him.

"Be careful ma'am, this eagle is very fierce." The eagle man on the side saw Sylvia's movements and stopped in a panic.

Even though these storm eagles have been domesticated a lot, the wildness in their bones has never weakened. Except for a few domesticated storm eagles that allow the eagle people to approach and obey the instructions of the eagle whistle, most storm eagles are still rebellious. Tame, will attack any creature that comes close.

The storm eagle that Sylvia is approaching now is a storm eagle that has not been tamed, but it can still hear the sound of the eagle whistle and fly over with other storm eagles.

In the past, there were also eagle people who thought this storm eagle was domesticated and wanted to get close to feeding, but they were attacked, and some people even died because of it, so when Sylvia approached the storm eagle, there were eagle people immediately. Saying a word to stop it, and other people nearby stepped forward to hold Sylvia.

However, the few people who tried to step forward and grab Sylvia's arm stopped before they could get close, because they saw an astonishing scene, only to see that Sylvia was slightly closer to the other side. When there was no tamed storm eagle, the fierce storm eagle seemed to become extraordinarily obedient, jumping directly from the scaffold, and then crouched down so that Sylvia could touch it.

Seeing this scene, all the eagles who were responsible for taking care of the Stormhawk stared in astonishment, not knowing what to say.

On the other hand, Miranda is very clear about how all this happened, because just when the Stormhawk showed a submissive gesture, she felt an unprecedented and immeasurable aura of blood from Sylvia in front of her. The aura was even stronger than the bloodline power that she felt from the family patriarch. At that moment, she also had an impulse similar to that of the Storm Eagle, wanting to kneel and salute to Sylvia. .

However, fortunately, the aura of bloodline power in Sylvia appeared suddenly and disappeared very quickly. When she was about to act excessively, it suddenly disappeared, allowing her to return to normal.

After returning to normal, in order to cover up her inner panic, Miranda immediately instructed the surrounding eagles to put the prepared saddles on the tamed storm eagle, and also instructed the driver responsible for driving the storm eagle. Be prepared too.

At Miranda's command, the eagle people immediately divided the labor and cooperated, and some people were responsible for feeding the storm eagles, so that they would have enough strength to carry people in the air, and then skillfully tied the special saddle to the eagle. On the back, it didn't take long for all the Stormhawks to be ready.

Miranda asked Leo and Sylvia to choose a storm eagle to ride, and she took the rest of the storm eagles with her men.

Sylvia didn't choose those storm eagles that had already been equipped with seats, but sat directly on the back of the storm eagle that was leaning towards her, then patted the back of the storm eagle, and saw the storm eagle unfold. The huge wings flew directly into the air, hovering over the Storm Eagle.

Seeing this situation, Miranda and others were also very surprised, but they were surprised, but their movements did not stop, and they each sat on the Stormhawk of their choice, and Leo did not choose as casually as Sylvia did. A storm hawk that was not domesticated, but sat on the prepared end.

After they were all seated and the seat belts were assisted, as the eagle rider blew the whistle in his hand, these tamed storm eagles spread their wings and soared up, and soon flew to the sky above the storm cliff, with Sylvie After Ya's storm eagle circled in the air for a few laps, under the control of the whistle, it flew towards the depths of the mountains further north.

There are many people in the world who know about the Belmont family castle in the northern forest of Teresa Kingdom, but even so, no one has been able to find the exact location of the Belmont family castle. All clues end in the dragon. Moore City in the Ridge Mountains.

Moore City is located in the Blade's Edge Valley of the Dragon's Back Mountains. It is surrounded by towering cliffs. There is only a very narrow road that passes through the cracks in the cliffs and connects to the outside.

The snow water on the surrounding mountains converged from various creeks into a rushing nameless creek. This creek crossed the edge of Moore City and flowed directly into the nightmare pit on the edge of the cliff not far away, becoming underground. The river, I don't know where it finally reappeared from the ground, or flowed into the ground forever.

The shape of Moore City is very different from the shape of other cities in this world. Instead, it is more like the knight castle of the Frank Empire in the world of Velen. Because of this, the main city of Moore City is completely dominated by military fortresses. The Belmont family The side branches and vassal families live in the fortress. Most of them are warriors who have undergone rigorous training, and some of them are knights who have experienced many battles. The armed force in this fortress alone is comparable to that of the fortress. The defensive power of any king.

This is not all the armed forces of Moore City. In addition to the main city, there are four ring cities guarding the main city. The people living in these four ring cities are all foreign families under the control of the Belmont family. These families have caravans. There are mainly merchant families, there are also mining families who mainly focus on mining, and some families specialize in cultivating high-quality mercenaries.

The four garrison troops around the city are all composed of the armed forces of these families. In addition to the reserve force of 10,000 people, there are also a standing army of 4,000 people. Such a large number of armed forces are enough to help the Belmont family resist any attack from the outside world. attack.

In fact, in the past, there were indeed some extremist churches of True God who organized a secret expedition and tried to exterminate the Belmont family, an open-faced heretical family. In the end, these people all turned into tombs outside the Blade's Edge Valley. The weapons of these people were also inserted into the huge joint tombs, which became eye-catching tombstones.

It is precisely this time and again that the real achievements have made even many churches in the Church of True God regard the Belmont family as a thorn in their eyes, but there is no way to take action against the Belmont family, and even have to admit the Belmont family’s heretical hunters. , I have to say that this is a bit ironic. You must know that the Belmont family ranks among the top heretics in many churches.

Although those churches couldn't take action against the Belmont family, or even hurt the Belmont family's fur, they still tried their best to fiddle with some things to disgust the Belmont family. , is one of the means they use to disgust the Belmont family.

The city lord of Moore City has been held by members of the Belmont family for all generations, and this time is no exception. Belmont, who serves as the city lord of Moore City, is named Mourning. Earl of Belmont, the next head of the family and heir to the duke.

Although Mourning was of noble birth, he was weak and sickly since childhood. Even if he improved later, his body was still too weak compared to the rest of the Belmont family, and after repeated inspections, it was almost certain that he could not Stimulate the power of his own blood, so he can basically be sure that he will not become the Duke of Belmont in the future.

It's just that Mo Ning's identity is very special. You must know that the Earl of Belmont has only one descendant of him. Mo Ning loses the qualification to become the Duke of Belmont, which means that the Earl of Belmont will be promoted to the Duke in the future, and the next heir will definitely only be from In the direct line, other suitable candidates are selected to inherit the two identities of the title and the patriarch.

Although this kind of thing is unacceptable, there is no chance for change. A long time ago, Monin Belmont was appointed by the Duke of Belmont as the city lord of Moore City, and he was responsible for the affairs of Moore City. Basically, it has been completely determined. There is no qualification to inherit the patriarch and duke of the Belmont family, because the city lord of Moore City, who is incomparably honorable to outsiders, has become a place of exile in the eyes of the direct members of the Belmont family. The loser in the battle for the position of the duke assumes the position, as long as he becomes the lord of Moore City, it is equivalent to losing the qualifications to become the duke and the patriarch.

Mo Ning is very aware of his own situation. Although he was unwilling for a while after becoming the city lord of Moore City, he couldn't do anything and could only be his city lord honestly.

Because although Moore City has an extremely powerful military force, all military power is in the hands of the direct family. The armed forces that the City Lord of Moore City can control, except for his own guards, can no longer control any other forces stationed in Military power in the city.

In the past, there have been some Moor City lords who were unwilling to fail and tried to gain control of the Moor City armed forces through various methods. In the end, these people all ended in failure without exception. So far, the bodies of these losers have been made into The specimen was hung on the wall of the main city castle as a warning.

It was precisely because there were a lot of bad examples of his predecessors that Mo Ning knew that he couldn't make any changes, so he let go of the obsession in his heart and gradually adapted to the identity of the city owner, and he also felt that it was not bad. .

However, in recent years, the obsession that was put down by Mo Ning has been picked up again by him, and he has also begun to secretly contact the army commanders who are in charge of various military forces in Moore City, trying to get support from them, so that he can return to Bell. Monte Castle.

The reason why he has such a transformation is mainly because his wife gave him a very good offspring. When his son was born, he had special scales on some parts of his body. These scales are only in those who stimulate the blood, and Only family members who have blood condensed to a very high degree have it. This situation is called atavism within the family, and atavism has never happened to a newly born baby, so he judged that his son had more than The pure blood of everyone else in the family.

Mourning felt that he might not be able to become the Duke of Belmont, but his son should be able to. After all, the purity of the bloodline is so high, not to mention his pure direct line, even the side branch is definitely qualified to compete for the position of the patriarch and the duke.

However, before he is qualified to compete for the title of patriarch and duke, he has one very important thing to do, that is, he must resign as the city lord of Moore City and return to the Belmont family castle, only in this way his son can If you can get the best training, you will have a greater chance of becoming the family patriarch and duke.

Therefore, in the past few years, he has used various methods to win over the various forces in Moore City, especially the military force, just to gather these forces in his own hands, to force the family to give up his exile, and let him return to the family castle. .

However, his self-professed wooing methods are not worth mentioning under the prestige accumulated by the Belmont family over the years. From the first day he wooed those forces, those forces did not hesitate to betray him. He gave it to the family, and in the next few years, his every move was under the supervision of the family, and the forces that were drawn to him were all cooperating with him in acting, and they didn't take him seriously at all.

Until yesterday, Mo Ning had just routinely patrolled around the city, and when he returned to the main city castle, he was taken directly to the scarlet hall by the castle supervisor. His father, the Earl of Belmont, and several other high-ranking Belmont families, and the man standing in the Great Hall's Tribunal was his beloved wife.

After that, the indictment read out by Earl Belmont made Mourning even more shocked. It turned out that his so-called pure-blood son was just an illusion created by some kind of magic. All the bloodlines in his son were extracted and turned into The mutated atavistic scales will make his son look like a very pure Belmonte. In fact, his son no longer has the blood of any Belmont family's dragons, and some are just ordinary people's blood. .

The person who did this kind of thing is none other than Mo Ning's wife, the current Lady of the City Lord of Moore City, and the identity of the lady of the city Lord is actually a saint from a certain True God Church. The purpose of calculating Mo Ning is to use Mo Ning's identity to find an opportunity to win the position of the Belmont family patriarch, and even if it fails, he must find the location of Belmont Castle.