The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Under normal circumstances, if the subspace debris is integrated into the normal space, it will directly expand the volume of the normal space, and the debris itself will completely disappear.

But now the situation in the Belmont family castle is very special. All the warp plane fragments have been forcibly mixed together and merged with the current world, but this fusion is not that kind of complete fusion, but is in the The intermediate state of fusion and separation.

This special intermediate-state warp plane fragment fusion was fixed inside Belmont Castle, because it is also in a fusion state, so people in this world can enter these warp plane fragments without restriction, and The space forces contained in these warp shards also affect the surrounding environment, making the interior of the Belmont family castle much larger than it appears.

In addition to the particularity of the space, there are a large number of gargoyles squatting on the eaves on the various buildings of Belmont Castle, acting as the security guards of the castle.

Obviously, these gargoyles are not from the current world, but from other worlds, and these gargoyles are not products of witchcraft or magic, but real living beings, but their limbs, flesh and blood are It's just stone.

Among all the books in this world that record myths or folk monsters, there has never been any legend about gargoyles, and even the books of the Church of the True God have no records of any such special life forms.

On the contrary, other worlds, such as the world of Velen, the world of witchers, or the Earth Federation, have related records of gargoyles, so these gargoyles are likely to be specially captured by the ancestors of the Belmont family from other places.

"Those stone statues..." Although Sylvia didn't have the skills like the mental net, she still showed her expression by observing Leo and seeing the special items, and noticed that the monster stone statues on the eaves of the roof were somewhat special.

"They are all alive." Leo responded simply.

Sylvia was a little surprised: "Are you alive? Seriously, I really can't tell if you don't say it."

"What's going on? Two adults, did you find something wrong?" The maid who was in charge of leading the way couldn't help but asked after hearing the conversation between the two.

"Those stone statues are alive." Sylvia pointedly pointed to the stone statue monster on the eaves that she saw just now.

"The stone statue is alive?" The maid who asked just now was very shocked, and looked at the stone statue monsters that Sylvia pointed to, and her face was full of doubts, and other people around who heard the conversation also felt that Sylvie Asia seems to be joking.

In the face of everyone's doubts, Sylvia did not explain, and Leo did not speak, because the reactions of these people made Leo realize one thing, that is, the people who live in this castle seem to not know the eaves of the castle. The stone sculptures that look like ornaments are actually stone monsters like living people.

The servants don't know these things, so do the rest of the Belmont family know? Did the old duke know? Leo couldn't find the answer to these questions for the time being, but he was certain that these stone monsters were banned by some unknown witchcraft and were in a dormant state at the moment.

In addition to the warp fragments in the castle and the stone monsters who do not know whether they are protectors or watchers, there is one thing discovered through the spiritual net that also attracted Leo's attention, this thing is the spires of all the houses in the castle There is a badge made of pure copper on the top, and the symbol on this badge is the symbol of the Supreme Council of the universe.

Leo didn't guess by himself why the symbol of the Supreme Council of the Universe appeared in Belmont Castle, nor did he guess that the Belmont family placed this badge on every roof. He directly asked the maid beside him to take care of Sylvia. Ask what the badges on those roofs are.

"I'm not very clear about this, your Excellency should ask the count!" The maid obviously wasn't the first to hear this question raised by Leo, so she quickly gave a standard response.

Hearing the maid say this, Leo did not continue to ask questions, and the others seemed to have lost their conversational inquiries, just buried their heads and led the way.

Soon the silent group came to the Baihua Courtyard, the residence designated by the old duke for the two.

The location of the Garden of Flowers is located on the edge of the castle, which consists of a forest, a villa apartment and a viewing platform facing the lava lake.

Not to mention that the villa apartment and the viewing platform are not very big, just the Hundred Flowers Forest that wraps the apartment and the viewing platform. In terms of total area alone, it seems to have exceeded the Belmont Castle by more than ten times. The above is a real forest, but because of the effect of the sub-space plane fragments, the area occupied by the castle is very small, just the size of an ordinary courtyard.

Most of the plants in the Hundred Flowers Forest are an iron fire tree that grows near volcanoes. The trunk of this iron fire tree is very hard, comparable to a rock, and the wood always emits heat, so in the north Wood is usually used to build houses, and a house made of such wood is basically sure that even in the coldest winter, the house will still feel warm.

Except for the iron fire tree, the other plants in the forest are some transplanted flowers from other places. These flowers are almost from all over the source continent, and they are all heat-resistant or heat-loving plants. The genus flowers are numerous but not cluttered.

On one side of the villa apartment is the viewing platform. The platform is built on the edge of the castle. Two-thirds of the platform is inside and one-third is extended to the outside. It is suspended in the lava lake below. Standing on the edge of the platform, you can clearly see See what's inside the lava lake.

As for the apartment of the villa, it is not made of the iron fire trees outside. The material used in this villa is exactly the same as the nature of the iron fire trees. This material comes from a tree called yakot. The tree is named after the discoverer, so there is another popular name for this kind of tree in the folk, called the cold dead tree.

The reason why it is so called is because this kind of tree will emit a thin cold air all the time, and those who are in it will feel that they are in a world of ice and snow.

However, for other people, the wood that is likely to be frostbitten to touch easily can produce a lot of benefits in the castle on the lava lake. For example, after Leo and Sylvia entered the house, they felt it. A burst of coolness is completely different from the outside environment, and because of the influence of the power contained in the castle itself, the cold air of this wood is no longer so cold and severe, but has become a lot easier, and you can only feel a chill when you put your hand on it. Just the chill.

After leading the two of them into the villa apartment, one of the maids carefully introduced the situation in the apartment to Leo and Sylvia, and then said that if there is anything that needs to be done, just ring the bell directly, as long as they are nearby. will pass immediately.

When she said this, she took out two bells and used them in front of Leo and Sylvia to demonstrate their effectiveness. When she shook the two bells, the bells hanging on the maid's waist would sound. sound.

After handing the two bells to Leo and Sylvia, the maids went to work on their own. Although the servants of the castle would often clean the buildings in the castle, they were clean and clean enough to live in. It's a completely different matter, they don't want to make the family's distinguished guests feel any unhappiness.

Leo and Sylvia went directly to the study room of the apartment. When they came, Leo asked the maid and knew that the study room of the apartment in Hundred Blossom Courtyard was the place with the most books besides the large library in the castle. The old duke also knew that he wanted to come. This is why Leo and Sylvia are placed here.

As the maid said, the study room in the apartment is indeed very large, occupying almost two-thirds of the area. When you enter the study room, you can see neat rows of bookcases. Each row of bookcases is divided into four layers. There are fifteen compartments on the first floor, and almost all the bookcases are slowly stuffed with various books. There are even many books that have no place to put them and can only be piled up in the aisles of each row of bookcases.

Leo and Sylvia quickly searched the collection of books here, and found that all the books in this study were placed in random order, and the arrangement of those books was completely based on the cover material and color of the books. It can be seen that the person who placed the books should not know how to place the books.

Neither Leo nor Leo had any idea of ​​helping the Belmont family organize the collection of books.

Although there are many books in the study, most of the books Leo and Sylvia have read elsewhere, and those that have not been read are just unpublished manuscripts. Content deemed taboo by the church.

Although these taboo contents do not involve any supernatural powers, some of the things recorded in them are very intriguing.

For example, in one of the books, the fog at the edge of the world is mentioned in detail, and the behemoths walking in the fog are mentioned.

You must know that ordinary people in this world do not know that this world is surrounded by fog, because the source continent is surrounded by the sea, and what is at the end of the sea, no one can find out, even those who are favored by the gods of the sea There is no way to go to the edge of the ocean.

In the past, people's exploration of the ocean finally found the New World, and their exploration of the New World has not yet reached the western edge of the New World, and may not even reach the central region. Therefore, some people say that the area of ​​the New World is several times the size of the source continent. Times, or even a dozen times, the source continent is actually an offshore island in the new continent.

Therefore, some people speculate that the New World is actually the origin of mankind. For example, the person who wrote about the fact that the edge of the world is a fog also wrote the same book about the hypothesis that the New World is the origin of mankind.

You know, compared to the saying that the edge of the world is shrouded in mist, the claim that the New World is the origin of mankind is a more heretical theory for the Church of the True God. It would also be considered heresy.

Because whether it is the Church of the True God or the Church of the Heretic God, the origin of the gods recorded in their root books is in the source continent, and the origin of human beings is also in the source continent, and the origin of civilization starts from the source continent. Now there is a new theory, saying that The origin of mankind is not the origin continent. The origin continent is just a small island next to the new continent. This kind of argument can be said to fundamentally destroy the foundation of all existing religions. Therefore, those who have developed this hypothesis are considered by any religion. is heresy.

The people who wrote these two heretical books did not leave their names, but two flowers of truth were drawn on the original manuscripts of the two books.

The Flower of Truth is a flower that only exists in legends. No one has ever seen this kind of flower. All descriptions of the Flower of Truth are based on the myths and legends that have recorded the Flower of Truth. The shape of the two flowers of truth that Leo saw came from the flowers worn by the protagonist in the book The Blind.

The book called The Blind can also be found in the study. The story of this book is to describe how a person who accidentally saw the truth of God lost his eyesight and solved various difficulties through various methods and finally found the truth. The story of the flower.

In this story, what the blind protagonist finally finds are two flowers of truth, and the images of these two flowers of truth are not the same, but have their own characteristics. Although the protagonist has lost his eyesight, in this case He was able to despise the appearance of the two flowers of truth, and described them in detail at the end.

In the story, the blind man once described the divine truth he saw, but this divine truth was a big tree, a big tree with countless fruits hanging in the void.

There is no doubt that the contents of these three taboo books should be written by the same person. UU reading www.uukanshu.com and it was not officially published, it was marked as a banned book for various reasons, and the remaining manuscripts were eventually dropped. into the hands of the Belmont family.

In the library, there are many other books like these three books, all of which record some thoughts or actions that are considered barbaric and taboo by the Church of True God.

There is no doubt that if Leo was an expert in taboo science, he would definitely take all of these books away as if they were treasures. Unfortunately, Leo is a wizard, and these stories do not involve any supernatural powers for him. There is no use.

When the sky was getting dark, Leo and Sylvia both finished reading the books worth reading in the study, and by the way, helped the Belmont family sort and categorize these books, so as to avoid the latecomers like when they first saw those books It's totally confusing to categorize it.

At this time, the maid in charge of their daily life came over and told the two that the old duke had prepared a dinner party for them in the castle hall, and it seemed that he wanted to introduce the two to other members of the family.

Leo and Sylvia did not express any objection after hearing it. They tidied up their clothes a little and walked towards the castle hall not too far from the Garden of Flowers under the guidance of the maid.