The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

As time passed, the voice of the old duke's prayers began to gradually decrease, and the power generated by the prayers was also rapidly diminishing, and the temporary symbiotes connected by the same bloodlines quickly weakened under the influence of this declining state. Disappeared, and everyone returned to the individual state.

It's just that apart from the symbiosis-to-individual transformation that Sylvia has easily adapted to, the others have not gotten rid of the false and powerful feeling caused by that symbiosis state, and one by one's spiritual consciousness has fallen into an extreme sense of loss. , and even those direct descendants of the Belmont family, whose bodies were out of control due to bloodline enhancement and almost completely transformed into dragons, began to have signs of closed consciousness and let bloodline instinct replace thinking.

This state of mental loss did not exceed the normal range of the ritual ceremony. I saw the old duke took out a palm-sized bone, put it to his mouth, and then blew forcefully towards the round hole in the middle of the bone.

I only heard a very clear abyss dragon scream from the other end of the round hole in the bone, and passed into the ears of everyone on the platform. After waking up from the state, his mind became clear, and the few bloodline complete mutants also got rid of the influence of bloodline instinct, and began to concentrate on controlling the runaway bloodline in their bodies, eliminating the mutant form on their bodies as much as possible.

Just as the ceremony on the sacrificial platform was over, the old duke began to check the situation of the clansmen one by one. When the mess was cleaned up, the transformation ceremony also began to end in the lava lake below the castle.

Those runes with extraordinary power surrounding the Abyss Demon Dragon quickly merged into one at the moment when the ceremony of the sacrificial platform ended, and then gathered into the abyss Demon Dragon clone controlled by Sylvia, turning into one. The rune brand was engraved on the forehead of the abyss dragon, and it merged with the scale pattern on the forehead.

Sitting on the platform seat, Sylvia can clearly perceive all the conditions of the abyss dragon clone below. She can confirm that the rune brand on the forehead should be a contract brand, and its content is mainly to protect the Belmont family. The period of protection is not very long, only ten years. It should be a protection measure to avoid the turbulence of the family's migration from the volcano to the new settlement.

Although it is very simple to strip this contract brand with Sylvia's ability and state, because the two parties to this contract brand are the old duke representing the Belmont family and Ambert Belmont, but Ambert Belmont Monte's spiritual consciousness has disappeared, replaced by Sylvia's spiritual consciousness clone, so the binding force of the contract can be said to have completely disappeared, as long as Sylvia is willing, she does not need to follow the content of the contract at all , and directly disperse the contract brand.

It's just that Sylvia didn't do that, because leaving a contract imprint and allowing herself to continue to disguise herself as Ambert Belmonte, the benefits in the end far outweigh the disadvantages.

On the surface, the contract brand is a constraint on the abyss dragon, but in fact it also has the effect of eliminating the world's exclusion.

Just now, Sylvia could clearly feel that the world had a strong repulsive force on her Abyss Demon Dragon clone. This repulsive force would not only limit the power of the Abyss Demon Dragon clone to a great extent, but also It is possible that at an unknown moment, the abyss dragon clone will be thrown out of this world and thrown back into the abyss.

However, at the moment when the contract brand was engraved on the body of the abyss demon dragon, the powerful repulsive force also disappeared, and Sylvia could clearly feel that the abyss demon dragon clone was integrating into the world through the contract brand.

In this regard, Sylvia was both surprised and curious, because a single contract imprint can eliminate such a powerful world exclusion effect, which means that this contract imprint is definitely not a simple contract. At least the old duke, who was the other party to the contract, must have hidden another layer of identity. This layer of identity is closely related to the power of the world, and the only layer of connection she can think of is the Kingdom of Teresa.

Eliminating the exclusion of the world and allowing the abyss dragon clone to exert its full power in this world is only the biggest advantage of the contract brand, and its disadvantage is also very simple, that is, it needs to coexist with the Belmont family during the execution of the contract. .

If it was before, this situation of coexistence and death may have dragged down the abyss dragon clone, and even indirectly transferred all kinds of troubles of the Belmont family to Sylvia, especially when the Belmont family migrated to New Zealand. During this period of time, the settlement of the Belmont family is likely to be besieged by the hostile forces of the Belmont family.

In the past, these hostile forces could not find the Belmont family's territory, and naturally they could not effectively attack the Belmont family. Now the new settlement of the Belmont family is definitely not as hidden as the current crater, and it will be found sooner or later. The protection of the new settlements has not yet been completed, and these hostile forces will definitely not miss this good opportunity to start.

However, the danger of this new settlement being besieged has basically disappeared after Leo wounded the **** justice through the black thunder gun. Although Leo is not a member of the Belmont family, it is very likely that he will not again in the future. It was shot for the Belmont family, but for those who don't know the situation, the black thunder gun was created and projected by the Belmont family, which means that the person who hurts the gods and justice is the hidden card of the Belmont family. Such a powerful trump card is enough to deter those who conspire against the Belmont family, and allow the Belmont family to survive this ten-year migration period, provided that the Belmont family does not commit suicide to provoke the Church of True God such as the Church of Justice.

After the contract branding was completed, Sylvia no longer actively controlled the clone of the Abyss Demon Dragon, and the Abyss Demon Dragon, whose size could almost cover the entire Belmont Castle, also began to slowly shrink in size and wrapped its body with huge wings. , until the whole body became an egg-like shape about the size of two people, and it began to slowly float up, and finally floated to the surface of the lava lake, and moved to the shore under the impetus of the lava flow.

After fusing the bloodline and origin of several abyss demon dragons, the adult abyss demon dragon that was forcibly ripened was in a state of severe indigestion, and had to fall into a state of dormancy, digesting the excess bloodline and origin power in the body, at least it depends on the situation. A year or two, I am afraid it is difficult to complete the digestion.

Although Sylvia can try to transfer the bloodline and source power of the abyss dragon clone into her body, but doing so will do more harm than good for her. What she needs now is not the improvement of bloodline, but the control power. strengthening.

In the ritual ceremony, although she indirectly improved her mental control through the symbiote state, the effect of this improvement was much smaller than what she and Leo expected. Fortunately, she was already in the symbiote state. The idea of ​​​​improving mental control has found a suitable method. I believe that she will be able to make up for this defect in the near future.

On the sacrificial platform, the guardian secret power of the castle is also gradually fading, just because the arrangement of the various runes and symbols in the castle that generate the guardian secret power has been destroyed under the impact of the power of the world, thus making the remaining guardian secret power. There is no way for the force to form an internal circulation, and it can only be spread on the mysterious runes on the outer wall of the castle, so that the castle can continue to maintain a solid state and will not fall apart due to the destruction of the internal buildings.

However, it was precisely because a large number of runes containing extraordinary power were destroyed that the extraordinary power to adjust the temperature in the castle also disappeared, and the hot gas emitted by the lava began to penetrate into the interior of the castle, turning the entire Belmont Castle into a stove.

Fortunately, the people in the castle all have the blood of the abyss dragon, and they don't feel too much discomfort at this level of high temperature. The only problem is that their clothes, shoes and socks are not protected by any extraordinary power. After baking, it will either dry up and burn, or it will melt directly.

The members of the direct line on the platform gradually took control of their increased bloodline power and restored their ability to operate normally. One by one, under the command of the Earl of Belmont, they began to go to the ruins in various areas of the castle, looking for survivors and cleaning up as much as possible. produce something of value.

Obviously, none of them thought that the castle would suffer such serious damage. In the various dangerous situations they estimated in advance, the castle's secret power was enough to support the ceremony until the ceremony was finally completed. It is absolutely impossible to break the protection of the guardian secret power and attack the buildings in the castle.

The culprit responsible for all this damage was actually Leo. It was Leo's black thunder gun that ripped apart the tight protection of the guardian secret from the relatively weak interior, allowing the power of the world gathered around the castle to penetrate. Arrived inside the castle, and formed an energy storm that destroyed the entire building facilities inside the castle.

However, even if Leo was the culprit behind all this bad state, no one dared to accuse him, even the old duke, who believed that Leo's actions actually saved them, because they were not absolutely sure. The secret power of the castle can really block the punitive thunder beam of justice. If it is not blocked, then the people in the castle may have died in the beam of light, and naturally there is no point of blaming Leo. wrong approach.

The more important point is that Leo, who can injure the justice of the gods, has been regarded as one of the Belmont family's umbrellas, including the old Duke, and all the direct descendants of the Belmont family, and it is an extremely important umbrella, no matter how stupid people are. It will destroy their own umbrella, not to mention these direct line members who have received various elite education.

Also, the old duke and the others had planned to give up the castle, which would soon be engulfed by a volcanic eruption, after the ceremony. They would also need to spend a lot of energy and time to destroy the various facilities in the castle. Now The power of the world has done this for them, and it has done it perfectly, thousands of times better than they do it themselves, and they will naturally not have any complaints and accusations.

The only pity they feel now is that there are still a lot of valuable items in the destroyed buildings and facilities that have not had time to be transferred to other places. Now that these buildings and facilities are destroyed, then the items in the buildings or related to the buildings will naturally be destroyed together. It was destroyed. After a search and inspection, it was finally found that there were less than 50 useful items that could still be used or were in good condition. As for those books that were extremely fragile, they were completely wiped out, although there were still copies of those books. Put it elsewhere, but compared to what is recorded in the book, the value of the book itself is also an amazing wealth.

While Earl Belmont was instructing his clan to clean up the ruins, Leo came to the old duke's side, picked up the spar that could have a slight influence on the stone throne, and asked, "Can you tell me? The origin of this thing? Lord Duke."

The old duke was a little puzzled why Leo was interested in this spar, but he still quickly replied: "This spar is called Kuta spar, also known as Harmony spar. The ore scholars of the tower found that the function of the spar is very simple, it can harmonize and calm the abnormal fluctuations of the soul and the spirit. Usually this spar is used in the dramatic performance of the grand theater to help the actors on the stage to harmonize the spirit of the viewer. This kind of spar is mainly distributed in the high mountains of the Middle Kingdom. There are almost no other places. The number of minerals is not very large, and the output is naturally very small. If you are interested in this thing, Mr. Leo, I can send someone to purchase on your behalf."

Leo shook his head when he heard the words, rejected the old duke's purchase proposal, and then continued to inquire about the specific location of this spar mine.

However, the old duke did not give the answer he wanted. It was not that the old duke was unwilling to provide this information, but because the old duke himself did not know the exact location of the spar mine. Several lords in the Middle Kingdom area have good strength, and they all seize the various resources in their territories. It is difficult for anyone to get useful information from them, and the Belmont family is in the Middle Kingdom area. The influence is not very strong, and no one has been sent to infiltrate there, so the collection of various intelligence information there is also very general.

Seeing that he couldn't get a definite answer from the old duke, Leo did not show dissatisfaction. In fact, he was very satisfied until the spar came from there, what was its name, and what role it had. The rest It would be fine for him to go to the Middle Kingdom to investigate it himself. If necessary, it would not be a problem to use some extraordinary means.

However, he did not leave in a hurry, but while the old duke and others were cleaning up the ruins of the castle, he entered the lava lake again and went to the water dropship at the bottom of the lake. He needed to consult Qun Heyi for information and listen by the way Let's talk about the group and the plan after one.