The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

In fact, Joey had already set his sights on the villa next to the garden when he entered the royal city a few times before.

According to the information he collected from other places, he knew that this villa was the residence of a senior official in charge of finance in the nearby urban area, and this official was also a senior priest of a certain god, so there must be a lot of people related to Wangcheng, Even items related to the city of the gods, each of those items brought out is a huge fortune.

It's just that although there were many strange monster knights around the villa at that time, it was not difficult for him to see that these knights were not easy to mess with, and he also found that the living dead were not easy to deal with these knights. They would chop and smash these living dead without hesitation.

It was precisely because of the barriers of these knights that he had to give up this treasure house, but he was not willing to give up in his heart, so every time he entered the royal city, he would come to the villa to have a look to see if he could find an opportunity to sneak in.

"What's going on?" Joey, who didn't expect anything at all, received an unexpected surprise. Most of the monster knights he regarded as the biggest obstacle had fallen to the ground, and the ground was in a mess. There were some huge arrows like wooden stakes pierced on the ground, as if they had gone through a war.

Although there are still some monster knights wandering around the villa, their wandering locations are very remote and will not cause any obstacles for him to enter the villa.

Seeing this situation, Joey didn't think much, and immediately ran towards the villa with his backpack on his back.

Joey was able to enter and leave the royal city so many times, not only relying on his luck, but also relying on his extraordinary observation ability. When choosing the route, he also carefully checked the surrounding situation through his own observation ability to avoid Passed the edge of the arrows like wooden piles, avoided the place where the monster knights who had not yet died completely fell, and walked towards the villa along the inner edges of some houses and woods.

It took about ten minutes before he came to this undefended villa without any risk.

Just as he expected before, this villa is indeed a huge treasure. Any utensils in the room, even the vases on the table, have obvious imprints of the royal city, and the gold coins that can be exchanged for them are enough for him. Fill a bathtub.

While Joey was dazzled, he also forced himself to calm down. Instead of rushing to pick up an item and stuff it into his backpack, he searched carefully in the villa.

Because he knew very well that this time it was just luck. There were some battles here before, which caused heavy casualties to those knights, and there was a loophole in the patrol area, but just like the living dead, those knights might recover soon after death. At that time, this place will be blocked again, so instead of some valuable common items in the royal city, it is better to search carefully in this villa, maybe you can find some precious items that can be crazy about outside, such as and the gods Relevant religious objects and so on.

When searching the villa, although Joey seemed to search casually, the locations he searched were all carefully selected by him, because through years of thieves career, he can easily find some small places that are not easy for ordinary people to find. places, and those small places are very likely to hide some precious treasures.

Just when Joey came to the third floor and began to search the fifth hidden place he had chosen, a loud roaring sound came out of the window, which startled him a lot.

Joey, who was worried about the change, immediately ran to the window and looked outside, but what puzzled him was that there was no difference between the outside and when he came in.

Just when he was puzzled, the loud noise came out again. This time he was sure that the sound came from the small garden not far away, and he couldn't help but look in the direction of the small garden .

Such a gorgeous small garden was built abruptly in the lower part of the royal city, which is eye-catching no matter how you look at it. In fact, Joey had already noticed this small garden when he first came to the royal city.

It's just that he never thought of entering the small garden, because he thought that it would be dangerous enough to complete these ordinary undead. If there were any ferocious monsters in the woods of the small garden, then he would undoubtedly seek his own death if he went in.

Hearing the loud noise coming from the small garden, although Joey didn't understand the reason for the loud noise, he guessed that something might have changed in the small garden, so while he was very grateful for his previous decision, He also decided to speed up the search progress, because he was very worried that the mutation in the small garden would expand to this villa.

Joey, who returned to the small secret place he found before, moved the table and chairs next to him away, and knocked carefully. The wooden boards on the floor and the wall, and soon an abnormal knocking sound came from a floor.

Joey immediately took out the tools and dug up the floor, revealing a small hollow hidden by the wooden planks, and inside the hollow was a stone box of just the right size.

Joey suppressed the joy in his heart, quickly took out the stone box from the concave hole, and carefully placed it on the table. After carefully checking around the box, he moved a wooden cabinet to his Step forward, then insert a small blade into the crack of the box cover, hold the knife with the pliers, hide behind the cabinet, turn the pliers hard, and let the knife lift the box cover.

There was no big movement when the lid of the box was pried open, but a strange-looking black air overflowed from the box like a snake, hovered in the air, and then gradually dissipated.

Although the black air dissipated, Joey still did not approach the box immediately, but waited patiently by the side.

According to Joey's idea, he was prepared to wait a few hours before approaching the box, because no matter what was overflowing from the box, a few hours should be enough for it to completely dissipate.

But the louder and louder sound in the small garden also indicates that the source of the sound is approaching the edge of the small garden. No matter what the reason for the sound is or what is making the sound, it is not a good thing for Joey.

Under the urging of a loud voice, Joey finally gave up on waiting, found a piece of cloth at random, covered his mouth and nose, and covered most of the exposed organs and skin of his body. Even the eyes are covered with a piece of very precious silk, and the sight can barely see the outside scene through the thin silk.

After taking some simple precautions, Joey carefully moved to the side of the stone box and stayed for a while. If something abnormal happened, he would definitely turn around and leave immediately.

However, it was obvious that he was a little overwhelmed. Maybe the black air that overflowed before had dissipated completely, or maybe it had no harming effect. All in all, he didn't feel any discomfort, nor did he feel any danger around him. .

Joey, who was slightly relieved, did not take off the protection on his body, but continued to wear the protection, walked to the side of the stone box, and used a small blade to completely open the stone box that had opened a gap, and did a little bit I don't know if there is a useful occlusion action in case something pops out of the box again.

However, after the box was opened, nothing unusual happened around, except for louder and louder noises outside and closer.

Joey breathed a sigh of relief, took off the silk on his face, and instead of throwing it on the ground, stuffed it inside. Although this kind of silk is a common item here, it is a treasure when it is placed outside. Every lady in the kingdom would be willing to pay a lot of money to buy one.

After packing up his valuables, Joey turned his attention to the stone box. When he saw the contents of the stone box clearly, he felt a little disappointed, a little surprised, and a little bit surprised. Looking forward to it, and involuntarily rubbing the ring in his hand a few times.

I saw that the stone box did not store the treasure that Joey was expecting, nor did it store religious items related to the status of another senior priest of my lord, but a statue, and this statue can be seen everywhere in this city. Statue of the Serpent.

However, the difference between this statue and other statues in the city is that the shape of this statue is very similar to the ring in Joey's hand. They are both in the shape of ouroboros, but the only difference is that the ring is a big snake mouth With a snake's tail in its mouth, this statue has a snake's tail wrapped around its head.

And in the blank space in the middle of the ring formed by the Ouroboros, a layer of black oil-like substance wandered back and forth, as if it contained some kind of life.

Seeing this situation, Joey instinctively felt that there was something wrong with this statue, especially the black oily substance. According to his past practice, no matter how precious the thing was, as long as he felt something wrong, he would immediately turn around and leave , but this time he violated his own principles of doing things, because he found that his own heart had a very strong desire to hold this statue in his hand.

This strong desire that came from nowhere even surpassed his vigilance and self-control, making him involuntarily reach out and grab the statue inside the box, and as his hand approached the statue of the strange snake, the center of the statue The clump of black oil was also moving faster and faster.

Just when Joey's hand was about to touch the statue, there was a loud noise from the wall behind him, and then the entire stone wall collapsed, and a burst of dust filled the entire room in an instant.

The loud noise was accompanied by the impact of a huge wave of air, which lifted Joey to the ground and slammed him onto the floor beside him. The box on the table also fell to the side, and the statue inside the box rolled to the ground. On the ground, it's just that the black oil in the statue has never left the ring-shaped blank.

Although Joey is a living dead, it does not mean that he will not feel pain. The fall made him unable to get up for a long time, and he lay on the ground for a long time before sitting up reluctantly, adapting to the pain in his body Finally, he couldn't help looking at the collapsed wall.

I saw that the wall was completely broken, as if it had been smashed with a huge hammer. Fortunately, the structure of the house was very strong. Even if a cliff came to him, it still would not affect the strength of the whole house.

When Joey was curious about what hit the wall, he found that there seemed to be some cloth mixed in a piece of rubble. With curiosity, he leaned over to have a look, and saw a pile of rubble that looked like The monks of the church generally have short haircuts, and humanoid monsters in strange costumes lie on top of them.

The reason why he is said to be a humanoid monster is because the appearance of this kind of human monster is very similar to that of a human being, but it only has a bunch of round ears instead of a pair of pointed ears like them, and the skin of this monster is also It is very rough, even now it is much worse than Joey who is a living dead. This is not the weirdest thing. What makes Joey feel incredible is that this person has a lot of hair on his face and mouth. It was as if his hair had been transplanted onto his face and up and down his lips.

Maybe it was because the humanoid monster seemed to have passed out, which lowered Joey's vigilance, or maybe it was because Joey's own curiosity was too strong. All in all, after seeing this humanoid monster, he She couldn't help reaching out to touch him.

However, before Joey touched the humanoid monster, the humanoid monster suddenly opened its eyes, revealing a pair of colored eyeballs that were completely different from Joey's, staring at Joey, and at the same time the monster's hand At some point, he grabbed Joey's outstretched wrist, and the huge force in his hand made it impossible for Joey to break free and escape.

"It's over, it's over this time!" A thought came to Joey's mind, and he was also worried about whether he could be resurrected if he was killed in Wangcheng.

However, what Joey was worried about did not happen. The humanoid monster did not attack him, but let go of his hand, sat up from the ground, patted the dust on his body as if nothing had happened, and walked to the damaged area. He stepped out of the wall and looked towards the small garden for a while, then turned his head and looked at him like a wise man.

At this time, Joey realized that the loud noise from the small garden had disappeared now, or more correctly, after the humanoid monster smashed the wall from the outside, the loud noise inside the small garden disappeared .

"Who are you?" Joey couldn't help asking the humanoid monster.

At the same time, the humanoid monster also opened its mouth and made some noises towards Joey.

Although Joey couldn't understand what the other party's voice was, Mo Min miraculously produced the meaning of the voice in his mind, and the meaning was the same as what he asked, "Who are you?" .

Joey didn't know why he could understand the meaning of the other party's voice, but he was sure that the other party was a living body with intelligence, not those living dead who only knew how to attack anything, which made him immediately excited, he Subconsciously, he thought that the humanoid creature in front of him might be a descendant of the legendary king city protoss.