The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Now those wandering knights are all in a state of riding a tiger. They want to withdraw but cannot withdraw, and they cannot win at all. Now that there are old knights setting up the ladder, they will naturally not know what is good or bad, and they will deliberately pretend to obey orders. He put the long sword in his hand into the scabbard, turned around and walked back without saying anything, and went to do his own thing, as if what happened just now had never happened.

"Your Excellency Capello's sword, your sword!" Leo didn't hold back any more, and returned the two long swords with scabbards to the old knight.

When the old knight Capello took over the sword, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, because if Leo was really powerful, he couldn't stop him, because Leo's superb swordsmanship was far beyond what he knew. anyone. As for Leo's knight status, he no longer doubted it, because such excellent swordsmanship, in any court, as long as the people in power are not blind, they will be canonized as a knight.

After returning the long sword to the old knight, Leo picked up the container filled with water again and returned to the ruins of the elf kingdom. At this time, everyone looked at him differently, full of awe. After all, as long as Anyone with a discerning eye can see what happened when he fought those wandering knights just now, and no one would think that Leo's words that they were knights were lies.

"Here, you can freshen up!" Leo came to his resting place, handed the container in his hand to Sylvia, and said.

Sylvia took the container naturally, put it on the stone platform next to her, and asked Leo as she washed and tidied her clothes, "Why were you so high-profile just now, it seems a little different from your way of doing things. "

"Sometimes it's better to be high-profile, and you can avoid a lot of trouble." Leo packed his bags and replied.

Sylvia wiped off the water stains on her face with a towel, walked up to Leo, and asked, "Should I be more high-profile?"

Leo looked at Sylvia, lifted a strand of hair hanging in front of his eyes, hung it behind his ear, and said, "When you put on the knight armor and defeat every opponent, it may be difficult to keep a low profile. "

"Well, that's true." Sylvia smiled, kissed Leo, and turned to the caravan for some hot water and some drinks.

After the small episode of the competition by the creek, nothing else happened in the camp. Everyone quickly packed up their belongings after freshening up, and the wandering knights put on their armor again and started on the road.

The only difference from yesterday was that everyone's attitude towards Leo and Sylvia became more respectful and closer. The caravan leader came over from time to time to ask them what they needed. In the team, it is also a good thing for the caravan.

Although only Leo showed amazing swordsmanship, everyone still counted Leo and Sylvia together, thinking that Sylvia should also be a very powerful knight.

Especially after the attendants who saw Sylvia catching prey with a hand crossbow told everyone about it last night, everyone felt that Sylvia might be more difficult to deal with than Leo, because the long sword still needed Only close proximity can kill people, but bows and crossbows can kill enemies from a long distance, and the enemy doesn't even know how they died.

On the road, the old knight Capello came to the carriage where Leo and the two were, and then he jumped off the horse, tied the horse to the railing of the carriage, and signaled the driver to leave for a while, and then he sat in the driver's position, Skillfully driving the carriage, he asked Leo at the same time: "Your Excellency Leo said that the two of you went to Bauclairn to attend the Knights Conference, but in my opinion, it may be difficult for the two of you to attend the conference."

"Why?" Leo was very clear about the old knight's thoughts, so he asked in cooperation.

"Because the identities of the two knights cannot be identified." The old knight Capello said a key problem, and then worried about annoying Leo and Sylvia, he added: "It's not that I deny the identities of the two knights, It's that the two countries are too far away from here, we have never heard of them, and naturally we can't investigate the identities of the two knights."

Hearing this, Leo intentionally put on a look of embarrassment, and said, "Could it be that we came here for nothing this time?"

"Of course not." The old knight Capello quickly shook his head and said, "Actually, you still have two ways to obtain a knight certificate. The first is to find a way to join a knight order, obtain the status of a servant, and then establish enough meritorious service to become a knight. .However, this method is not suitable for your Excellency in my opinion, and your Excellency would not be willing to become an attendant." He paused for a while, and then said: "The other way is to obtain a prestigious local in Toussaint. Let the noble guarantee that the two knights are true."

Leo frowned and asked, "This nobleman shouldn't vouch for a stranger for no reason?"

"Of course," the old knight continued: "Your Excellency must first gain enough reputation, such as accepting some missions on the bulletin boards in various big towns, gaining folk reputation, and letting the big nobles know that there is someone like you, and then you can See the noble himself and do something for him, in exchange for the noble's guarantee of knighthood."

Leo questioned: "But this takes too long, right? Following this set of procedures, I'm afraid the martial arts tournament has already ended."

The old knight said in a deep voice: "It is true that it will take a long time, but sometimes you can take a shortcut and do the two things together."

Leo asked sincerely: "I would like to ask Mr. Capello to tell you."

Seeing that Leo cooperated so well, the old knight didn't hold back anymore, and spoke out the speech he had prepared long ago.

It turns out that the old knight Capello has already been appreciated by the Earl of the Duchy of Toussaint named Clomi Britta. After completing this patrol mission, he will leave the Wandering Knights and become the captain of the earl's guard .

It's just that the Earl of Britta has encountered some troubles recently, and the old knight Capello can't solve this trouble, which also affects his status in the mind of Earl Britta.

The trouble is that the workers and farmers in the vineyard of the Earl of Britta have been missing recently. Seven people have disappeared. The Bauclan side also sent people to investigate, but they did not find any results at all. That night, another person disappeared.

So all kinds of rumors spread for a while, the most widely spread rumor was that the ghost of the elf kingdom was taking revenge on Earl Britta.

It turned out that the ancestor of Count Britta had killed many elves in the war with elves, and even showed no mercy when facing elf children. Even some humans couldn't see it, calling him an elf butcher.

Later, the elf butcher obtained the status of earl because of his meritorious service, and he also obtained a large fief, which was located on the ruins of the former elf kingdom. I went to live in the fief.

Later, the Earl of Britta found that the geographical environment of the fief was very suitable for growing grapes, so he cleaned up all the elf ruins there, and only kept a few foundations to build a winery manor, and planted grapes in the rest of the place.

After several generations of cultivation, that vineyard has become one of the best vineyards in the Duchy of Toussaint, and the wines produced by Earl Britta’s family are also frequent visitors at previous wine conferences, and have won several wine conferences. winning.

The disappearance in the vineyard this time has a great impact on winemaking. Those workers and farmers are unwilling to work in such a dangerous environment. There is no way to collect a large number of ripe grapes, they can only rot, and the The wines produced can all fail in the end because no one takes care of them.

After the knight meeting, there is the annual wine meeting. If Earl Britta can't solve the troubles in his wine estate and make the wine in time, then he will miss this wine meeting, which will definitely affect his reputation. A very serious blow.

In Toussaint, the winner of the wine conference is as important as the winner of the knight conference, and even more important than the winner of the knight conference. After all, those who participate in the wine conference are either rich and powerful businessmen or aristocrats with unusual status. Whether it is to win the championship of the wine conference or just to participate in the wine conference, it is extremely important for any wine producer. The loss of prestige caused by one absence cannot be compensated by attending ten times.

After the disappearance of the vineyard, some competitors of Earl Britta began to secretly create various rumors, and even said that the wine brewed from the Britta vineyard contained the curse of the ghost of the elf kingdom, and anyone who drank it would be cursed. Curses and the like.

Although people with a little bit of wisdom in this kind of rumor will feel that it is too false after hearing it. However, not everyone is able to view these rumors rationally and intelligently. Most people follow them blindly. Therefore, some rumors that are somewhat unfavorable to Count Britta have spread in Bauclair.

Now Earl Britta's top priority is to solve the disappearance of the manor and break the rumors of the ghost curse from the outside world.

Therefore, Earl Britta has called many people to investigate recently, but there is still no result. There are still people missing, and the number of missing people has reached as many as ten. The workers and farmers of the manor let Earl Britta open another He is not willing to take a step closer to the manor if he is paid too much.

Now Earl Britta is completely helpless with the matter of the wine estate, so according to the old knight Capello, if Leo can help the Earl solve this problem at this time, let alone guarantee their knight status, it is considered a direct It is not a problem for the earl to canonize them as knights of Toussaint.

"How should I take on this task?" Leo asked after thinking for a while.

The old knight immediately explained: "It's very simple. The town of Tilan we arrived at noon is a town with bulletin boards. Count Britta has left mission announcements on almost all town bulletin boards in Toussaint. Your Excellency will only If you need to accept this task announcement, just register in the tavern responsible for the bulletin board."

Leo frowned when he heard the words, and said, "Are you accepting the mission like this? But our reward is not for money, but for the knight's guarantee. Don't we need to discuss this kind of reward in advance?"

"No need at all," the old knight shook his head, and said, "Your Excellency Leo will know when he sees the mission announcement on the bulletin board. In order to solve this trouble, the Earl is willing to pay a very generous reward. The reward you want It's just a small thing."

After finishing speaking, the old knight felt that he, the lobbyist, had successfully accomplished his goal, so he had no interest in staying here any longer. After talking casually with Leo, he jumped out of the carriage and exchanged the driving rights to The coachman following the carriage in the distance untied the reins of his mount, straddled the horse, and left quickly.

After the old knight left, Leo asked Sylvia, who had been silent by the side, in French, "What do you think about this?"

"It's a good springboard!" Sylvia nodded and said, "We don't really need the earl to guarantee the status of a knight. We can actually use his earl status as a springboard to get in touch with other Toussaint high-level officials and go further. The court sorceress, Fringilla Vigo, made contact."

"Yeah!" Leo nodded in agreement.

The team continued to move slowly at yesterday's speed. After passing through two forks, the road became wider, and the number of pedestrians and carriages on the road increased a lot. It seemed that this place should be very close to the town.

At noon, the convoy had already seen the houses in the town ahead, so under the order of the old knight, they moved at a much faster speed. When they reached the entrance of the town, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

With the emergence of this big town, it means that they have left the border area of ​​Toussaint at this moment, and have begun to enter the core town area, which also means that the chance of encountering robbers on the road is very small.

The old knight Capello signaled the team to take a rest outside the town, and the people in the team can go to the town to buy some things, and then continue on the road after noon.

Because this town can already meet the needs of Leo and Sylvia to buy horses and weapons, and it can also receive the task of which earl here, so they all feel that there is no need to continue to follow the convoy, so they and others Some ordinary travelers who had reached their destination left the caravan together.

Not long after Leo left, several people left the caravan, each riding a fast horse, and sent information about Leo and Sylvia to their respective forces.

This does not mean that Leo and Sylvia will be given special attention. For secret agents lurking in the private sector, collecting information on strangers is just a routine, especially when the annual knight meeting and wine meeting are about to be held. , There are countless people from the north and the south, and collecting these intelligence materials has become a daily task, and these information will eventually be piled up with other information, and will not be rediscovered until one day when it is useful. ,