After guessing that the designer of this canyon railway was most likely King Chosen Saran Meyer, Leo quickly thought that Saran would use the destruction of the canyon railway as a means to collapse the Savile Kingdom's economy, so she would definitely
There is a trap buried on this railway that can destroy the entire railway in an instant. Then she only needs to use this trap to achieve her goal.
So for everyone who rides the Canyon Railway train, they are sitting on a bomb that can explode at any time, and they may encounter a disaster at that time.
However, Leo, who noticed this, cursed and quickly calmed down, because in his opinion, the railway was still safe in a short period of time.
The reason for making such a judgment was that the timing was wrong. If Saran wanted to destroy the Kingdom of Savile, then the only people she could rely on were the Kingdoms of Dialiat and Maris.
Dalyat is not interested in Savile's desert, and Her Majesty the Queen obviously does not have a good relationship with the king chooser Salan, and there is almost no possibility of cooperation between the two.
In this way, the only one who can be her helper is the Maris Kingdom. Leo thought of the current civil war in the Maris Kingdom. He felt that Saran might be guiding this civil war, and his purpose was probably to kill her here.
Stage the drama of choosing a king and regain control of the Kingdom of Maris.
However, Leo felt that her plan might be in vain, because with the return of the gods, the power of the church would inevitably return to its heyday. By then, it would not be a matter of whether she could become the king chooser.
There is no chance for the Kingdom of Reese to gain a foothold. After all, with the church's way of doing things, how can they tolerate a witch standing above their heads? Maybe the Church of the King of the Hill will once again launch an operation to hunt witches.
Just when Leo's mind was wandering, a loud whistle came from the direction of the locomotive. With a faint vibration, the train slowly left the platform. It gradually increased its speed and headed towards the station in the next city.
In the following days, the train traveled smoothly and stopped in four cities in turn. Several new passengers boarded in each city. The three explorers got off at the most recent city. As for the one
The elderly puppet master has not left the room since he got in the car. Even when eating, he has the waiter bring him to the room.
Every time the train stopped, Leo would ask the first-class waiter to go to the station and buy all the newspapers. Judging from the news reported in these newspapers, the situation seemed to be developing towards the worst that Leo expected.
First of all, the fog on the sea has not weakened but is getting thicker and thicker. It is also pushing towards the coast. As of today, the thick fog is less than a hundred meters away from the coast, and the thick fog is very strange. The fog wall is very straight into the sky.
, reaching hundreds of meters, and from a distance it looks as if giants have built a huge wall on the Minsk mainland.
Faced with this weird situation, some marine companies tried to send some old sailors who were familiar with the routes to drive sailboats into the fog to explore the way. The result was that they never returned, even to offshore islands close to the mainland.
, as if there is some monster in the thick fog, devouring all those who dare to enter.
In addition, extreme weather has begun to appear in various countries on the Minsk mainland. For example, extremely high temperatures have occurred in the south, and there has been a long drought without rain. Several rivers in the south have dried up to the point of exposing their riverbeds.
The north fell into extreme cold, and blizzards that should have appeared in winter began to appear. Cities in the north were in trouble because they did not have time to stock up on food, fuel and other supplies for the winter. Queen Dalyat had to mobilize the country
The army came to deliver various supplies to protect against the cold.
As for the Kingdom of Savile, it has become a place where wind disasters are raging. Various tornadoes that are rare in a century frequently appear in the desert. Some of them even appeared in the center of the city, sweeping across several cities, causing countless building damage and people.
casualties.
On the train, Leo saw a tornado forming out of thin air on the edge of the desert near the canyon yesterday, and moving slowly towards the canyon. Fortunately, the train passed that section of railway very quickly and was not swept away by the tornado, and the railway's
The iron frame is hollow, weighed in succession, connected to each other and stuck in the rock. Even a tornado cannot shake it.
It's just that the natural disasters caused by the changes in the world are not particularly serious problems compared to man-made disasters. Among the three major countries in the Minsk continent, only Dalyat, controlled by the Iron-fisted Queen, seems to be very quiet. Even if there is a natural disaster in the north, there will still be no
Destroy the order within the kingdom.
The Kingdom of Savile appears to be very peaceful on the surface, but from the various reports in newspapers about the disaster-stricken cities, it can be seen that there are many conflicts within the Kingdom of Savile, and the cities are enemies of each other. After a disaster, it is not just about thinking about
Instead of helping, they just gloated at the misfortune, and some even couldn't wait to step on it.
And there is another thing that is very noteworthy, that is, the Church of the Lord of Creation and Death of All Things began to use the extraordinary performance of the world to expand its influence and take power from the Savile nobles. One of them is a certain church
The clergy proposed to the local council to abolish several unreasonable tax items and restore the church's tithe.
It is conceivable that there will be a fierce power struggle in Savile in the near future, and a civil war may even break out as a result.
As for the Kingdom of Maris, which had already broken out into civil war, it did not stop the war because of the disaster. Instead, both sides invested more troops and manpower on various battlefields, trying to completely eliminate the other party in a short period of time.
In contrast to the secular power struggle, the Church of the King of the Hill seemed very quiet at this time and did not take any action. It only sent some clergy to perform various prayer ceremonies, atonement ceremonies, etc. for the soldiers on both sides on the battlefield.
Leo feels that the methods of the Church of the Hill King are very clever, because no matter who is the winner of the Kingdom of Maris in the end, the influence of the Church will not weaken, and may even be strengthened, and the influence of the Church has also penetrated into the armies of both sides.
Among them, once the Church of the Hill King begins to get involved in the secular rights they have given up for many years, they will be unstoppable.
With such an obvious advantage of the Church of the Hill King, it is impossible for Esalan Meyer's wisdom not to fail to see it. If the King Chosen is really the controller of this civil war in the Kingdom of Maris, then she will definitely take action.
"Leo." Just when Leo had read all the newspapers for today and was lying in the carriage thinking about things, Sylvia once again used her power to pull Leo's consciousness into a garden fantasy.
"How did you connect to my consciousness and pull it into the illusion?" Seeing Sylvia appearing in front of him, Leo asked before the other party spoke.
"Sorry, I..." Sylvia was stunned, thinking that Leo was extremely disgusted with her behavior of directly pulling Leo's consciousness into the illusion, so her face became a little ugly, and she was about to apologize to Leo.
But Leo interrupted Sylvia and said, "You misunderstood me. I want to know how to connect. If there is anything in the future, I can contact you directly."
"Ah?" Sylvia was startled for a moment. Seeing that Leo had no intention of blaming her, a smile immediately appeared on her face. Then she pointed to the king and queen on Leo's waist and said, "The thing is in there.
, you only need to use your power to touch this, this, and this rune in sequence, you can enter here, and then you can summon my consciousness from here."
Hearing Sylvia's explanation, Leo couldn't help but smile. He had always thought that Sylvia had left some kind of mark on him, so he repeatedly and carefully searched for every trace of his body.
The place was never discovered, and he was shocked by Sylvia's power. Unexpectedly, he thought in the wrong place. The other party did not do anything to his body at all, but only added extra parts when helping him repair the weapon.
He wanted to learn something, but he thought in the wrong direction from the beginning and worked in vain for several days.
Leo smiled at himself, then ignored the matter and turned to Sylvia and asked: "How is the situation over there?"
"Are you talking about the family members who suddenly lost control? Or the thick fog on the sea?" Sylvia knew what Leo was asking without any further explanation.
Leo nodded and said: "The world has changed, you must be prepared."
"Is it the return of the gods you mentioned before?" Sylvia asked again in confirmation.
"Yes." Leo replied, and then said seriously: "And it may not only be the gods that return, but other things as well."
"Something else?" Sylvia looked at Leo in confusion.
"Abyss, and abyss." Leo gave a clear answer.
Although Sylvia has never seen the abyss, she knows that the abyss is a very dangerous thing from what Leo mentioned before and some things she encountered. Although she also knows that the witch comes from the abyss,
This doesn't make her feel any better about the abyss.
"Is there any way to return to the United Kingdom?" Sylvia asked with a little expectancy. Although according to his understanding, Leo was also coming to the Minsk mainland for the first time and was not familiar with the situation here, but for some reason,
She always felt that Leo should have a way to return to Velen Continent.
"You can wait until winter comes and take the mainland ice bridge in the north." Leo said the answer without much thought.
Sylvia was stunned for a moment, and soon heard about the ice bridge, with a smile on her face.
"Let me ask you something," Leo suddenly asked at this time: "Was Saran Meyer involved in the civil war in the Kingdom of Maris?"
"I don't know about this either." Sylvia shook her head slightly and said, "But I think she should be involved because she has done some weird things recently."
Later, Sylvia told Leo in detail some of the things that Saran had done recently when the world mutated. Leo listened and couldn't help but show a clear look of surprise, and then doubt appeared on his face.
Saran's recent behavior can be summarized into only two things. She secretly supported a large amount of weapons and supplies to the rebel army and the government army respectively. It seemed like she was fanning the flames on both sides at the same time, hoping to make the civil war more intense.
Obviously, this is not good for Saran, because no matter which side she secretly supports, the final victory will be a tragic victory. In that case, the final beneficiary can only be the church.
"Ah! So that's it!" Leo suddenly woke up when he thought of this, and said in a deep voice: "It turns out that Saran Meyer's cooperation partner is neither the rebel army nor the government. Her cooperation partner has always been the mountain
King Qiu’s Church.”
"Tell me more details." Sylvia didn't understand the meaning of Leo's words.
Therefore, Leo carefully told Sylvia all his guesses after reading the newspaper on the train.
After hearing this, Sylvia was stunned for a while, and then said in disbelief: "How could she cooperate with the King of the Hill? She is a witch? It was the Church of the Hill King who first launched the witch hunt on the Minsk continent.
They should be enemies!"
"Yes, you see, even you, a smart person who has been in contact with Saran Meyer for a long time, think that they are enemies and it is impossible to cooperate. That's why I am sure that they have already cooperated, because this is the only way
Cooperation will not make anyone suspicious, and I think the cooperation between the two was before Saran Meyer was not in charge of the Maris Kingdom."
As Leo spoke, he knelt down, picked up a branch from the ground, drew a circle on the ground at his feet, wrote the words "Maris Kingdom", and then drew four circles around it,
They wrote about Saran, the Church of the King of the Hill, the old aristocracy, and the new aristocracy respectively.
After writing these things, Leo wrote a number next to it. This number happened to be the time when Saran led his men to drive away the Savile Kingdom's army and clean up the old aristocratic forces in the kingdom.
Leo asked in a deep voice: "Who is the beneficiary of this war?"
"Salan." Sylvia replied decisively.
Leo shook his head and said: "Salan is only the beneficiary on the surface, and the secret beneficiary is someone else. Think about it, who is the biggest beneficiary of the war besides Saran."
"The Church of the Hill King." Sylvia thought about it for a moment, then gave the answer, saying: "During the war, the clergy of the Church of the Hill King gained great respect, and the Church of the Hill King also developed rapidly after the war.
In that era when the gods retreated, the strength of the church not only did not weaken, but actually expanded, which attracted the attention of many churches."
Leo nodded and asked in a guiding light: "Think again, who is the biggest beneficiary of Saran's series of reforms?"
"The Church of the Hill King." Sylvia said: "The Church of the Hill King changed its doctrine and incorporated various industrial machinery into its teachings. It also actively invested in various forging machinery factories. During the heyday of the Church of the Hill King,
It almost controls more than 80% of the factories in the Kingdom of Maris." As she said that, she was silent for a moment and said: "That period was when Saran was in charge of the Kingdom of Maris."
"Now you compare the situation in the Kingdom of Maris with the situation back then. The rebel army replaced the new nobles of that year, and the royal army replaced the old nobles." Leo smiled and said: "Don't you feel like history is repeating itself?
Chapter completed!