Chapter 1025: Acquaintances
Listening to Sylvia's words, Leo immediately got up and went to the lighthouse altar, stood on the platform at the front of the altar, and looked at the surrounding scenery.
If you don't talk about the special power of the Lookout Sea Cliff, then this is definitely the best viewing spot in the whole of Landall.
Standing here, you can see the entire coastline of Landauer, you can see the vast ocean in the distance, you can see the whole view of the harbor of Landauer on one side, and you can also see the special trident building of the Poseidon Church on the outskirts of Landall.
I don't know if it is affected by the hidden power here, or because of the delusion caused by seeing such a beautiful scenery, in short, before the Black Castle and the lighthouse were built, many Randall people who ran to the Wanghai Cliff to watch the scenery would sigh at the beauty of the scenery at the same time, they couldn't help jumping from here, and the people who jumped down were swept away by the undercurrent hidden in the sea below, and only a few lucky people could survive.
Over time, it became a well-known suicide mecca on the Vilen continent at that time, and many celebrities from various countries in Vironn came here to kill themselves, and the Randall City Council even established a directory of celebrity suicides for this purpose.
Leo had no interest in the view, so he had never seen Randall from this famous spot before, but now he stood here looking out at the surrounding scenery, and he felt the urge to jump down.
This impulse was originally just a normal impulse for ordinary people to stand on a high place, but here it was affected by the special forces around it, which amplified this impulse, and even a strong-willed person like Leo would have a strong urge to jump off a cliff, not to mention other ordinary people.
After adjusting his mood slightly, Leo turned his head in the direction of Randall Port, and his eyes fell on the striking metal ship on the docks.
An all-metal ship is enough to attract attention, and this ship is not only all-metal, but also completely protected by a layer of silver-white metal armor, and the sunlight reflects a dazzling silver light on it, even from a long distance.
Because of the metal armor, people from the outside cannot see the equipment inside the metal ship, and can only see its barracuda-like appearance.
There is no doubt that for a group like Randall, who lives off the sea, and more than ninety percent of the city's inhabitants are fishermen and seafarers, they love ships far more than any other city, and such a never-before-seen ship with a splendid appearance that can pass through the fog of the sea naturally attracts their attention, so the docks are crowded with people who come to see this metal ship, almost the entire dock is crowded.
Fortunately, because of the gray fog, not only the sea trade has decreased, but also the fishing has also decreased, and the wharf does not seem busy, and there is enough space for the public to watch, so even if the wharf is crowded, the flow of people is still orderly and there is no chaos.
After Leo saw the metal ship that sent the Inges to Randall, he understood that the ship was different from what he thought, and after hearing about the metal ship from Sylvia's mouth, he thought that it was a spaceship that could still be operated and some kind of spaceship was being controlled to sail on the sea, but after seeing the real thing, he immediately saw that the ship was a steamship dressed in the shell of a battleship, which was very deceptive on the outside, but it was actually completely different on the inside.
Although Leo has not visited the ship on site now, he can already judge the construction mode of this metal ship from the details of the shape of the ship he has seen.
Obviously, the Kingdom of England must have found a lot of space warship wrecks that are considered relics of prehistoric civilizations, and the main skeleton of this metal ship should be a small ammunition supply ship at the moment.
This kind of ammunition supply ship is mainly used by ground defense forces to supply ammunition for air warships in wartime in the defense of the star sector, so the size of this kind of spacecraft is not very large, equivalent to the size of a medium-sized sailing ship in the current Velen world, and this size can avoid the spacecraft from becoming an eye-catching target after rushing into the battlefield.
Because of its size, the spacecraft is naturally not very large, so the designers simply canceled all the weapon systems of the spaceship, turned all into a carrying compartment, and then strengthened the ship's armor and engines, so that it can fly at top speed and survive several rounds of attacks.
In the past space wars, most of these small ammunition supply ships were able to be preserved, or even shot down, and the remains would be relatively intact because of the protection of the outer armor, so it was not incomprehensible that the Kingdom of England could find a small ammunition supply ship.
Leo didn't know what the state of the small ammunition supply ship was when it was found, but since it was possible to rebuild a metal steamship from its skeleton, it also showed that the main structure of the ship was not damaged and was still well preserved.
In addition, only part of the armor on the exterior of the ship is the armor of the supply ship itself, and the other part should be the armor pieces removed from the wreckage of other ships, and most of the armor of the whole ship is re-forged metal armor, on the surface, there is no difference between these kinds of armor, but in the eyes of Leo and people who understand, the defense of the three is completely different.
Although this metal steamship built from the wreckage of a small ammunition supply ship is the extreme work of the current industrial technology of the Veron world, in terms of the strength of the ship alone, the ships of the entire Velonon world may not be able to compete with it, but this alone cannot make this ship smoothly through the black fog and come to the city of Landall.
He remembered that he had seen the influence of some mysterious existences in the gray mist, including the huge monsters, and now this metal ship that Su Dongping had chiseled out was impossible to compete with, as long as it was encountered, it was impossible to get out of the gray mist, so there must be another real power on this ship that helped them pass through the gray fog smoothly.
Although Leo was curious about the ship's method of passing through the Grey Mist, he felt that he might not be able to use this method, because this method was probably from the mysterious sea god, so he did not have the idea of going to the dock to see the ship up close.
"Looks amazing!" After returning to Sylvia's study, Sylvia exclaimed sincerely: "I didn't expect that the technology industry of the Kingdom of England has reached such a point, if they have mastered this technology thoroughly, then in the future, when the gray fog dissipates, it will be impossible for other ships to sail on the entire world's seas." ”
Leo could hear Sylvia's exclamation, and there was a hint of worry in her tone, in her opinion, the situation of one family dominating would do more harm than good to the whole world, the French Empire, and the current Kingdom of England.
Although the maritime overlord of the Inge Kingdom is more self-proclaimed, and its influence in the world cannot be compared with the old empire of the French Empire, it is undeniable that the Inge Kingdom has reached the point of dominance in the ocean, even if there are other kingdoms that can still fight with the Inge Kingdom on the ocean, but it can no longer shake its stable maritime power.
Now if the Inge Kingdom really completely masters this seemingly extremely advanced metal ship manufacturing process, then the Inge Kingdom's power on the sea will expand again, and it will completely control other sea areas that are not under control, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the Inge Empire.
At that time, the influence of the Inge Kingdom on the whole world will even exceed that of the Heyday of the Fran Empire, after all, no matter how powerful the Fran Empire is, it is only a land empire on the Vilen continent, and the influence on other continents is more reflected in culture, and once the Inge Kingdom controls the entire sea area of the Velen world, then they will be able to control the connection of the three continents, whether it is commerce, Cultural and political dealings will depend on the face of the Kingdom of England, and in this case, it is not impossible for the Kingdom of England to eventually become the king of the world.
Facing Sylvia's concern, Leo just smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, even if the Kingdom of England has mastered the manufacturing process, it is impossible to build too much, because the materials used in this ship are not made by the current forging process, and without those special materials, this metal ship is just an ordinary ironclad steamship, which can be chiseled out by all countries." ”
Listening to Leo's words, Sylvia breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Do you want to visit that ship, I can help you ......"
"No, I don't. Leo shook his head, and then asked, "Who are the Inge people who came with the ship this time to participate in the sacrifice ceremony?"
"There were a lot of people on the ship, but most of them were discussing cooperation with the Poseidon Church, and only three people would participate in the sacrifice ceremony. Sylvia took a piece of information and handed it to Leo, saying, "One is Bishop Brian, the president of the Pious Brotherhood of the Poseidon Church in the Kingdom of England, the other is Bachelor Reed of the National College of England, he is also a member of the Persona Society, and the other should be your acquaintance Sean Donald." ”
"Sean Donald?" Leo didn't remember this person for a while, and hesitated slightly, but soon relevant information appeared in his mind, and suddenly said: "Is it him? Then he wondered, "Why did he participate in this sacrifice ceremony, didn't he know that he would be sent to the Poseidon Temple during the sacrificial ceremony? Or did he think that going to the Poseidon Temple would be the same as traveling, and there would be no danger?"
"I think the reason why he got involved should have something to do with the Poseidon Scepter that you traded to him in the first place. Sylvia thought for a moment and guessed: "The fact that he was able to find the Poseidon Scepter that the Inge royal family had lost for so many years represented his luck in itself, and now the Inge royal family should have some kind of plan for the Poseidon Temple, so they sent him over to participate in the loss, just to borrow his luck in order to gain something." ”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the room, and then the butler walked in, saluted Leo, and said, "Your Excellency, the mission of the Kingdom of England has sent someone to meet you. ”
"Who's the one sent?" Sylvia asked, frowning.
"Lord Earl Sean Donald. The butler replied.
Sylvia was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I mentioned this person just now, and this person came to the door by himself, it seems that his luck is indeed good." ”
After saying that, she asked the butler to bring someone over, and then asked Leo, "What about you?" do you want to listen and see what his purpose is?"
"I'd better stay, lest you'll call me later," said Leo, sitting down on the couch at Sylvia's desk, "and if I'm right, he's coming for me." ”
Not long after, with a heavy footstep stopping outside the door, a knock also sounded in the room, and then the butler opened the door and motioned for the Earl of the Kingdom of England, who was following behind him, to enter by himself, and after the other party entered the room, he closed the door again, and then guarded the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.
At this time, Leo also saw Sean Donald, whom he had met several times and had experienced the adventure of the word together.
Although it has only been a few years, Sean Donald has become a little old, and there is a trace of gray hair on his temples, which shows that although he has received a lot of attacks because of the recovery of the Poseidon Scepter, he has become a knight and has become the top part of the government of the Kingdom of England, but all kinds of pressures are naturally several times or even dozens of times more than when he was just an ordinary nobleman, and these pressures made him jump directly from a young man to a half-old man.
After Sean entered the room, he naturally saw Leo, his target for the first time, but he did not seem too anxious to make friends with Leo, but like an ordinary diplomat from another country, he saluted Sylvia and said some polite words on the official face.
However, Sylvia didn't like this set of pretentious etiquette, and after Sean said a few polite words, she stopped Sean from continuing, and then asked bluntly: "Your Excellency Sean, don't say these official languages, you don't like to say it, and I don't like to hear it either, you better tell me what you came to my castle for today, right?"
The words were forcibly interrupted, and did not make Sean show any annoyance, but he always kept smiling, and said unhurriedly: "Since Your Excellency doesn't like to listen to these official words, I won't say it, I'll tell you the purpose of my coming here straightforwardly! ”
Sylvia wanted to say something for Leo, but Leo gestured for it to be handed to him, and then turned to Sean and asked, "What can I get?"
Sean was stunned, because he didn't expect to enter the stage of negotiating conditions so soon, so the rhythm was disrupted, but he quickly recovered, and said with great confidence: "I can help your friend......"
Leo interrupted the other party indifferently and said, "If that's the case, you don't need to continue, they are now capable of taking care of themselves and don't need my help." ”