Chapter 590: A Chance to Smuggle In
The coachman was a very clever fellow, and when he saw Leo's traveler's attire and came out of the dockyard company's ticket office, he knew how Leo was doing, and after hearing Leo's request for the inn, he knew where to take Leo appropriately, and it was good for him, at least after the matter was done, he would be able to get an extra share.
"This is the hotel I want?" said Leo, looking at the humble inn on a hill on the edge of Simps's municipal district, and looked at the coachman with displeasure.
Although the inn is made of wood, surrounded by plants that adapt to the saline ground, and has a style that is different from most stone houses in Simpsham, it is all about the best and most comfortable that Leo requires.
"Believe me, if you want to go north while the Kingdom of Mares is blockading the entire territory, there is absolutely nothing wrong with staying in this hotel. It didn't seem to be the first time the coachman had heard similar doubts, so he quickly answered.
"Here's a way for me to bypass the blockade and head north. Leo quickly guessed what the coachman meant.
The coachman smiled and did not answer, but said to one of the waitresses who was coming out of the door of the inn, "Kate, this is your guest." ”
With that, he saluted Leo, then hopped into the carriage and drove quickly towards the city.
"Hello, welcome to the Oasis Hotel, do you have any luggage to take?" the waitress walked up to Leo, saluted Leo, and asked very formulaically.
Leo shook his head and said, "No, the coachman just said ......"
"Wait. The waitress interrupted Leo before he finished speaking, and then explained: "We know what you said, but I am not in charge of it, and in the evening, someone will contact you, so you can rest here in peace,"
Seeing that the waitress said this, Leo did not ask any more questions, and entered the hotel under her leadership.
Although the hotel may look humble on the outside, it is very delicate on the inside, with some artificially carved ornaments, beams and sculptures with obvious primitive tribal characteristics, plus some small furnishings to make it very unique.
In addition, the beautiful stalls brought from Savile have laid out the entire hall of the hotel, and the huge crystal chandelier hanging from the hall makes anyone who comes in feel the luxury, which contrasts sharply with the simplicity of the outside, giving a very special contrast.
Seeing all this, Leo had to admit that the designer of this hotel was very clever, at least anyone who came to the hotel for the first time would no longer have doubts about the strength of the hotel at this moment.
In the reception hall, on one side is the restaurant, bar, and games room, and judging by the smoke and cacophony of talking, it is clear that there are quite a few guests here, and many of them have a Dyrian accent, presumably some Lyat who are trapped in the Principality of Puz and unable to return home.
Because of his skill, Leo's check-in didn't take much time, and he didn't even look at his identity documents, and after bringing Leo to his room, the waitress reminded Leo to remember to stay in the room at night, and someone would contact him.
In the room, Leo freshened up a little, used his psionic energy to clean the dust off his body, and then sat down on the sofa in the living room of the room, closed his eyes and recuperated, and by the way, revisited his use of the second nervous system during this time.
Although, in the process of experimenting with the second nervous system, he encountered some trouble, but finally there was no danger, and now he has completely mastered the use of the second nervous system, and can transform the power of any kind of divine imprint, and through this method, disguise himself as the patron of these gods, and can also spy on the relevant divine power secrets.
Even during this time, he took the time to create some methods of use based on the power of various divine imprints.
For example, the power of the Abyssal Serpent's eyeball allows him to obtain a mysterious muttering sound, which can be transmitted directly to the depths of the other person's soul. At the moment, he could only use this method to interfere with the other party's spirit, but he estimated that as the power of the abyss he mastered became more and stronger, this murmuring sound should also improve, and then he might have other incredible powers to endow this voice.
Time passed little by little, and soon it was dark, and a sound of footsteps sounded from the hallway outside the door, and the sound finally stopped when it reached Leo's door, and then a knock was heard.
Leo got up and opened the door, only to see a middle-aged man dressed in a strong Mares Kingdom style standing at the door, he took off the bowler hat on his head, revealing a very ordinary face, saluted Leo, and then asked in the Mares language, "Do you want to go north?"
"Yes. Leo nodded, then got out of the way, motioned for the middle-aged man to come in, closed the door, led the middle-aged man to the living room of the room, and asked, "Do you have a way to bypass the blockade?"
"Yes. The middle-aged man replied in the affirmative.
"What do I need to give. Leo asked again.
The middle-aged man replied, "It depends on where you're going?"
"Port Pander. Leo replied.
Leo's address stunned the middle-aged man, who had thought that Leo was going to Dyriat, just like the other Lyats in this hotel.
"The port of Pander is now under the control of the revolutionary army, and because it is located by the sea, it is often attacked by the Royal Navy, and yesterday the port of Pander was attacked by the Royal Navy, and many urban areas were damaged. After the middle-aged man came back to his senses, he immediately introduced the situation in Pandar Harbor and confirmed again: "Are you sure you are going to Pander Harbor?"
"Yes. Leo nodded.
"In that case, I'll arrange it for you. As he spoke, the middle-aged man took out a small notebook and quickly wrote it, calculated it, and then wrote down a number on a piece of paper, handed it to Leo and said, "This is the full cost, if you have no objection, please pay half of the deposit first." ”
Leo looked at the number above, this number is definitely a huge amount of money for ordinary people, but it is nothing to Leo, so he didn't care too much, nodded and agreed to the price, and asked, "Do you want to give you the deposit?"
"No, I don't take the money, and the hotel will send someone to get the money later, and the deposit will be counted in the hotel's expenses. Seeing that a deal had been negotiated so quickly, the middle-aged man couldn't help but show joy on his face, and explained: "The other half of the deposit, you only need to wait until you get to the person who transported you, and then hand it over directly to that person." With that, he turned and walked out of the room, and as he left the room, he raised his hat and saluted Leo, saying, "May the King of the Hill guide you on your path so that you can get to where you want to go." ”
"Praise to the hills. Leo responded as well as he knew religious etiquette.
Seeing Leo's such a formal etiquette of the Church of the King of the Hill, the middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then closed the door with a smile.
After more than an hour, the waitress who had led the way came to Leo's door and knocked on the door, and when Leo opened the door, he asked Leo directly, "Sir, is your deposit ready?"
Leo casually opened a check and handed it over.
Although it is a cash check from the Kingdom of England, this bank has reached an agreement with several major banks in the world that the cash check between them can be circulated with each other, so there is no more worry about not being able to withdraw money.
"Someone will take you to the place where you will be transported tomorrow morning. The waitress checked the authenticity of the check, then wrote a note to Leo and said.
"Arrange it for me so quickly. Leo asked with some confusion, "......What about those people downstairs?"
The waitress smiled awkwardly and said, "The means of transportation you are going to achieve is very special, and those people are a little skeptical about its safety, so they are willing to set off only after waiting for news and making sure that they can really pass through the blockade area safely." ”
After saying that, she seemed worried that Leo would continue to ask, so she immediately turned and left.
With a little curiosity in his mind, Leo returned to the room, continuing to familiarize himself with the use of the second nervous system.
The night was fine, and in the early morning, before dawn, someone came to knock on Leo's door, opened it, and saw that there was a young man standing at the door, who looked like a mechanical worker in the factory, and there was a strong smell of plant lubricants on his body.
"You're the passenger this time, aren't you?, do you have any salutes that I need to take?" asked the young man at once he saw Leo.
"Let's go!" Leo shook his head, walked out of the room, closed the door, and motioned for the young man to lead the way.
One after the other, the two walked out of the hotel and boarded a converted steam trailer waiting there.
At this time, some people had already been made, Leo knew their identities by looking at the outfits of these people, a wealthy merchant couple and their bodyguards, two middle-aged people with hats covering their faces tightly, who looked like they should be from the revolutionary army, and a widower with a child had a strong seafarer temperament.
There are also three missionary-looking women, and it is not difficult to tell from the patterns on their clothes that they are from the same church, and Leo cannot recognize which church they belong to from the features on the trio's robes, so it can be judged that the church of the three female missionaries should be an underground church recognized by the Orthodox Church, and it is a new church.
Underground churches have always existed from ancient times to the present, even in the years when the Orthodox Church was the most powerful, the underground churches were still active in various countries, and even some of them were transformed from underground churches to churches recognized by the Orthodox Church with the help of some external forces, such as the Swamp Gods Sect in the northern countries of the Vilun Continent is a model of the conversion of underground churches.
However, the swamp church is only a special case of countless underground churches, there are very few exceptions like this, more often the underground church is the object of encirclement and suppression by the Orthodox Church, all underground church members must be killed, there is no objection, even the Grand Duke of a country was publicly executed by the Orthodox Church because he was involved in the incident of the underground church.
For the Orthodox Church, all underground churches are the same, they are all evil churches, they are all hereticals, but in fact, those who really understand the underground churches know that there are differences between underground churches.
One is the Church of Evil Gods as the Orthodox Church, which is not only being attacked by the Orthodox Church, but also by governments.
On the other hand, there are underground churches with moderate and kind doctrines, which not only do not cause social turmoil, but can help governments to calm some of the emotions of the people, and governments are happy to see it, and for some political reasons, these underground churches will also be protected by governments.
However, whether it is the cult of evil gods that everyone shouts about, or those underground churches with moderate doctrines, they do not dare to operate openly for a long time, and only recruit followers secretly.
However, as the power of the Orthodox Church weakened, countries began to suppress the Orthodox Church, and the preaching of the underground church began to be semi-open.
Compared to the Vilun continent where the Orthodox Church is located, the underground churches in the Minsk continent are relatively active, and the turmoil in the Mares Kingdom this time is definitely a good opportunity for the underground churches to preach, after all, people are only in the midst of suffering, they will be more willing to pray for those inexplicable existences.
Although the three major churches ruled the Minsk continent, they were also showing some weakness now, especially the inaction of the Church of the Hill Kings during the turmoil in the Kingdom of Mares, which offended both the royal government and the revolutionary army, so both sides allowed the underground churches to preach in their respective territories and refugee camps.
At present, these three female missionaries are probably also planning to take this opportunity to recruit believers and expand the influence of the church, and since they have also been blocked from the Kingdom of Mares by the prohibition order of the Kingdom of Mares, they should not be the native church of the Kingdom of Mares, but should be members of the underground church from the other two continents.
While waiting for the others to get into the car, Leo also tried to turn on his vision to observe the others around him, especially the three underground missionaries.
As he expected, the wealthy businessman couple, bodyguards, and others were all ordinary people, and only the three female missionaries could see some fluctuations in the power of the divine imprints.
The power fluctuations of this divine imprint were very weak, and it was clear that the three female missionaries were not very patrons, but they were just ordinary priests. It's just that all three of them have a strange thing that does not belong to their church, and Leo can estimate from the power fluctuations emitted by these three strange things that these three strange things have the power to threaten the life of a third-level psyker.
At this time, the previous worker brought in more than a dozen people, filled the trailer car, and then walked to the front of the car, started the steam engine, and slowly dragged the full car of passengers towards the suburbs.