Chapter 699: On the Road
"Is Lisa okay?" Shelf asked after retracting his gaze from Fat Robert, looking a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Alive. The woman replied angrily, apparently still angry at what had happened to her.
Sherf smiled awkwardly and didn't ask any more, the atmosphere in the carriage had returned to the initial silence, but at this time, there was a little more inexplicable embarrassment in the atmosphere.
"My name is Robert!" Perhaps because he couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere in the carriage, as the car began to start slowly, Robert sat cross-legged on the bed, turned to the woman, and asked, "I haven't asked Miss for your name yet." ”
"Ylang of Colenza. The woman also couldn't stand the situation in the carriage, and followed the fat man Robert's painting and said her own identity.
Just like the state form of the Vilen continent, in addition to the two major national powers of the French Empire and the United Kingdom of France, there are also small city-states such as the Northern Hanosa Alliance, which barely survives.
Similarly, in addition to the three great powers, there are also a number of small city-states on the Minsk continent that live at the junction of the three countries, and these city-states not only serve as a buffer, but also play a role in promoting trade between the great powers.
The Duchy of Corensa is a small city-state at the junction of the Kingdom of Mares and the Kingdom of Dariath, which is the main transit point for goods between the two countries, and most of the people who live there are mixed races of the two kingdoms of the north and the south, and the grand duke who rules there has dukedom status in both kingdoms, so the people of the Duchy of Coronsa are born with the nationality of both countries.
Due to the peculiarity of their status, most of the Coronnesians make a living as merchants, so the Coronnese people are also particularly wealthy.
Perhaps because he was too rich, the previous generations of the Grand Duke of Colenza felt very scared, afraid that the two countries would separate him as a piece of fat, so he found a reason to pay a certain amount of commercial taxes to the two countries, which can actually be said to be protection fees, so that the Principality of Colenna has always been able to maintain stability under the somewhat turbulent political relations between the north and the south.
Neither Robert nor Sherf looked surprised when they heard that Ylan was from Corenza, in fact, one out of ten people in the northern border provinces of the Kingdom of Mares had Corensa ancestry, or Corensa origin.
It's just that after Leo heard the other party introduce himself, he felt that the name was a little familiar, thought quietly for a while, and asked Yilan, "Are you the Yilan Sasa bachelor who wrote the hypothesis of the Five Ages of Velon?"
Perhaps because Sherf and Robert had attracted most of their attention, Ylan-Elang had forgotten about Leo's presence, and it wasn't until Leo spoke now that she suddenly noticed the stranger lying on the bunk across from her.
After perceiving Leo's existence, she couldn't help but feel puzzled, because although the actions and words of the three of them just now were not very big, they were enough to make people see that something was wrong, but the person opposite did not have any abnormal behavior at all, as if what happened just now was just an ordinary thing, which made her can't help but guess his identity, and forgot to answer Leo's inquiry for a while.
It wasn't until Leo asked for the second time that Ilan reacted and quickly denied it, "No, no! But soon she changed her tone and said, "That book was written by my mother, and my mother is Ylang Sasa." ”
"Oh!" Leo replied briefly, losing the idea of talking to the other party.
The main reason why Leo suddenly mentioned Ylan Sasa was because she published a historical hypothesis, which was published in an internal journal of the Persona Society, and the articles in that journal were all related to the prehistoric ruins excavated in various parts of the world of Veron, but everyone else wrote articles around a single relic research, and only Ylang Sasa said that all the ruins were integrated to create a five-era hypothesis.
In her hypothesis, she believes that the world of Velen has gone through five epochs so far, starting with the Age of Chaos, then the Age of the Wasteland, then the Age of the Deep Sea, then the Age of the Gods, and finally the Age of Steam.
Leo didn't know if the Five Epochs hypothesis was correct, but now, according to what he knew, several of the epochs mentioned in the Five Epochs hypothesis were confirmed, and he wanted to know how the other party deduced these epochs.
In addition, at the end of that hypothesis, one more thing is mentioned, that is, the human beings living in the current world of Velons are not creatures that evolved from the world itself, but alien creatures, outsiders from the stars in the sky.
That's why Leo is a little curious about Ylan Sasa.
"Are you Ms. Sasa's daughter?" After hearing Ylan Sasa's name, Fat Robert looked at the woman opposite with some surprise, it was obvious that Ylan Sasa had an unusual relationship with the black market.
"Who are you?" Seeing the reaction of the fat man Robert, Yilan felt that this person and his mother might know each other, and couldn't help but ask.
"I'm Robert Chris Jr., the head of the Black Market in Dry Steel City. Fat Robert introduced himself with a smile.
"Black market!" Ilan was stunned, then his face became a little gloomy and disgusted, and then he looked at the fat man Robert very indifferently and said, "Please don't talk to me anymore, I want to read." ”
After saying that, it didn't matter about Robert's reaction, he just picked up a book and put it in front of him, and he didn't know if he was really reading or pretending to be reading.
The other party suddenly turned his face, which caught the fat man Robert off guard, and his dazed look showed that he didn't understand what was going on at all.
Just when Robert wanted to ask, Scherf on the other side said lazily, "The Falis incident." ”
When Robert heard this, a look of relief appeared on his face, and he swallowed the words that he had meant to ask again.
Leo, who was an observer, quickly searched for some information about the Falis incident in his mind, and understood why Ylan had such an attitude.
Faris is a small city located on the border between Maris and Savile, but it is famous for the remains of a prehistoric civilization found in the wasteland outside the city, which was discovered and excavated by the First Public College of the Kingdom of Mares.
However, when the excavation of the First Public College had just begun, it was stopped, because someone took out the title deed of the land, indicating that the land was private land, and the contents of the land were all personal belongings, and then drove away all the scholars and workers of the college who were in charge of the excavation at that time.
Naturally, the scholars of the First Public College would not let this prehistoric relic fall into private hands, so they mobilized their own forces and let the government intervene in order to revoke the ownership of this private land, and no matter how bad it was, they would give the right to excavate this relic to the college.
This matter was very big at that time, because the scholars' demands violated the ninth article of the first constitution of the kingdom, which was the sanctity of private property, and if the judgment revoked the ownership of private land, then this constitution, which was the foundation of the kingdom, would also be invalid, and the foundation of the kingdom would inevitably be shaken.
So at that time, the whole kingdom was very concerned about this matter, and all kinds of discussions were taking place in the large and small councils of the kingdom.
However, in the end, things developed somewhat unexpectedly, when the matter reached its peak, and the First Academy began to submit a petition to the Supreme Court of the Kingdom, but the prosecutor of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom found that the deed of the private land recorded in the petition did not exist, and there was no such deed in the kingdom, and when they went to the person who claimed to be the owner of the land, they found that this person did not exist either.
At this time, everyone sensed that something was wrong, and shifted their eyes from the first academy's request to the ruins in the so-called private land, and at this time they found that the ruins had been thoroughly excavated in a very rough way, and all the relics that they thought were of little value had been removed, and most of the remaining ruins were destroyed, so it can be said that this ruins had completely flown away.
At this time, everyone knew that the First Public Academy had been tricked, and because of this incident, the First Public Academy had become the laughing stock of the people of the kingdom for a long time, and its reputation had plummeted, and it had not recovered until now.
Who is the person who did this, so far the official of the Maris Kingdom has not investigated, but in the dark world, who did this matter, it is almost an open secret, because just half a month after the incident, the black market took out a batch of ancient items produced by the ruins of Falis for auction, although the black market claims to be commissioned, but in fact, as long as people with a little bit of brains know, this is just an excuse for the black market, and the black market is the other protagonist of the Falis incident.
The vast majority of people in the First Public School don't know the role of the black market in this matter, but a dark world organization like the library can naturally receive all kinds of information and intelligence, and the bachelor's uniform on Yilan, who is sitting opposite, has obvious characteristics of the First Public School, so it is reasonable for her to have this attitude towards the fat man Robert as the manager of the black market.
The train is moving slowly on the tracks, although the speed is more than half slower than that of the steam train, but I don't know if it is the ancient addition of special devices, the vibration of the carriage is much smaller, and some cork chips are added to the compartment to reduce noise, making the carriage appear extraordinarily quiet.
Time passed little by little, and Leo quickly finished reading the ancient book in his hand, put it on the table beside him, and then lay down on the bed, entering a deep consciousness, and organized, summarized, and created all kinds of abilities he had mastered as usual.
At this time, Yilan's glasses couldn't help but look at the ancient book that Leo put on the table, she could see that the binding of the ancient book should be from the Kingdom of Savile, and she could also see that this ancient book should be some years old, so she couldn't help but wonder what was recorded in this ancient book.
The Kingdom of Savile is recognized as the country with the most ancient ruins in the entire world of Viron, and it is no exaggeration to find a random stone in a desert in the Kingdom of Savile, and that stone may be from a building or other item of a prehistoric civilization.
It is also because there are many ancient ruins in the Savile Kingdom, so many people suspect that those ancient tribes of the Savile Kingdom may be the remnants of prehistoric civilizations, and those remnants are more likely to have recorded things about prehistoric civilizations.
Although scholars from all over the world want to study clues related to prehistoric civilization through the records left by various tribes in the Savile Kingdom, the traditional power of the Savile Kingdom is very strong, coupled with the strength of the Church of the Lord of All Things, so that scholars from all countries have no way to access any truly valuable materials.
Now that there is a book that is suspected to be an ancient book of the tribes of the Savile Kingdom in front of him, Yilan, who is a researcher of ancient ruins, is naturally itching, and hesitated for a long time before breaking the silence for so long before, and asked Leo, "May I take a look at this book?"
Leo didn't answer, but pointed to the book on the table, agreeing.
Yilan couldn't wait to pick up the book and read it carefully, because the book was written in the ancient language of the Savile tribe, which was mixed with a large number of dialects and spoken grammar of the Savile tribe, plus it was a manuscript, so it was a little difficult for her to read this book, and the same passage needed to be read many times.
However, while she felt that it was difficult for her to read this book, she also felt great admiration for Leo's knowledge, because she had just seen Leo read this book as easily as reading an ordinary bestseller, which undoubtedly represented that his knowledge was extraordinary.
After flipping through a dozen pages and discovering that most of the contents of the book were just about the daily life of the tribe that handed over the Kaka, Ilan lost interest in the book and put the book back on the table.
After hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but be curious, and asked Leo, "May I ask which college are you the linguistics tutor?"
Leo didn't answer, but the fat man on the top bunk, Robert, couldn't help but say for Leo: "He is Mr. Leo Dodd, if you know about the affairs of the Dark World, it should be until he may be the last inheritor of the knowledge of the wizards of the Tower." ”
"Tower Wizard?" The look on Yilan's face was shocked, she was very aware of the status of the Tower Wizard in the Dark World, and she also knew very well that the Tower Wizard represented the power of almost a god, and there was a successor of the Tower Wizard in front of her, which made her feel a little shocked and a little incredulous.
However, in addition to being shocked, she couldn't help but be intrigued by Leo, because in the library's research on prehistoric civilizations, more than one person had speculated that the wizards of the tower might be the inheritors of the knowledge of prehistoric civilizations, and their origins were even older than the gods.
Therefore, although the wizards of the Tower have the power of gods, they do not become gods, because they know what the nature of gods is, and they do not want to be such inhuman beings.