Wizard: Gou adds some demon hunting in the Steam Age

There are a total of six core blocks in the entire core city-state of Custer, and twelve streets or avenues. Golden Street belongs to the second-level area under the blocks.

As the core area in the northern part of the city-state, the Idrisu neighborhood is mostly filled with factories. In other words, the entire northern city is a factory area.

It's just that the people living in the Idrisu neighborhood are either senior managers of the factory or some talents with special skills, while the three streets north of Idrisu are all workers.

Wayne took Tina out of the Dumitru neighborhood, walked east through the central area of ​​​​the city-state, and then turned north to the Idrisu neighborhood.

But it was obvious that given the size of Beicheng, it would be difficult for him to find Lacey and the others.

"Tina, can you find Lacey and the others?"

Wayne had no choice but to ask Tina for help. He had just checked the coverage area of ​​spiritual perception and found no trace of Lacey and Carly.

The white-haired girl held his hand and said, "Tina, Vision."

When Wei En opened his eyes again, the surrounding scene had changed into another scene.

In the dark and silent world, only he, the white-haired girl beside him, and...

"Hehehehaha, we meet again, young Mr. Wizard."

The demon clown crouched between the two of them. One moment he was close to Tina, and the next moment he was close to Wei En. The red eyes under the mask were full of excitement.

Wayne: "..."

Damn, why is this guy here?

"Tina, can you see him?"

"Tina, I'm always here." The white-haired girl held his hand tightly, and her originally blank eyes gained a bit of color, "Clown, shut up."

"Hey...shut up? Little girl, you don't know that I...ugh!"

boom.

Before he could finish his words, an invisible force seemed to force the clown to the ground.

Wei En only felt countless shadows emerging around him. Those shadows seemed to be the boundless malice, terror, despair, coldness, and deathly silence of this dark world...

hiss!

"This is..." Wayne took a breath and looked at the clown who was being suppressed, "Tina?"

The clown's face had bulging veins, and his eyes were ferocious and cruel, "Quickly, let her, let go of me!"

He was wearing a black dress with golden lines on it, but his posture was very unsightly, with his head stuck to the ground and his butt raised, like a cock about to be pulled by the neck.

"Tina, shut up."

The white-haired girl moved her fingers, and more shadows appeared from the darkness, wrapping around the clown's big blood-red mouth.

"woo woo woo woo?"

Wei En looked at Tina blankly, and then at the demon clown on the ground. It turned out that the white-haired girl was the most powerful one...

"Ukuyangtefuluuh!"

Mr. Clown put his hands on the ground and gritted his teeth, trying to get up, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move even half an inch.

Wayne spread his hands and said to himself: Sorry, clown, oh no, Mr. Leonard, there is nothing I can do.

Then he turned to look northeast, looking for Lacey and Carly, and soon found them among the moving shadows around them.

This ability is really convenient...

In the dark world, Lacey and Carly's figures were clearly visible, as if they were standing in the spotlight.

Not only that, besides the two of them, there were several other clear objects appearing.

"Those things are..."

[You witnessed "Forbidden Object 0-34 Resurrected Coffin", the trajectory of your fate has changed to a certain extent, and the current encounter progress is 30/100. Evaluation: I advise you not to read it. Special rewards: Survival Points +10, Origin +1, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1. 】

[You witnessed "Forbidden Object 0-78 Rover's Left Eye", the trajectory of your fate has changed to a certain extent, and the current encounter progress is 10/100. Rating: ...Special rewards: Survival Points +3, Spirit Level +1, Resilience Level +1. 】

After noticing the red prompt message in his mind, Wei En stopped looking around and said quickly: "Tina, cancel the spiritual vision."

"Tina, the horizon is cancelled."

Wei En looked at the scene around him that had returned to normal and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The white-haired girl's psychic vision is convenient, but it's also really scary.

Rover's left eye should be the forbidden object belonging to the Church of Dawn. Is it on the statue of the Lord of Dawn in the previous chapel?

There are also a few other bright lights just now, aren’t they also taboo items?

"Let's go and meet Lacey and the others first."

"Tina, let's go."

Wayne held her hand and looked at the clown doll in her other hand. I wonder if it was an illusion, but why did he feel that the doll's expression was a little lifeless?

Clown: Hee, hee hee... It hurts, it hurts too much, my heart hurts too much... Hahaha...

…

…

"Damn Yegor, I've obviously contacted him and asked him to arrange for Tina to come over. It's already noon, where is the person?"

Lacey was sitting on the roof of the dilapidated house, cursing, looking at the sky, seeing that the day was halfway through, and her expression became even worse.

"Probably, he's on his way here already."

Carly sat next to her, staring at the high wall in the distance, wondering what the scene was like outside the city, "Captain, have you ever been outside the city-state?"

Lacey followed her gaze and said casually: "I've been there before. It's almost the same as in the city-state."

Almost?

Carly asked curiously: "Are there so many people with malicious intentions there?"

After she followed Euan from the sea to the city of Custer when she was a child, she never left again.

I remember that Euan once warned her that she must not run outside the high wall, as it was very dangerous.

"Most of them are aberrations. Outside the city-state, there is a lack of various supplies, especially the brilliance of your dawn."

Lacey recalled: "I remember that not long after I entered the Secret Adjustment Department, I followed old Jack, um, and Rogert to the villages outside the city to perform tasks."

"That village is as big as two Basil blocks, but the environment is very poor, even worse than the Laos block. Almost every day, people become aberrations due to the red moon pollution."

"But it's much better than in the mountains and forests without any cover. It's a place where you can barely survive."

"That's it."

Carly nodded thoughtfully. Behind that high wall, there should be many heretics who need to be punished, right?

"Don't worry too much about people and things that are not in front of you, Carly."

Lacey said sternly: "I would rather you become a saint of the Dawn Church. In that case, the situation in Custer City-State, your hometown, will definitely improve."

"I, I will try my best."

Saint...

A trace of confusion flashed across Carly's face. Can she really become a true saint?

"Let's talk about the case again."

Lacey saw that something was wrong with her expression and changed the subject: "When I went to the fabric factory yesterday, I found that many workers were not in the right state. During the process, I also found some images of the corpses of the workers."

"In addition, the disappearance of Mr. Michel, the person in charge of the factory, is now confirmed. Before he disappeared, he met a suspicious person..."

"The next direction of the investigation is to find the suspicious person and those who left through the secret passage... What do you think?"

Carly hesitated, "I, I think those workers should know something. When I asked those people yesterday, several of them had very, very strange expressions."

"Worker..."

Lacey thought: "Then we can go back after Wei En and the others arrive."

agreed?

So my thinking is correct?

Carly's face was filled with joy. Just now she was worried that she would say the wrong thing and affect Lacey's judgment...

"It seems that you have initially understood the work of an investigator. I believe that after some time, you will become a qualified investigator."

"I will study hard."

At this time, Lacey noticed two figures walking in the distance, and his expression relaxed, "They are finally here."

Carly also saw Wayne and the others, stood up and waved, "We are here."

It took Wei En and Tina half an hour to arrive at the factory area, following the direction they found in their spiritual vision.

It has to be said that the area of ​​​​Idrisu Block is much larger than other blocks. After passing through several residential areas, there are factories that are far apart from each other.

However, what was interesting was that Wei En discovered the bone-eating insect here that he had not seen for a long time.

[Because your toughness level is greater than level 8, the bone-eroding insect invasion failed! 】

【……】

Since leaving the residential area, he has been attacked by bone-eating insects at least eight times. Unfortunately, these insects can no longer provide him with rewards.

"Wayne, we are here."

Hearing Carly's voice, Wayne waved to them and said hello from a distance. He saw Lacey and the others running this way. When he saw this, he took Tina and waited there.

"Vice Captain Luo An, it's the captain's daughter's birthday today. What gift do you want to prepare?"

"Of course it's that doll. I've already saved the gold pound."

"A doll costs 1 gold pound and 5 shillings. Damn the cloth factory. Are their hearts deformed?"

"..."

Um?

A group of city guards happened to pass by Wei En, and he looked at these pale people.

Is it an illusion?

[You are targeted by Roan Kallio’s murderous intent. Rating: A parasitic species parasitized by the bone-eating worm. He is eager to capture you and donate it to the bone-eating mother worm. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【……】

[You are targeted by Zairul Pinedo’s murderous intent. Rating: A parasitic species parasitized by the bone-eating worm. He is eager to capture you and donate it to the bone-eating mother worm. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

Locked with ten murderous intentions?

Ten city guards?

Wei En frowned. Are these people controlled by bone-eating insects?

He thought for a moment, took off the musket from the holster on his waist, and stopped in front of the city guards. "Guys, can you wait a moment?"

The leading city guard wore bronze armor, which represented his captain's status in the city guard. He saluted as usual and said, "Mr. Investigator, you are blocking our way. Is there anything wrong?"

"The way to go?"

While loading bullets, Wei En shook his head and said, "That won't work. I have been attacked by bone-eating insects several times before. Now that we have collided, we can't let you leave so easily."

"Um?"

"hiss!"

A flash of black energy flashed across the faces of the city guards, and their eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes in a daze, as if they were receiving some instructions.

The leading city guard was still smiling: "I think there must be a misunderstanding..."

"Misunderstanding?" Wayne laughed, "With your stiff and unnatural expressions and strange body movements, do you really think you are normal?"

Hearing this, the city guards stopped pretending, and their faces showed ferocious looks, "You really deserve to die, Mr. Investigator."

"Wouldn't it be better if I said this earlier?"

"kill him!"

"hiss!"

Bang, bang bang...

Against these city guards who were only slightly stronger than ordinary people, Wei En almost shot them one by one.

Without even a chance to trigger the death trait, nine city guards were eliminated in the blink of an eye, leaving only the leader thinking about waiting for Lacey and the others to come over and see if they could find out anything.

[You use a musket to kill Zairul Pinedo (Bone Eroder Parasite). Rating: Poor scum. Special rewards: Survival points +2, marksmanship +1. 】

【……】

"You, die!" The remaining city guards roared and rushed over, waving the standard long sword in their hands and slashing down.

Wei En inserted the musket back, snapped his fingers, and dodged to Tina's side.

"Nico, Luke."

Two phantom clones cast two charm spells on the poor city guard captain who was parasitized by the bone-eating worm: "Mensi, Di."

"Death, kill you, die..."

"Sacrifice to the Queen Mother, your bones and your body belong to the great Queen Mother..."

"You are finished, you are all finished, the great Queen Mother will swallow up the entire city-state and turn this place into an abyss of purgatory, hahaha..."

Looking at the city guards who were wielding their long swords and slashing desperately, Wei En shook his head.

When will the bone-eating mother worm become a mother queen?

As far as he knew, according to the strength of abyssal creatures, the bone-corroding mother worm was at most comparable to a level two disaster, and it was still far from being able to devour the entire city-state.

Are all parties in the city-state really facing danger at all times and have no way to deal with it?

"what happened?"

After Lacey and Carly arrived, they looked at the corpses of city guards whose heads were shot all over the ground and asked.

"Hey," Wei En pointed at a few small gray-white insects crawling out of the corpse, "Bone-eating insects."

"Bone-eating worms?" Lacey's face changed slightly. She and Carly looked at each other, "Were those workers yesterday parasites?"

"Huh? Worker?"

"This is the case we investigated yesterday. No wonder those workers looked a little strange. It turned out that they were all parasitized by bone-eating insects."

Lacey stepped forward and crushed the bone-eating insects with his feet, and said bitterly: "Wei En, you now go to the city guards stationed in the Idrisu neighborhood for help, and meet directly at the Michelle Fabric Factory."

"Carly, let's go."

"good."

After saying that, the two women ran towards a factory in the distance.

Wei En was stunned for a moment, looked at the backs of them as they left, and then looked at the captain of the city guard who was still talking nonsense. What should I do with this guy?

After thinking for a moment, he summoned the mechanical door and let the mechanical puppet Zero inside come out for some air.

"Baba," Zero got out of the mechanical door, jumping with flexible hands and feet, cheering in a childish voice, "Look at me, I can control my body."

When the driver saw it coming out, he couldn't stop smiling and kept circling his mechanical head, "Zero."

"Not bad."

Wei En saw a layer of faint black light covering its body, and it had acquired death characteristics so quickly. It seemed that it would be put to use soon.

"Take this man and let's go."

"As commanded."

Zero-type saluted, but looking at the city guard who was still wielding his long sword and slashing, he scratched his head and asked, "Is he attacking?"

"Well."

Wei En flipped his hand and shot the city guard captain's arm with a musket. After seeing him throw away his long knife, he nodded and said, "It's okay now."

A clear emotion flashed through Zero's eyes. Was he supposed to be controlled like this?

It walked over and picked up the city guard captain, "Is that so?"

"Yeah, great."

Wei En gave it a thumbs up and pulled Tina along the way he came. He remembered that the city guards stationed in the Idrisu neighborhood were not far from the residential area.

"You will die, you will definitely die, haha..."

The captain of the city guard was being carried by the Zero, his hands were drooping, but his feet were still struggling.

Click, click.

"ah--"

Wei En looked back and saw that the two legs of the city guard were also drooped. From the twisted shape of the legs, it could be seen that he would be disabled for at least life.

Being parasitized by bone-eating worms is already miserable enough, but also having to suffer such torture, why not be honest?

"Is that so, Baba?" Zero looked at the city guard captain who was no longer moving and asked for credit.

"...Great." Wayne forced a smile and gave a thumbs up again.

The child is still young and needs to be taught... there is a long way to go.

Zero also gave a thumbs up, as if he was greatly encouraged, grabbing the poor city guard and swinging it around like a toy.

"I, I, the Queen Mother will definitely kill, kill you, kill..."

Click.

"Woo, woo, woo..."

"He's so noisy, Bubba."

"You did very well."

Wei En didn't look back and continued his encouraging education, deciding that he would find time to teach Type Zero properly in the future.

Otherwise, I'm afraid this child will learn bad things...

He also counted on Zero to help him make bullets, firearms, and even other mechanical puppets.

Tina looked back at the movement behind her. After seeing the city guard captain speechless, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes.

Like this?

Then she turned her head and moved her fingers holding the clown doll slightly.

For the first time, there was a touch of pity in the clown's fierce eyes, ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

(Woooo...no, no, no, no, no...)

…

…

After Wei En asked the Zero to blow up the poor city guard captain in front of the garrison in the Idrisu neighborhood and take out the bone-eating worms inside.

The garrisoned city guards exploded one after another, and Captain Frick led three teams of hundreds of city guards to follow Wei En to the factory area without hesitation.

"How dare you use abyssal creatures to parasitize the city guards, I must make him pay the price!"

Wei En sent the Zero back to the Mechanical Gate and asked: "Captain Frick, have you encountered him before?"

"From time to time, people from the Abyss Religion summon some abyssal creatures, but there have never been such heavy casualties. Those were elite veterans stationed at the sentry tower, and they were just..."

"Watch tower?"

Wei En looked at the sentry tower on the high wall to the north and frowned.

It was just that the bone-eating insects appeared in the Laos neighborhood before, but now they are factory workers and city guards stationed on the outside. I always feel that they are not randomly selected parasitic targets.

"It's better to rush to the factory and ask Captain Lacey's opinion first."

"That's all we can do..."

Not long after, Wei En led the city guards to the Michelle Cloth Factory. Lacey and Carly are already cleaning out the parasitized workers in the factory.

"Great Mother Queen!"

"Devotion..."

The eyes of hundreds of workers had turned pure black, their faces full of madness and excitement, and they rushed toward Lacey and the others with vigorous steps.

"Asriel."

"Divine salvation!"

Lacey showed no mercy, waving his ax with both hands and slashing through the parasites.

But Carly obviously couldn't bear it. She always stood behind Lacey to assist.

This situation improved after Wei En and others arrived.

Even though those parasites have become stronger after being strengthened by bone-eating insects, they are still far behind the city guards.

Almost immediately after meeting, the parasitized workers were pushed down by the city guards.

"Is there any way to save them?"

"No," Lacey wiped the blood on her body and shook her head coldly.

Carly bit her lip and stepped forward without saying a word. She pressed her hands with the light of dawn on the head of the parasite, trying to purify the bone-eating insects.

Lacey didn't stop him.

Even an experienced investigator like her couldn't kill all the parasites calmly.

But it is a pity that as the bone-eating insects were purified, those workers did not survive...

"Damn it, most of the people here have been parasitized."

Lacey briefly exchanged a few words with Captain Frick and asked them to control the remaining workers and prohibit anyone from entering or exiting.

"What we need to do now is to quickly find the bone-eating mother worm, otherwise more people will be parasitized."

Wei En looked at the busy city guards and the crazy workers, "Captain, what should we do?"

"Is it the mysterious man who met Mr. Michelle?" Carly thought of something.

"It should be him."

Lacey said with a solemn expression: "But there is another more important matter now. We must notify the city-state leaders as soon as possible to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the city-state residents."

"Captain, you mean it's not just here?"

"I also hope my suspicion is wrong..."

"..."

Wayne knew very well that Lacey's suspicions were correct.

Ten days had passed since he first encountered the bone-eating mother worm... In such a long time, he had no idea how many people the bone-eating mother worm had parasitized.

But if there are so many parasites even in the Idrisu neighborhood that is not adjacent to the Laos neighborhood, then there must be some in other neighborhoods as well.

I don’t know if the bone-eating mother worm is still in the Laos neighborhood...

After the four people discussed it, Lacey directly asked Captain Frick to arrange for several city guards to notify the Parliament, the Noble Committee and the Secret Adjustment Department respectively.

Carly even wrote a special letter, requesting the Krimos Cathedral to send clergymen to assist in the investigation in the name of the candidate saint of Dawn Church.

While Lacey and others were making some responses in an orderly manner, Wayne took Tina for a walk around the factory.

[You are targeted by Yanupi Pink's murderous intent. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【……】

[You are targeted with murderous intent by Mateo Haynes. Comment: There is a big fish, it depends on whether you can find him. Reward: +5 survival points. 】

Five survival points?

Wayne glanced at the panel and frowned slightly. Based on his experience since he obtained the panel, that person's strength was at least Collins' level.

"Tina, use spiritual vision."

He had just sensed his surroundings and found nothing. It was up to Tina to see if she could find something.

"Tina, Vision."

As darkness fell, Wei En glanced around and saw an extremely conspicuous figure squatting in the corner of a three-story building not far away.

And not far from the black shadow, Melbell was staring at the black shadow...

Wei En cursed secretly: Damn it, it turns out that the guardian knight has already discovered the person behind it?

"Woooooooo..."

Um?

Wayne glanced at the clown who was still lying on the ground, and his body shook violently.

Damn it, Tina is so cruel?

At this time, the demon clown's mouth, which was originally blocked by the shadow, has now been tightly sewn shut by the silk threads transformed into the shadow.

Let alone talking, I can’t even open my mouth...

He could only use his ferocious and cruel eyes and whine to signal Wei En to rescue him quickly.

Wei En just pretended that he didn't see it and asked Tina to cancel the spiritual vision state.

You were silenced for summoning a dark evil dog to torture me last night, right?

You deserve it!

After the two of them left the spiritual vision state, Wei En quickly found Lacey and whispered: "I found out where the hidden person is."

"Where is he?" Lacey looked fierce, "I'm going to kill him!"

"follow me."

Wei En knew that the black shadow was observing them, so he didn't stop and led a few people towards the black shadow's location.

At this time, the black figure was frowning as he looked at the parasites that had suffered heavy losses in the factory, and also noticed that Wei En and others had already run towards him.

"Has it been discovered?"

Heiying had a headache. He didn't expect such a change to happen at the last moment.

But thinking about it, he hurriedly left the hiding place. He couldn't be caught by the people of the Secret Adjustment Department yet, otherwise he would not be able to bear the consequences.

[You are targeted with murderous intent by Mateo Haynes. Rating...Reward: Survival Points +5. 】

"Ran?"

When Wei En and the others came to the house, they only found a few bodies of the owner of the house, and the black figure had long since disappeared.

But after letting Tina use her spiritual vision again, she found nothing... The black shadow seemed to have disappeared from the city of Custer.

"Tina's psychic vision is not omnipotent. If it exceeds a certain distance or uses some special props, it will be difficult to detect it."

The white-haired girl nodded slightly, "Tina, this is it."

Lacey glanced at the clown lying on the ground and asked Tina to turn off her spiritual vision.

Fortunately, Tina hated Carly and didn't let her enter the psychic vision together. Otherwise, seeing the clown like this, the Secret Adjustment Department's biggest secret would be exposed.

Wayne noticed that Melbell was also missing. Did he leave after the black figure?

Thinking of this, he glanced at Carly, but didn't say anything.

"Captain, now that it is confirmed that someone is behind this case, do you still want to continue the investigation?"

"I'm afraid the investigation can't continue," Lacey shook his head, "This matter is no longer something we can handle."

As she spoke, she poured a bottle of developing potion in the room. When she saw the mysterious figure appearing in the room in the past two days, she gritted her teeth and said, "It is indeed him."

Carly looked at the figure and bit her lip. She thought of the workers in the factory who were parasitized by bone-eating insects, and for the first time they had the intention to kill someone.

That heretic must be punished!

"Let's go back."

With a cold expression on his face, Lacey took note of the location of the house and led the people back to the fabric factory.

Not long after they returned, the city-state senior officials who received the notice sent people in charge, but some people did not come.

The two ministers of the Secret Adjustment Department, Yegor and Abbott, came with several people from the war department.

A member of Parliament came, but he only brought a few note-takers. After arriving here, after understanding the situation, he asked a note-taker to report back to the Parliament.

However, no one from the Noble Committee came, saying that the matter did not involve the Noble District and was not within their scope of responsibilities.

Similarly, neither the Church of Dawn nor the Church of Storms came, for the same reasons as the Noble Committee...

Although Carly was a little disappointed, she didn't say anything. After all, she was still a candidate for a saint, not the real crown prince of the Dawn Church.

However, the major newspapers in the city-state were like cats that smelled fishy smell. Many reporters came and surrounded this large cloth factory.

"I would like to ask, Mr. Congressman, whether what happened in the factory will spread to the entire city-state."

"No, the parliament has detailed response strategies."

"Then why are these poor workers parasitized? Why is the city-state's magic circle not activated?"

"It still needs to be investigated. Once the investigation is clear, the parliament will work with the Secret Adjustment Department and the City Guards to provide the latest report."

"Excuse me……"

After these people arrived, Wei En and others were left alone until three o'clock in the afternoon when they were told that they could go back.

"Is this the end?"

Wei En looked at Yegor and others who were still discussing, a little confused.

What is the follow-up solution?

No need to track down the whereabouts of the bone-eating mother worm?

And what about the mysterious figure who is hiding behind and doing all this?

"The tracking has been handed over to the people in the war department," Lacey said calmly. "In addition, in the next two days, the council will coordinate with the city guard to inspect various neighborhoods and eliminate parasites."

Carly looked sad, "A lot of people will die, right?"

"It's unclear how many people died, but it's clear that this incident was unusual."

"Um?"

Wayne looked at Lacey. He had the same guess. He always felt that the person behind the scenes was planning something.

"Abyssal creatures like the bone-eating mother worm can cause large-scale casualties. The rune array in the city-state has special detection capabilities. But this time..."

Lacey took a deep breath, "What's unusual this time is that that person can actually disable the rune array. This is definitely not something the Abyss Sect can do, unless..."

Wei En's expression changed, "You mean, there is someone inside the city-state who is cooperating?"

Since outsiders can't do it, there must be something wrong internally. It's a very simple truth.

"Yeah, but it doesn't rule out that that person has a way to avoid large-scale detection..."

Wayne frowned. Perhaps the female bone-eating worm could avoid detection, but it was impossible for all of the people parasitized by the bone-eating worm to be there.

But it was not discovered until now. It is obvious that there is a problem with the rune array.

"Do Minister Yegor and the others know this?"

Lacey nodded, "He has informed me that he will investigate the rune circle later. But..."

At this point, she paused and motioned for a few people to leave here first.

After they left the factory area and arrived at the residential area, Lacey said with a headache: "If we want to investigate at the city-state rune array, we need to apply to the Parliament and the Noble Committee from the top of the Secret Adjustment Department."

"Egor is not sure that he can apply, so let's go back and wait for notification."

"Understood."

Wei En was convinced, as long as there was a follow-up investigation direction.

I'm just afraid that the city-state's top brass will do nothing and allow the bone-eating mother worm to continue dividing the bone-eating worms.

How about going to Laos neighborhood later?