Wizard: Gou adds some demon hunting in the Steam Age

[You are being spied upon by the "Prohibited Object 0-91 Homecoming's Bow Portrait". Evaluation: Ship Spirit? What a magical and unique existence, spirit and spirit...Special rewards: Survival Point +5, Origin +1, Resilience Level +1, Spiritual Level +1. 】

[You know the name of "Forbidden Object 0-91 Homecoming's Bow Statue", the trajectory of fate has changed slightly, and the current encounter progress is 5/100. Evaluation: Oh? Weird stuff. Special rewards: Origin +1, Resilience Level +1, Spirit Level +1. 】

Taboo 0-91 The bow of the Homecoming?

The bow of the ship...

Wei En's expression changed slightly. Could it be that the things related to the ship were what those on the Black Pearl wanted to get?

It just so happens that the Dumitru neighborhood where the Secret Mixing Department is located is in the core area of ​​the Custer city-state. If their target is this forbidden object, then everything will be clear.

After a while, Wei En dismissed these speculations and had to wait some more.

When the destination of the Vazquez clan's excavation of the secret tunnel is determined later, it will naturally become clear whether their target is this forbidden object.

only--

He glanced at the clown doll in Tina's hand who was following her quietly.

Unexpectedly, there are two forbidden objects in the Secret Adjustment Department, just like the Krimos Cathedral.

Didn’t it mean that there are only more than 300 known taboo objects at present?

How come there are four of them in Custer City State alone? Isn’t it too worthless?

Moreover, the bow statue is still a taboo object that can actively spy on people from the outside world. Wouldn't it also be able to move freely like the demon clown?

probably not!

It's bad enough to have a demonic clown, but add one more thing to the mix and the people in the Secret Mixing Department are still alive?

Wei En looked around calmly, as if he didn't know anything.

The building of the detention area is quite ordinary, with a layout similar to other office buildings of the Secret Service Department.

But when he entered the interior, he discovered something different here. After turning around the entrance hall, he saw a room with countless rune arrays.

It is not like the stone tower of the previous city-state array that filled the entire room, but three rune arrays were engraved on it, corresponding to the three passages inside the detention area - the Hall of Valor, the Sealing Department and the Detention Department.

The Hall of Heroes is on the left, the sealing department is in the middle, and the detention department is on the right.

The Sealing Department...if you guessed it right, that's where Roget, who was about to lose control, would stay to prevent the contaminated transcendent from becoming deformed?

The detention department should be the place where extraordinary people who violate the law or dangerous relics of the era are imprisoned.

It can be seen from the rune array at the entrance that there are obviously more array nodes in the detention area than in the other two places.

With such a runic array, the importance of this detention area is self-evident.

With this in mind, Wei En followed the team into the Hall of Valor on the left.

Everyone remained silent along the way, with expressions on their faces that were either serious, sad, heavy, or as calm as Wayne's.

No matter what kind of understanding he had of Director Alais, this time he sacrificed his life to protect the city-state.

At least he got rid of the bone-gnawing motherworm, didn't he?

Well!

As soon as he walked down the entrance and came to a spacious and bright hall, Wei En was shocked by the scene in front of him.

They saw that this place was the size of a basketball stadium. Except for the wall they entered, the other three sides were lined with boxes of different sizes.

One floor after another, there are dozens of stairs.

The entire box was made of an unknown metal, with red and blue paint on the surface. A circular photo was placed in the center - it was a portrait of a person wearing the uniform of the Secret Adjustment Department.

On the altar below the box, dawn candles were lit, lighting up the entire area like sparks.

In the spacious area in the middle of the Hall of Heroes, there is a high platform like an altar.

There was only one table on the high platform, with three things placed on it - a musket, a red uniform and a monocle.

After everyone entered the Hall of Valor, everyone stood neatly in the center of the Hall of Valor according to their departments, with the minister in front and the members behind.

At the front of the team were several deputy directors, as well as Director Nifa, who didn't know when he had a red and blue box in his hand.

She held the box in both hands and turned to face everyone, her cold voice echoing in the Hall of Valor.

"In the 135 years since the establishment of the Secret Service Department, a total of 23,554 extraordinary personnel have been sacrificed. Among them are five directors, 28 deputy directors, and 312 ministers..."

"And today, it will add its sixth director - Ales Coulibaly."

"Alais is an excellent investigator. Since he joined the Secret Investigation Department, he has completed countless tasks and solved crises one after another."

"At the same time, he is also the most capable among all previous directors. During his tenure, he developed the Secret Investigation Department from 158 investigators to a total of 2,234 now..."

"His sacrifice is the loss of the Secret Service, but unfortunately, this is where most of the Secret Service investigators end up."

Nifa calmly recounted some of the deeds of Director Alais without any exaggeration, but from each of those figures we can see the achievements Alais has made during his tenure as Director.

As she narrated, many people's eyes were already red with tears in their eyes.

Marco cried especially obviously, and his uncontrollable whimpering seemed to be contagious, causing many people to cry too.

"Woooo..."

For a time, the entire Hall of Heroes echoed with ups and downs of sobs.

Wayne looked at Marco who buried his face in his hands and sighed inwardly. He didn't expect that he was such an emotional person.

Director Nifa on the stage did not stop him. After speaking, he turned around and walked up to the altar. He placed the box in his hand on the table and bowed slightly.

Uh-huh!

Everyone in the audience followed her and saluted Alais's relics together.

"The inheritance of gunfire, the heroic spirit will last forever!"

"The inheritance of gunfire, the heroic spirit will last forever!"

"..."

Wei En watched all this with a calm expression, Hall of Valor...

He didn't want to be like Director Alais, who would spend his whole life quietly working for the city of Custer, and finally be honored in the Hall of Valor.

What kind of inheritance, heroic spirits will last forever - this is not what he wants!

Finally, with the wave of Director Nifa's hand, the box containing Alais's relics and the other three items on the table rose into the sky.

Until behind the five boxes floating to the highest point, a red candle was quietly lit, and the wick swayed slightly.

"Let's go."

After doing this, everyone left the Hall of Valor in an orderly manner.

After the people from the Investigation Department returned to the office, Lacey went to a meeting. Before leaving, he asked them to wait. After the meeting, something should be announced.

"Marco, why is Director Nifa wearing a veil?" Lydia asked curiously.

"It seems because I was injured a long time ago," Marco replied casually.

After returning from the Hall of Valor, he leaned lazily on the high-backed chair. He seemed to have recovered a lot and was not as sad as before.

"Injured? Was it disfigured?"

"I don't know. I just heard Old Jack mention it when I first joined the Secret Brewing Department..."

Lydia said oh, and seeing that he still didn't want to talk, she turned around and went to Carly's side to discuss with her the beliefs of the Dawn Church.

Ever since she heard about the belief system in the arena, Lydia became obsessed with the Dawn Faith. For this reason, she even asked Carly to borrow a copy of the Testament.

Wayne sat at his desk, listening to their conversation, and silently perfecting the deduction sketch he had drawn previously.

Forbidden objects... After thinking about it, he added the ship's bow to the center of the sketch, and marked the location of the Secret Adjustment Department next to it.

He didn't dare to write his full name, for fear of increasing the progress of the encounter with the ship's bow statue, so he only drew an ugly collision angle to represent the ship's bow statue, and added a question mark at the end to indicate that he still needed to confirm.

Wayne looked at the sketch of Custer's city-state on the parchment, as well as the various attention points marked on it, as well as several places to be determined.

There was still a little bit to go. As long as he figured out a few more key points, he would be able to determine the secret behind this series of events.

By the time!

What he had to do was to try his best to avoid the core area, hide in a place where he would not be discovered as much as possible, and wait for the crisis to pass.

Of course, he had to be prepared before that. He would learn a few more life-saving spells and prepare some potions.

At least you have to be able to save your own life, right?

Wayne knew very well that in such a dangerous and strange world, leaving Custer City State rashly was not the best choice.

Whether heading west to the sea or east, the pollution and erosion caused by red moon pollution, aberrations, and various sects all need to be addressed.

so……

Wayne looked at Tina next to him and the demon clown in her hand.

Well, if we can abduct these two, that should be no problem.

…

…

Just as Wei En was thinking about how to save his life, the Basil neighborhood to the west was underground.

Several tall men dressed in cool, dark sailor clothes walked into the tunnel that was still being excavated.

"Sir, thank you for coming to help us this time."

A smile appeared on Black Jack's rough face, "Princess Nicole, we are all crew members on the Black Pearl, there is no need to be so polite."

"Even so,"

Compared to Black Jack's tallness, Nicole's figure is much petite, but her waist is straight and she has a bearing that is not inferior to that of Black Jack. She shook her head and said: "After all, this is a private matter of our Vazquez clan..."

"Private matter? You should have received the last letter, right?"

"Well," a trace of imperceptible gloom flashed across Nicole's face, "In compliance with Captain Isabello's will, we Vazquez people will definitely assist you in completing the captain's mission and obtain the forbidden object."

"That's good."

Black Jack glanced at the busy sailors and asked casually: "How is the progress now?"

"We're already halfway through, and we've just dug into the middle of the Natoli neighborhood. According to the plan agreed upon with the old guy, he will let us use the Evernight City as a temporary base."

"Um."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Nicole continued: "The action is scheduled for the night after tomorrow, and the time should be..."

"etc!"

Black Jack raised his hand to interrupt her, frowned and looked at a sailor not far away, "You, come here!"

"Um?"

Hearing his words, all the sailors stopped and turned to look at him.

Nicole also looked at the sailor in confusion, wondering what Black Jack had discovered.

"I?"

The sailor was sweating profusely. Seeing Black Jack pointing at him, he wiped the sweat from his face and trotted over.

"First Mate, what are your orders?"

Black Jack looked at his appearance carefully. His skin was rough, his beard was unkempt, and his sailor uniform was dirty, but this man gave him a very strange feeling.

"Why do you smell like a woman?"

"Woman?" The sailor's eyes widened, "Sir, I, I am a man."

"Of course I know you are a man. I am asking if you have any women's products with you?"

"this……"

Hearing this, everyone else looked at them strangely, especially the sailor.

You like collecting women's products, right?

Now Master Black Jack smelled it out. Are you really embarrassed?

But what supplies are they?

The sailor's face turned red, and Ai Ai took out a piece of black clothing from his arms.

Black Jack took it over and put it in front of his eyes. Triangle and tulle. Does this sailor have good taste?

He thought for a moment, then got closer and smelled...

"It's okay, go to work."

The sailor scratched his head pretending to be embarrassed and turned around to dig a tunnel.

Damn you bastard, you dare to sniff my personal belongings, aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death?

"Sir, is there any problem?" Nicole looked calm. After so many years on the Black Pearl, she had long been accustomed to the rudeness of these people.

"No, it's nothing. Maybe I'm overthinking."

Black Jack put the black clothes into his pocket, glanced at the sailors around him, and rubbed the stubble on his chin thoughtfully.

It's strange, why do other sailors smell like this?

…

…

Dang, Dang Dang...

"Is it already five o'clock?"

When Lydia heard the church bells ringing, she stopped and said, "Thank you for telling me so much, Carly."

Carly was equally happy, "You're welcome, this is what a believer of Dawn should do."

This was the first time she preached Dawn's teachings to others, and she felt indescribably happy. Especially when she saw Lydia's occasional longing expression, she felt full of accomplishment.

"You are more than just a Dawn believer, right, Your Majesty the Holy Maiden?"

"Still an alternate..." Carly blushed.

"I believe you will succeed," Lydia said with a smile: "At that time, I will be a believer on the path of dawn faith under the guidance of the Holy Maiden."

"Yes, really?"

Squeak.

At this time, Lacey opened the door and came in.

"I have good news and bad news to inform you."

"Good news, bad news?" Marco was stunned for a moment, "Captain Lacey, when did you learn to play such a trick?"

"Huh?" Lacey glared at him, "Did you not fight enough just now?"

"No, no," Marco laughed dryly. He was really out of his mind before and actually took the initiative to fight with a violent female monster. His body is still hurting now.

"The good news is that the Abyss Sect's parasite sacrifice plan has been confirmed to have been resolved."

solved?

Wayne raised his eyebrows and asked, "What about Poulsen?"

"At the meeting, Director Nifa used his prophecy to confirm that there are no more members of the Abyss Sect in the city of Custer. Even if Poulson is not dead, he must have left."

"That's it."

Wei En thought thoughtfully: Prophecy can track the movements of specific people? This ability is pretty good.

Carly raised her hand and asked, "What about the bad news?"

"Bad news," Lacey sighed, "Always be prepared for a bigger crisis."

"besides?"

"That's what Director Nifa said, but what she meant was more of a man-made disaster, not a third-level disaster like the Abyss Sect."

"Man-made..." Marco's expression changed, "Is it related to the one in the morning?"

"It should be, at least ministers Yegor and Abbott think so," Lacey said helplessly.

Morning……

Wei En thought about what Lacey said after coming back. Someone came from the parliament this morning and wanted to seize power?

Is this what you are referring to?

"Anyway, everyone should stay vigilant and try not to act alone."

"clear."

"Okay, everyone has worked hard for two days. Let's go back and rest. Tina, let's go, I will take you to a big dinner."

"Tina," the white-haired girl glanced at Wei En and said in a low voice, "Let's go."

"See you tomorrow," Wei En touched her head. Maybe she wouldn't even wait until tomorrow and could see her in the evening.

"Tina, see you tomorrow!"

Then, several people packed up their things and left the office one after another.

Wayne and Carly parted ways with Marco and the others at the entrance of the Secret Adjustment Department and walked toward the Golden Avenue.

It was approaching midnight, and it had been raining heavily since last night, so most people on the road were coming and going in a hurry.

Wei En noticed that they all had distressed and worried looks on their faces, and when they gathered in groups, they would talk and discuss in low voices.

"...I heard that those ominous things in the Secret Adjustment Department killed a lot of people last night."

"Quite a few? At least several thousand people. Didn't you see the city guards carrying corpses this morning?"

"The family of four who lived in the house next door to me all died..."

"Aren't the top officials of the city-state taking care of it? What about the parliament and the committee of nobles? Do they just let those damn ominous people kill people at will?"

"Silence!"

When they saw Wei En and the other two, those people glared at them angrily, but when they saw the muskets on their waists, they all lowered their heads, as if they dared not speak out in anger.

Is that how you understand it?

Wei En didn't pay attention to the looks of these people, and felt a little strange in his heart. Do these people think that the secret coordinator kills people at will?

Is it another game between the top officials of the city-state?

"Last night, you killed a lot of parasites?" Carly also heard the conversation of those people and asked.

She held a small pink umbrella in her fair hands and was wearing a neat investigator uniform. Her long blond hair and fair face were still very dazzling in this dim rainy weather.

Wayne nodded, "Yeah."

He didn't want to recall the ferocious charging of those parasites last night, and the wailing and tragic deaths.

Especially since he killed so many people in a row in order to improve his spear skills as quickly as possible...

"That must be hard, right?"

Carly said calmly: "They didn't provoke anyone else, but they were devoured and transformed by parasites... If it were me, it would be difficult for me to kill them."

"After the events of the past few days, I am sure that I hate the Abyss Sect. No, I hate everyone who treats life as a consumable!"

Is it hard?

maybe.

Wei En didn't say anything. He only took the initiative to kill those parasites in order to survive better.

To be honest, he didn't feel much guilt.

Because those can no longer be called human beings, they are just bodies controlled by abyssal creatures.

"Although I have seen many people who were contaminated and turned into aberrations before, it has never touched me as much as it does now..."

"so what?"

Carly took a deep breath, "I hope Dawn can make changes. They should be more suitable to take on the responsibility of protecting the city-state than the Secret Adjustment Department."

"When I was in the Hall of Valor, I saw so many relics of the sacrificed investigators... I really want to know how much did Dawn do during those disasters when they were sacrificed?"

At this point, Carly paused and asked, "Are you staying in Krims Cathedral like this time?"

Wayne raised his umbrella slightly and looked towards Krims Cathedral not far away like her, "I also want to know about this."

He thought of the Glory Society and the nobles in the Natoli neighborhood, the Parliament and the Secret Service in the central area, the Black Pearl to the west, the Abyss Sect, the Despair Sect, and the Red Moon Church to the east...

A thought suddenly came to mind, could their ultimate goal be this church that has stood for countless years?

Wayne couldn't help but laugh, this idea was not very realistic.

Even the Secret Adjustment Department has thousands of extraordinary beings, and the strength of the Krimos Cathedral will only be stronger.

There is also the blessing of the super-class belief system of the Church of Dawn. They want to build this cathedral. With the extraordinary power they see now, they are still far away.

"Wayne, I want to make changes more and more now." Carly didn't know what he was thinking and said with a melancholy expression.

"Then just do it." Wei En glanced at her, "There are some things that won't work out just by thinking about them."

[You are targeted by Melbell Osiris’ murderous intent. Comment: Here it comes, here it comes again, he is really everywhere. Reward: Survival Points +3. 】

Is it 3 o'clock?

Wei En secretly curled his lips, he was not even the slightest bit worse than Mateo of the Abyss Sect.

But it seems that the guardian knight doesn’t want Carly to have such thoughts?

"You think so too?"

"Of course," Wei En thought with a change of heart, "I think you should lead the changes in Krims Cathedral to better protect the city of Castor."

Since you don't want Carly to have such thoughts, let me give it a push. Are you angry?

[You are locked by Melbell Osiris' murderous intent...Reward: Survival Points +5. 】

Wei En was secretly happy: It's five o'clock, and the murderous intention has increased. This seems to be the right direction.

After this period of growth, he is no longer the rookie who didn't understand anything. He even killed two ministerial-level abyss creatures.

For a ministerial extraordinary person like Melbell, he is not afraid at all now.

"Well, I'll try my best!"

A smile appeared on Carly's face, as if she had made a decision in her heart, and she looked even more radiant.

"I believe you will succeed." Wei En also smiled, not knowing whether this direction was in line with her obtaining the authority of a saint.

It seems like there is only one ruling authority left, right?

Tsk,

If Carly also successfully obtains the authority of a saint, then there will be four saints in Dawn Church, which sounds quite bluffing.

[You are locked by Melbell Osiris' murderous intent...Reward: Survival Points +5. 】

Great, keep going, don't stop, don't stop!

When the two returned to Golden Street, Wayne returned to his residence and faintly heard the conversation between Carly and Euan outside.

"Dad, are you on a medical visit? Are you back now?"

"Ahaha, yes, I don't know what happened today, so many people were injured."

"I'm telling you, try not to go out during this period, it's too dangerous..."

Hearing this, Wei En sighed with envy. It seemed good to have someone who cared about him.

He subconsciously looked at the bedroom where Claire was staying temporarily. It seemed that the woman had not come back yet...

"Wayne."

"Um?"

"Welcome home."

Wayne looked at the zombie lady standing on the stairs and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Damn it, it seems like there is a warm current flowing through my heart. What's going on?

Thanks to Mr. KOK_Ni_ for the tip, thank you very much.

Today is just one chapter... It took me a long time to write this, so I am in a bad state.