Wizard: Gou adds some demon hunting in the Steam Age

Seeing that they were going to continue upstairs, Wei En suggested: "Well, I'd better go with you..."

Even if you die, you must understand clearly!

When the power of despair penetrated through him just now, he really felt a little unfair...

He was obviously hiding downstairs, so why was he the first to be unlucky?

Is it because he is the weakest?

"Okay, but let's go in first," Lacey nodded in agreement, "Arianna?"

"No problem, the heroic spirits are very excited."

The tentacles around Ariana swelled in a circle, obviously the power of despair just now fed them.

After saying that, the two of them ducked directly to the second floor and rushed into the iron door.

"Come on Wei En, let's go there too."

Marco held the staff, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I was worried that you would be affected, but I didn't expect you to adjust so quickly."

"No, I'm just afraid of being thrown to the ground again."

Wayne looked at him expressionlessly, it was obvious what he wanted to express.

"That, haha..."

Marco laughed twice, pointed at Lacey who was parked by the iron gate in front of him and said, "I'll go over and take a look first. I might find something."

After saying that, he ran away quickly.

Wayne curled his lips looking at his "escape" look, "Tina, do you think Brother Marco is unreliable?"

"Tina thinks Wei En is reliable."

"Oh? What a coincidence, I think so too."

After Wei En took the white-haired girl upstairs, he saw them standing motionless inside the door, "What's wrong with you guys? This is..."

……grass?

With just one glance, his eyes were firmly locked by the horrifying scene behind the door.

It was as if the time around him had frozen, and an icy chill hit his heart.

The empty and quiet room in front of me was filled with mummies, like dried meat sausages, tied to the ceiling by ropes.

Their bodies are extremely thin, and their skin clings to their bones, as if they have been drained of the last drop of blood.

At the same time, these mummies all maintained the same posture——

Cross your hands on your shoulders and put your feet together, showing a strange sense of ritual.

Each mummy has a bright red eye pattern carved on its body. The blood-red color contrasts sharply with the gray-white body.

Under the dim light of the oil lamp on the wall, the shadows looked extremely eerie and terrifying.

Wei En murmured: "Is this in the abyss of hell...?"

Even those huge eyes did not have such a big impact on him as the real scene in front of him.

"Three hundred and twenty-six."

Lacey's voice became deep and hoarse, with a biting coldness: "It seems that we have found the more than 300 missing people..."

Arianna's face was ashen, and she waved her tentacles violently, making a whistling sound.

"People from the Despair Sect did it?"

"It should be, look at the ground,"

Marco used his staff to lift a mummy in front of him, pointed to the ground and said: "The sacrificial ceremony is the rune circle commonly used by the Despair Sect."

Sacrifice ceremony?

Rune array?

Wayne looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw that the floor of the room was covered with complex and twisted runes, and dark red symbols penetrated like blood stains. Several ravines connected these runes, forming an intricate pattern.

In the center of the magic circle, there is a statue - it is a ferocious eye, with countless twisted arms carved around the eye.

They are intertwined, criss-crossing and blending into the eye, like vines covering the surface of the statue.

These arms were ugly, twisted, shriveled and skinny, just like those mummies.

The entire statue is shrouded in darkness, exuding distortion and madness, as if it is the source of all evil and despair.

"The faith totem of the Despair Sect... seems to be correct."

Lacey took a deep breath and walked inside.

She used her hands to pick apart the shriveled corpses above her head, as if they were really sausages hanging there.

She didn't stop until she reached the statue in the center of the room.

"I really envy your case. This time I'm going to make a fortune again." Ariana said sourly when she saw her actions.

Make a fortune?

Wei En quietly pricked up his ears, how to make money?

Marco curled his lips and said: "Captain Ariana, don't forget, you will also have a share of the profits this time."

"These are the same,"

Arianna pointed to the mummies and said: "They are all corroded by the power of despair. They are sold to the guys from the Shadow School for at least 5 shillings each."

"According to the rules of the ministry, you can get 10% of the proceeds for helping solve the case."

"You really understand."

Marco sneered and stopped talking to him, instead watching Lacey's movements inside.

So this is how you make money...

Wayne glanced at the scene in the room again. Wouldn't he have nightmares if he made too much money?

Not long after, Lacey dug out the statue and carried it out.

"Lacie, is my mission completed this time?"

The tentacles around Arianna retracted from her body and returned to their original appearance, "That profit..."

Lacey glanced at him and said, "I won't miss you."

"Including this statue?"

"Everything follows the rules."

Arianna rubbed her hands with a smile on her face: "How embarrassing..."

"Shut up!"

"..."

Arianna quickly closed her mouth and made a few gestures to indicate how to deal with the mummies.

Lacey looked back and said calmly: "Marco, go back and notify the city guards to come over and help move these 'trophies'."

"okay."

Marco waved the staff in his hand: "Rosel, Manda." (Blast.)

A whirlwind surrounded his body, and then he disappeared in one step.

Spell?

Wei En thought with envy: When will he be able to use such a handsome spell...

At this time, Lacey waved and said: "Wei En, Tina, let's go out and wait. Leave this place to Arianna."

"Huh? Lacey, I'm a support staff member..."

"Um?"

Arianna looked at her cold look and muttered: "I want to say, no problem."

Lacey glanced at him and walked straight out of the room.

"Captain Arianna, please." After leaving these words, Wei En took Tina and followed him out of the house.

"Damn it!!"

Listening to the roar in the room, Wei En shrank his neck, "Tina, do you think Captain Arianna won't go crazy?"

Tina was as direct as ever, "Tina said, he didn't dare."

Wei En looked back and saw that Arianna didn't poke her head out, so he leaned into her ear and whispered: "Next time, you can say this more tactfully."

"Tina is very tactful, but he doesn't dare."

"Okay, you have the final say."

Wei En looked at the expressionless white-haired girl and shook his head helplessly.

He temporarily gave up teaching Tina what it means to be human and worldly.

When the two of them left the house, they saw Lacey leaning against the door, lighting a cigarette and smoking it, looking at the sky in trance.

Seeing her like this, Wayne guessed that she was touched by the scene inside.

I didn't expect that someone as careless as Lacey would have such a tender side.

"Captain, those people inside are really miserable, so don't worry too much. Although this is the first case I have come into contact with, I..."

Lacey turned to look at him and asked blankly: "What are you talking about? Don't worry about me?"

Wei En was stunned for a moment, "Um, isn't it?"

"Ha ha……"

Lacey chuckled and kept patting him on the shoulder, "I, I was just calculating how many pounds I could earn from this case..."

Wayne's expression became embarrassed, "Ah, this,"

After laughing for a while, Lacey's face showed the same smile as when we first met him again. She looked at him and said, "But thank you for comforting me, Wayne."

"I-you're welcome."

Who knew you were settling scores with that look on your face?

Wei En asked speechlessly: "Have you calculated it clearly, the profit this time?"

"Not bad. This statue alone is worth 13 gold pounds. If you meet someone who knows the goods, the price can go up a lot."

Thirteen gold pounds?

Including the mummies, five shillings apiece would equal 80 gold pounds.

So all in all - nearly 100 gold pounds?

A lot of money!

Wei En instantly put the embarrassment behind him, "I just said that everyone involved in the mission was involved? Am I involved too?"

"Of course, as a participant, you get 5% of the profit, but..." Lacey looked at him with a half-smile, "It seems that someone still owes me 2 gold pounds."

Wayne's expression became awkward again, "Just, just deduct it from this profit, okay?"

What is five percent?

5 gold pounds…

Paying back the money is enough.

The smile on Lacey's face became even brighter, and her eyes turned into crescent moon shapes, "Then it's settled."

"..."

Wei En looked at her smile, was she urging him to pay back the money?

Forget it, you can make some money, which is pretty good!

…

…

On the other side, after several city guards collected the corpses, they stood aside and looked in the direction of Wei En and others.

"Captain Guisepp, you have such a good relationship with Marco, can you ask him to open up a few more places?"

"Your kid also wants to participate?"

"Hey, I heard that there were many rich girls from Dumitru neighborhood at the reception. We want to follow them and have a look..."

Guisepp looked at him and then at the others, "You all want to go?"

"Boss, we want to go too."

"Yes, Captain, take us there too?"

Guisepp raised his eyebrows and pretended to think: "I'll think about it and see how you perform."

"Don't say anything. I will bring some cheese from home early tomorrow morning..."

"I also……"

At this time, a figure flashed out from the shadows, "What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

Guisepp tensed up at first, and when he saw the person coming, he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Marco, you almost scared us."

"It seems we didn't talk about anything good,"

Marco looked at him with a wicked smile, walked to him and said, "Tell me about it too."

"Of course I'm talking about the cocktail party you held. We..."

hiss!

Guisepp looked at the dagger that penetrated his chest and asked blankly: "Ma, Marco, you, you...why?"

"The reception, I'm not very interested..."

"Captain!! Marco, I'm going to kill you!!"

Marco looked at the city guards rushing over with weapons raised, and an evil smile appeared on his lips.

"Okay, I just happened to have enough life."

Eternal life, return gift!

PS: Thank you to Wu Shengsheng, Feng Liang Happy Boy Lang, Aihu Zouzao, Xinbu Niu, and Zetian Chengquan for their rewards. Thank you very much for your support.