Wizard: Gou adds some demon hunting in the Steam Age

Walking along the long stairs to the door of the main building at the end, the maids on both sides were wearing slightly loose black servant clothes. When they saw a few people coming, they bowed and bowed with low eyebrows.

Collins walked forward without a smile and motioned to the guard to open the gold-rimmed door, "Dear guests, please come inside."

Lacey entered the door carelessly, while Marco's eyes stayed on the maids before following him in.

[You are targeted by Modeste Benavidez’s murderous intent. Comment: If he dares to appear in front of you, don't be polite, kill him with one shot. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

Um?

Wei En noticed this prompt as soon as he walked through the door, paused for a moment, and then stepped forward with a natural expression.

Even those who could be destroyed by him with one shot could not reach him. Lacey could hold them with one finger.

He didn't panic at all.

"One-horned scorpion?"

As soon as he walked through the porch, Marco's eyes were caught by the skull hanging on the wall of the living room.

"Investigator Marco is very knowledgeable. That is indeed the skull of the notorious one-horned scorpion in the Kordo Sea. It is one of Master Ramiro's trophies this time."

Collins's eyes narrowed when he smiled, as if he was hunting the one-horned scorpion himself.

Marco curled his lips, "It's just twenty years old."

"Uh," Collins pursed his lips and tried to defend himself, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Please follow me. The location of the patron saint statue is near Mr. Saiyam's living area behind the side hall."

Wei Endo took a few glances at the huge one-horned scorpion's head.

True to its name,

The one-horned scorpion had a sharp horn as tall as a human being pointed straight at them, and its mouth was full of sharp fangs. It must be that its bite force must be amazing.

It seemed that Master Ramiro was unexpectedly strong.

Then Wayne looked at the layout of the room.

Upon entering the gate, he noticed that the interior decoration style was rough and luxurious, with skeletons of marine creatures and deep-sea coral pearls everywhere.

The ceiling overhead is printed with a huge nautical chart, with rough lines delineating the boundaries of continents and oceans.

He even found signs of the Sea of ​​Kordo and the city-state of Castor on it.

The surrounding walls are filled with paintings of various marine creatures, including huge and ferocious octopuses, terrifying sea snakes, and various sailboats...

As we go deeper, there are more skeletons of various fish and sea monsters, all of which are hung on the walls on both sides as candle holders.

"I can see that you enjoy adventures at sea."

Lacey glanced at it and asked calmly: "Did Ramiro bring these back as well?"

"Most of them are, and a few are from Mr. Saiyam's collection."

Then several people lost interest in talking and followed Collins to the back area.

Collins held a lantern in his hand, and the dim light gradually lengthened their shadows. Obviously, having a house that is too big is not necessarily a good thing, and not all rooms face the sun.

[You have stepped into the place where faith is stored in an unknown existence. Because your spiritual level is greater than level 30, you have successfully resisted the erosion of the power of storm faith. Evaluation: Stormy winds, blue sea waves, that's about it. Special rewards: +3 survival points, +1 spiritual level. 】

The power of storm faith...

Wei En just glanced at it and didn't take it to heart.

That's right, the fact that the Seres family is a devout believer in the Church of Storms has been strongly confirmed.

[You step into the place where the faith of Orpheus, Lord of the Dawn, is stored. Because your spiritual level is greater than level 40, you have successfully resisted the erosion of the power of Dawn's faith. Comment: Where there is light, there is dawn, and vice versa. Special rewards: +5 survival points, +1 spiritual level. 】

The storage place for Dawn Faith? ?

Wei En looked around. Is the Lord of the Dawn's faith storage totem still stored here?

Before he could find anything, a message appeared on the panel again.

[You come into contact with the power of Dawn Faith again, Orpheus's attention to you is +1, and the current ranking is 9889. Evaluation: The Lord of Dawn is really a hard-working little bee. Special reward: Origin +1. 】

Again--

Wei En couldn't help but grit his teeth. Contact with the power of Dawn Faith would increase that person's attention, right?

Is it free?

In addition, if he remembered correctly, the ranking was lowered.

I remember that his ranking last time was 9789.

Hard-working little bee... Does the panel mean that the Lord of the Dawn is constantly spreading the Dawn Faith and then paying attention to others?

If that's the case, then it's indeed very diligent.

But this is a good thing. Obviously, the higher the ranking, the less beneficial it is.

Not long after, Collins stopped in front of a wooden door and said, "This is it. This is where the patron saint statue of the great Seres family is stored."

Lacey looked around and said, "Are there no guards here?"

"No, this is Mr. Saiyam's living area. Except for family members, others are not allowed to enter here without special permission."

Wei En asked: "Then there is only the same passage here as when we came here?"

"Yes, Investigator Wynn."

Collins pointed to the corridor next to him and said, "This way is the basement. There is no exit to the outside world."

With that said, he took out the key, opened the door and said, "Please come in."

The four of them filed in and looked at the small room.

The decoration of the room is very simple, with only a table with white candles and a high platform that is obviously an altar building.

There are some portraits hanging on the surrounding walls, all of which have extremely obvious Aldous characteristics.

"Captain Lacey, please start. There are less than three hours left before the red moon rises." Collins did not follow in, but stood at the door and said respectfully.

"Um."

Lacey looked around and then looked at Wei En and said: "The job of the investigation department is actually very simple. It is to find clues, point to the perpetrator through the clues, and finally arrest him."

Wayne pretended to be a student who listened carefully to the lecture, but in fact he was not too cold about it.

Compared with these regular investigation processes, he is more concerned about how to deal with aberrations, how to eliminate resentful spirits, and how to kill all risks and hazards...

"In most cases, we can easily complete the mission with the help of the equipment provided by the Secret Adjustment Department... like this."

With that said, Lacey took out a small bottle of magic potion and threw it on the ground, "The developing potion is used to see the figures that appear in this room for a period of time."

Then a gray smoke rose from the potion and gradually spread throughout the room.

"All of them?" Wei En stared at the potion residue on the ground and asked.

"Of course not, except for those extraordinary people who are good at playing with shadows."

shadow?

It seems that the production of this developing potion involves shadow-related abilities.

But just hearing the name, Wei En thought it was a potion that showed footprints or blood stains in the room.

If he had known there was such a potion, he would have asked why there was only one entrance and exit...

Embarrassed.

Collins at the door saw this scene and couldn't help but admire: "Mr. Saiyam's decision is correct. Professional matters are left to professionals..."

Before he could finish his words, the smoke started to rewind like a movie.

An old man wearing a black noble robe walked in with a sad expression, knelt down beside the altar and whispered something...

This should be Mr. Saiyam?

Then several people wearing black armor rushed in, and the leader had a quarrel with the old man...

Then there was a lady with dignified temperament, well, she was a bit older...

The next scene should be the scene after discovering that the idol was missing. The old man looked furious and roared at the people around him. It can be seen from his constantly opening mouth that he must have consumed a lot of saliva...

Until the shadow of the patron saint faintly appeared on the altar, which looked very similar to the octopus commonly seen in the deep sea.

But what does an octopus do with a pair of wings?

Can it fly out of the deep sea?

Immediately afterwards, Wei En saw a young man wearing a silver-white silk robe, with long ash-brown curly hair, and a slightly sinister look on his face carrying the statue away...

Seeing this, Collins couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's him?!"

Marco looked at the young man and asked casually: "Butler Collins, do you know his identity?"

"He, he...he is Master Rutger..." Collins stammered: "But how is that possible? Why did he..."

"It seems that the target has been found,"

Lacey seemed to have expected this outcome, but she was not at all interested in catching a thief.

"The commission only requires us to find the statue of the god, but it does not ask us to investigate the whole story. Now that the person has been found, I believe your Seres family doesn't want us to get involved, right?"

Collins bowed and said apologetically: "Sorry, Captain Lacey, I, I was a little rude. As you said, this is enough. Please leave the follow-up investigation to us."

"At the same time, I will also explain the situation here to Mr. Saiyam, and the promised remuneration will be sent to the Secret Adjustment Department later."

Lacey nodded and said, "This is best."

"plz follow me."

Butler Collins' expression returned to normal, and he respectfully led a few people outside.

Wei En pulled the bouncing Tina to follow him and muttered: "Is this the end?"

He secretly complained, always feeling that this kind of investigation was a little hasty...

If this thing existed in the previous life, the uncles' work should be easy.

What kind of surveillance is needed? Just throw a bottle of developing agent at the scene and the suspect will come out immediately.

Marco, who was nearest, smiled when he heard his words, "As long as it is not committed by extraordinary people, the crimes committed by ordinary people are just that simple."

"It has been three hundred years since the Secret Investigation Department was founded. During this period, in order to deal with various cases, many gadgets have been invented to facilitate investigation."

"The equipment here at Chartland is not that big of a deal. I heard that in the Secret Adjustment Department of the Dors Empire in the center of the Eastern Continent, every investigator is equipped with a two-wheeled mechanical vehicle. That is really amazing."

A two-wheeled mechanical vehicle, isn’t that a mechanical version of a motorcycle?

It is indeed much faster than walking on two legs.

Wayne shrugged, "I just didn't expect it to be so simple."

He thought it would involve the dispute between the Church of Dawn and the Church of Storms, the revenge of the Barbas ethnic group, the fight for family heirs, etc...

Is this the result?

Sure enough, reality is not a drama, and there are not so many accidents.

"It's indeed simpler," Lacey said without looking back: "After the celebration is over tomorrow, I will take you to other places."

Wei En hummed and asked, "Was the bottle of developing medicine just provided by the Property Management Department?"

"Of course, but it is not standard and needs to be purchased personally. A bottle is not expensive, only 5 gold pounds."

"5 gold pounds? So expensive??"

Wei En's eyes widened. Did he steal money?

Marco patted his shoulder, "That's the fact. The formula for this potion is researched by the Property Management Department and belongs exclusively to the Secret Brewing Department of Custer City State."

"I heard Somle say last time that this is still a discount internally. If other regions want to buy developing chemicals, they can't buy them for less than 10 gold pounds a bottle."

10 gold pounds?

Wei En's eyes lit up. This was what he thought should be the income from selling potions.

Compared to the 3 gold pounds he could earn by making a bottle of perfect potion, the developing potion was like a cornucopia.

"Then they're quite powerful."

"To a certain extent, Somlai and the others do have some abilities, but their character is too bad. They act like misers all day long. They can only go in but not out."

A few people chatted all the way out of the main building.

"Captain Lacey, thank you very much for your help, otherwise we wouldn't know what we were going to find..."

"Don't forget to send the reward to the Secret Brewing Department," Lacey didn't want to say more to him, waved her hand and interrupted: "According to the commission contract, there will be an additional fee for the potion just now."

Collins said respectfully: "Don't worry, I'll send it over after I finish processing it..."

"That's best."

After saying that, Lacey led the three people outside.

"Wayne, there are only a handful of simple cases like this. In most cases, we face all kinds of aberrations that are contaminated to the point of distortion."

"I know."

Marco on the side said with a smile: "Don't be so serious, Sir Lacey, although this commission is very simple, the reward is very generous, isn't it?"

"How many?" Wayne was very interested.

"50 gold pounds, plus the consumption of developing medicine, totaling 55 gold pounds."

55 gold pounds? ?

Wei En calculated on his fingers. Even if calculated at a 5% ratio, he would still have more than 2 gold pounds...

It is indeed much more cost-effective than fighting life and death.

But the captain seemed to be resistant to accepting this commission before. Was it because of the Seres family?

"etc,"

At this time, Lacey stopped and frowned slightly, "It seems that this case is not simple."

Marco seemed to be aware of it and stretched out his hand to wave.

A small tornado slowly gathered, and he listened intently, "Something did happen. There was the smell of blood over there, and there were some sounds of fighting..."

The smell of blood, the sound of fighting?

Wayne: "..."

As expected, there really was an accident.

PS: Two chapters in one, just one today.