Wizard: Gou adds some demon hunting in the Steam Age

"Aled!" (Seal: Broken!)

Lacey didn't pay attention to those bullets. He kicked off the ground, jumped over and punched out.

"Flicker."

After the bullet was fired, Wei En immediately dodged away without any intention of getting close to Lacey again.

However, the third flickering spell in a short period of time directly consumed 10% of his mental power...

It gave him a headache.

At this consumption rate, at most three times, his mental power will be exhausted.

Lacey shook off the gravel on his hand, ignored the phantom clone who was casting a charm spell, and turned to look at Wei En, fifty meters away, "Not bad, this spell is very suitable for you... huh?"

Before she finished speaking, she quickly looked to the other side.

How could this bullet happen?

Obviously she had dodged, but the six bullets shot towards her in a wide circle.

Lacey's expression changed slightly. She didn't know why, but when she saw those bullets, she felt a faint threat in her heart.

how come?

"Cool and virtuous!" (Seal: Shield Guard!)

Lacey didn't dare to raise her eyebrows. She clenched her fists and crossed them forward, summoning a blue barrier to protect her whole body.

Immediately afterwards, bullets landed on the barrier, instantly turning into ashes and making a crackling sound.

[Your musket hit Lacey Janese Montoya, but you did not cause any damage to her, and the death characteristic cannot be triggered. Comment: You're a weakling. You're useless even if you're given a chance. You should try harder. 】

Grandma's, it really can't break through the defense, and all its characteristics are useless.

In fact, Wei En discovered this as early as yesterday's battle.

The bullets hit those people's shields. Although the panel indicated a hit, if it did not cause damage to them, the death feature would not be triggered at all.

However, Wei En did not intend to give up. Taking advantage of the gap in Lacey's defense, he grabbed a handful of bullets and sprinkled them in the air.

In a flash, his hands flew up and down, loading bullets, loading the musket, and shooting... In just two seconds, the bullets were empty.

Before Lacey could make another move, all the bullets landed on the same point instantly, breaking her seal.

"Asiriel!" (Seal: Blade of Strong Wind!)

A huge light blade struck out, shattering all the bullets before flying out, hitting the rune array in the arena, causing ripples.

Marco, who was watching the battle, looked at this scene in surprise, "Lacie, you actually took out an ax. Do you need to be so serious?"

But I was thinking in my heart, the action of reloading and shooting in the air is so cool, I should write it down.

"Shut up!"

Lacey held the ax in both hands and looked at Wei En with a solemn expression. The feeling just now...

You can't go wrong,

If she were hit by those bullets - she would die!

Wei En raised his hands helplessly, "I surrender, Captain."

He knew the result would be like this...

When facing Lacey's powerful extraordinary beings, it would be difficult to make a difference with just the current standard muskets.

Even if he summoned Sawa and cooperated with the undead rage, it would only extend the fighting time for a few more minutes.

The results won't change either.

Lacey retracted his axe, showed a smile of relief, and praised: "I didn't expect your spear skills to be so strong. Combined with the flicker, it is enough to deal with a first-level disaster."

First-level disasters are aberrations caused by pollution caused by ordinary people, and their strength is much lower than captain-level ones.

"Wei En, aren't you the apprentice of the ghost? Where are your undead and the mechanical parts you bought a few days ago?"

Marco was so excited just now that he thought Wei En was hiding his clumsiness, so he winked and said, "There's no need to save face for Lacey, just use whatever ability you have."

"How about you come?" Lacey glanced sideways at him, a cold light appearing in the corners of her eyes.

"No, no, the injuries from yesterday's battle haven't healed yet..."

"Hmph, you should work hard, Marco. Otherwise, in a while, Wei En's strength will surpass yours."

"What?"

Marco was stunned for a moment, "Are you serious?"

"what you think?"

After saying that, Lacey put on her coat, turned around and left the arena.

For her, the stronger the investigators of the First Division, the better.

Only in this way can we better deal with the next case, especially Wei En... It's time for him to team up with Tina and go out.

"Is what she said true, Wei En? Your strength has improved so quickly?"

Wei En scratched the corners of his eyes that had subsided and smiled shyly, "I'm still far from being a big brother."

"That's it."

Marco looked at him thoughtfully, but he didn't expect that a monster-like newcomer would come to the investigation department.

Plus the candidate Saint Kali who hasn’t arrived yet...

It’s impossible if you don’t work hard.

Wayne didn't care whether he could surpass Marco in strength. Through the wrestling with Lacey, he had a clear understanding of the next direction.

To put it bluntly, the skills he has now are only suitable for torturing vegetables.

Especially for those enemies whose strength is lower than him and whose numbers are very large, the lethality of the musket combined with the corpse explosion technique is not much worse than that of Lacey Marko and the others.

But the shortcoming is very obvious, that is, his burst is too poor.

If he encounters an extraordinary person like Lacey in front, he will probably have no choice but to run away...

"break out……"

The six-barreled shotgun is considered a kind of weapon. If it can really achieve what the mechanical transformer said, it should be improved.

But this is not enough, he needs more powerful firearms, or single-target spells with extremely high damage!

At this time, Tina, who was grabbing the corner of his clothes, suddenly said: "Four heads."

"Um?"

Wei En raised his head and glanced at the little Assi, and introduced: "I'll teach you how to distinguish them. The one with the most rune marks is called the ghost, the one with the least rune brand is the red ghost, and the remaining two are the secret master and the driver. Remember it. ?"

"Tina, remember."

The white-haired girl grinned and said hello to the ghost and the others.

But it made the little Assi turn their heads quickly, looking like they were afraid of her.

When Wei En saw this, he just smiled and took Tina back to the office to continue studying the drawings of the mechanical puppet.

Now he has four original sub-bodies, among which the ghost is the necromancy system, the driver is the puppet system mechanical wizard system, the red ghost is the flesh and blood enhancement system, and the last secret master is the elemental magic system of the spiritual occult school.

From this point of view, the secret technique system of the Ghost School does have its own unique features.

However, each origin sub-body is a different spell system, and the knowledge and energy required to learn is not as simple as multiplying by four.

In addition to the general use of runes, the undead system requires the study of undead summoning, transformation and epidemic poison.

Puppet mechanical wizards must be proficient in the knowledge of various mechanical productions and learn the ability to manipulate puppets.

The flesh and blood enhancement system is simpler, but there are also many enhancement skills to learn.

Finally, there is the elemental spell system. In addition to the knowledge of spells and runes, there is also divination, astrology, mysticism and other knowledge to learn.

Thinking about it this way, Wei En is already a little dizzy.

If a few more original sub-bodies come in the future...

If he is like this, you can imagine what kind of life the wizards in the secret system of the school live.

It is estimated that they spent most of their time immersed in study and research, working hard to strengthen the spell system.

…

…

It wasn't until three o'clock that Carly, accompanied by Yegor, came to the office of the first department.

"Lacey, I've brought the new investigator here. Come and take care of her."

Yegor still had the same lazy look, as if the person he brought here was not the candidate saint of the Dawn Church, but a dispensable ordinary investigator like Wei En.

It is worth mentioning that he did not attend the morning celebration ceremony, but directly asked Deputy Director Balaz for a half-day leave.

Reason...well, not enough cigars.

The senior committee members of the Secret Adjustment Department blew their beards and glared in anger, but they couldn't do anything about him.

It has to be said that such an obscure minister in the Logistics and Investigation Department has caused a lot of trouble for the people below.

Lacey didn't give him any face, and drove him away directly: "Leave the rest to me, you can go back."

"Of course, you are the most capable person in our investigation department. I leave it to you..."

"roll!"

Yegor turned around and left without saying a word, leaving only a trail of smoke floating stubbornly in the office.

Carly: "..."

She glanced at Yegor in confusion, and then at Lacey, whose face was filled with impatience. Didn't she say that he was the minister?

Why is this person’s attitude...

After Yegor left, Lacey said with a normal expression: "Everyone welcomes Miss Carly Morris to come to our investigation."

She did not mention Carly's identity, nor did she say the word Dawn Church. Like Yegor, she treated Carly as an ordinary investigator.

Wayne and Marco applauded in unison, "Welcome."

Only Tina tilted her head and looked at Carly, playing with the clown doll without any movement.

Carly had already changed into the investigator's uniform and folded her hands on her lower abdomen, "Thank you everyone."

She also noticed Wei En standing behind her, and her eyes couldn't help but feel a little more joyful, as if his appearance had given her great courage.

Then, after Lacey introduced everyone, "Carly, from now on, when we all work together, I will not take special care of you because of your status."

"No problem," Carly nodded obediently, "The teacher has told me before I came here that I should study hard with everyone."

Marco said enthusiastically: "Don't worry, if you don't understand anything, just ask me, I..."

boom,

Before he could finish speaking, Lacey punched him, "I forgot to mention, stay away from Marco in the future."

"Hey? Lacey, how can you slander a beautiful lady..."

boom,

"slander?"

"No, no, no, no, it hurts, it hurts, I was wrong..."

Lacey is still worried about the previous cocktail party, but she won't let him get used to it. If he dares to use her to make money, he will suffer the corresponding consequences!

Carly covered her mouth and looked at them in surprise, hesitating whether to dissuade them or move away.

"Sister Carly, sit over here." Wayne pointed to the seat behind him, helping her out.

"Uh-huh."

Carly quickly picked up the small box and trotted over, feeling a little weird in her heart.

The appearance of this captain sister - there was no trace of elegance, dignity, generosity, or kindness. She was the type she had never been exposed to before.

Even Teacher Mary, the strictest teacher in the school, never takes action before preaching...

"Nice to see you here, Wayne."

After Carly put down her things, she whispered: "Actually, when I was arranged to come to the Secret Adjustment Department before, I was a little worried..."

"But you agreed to come anyway, didn't you?"

Wei En was still afraid of what happened that morning. It was hard for him to imagine what kind of changes would happen when the Lord of Dawn's eyes were really projected on him.

Although this matter may have nothing to do with Carly, it would be difficult for him to treat her like before...

To put it simply, there is a gap.

"Well, the teacher said that doing this will help me pass the Saintess exam faster, so..."

Saintess assessment?

Could it be that what happened in the morning was just for Carly to pass the test and become a real saint?

Wei En said thoughtfully: "In that case, it's not a bad thing for you to come to the Secret Adjustment Department and study."

"Yeah, I think so too. I..."

At this time, Tina next to her stared at Carly with blank eyes, and suddenly said: "Tina, I hate it."

Um?

"Hate? Me?"

Carly looked at the white-haired girl blankly. Although she didn't quite understand the other person's way of speaking, it was obvious that she hated herself.

"Tina, Dawn..."

Before Tina could finish speaking, Wayne put his hand on her head and rubbed it, "Tina, Sister Carly is a new colleague and we will work together in the future."

"Yes, Tina can't say that."

Lacey also noticed the movement here, rushed over and hugged Tina, smiling: "Carly, don't mind, Tina doesn't have much thought."

"Um."

Carly hesitated, nodded and said, "I understand, Captain."

She didn't know why, but when she looked at Tina's empty eyes, she felt an unreasonable fear in her heart, as if the bottomless abyss would make her escape from the protection of dawn.

"Tina, I know."

Lacey looked around with a slight headache. She always felt that they were not like investigators, but a group of problem children who needed to be taken care of...

After thinking for a moment, she reluctantly announced: "Since there have been changes in the personnel of our first unit, and Wei En's strength is sufficient, we will re-group them."

"Wayne and Tina are in a group, and Carly and I are in a group. Marco, go alone for the time being, and I will arrange it for you when new people arrive later."

"Starting from tomorrow, we will start handling cases according to their respective groups. Is it clear?"

Wei En and others looked at each other and nodded, "Okay, captain."

"Also, Wei En, if you need support here, just press the siren and I will arrive in time. Do you understand?"

"Don't worry, I will pay attention."

Wayne knew Lacey's plan to group now.

With the special characteristics of Tina's body, since she said she hated Carly, then having her together with Carly would be a hidden danger to everyone, so we simply used grouping to separate them.

This can greatly avoid accidents and is also the best way to protect everyone.

"Okay, let's get ready. The evening reception will go on as normal."

Marco asked in surprise: "Huh? Didn't you cancel it?"

"A ceremony is a ceremony, a reception is a reception,"

As he said that, Lacey glanced at Carly and said, "What happened this morning was just an accident. I believe Mr. Alais will not mind the contact between you and other people in the city-state."

"Very good!"

Wei En thought to himself: It's not good at all.

He thought that after what happened in the morning, the cocktail party in the evening was also cancelled. Unexpectedly, those people were willing to sit with the people from the Secret Adjustment Department...

Can it be said that they are used to Director Alais being strong and domineering?

…

…

As the bells of Klims Cathedral rang, the red moon rose quietly, instantly covering up the sun's light, announcing the arrival of night.

At this time, the parliament hall located in the central area of ​​Custer City-State was brightly lit.

Hundreds of gas lamps hung from the ceiling, and candles representing dawn were lit on the surrounding walls, illuminating every corner.

The long dining table is filled with all kinds of food and drinks. Set against the backdrop of gold and silver plates, the tempting aroma exudes, whetting your appetite.

There is also a special music area set up in a corner of the hall, where Chartrand's most popular music recently - "To the Great Dawn" is played, and the exciting and sweet harmonies echo in the hall.

Nobles from all over the city-state, officials of the city-state council, and clergymen of the Dawn Church were all dressed in gorgeous clothes and gathered together in twos and threes, with a few bursts of laughter from time to time.

In the center of the hall are today's protagonists, everyone from the Secret Service, several priests from the Dawn Church, and representatives from the city-state parliament and the noble committee.

From the Secret Adjustment Department, under the leadership of Deputy Director Balaz, three senior members and two ministers came.

One of them is the reluctant Minister of Logistics and Investigation Yegor.

The person representing the Church of Dawn was also replaced by the guardian knight from the city-state of Kelland - Melbert Osiris.

With the mediation of Harrington, the deputy speaker of the Custer City-State Parliament, and the old Earl Ernst, the representative of the noble committee, the two parties finally successfully completed the praise of Carly for joining the Secret Adjustment Division.

Everything seemed so friendly and peaceful.

Well, except for Wayne...

[You are targeted by Melbell Osiris’ murderous intent. Comment: If I were you, I would never appear in front of a powerful minister. Oh, in the parlance of the Church of Dawn, it is the Paladin level. Reward: Survival Points +3. 】

Wei En cursed secretly, but was eventually discovered by this foolish guardian knight.

"Sister Lacey, the cocktail party seems not interesting. Can I hang out here?"

If he stays here any longer, it's hard to say that he won't be killed by a sudden sword.

Lacey nodded and said: "It's okay to go for a walk, but don't go too far. After the cocktail party is over, I will take you to a safe area to stay."

"Um."

Wayne quickly stood up and left the makeshift stage. Tina wanted to follow, but Lacey held her down.

As for Marco... he has long since disappeared. It is said that he was called over by Miss Lydia, who had returned from Clander, for a "friendly" chat.

Carly, who was sitting in the middle, also noticed his departure and hesitated for a moment but still did not leave her seat.

Unlike Wei En, as the person with the highest status in Dawn Church today, she needs to receive blessings from all parties...

Melbell, who was sitting next to her, looked at Wayne's back expressionlessly, raised his finger, but finally put it down again.

All this was seen by Tina opposite, a trace of madness flashed in her godless eyes, and the clown in her hand shook even more.

Dawn... Orpheus...

[You are targeted by Melbell Osiris’ murderous intent. Comment: I suspect you stuffed money into that bitch of Lady Luck. Reward: Survival Points +2. 】

[You are targeted by Ognyan Sherman’s murderous intent. Comment: Gee, an interesting person is here. Reward: Survival Points +2. 】

Um?

He's actually here too?

Wei En calmly took a glass of juice from the waiter, pretended to be curious while drinking, and looked around.

Even if he can't be found outside, this hall is only five hundred meters away, and the entire hall is within his range of perception. He doesn't believe he can't find that person yet.

"Good evening, Mr. Investigator."

At this time, a slightly hoarse voice sounded in his ear, "Are you lost?"

Wei En looked at the sound, and his heart suddenly shook, "You——"

"Shh," the visitor put a finger to his lips, with a deep smile in his eyes, "I think we have a lot to talk about, what do you think? Mr. Wizard Apprentice from the Ghost School?"

"certainly."

Wei En suppressed the throbbing in his heart and looked at the person... and the two cold-looking heads above his head. He turned out to be a wizard from the Ghost School!

"Introduce yourself, I am Ognyan Sherman, one of the shadows of the Ghost School in the city of Custer. What about you, Mr. Apprentice?"

Ognyan Sherman? ?

Is that the person who has been following him and being hostile to him?

Unexpectedly, before he could find him, the other party came to him first.

And what is the Shadow, the intelligence agent hiding in Custer?

Wayne forced himself to calm down, "Wayne Loft, intelligence officer of the Ghost School stationed in Custer City State, nice to meet you. I didn't know that Shadow was..."

Ognyan waved his hand and said: "This is not the place to talk. Come with me."

With that said, he turned and walked towards the side of the hall, which was the exit leading to the outside of the parliament.

Wei En looked at his back and subconsciously touched the space ring on his hand. He had stored the weapon in it before coming.

After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and followed, quietly holding the "alarm" in one hand. If something goes wrong, he'll immediately press the button and ask for Lacey's help.

After walking through the deep corridor and arriving at a slightly dim building next to the hall, Ognyan stopped.

"I thought you didn't dare to follow me, Intelligence Officer Wei En."

He is thin, wearing a black tuxedo, with gray and white hair, small but sharp eyes, and two neatly trimmed mustaches under his tall nose.

Standing in the shadows, playing with a small and exquisite black cane from time to time, with the two little Assi behind him, the whole person looked so gloomy.

"Why not? We also belong to the Ghost School... Sorry, you must have been promoted to an official wizard, right? Please forgive me for seeing you, I am still a little panicked..."

Wei En consciously showed a low profile, hoping to lower the other party's vigilance.

"For wizards, wizard apprentices and formal wizards are nothing. Knowledge is the only criterion to measure us."

Ognian said as if he meant something: "And you are not ordinary. This is the first time I have seen an apprentice with four original sub-bodies..."

Wayne looked at him pretending to be puzzled, "Huh? Is it rare? You also have two?"

Knowledge?

It seems that Mr. Ognyan does not have much knowledge. The two rune marks on his head... one, two, three, four, five?

After excluding the two soul-eating runes, there are only three - summoning of the undead, undead rage, and an unknown spell rune?

So weak, ah no, so few?

"Yes, I also have two original sub-bodies..."

The movement of Ognian's hand paused for a moment, and then he naturally changed the direction and rotated the cane, "Okay, I'm not looking for you to talk about this, but to have other things."

"Please tell me," Wei En quickly followed the memory of his predecessor and performed a wizard's ceremony.

"Are you on the same team as Miss Carly, the candidate for Saint?"

"Yes, as you can see, I was unlucky enough to be involved in this celebration..."

"Unlucky?" Ognyan chuckled, "Should I say you are smart, or should I say you are stupid?"

Wei En kept smiling, "I don't quite understand what you mean...or if you are willing, could you tell me what the shadow is?"

I complained wildly in my heart: You are so stupid. You had so much murderous intention towards me before, and you dared to expose it... If you didn't need to know more, I would call for reinforcements and kill you right now.

"The so-called shadow is a different rank in the intelligence department that belongs to the same department as you low-level intelligence officers. You can understand that-my identity is more secretive."

"So that's it. Thank you Lord Wizard Ognyan for clarifying the mystery."

It turns out it was you, the person who went to the liaison officer to dismantle my station before!

Wait, he seemed to be talking about one of the shadows of Custer City State before?

Does this mean that besides him, there are other shadows?

Ognian looked at him displeased, "Don't call me a wizard here."

"Okay, okay, I don't know what you just asked...do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"That's right, I need you to provide me with information about the saint candidate, all of it!"

Wayne frowned slightly, "I don't quite understand. Since you already know her identity, and you know better than me how to collect intelligence, why..."

"I have a special status and can't walk around all the time."

Special status?

He is hostile to me, and wants to bypass the liaison officer and actively arrange for me to work. At the same time, he is also a hidden sequence of the ghost school, ghost...

Really... keeping a low profile doesn't mean I'm a fool, Mr. Shadow.

Thinking of this, Wayne's lips curled up, "I understand, you should have other more important things."

"Now, do you know what to do?"

"have no idea."

"You know... hmm?" Ognyan was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed with a hint of sinisterness, and his voice became cold: "What did you say?"

Wei En coughed and said with a smile: "Sure enough, people of your age have some geriatric diseases, and hearing loss is one of them, but..."

"I forgive you, listen, I don't agree with your request."

"you wanna die!"

After the words fell, Ognyan waved his cane fiercely and chanted coldly: "Adagua!"

He saw two little Assi's on the other side suddenly opening their bloody mouths and rushing towards him.

"Nico, Rook." (Flashes.)

Wei En was well prepared, and he flashed fifty meters away, leaving a phantom clone on the spot, facing the two heads, whispering in a low voice: "Mence, Dee." (Charm.)

"Elemental system of the Occult School? You have a lot of gold pounds..." Ognyan's attack failed to have any effect, and he waved his cane again, "Diagulaga!"

Now he just wants the hateful, damned, shameless, and disgusting apprentice in front of him to shut up forever.

The summoning circle appeared on the ground, followed by several "kicking" sounds.

One, no, two figures appeared in the center of the circle. They were an undead knight riding a skeletal horse and holding a long sword.

"Law~"

"Redi, Dun, Wall." (Ice Charge.)

"It's an undead creature..."

And this is definitely an undead creature below the captain level, so I won’t be polite!

"Abdel Jalil!" (Box of Mechanics!)

Wei En flashed out again and summoned the mechanical door. At the same time, the gun in his hand fired a series of bullets, hitting the undead knight in several weird curves.

[You hit the undead knight with a musket, triggering the death characteristic - disaster, that is, the death progress is 1/5. Evaluation: Undead creatures do not get sick or age. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

Will not get sick or age?

It’s okay if disaster can take effect!

Bang, bang...

[You hit the undead knight with a musket, triggering the death characteristic - disaster, that is, the death progress is 5/5. Evaluation: Undead creatures do not get sick or age. Reward: Survival point +1. 】

【……】

When Wei En knew that the death characteristic would take effect, he had already flashed to the side of Ognyan, and after luring the undead knight to rush towards him, he flashed out again.

At the same time, he avoided Ognyan's other spell - Shadow Entanglement. The effect... Countless arms crawled out from the ground, apparently trying to grab his feet.

[The undead knight triggers the death characteristic-death immediately, dead. Comment: Tsk, the immortal will die too? Special rewards: +4 survival points, +2 marksmanship, +1 spiritual level. 】

It's now!

"Siyam, Sil, Suter!" (Corpse Explosion!)

Tsk, more than half of the mental power has been consumed...

But, taste the explosion, Mr. Shadow!

Thanks to Mr. KOK_Ni_ for the tip, thank you! !

PS: In order to rush for a thousand orders, today is a two-in-one chapter. I hope you guys will forgive me. Also, there will be an additional update tomorrow with three chapters.

I hope everyone can follow up on the order, please, please. (After calculation, these words are not counted as money.)