Wizard: Surviving in the Steam Age with Points for Demon Hunter

Chapter 92 Try Explosion, Mr. Shadow
"Alade!" (Fayin: shattered!)

Lacey didn't pay attention to those bullets, stepped on the ground, jumped over, and punched out.

"Blink."

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

However, the third flicker spell in a short period of time directly consumed % of his spiritual power...

It gave him a headache.

According to this rate of consumption, at most three times, his spiritual power will be exhausted.

Lacey shook the gravel from his hand, ignored the phantom clone who was casting the charm spell, and turned his head to look at Wei En, who was 50 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 already dodged, but the six bullets shot at her in a big 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!" (Fayin: Shield Guard!)

Lacey didn't dare to push her too hard, she clenched her fists and crossed forward, calling out a blue barrier to protect her whole body.

Immediately afterwards, bullets fell on the barrier, instantly turning into ashes, 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 the defense, and all the characteristics are useless.

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

The bullets hit the shields of those people. Although the panel indicated that they were hit, if they 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 between Lacey's defense, he grabbed a handful of bullets and sprinkled them in the air.

In a blink of an eye, his hands fluttered up and down, the bullet was loaded, the musket was loaded, and he fired... the bullet was emptied in just two seconds.

Before Lacey could make another move, all the bullets fell on the same point in an instant, breaking her seal.

"Asiriel!" (Sign: Blade of the 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.

"To shut up!"

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

can't be wrong,

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

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

He knew it 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 Sharapova and combined with the rampage of the undead, it would only prolong the fighting time by a few minutes.

The result will not change in any way.

Lacey took back the two-handed axe, showed a gratified smile, and praised: "I didn't expect your spear skills to be so strong. With flashing, it is enough to deal with a first-level disaster."

The first-level disaster, that is, the abnormal species caused by the pollution of ordinary people, is much lower than the captain level.

"Wayen, aren't you the ghost's apprentice? Where's your undead, and where are 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 froze for a moment, "Are you serious?"

"What do you think?"

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

For her, the stronger the investigator of the first part, 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, "It's still far from the elder brother."

"That's it."

Marco looked at him thoughtfully, but he didn't expect a monster-like newcomer to investigate.

Plus the alternate saint Carly 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 abuse.

Especially for those enemies whose strength is lower than his and there are a lot of them, the lethality of muskets combined with corpse explosion is not much worse than that of Lacey Marko and the others.

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

If he encounters an extraordinary person like Lacey standing in the front, he may only have to run away...

"break out……"

The six-barreled shotgun is considered a type, and if it can really achieve what the mechanical reformer said, it should be able to improve a bit.

But this is not enough, he needs a more powerful firearm, or a single target spell with extremely high damage!

At this moment, Tina who was holding the corner of his clothes suddenly said, "Four heads."

"Ok?"

Wei En looked up at the little Axis, and introduced: "I will teach you how to distinguish them. The ghost with the most runes is called the ghost, the least is the red ghost, and the remaining two are the secret master and the driver. Remember ?"

"Tina, remember."

The white-haired girl grinned and greeted the ghosts and the others.

But it caused the little Axis to turn their heads away quickly, as if they were afraid of her.

Seeing this, Wei En just smiled, took Tina back to the office, and continued to study the blueprint 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.

It's just that each original descendant is a different spell system, and the knowledge and effort to learn are not as simple as multiplying by four.

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

Puppet-type 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 magic system. In addition to the knowledge of spell runes, there are also knowledge such as divination, astrology, and mysticism to learn.

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

If there are a few more original descendants in the future...

If he is like this, one can imagine what kind of life those wizards in the esoteric 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 an office.

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

Yegor still had that lazy look, as if what he brought here was not a candidate saint from the Church of Dawn, but a dispensable ordinary investigator like Wayne.

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.

All the high-level members of the secret investigation department blew their beards and stared angrily, but there was nothing they could do about him.

It has to be said that such an incomprehensible 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 go back."

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

"roll!"

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

Carly: "..."

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

Why this attitude...

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

She didn't mention Kali's identity, nor did she say the words of the Church of Dawn. Like Yegor, she treated Kali as an ordinary investigator.

Wayne and Marco clapped together, "Welcome."

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

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, and couldn't help but feel a little more joy in her eyes, as if his appearance had brought her great courage.

After Lacey introduced several people, "Carly, we will work together in the future, and I will not treat you special 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 down, "I forgot to say, stay away from Marco in the future."

"Eh? Lacey, how can you slander in front of a beautiful lady..."

boom,
"slander?"

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

Lacey still cares about the previous reception, but she won't spoil him, if she dares to use her to make money, she will have to bear the corresponding consequences!
Carly covered her mouth and looked at them in surprise, hesitating whether to dissuade them or walk away.

"Sister Carly, sit here." Wei En pointed to the seat behind him, sort of 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 meet you here, Wayne."

After Carly put down her things, she whispered, "Actually, when I was assigned to the secret investigation department, 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 not have anything to do with Carly, it would be very difficult for him to treat her like before...

Simply put, 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 to make Carly pass the assessment and become a real saint?
Wei En said thoughtfully: "In this case, it's not a bad thing for you to come to the secret department to study."

"Hmm, I thought so too. I..."

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

Ok?
"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, Liming..."

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, stepped over and hugged Tina, and said with a smile: "Carly, don't mind, Tina doesn't have much thought."

"Yeah." Carly hesitated, nodded and said, "I see, Captain."

For some reason, she looked at Tina's empty and lifeless eyes, and felt unreasonable fear in her heart, as if the bottomless abyss would take her out of the protection of dawn.

"Tina, I know."

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

After thinking for a while, she announced helplessly: "Since the personnel of our first division has changed, and Wei En's strength is also sufficient, we will regroup."

"Wei En and Tina are in a group, and Carly and I are in a group. Marco, act alone for the time being, and arrange for you when a newcomer arrives later."

"From tomorrow onwards, the cases will be handled according to their respective groups. Are you clear?"

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

"Also, Wayne, when you need support here, press the siren and I will arrive in time, understand?"

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

Wayne knew Lacey's plan to group now.

Given the particularity of Tina's body, since she said something that she hates Carly, it would be a hidden danger for everyone to let her be with Carly, so they simply used groups to separate them.

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

"Okay, get ready, the evening reception will proceed normally."

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

"Rituals are rituals, receptions are receptions,"

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."

"Great!"

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 the strong and domineering Director Ales?

……

……

As the bells of the Krims Cathedral rang, the red moon quietly rose, covering the sun's light for an instant, announcing the coming of night.

At this time, the parliament hall located in the central area of ​​the 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 delicacies and drinks, and against the backdrop of gold and silver plates, it exudes a tempting aroma that whets your appetite.

In the corner of the hall, a music area is specially set up, playing the most popular piece of Chatelin's recent music - To the Great Dawn, and the passionate and melodious chorus echoes in the hall.

The nobles from all over the city-state, the officials of the city-state council, and the priests of the Church of Dawn were all dressed gorgeously and gathered together in twos and threes, laughing from time to time.

And in the center of the hall are today's protagonists, the secret investigators, several priests from the Church of Dawn, and representatives of the city-state council and noble council.

On the side of the Secret Investigation Department, under the leadership of Deputy Director Balazs, three high-level members and two ministers came.

One of them was 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.

Under the mediation of Harrington, the deputy speaker of the Custer city-state council, and the old Earl Ernst, the representative of the noble committee, the two parties finally successfully completed the praise for Carly's joining the Secret Research Department.

Everything looks so friendly and peaceful.

Well, except for Wayne...

【You are targeted by Merbel Osiris' killing intent.Evaluation: If I were you, I would never appear in front of a minister-level powerhouse.Oh, according to the Church of Dawn, it is at the paladin level.Reward: Survival Points +3. 】

Wei En cursed secretly, but was finally discovered by this wise guardian knight.

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

If he stayed here any longer, it was hard to say that he would not be killed by a sudden sword strike.

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

"Ah."

Wei En quickly got up and left the temporary stage. Tina wanted to follow, but was held down by Lacey.

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, today, as the person with the highest status in the Dawn Church, she needs to accept 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 Merbel Osiris' killing intent.Evaluation: I suspect that you gave money to that **** lady of luck.Reward: Survival Points +2. 】

[You are targeted by Ognyan Sherman's killing intent.Evaluation: Tsk tsk, interesting people are here.Reward: Survival Points +2. 】

Ok?
He is here too?
Wei En calmly took a glass of juice from the waiter, pretended to be curious while drinking, and looked around.

It's fine if you can't find it outside. This hall is only 500 meters away, and the whole thing is within his perception range. I don't believe he can't find that person.

"Good evening, Mr. Investigator."

At this moment, a slightly hoarse voice sounded beside his ears, "Are you lost?"

Wei En looked for the sound, and his heart was shocked, "You—"

"Shh," the visitor put a finger on his lips, with a deep smile in his eyes, "I think we have a lot to talk about, what do you think? Mister wizard apprentice from Ghost School?"

"of course."

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!

"Let me introduce myself, my humble Ognyan Sherman, one of the shadows of the Ghost School in Custer City. 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 it, 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, the intelligence officer of the Ghost School stationed in Custer City, nice to meet you. I don't know if the shadow is..."

Ognyan waved his hand and said, "This is not a place to talk, come with me."

After speaking, 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 place next to the hall, Ognyan stopped.

"I thought you were afraid to follow me, Intelligence Officer Wayne."

He has a thin figure, 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 the small and exquisite black cane from time to time, against the backdrop of the two little Axis behind him, the whole person looks so gloomy.

"Why not? You belong to the ghost school... Sorry, you should have been promoted to an official wizard? Please forgive me for seeing you. I'm still a little flustered..."

Wayne consciously showed a low profile, hoping to lower the opponent's vigilance.

"For wizards, wizard apprentices and formal wizards are nothing, knowledge is the only criterion for measuring us."

Ognian said with a hint: "And you are not ordinary. This is the first time I have seen an apprentice with four original sub-bodies..."

Wei En looked at him pretending to be puzzled, "Huh? Is it rare? You have two too?"

knowledge?

It seems that this Mr. Ognyan doesn't have much knowledge. The rune marks on his two little Axi's head... one, two, three, four, five?

Excluding the two devouring runes, there are only three - undead summoning, undead rampage, and an unknown spell rune?
So weak, ah no, so few?

"Yeah, I also have two original descendants..."

The movement of Ognyan's hand paused for a moment, and then naturally changed the direction and spun the cane, "Okay, I didn't come to you to talk about these things, but to have other things."

"Please tell me," Wei En quickly performed a wizard salute according to the memory of his predecessor.

"Are you on the same team as that saintess candidate, Miss Carly?"

"Yes, as you can see, I was very unlucky 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 crazily complained in my heart: You are so stupid, you were so intent on killing me before, and you dared to reveal it... If I didn't need to know more, I would call reinforcements to kill you 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 the case, thank you Mr. Wizard Ognyan for your clarification."

It turned out to be you, the person who went to the liaison officer to dismantle my station!

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 candidate for the saint, everything!"

Wei En frowned slightly, "I don't quite understand, since you already know her identity, and you know how to collect information better than me, why..."

"My status is quite special, so I can't keep walking outside."

Special status?

He is hostile to me, and he wants to bypass the liaison officer and take the initiative to arrange my 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, Wei En's mouth twitched, "I see, you should have other more important things."

"Now, do you know what to do?"

"do not know."

"If you know it...huh?" Ognyan was stunned for a moment, his eyes flashed a gloomy look, and his voice became indifferent: "You, what are you talking about?"

Wei En coughed and said with a smile on his face: "Sure enough, people of your age have some senile diseases, and deafness is one of them, but..."

"I forgive you, listen, I do not 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 toward him.

"Nico, Luke." (Blinks.)
Wei En was well prepared. He flashed 50 meters away, leaving a phantom clone on the spot. Facing the two heads, he whispered in a low voice: "Mence, Dee." (Charm.)
"The elemental system of the Occult School? You have a lot of gold pounds..." Ognyan waved his cane again without any effect, "Diaguraga!"

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

The summoning circle appeared on the ground, followed by a few "tapping" sounds.

One, no, two figures appeared in the center of the magic circle. It was an undead knight riding a skeleton 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'm not welcome!

"Abudel Jalil!" (Mechanical Box!)
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. 】

Won't get sick, won't 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 feature would take effect, he had already flashed to the side of Ognyan, and after luring the undead knight to charge, he flashed out again.

At the same time, he avoided Ognyan's other spell - shadow winding, the effect... countless arms crawled out of the ground, apparently trying to grab his feet.

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

It's now!

"Syam, Syl, Suter!" (Corpse Explosion!)

Tsk, more than half of my mental strength has been consumed...

But try to explode, Mr. Shadow!
　Thanks to Mr. KOK_Ni_ for the tip, thank you! !
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