At this time, Wayne has very few spells to choose from, and only by upgrading the Blink (Death) spell can he escape or deal with the battle faster.

Blink (Grim Reaper) Level 2 (1/300), (2/300) ...... Blink (Reaper) Level 2 (300/300).

[Blink (Reaper) Level 2 (300/300), is it increased?] 】

【Lift.】 】

[Congratulations, your skill: Flicker (Death) has been upgraded to level 3.] Effect: Increases the distance of the blink by 100%, reduces the cost of mental power by 10%, and +1 for the phantom clone. 】

[Note 1: Blink (Grim Reaper) level 2 will spawn 2 phantom clones, with 20% of the spirit level of the main body, 20% of the toughness level, and 20 seconds of existence.] 】

[Note 2: Phantom clones have hidden characteristics and have the ability to charm, and cannot charm creatures whose spirit level exceeds 150% of the main body.] 】

A 100% increase in distance is a range of 100 meters, and the spirit level does not exceed 150% of the body, which is below 180?

Wayne glanced at it, his mind racing, and the effect of the spell was already clearly flashing.

As for the fact that the phantom clone has 20% of the basic attributes of the body, he directly skipped it, and it is estimated that such an attribute will not be able to withstand the blow of the two people behind him.

"Yenish." (Crushed bones.) ）

"Hold me tight, Tina." Hearing the voice behind him, Wayne didn't think about it and roared.

"Tina, yes."

Secret Master, Twinkle!

The little Assimen, who had been floating in mid-air and watching the two people behind them, turned his head to look ahead, "Niko, Rook." ”

Immediately afterward, the figures of Wayne and Tina suddenly disappeared, leaving only two phantasm clones in place.

Ernaux slashed at the phantom split, and the soft touch made his eyes slightly cold, and he ran away?

"Mens, Dee."

The remaining phantom clones next to him looked at him, and a spell of enchantment flicked at him.

"Huh?"

Ernaux's expression was sluggish, and the long knife in his hand was waved indiscriminately, "Lao Tzu has finally caught you, and you are dead." ”

"Die, hack you!"

"Hahaha...... Tiki, I've avenged you, Tiki! ”

Although Collins was also affected by the charm, his mental level was much stronger than that of Ernaux, and he only came to his senses in an instant.

From time to time, the dancing tentacles on his body struck the walls of the secret passage, corroding holes one after another.

"Huh? Ernaux, what's wrong with you? Wake up! ”

Bang......

Wayne, who had flashed out, noticed this as well, and stopped running, pulling out his musket with a flip of his wrist and firing a barrage of bullets at them.

Six bullets flew up and down to cover the entire secret passage, sealing their dodge route.

"Bastard boy, think you can deal with us with a gun?"

Collins angrily blocked in front of Ernaux, the tentacles behind him reaching forward to block the bullets.

[You hit Collins Vázquez with a musket to trigger the Death trait - Aging, which is 1/30 of your death progress.] Rating: Disgusting thing. Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

【……】

[You hit Collins Vázquez with a musket to trigger the Death Trait - Blight, which is 6/30 of the Death Progress...... Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

Can you break the defense?

Wayne's eyes lit up, and he put down Tina, reloading the bullets quickly.

The time of the charm spell is not long, take advantage of Collins' inability to move to hit him in a wave!

Bang, bang, bang......

"Aging, disease pollution?"

How can it be?

How can those bullets have the Death Trait Pollution Power on them?

Could it be that the kid is a follower of the Death Sect, doesn't it mean that they have disappeared?

But it was clear that now was not the time to think about it, and Collins had already felt the tentacles on his body contaminated.

In particular, the pitch-black blight pollution could replace his own green corrosive slime and attack his body along the tentacles.

"Damn Ernaux, if you don't wake up, we'll be in trouble!"

As he shouted, Collins let several of the tentacles that had been pierced by the bullet fall off so as not to affect himself.

Looking at the dozens of bullets that came at him, he already knew that he must not touch them, so he had to roll Ernaux horizontally with his tentacles and dodge the bullets with him.

When he encounters something that he can't dodge, he chooses to resist it with his tentacles.

"Who the hell are you? Why does it have the characteristic power of death pollution? ”

Collins didn't expect that an oinous man who hadn't yet reached the captain level would really cause him so much trouble with just one gun.

[You hit Collins Vázquez with a musket to trigger the Death Trait - Calamity, which is 1/30 of your death progress.] Evaluation: Extraordinary bloodline, hehe, extraordinary, hahaha...... Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

【……】

[You hit Collins Vazquez with a musket to trigger the death trait - Blight, which is 1/30 of the death progress...... Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

Well?

Death perk progress reset?

Wayne frowned, he looked at Collins who kept falling off and new tentacles came out, isn't this ability too superb?

Unfortunately, the space in the secret passage is too small for the effect of [Ballistic Control] to be maximized, otherwise Collins would not have dodged so many bullets.

"Hmm, Collins? Quick, let me down—"

Ernaux, who was caught in the tentacles and constantly corroded, came to his senses, and the severe pain in his body made him can't help but scream.

"You're finally awake, quick, help me stop these bullets!" Collins hurriedly threw him out, "But be careful, that kid's bullet is problematic." ”

"What's the problem?"

Ernaux already knew that he had just been hit by a charm spell, and his face flashed gloomily next to Collins, and the long knife was like the wind smashing the bullets one by one.

"As long as it causes harm, it brings some pollution."

"Huh?"

Seeing those bullets being shot down, Wayne knew that it would be difficult to hurt them, so he had no choice but to put away his musket, it seemed that he could only do this way today.

"Two people from the Vázquez clan, I'm curious what your purpose is in targeting the Seres family?"

"You don't think you'll be able to get away with it, do you? Ernaux! ”

"Oakley, Des, Thoma." (Aurora flashes.) ）

"Niko, Rook."

Wayne flashed out a hundred meters away, looking at the phantom clone that was shattered by the sword light, and Ernaux, who was seduced again, and couldn't help but smile: "In this way, can't you escape?" ”

"Damn it!"

Collins' tentacles shattered the clone, followed by another hard blow to Ernaux.

"Forget it, I won't play with you guys. See you next time, you won't be so lucky. ”

"You!?"

Before Collins could speak, Wayne had already pulled Tina out a hundred meters away, and since he couldn't beat it, there was no need for him to stay here.

Ernaux came to his senses and looked at the two newly appeared phantom clones with a headache, "You can separate the flickering spell of the clone, and you can still use charm?" ”

"This man is very strange, ostensibly using spells from the Esoteric School, but his body is obviously much more powerful than other wizard apprentices, the key is his bullet ......"

Collins looked at Wayne who had disappeared into the secret passage with a gloomy face, "I told you not to focus on the family bloodline before. ”

Thinking of the bullets with the power of death pollution just now, and the speed of the other party's escape, it was very different from the wizards of the Occult School that he had seen before.

The strength of the body alone is enough to crush most psychic wizards, but the spell aspect is much less.

If it was a real secret wizard, in such a closed space, I'm afraid he and Ernaux would have already started to escape.

“…… Is that still chasing? ”

"Go back, he's right, if we delay any longer, we won't be able to leave."

"But ......"

"There is still a chance, the most important thing now is to take Genrikh, plus that...... Walk! ”

After saying that, Collins turned around and left without hesitation.

Ernaux glanced hatefully in the direction of the exit, and followed him back the way he had come. Next time, next time, Lao Tzu will definitely raise his spiritual strength!

"Gone?"

On the other side, Wayne, who had already left the secret passage, noticed that the two people behind him did not follow, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Just now, he used three flashes in succession to get out of the secret passage, and his spiritual power was directly consumed by more than half.

"They're gone?"

At this time, Saiyam sensed that the two were not following, and looked into the depths of the secret passage and did not know what to think.

"Well, it's good they didn't chase ......"

"Investigator Wayne, don't talk about today's matter for the time being, please."

"Huh?" Wayne thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to say it to the public, but our secret investigation department has internal processes...... Sorry. ”

Saiyam glanced at him, "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." Wayne turned to look at the city that never sleeps not far away, and the guards who were rushing towards this side, and said, "It seems that this place has been alarmed......"

"Baba, be careful!"

There was no need for Xiao Assi to remind him, and Wayne, who was highly nervous, had already flashed a hundred meters away with Tina in his arms, his blood-red eyes seemed to be hazy with a layer of blood, staring at the old knight deadly.

"You're going to kill me?"

I saw that at this time, Saiyam had an extra short sword in his hand, which was piercing the body of one of the phantom clones, and he kept wielding the short sword back and forth, and his mouth was still chattering.

"Die, die, why aren't you dead?"

"You're going to die now, right? Hahaha......"

"Fuck the bastards, damn the Vasquez, damn ......"

Seduction, or is it?

Wayne summoned the mechanical gate directly, although he didn't know why Saiyam wanted to attack him, but since he had already chosen to do it, it was no wonder that he was going to do it.

Click.

Wayne pulled out his six-barreled shotgun and loaded it casually, the cold metal touch making his eyes even more gloomy.

"If it weren't for Little Asi's reminder, it would have been ...... just now"

"Wayne, brother." Tina tugged at the corner of his coat, staring at him with empty eyes.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Wayne's eyes returned to clarity and looked at the white-haired girl beside him, "Thank you, Tina." ”

Because he had noticed the hint on the panel, he understood that he had just been affected by an external force.

[You are eroded by the origin of Mitra, the lord of desire, because your spiritual level is much lower than that of the other party, and you are affected by the power of the origin of desire.

You're killed, bloodthirsty......

Comment: You disturbed Him. Special Rewards: +5 Survival Points, +1 Origin. 】

With the help of the power of contract (calamity), you have successfully resisted the erosion of the power of the source of desire. Comment: I retract my previous suggestion that I want you to terminate the contract, otherwise you have to change it in advance...... Special Rewards: Survival Points +5, Spirit Level +2. 】

Mitra?

Let's just say that Saiyam is so good, how could he suddenly attack him.

Wayne turned his head to look at the city that never sleeps in the distance, and he took note of it for the time being.

Thinking of this, he held the shotgun into the air and released a shot in the air.

Bang!

The sound of a huge gunfire reverberated in the depths of the earth, causing a slight vibration.

"I'm going to kill you, damn it...... Well? The old knight was awakened by the voice, and looked around, "I, what's wrong with me?" ”

"It's nothing, you may have just suffered a catastrophe and your spirit has been polluted."

"Is it like this? Really...... Sorry, didn't hurt you, did you? ”

"Nope." Wayne casually threw the shotgun into the mechanical door, "What's next for you?" ”

Saiyam put away his short sword, his expression still a little dazed, "As I just said, you don't need to take care of this matter. ”

"Who asked you this?"

Wayne looked at him as if he was looking at the mentally retarded, "It's obvious that the gods were taken by them, and your son was also killed by them." As for who they are, you must know it well in your own heart. ”

"This ......"

"Don't you understand? Your commission has been completed, please pay the commission fee. Besides, I was almost killed by you, and you have to give me an extra mental damage fee...... And about the Vázquez family - hush money! ”

Although the old knight was motivated by the power of desire to kill him, it did cause him psychological damage.

False ...... No, you should ask for an extra gold pound, right?

Saiyam: "......"

He was an old man who had just died of two sons and a son who had betrayed him...... How can you bear it?

"Here you go, 200, gold pounds!"

"Thank you, Sir Sayam."

Wayne took the pile of 5 gold pound bills and counted them with quick hands and feet, "Welcome to the secret division next time to issue the entrusted task." ”

One hundred gold pounds was handed over to the secret commissioner, and the remaining one hundred he kept - the pay was proportional to the return, Meizizi.

Now he finally knew why Lacey and Marco had so many gold pounds, and with so much extra income, they would be rich in exchange for others.

Of course, the premise is to survive the mission......

"Who, do you know what this place is? Dare to get your hands dirty here? ”

It was only at this time that the old Rose from the city that never sleeps rushed over, and seeing that they were all familiar people, he waved his hand and motioned for the guards to put away their weapons, "Ser Seres? ”

"It's me," Saiyam nodded, "I'm sorry Ross, there was an accident and I had to hide here." ”

"Then this one, oh, I remember, it was the last time I was with Master Nascimento......"

[You have been scanned by Ross Dolysk's psychic perception.] Reward: +1 Survival Point. 】

You are scanned by the spiritual perception of Mithra, the Lord of Desires. Reward: +2 survival points. 】

【……】

Wayne nodded calmly, "Just call me Wayne." ”

"Investigator Wayne, I hope it didn't scare you."

"No," Wayne shook his head, then looked at Sayam, "Sir, since the commission has been completed, I'll go back first." ”

"Well, thank you for your help, wait for this to ...... over"

"Goodbye."

Without waiting for him to finish, Wayne turned and left.

It's better never to see you again!

Twice to the Serres Manor, twice attacked, and each more dangerous than the other...... If he encounters another case related to the Serres family, he will really become a fool!

Wayne nodded to Old Ross, and walked past the black-armored guards toward the exit that led to the outside of the Natori block.

Old Rose looked at his back and shouted, "By the way, Investigator Wayne, Investigator Marco came to Never Sleeps at noon, do you want to go to him?" ”

Wayne was stunned, "Eh, Marco is here?" ”

Didn't he come out on a mission? Co-authoring is to come out to play, touch fish to work, right?

"Yes, it's been almost two hours since I came, and I had a lot of fun. Do you want to go up? ”

At this moment, a shout came from the direction of the city that never sleeps, "Wayne, Tina? ”

Wayne looked at it, and was speechless to find that Marco was standing naked on the tower bridge in the middle of the castle.

Damn, you've already played it?

Marco flew straight this way, "Why are you here too?" Do you want to hey hey hey ...... too"

"I'm not, don't talk nonsense, I don't."

Wayne pointed to the old knight on the other side, "Ah, I just finished the commission and was about to leave." ”

"Sir Saiyam?"

"Hmm."

Saiyam just nodded at him, and followed Old Rose and them in the direction of the city that never sleeps, his back was very gloomy.

"What's going on? How do you feel that he is not in a good mood? Marco asked in a low voice as he bumped Wayne on his bare shoulder.

"I can't tell you for a while, you, do you want to go back and change your clothes first?"

"It's okay, it's just halftime, and it's the same if you wait a little while and go back."

Looking at his smug look, Wayne really wanted to slap his size 43 shoes in his face.

Lao Tzu was fighting outside and almost died!

You're a good girl, you don't work hard, and you still run to the city that never sleeps, right?

"Let's go Tina, let's go back."

Rumble!

A loud bang interrupted him, followed by a massive blade of light that slammed into the castle, blocked by its defensive rune circle.

"Wayne, are you here?"

Marco exclaimed, "Lacey? How did she find here?! ”

Wayne scratched his head, "I'm sorry, I just notified her to come over." ”

He had forgotten about pressing the siren before, but when he saw Marco's appearance, he suddenly felt that such an accident was quite good.

Well, it looks like at least one will die today......

“…… Then I'll run first, don't tell her I'm here. ”

"It's late, she's already seen you."

I saw Lacey rushing over from the side with a two-handed axe, followed by Carly with a wary look on her face.

Lacey glanced at the three of them, jumped over directly, and looked nervously...... Tina, relieved only after making sure she wasn't hurt.

"I'm relieved to see you're okay."

Carly ran over and asked nervously, "Wayne, Tina, you, are you hurt, I can treat you." ”

"No," Wayne shook his head, adding that "Tina is okay too." ”

The white-haired girl was close to his lap, not noticing that her fingers were already pinching the sensitive parts of the clown doll.

Sour, sour, hee-hop-ha-ha, this can also be used as a punishment for the game!

"As for the mission, I'll tell you when I get back, I'm afraid it's not very convenient here."

"Well," Lacey frowned at noticing the bare upper body Marco, "why are you here too?" ”

"I, can I say I'm here to rescue Wayne too?" Marco put his hands on his chest and shrunk his head.

"What do you think ......?"

"Damn, who is it this time?"

Old Rose ran over with the guards again, and he had just breathed a sigh of relief, when he saw the huge blade of light slashing straight at the castle, his whole mood was not good, and he almost scared his soul away.

"How dare you...... Uh, yes, it's Lady Lacey from the Montoya family? ”

Lacey glared at Marco and turned to look at the guards, "It's me, who are you?" ”

"This, that......" Old Rose looked at Marco for a moment of embarrassment.

But at this time, Marco was even more embarrassed than him, and he wanted to find a crack to get into it - now he just wanted to be in the field, not here.

"Also, how can there be a castle here?" Lacey saw the two rows of coolly dressed girls standing under the castle from a distance, and continued to ask.

Wayne, Marco, Old Ross trio: "......"

Do they answer questions, or do they run for their lives?

"So, this is the city that never sleeps?"

After a while, Lacey finally got the answer she wanted, gritted her teeth and looked at Marco, "So, you didn't go to the Idrisu neighborhood to finish, but ran here......"

Marco smiled wryly, "Actually, this, that, I want to go......"

Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand and summoned the lantern staff, and then cast a spell: "Zach, Bruux, Zack." (Light Wind.) ）

bang

"Light? Dare to run? I'll let you run! ”

Before he could slip away, Lacey had already lifted his casserole-sized fist and hammered it over, beating it and scolding at the same time: "I let you dare to lie to me to hold a drinking party, let you dare to run out of the game if you don't work hard, I ......"

"Oops, I was wrong, Lacey, I was really wrong!!"

Old Ross looked at Marco, who had completed the transformation from a handsome guy to an ugly man almost instantly, and said with bared teeth: "Inspector Wayne, it's nothing, I'll go back first." ”

I heard about this person's reputation before, but I didn't expect that the rumors were just rumors after all, but now I look at it - it's even more terrifying.

"Hmm."

Wayne nodded lightly and looked at Marco who had been beaten...... Let you come out to play without me, you will be beaten, right? Deserve!

Of course, even if he was invited, he would have to think about it.

Especially—

You are under the watchful eye of the Lord of Desires, Mithra. Reward: +3 Survival Points. 】

Wayne quietly glanced in the direction of the city that never sleeps, didn't he hate being disturbed?

Now let's try the erosion of the power of desire?

Hmph, I only know how to bully the weak scumbag, wait, sooner or later I will let you know that it is amazing!

"Wayne, do you want to tell Sister Lacey to stop, I, I feel like he's about to be killed......" Carly didn't dare to look at Marco's miserable appearance all the time, only dared to glance at it from time to time.

"It's okay, the captain is measured." Wayne replied casually, "Let's go, I guess she will have to wait for a while before it ends, let's go out and wait." ”

"Oh."

With that, Wayne took Tina's little hand and walked out of the passage with Carly, who glanced back from time to time.

"Ahh

The screams echoed throughout the cave, and the familiar customers of the city that never sleeped were frightened, and they all got dressed and slipped away quietly from the other side.

And at the top of the city that never sleeps, Mitra looked at them with a lazy expression, her watery eyes staring at Wayne's back, not even caring that the thin rope on her body fell off.

This kid's origin has improved quite quickly, remember last time it was two descendants, right?

Interesting......

……

……

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the group returned to the Secret Division, except for Marco, who had to rush to the Idrisu neighborhood to close up the case.

"Lacey, Carly, thank you for coming to my rescue, your mission over there is not affected, right?"

"No, the case in Basil is clearly the work of a deviant."

Lacey leaned back in the high-backed chair with a grin, clasping her hands in her arms, highlighting the dials of the two hanging clocks even more, "Tell me, what's going on at Seres Manor?" ”

Carly was equally curious and asked, "yes, aren't you going to the Natori neighborhood?" How did it appear in that, that city that never sleeps? ”

"Something happened in the middle, Captain, do you remember the last time you were with Butler Collins?"

"Remember, that old guy was very generous last time, what's wrong with him?"

"It was he who colluded with Genrich Serres......"

Wayne will tell the story of the Serres family, especially when he was chased and killed by Collins and Ernaux, and he and the old knight had to flee to the city that never sleeps.

“…… Finally, after the two men had left, the old knight entered the city that never sleeps. ”

Lacey mused, "So, Collins and the men who attacked the manor are all from the Vázquez clan?" ”

"I should, but Sir Saiyam didn't admit it, and I think there are a lot of things hidden in it. And the statue, I'm afraid, is not as ordinary as they say. ”

"Then this matter will end here for the time being, and when you finish writing the report, I will submit it to Yegor and see what the people above have to say."

"Okay."

Wayne nodded slightly, not objecting to Lacey's arrangement.

At this point, it was clear that it was beyond the purview of the Division.

In particular, it involved the nobility, and according to the law of the city-state, such cases had to be referred to the Council of Nobles.

After the case was finished, Wayne took out a 100 gold pound bill and put it on the table, "This is the commission fee given by the old sir, and I brought it with me." ”

"Well," Lacey said, taking the gold pounds and dividing another 50 gold pounds out of them, "it's for you and Tina." ”

"Thank you, thank you."

On the way back, Wayne had already secretly stuffed Tina with the extra gold pounds that Sayam had given.

Now counting the proceeds of these 25 gold pounds, the gold pounds he has on hand are more than 100 gold pounds again, and he should be able to buy a few good spell knowledge.

Then he took out the translated Era relics and put them on the table, "And I've got this one too." ”

"It's pretty fast, leave it to me, and I'll send it to Yegor later."

Then it was close to the end of work, and several people were busy with their own work.

Lacey was teaching Carly the steps of the process of writing a case file, and the two of them were so close together that the hands of the hanging clock were almost touching.

Tina, on the other hand, took out the box of cookies from the time she returned to the office and continued the previous thing she had done to feed the clown doll.

It's just that this time the clown doll didn't resist stubbornly, and from time to time opened its mouth to swallow a cookie, and I don't know if what I eat will be produced......

As for Wayne, it only took twenty minutes to hand over the commissioned report of the Seres Manor to Lesina, and continued to study the design drawings of the mechanical golem.

Even with that knowledge of runes, it would not be easy for him to improve on the original drawings of the [Iron Fury].

First of all, the overall appearance of the puppet had to be changed, and the previous thick limbs had to be made slender due to the simplification of the sturdy heart and the fury burst pattern.

At the same time, the torso part of the mechanical golem, especially the location of the cornerstone rune, was increased from more than ten parts to 45.

It's almost as good as all the parts combined.

Instead, Wayne felt that such a change made perfect sense......

But after all, in fact, he was not very sure about the drawings of this new design, so he could only change a drawing first and try to complete the production and assembly of parts.

After all, every blueprint of a mechanical golem is the result of countless years of research by his predecessors, and it is already the limit that he can make some changes to it.

When he actually got his hands on it, Wayne found that he had a lot to learn, in addition to runes, mechanical golems also included material science, mechanical weapons, kinematics, and so on.

Even the self-proclaimed genius Wizard Jerry only began to research and design his own mechanical puppet after being promoted to a full-fledged wizard.

Therefore, Wayne had to lower the goal, thinking about seeing how the final effect would be, and then make targeted adjustments and optimizations.

When, dang, dang.

"It's four," Lacey said as she looked at the time on the wall and gritted her teeth, "that bastard really didn't come back, see how I clean him up tomorrow." ”

Wayne mourned for Marco for a few seconds, then packed up his things, "Tina, I'm going home from work, you can go back with the captain." ”

The white-haired girl paused, and said coldly, "Tina, I know." ”

"See you tomorrow."

Wayne stroked her hair, then looked at Carly behind her, "Uncle Euann said he was out for two days and entrusted you to my care......"

"Huh?" Carly obviously didn't know about this yet, and was surprised, "Did he go out?" Where did it go? ”

"I said that I went to the city-state of Andrea to get a batch of materials, and I should be back tomorrow."

"Well, then I'll go back with you." Carly quickly picked up the things on the table.

"Hmm."

Once Carly was packed, Wayne said goodbye to Lacey and took her out of the office.

The white-haired girl turned her head half a circle, looked in the direction of the door in a daze, and muttered, "Tina, see you tomorrow ......"

Hee-hee-hee-ha-ha...... Never see you again tomorrow, isn't it?

"Tina, it's not good."

"Huh?" Lacey noticed her muttering to herself, "What's wrong, Tina?" Are you okay? ”

"Tina, it's okay."

"It's okay, let's go, let's make you your favorite beast blood tofu today."

"Tina, Joker, don't eat."

Clown Doll: I only deserve cookies, right? I don't want it! I'm going to eat blood too!!

PS: There is one more chapter, two minutes later, wait a minute.

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