In the Idrissu neighborhood, in a dilapidated house.

Unlike the neat three-storey spire buildings that surround it, this dilapidated house is not only two storeys, but it is also a kilometer away from the rest of the buildings.

inside the house.

Squeak.

A black lantern protrudes from the open door on the ground and rises gradually.

Lacey glanced around before whispering, "No one, come out." ”

With that, she and Carly crawled out of the basement and looked around by the light of the lantern.

Clutter of dilapidated wooden furniture, layers of dim cobwebs illuminated by lanterns, and disgruntled open-eyed rats hiding in the corners.

"Where is this?" Carly asked, a little dismayed.

"I don't know, but depending on the location, this should be somewhere in the Idrisu neighborhood, or ......"

Lacey swung her two-handed axe and smashed the nailed wooden window in the room, "Hmm, have you reached the northern watchtower?" ”

A flush shone in, brightening the room slightly.

Creak......

A few rats that had just woken up from their slumber were illuminated by the light of the red moon.

Almost instantly, the mouse's gray eyes were covered with a layer of red, and its body began to shake violently, and one after another tiny tentacles emerged from its body.

"Roar—"

"Asireel!"

Lacie was a little impatient with their voices, and flicked her two-handed axe, and the cyan blade of light slashed through, causing these newly distorted rats to die a tragic death.

Carly covered her mouth as she watched the rats split in two, their tentacles wriggling and struggling, red and green slime staining the wooden floor......

"The Northern Watchtower, is it that far?"

"Well, go out and have a look."

Lacey walked in front with a lantern, walked up and down the house, and returned to the first floor with a frown, "Didn't find ......"

Carly bit her lip and said, "They, gone?" ”

"I guess we left through that underground passage in a way we don't know."

"So what now?"

Syllable.

Lacey put the lantern in her hand on the table, put away her two-handed axe, and sat down casually on a chair that was still in good condition, "Wait, wait until dawn." ”

Carly looked at the messy scene around her, hesitated, took out a handkerchief, cleared out a clean chair, and sat down.

"Sister Lacey, who do you say they are? It doesn't look like a polluted ......."

"Who knows?"

Lacey closed her eyes and recuperated, "In the city-state, it's not only the aberrants who kill, but the heretics in your dawn's mouth, and ...... Hmm,"

"It is possible for people who are oppressed by despair to the point of collapse, who are bewitched, or who are parasitic and manipulated."

Carly was stunned, except for the infidels, the others were not taught by the teachers, it turned out that she had to deal with more than just infidels......

"So, why do they ......"

"You don't think this world is what you saw before, do you?"

Lacey opened her eyes and looked at her, the corners of her mouth turned up, "Seeing you now, I think of Wayne when he was on his first mission." ”

"Wayne?" Carly reacted, "Is he the same as me?" ”

"It's all the same simplicity, haha."

"Yes, yes?"

"Actually, I'd love to take you new investigators on assignments." Lacey smiled, "That would make me feel less bad when dealing with these cases." ”

Carly bowed her head slightly in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, I, I'll try." ”

"I believe you in that, just as that kid Wayne is now becoming reliable. But ......"

"But what?"

"But work is work, don't be affected by the various cases you have seen and heard...... Remember that you are no one else, you are just yourself! ”

Carly's golden eyes reflected Lacey's solemn look, and a hint of confusion flashed across her face, was she herself?

After a long while, she nodded, "I see, Sister Lacey." ”

"Well, let's rest, and when it's dawn, I'll ask for support from the department. If Tina had been here, she wouldn't have let those guys run away tonight. ”

"Ah, I'm sorry."

"It's not your problem......"

When the room was quiet, Carly curled up in her chair with her hands on her knees, her mind echoing the words she had just said, be yourself, be yourself, be ......

What they didn't know was that on the roof of a small three-story building a few kilometers away, Melbel stood under the red moon, with a faint silver-white glow on his body, quietly looking at the dilapidated house.

Under that mysterious pattern mask, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Sanction heretics and grow up as soon as possible......

On the other side of the dilapidated house, the northernmost watchtower of the city-state of Caster, stands atop a 30-metre-high boulder wall.

At this time, dozens of city guards wearing thick armor in the sentry tower were divided into two teams, one team facing outward and the other team facing inward to guard the surrounding security.

And on the wall outside the watchtower, there are as many as twelve wall lamps, and the light of dawn is shrouded in them, so that they don't have to worry about being polluted by the red moon.

"Captain, it's quite calm tonight, why don't you rest first?"

"Yes, Captain, you're going to have to prepare a birthday present for little Sally tomorrow morning, and we'll have no problem looking at it here."

The tall captain of the city guard looked at the clock, shook his head and said, "There are still two hours until dawn, forget it, I will rest after the next duty." ”

The vice-captain laughed, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, little Sally has been coveting that doll for a long time." ”

"You say it...... Well? ”

The captain of the guard looked at the extra black figure in the watchtower, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, "Alert!!" ”

Everyone was stunned, then took two steps back at the same time and looked around vigilantly, back to back, until then they realized that there was one more person in the corner.

The black shadow raised a finger to his mouth, "Shhhh ”

"Damn it, Roan!" The captain's expression did not dare to relax in the slightest, and he shouted before drawing his sword, "No matter who you are, dare to trespass on the watchtower and die!" ”

As he spoke, he pounced on the black shadow first, followed by the city guards behind him.

And the deputy captain named Luo An ran to the siren by the wall, and as long as the matter here was sounded, it would be transmitted to the headquarters of the city guard in the center of the city-state, as long as it was ......

Tear and pull!

The black shadow cut through the crowd and instantly passed the vice-captain and stood in front of him.

"What?!"

"This is not good, if you are asked to warn those noble lords, my mission will fail."

The black shadow held a simple thin sword, slashed a sword flower, and chuckled, "Little babies, they are yours." ”

He saw countless gray insects the size of silkworm chrysalis pouring out from under him and pounced on the city guards.

When the captain saw these little bugs, his eyes cracked, "Be careful!!" ”

"Ahh

After a while, everything was quiet, and the city guards were still dutifully on duty, but their eyes were bloodshot......

……

……

When, when......

As the Krims Cathedral bell rang, Wayne put down his quill pen and smiled as he looked at the finished design drawings on parchment.

Since the power of the standard musket of the secret division is too small, let's make two high-powered guns.

With the experience of making mechanical golems last night, and the knowledge of firearms he gained through spearmanship, he is confident that he can build a gun that far exceeds his current power.

And the two design drawings are a sniper rifle and a revolver for long-range sniping.

Compared to standard muskets, revolvers are much more powerful and have a much greater effective range.

In order to facilitate reloading, Wayne deliberately designed the revolver to be a few sizes larger, with fifteen rounds in a circle.

According to the trigger value of the death trait, one round of shots is enough for an ordinary captain-level to trigger the instant death trait.

The sniper rifle, like the revolver, also has a bit more magazine.

Wayne is not stupid enough to install a scope, with a perception range of nearly two kilometers, as well as extremely strong physical fitness, seeing distant targets is no less effective than the scope.

Therefore, he put more energy into the design of the rune circle.

That's right

Inspired by the mechanical golem, Wayne wanted to add runes to his sniper rifle to increase its performance.

At the same time, using the rune circle as the core can also provide more powerful kinetic energy to the sniper rifle.

Of course, he didn't choose runes like Sturdy Heart, he deliberately found two runes from Jerry's Codex.

One is a haste rune that increases the speed of a bullet, and the other is a burst rune that mainly increases the power of a bullet.

According to Wayne's vision, he could use other firearms to trigger the Death trait by using the sniper rifle's power to inflict damage on the enemy.

Especially monsters like the Helly Dog.

If it weren't for the summoning of the Claws of the Dead last night to deter the ghostly evil dog, with the super long lead time of that spell, it's really hard to say whether it would have been able to hit.

And with a sniper rifle, he doesn't have to be so troublesome.

In addition, due to the size of the revolver, Wayne did not choose to engrave a rune circle on it.

I'm only going to modify the Secret Division's standard musket to keep its potions-usable properties as much as possible.

Once these two guns are finished, he plans to make another Gatling-like machine gun that will take full advantage of the Death trait.

Well, the picture is a little abrupt...... He's a wizard.

If you really want to make a Gatling, you can use it for Zero, and I believe that with its size, it can completely control that style.

However, this is not without problems, and the biggest problem is in the ammunition...... The round bullets fired by the secret division were obviously not suitable for the new firearms.

Therefore, Wayne also deliberately designed the bullet.

At the same time, in order to avoid trouble, he decided to use the same caliber bullets for both new guns, and only need to spare a certain amount of time to replenish the consumption of ammunition in the future.

"Tsk, I hope that Zero can grow faster, and this kind of work can be handed over to it in the future."

Really, the black-hearted master belongs to the ......

You have successfully drawn the Rune of Haste. Special Rewards: +3 Survival Points, +1 Spirit Level. 】

【You successfully draw the Burst Rune......】

【……】

[Congratulations on obtaining a full-level rune knowledge, and your rune proficiency progress: 12/100.] Special Reward: Spirit Level +1. 】

After spending 20 survival points to increase both runes to the maximum level, he combined the Cornerstone (Reaper) rune and the spirit transformation rune to create a rune circle suitable for sniper rifles.

Looking at the newly designed sniper rifle drawings, Wayne nodded with satisfaction.

The gun is 1.5 meters long, the barrel is 50 centimeters, and the body part of the gun is nearly 80 centimeters long without the handle.

And in order not to be eye-catching, Wayne deliberately designed the shape of the sniper rifle not so exquisitely, but more in line with the style of this world.

The body of the gun is covered with gears, pipes, and decorative rivets, and the whole gun has a much rougher appearance.

And at the position where the gun body is close to the trigger, at the core of the rune circle, he also reserved a node for conducting the origin.

In this way, in the subsequent battles, he can use the power of the runes through the driver, which is also an attempt to equip the Zero with weapons in advance.

If this method is feasible, then the external weapons of the mechanical golem can be integrated into the whole, and the driver will be more convenient to operate.

With that done, Wayne checked the remaining materials for crafting the mechanical golem.

"Well, the materials are a bit bad."

In particular, the Thrall metal used to engrave the rune circle, he needed to buy a new supplement.

"Counting the 10 gold pounds that Claire traded, there are 14 gold pounds and 5 shillings left."

A pound of Saarland metal costs 18 shillings, and is expected to consume about 5 pounds, plus other metals and some auxiliary materials......

The cost of crafting this sniper rifle is 15 gold pounds, which is already equivalent to the price of a quarter of a mechanical golem.

Thinking of this, Wayne took out the blue and white chest and directly used all the gold pounds to exchange them for the crafting materials of the Enlightenment Elixir.

Although you can only make eighteen Enlightenment Elixirs, if you make them all into perfect-grade potions, you can also get nearly 60 gold pounds, which is enough to support you for a while.

"Make money, make money!"

Wayne didn't stop for a moment, and began to brew enlightenment potion, all for the sake of the new sniper rifle.

"Oh, you're so diligent early in the morning, you're really boring~"

The sudden voice made Wayne's hand tremble, and he looked at the subtle deviation of the characteristic fusion in the crucible, "Lady Claire, please don't suddenly appear when I'm working. ”

"Sorry sorry,"

Claire crossed her legs, sat on the work table and watched his movements with interest, "I have to say, you look very charming when you make potions~"

"Say ...... Speak"

Wayne pursed his lips, secretly distressing the two gold pounds he had lost, and the quality of this bottle of potion could only reach the excellent level at most.

"You seem to be in a much better mood?"

Claire smiled, obviously thinking of last night's injury, and said in a slightly dissatisfied tone, "You are really not cute at all." ”

"Looks like you were injured last night, you remember."

"Of course, that nasty old fellow, I must let him know the consequences of provoking me, I have ......"

Claire was indignantly halfway through her speech, stopped abruptly, stared at him with bright eyes, and asked seductively, "Are you concerned about me?" ”

"......," Wayne gave her a helpless look, "when I didn't say it." ”

Is this a concern? I'm just worried.

Worried that after her sudden death, there would be no wrongdoers willing to spend 5 gold pounds to buy a case file.

Well, that's it.

"I'm sure, you're just not cute at all." Claire snorted, "Have you read the relic?" ”

"I saw ......"

Wayne remembered what happened last night, and said angrily, "Where did you get that relic?" There aren't many Gonzales languages I know. ”

Not only could the proficient Gonzales be untranslated, but the content even caught the attention of the demon clown.

Not to mention the fact that he has consumed survival points, he also has to worry about the sudden visit of the demon clown...... No, it was a sudden attack.

"Can you read something?"

"It can only be seen that it is a history at the beginning of the Third Age, a huge empire called the Turing Empire."

"Turing Empire ......"

When Claire heard the name, she muttered to herself, her eyes brightened, "I knew this relic was not simple!" ”

"You know the empire?"

"I don't know."

Wayne: "......"

Ya, you don't know what you're talking about so sure?

"I only know that when it comes to relics from the beginning of the Third Age, they will not be simple things, and there must be a huge treasure hidden on them."

"Treasure?"

"Well, some knowledge that has been lost, or a few pieces of equipment that only exist in legends, etc."

Wayne was somewhat interested, but not so much. No matter how much knowledge you have, is it as neat as the inheritance knowledge you can gain after upgrading runes and potions?

As for the equipment...... Well, it shouldn't be as good as those forbidden items with unpredictable power.

"You haven't told me where you got this relic from?"

Claire was stunned, she didn't expect Wayne's reaction to be so flat.

"You don't care about it, in short, I guarantee that after you finish translating, you will definitely get far more than you imagined, and even not much less than me."

"Many transcendents in the current era have grown up through this, you don't think that everyone else can improve their strength by learning like wizards, right?"

This sounds familiar.

Oh, come to remember, Marco said something similar before.

Wayne Fox asked, "You also need to eat some flesh and blood food with special contaminating properties?" ”

He also thought that the Eternal Life Society was similar to the Church of the Dawn, following a transcendent system of faith.

“…… Don't mention that," a flash of disgust flashed across Clea's face, "Those transcendent bloodline inheritors are indeed disgusting enough in order to improve their strength. ”

"Oh, I think you've seen it."

"There are many people in the Eternal Life Society who are the best of the various transcendent families, and they are all ...... Well? Are you trying to get my information? ”

"Love to say it or not." Wayne kept moving in his hand, pouring the excellent enlightenment potion into the glass bottle.

Seeing his indifferent attitude, Claire licked her lips and said, "Anyway, you'll know sooner or later, so tell you some common sense in advance." Do you know how the Transcendent Bloodline came about? ”

How did it come about?

This Wayne really knew that there were many records about the family in the memories of his predecessor.

As mentioned above, the Lovt family's transcendent bloodline was acquired by its founder through an eerie ritual circle after he strayed into a ruin.

"Sacrificial ritual?"

"That's just the process of acquiring the Transcendent Bloodline, not the source of power. The truth is that they are all transcendent bloodlines that have been obtained by fusing flesh and blood with tainted properties. ”

Wayne's eyes flickered, "It's really ......"

He had speculated like this before.

The more obvious is the Captain Ariana of the Investigation Division, whose appearance when using his extraordinary abilities is a distortion entirely.

Well, the same goes for Marko's transformation of the Chaotic Blood.

"However, most of the transcendent bloodlines are now obtained in the old calendar, and at that time, many people gained bloodline abilities inherited from the previous era."

"Old calendar? Last era? ”

Claire had a rare serious expression on her face, "After the beginning of the old calendar, the chaotic period before the start of the new calendar, and the previous era was the fourth era. ”

"In fact, the old calendar lasted not for a short time, with a ...... of nearly 1,000 years"

Wayne's eyes froze slightly, "A thousand years? ”

Remember last night the clown said that 3383 years have passed since the beginning of this era, right?

A simple calculation shows that the old calendar lasted even longer than the new calendar, and the exact number is 1805......

But in Claire's mouth, there is only a thousand years, so what about the remaining eight hundred years?

"And how did the new calendar start?"

"New Calendar ......"

Claire's eyes flickered, and she said: "It's a bit far-fetched, in short, the transcendent family is not as glamorous as they show, but it is just a helpless move to survive." ”

“……”

Again, the speech is only half spoken.

The same was true of the last time about the Carly Saints.

Wayne scolded, "Looking at it this way, they are really pitiful. ”

"Pathetic? Do you think so? ”

"Huh?"

"Including our Eternal Life Society, there are differences in strength, but they are just means to survive and survive for inheritance."

"You're right." Wayne didn't want to dwell on her.

Claire gave him a deep look, "I'm looking forward to the day you join the Eternal Society!" Don't eat in the evening, I'll bring you something to eat. ”

With that, she jumped into the shadows and disappeared.

"Join the ...... of the Eternal Life Society"

Forget it, it doesn't sound like a good choice.

Wayne shrugged his shoulders, putting the question behind him and continuing to work on the Enlightenment Potion.

As for Claire's words, she will bring food back...... Just listen to it, didn't she pigeon last night?

It wasn't until nine o'clock that Wayne finished making all the potions, looking at the flickering perfect-grade enlightenment potion on the table, "It seems that the morning time is not to make a sniper rifle......

With that, he put all the potions into the space ring, packed up the workbench, and left the studio.

Wayne remembered the last time Franta had invited him to the small party in the Nightmare World, and it wasn't too late to sell potions at that time.

And the sniper rifle and revolver will be put on after the party.

It wasn't long before he made some breakfast and went to the attic to wake up Tina, who was still asleep.

"Tina, get up."

The white-haired girl didn't seem to notice that she had changed rooms, and after getting up, she washed up honestly, and ate breakfast quietly with the clown doll.

Wayne also called out the zombie lady who had been hiding in the bedroom and sat down at the dining table.

According to his idea, since he lives under one roof, he must be neat and tidy.

Looking at the crowd sitting around the table, Wayne laughed at himself as he ate the butter-braised snow mushrooms.

A cute-looking but withdrawn horror scourge, a demon clown doll that looks harmless but is a terrifying taboo.

And he, the Ghost Wizard with four Origin Descendants.

Relatively speaking, among the few people present, it is the undead creature who looks the most normal......

If you add to that the elusive Claire, this abode will be terrifying to most people.

"Gone, Sava."

Miss Zombie withdrew the gaze that had been on the white-haired girl, and bowed slightly: "Goodbye." ”

So he likes that......

Wayne took Tina out the door, and as soon as he locked the door to his residence, he heard an anxious voice behind him.

"Wayne!"

"Uncle Euan, are you back?"

It was Dr. Euan, who had been out for two days, who stopped him, and at this time he asked anxiously, "Don't talk about this yet, let me ask you, what about Carly?" ”

When he returned to the clinic in the morning, he found that Carly had not returned all night, and even the bed was cold.

Wayne remembered that he had noticed that Carly hadn't come back before nightfall last night, and casually comforted, "She went on a mission with Captain Lacey yesterday, so she may not have had time to come back." ”

"Out on a mission?"

Youan's face was a little calm, and then he said dissatisfiedly: "She's just a child, how can you let her live outside, I'll go to Yegor later." ”

"Don't worry, Captain Lacey's strength is very strong, and it will be fine."

What's more, the guardian knight has also been following, and Sister Carly is really in danger, and with Melbell's temperament, I'm afraid she has already made a big disturbance last night.

"That's not going to work, in case my Carly ...... No in case. ”

Euan snorted, and then noticed Tina who was following Wayne, squeezing out a slight smile on her face: "Meet again, is it called Tina?" ”

"She's a little scared."

Seeing that Tina didn't speak, Wayne explained in her place, "I'll see if Sister Carly is not there when I get to the secret department." ”

"Then please."

"Well, it's almost time, it's time for me to go to the Secret Division."

"Goodbye."

Looking at Wayne and Tina, who were walking away, thinking about what was next, Euan sighed.

I just hope Carly can stay safe in the Secret Division......

……

……

"Morning, Brother Marco."

Wayne took Tina into the office, where Marco was found with his legs crossed on his desk looking at the newspaper in his hand.

"Early."

"Aren't Lacey and Carly there yet?"

"I should have to wait," Marco said with a face peeking out from under the newspaper, "Wayne, you really shouldn't have left my ...... yesterday."

Poof.

Wayne couldn't help but laugh as he looked at his face bruised and his eyes swollen.

"Still laughing ......"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Lacey to arrive so quickly, and I didn't expect you to be there then."

Marco put down the newspaper depressedly, looked at Tina who was following Wayne, and said, "I knew that I would be better to Tina, and there is a contract, so I don't have to go out with this face." ”

"Huh? Do you want to ...... now?"

"Don't, don't,"

Marco hurriedly interrupted: "I'm just talking, although I have a very strong recovery ability, but I don't need a transcendent bloodline, and I am afraid all day long." ”

Wayne was a little disappointed, thinking that he could use this to get rid of the demon clown......

Squeak.

At this moment, the office door was pushed open.

Wayne and Marko looked at the visitor and saluted, "Minister Yegor." ”

"Didn't Lacey really come back? It seems that the situation over there is indeed not very optimistic. Yegor swept around with a cigar in his mouth, his gaze resting on Wayne, "Wayne." ”

"Minister, is there anything you need us to do?" Wayne asked, with a moving expression.

"You take Tina to support Lacey and them, in the northern part of the Idrisu neighborhood, where they should still be."

"Okay."

"In addition, Marco ......"

"Huh?"

"Your new partner is here, so you need to cooperate with her." Yegor smiled at Marko in a familiar way, and moved away to reveal the man behind him.

Marco saw the person clearly, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "...... Lydia, are you really here? ”

"You said I would come to the Secret Division, and of course I would abide by the agreement."

Lydia stuck out her tongue mischievously before she looked at Wayne and Tina, and bowed slightly to make an elegant aristocratic greeting, "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Lydia Ernst." ”

"Wayne, Wayne Loft, her name is Tina."

After Wayne introduced the two, he smelled a familiar perfume smell on her body, and couldn't help but look at Marco behind him and smiled.

It turned out to be the lady in the council hall...... Acquaintances.

"Okay, that's it for now, and we'll talk about the rest of the arrangements when Lacey returns."

With that, Yegor lazily walked out of the office.

It's really good, there is another newcomer in the logistics department, and the strength has grown a lot...... Well, there should be no substitutions for a long time.

"Marko, how did you get beaten like this?"

Lydia placed her things next to Marco and couldn't help but smile as she looked at his face.

"The ......"

"Did you provoke another young lady and be beaten up by their suitors?"

"Of course not," Marco said pleadingly, looking at Wayne, help, brother.

"Huh?"

Seeing him like this, Wayne had to interject: "Marco made a little mistake yesterday, and the gladiatorial fight with Captain Lacey became like this. ”

He didn't mention the city that never sleeps, nor did he make up random cases.

If you really want to say that, when Lacey comes back, she will be exposed.

And it is better to attribute the injury to a gladiatorial fight than to say that Lacey used violence to beat Marko......

"Sister Lacey? No wonder that's the case. Lydia rolled her eyes and said with a grin, "Marco, will you take me to the Natori neighborhood at noon?" ”

"Huh? What am I like? ”

"Hehe, you want to welcome me to the Secret Division?"

"Don't!"

"Then I'll tell my brother, you ......"

Without mentioning the two of them, Wayne packed up his things and took Tina out of the office.

I don't know what kind of trouble Lacey and the others have encountered, and they haven't come back all night......

PS: 800 years is just a beautiful misunderstanding, it doesn't mean anything else, don't think about it......

Well, I'll continue to write in the evening, and I won't necessarily be able to send it out, depending on the number of words, don't wait.

However, it is certain that the three chapters owed will be completed this week.

(End of chapter)