Chapter 121 The Clown’s Gift

"Falling, no, falling..."

The clown looked at the empty theater, the red light in his eyes getting brighter and brighter, and the smile on his face getting crazier, "Damn, why is a little thorny cutie like me dead?"

"You, it's you, something is wrong with you!"

"What's wrong with me?" Wei En looked at him innocently, his mind empty, not thinking about anything.

"There's something wrong with that musket of yours. There's something wrong with such a powerful weapon. There's a big problem!"

"gun?"

Of course Wayne has a problem with his sniper rifle.

This is a perfect combination of the mechanical technology of the previous life and the rune knowledge of this world. The power is naturally not comparable to that of muskets filled with gunpowder.

"Yes, that's the gun. How could it break through the defense of the little thorn?"

The demon clown instantly appeared next to him, grabbed his hand, put the sniper rifle in front of his eyes and observed carefully, murmuring: "There is a strange sense of beauty..."

Compared with the weapons of the Third Age, this sniper rifle looks very rough at first glance, but if you look closely, there are obvious traces of runes on it.

"Is this a rune weapon?"

"Well," Wei En didn't dare to let go. He was afraid that the clown would take the sniper rifle away, so he held it firmly and replied, "It shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Of course, of course not, it's just that few people use runes like this." The clown looked at Wayne thoughtfully: "A weapon combined with machinery...I believe more and more now that you can help me find Lilith. "

"No more talking about destiny guidance?" Wei En curled his lips.

"With the speed at which your strength is improving, sooner or later you will stand at the top of this world. By then..."

"Thank you."

Although Wayne had similar thoughts, he always felt a weird feeling when hearing it from the mouth of the demon clown.

It's like being targeted by something even more terrifying, and the difficulty of survival is directly escalated several times.

"This is your drop reward, take it."

The red light in the clown's eyes dissipated, revealing a pair of black eyes. I saw him take out a key from the breast pocket of his coat and put it in Wei En's hand.

"This is the key to this theater."

"Open the theater?"

Wayne looked at the golden key in his hand. It had a very simple shape and a black gemstone was inlaid in the keyhole. It was very delicate.

"You can enter here at any time, anywhere." The clown's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about something insignificant, "It is a reward I give you."

Wei En was stunned for a moment. Can he enter this theater at any time?

"You, Mr. Leonard, are you saying that I can freely enter and exit this theater? Physically?"

"That's what I mean,"

The clown waved his hand, looking a little bleak, "Let's go quickly, get out of here before I am still awake and change my mind."

"leave?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei En saw the key in his hand turning in a circle of its own accord.

This is?

Before letting go of the key, Wei En noticed that the surrounding scene was rotating rapidly, and his body also rotated and shrank into the key, disappearing in an instant.

After he left, the clown stood alone in the center of the theater, opening his hands as if to embrace the world, "Lilith, I will definitely find you."

"Young Mr. Wizard, treasure that key. It is the honor given to you by Arnold Lilith Leonard!"

"It's also an honor that belongs to Turing! Hahahaha... eh?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the clown suddenly opened his eyes, and some doubts flashed through his scarlet eyes. He looked at the empty space around him. Where were the people?

"I think you said glory just now?"

"Hip-haha... Glory? Why do you suddenly think of talking about this?"

The clown shook his head for a while, then slowly returned to Tina's world and was pinned to the ground.

Wuwuwu... Damn it, I don’t know when I can get out of here! ?

On the other side, Wayne felt that only a second, or less, passed before he returned to the living room of Montoya Manor.

"this……"

Wei En stared blankly at the golden key in his hand, which allowed him to enter and exit the theater freely... This sudden gift made him a little overwhelmed.

He didn't understand the clown's intention of doing this. Is it really just a reward?

After thinking for a moment, Wei En put the key into the space ring.

No matter what the Joker's plans were, he could not resist the temptation of free access to that theater.

That is another space different from the current world.

If he guessed correctly, the theater should not be threatened by red moon pollution.

And if he encounters a fatal crisis, he can also use it to hide in that theater...

From this point of view alone, the golden key is definitely a great gift!

Wayne looked at Tina, who was already sleeping, and the clown doll in her hand, and sighed softly.

Good guys, bad guys?

There doesn't seem to be much point in talking about this.

Because within the city-state, the kingdoms have no obvious moral constraints, but only barely maintain order... This world is really weird.

As for Wayne's departure and return, Santiago and others who were cleaning their filth on the second floor were not aware of it.

When they met again, their expressions became much more relaxed.

"Tina, are you asleep?" Santiago asked, sitting on the sofa opposite Wei En, looking at the white-haired girl curled up in Wei En's arms and sleeping soundly.

"She must be a little tired."

"A child." Hector said casually.

"I'm at her age and still receiving training from the family," Chirrut sighed: "I wanted to leave Custer and go to Clander, but I didn't expect to be assigned to the Secret Training Department."

"Isn't it good? Kelland is not as relaxed as here." Keitan, who teamed up with Santiago, said plainly.

Wayne glanced at him. This man seemed to rarely speak. He could count the number of times he had spoken from the moment they met until now on both hands.

The sense of presence is comparable to Tina.

"It's not that it's bad, it's just..." Chirrut glanced at Wei En and hesitated before saying anything else.

"Okay, take the time to rest." Santiago had no intention of letting him continue. He waved his hand and said: "We will set off on time in an hour."

"good."

…

…

At the same time, the core formation of Custer City State was located in the stone tower.

Lacey and Yegor were like overseers, sitting at the entrance of the stone tower, staring at the busy scholars around the high platform.

"...I found a problem. The texture here does not match the original design drawings."

"I have it here too, but the lines have been changed!"

"Professor Lin Qiaoya, please come over and have a look. Is there a rune node here before?"

"..."

As scholars advance, problems are exposed from time to time.

On the high platform, Alicia also moved her stiff neck, glanced around, and then walked towards Lacey and others.

"Alicia, do you have any more questions?"

"The big problem has not been discovered yet," Alicia looked at the three of them and muttered: "But there are many small problems."

"Can it be repaired?"

This is Lacey's biggest concern. If it cannot be repaired, every part of the city-state will be affected in a short period of time.

"It's hard,"

"Judging from the problems currently sorted out, in addition to the lack of rune nodes for detecting bone-eating mother worms, this rune array also lacks the function of the unused core node on the high platform, which is mainly responsible for opening the array's attack runes... …”

"Attack rune?"

Lacey was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with Yegor, and asked quickly: "Is it really impossible to activate it? If someone takes the opportunity to attack the city-state at this time, without the cooperation of the magic circle, the consequences will be disastrous."

Alicia shook her head, "I have checked it. Not only is there a problem with the core rune, but the surrounding lines connecting it have also been altered."

"This is really bad news." Yegor frowned and took a deep breath subconsciously before remembering that he did not light it in order not to affect the work of the scholars.

"So what can be done to fix it?"

"Unless the entire magic circle is shut down and the Clander side is asked to arrange for rune experts to come over as soon as possible, it is possible to repair the rune magic circle."

"Klande..." Lacey's expression changed slightly, and she shouted to the busy scholars: "Professor Lin Qiaoya, please come here."

Lin Qiaoya looked back at them and ordered the scholar next to her to continue checking, then came over and asked, "Any new discoveries?"

"Now we need to discuss the repair of the magic circle."

"oh?"

"Tell me." Lacey gestured to Alicia.

"Professor, the current magic circle cannot activate the attack runes and can only be repaired..." Alicia briefly explained the situation.

"That will have to wait..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lacey raised his hand and interrupted: "We already know that we have to wait for someone from Klanders. What I want to ask is how long will it take?"

"time?"

Lin Qiaoya looked at the eyes of several people staring at him, thought for a while and said: "In the afternoon, I submitted an application to the parliament. I'm afraid I will have to wait until tomorrow to receive a reply."

"Including the time to prepare for delivery to Kelland, it will take at least four days."

"Is there any other way to shorten this speed?" Yegor seemed to have thought of something, and his face became more solemn. "I am worried that something will happen to Custer during this period."

"No, at least there is nothing we can do. Unless Clander arranges the latest steamship, it will take them at least three days to reach Custer."

Yegor muttered, "Three days..."

Lacey looked at him and asked, "Is there anything you can do? Minister."

"Can you carry out the repair work if it is under the command of Kland's experts?"

"command?"

Lin Qiaoya was stunned for a moment, then thought about the feasibility of this method, her eyes lit up, "Yes, as long as they describe it clearly enough."

"you sure?"

"completely fine!"

"Then apply according to this method," Yegor nodded: "As long as the magic circle can be repaired, it doesn't matter whether they come to Custer or not."

"Okay, okay, I'll go back and submit an application to the parliament." Lin Qiaoya walked out of the stone tower with a face of joy.

If this matter can be applied for, his runes can be further improved, and in the future, the city of Custer will not need the support of experts from Clander.

After he left, Alicia whispered: "Well, actually I can do that too."

She also knew the benefits of doing so, so she wanted to get such an opportunity from the bottom of her heart, even if she didn't do it directly, she just participated in it.

"When he comes back, you suggest that everyone participate together."

"May I?"

Lacey raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course. I believe that Deputy Director Nifa will definitely help you fight for this opportunity when he finds out."

"Teacher..." Alicia looked tangled for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "If he doesn't agree, I will ask Teacher Nifa to help me."

"That's right, don't be afraid..."

Outside the stone tower, Carly and Melbell were guarding the outside.

"It seems there is a way to solve the problem, which is great." Carly said with a smile on her face.

"Tell me, who could do such a thing? I always feel that the Abyss Religion alone cannot reach this level."

"Your Majesty, I don't know."

Melbell stood next to her, looking at the top of his head from time to time, as if there was something he cared about there.

"Hope everything goes well..."

What they didn't know was that in the ordinary small building above them, Lin Qiaoya, who had just returned to the office, was lying in front of his desk with dull eyes.

There was a pool of blood under his body, which was spreading to the surroundings as the blood flowed out.

Next to him, a man wearing a black tights and a mask watched him die completely before calmly turning around and leaving.

Scholars are so smart, their brains are easy to use.

But sometimes being too smart is not a good thing, is it?

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…

When the bells of Krims Cathedral rang four times, the vast majority of people in the city of Castor had already fallen asleep.

The doors and windows were closed, and the room was illuminated by gas lamps or candles. The faint light resists the radiance of the red moon outside the window and avoids the erosion of pollution.

But there are also a few people rushing on this rainy night.

People from the Combat Department and Investigation Department of the Secret Adjustment Department carefully protected the lanterns in their hands while killing the parasites crawling out of the darkness, silently guarding the safety of the city-state.

Except for the Basil neighborhood, which was confirmed to be free of parasites, several gunshots could be heard from time to time in every other neighborhood in the city-state.

The most densely populated area was the Idrisu neighborhood in the north. Even with Abbott's strength, it took a lot of effort to find those parasites.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for him to believe that nearly one-twentieth of the people in the entire residential area were infected by bone-eroding worms.

These are all elites in the city-state, most of whom are irreplaceable technical experts...

"Minister, this place has been cleared."

"How much has been cleaned now?" Abbott stood expressionlessly in the empty space, letting the rain wash over his body, his eyes flickering.

"A total of 1,563 parasites have been killed so far."

"Well," Abbott nodded, took a deep breath and said, "Let's go to the Laos neighborhood."

Even though he didn't want to recall the scene he saw before, but...the mission must continue to be carried out, and Director Alais' efforts cannot be in vain.

As for the rest, just wait until daytime!

On the other side, Wei En and others were busy until four o'clock in the morning before joining Marco and the others.

"Santiago, did you clean up so quickly?"

Marcelo, a member of the fighting team with Marco, had a loud voice, and his body was even rougher than Santiago. He shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Shut up, idiot, are you going to wake everyone up?" Santiago shouted.

"I can't even care about you." Although Marcello suppressed his voice, everyone present could hear him clearly.

"Pfft..."

Lidia laughed, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean it, it's just that Marcello's voice was so, so nice, I couldn't help it... um."

Marco quickly went up to cover her mouth and said with a sneer: "Captain Santiago, she didn't mean to do it."

"Hahaha……"

It was okay that he didn't explain, but everyone laughed together with this explanation.

"You guys," Santiago shook his head helplessly, "check the Natoli neighborhood one last time and then return to the Secret Adjustment Department."

"Where's Basil's Quarter?"

"Don't go there for now. The situation is more complicated than imagined, but we haven't found any parasites."

"good."

Immediately afterwards, several people separated again and headed towards their respective mission targets, trying to eliminate all parasites.

[You use a musket to kill Shagdar Black (Bone Worm Parasite). Evaluation...Special rewards: Survival points +2, marksmanship +1. 】

【……】

[You use a musket to kill Tulio Vincent (Bone Eroder Parasite)...Special rewards: Survival Points +2, Gun Skill +1. 】

Ever since he left the manor, Wayne never let Zero kill the parasites on his behalf, and would even use muskets to kill monsters before Santiago and the others.

As he kills more and more parasites, his marksmanship experience is about to reach full value.

Gunslinger (957/1000)…(976/1000).

But until the red moon disappeared and the sky became brighter, he was still unable to fully upgrade his spear skills by killing parasites.

In fact, in the second half of the Natoli neighborhood, there were only a few dozen parasites that had slipped through the net.

"It seems that everyone is very responsible."

Wei En didn't pay too much attention. He had saved a lot of survival points during this period. He just wanted to find a convenient time so that he could add a few more spell skill levels to improve his strength.

At that time, it would only cost dozens of survival points, and he would be able to improve his spear skills by another level.

Although this is somewhat different from Wei En's initial expectations, during this period of time, he has gradually become familiar with and accustomed to the fighting method of using various firearms and combining spells.

I have to say - it smells so good.

Especially after he made the sniper rifle, he felt completely safe with one shot.

It even gave Wayne the illusion that he was very strong now.

Maybe he is really strong now...

"Mission accomplished, return to the Secret Adjustment Department!"

After checking the last manor in the Natoli neighborhood, Santiago breathed a sigh of relief and waved to indicate that everyone could go back.

"It's finally over."

"I don't know what the situation is like on the minister's side. With Director Alais taking action, I think the Laos neighborhood has been cleared out, right?"

"Hector, do you not believe Minister Abbott, or do you not believe Director Alais?" Chirrut said with a bad smile.

"...I believe it all."

Several people returned to the Secret Adjustment Department chatting and laughing. The mission was completed and a major crisis in the Custer City State was relieved. Everyone was in a good mood.

However, when they entered the Secret Adjustment Department, no one could laugh anymore.

"What? Director Alais died?" Santiago grabbed the guard's collar, veins popped out on his forehead, and shouted angrily: "Are you kidding? If you die, the director will not Something will happen!"

"I, I, wuwuwu..." There were still two traces of tears streaming down the guard's face, and he let him pull him without any intention of resisting.

"Captain Santiago, let him go. It's better to ask him clearly after we go back."

At that moment, Wei En's mental perception covered the entire Secret Adjustment Department.

Except for the holding area protected by rune barriers, everyone else gave him a feeling of decadence, and he could even hear faint cries.

There are various signs that something did happen in the Secret Adjustment Department.

"Yes, captain, go back and ask first." Kaitarn pursed his lips and said.

"Director Alais..."

After hearing his words, Santiago let go of the guard and quickly led the others towards the war headquarters.

Wei En didn't go with them. Director Alais was really dead?

Is it the same Mateo during the day, or someone else?

The deepest impression he had on Director Alais was at the last celebration held by the Church of Dawn and the Department of Secrets.

I remember that if Director Alais hadn’t interrupted Carly’s hymn, the Lord of the Dawn would have set his sights on the city of Custer.

It was tantamount to directly saving his life, well, including everyone else's.

How could such a person die so easily at the hands of the Abyss Sect?

Moreover, Director Alais is not here, so wouldn’t it be impossible to find the recipient of the letter that Claire asked him to deliver yesterday?

Why don't you take a look?

Thinking of this, he took Tina and went straight back to the Investigation Department office.

After letting Tina sit aside, Wayne took out the letter that Claire gave him. Is the stamp missing?

He saw the marks left by the torn envelope and thought thoughtfully: This shouldn't be written by Claire. How could anyone tear it open and read it again after writing?

Wayne took out the letter inside and read it. It was actually written in Gonzales?

Now, he was even more sure that this letter was not written by Claire, just that scumbag...

"Ales, my old friend, I'm sorry for taking so long to reply to you. I hope you don't blame me."

"Ever since that incident happened seventeen years ago, I have traveled to various city-states on four continents, but I still can't find them. Those people are like ghosts, disappearing completely."

"I'm sorry that I haven't been able to complete your commission so far. I hope that after hearing this news, you won't be hostile to me or our eternal life. In that case, I will have trouble sleeping and eating."

People from the Eternal Life Society?

He also accepted the commission from Director Alais to look for them. Who are they?

"I'm sorry, I can only investigate so much for such a long time."

"If you can't be angry anymore, vent your anger on the culprit who caused all that. I believe you know his identity - the Ernst family."

"I also don't have a good impression of the Glory Society, especially after knowing that the clown, a forbidden object, was provoked by them and went out of control."

"Finally, I look forward to your reply - your closest comrade-in-arms, Menor Vannis Stringer."

Ernst? !

Wei En's eyes narrowed. Does this name refer to the count family in Custer City State?

Thanks to book friend 20190929113029549 for the reward. Thank you very much.

Today is just one chapter. Tomorrow night is the start of the three-day weekend, so there will definitely be more updates.