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

Chapter 457 My Poor Father~
In the theater space, in the dim auditorium, only vague black shadows can be seen, like ghosts.

On the stage, a spotlight was projected on the center. Arnold Lilith Leonard, wearing a red dress and a top hat, still had the broken clown mask on his face.

——A big red nose, red lips showing a brilliant smile, bloodshot eyes staring at Wei En, a sharp and hoarse voice, with mixed tones, he said:
"Good night, Wizard Wynn."

"Long time no see, Mr. Arnold."

Wayne was a little surprised. Since the "Deep Sea Doomsday", he had never seen the "Devil Clown" appear again. The clown doll seemed to stay beside Tina silently.

"Have you been sleeping during this time?"

"No, no, of course not."

Arnold stretched out a finger and waved it in front of his eyes three times. On his pale and wrinkled clown mask, which looked like it was broken, there was an exaggerated smile, a huge red nose, and blood-red lips stretched to his ears.

"I'm thinking, just thinking."

Wei En raised his eyebrows, walked calmly to the dining table, extended his hand and made an invitation gesture, indicating that he should sit down and talk.

"Mr. Arnold, can you tell me what you are thinking about?"

Arnold stood on tiptoe, and his tall figure spun lightly and gracefully twice, like a ballet dancer, and sat down opposite him.

Snapped.

Arnold snapped his fingers, and a bottle of wine appeared on the dining table. He raised his hand and two glasses slowly appeared in front of the two of them. He picked up one, poured a thin layer of wine, and shook the bottom of the glass gently with his fingers.

Wei En took a look and a bottle of wine flew over, floating in the air and poured a little wine into the glass in front of him. Then the glass began to sway by itself, like a servant dancing to please him.

The two of them made no sound from their actions. It was so quiet that one could even say it was silent, making the empty theater silent.

"Ah~Praise my damn father."

"He was stupid and bloodthirsty, but he did one good thing - he produced this bottle of fine wine."

Arnold did not answer, but took a sip of wine, a funny look on his face, and said in an exaggerated tone:
"Wizard Wayne, do you know?"

"When I woke up, all I could think about was digging up my father's body and tearing it into pieces."

"But I know I can't do it. Guess why?"

Wei En picked up the wine glass and took a sip, tasting a hint of mellow bitterness on his tongue, followed by a sweet aftertaste.

He did not respond to the clown, but just quietly acted as a qualified listener.

"Because of my poor father, he died without a sound, but in an extremely tragic way, the kind of tragic death that makes people feel refreshed every time they think about it."

"His head was cut off, his limbs were cut off, his flesh was crushed into cakes, and his bones were crushed into slag."

"Hehehaha... That's right, that's right~ This is what my dear mother does. She always does unexpected things, doesn't she?"

Arnold waved his free arms and said these words with a laugh, but his face did not change at all. He was like a wooden man, and his words and actions did not match each other.

But Wayne could sense the mockery, sadness and confusion in his tone. Perhaps he went crazy when he learned about this.

Come to think of it, it was the first time he heard the "Devil Clown" mention his father, Carol Leonard, the founder of the Turing Empire.

Arnold's eyes swung around unfocused for two seconds before falling on him again. "Do you remember what you promised me, Wizard Wayne?"

Wayne paused, then pinched the bottom of the glass with his fingers and shook it twice.

"Looking for your mother, Lilith Horacio Leonard?"

"Ahaha, you still remember!"

Arnold stood up suddenly, his body stretched like a spring, his whole face across the dining table, almost touching Wayne's face, and his red nose pressed against his nose tip.

"But why haven't you found her yet?"

"Can you tell me the reason, Wizard Wayne?"

Arnold asked in a cold voice without a trace of emotion, his blood-red eyes staring straight at Wayne's red eyes.

"It takes time." Wayne replied calmly.

"Time, ha, time." Arnold's mouth opened again and he said mockingly, "Wizard Wayne, you are dishonest."

"You forgot the promise you made, forgot the friends who fought alongside you, forgot who helped you revive Tina, and who helped you solve your doubts..."

"it's me!"

Arnold almost shouted the last two words, and his hoarse roar echoed in the empty theater.

A moment of silence.

Wei En put down his wine glass, put his hand on his face and pushed him away, and said in a calm tone:
"Mr. Arnold, I will do what I promised you, and I will do it very quickly."

"Before that, I want to know why."

"What did your mother, Lilith Horacio Leonard, do to make you so angry?"

Arnold opened his hand, sat back down, and stared at him for a long time with his bloodshot eyes, like a motionless clown sculpture.

It was not until Wei En became impatient that he spoke:

"Wizard Wayne, please help me find her. Once you find her, you will know the reason."

"Please!"

Wei En's mouth twitched slightly. It was the first time he heard a request being made in such a tone. Was it similar to a threat?
"it is good."

"I hope fate still favors you."

After saying that, Wei En pointed his finger at his forehead, and an origin sub-body flew out - the one that belonged to the destiny divination system.

The next second, the Gonzales language was recited smoothly by the original body in a complex and awkward tone:

"Luo, Sijin, To."

The spell [Destiny Guidance] takes effect.

Two circling clocks appeared in Wayne's eyes, the minute hand moved forward two spaces and the hour hand rotated one space.

Endless galaxies stretch across the void.

Wei En walked slowly and stood silently on the "River of Destiny", his eyes fixed on the end of the river. The clock face was looming in his eyes, and the dazzling golden light was projected on the river, lighting up several stars.

In fact, Wei En has not used the fortune-telling system spells very often since he learned it.

Most of the time, it was the "River of Destiny" that actively conveyed warnings to him through the marks, just like the warnings about the massacre of the "Source Soul Seed" on the southern continent and the entrapment of Waklav during the "Apocalypse at Sea".

There were only a handful of people who could actively cast the [Fate Guidance] spell like this, and the "River of Fate" seemed to know what he wanted in his heart. On the several stars that were shining actively, virtual screens appeared one after another.

The images on the screen played one by one. When the scene switched, a noble lady in a red dress appeared. She wore a jeweled crown on her head and her dress had a high collar and a low cut. She was dressed gorgeously and elegantly.

"She is Lilith Horacio Leonard?"

Wei En had the impression that he had seen a description of her on the epoch relic that Claire had given him - the Lady of the Night Lilith had given her the gift of using her own name.

The reason for this is that after the end of the Second Era, Carol Leonard, the founder of the Turing Empire, proposed to the Lady of the Night, the Master of the Silver Moon.

While Wei En was recalling the information about the Queen of the Turing Empire, he was watching the guidance given by the "River of Destiny".

"Eastern Continent... No, the church of the Red Moon Church is in the Western Continent?" Wayne looked at the background in the picture thoughtfully, guessing the current identity of Queen Lilith Horacio Leonard.

In addition to the obvious Red Moon Church, the image that appeared on the third star also caught his attention.

——That was the scene when he met Lilith Horacio Leonard, and Tina also appeared in the picture.

However, Wayne knew clearly that the white-haired girl inside was not Tina, with whom he lived day and night, but "Lady Disaster" Tina Lilith Leonard.

"Queen Lilith, 'Ms. Disaster', and Mr. Clown, now the family is complete."

Wei En's lips curled up, thinking that it would be very interesting when a similar scene appeared, and he felt a little happy.

Soon the image playback was completed. Wei En did not leave immediately, but thought about the next trip to the East Continent and continued to look at the "River of Destiny".

However, this time, the starry sky remained indifferent.

"..."

Wei En raised his eyebrows and did not insist. He cancelled the effect of the [Destiny Guidance] spell and his consciousness left and returned to the theater space.

What he didn't know was that after his figure disappeared, a pair of blood-red eyes quietly appeared above the "River of Destiny" with a slight smile.

"Dear Wizard Wayne, have you found anything?"

The clown leaned lazily at the dining table, shaking his wine glass in one hand, and asked.

Wei En nodded, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then said calmly: "She is in the Western Continent, and I need some time to get there."

"Western Continent? Ha, mother is really cruel." The clown sneered, and was silent for two seconds, then changed the subject: "You decide the time, but I hope it will be as soon as possible. After all, you know that my patience is about to run out."

Wei En hummed and curled his lips slightly.

Now he is no longer a small investigator of the Caster city-state, but a great wizard with strength comparable to that of a demigod, who is about to be promoted to a legendary one.

He firmly believed that even if the "Devil Clown" lost control, he would not be able to hurt him.

The Joker seemed to believe this more, but he was just unwilling to admit it.

The two drank in silence. Ten minutes later, Wayne ordered them to leave: "Mr. Clown, is there anything else you can help me with?"

The clown looked up at the roof of the theater. Unlike the others, his face was almost level with the stage, with his huge red nose pressing against his face and pointing upwards.

"Tina doesn't have much time left."

Wei En frowned and looked at him unhappily.

"It's not funny."

This time when he came to the Northern Continent, he did not bring Little White Hair with him, but let her stay on Alexei Island. Mitra and Claire could take good care of her.

"You know, I never joke," the clown was still looking up, his red nose blocking Wayne's view, making it impossible to see his eyes.

"My sister should have found a way to return to this original world. I can feel it!"

"What do you think the first thing she's going to do when she gets back?"

Wei En suddenly realized.

He suddenly thought of the scene he had just seen on the "River of Destiny". It turned out that "Lady Disaster" came at that time.

Western Continent...Red Moon Church?
wrong!

Wayne vaguely remembered that a few days after he dealt with the Sun God, the three chief wizards, Vaklav, Velosa and Ragnar, told him something before they left.

While he was fighting fiercely with the Sun God, the other gods all did something secretly to a greater or lesser extent.

"Lady of the Storm" Bertolis appeared in the Storm Church in the city-state of Caster, apparently preparing for her advent.

"Lady Red Moon" descended on Red Moon Island through Kimberly, the leader of the Red Moon Church.

The "Lord of the Dawn" Orpheus went to the East Continent and found the "Lady of Disaster" Tina.

Afterwards, Wayne sent people to the city-state of Mendesai to look for the "Lady of Disaster", but they couldn't find even a trace of her.

"So, you want me to kill her too?" Wei En asked seriously.

"..."

The clown suddenly lowered his head and stared at him with his scarlet eyes.

After a few seconds, he grinned and said jokingly, "That's better!"

"My poor sister, she has been cursed by Turing since she was born, and this often troubles me."

"Of course, not only me, my brother, but my mother also hates her."

Wayne did not comment. In fact, he used his expertise to go back to that time and space and saw what "Lady Disaster" looked like - she was perverse, moody, and he believed that no one would like a girl like that.

"Time flies," the clown raised his wrist, looked at the sleeve above, stood up and said, "Goodbye."

Before he finished speaking, he put on a half-top hat, which was rare, bowed slightly, and disappeared from the stage.

Wei En watched him leave quietly, waiting for the fluctuations in the theater space to subside, then he picked up his glass and said with a smile:

"Cheers!"

Drink it all in one gulp.

After simply cleaning up the wine on the table, Wayne thought for a moment, walked straight to the work area, and pushed open the studio where Sharapova and Zero were.

"...So you should listen to me!" Zero's voice showed emotional fluctuations and anger.

"No," Miss Zombie still spoke in a stiff and cold tone with obvious stubbornness: "Zero, you can't just follow the script forever. Creativity is what you should do!"

Two legendary undead creatures stood silently behind Sharapova, confronting the four mechanical puppet creatures opposite.

It wasn't until Wei En opened the door that Zero seemed to have found a life-saving straw and said aggrievedly:
"Dad, Sister Sharapova is preventing me from completing the task you assigned me."

The three mechanical puppets behind him nodded vigorously. Thanks to the gears and metal masks on their faces, they could make such complex and vivid expressions.

"Wayne, you're just in time!"

Sharapova came over angrily. She was no longer wearing the skirt that Wayne had given her in the city-state of Caster. Instead, she was wearing a tight blue work suit that made her figure look more slender.

After completing all the experiments on the mechanical undead, Sharapova was the biggest beneficiary—directly entering the legendary level!

Not only the undead body, but also the mechanical core and rune board are the best.

So much so that Sharapova now looks not like a mechanical undead at all, but more like a slightly alive zombie.

Or rather, someone who is slightly stiff.

"Please, now, immediately, order the Zeros to innovate and improve the [Rapid Storm]!"

"..."

Wei En looked at the zombie lady who was about to go berserk and covered his forehead helplessly.

It seems that the mechanical undead experiment needs to be improved sometime.

At least it can't change the character of the original undead creature... maybe?
(End of this chapter)