Mystery Detective of the Steam World

Chapter 309 The Death of the Bloodline

Just as the burly man was killed, the two men who were running at full speed felt a sudden, sharp pain in their hearts. They then looked at each other in disbelief. They knew what this meant: their brother, who was connected to them by blood, had left this world forever!
How could it be so fast! ?
The two men were well aware of the strong man's strength, which is why they trusted him to cover their retreat. However, the reality was that he barely held on! He was killed in just a few moments.

The two exchanged a glance and made a decisive decision.

Split up!

The moment the thought crossed their minds, the two rushed into the two passageways, one to the left and one to the right. The bespectacled man sped forward, his speed now so fast he was practically a blur. He quickly rounded the corner and saw a window ahead—if he could just rush out of that window, he could escape this prison, and then these humans would never find him again!
Thinking of this, the bespectacled man sped up again. However, the next moment, a flash of silver light appeared, and the silver-armored knight appeared in front of the window, his sword raised straight up, stabbing towards the bespectacled man's body!
How come this guy is so fast!?

The bespectacled man had no idea that someone could be faster than him, but with every second counting, he had no time to hesitate.

Let's fight him!

Thinking of this, the bespectacled man did not slow down, but only slightly adjusted his angle, and charged towards the silver-armored knight, letting the greatsword in the knight's hand pierce through his body!
Anyway, he's a vampire, so he won't die unless it's a fatal wound. Besides, there might be other people outside, so we can use this silver-armored knight as a shield!

Thinking of this, the bespectacled man hardened his heart, grabbed the silver-armored knight, and rammed him towards the window!
However, at that moment, the bespectacled man noticed that a crack had suddenly appeared in the greatsword in the silver-armored knight's hand, and then…

"call---!"

Scorching flames erupted from it, engulfing both the silver-armored knight and the bespectacled man!

"I... damn it...!"

At that moment, seeing the flames rushing towards him, the bespectacled man just wanted to curse!
However, the moment he opened his mouth, a torrent of flames surged forth and entered the bespectacled man's mouth. The blade piercing his body also spewed flames, rapidly engulfing and charring his internal organs and muscles. In the blink of an eye, accompanied by a piercing scream, the bespectacled man was transformed into a giant fireball from the inside out, shattering the glass before plummeting to the ground with a thud, following the laws of free fall.

"Hmm, not bad, works quite well."

Sitting in his chair, Li Wei casually fiddled with the Silver Armor Knight with his left hand, while taking a sip of tea with his right. He looked as relaxed as a gamer playing with one hand while casually grabbing some chips and sipping cola with the other.

The Silver Armor Knight is the puppet that Li Wei plans to use as his main force now, since it's quite useful for dealing with those humanoid monsters. Of course, Li Wei also came up with many unscrupulous ideas to create this Silver Armor Knight.

The Silver Knight is different from a robot; it doesn't need a power source, cables, or a CPU. Simply put, you put a humanoid frame inside and cover it with armor. At most, you only need to pay attention to the joint rotation.

This thing doesn't even need fingers, because the gauntlets on typical knight's armor are similar to modern winter mittens, with only the thumb separated and the other four fingers together. Applying it to a doll would mean creating a separate thumb and replacing the other four fingers with a single, sturdy steel plate.

This created a problem: the silver-armored knights were practically empty inside. So, Li Wei figured he might as well stuff them with something… like the gun and the flamethrower sword that were previously placed in their heads – those were actually Li Wei's ideas. The silver-armored knight had a flamethrower fuel canister on its chest, with pipes running along its arms and connecting to the greatsword. There was also a bomb in the middle of its body.

If you sense something is wrong, just self-destruct!

After all, self-destruction is a man's romance!

Of course, only these puppet mechs can do this. If a human tried to do it, they might not know if the enemy would die, but they would definitely be doomed.

so close!

The man in the suit stood to the side of the door, looking at the fully armed soldiers and mechs outside, and gasped. As the leader of the trio, and also the most quick-witted, he didn't run out immediately. Instead, he took the opportunity to drink the blood of a waitress, put on her clothes, and transform into her appearance—this was one of the man in the suit's abilities; he could change into the appearance of the person he was drinking blood from. At least for now, from the outside, no one could tell he was a man in a suit; they would only see a pitiful girl, tears welling in her eyes, huddled in the corner.

In fact, the soldiers were quite polite to him. Clearly, they only regarded the man in the suit as a simple employee of the opera house. They did not beat him, but they also did not make him leave.

However, the guards on the men in suits were not very strict, since their attention was now entirely focused on the gangsters inside the opera house.

There are several hundred people involved; it's not easy to arrest them one by one.

But the man in the suit couldn't leave now either. He had already seen the situation outside through the window: fully armed soldiers had almost completely surrounded the opera house, including hound mechs and knight mechs... Damn it, I knew there was something wrong with Crowdo's exercise! If there's anywhere near Caesarblanca that could mobilize so many troops in such a short time, it would only be Crowdo!

But it's too late to say all this now. The army has already entered the city, and the man in the suit knows perfectly well that he and his companions are out of options.

For now, the only option is to pretend and wait, and then...

"Click, click, click..."

Just as the man in the suit was pondering his next plan, he heard footsteps. He instinctively turned his head and saw a silver-armored knight wielding a greatsword walking towards him.

What is this guy?
The man in the suit felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the silver-armored knight, but he quickly reassured himself, "Don't worry, it's alright. I'm currently disguised as a young girl, no one will notice anything amiss..."

"Click."

The silver-armored knight stopped in front of the man in the suit and looked down at him.

The man in the suit remained silent. He couldn't feel the other man's gaze, but the sight of this silver-armored knight standing before him, blocking his escape route, did indeed make him somewhat uneasy…

He swallowed hard, looked up, and gazed at the silver-armored knight.

"please-----"

"Shh-!"

Before the man in the suit could speak, the silver-armored knight didn't hesitate and cleaved him in two with his sword.

The latter's body fell to the ground, then quickly twisted and deformed, returning to its original shape.

"Well, so that's how it is."

On the airship, Li Wei, piloting the silver-armored knight, saw this scene and suddenly understood. He had been chasing after this remaining radiant soul and found it somewhat strange. Because in Li Wei's [Soul Vision], the suit-wearing man's soul hadn't chosen to flee, but was standing in a corner of the opera house, guarded by soldiers nearby.

What's going on? At first, Li Wei suspected that there might be some kind of conspiracy, or that this vampire had the ability to brainwash people and control the soldiers into his slaves, so Li Wei was quite careful on the way here.

When they arrived at the location, they couldn't find the man in the suit, but they did find a female waitress.

At the time, Li Wei's mind was also in a mess, but he believed that the soul would not lie. Although he didn't know why the soul and appearance were completely different people, he thought that if the soul was like this, the person must not be a good person.

Upon closer inspection after killing him, it was indeed the case.

but……………

Still no mission.

Li Wei killed all three bosses in the opera house, but the system still didn't issue a mission. It seems the key to this mission isn't with those three bosses.

That leaves only…

Li Wei turned his head to look at the castle on the other side, and then gave the order.

"Tell Henry to take a team to the castle and meet me there."

Soon, Henry, having received the order, led a team to surround the castle, and Levi also got off the airship and joined them.

"So, next we're going to have to deal with the real vampires?"

Anthony suddenly appeared, having completed his mission and now having nothing else to do, simply joining in the fun out of boredom.

"more or less."

"Should we attack immediately?"

Henry glanced at Anthony, then looked at Levi and asked, as a pure soldier, he only needed to obey orders.

"Hmm... I wouldn't really recommend attacking."

Although Levi didn't see many guards in the castle, he didn't forget the intricate underground passages. Levi had no interest in playing hide-and-seek with vampires in the catacombs, and doing so would surely result in heavy casualties.

"Then what should we do? Just blow this place up?"

Anthony offered another suggestion.

"It's probably useless."

Li Wei shook his head. The underground tomb is underground. Even if you blow up the entire surface, it won't do any good. It won't hurt the other side at all.

but……………

"I do have a way that might lure it out."

As he spoke, Li Wei took out the head of the jar and placed it on the ground.

"Everyone be careful."

Li Wei drew the Arbiter, loaded the bullet, aimed it at the head of the canister, and then pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

Gunshots rang out, shattering the glass on the can and releasing a strange-smelling liquid. Upon smelling the odor, everyone covered their mouths and noses and backed away.

Li Wei's lips twitched slightly, then he aimed at the brain in the jar—even though the solution had been poured out, the brain was still twitching…

Yes, as expected of a vampire's brain, its vitality is truly tenacious.

Li Wei stared at his brain and pulled the trigger again.

"boom!"

The next moment, my brain exploded and was then engulfed by raging flames.

"ah-----------!"

Almost at the same time, a scream that pierced the sky and almost covered the entire city suddenly rang out, so sharp that it felt as if fingernails were scratching one's skull.

At the same time, a system task prompt appeared in front of Li Wei's eyes.

The quest "The Death of Bloodlines" has been activated.

[Mission Objective: Completely eliminate Bloodline 0/2!]

　Finally, I'd like to ask for some monthly votes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)