Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

Inside the room, the half-human who was originally the contact person and his companions suddenly pointed their guns at him.

When those people burst into room 117, along with the sound of gunfire, Laiyale’s double died.

By the time those people rushed into room 117 and gunfire started inside, Laiyale saw the ancient building’s mechanical bodies suddenly appearing on the other side of the street. Their legless track transmission devices sprinting down the street, they then charged into room 117.

This made Laiyale choose to flee without hesitation—otherwise, he’d truly be waiting for death.

Leaving Naples, Laiyale had deliberately used a local drunkard’s appearance to cast an Illusion Technique over himself, and Sylea did the same—the combination of a young man and a fairy girl was too conspicuous, whereas a drunkard and his daughter looked much more normal. Moreover, the drunkard’s pocket contained two train tickets. Since they were leaving Naples, nothing could be faster and safer than taking a train.

Besides, train tickets were anonymous; who would know if a drunkard and his daughter were fakes?

So, Laiyale and Sylea eventually escaped to safety.

But over the last two days, he had been troubled by one question—why did the ancients want to kill him? Was it their own idea to betray him, or was it the proxy’s intention to kill him as a scapegoat?

Why did the mechanics in the ancient buildings of Naples know about room 117? Laiyale didn’t believe that mechanical bodies from across half the city would come to exercise their law enforcement powers.

Those guys must have come for the statue and that egg. Who were they, exactly? He had come into contact with the egg; could it have left a mark on him?

Therefore, Laiyale got off the train between Rongma and Naples, and stayed in the small town of Rocasecata for four days—Sylea rented a place to stay from a local half-elf family, while Laiyale checked into an inn on the other side of town.