Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

According to the intelligence from Emet Selk, the child was a standard bearer of Shaping Spell Talent, flames couldn’t harm him but instead strengthened his power, and in his despair, he finally mutated, killing the villagers using flames as well.

Therefore, equipment with resistance to Spell Formations became the focus for Malin to choose for the girls, as the opponent was a mutated owner of Shaping Spell Talent, it was quite obvious that he was strengthened in the aspect of spellcasting as well.

Thus, firearms with a range beyond that of spells became the best choice.

Malin went to the workshop and got ten rifles, and he, with three girls and a team of six Punishers, was ready.

With the aid of a Punisher familiar with the local terrain, who marked the area on the map, Malin understood the specific location—the incident happened to the north of where Malin’s group had fished out Giselle’s brother in the Black Forest, Creek Village, an enormous place in name, with a population of roughly 200 people. It was the midpoint between Carterburg and the town of Dadani in the North, a lawless area. The villagers were nominally under Dadani town, but they had always paid taxes to Carterburg and enjoyed the assistance from that side. Dadani Town would not likely send anyone to help them, and the mutated child would not run north; he had already mutated, and instincts would not lead him into the wilderness, only toward the forest to hide with his master.

There, he might call upon Chaos, so it was imperative to find him as quickly as possible... before the kid turned into a mere coordinate.

Once prepared, Malin obtained the coordinates of the village from the Punishers, confirmed the wilderness situation through satellite imagery, pulled a teleportation channel, and the exit was at the top of a small hill outside the village. The teleportation channel hugged the turf, surprising the unsuspecting Punishers—blind opening of a teleportation channel with such precision was something only a legendary figure could achieve.

Thus, knowledge really can change everything, pity it’s all thanks to a certain parrot.

The fires in the village had been extinguished, and a team of Church Proxies and Punishers were treating the injured and searching for survivors. When they saw Malin and his group approaching, a responsible young man came over and saluted, "Lord Malin, what brings you here?"