Half-step Purgatory

For a long time, Malin always felt that Fate had been quite generous to him. Although he had to face that life-threatening job every day, as long as he had the lovely Leopard Girl cooking delicious food for him daily, and as long as there was meat to eat and cats to stroke, life wasn't too unbearable. Working a bit harder and facing some difficulties on the job weren't really an issue for a man.
Moreover, being able to live two lives meant one shouldn't have too high demands, right, Mr. Different-Kind?
Having said that, and without waiting for an answer, the young man snapped his fingers, and the white flame on his fingertip lit the tobacco in his other hand, then he flicked it towards the non-human entity on the stake.
Welcome to Abield, to witness the last splendor of the steampunk era.
And the madness.

Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

Malin left the matter of the lady to Xibion to handle and returned to the royal villa, beginning preparations for the upcoming tasks—the local Goddess of Harvest Church was experiencing some trouble of late—nightwalker banshees have been appearing in the large farming estate to the south, resulting in three dead farmers and two Demon Hunters. The farmers were the initial victims, and the young Demon Hunters, thinking they were dealing with ordinary banshees, which generally speaking would be a sure victory for new Demon Hunters (Malin himself had vanquished one during his Apprentice phase when prepared).


However, the nightwalker banshee was different; emerging from the outer planes of Chaos, it possessed human-like intelligence and was extremely dangerous. There was almost no difference in appearance between it and ordinary banshees, but the level of threat was incomparable.


Section 425: Roman Holiday (Part 3)