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

Although Malin wasn't sure if the half-humans would abandon them, he at least couldn't let them be trapped in a deadly situation without a means of escape.


Then, leading the way with the Punishers of the Church of Justice, two half-humans covered Lulu—the Night Watcher girl whom Malin most wanted to send away. But to his surprise, she firmly refused to leave, claiming that even in the face of death, a Night Watcher must witness the end of the person they followed.


If there was a road to heaven you wouldn't take, Malin could only lead the girl to a hell with no doors to enter.


The bones in the corridor were checked and found to be very fresh victims, probably adventurers who entered the ruins in the same batch as Jon, unfortunate enough to stumble into a nest of zombies and ultimately becoming an extra meal.


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