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

Hearing his sons echo the response of his eldest, the old man sighed — how foolish they were, were these children really his?


Why could not they even surpass their younger brother? Why were they all so eager to rush to their deaths?


"Our collaboration with Lord Malin will be bonded through Lulu, who will marry Lord Malin. Her child with Malin will be the next patriarch of our family,"


"How can the future of the family be entrusted to an outsider!"


The old man sighed deeply, withdrew his hand, and took a report from his butler that the man who had just plastered his fourth son into the wall was holding: "Malin Gaiate, yesterday at dusk, beheaded the fearsome God-chosen champion Mendelson outside Sim Port. According to the intel, he himself is the God-chosen champion of the Lord of Justice and... seems also to be the God-chosen champion of the fearsome, for he wields two weapons at once."


Chapter 509: Crime and Punishment (Part One)_3