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

Old Francis waited until three in the afternoon, but he did not get to see Master Malin; instead, emergency team members arrived.


With their explanation, Old Francis figured out everything that had happened in the town—Chaos, corruption, his Apprentice Roben had ultimately not escaped the twisted fate of mutation.


Fate once again snatched away the person he cherished most from before Old Francis.


Old Francis was heartbroken, but what pained him even more was that Master Malin and his mechanical body had stayed there. Could he defeat Roben, could he purify it, could he come back alive?


Old Francis didn't know. He promptly contacted Todd Spencer, who was powerless—he wasn't adept at opening teleportation passages, so the two of them sought Raglov Dender, a Mage who immediately began preparing the coordinates to open a portal to a Mage Tower owned by a lesser mage near the town, but the teleport failed.


Section 519: Scenery of Light (Part 2)