Half-step Purgatory

Durin stroked the black cat on the armrest of his chair, sitting on the black leather sofa. Through the glasses perched on his nose, his gaze passed over the long table in front of him and settled on the man kneeling on the carpet:
"I understand, you've made money in Naples, your business has been very successful, and you've led a happy life. You've had those secret police, friends in both the law and the underground, and even the Royal Family speaking on your behalf."
"You don't need a friend like me, I know that. You're afraid of owing me a favor, and you don't want to get involved in troubles."
"But now you come to me and say, 'I beg you, Mr. Durin of the Corleon family, please help me seek justice, so that my life and my family will not suffer and sink into despair.'
Yet, in your eyes, I was nothing more than a second-rate artist involved in movies and music. Even at the brink of death, you still show me such disrespect, not even willing to call me by my title... Keeper of Secrets."

Durin's Diary

"Why have you come back again?" Lirin was utterly confused.


Durin didn't say much, but called over the Dean and Lirin, and started drawing up the formula on the spot.


Shiyi had the production process, ranging from a miniaturized giant bomb with a weight of five tons to a twenty-ton giant one; the explosive mixtures were all there. For parts where mechanical engineering couldn't keep up, let a mage fill the gap. If all else failed, let Durin mold it into one piece—I believe such devices will soon benefit the Eastern Front and bring endless surprises to the Otherkind.


The former could achieve a lethal effect equivalent to 40 tons of TNT, the latter even more powerful. Within the kill radius, everyone has to roll a dice that dictates their fate, not by the heavens.


Except that this dice is lead-filled, and every side is a critical failure.


After Durin finished drawing, Lirin looked at him and was silent for a while, "Did you just come up with that yourself?"


Chapter 173: Divine Doctor