Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 442

An omen of plague

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This was hardly the first time Li Wei had encountered the All-Seeing Eye's engraving, but seeing it still excited him every time.

Especially since this one was at the bottom of a lake. If Li Wei hadn't drained the water, there would have been almost no way to get inside. That made imagining what might be in there all the more fun.

"Are there any legends about this place connected to the Holy Lord Church?"

"I really haven't heard of any."

Ovelia shook her head at Li Wei's question.

"But I can have someone ask the people in the nearby villages. They might know more about this place."

As she spoke, Ovelia beckoned over a police officer and gave him a few instructions. He nodded and left. Then Ovelia turned back to look at the stone door before them.

"What do you think is in there?"

Ovelia sounded more resigned than excited as she asked. Understandably so. Li Wei still remembered the Monastery they had discovered up in the snowy mountains, where a whole bunch of monsters were being raised. Annie had been thrilled, but as the lord of Delicate, Ovelia could hardly sleep soundly knowing that a flock of monsters was flying around her territory.

And now they had dug up another one... underwater, no less.

Ovelia didn't even dare imagine what might be inside.

"Nothing good, that's for sure."

Li Wei stared at the stone door. Through [Soul Sight], he could see a red aura behind it. However, the aura was some distance from the door, quite possibly below it...

Little Black was also pacing around the edge of the pond, eyes fixed on the stone door. Seeing Little Black suddenly reminded Li Wei of something. He beckoned someone over and said a few words, and the person

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