Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 461

Never forget why you started

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Faced with these two skills, Li Wei thought for a moment and ultimately chose [Infinite Control].

Judging by its description, [Soul Legion] was essentially meant for frontal assaults. But with Military Intelligence Section Seven backing him, Li Wei could simply call in reinforcements whenever he was short-handed. There was no need to make a whole bunch of Dolls himself.

Besides, human-wave tactics really weren't much use in this day and age. So what if you were a sharpshooter? One blast from a cannon would kill you anyway. It would kill a whole bunch of sharpshooters, too.

It was only natural that sheer numbers couldn't beat explosive yield.

[Infinite Control], however, was different. All Li Wei needed to do was leave a Doll at home, and it would be like placing a ward there, letting him return to base whenever and wherever he wanted.

After all, he was a Knight. Invincibility plus Hearthstone was a Knight's standard skill combo, okay?

Of course, this meant Li Wei could control no more than ten Dolls at once. But he had also discovered that there was actually a loophole in that restriction.

And that loophole lay in [Shifting Positions].

Li Wei had noticed something long ago: when using Shifting Positions, he could swap places with his creations. That wasn't strange.

But every time he went over, he still had his clothes on. In other words, [Shifting Positions] transferred not just Li Wei, but the clothes and weapons he had with him as well.

That had given Li Wei an idea. Suppose I pack a bunch of Dolls into a box, then swap that box with a target object. What exactly gets swapped? Just the box? Or the Dolls inside it, too?

After testing this idea, Li Wei had put it to use against the

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