Struggle in the Steam Age

In the morning, the bright sunlight poured into the bedroom. Lawrence opened his eyes in the sunlight. Even after sleeping all night, he still felt sore all over his muscles and wanted to lie down for a while.

Thinking back to yesterday as the first day when I came to this world, school, operating room, saving people, getting rich, buying guns, and obtaining very effective spear skills... everything was like a dream. But whether it's the slightly sore wrists and shoulders or the pistol on the bedside table, it shows that all this is not a dream.

Sighing slightly, Lawrence got up from the bed, took the washbasin from the washbasin stand, and went out to wash in the bathroom outside. When he finished handling these things and went downstairs to eat, a postman brought him a letter.

"Thank you!" Lawrence continued to eat his own breakfast after receiving the letter, and did not return to his room until he drank the last sip of tea and opened the envelope.

This letter was sent by Baron Gonzalez. In the letter, the baron told Lawrence that all preparations are progressing steadily. If there is no accident, the expedition team will enter the site in ten days and begin to investigate the underground area north of Eagle Fort. The ruins are inspected. At the end of the letter, a location was attached as the location for the expedition team to gather ten days later.

"That means I still have ten days to prepare." Lawrence said to himself after reading the letter. "I remember I was supposed to have a medical kit with me when I entered school, and it was just ready for use."

Thinking of this, he walked to the side of the cabinet and opened the cabinet door, bent down and opened some clothes, and took out a black box from the bottom of the cabinet, which was wrapped in black leather and reinforced with brass sheets at the eight corners.

After opening the box, Lawrence found that the inside of the box was divided into small grids separated by thin wooden boards, and the grids contained large and small glass bottles.

"Let me see—" He looked at the bottles and cans in the box with curious eyes. In his memory, he would use this box on average once a week or two, mainly for people who came to the tavern for help. Provide medical services of a charitable nature. Also because of this approach, the surrounding resident Lawrence has a good impression.

But after carefully examining these medicines and comparing them with the medical common sense in his memory, Lawrence felt that at least half of these things should be replaced to suit him.

"Laxatives, internal holy salt obtained from the Church of Knowledge. And medical instruments such as lancets and tweezers must be kept." He muttered while checking. "

"But it's better to throw away the blue pills that claim to be able to cure cholera, liver disease, flu, and rheumatism. There is magic in this world, and extraordinary people can indeed use mercury as a raw material to make potions with various miraculous effects. .But something as simple as adding mercury to a potion would just give the user mercury poisoning—”

After cleaning for a long time, the box was more than half empty. After deciding what to leave behind, Lawrence found that he needed to spend a lot of time today on refilling the box. "

"In addition to preparing the necessary medicines and tools as an expedition doctor, I think I may need to further strengthen myself." Lawrence thought seriously after closing the lid of the box.

"The attack on me before was largely related to this expedition. However, after accidentally saving Baron Gonzalez, I successfully entered the expedition team. The mastermind behind the scenes is likely to attack me again because of this. So I need It’s all about improving your own strength.”

"So today I'm going to purchase the potions needed to be the doctor of the expedition team, and at the same time go to the Temple of the Church of Knowledge to ask Priest Carter to recommend a place where I can practice fighting."

Priest Carter was a friend of Lawrence's adoptive father when he was training at the headquarters of the Great Salt Lake Temple of the New World Church. After Lawrence came to this city four years ago, his adoptive father wrote a letter asking Priest Carter to take care of him.

Because of the letter of introduction, Lawrence has always kept in touch with the local Church of Knowledge. For example, in his spare time, he would take time to volunteer at a charity school affiliated to the Church of Knowledge, and increase his reputation in the Church of Knowledge. That's why he was able to get part of the holy salt at an internal price.

After going downstairs for a breakfast of sandwiches and tea, Lawrence asked Aunt Susan, for a nickel, to boil all his gauze and bandages in boiling water for half an hour and dry them in the sun. After that he left the tavern and went straight to St. Gutenberg's Cathedral, the Church of Knowledge in Eagle Castle.

This church is located next to the Municipal Library, and it is a building that looks very similar to the Bauhaus style on earth. This is because according to the oracle of the God of Knowledge, only knowledge is the most precious thing, and everything else should be kept simple. Therefore, compared with the Church of the Lord of Dawn or the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, the church buildings of the Church of Knowledge are often much simpler.

The whole building is a simple off-white color, and the projection of the front facade is a regular rectangle. A circular dial is inlaid in the middle of the height of the facade, and on both sides are two rows of brown transparent glass windows.

Lawrence walked into the church with a group of people who were about to pray, but instead of going straight down the corridor into the main hall like the others, he turned left into a corridor.

After turning a few turns along the corridor, he came to the door of a side hall by stepping on the sunlight shining on the ground through the glass window on one side. At this time, a priest wearing a black robe, wearing a quill and a parchment holy emblem pendant on his chest blocked him.

"So it's you, Brother Lawrence." After seeing clearly the face under the brim of Lawrence's hat, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old apprentice priest greeted him happily, "Are you also here to see my teacher today?"

"Good morning, Peter, I'm here today to see Priest Carter for something." Lawrence also recognized the identity of the trainee priest in front of him. A few years ago, Lawrence met this kid named Peter in a charity school affiliated to the church. After he was very smart, he was recommended to Priest Carter.

Unexpectedly, after the inspection, Priest Carter found that Peter was very talented as a priest, so he recruited Peter, who was only ten years old at the time, into the church. It changed the fate of Peter, who was an orphan before, which is why he has a good relationship with Lawrence.

"By the way, why are you here to guard the door today? I remember that according to your schedule, you should go to the charity school to give lectures today." As a frequent visitor, Lawrence is very concerned about those people in St. Gutenberg Cathedral. The schedule of acquaintances is still very clear.

"Because I changed shifts with someone the day before yesterday." Peter said, "I'm going to call the teacher over now."

After speaking, he pushed open the door behind and walked into the side hall. A few minutes later, a priest with gray hair and strong hair like a bear came out. Peter's has an extra silver pattern.

"Ha, my little Lawrence." He strode over and patted Lawrence on the shoulder. "You have been exercising well recently."

As he spoke, he looked up at Lawrence's face, only to see the bandage exposed under the brim of his hat at once: "How did you get into this state?"

"It's a long story, but to put it simply—" In the next five or six minutes, Lawrence seriously talked about the attack on him and his after-the-fact analysis.

"——So I would like to ask you to recommend a place where I can practice fighting." After the narration, Lawrence explained his purpose of coming today.