Struggle in the Steam Age

After listening to Professor Edward's explanation of the stone wall, everyone fell silent. Because the complexity of this situation has far exceeded everyone's expectations.

After a few seconds of silence, everyone turned their attention to the pair of demon hunter brothers and sisters, and the brother who was a little uncomfortable stood up and said, "Well, it's useless for you to see us. We are just demon hunters. In this respect, at most, some simple magic traps can be dispelled, and complex magic defenses like this can only be dispelled by knowledgeable spellcasters."

"Then what should we do now?" Professor Edward's disciple asked helplessly. "Are you looking for a mage to come and help?"

"No, it can't be like this." Gonzalez shook his head. "If this is the case, then it is impossible for this ruin and everything in it to belong to us. The mages will completely take over this ruin, and at most they will pay us some money to make up for the money we spent before."

"Then what should we do next?" the sister among the demon hunters asked. "According to the previous agreement, we have the right to terminate the contract between us if we need to perform tasks outside the scope of the previously discussed tasks."

"Yes, yes—" Baron Gonzales quickly comforted him, "But this place is obviously a sacrificial area, and there must be no less than extraordinary things in it. If you are willing to join the next event , when I distribute the spoils later, I will pick the first one first, and then you two will choose the second and third ones."

After hearing the new conditions, the witcher siblings walked aside and discussed in a low voice. Lawrence, who was relatively close to them, heard a little disagreement between them, but in the end they still discussed and reached a conclusion.

"We have discussed it, and the two of us will participate in the next operation." The female witcher said. "But if it's too dangerous inside, we will choose to leave after a reminder, and you can't stop it."

"Yes." Baron Gonzalez nodded, and then he turned to the others. "By the way, there are you. Given that the current situation may become more complicated, you can decide whether to leave now. Of course, if you choose to stay, the salary will be 20% higher than what we negotiated before."

After thinking for a few minutes, everyone decided to stay. On the one hand, for people like Lawrence, abandoning their employer and leaving under such circumstances would label themselves timid and afraid to take responsibility. As a result, no matter what they do in the future, it will be difficult to gain the trust of others.

On the other hand, for workers like Boubo, the baron's wages for this mission are attractive enough to make them reluctant to give up such generous treatment.

After unifying everyone's ideas, the next question is how to get rid of this stone wall. At this time, a gunman suddenly raised his hand to signal. "Boss, I remember that one of our workers seemed to say that his ancestor was a shaman in a tribe near Eagle Fort, but he was exiled to the south because of some wrong things."

"But everyone thought this guy was bragging at the time. Later, when he was short of money, he sold me a notebook, saying that he could become a shaman according to the above method."

"It may be because I have no talent, so I didn't practice anything with that notebook, but I remember that there is a lot of knowledge about sacrifice in that notebook."

"Oh, what a coincidence! Is this treating everyone else as fools?" Lawrence murmured silently in his heart as he watched the gunman and Gonzales slowly piece together a way to open the stone wall in front of him. .

Many other people around also saw this, but everyone agreed and didn't say anything. Soon, the gunman pulled out a leaf made of green crystal from his neck, and then his hands were wrapped together like soft vines and made a mysterious gesture in front of his chest. At the same time, he muttered words in his mouth and made a sound like singing.

As he chanted, the crystal leaf between the two hands on his chest began to emit a green light. Layers of light green light spread out like water ripples. And after the stone wall in front of him came into contact with the green light, the big tree carved on the wall was dyed with color as if it had come alive.

Amid the sound of the incantation, the big tree grew and deformed crazily. When the sound of the last incantation fell, the stone wall in front of everyone changed completely: the branches and leaves of the big tree covered the entire stone wall, and a door appeared on the trunk that was much larger than before, and two people stood side by side. And through the door.

"This crystal pendant was also given to me by that person at the time, saying that it was the key to open an important door." The gunman said after the door was opened, "I was just thinking about giving it a try, but I didn't expect this to be the key here."

"It's amazing, it's amazing." Edward said, looking at the scene in front of him. "Although it is not the first time I have seen such a scene, I am shocked every time I see it."

"Good job, Bill, I'll give you your bonus when you get back," Gonzalez said to the gunman, and then he turned to look at everyone. "Okay, let's go in now, the two doctors are waiting at the door to treat the wounded."

"No problem." Lawrence nodded and took off the leather suitcase on his body, then watched the others walk into the gate on the stone wall.

It's a common practice in expeditions to have non-combat technicians set up a logistics camp in a safe place. In this way, on the one hand, it can ensure that the logistics personnel are not harmed, and on the other hand, it can also provide a good treatment environment for those injured.

After the group of people walked through the door on the stone wall, Lawrence and Lister began to set up a temporary rescue facility. Fortunately, as they passed by the road just now, they saw that the workers who worked here had left behind a lot of tools and materials, so the two of them easily used some clean bricks and planks to build two or three simple beds, and then used their own A clean sheet was spread over it.

Just as they were getting ready, a worker came out carrying a gunman. The shooter is now covered in cold sweat and pale. The part of his left leg below the knee has all disappeared, and his entire left leg was stained red with blood.

"Lie down." Lawrence and the workers put the shooter on the makeshift bed together. Afterwards, Lawrence used scissors to remove the clothes on the left leg of the wounded, and used a cotton swab dipped in the specially purchased liquor called the Water of Life from the Kingdom of Rurik to disinfect the wounded.

After the spirit touched the wound, the wounded twitched like a fish coming ashore. Lawrence had to ask the worker to hold the gunman firmly to prevent him from being injured more severely due to his disturbance.

"Please use my needle, thread and scalpel, so that postoperative infection can be better controlled." Seeing that Liszt was about to fetch his tools, Lawrence said hastily.

"By the way, are you a magic tool? I remember that there is a kind of scalpel infused with holy light. As long as you use that knife, you don't have to worry about postoperative infection. Unfortunately, that kind of thing is too expensive, and I can't afford it at all. " Liszt asked curiously.

"No, probably not." Lawrence shook his head. "I just found a way to reduce infection without relying on magic."

"Really? That's great." Liszt said as he took out the scalpel and needle and thread from Lawrence's box, and then began to treat the wound for the injured.