Struggle in the Steam Age

The sewer at night is dark and quiet, only the chirping insects hiding here occasionally break the silence in the sewer space.

Suddenly, a light turned around a dark corner in the sewer. Then the sound of chaotic footsteps landing from a high place echoed in the empty sewer, completely destroying the silence here.

"The road ahead is not very close, but the entire ground has been hardened with cement and red bricks, so it's not difficult to walk." Lawrence was the first to get down and held up a lantern to illuminate the surrounding space. Contrary to what he imagined, after entering the sewer, those extraordinary people can't see anything like ordinary people, and they must be illuminated by a light source to move forward.

"What's so strange about this is that none of us have the talent of dark vision. Naturally, it is impossible to see things in the darkness like the dark elves." After entering the sewer and seeing the doubts on Lawrence's face, High Priest Arthur took the initiative to explain . As a clergyman of the Church of Knowledge, he is happy to spread some knowledge, especially when the person he spreads knowledge to is a favored member of his own family.

"It is true that we have magic that can see things in the dark. But please remember that one of the most basic principles in the use of supernatural power is to use supernatural power only when necessary. After all, a person's magic power is limited. Yes, only by using every point of magic power in the most important place can we ensure that there is enough magic power to deal with problems when we really encounter problems."

"Are you teaching the juniors?" After listening to the conversation between the two, the leader of the witcher asked. "But I don't think he is a superhuman."

"If he wants, he can be after this operation." Arthur said, "His contribution now has allowed us to teach resources to help him become an extraordinary person, although he is only a non-caster the extraordinary."

"Really? That's great. Thank you High Priest Arthur." Lawrence smiled. Just like extraordinary monsters, although there are not many humans with extraordinary power, they are definitely not rare. Especially for the upper-middle-class people in this world, becoming a transcendent is not out of reach.

Especially for transcendents in the pure physics department, there are enough resources in this world to help ordinary people with a basic foundation become such transcendents.

It's just that, like monsters and supernatural materials, low-level supernatural beings account for the vast majority of superhuman beings. But even the lowest-level probationary level transcendent can make them do things that ordinary people can't do.

For example, Lawrence knew that Professor Liston was a transcendent when he was in college. Of course, he was just a trainee fighter. But even this kind of supernatural being in the most basic physics department can make him have enough physical strength, endurance, and precision when performing surgery.

Therefore, providing resources to help others become superhumans has become a recognized reward method in this world, and this time Lawrence helped the church find a relic related to the lower space, and his relationship with the church was enough for him Get such a resource.

"You're welcome, this is what you deserve," Arthur said. "And this is also related to your strong body. If your body is not strong enough, it will be difficult for us to strengthen it for you."

"We're here." After talking about the extraordinary enhancement, Lawrence led them back to the stone wall at the end of the sewer. At this time, the door on the stone wall was wide open as when he left before, but the entrance of the original black hole was now shrouded in a black mist with a blood-red light inside.

"That's right, this place is related to the lower plane." Whether it was the staff of the Church of Knowledge or the demon hunter, they immediately saw the problem with this ruin.

After careful inspection for a few minutes, High Priest Arthur straightened up and said to everyone. "It can be confirmed that this is just a simple space conversion magic circle. We only need to walk in to get to the real ruins."

"And the members of the Church of the Lord of Dawn have already entered." The leading demon hunter walked around the small space in front of the stone wall and pointed to a thumb-sized sun mark on the wall next to it. "The holy emblem is being painted. They told us that there is no problem here. And according to the remaining holy light energy, they have been in for more than half an hour."

After finally checking the alchemy instrument in Lawrence's hand to confirm that it was operating normally, Arthur led the staff of the Church of Knowledge into the cave.

The demon hunters before them had already walked in. At first, the way they disappeared after stepping into the black mist surprised Lawrence, but soon the demon hunters sent someone out to tell the Church of Knowledge that there was a A huge space filled with the atmosphere of hell.

This let Lawrence know that the black mist blocked in the cave is a magic circle, which can send people to the designated place.

After everyone entered the cave, Lawrence hung the oil lamp in his hand on a nail that the workers had nailed to the wall next to him to hang things, and at the same time hung the pocket watch lent to him by High Priest Arthur on the other side. on a nail. Then he held a pistol loaded with exorcism bullets in each hand and stood with his back against the wall in a dark place where the light could not reach.

In the silent sewer, Lawrence felt that time passed very slowly. Finally, in his eyes, the hands of the pocket watch passed fifteen minutes.

"No response." Lawrence looked at the dark cave on the stone wall, and then pressed the blue button on the alchemy instrument. When he finished this action, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the tunnel.

"High Priest Arthur, have they settled the problem and returned?" Lawrence thought this way, and at the same time, he subconsciously pointed two pistols at the opening of the hole.

As the footsteps approached, a figure came out of the cave. By the light of the lantern hanging on the wall, Lawrence immediately recognized that guy as one of the few gunmen hired by the baron before.

After the gunman came out of the cave, he first glanced at the lantern on the wall, and then walked towards the corner while untying his belt, seemingly going to the toilet.

Because Lawrence hid in the darkness, and the lantern caught his attention, the gunman did not find Lawrence. Just as he was releasing heartily, footsteps suddenly came from behind.

Hearing the sound, he immediately stretched out one hand to take out the pistol in his waist, but before he could move, he felt two hands grasping his left and right wrists respectively, and then he lifted it back and up.

"Ah!" The shooter let out a scream, and he could clearly feel that his joints were directly pulled and dislocated. However, as a veteran with rich combat experience, he did not sit still, but decisively kicked back with his right foot.

But at this time, the assailant behind him obviously also defended against this move. When the gunman kicked back, the assailant let go of his immobile arms, and then grabbed the leg he kicked and went up. Mention.

As a result, the shooter lost his balance and fell forward. What was even more unlucky for him was that he couldn't move his arms now, so he could only watch helplessly as his face fell directly onto the sand that had just been soaked by himself.

"It's disgusting." Lawrence twitched his cheeks when he saw this scene, and then tied the thing with a rope, ready to ask what was going on inside.