Struggle in the Steam Age

Facing the large crystal with a strange wooden stick wrapped inside, Lawrence suddenly realized that he didn't know what to do next. But when he was standing in front of the crystal and thinking about his next move, the wooden stick vibrated crazily as if he felt someone around him, so that the whole crystal buzzed.

Just when Lawrence was worried that the stick would rush out of the crystal, rays of light of various colors suddenly appeared on the ground, and then these rays of light turned into chains of light, entangled in the green crystal like a python. The cane held it firmly in the crystal.

"The Church of Knowledge." Lawrence's attention was attracted by the blue chain among the chains rising from the ground, because it felt a little familiar to him from the chain. And when he followed the chain to the place where the chain came out on the ground, he saw the holy emblem made of quill and parchment appear on the magic circle on the ground.

After confirming the holy emblem of the Church of Knowledge on the ground, Lawrence moved his eyes to look at the positions where other chains emerged around him. As a result, he found that there were traces of several other organizations beside the holy emblem of the Church of Knowledge, such as the holy sun emblem of the Church of the Lord of Dawn, and the emblem of the Demon Hunters Guild with crossed swords hundreds of years ago.

"It seems that this place does have a long history," Lawrence stared at the badges representing various organizations on the ground and suddenly had an ominous premonition. Although he didn't know what the wooden stick sealed in the crystal was, one thing was clear, that is, something that required so many forces to seal it must be an extremely dangerous thing.

After seeing so many badges, Lawrence began to consider whether he should run away now. At this moment, the light on the magic circle of the Church of Knowledge in front of him flickered.

"Huh, this is it?" Lawrence stretched out the little finger of his left hand and slowly approached the magic circle. Just as his fingertips touched the holy emblem made of blue light, a familiar voice exploded in his mind.

"Hold on, Lawrence has already warned us outside." High Priest Arthur's voice suddenly exploded in his mind, accompanied by many uncomfortable voices after hearing it. This made Lawrence's body tremble involuntarily. As a result, his fingers were taken away from the magic circle during the body movement, and the voice disappeared from his mind.

"It seems - nothing wrong." Lawrence checked his body a little and found that he was not injured. After thinking for a while, he touched the magic circle again.

The moment he touched the magic circle, High Priest Arthur's voice rang in his mind again. It's just that High Priest Arthur was yelling some encouraging words this time. From his words, Lawrence heard that the foreman Boob was behind the scenes.

"Damn it, what should I do now?" Lawrence murmured in a low voice, and he was a little impatient after hearing the shout from High Priest Arthur who was fighting through the magic circle. After all, the feeling of being helpless and helpless is too bad.

"Lawrence, is that you?" As soon as his muttering fell, Arthur's words came from his mind, "Is it really you talking?"

"Yes, it's me." Lawrence said hastily. "Now I am located on the crystal island in the center of the ruins, and in front of me is a wooden stick wrapped in green crystal. I just contacted you by accidentally touching the holy emblem mark on the magic circle of the Church of Knowledge .”

"Thank you, the God of Knowledge." High Priest Arthur breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Lawrence, listen to me now. The wooden stick wrapped in the crystal in front of you is a powerful magic item. The cornerstone of this space that is trapped now, all of us will attack with all our strength in a while, and the crystal in front of you will disappear at that time. As long as you find a way to affect the stability of the wooden stick, we will have a way to rush out."

"How should I affect the Rod of Rise and Wither?" Lawrence asked anxiously after hearing what Arthur said. "The stick of prosperity and withering contains powerful magic power, and I just threw all the enchanted bullets outside just to enter here."

"Just try to shoot with ordinary bullets." Arthur urged, "If this method doesn't work, you should leave here and go back to the ground. Anyway, you should have notified the reinforcements, I think we should be able to support At that time. So just do it, don’t have too much psychological pressure.”

"Understood." Lawrence nodded slightly, "Give me a little time to prepare."

"Okay, in three minutes we will attack the surrounding space with all our strength." High Priest Arthur said, "I wish you all the best."

After the call was over, Lawrence resisted the nausea caused by touching the magic circle and took a few steps back, then collected all the guns and lanterns left by the gunmen just now and inspected them. Fortunately, these gunmen were on alert just now, so all the guns had been loaded with bullets in advance.

When he reloaded the revolver he had just emptied, the green crystal wrapped in the Rod of Glory and Wither flashed light and then shrunk sharply. In just a few seconds, the crystal disappeared into the air and disappeared.

And at the same moment when the crystal disappeared, the chains of various lights that bound the crystal before exploded at the same time, leaving only the staff of prosperity and decay floating in the air alone.

The wooden stick that got rid of all shackles just floated quietly in the air. Lawrence immediately raised his pistol and aimed it at the tree trunk. It was impossible for him to miss the target when he was shooting a fixed target at such a close range.

Unexpectedly, these bullets made a sound like metal impact after hitting the stick of prosperity and withering. Afterwards, these warheads that were deformed after colliding with the wooden sticks flew around like celestial maidens scattering flowers. Fortunately, Lawrence had considered this situation before shooting, so no ammunition flew over from where he was now.

In less than a minute, Lawrence fired all the bullets in the firearms around him. But after putting down the empty revolver, he was shocked to find that the stick of prosperity and withering was intact.

No, it cannot be said to be intact. Lawrence noticed that ominous purple-black spots began to appear on the staff of prosperity and withering.

"This is—" Lawrence's pupils suddenly dilated, because he saw the shape of scales emerging from the expanding purple-black spots on the Rod of Glory and Withering, making the stick look like a snake.

snake! Seeing this, Lawrence suddenly remembered the sculpture in the fountain of his alma mater, Yuangang Comprehensive University. Because he found that the wooden stick with purple-black spots was very similar to the demonized tree spirit on the sculpture, and the place where the demigod warrior George Adams, the founder of the White Eagle Federation, defeated the demonized tree spirit Fort Eagle.

"Damn it, I'm in big trouble now." One must know that the demonized tree spirit was at the level of a demigod. If the wand of prosperity and withering in front of him had something to do with that tree spirit back then, Lawrence didn't think he had a way to get it back before it recovered. Escape smoothly.

"Now we can only fight." Thinking of this, Lawrence took a deep breath, and then played his last hole card.