Struggle in the Steam Age

"How many people are there?" Lawrence asked Nora, the little figure floating beside him, while loading his rifle. "And what is the strength of the other party?"

"I don't know, because if I take the initiative to investigate, the other party may lock the exact location. I don't want to be besieged by a group of people. After all, I just changed my clothes, and I don't want to be smashed just like that." Na Ra shook his head slightly. Then he raised his hand and looked with some heartache at the metal wire that he hadn't paid attention to in the acid mist just now, but after being corroded by the acid mist, it became a bit dull.

"However, what is certain is that the other party has one and only one spellcaster. And this spellcaster is a mage." Maybe because she felt that what she just said was a bit inappropriate, so Nora tilted her head and recalled it. Speaking of.

"This information is enough." Seeing Nora raised her head with an embarrassed expression, Lawrence smiled and patted her little head. After all, the task Lawrence gave her just now was to fish in troubled waters when the fog obscured her vision, and kill as many as she could. Being able to actively detect important information like Nora has far exceeded Lawrence's expectations.

At this moment, a gust of wind blew over from the other end of the alley. Although Lawrence also added a lot of magical materials to his bottled acid mist to make the mist have a certain magical nature. But in the face of such a wind, it is still easy to be blown away. So he knew the fog wouldn't last long.

So he dropped a few potion bottles to the ground again, and the judge and the judge took Nora's hand and quickly flew across the wall in front of them. However, when climbing over the wall, he took out a piece of cloth from the space bag and threw it on the wall.

After dozens of seconds, the fog finally dissipated, and the black-armored soldier walked in the front holding an ax and a shield. In fact, the acid mist just now couldn't do much harm to him, but after finding that the mist affected his vision and hearing, he really didn't dare to enter such a place to face the possible danger.

And the eight bodies lying on the ground now that the fog had cleared proved his caution: six people died at the exit of a house, each with a huge wound on the neck. And according to the situation at the scene, it can be seen that these people were killed almost at the same time.

You know, among the six people, there are two elite ordinary gunmen and two gang gold medal fighters, there is also an apprentice-level magic gunner equipped with a magic rifle and an official-level fighter. Being able to kill their opponent in an instant is terrifying even for this leading black armored warrior.

On the contrary, the two apprentice-level wanderers who died in the distance didn't make him feel much trouble, because it could be seen that the two wanderers died after fighting, unlike the nearby ones. Six people died strangely at the same time almost without any struggle.

In fact, the people who ordered them to come to assassinate did not have more powerful Transcendents, but the problem is that in order to prevent Lawrence and the others from escaping smoothly outside the city, the assassination location chosen by these assassins was within the range of the city wall. . And within the city walls of the capital, as long as these powerful transcendents dare to do something, they will be easily locked by the magic tower in the middle of the city, and it is basically impossible to escape.

Therefore, in this case, at most they can only send professional-level transcendents to avoid being locked. And there was only one reason why Nora had used a power beyond the professional level but did not cause the magic tower to react, and that was that the signal sent by the judge had taken effect.

"What should we do next?" Now the remaining five chasers handed over the decision-making power to the leading black-armored warrior, because they found that there was a dead end in front of them, and their target had disappeared. .

"Keep chasing!" After a brief thought, the leading black-armored soldier made up his mind. "The opponent shouldn't be able to run far, and we mobilized almost all the people in the capital this time. If it fails, the opponent will definitely be ready, and we won't have the opportunity to organize the next attack. After all, Lord Duke— —”

"Understood. Everything is for the Duke." The others whispered while putting their right hands on their chests, and then rushed along the alley. Just when they came to a distance from the wall, the explosives and medicines that Lawrence had arranged before climbing over the wall and leaving exploded violently.

However, since the opponent was accompanied by a mage, these temporary traps did not hurt any ambushers. Even their explosion was the result of the mage using spells to detonate after discovering these arrangements made by Lawrence.

After clearing the trap, two fighters in the group built a ladder under the wall, and then the leading black-armored soldier and another swordsman with a rapier jumped onto the wall on the ladder. When I turned my head, I just saw the target they were going to kill this time holding a thing like a large gun and aiming at them.

"Bang—boom!" After seeing two figures appearing on the wall, Lawrence immediately pulled the trigger of the grenade launcher in his hand, and then a grenade directly hit the shield raised by the black armored soldier and exploded. .

After the grenade exploded, many of the enchanted fragments hit the unsuspecting swordsman, causing half of his body to fall down with blood after a scream. However, the black-armored soldier advanced instead of retreating. He howled wildly, and then his body swelled up like a balloon.

"How is it possible?" Lawrence showed a shocked expression. He had just learned from Nora that this black-armored warrior was probably the commander of this group of killers, but he never thought that a berserker could become a commander. .

But the facts speak louder than words. Seeing the berserker rushing forward with a flashing blue battle ax in front of him, Lawrence knew that he had to do something. After all, the speed of the opponent's charge is no less than that of a group of fine horses. And once this Berserker's signature skill, Brutal Charge, is activated, even an armored rhino standing in front of it is very likely to be killed.

[Spider Web Technique] [Magic Missile], Lawrence released two spells continuously, but the spider web technique did not hinder the opponent's charge, and although the Magic Missile hit the opponent's thigh that could not be covered due to body swelling The wound was the size of a ping pong ball, but it did not stop the opponent's charge at all.

At this time, the only judge with hand-to-hand combat capabilities was busy shooting to prevent others from climbing over the wall in front of him, and there was no time to block the fatal blow in front of Lawrence.

More importantly, Lawrence found that the eyes of the rushing berserker was not madness, but a kind of calmness. In other words, the opponent is a very rare berserker who can maintain self-awareness during madness. No wonder the ax and shield in his hands glowed with magic, and at the same time he was able to be the leader of this group of raiders.

In addition to the magic glow on the weapons and armor, Lawrence also discovered that the necklace of unknown animal fangs hanging around his neck was also a magic item, and it showed the aura of body strengthening magic. Lawrence felt that this might be the reason why the magic missile that he put on an ordinary person that could directly break a person's thigh just now left only a not deep wound on his leg.

Naturally, the berserker who still maintained his self-awareness also discovered the target in front of him. In his eyes, the two consecutive spells just now were just the target's dying struggle, and then he only needs to move forward a few meters, and then swing the ax to chop it down.

However, he felt a little strange why the opposite prey not only did not have a scared expression on his face, but instead showed a completely inappropriate smile.