Struggle in the Steam Age

"Why did this mountain collapse?" In the chaos, Nora picked up the two priests who ran at the back and flew up, and at the same time asked Lawrence through the spiritual connection. "I've seen the bomb you just had. Even in the most perfect situation, theoretically, it shouldn't blow up the whole mountain."

"You're right." Lawrence said to the little puppet while running with a tree figure with several people sprinting, "Such a big scene was definitely not created by the bombs I just used. Under normal circumstances, at least several hundred tons of explosives would be needed to make such a big movement.”

"But the mountain we are facing is not the same as a normal mountain." Lawrence continued to Nora, turning his head and looking at the entire mountain that was obviously beginning to collapse little by little behind him. "Don't forget how many bugs there are in the mountain. They have actually hollowed out the interior of the mountain, especially when there is a big guy below that is destroying the foundation of the mountain."

"You're right." When Lawrence mentioned this, Nora also realized that this hill was different. "And the most important thing is that the group of beetles used a trick similar to sonic shock several times. This did loosen the soil and rocks on the upper part of the mountain, making it easier for them to rush out. But correspondingly, the whole hill changed. So much more vulnerable than before that your explosion set off a chain reaction."

Just as they were exchanging information quickly, the mountain behind them collapsed faster and faster. Even Lawrence and the others who were running could feel an airflow mixed with a lot of dust quickly hitting Lawrence and the others behind them, reducing the visibility in front of them a lot.

At the same time, with the collapse of the mountain, many small bugs rushed towards Lawrence and the others with this air current. Fortunately, after the collapse of the mountain, the settlements of these bugs that were originally staying in the mountain were scattered to various places, so now rush up The bugs obviously didn't form an organized attack like just now, but just flew over here and there, so they were easily killed by everyone.

After everyone had crossed the flat ground around the hill and rushed up to the previously selected mountain range, they stopped and looked towards the valley, only to find that the basin between the mountains was completely flooded with yellow dust. You can't even see the location of the mountain just now.

After entering the mountain from the plain, everyone immediately set up a defense line on the spot. Because they know that for the kind of monster that has the power of the gods. It is absolutely impossible to kill the opponent with this level of ordinary physical damage alone. Therefore, everyone must build a defensive front here as much as possible to gain enough time and space for the priests in the rear to hold the ceremony.

"It feels like the whole mountain has collapsed." When he and several paladins went out to eliminate the scattered beetles and weaken the enemy's strength, Lawrence glanced at the valley that had started to calm down and frowned. Because the dust was starting to fall, he should have been able to see the top of the mountain theoretically, but now he still couldn't see anything.

"Can you feel anything from inside that mountain?" Lawrence was a little uneasy because the place below was covered by a cloud of floating dust, so he used the power of the flames in the elemental arrows to join in. A little bit of Bai Ze's power burned the beetles with the power of the gods and fled to the mountain, and asked Nora who was floating in the sky to provide cover for everyone through the spiritual connection. "For example, the current position of the enemy."

"Most of the bugs in the mountain disappeared." Nora closed her eyes and tried her best to perceive everything in front of her. Soon, she noticed some special movements. "And the position of the big guy we've been worried about before the explosion is a long way down compared to before the explosion, and now it's trying to climb up."

"The better news is that maybe because of the landslide induced by our previous blasting, the entire mountain has become unstable, and it may take more time for the other party to climb up." Speaking of this, Nora frowned slightly He looked at the priests who were performing the magic ceremony on a small platform near the top of the mountain, then lowered his head and said. "If there are no accidents, we only need to resist for six to seven minutes on the mountain—"

But before her words fell, a series of continuous collapses suddenly came from the mountain below. And Nora's eyes suddenly shone, and a few seconds later, she shouted anxiously to Lawrence and the others. "Run up, that big guy looks like he's about to rush out."

"How is it possible?" Lawrence, who knew that the little puppet would not lie to him, immediately greeted the several paladins around him and began to rush towards the defensive circle on the top of the mountain, while asking Nora loudly. "Didn't you just say that the big guy won't be able to come out for a while because of his size? Why is he coming out soon?"

"I didn't expect that either." Nora shouted helplessly while summoning a large number of silver threads to cut off for Lawrence and the others. "At the beginning, it was indeed like I said, this thing was stuck in the mountain and couldn't get out for a while. But I really didn't expect that the other party would break up into pieces and rush out."

"Break it into pieces, how is this—" Before Lawrence finished speaking, he saw the dust below fall to the ground as quickly as if swept by some magic, allowing the air to regain its previous visibility. Then the small hill appeared in front of them again.

The reason why Lawrence shut his mouth was because he saw wisps of white mist starting to emerge from the hill that was only half as high as before, like a Boshan furnace whose spices were ignited. At the same time, a trickle of black beetles rushed out from various cracks in the mountain.

"What we did just now is still fruitful." Looking at the bugs rushing out sparsely, a paladin beside Lawrence sighed softly. Obviously, a large part of the enemy's power comes from those divine black beetles, and when they eliminated those bugs before, it was actually equivalent to destroying the enemy's power in advance. If those bugs hadn't been killed just now, the enemies they faced now would be even more difficult.

Although I don't quite understand why the enemy would stupidly let Lawrence and the others wipe out the important part of his power like delivering food, but anyway, this is a big challenge for Lawrence and the others who are preparing to face this monster. Good news, after all, it is absolutely impossible for those divine powers that have been consumed to go back.

When Lawrence and the others retreated back to the position around the platform on the mountain, the bugs and mist basically rushed out from the hill below, and then began to gather in the open space in front of the hillside facing Lawrence and the others. Then they piled up little by little, as if the natto was pulled out and then stirred together.

"Boom-boom!" Seeing this scene, everyone immediately attacked the pile of things with all their firepower. But it includes extraordinary powers such as magic. Even freshly captured machine guns and small-caliber infantry guns were used. Seeing this, Lawrence also pulled out the special grenade launcher from the interspatial bag and smashed the charged grenade on the huge pile of monsters mixed with bugs and mist.

At the beginning, each attack of the extraordinary and the attack of these gunpowder weapons could blow up piles of bugs, and at the same time, part of the fog would be blown away. However, as the bugs and mist concentrated in the center regardless of loss, the lethality of these weapons and spells also plummeted, to the point where one shell could only kill three or two bugs.

"The breath of fog and insects are gathering together." Nora shouted out what she had just perceived. "Don't save ammo now, every bug killed is a victory for us at this time."

"Understood." The experienced priests and paladins on the scene knew that when facing this kind of monster composed of countless parts, they should destroy as much as possible when the opponent is weak. Part of it is a way of getting twice the result with half the effort, so at this time they can also be said to be going all out.