Struggle in the Steam Age

Just when Lawrence entered the Civilization Expeditionary Army Theater Logistics Department set up inside the main fortress of St. John's Fortress, and began to discuss with the officers in the Logistics Department about contracting part of the transportation work in the last distance of the front line, Xiao The puppet Nora has left the urban area of ​​the fortress and plunged into the mountains.

Because she thought the distance was too far, and in order to avoid being discovered by her own troops and cause riots, she did not fly along the valley where the regular troops walked, but took a straight line from the mountains around the valley and flew at high speed from those peaks. fly over. By the way look again and can't find some fresh ingredients.

"What's that?" Just after Nora circled a high mountain range at high speed, she suddenly noticed a strange movement on the side of the valley where the civilized race military used to transport logistics supplies: a deer After entering the bushes, it just disappeared.

After making sure that she didn't have a blind eye, Nora, who felt that the situation was wrong, immediately swooped down and aimed at the place that looked a little weird to her.

Just as she was approaching the ground, Nora suddenly leveled off from the dive and flew directly into the woods. Then it quickly shuttled through the dense coniferous forest like a dexterous butterfly.

At the same time, using the branches and leaves as cover, she quickly approached the place where she had seen a tree fall inexplicably in the sky before.

After bypassing the last cedar that was about to be embraced by two people, Nora finally saw a dark elf wearing chain mail, holding a very delicate looking mechanical crossbow bolt and a medium-length slender machete in his hand Hidden in the shadow of a big tree, it looks like it should be a sentinel on the periphery.

After spotting the sentinel, Nora immediately slowed down and checked around. Soon, she found seven or eight hidden sentry positions around the gentle slope that was at most half the size of a football field.

Among them are the dark elves who hide in the shadows, and the gray dwarves who don't know how to dig a hole in the stone-like mountain frozen at this temperature and hide in it.

Among them, the equipment of the dark elves followed the ancient tradition, and basically did not see any gunpowder weapons on their bodies. However, from their exquisite crossbow arrows and green poison weapons painted on the blades of scimitars, it can be seen that their combat effectiveness is no worse than those of human elites holding gunpowder weapons.

The gray dwarves, on the other hand, appear to be much more modernized. Although they also wear chain mail that is not very effective in the face of gunpowder weapons, the weapons are not much different from those of their cousins ​​on the ground where they live.

For example, they are all equipped with a large number of firearms, and only carry a short sword or handaxe on their bodies.

"These people's weapons are actually magic weapons." After simply using Lawrence's ability to observe these sentries, Nora soon discovered another thing that surprised her

Considering the rarity of magic weapons, Nora felt that she probably caught a big fish by accident this time.

So Nora immediately conveyed to Lawrence what she saw now, then concentrated her attention and restrained all her breath, and then slowly touched the place covered by a large pile of low and dense bushes. Several rogues who have entered the stealth state patrol the core area guarded.

After avoiding several seemingly troublesome detection magic circles and magic traps, Nora finally reached the core area of ​​this space. And at this time, what appeared in front of her were several tents that looked about the same size as the room, and several tents that looked very delicate in appearance.

"Heh—that lady's holy emblem, it seems that these guys really want to make a big news here." Looking at the biggest tent made of black spider silk in front of him, the one with a golden background Nora murmured softly, with a female dark elf on the head and a black spider coat of arms hanging from the spider web.

This is the evil emblem belonging to Rose, the spider goddess, which means that this place belongs to the priests who serve Rose. Considering that those priests rarely appear on land full of light, especially it is still daytime. So Nora can basically be sure that this group of dark-skinned guys must have some very important conspiracy to carry out.

Nora knew that under such circumstances, whatever the enemy wanted to do, they must try their best to destroy it. Especially after borrowing his power from Lawrence for safety reasons, Bai Ze's power made her feel that there were some very ominous powers in this tent.

"Nara, how is your situation there now?" Just as Nora was thinking about what to do next, Lawrence's voice was transmitted to her mind through the soul connection.

"I have already contacted the command here, and they said they will send a reconnaissance team over immediately."

"I think you can ask them to directly send the strike force organized by high-level superhumans." Nora said while referring to the pattern of the tent that she saw belonged to the priests of Rose, the Queen of the Spiders, as well as the guards and various guards around it. A magic trap was sent to Lawrence.

"And your Bai Ze bloodline reminds me that there are some very scary things in it."

"Okay, I'll go and inform the headquarters about the new changes on site." After hearing what the puppet said, Lawrence immediately ran to the person in charge of the headquarters to ask them to prepare the team again. At the same time, he cared and told the puppet . "You'd better lurk there now, and wait until the team arrives before launching an attack."

"Understood." Nora simply replied and ended the communication with Lawrence, and then looked at the tent belonging to the spider goddess, Pastor Rose.

Fortunately, although the tent was full of ominous power, it seemed to be bound by something in the tent, and there was no sign of a sudden increase.

This is very much in line with the habits of the dark elves. After all, these wild creatures from the Underdark are better at fighting at night, and their gods are more inclined to darkness than light. So it is a natural thing to secretly prepare to wait for the night to launch an attack here.

Just after Nora lurked in this place for half an hour, Lawrence's voice sounded in Nora's mind again. And informed her that the elite hunting team led by a hero-level paladin has now successfully approached her current location and is ready to launch an attack at any time.

For safety reasons, the team will cut contact and walk the remaining five minutes in communication silence. Lawrence notified Nora at this time. Apart from telling her the news, he also had another purpose to ask Nora what the team needed to cooperate with, so that he could pass on the news before the communication was terminated.

Obviously, the headquarters attaches great importance to the news that Pastor Rose has come to the ground. After all, the clergy who serve that god have always been known for their treachery and cunning. Under such circumstances, it is obviously a very vigilant thing for the other party to be able to leave the underground that is safe in their eyes and come to the ground.

"My lord, tell that team to wait for a while when they reach the edge of this area." Nora said to Lawrence after thinking about it.

"I have a lot of explosives here, so I'll use them to create a massive explosion in a moment. It would be more appropriate for the team to attack after hearing the explosion."

"Understood, I will pass this on to them for you." After hearing what Nora said, Lawrence was silent for a few seconds and said, "Also, you should also pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry, I'm sure." After finishing speaking, Nora ended her discussion with Lawrence, and then took out bundles of mining explosives with a layer of steel balls stuck on the outside from the Astral Plane with the help of the cover on the ground. They are quietly arranged in every corner of the camp without disturbing anyone.