Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 155: Murloc attack

This journey by train was not entirely smooth. For example, the train would stop once a day on the road, and then there was a lot of gunfire. Through the window, Lawrence could see some shit-yellow goblins with only wooden sticks and stones in their hands swarming out of the woods on both sides of the railway trying to rob the train, and then they were knocked down by the weapons equipped on the train.

Attacks like this were repeated several times during the five-day journey, but it’s not that all attacks on trains are like farce. For example, on the morning of the last day, when the train drove to the shore of Green Lake, the southernmost of the six great lakes. , A large group of murlocs sprang out of the lake. The water magic released by several shamans even had some influence on the train.

So at this time, the conductor contacted the extraordinary people who had registered when they got on the train. According to the requirements of the system, the extraordinary people on the train need to lend a hand in the event of an attack. Lawrence and Seifer naturally put on their own equipment and went to the specified location to gather at this time.

Of course, this assistance is limited to defense. So Lawrence and the registered transcendents after they assembled, under the command of the security team on the car, cooperated with them to kill the murlocs that hindered the train and the monsters they drove.

But soon, everyone discovered that more and more fish rushed out of the lake. Although the firepower on the train and the magical defense of the train carriage could ensure that the train was not damaged, the train would not be able to move forward.

"We have to kill the commander of the murlocs, otherwise this battle will definitely be endless." Through observations during the battle, Lawrence discovered that these murlocs actually charged continuously against the attack on the train. According to his previous information, murlocs, like goblins, are timid and winning monsters. Under normal circumstances, they would have died after so many deaths. Rather than a constant charge.

Obviously, the captain of the vehicle-mounted security team who often runs this line is also aware of this. Soon a member of the security team came to Lawrence and they began to recruit volunteers willing to take the initiative.

"There are a total of seven murloc shamans under command." The security guard said, "The most powerful apprentice shaman and the three other shamans close to it will be handled by our captain. The other three shamans hope that anyone of you can volunteer to help us."

"If no one is willing to help, then we can only defend in place. Although there is definitely no way to break the train defense with this group of murlocs, the train will naturally not be able to move forward, only waiting for the Huguang City. Reinforcements have been sent to help us."

"How long will it take for reinforcements to come?" Saifei asked suddenly. Knowing that this group of murlocs cannot cause substantial damage to the train, it is not a bad thing to stay in place and wait for help. The only thing I don't know is how long will it take for the support army to come over?

"Just now we contacted the nearest city of Huguang, but the situation is not particularly good." The security officer shook his head. "Autumn is coming soon, and the annual murloc attack season has begun. For example, today a large number of murlocs organized to attack Huguang City, so most of the nearby mobile forces have been transferred to the urban area. ."

"There is nothing wrong with Huguang City, right?" Lawrence asked with some worry. He had just solved the problem of infectious diseases by cultists at Eagle Fort before, and now he has encountered murloc siege in Huguang City. This made him wonder if he was the same as Conan, where he went.

"What can be the problem with Huguang City?" The security officer looked calm after hearing Lawrence's question. "At this time of the year, the murlocs would besiege the human settlements on the lakeside three or four times. People here are already familiar with it. Of course, the only disadvantage for us is that we must at least wait until the end of the night battle. Reinforcements come."

"Except for this place, how many other obstacles are there on the road to Huguang City?" A warrior with muscles on the other side asked roughly, and then he looked at the people around him. Explained. "I'm anxious to go to the city to get married with my fiancee. I promised to arrive in the afternoon. She would be angry if she waited until the early hours of the morning."

"This is the only place." The security personnel familiar with the local terrain raised their voice and explained to everyone present. "From here to Huguang City, there is only this section of the railway close to the lake for murloc attacks. The railway ahead is laid in the inland area, and the murloc's range of activities will never be too far from the water."

"Then let's do it." The previous soldier shouted, "Just three apprentice-level murloc shamans will definitely not be our opponents to so many people here. We can enter the city normally as long as we kill them. "

"Leave it to us who can only use magic missiles among the three murloc shamans." After discussing a few words with Syfiel, Lawrence took a step forward and said, "I am an official-level spellcaster, kill it. Absolutely no problem."

In this era, the spread of various information is relatively slow, so Lawrence has not been recognized by others as his true identity. However, the other extraordinary people were also inspired by their courage after seeing Lawrence and the two young men daring to take the initiative, so volunteers who were willing to take the initiative were quickly gathered.

"The group of murloc shamans were scattered and hiding on the shore of the lake under the cliff of about three meters high." The captain of the train guard is a mechanic. Just now he released his mechanical birds to obtain a lot of Information about the Murloc Shaman.

"Our artillery can't hit there because of the location and elevation angle, and the steam machine gun can't strike the target under the cliff. So we must take the initiative to solve the problem."

"In a while, several artillery guns in the front of the car will carry out an interdiction shot on the shore of the lake to block the murlocs and the extraordinary monsters they control from rushing out of the lake. At the same time, the remaining personnel and steam machine guns will try their best to kill us enemies on the assault route. After hearing the whistle, we rushed out of the carriage, and we can withdraw back after we kill the shaman."

"Understood." "Understood." "I see." Everyone standing at the door replied in a rush. After watching everyone were ready, the security captain shouted something to the brass microphone next to him.

In an instant, a large number of explosive spots appeared on the shore of the lake, tearing a group of murlocs and monsters rushing out of the lake directly into the sky and tore them to pieces.

At the same time, the steam machine gun, which had been firing alternately in long and short bursts, began to fire at the area where Lawrence and the others were about to hit. And the transcendents who acted as cover also began to shoot the murlocs who looked like commanders. Soon, the road of impact was emptied.

"Woo-" At this moment the train whistle sounded, and the captain yelled, waving his hand wearing a mechanical glove, "It's now, rush to-"

The car door was suddenly opened, Lawrence and Syfiel rushed out of the car in the crowd, and then rushed to the spot where they had been detected one after another.

There is now a layer of murloc corpses on the ground. The fire suppression just now was very effective, and only scattered murlocs survived. However, the murlocs who were still able to move in Lawrence's forward path were successfully stabbed to the ground one by one by Safir who rushed forward.

In just ten seconds or so, Lawrence and the others successfully rushed to the location of the target. When they appeared on the edge of the cliff ~lightnovelpub.net~ the murloc shaman's blue face was full of fear.

But although he was scared, he didn't relax. The crystal on the top of its cane flashed, and a [Magic Missile] went straight to Syfiel, who was in front.

[Magic Missile] Just as the murloc shaman raised the wand in his hand, Lawrence also subconsciously fired a magic missile to the murloc’s head. Because of his previous pair training experience, he knew that an attack like this would not hurt Syfiel.

Sure enough, Syfiel directly raised his left hand and blocked the magic missile with a small arm shield fixed on his left arm. But when she was about to swing her sword to attack, she realized that the murloc shaman underneath had been knocked off by Lawrence's magic missile.

"Good job." Saifeier shouted and jumped off the three-meter high cliff.

Upon seeing this scene, Lawrence immediately took a step forward, and found that Syfiel was half kneeling next to the murloc shaman's body, groping for something.

"Okay, let's withdraw." Safir took a black bag from the murloc shaman's waist cloth, then grabbed the cane he had just used and jumped directly up. Then rushed to the train with Lawrence as planned.