Struggle in the Steam Age

Appearing at the edge of the forest, the kobold with dazzling scales like flames is the leader of this space kobold, that is, it has made all the plans against Lawrence and the others.

In a previous accident, it captured the scouts sent by the competition organizer to investigate, and used its own ability to get information from them that the astral plane space where it was located was about to hold a competition.

After getting this information, the kobold leader made a plan, hoping to defeat and capture as many contestants as possible, and use their flesh and soul as sacrifices to obtain rewards from some great beings.

It believed that after receiving the reward from the great existence, it would be able to break through the limitations of this plane and become a silver-level warlock, and then use this astral plane as fuel to open a path to the highest for itself.

At the same time, it was only because of the support and help of this great existence that it was able to deal with so many superhumans participating in the competition. As for those of its kind, in its eyes, they are just weak, incompetent and stupid enough guys, who are only worthy of being the stepping stones to the highest.

Therefore, no matter how much those kobolds sacrificed, it would not feel heartache to it. It even took the initiative to gather the core strength of its own race as bait to attract the contestants, hoping to attract and hold the contestants through their deaths. Give yourself the opportunity to give those contestants the death blow.

And now is the best time for it to make a move. In its eyes, as long as it kills the small team of human contestants in front of it, it can use the flesh and soul of these humans and the great existence behind it to exchange for stronger power. , laying the foundation for the next step of killing and large-scale sacrifice of the contestants.

Thinking of this, it took a deep breath, and then hit the cane in its hand heavily on the platform under its feet. In an instant, all the drums on the platform let out a bang, and then an invisible ripple took the platform as the core and flew across the air towards the battlefield where the two sides were entangled.

The invisible ripple touched the group of kobolds first, and Lawrence was shocked to see that the kobolds fell down the moment they touched the ripple, like wheat cut by a scythe.

"Be careful—" Lawrence shouted, but it didn't seem to help. Although John and the others took defensive measures immediately after hearing Lawrence's shout, they still fell to the ground together with the kobolds around them.

"What is this?" Lawrence's pupils immediately dilated as he watched John fall powerlessly to the ground. Because he clearly saw that there was a faint layer of holy light on John's body before he fell down. And the existence that can break through the Paladin's defense in an instant and directly stun him is definitely not an ordinary professional-level extraordinary monster.

But before he had time to make any preparations, that invisible ripple touched him. Immediately, Lawrence felt dizzy as if his head had been hit by a sledgehammer. At the same time, his eyes were blurred and his limbs were numb. His knees almost gave way and he fell to the ground like the others.

But at this moment, Lawrence felt the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind suddenly raised his neck, opened his mouth and made a hissing movement. Afterwards, a warm current surged from my mind to my whole body. In an instant, the power returned to this body, causing him to take a step forward in a bit of embarrassment, and then stood there firmly again.

"What's going on here? Could it be related to Bai Ze's bloodline?" Looking at the kobolds and humans entangled and fallen to the ground around him, Lawrence was full of doubts. He didn't quite understand why he was the only one who survived the strange attack just now.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly echoed in the minds of Lawrence and the others. "Stupid and fragile human beings, give up resistance obediently, and I promise to give you a good time. Otherwise——"

The voice hadn't finished yet, because Bai Ze Xuying, who had become a lot more illusory after the defense just now, stomped his foot lightly. These sticky and cold voices like weird tentacles were immediately blocked out of my mind. However, it may be because the two consecutive actions consumed too much, Bai Ze's phantom lay down directly after chopping off the feet.

"It's a powerful mental attack, but it doesn't seem to be useful to me." Lawrence thought as he gripped the handles of the two pistols tightly with both hands, "But the situation doesn't look good now!"

No wonder Lawrence thought so, because the war had clearly turned into a one-on-one duel between him and the giant kobold. Seeing the opponent's strong muscles under the scales and a figure over three meters tall, Lawrence immediately gave up the idea of ​​running away.

After all, it is absolutely impossible for him to run past the mutated and strengthened kobold in this forest. Instead of dying in humiliation while escaping, he might as well try to see if he can find a chance.

Thinking of this, he calmed down instead. Of course, this is also related to his upgrade to a full-scale warlock after entering the space. The kobold warlock in front of him was of the same Bronze level as him. When there was only a small difference in level, Lawrence felt that although the situation was not good for him, he still had a chance to survive.

[Mage Armor], Lawrence subconsciously added a layer of protection to himself, then smashed an ash pot on the ground with his foot and released a red smoke column representing an attack, then raised the rifle in his hand. At this moment, the kobold on the opposite side moved, and it jumped off the stage directly. At the same time, a golden light flashed in its eyes, and a magical force shot directly at Lawrence.

At this time, Lawrence was using the magic power on his rifle to shoot at the kobold's face. With the trigger pulled, the bullet with the power of the wind element was successfully shot into the giant kobold's open bloody belly. Mouth. At the same time, he felt a blur in front of his eyes.

"Damn it, it's [Stupid Ray]." After quickly recovering from the dazzle, Lawrence felt a little scared, because this kind of magic can easily make the caster lose the ability to cast spells in time, and the magician's armor is not strong against this type of magic. Fortunately, Bai Ze's blood was naturally able to resist this kind of magic related to mental reduction, so the opponent's spell did not cause much harm to him.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Before Lawrence could reload the bullet, the kobold leader ran towards him. Strings of blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and then these drops of blood spilled behind him like broken pearls.

Although I don't know the effect of the shot just now, but from the crazy look in the kobold's eyes, it can be seen that the damage of that shot was not a minor injury.

"Boom, boom——" Lawrence fired several shots, but the kobold leader who had been attacked before blocked his eyes with his left arm while Lawrence raised his pistol. As a result, the special steel core bullets In the end it all fell on the kobold's arms.

The kobold leader's mutated scales were as hard as steel, and sparks sparked after the bullets hit the kobold's arm. Even though Lawrence tried his best to concentrate the impact points of those bullets, in the end he only knocked off two or three coin-sized scales.

After throwing the empty pistol aside, Lawrence sprinted to the right like a cheetah to the side of the kobold leader rushing in front of him to avoid the blow from his left paw. Then he released [Catastrophe] at it almost zero distance away.

As a very rare third-level spell, [Catastrophe] can produce effects far beyond its level when used at the right time. After the claw missed just now, the kobold turned his head to the left decisively, trying to directly give Lawrence a flame spit from the blood.

But I don't know whether it was the effect of the shot that hit the mouth just now or the effect of the [Catastrophe], this time the spit completely failed. Lawrence saw with his own eyes the kobold's cheeks swelled and then shrunk, and then a painful look appeared on his face. Wisps of black smoke emerged from the corners of its mouth and nostrils.