Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 It is about five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun has begun to slowly set. Especially now this small alley has become dim because of the surrounding buildings.

　　Because it is not time for get off work, the whole alley is now empty. Under this circumstance, the rapid and messy footsteps behind him made Lawrence feel a gust of cold wind on the back of his neck and hands, and the whole person became nervous. He swiftly unbuttoned the two top buttons of his jacket, stretched his hands into his arms and grasped the handle of the gun, then suddenly turned around and looked behind him.

　　 Sure enough, behind him, two people ran over from a corner of a house, holding a short knife and a stick in their hands, looking like a common gangster. When they saw Lawrence turn his head, the two men did not leave, but accelerated their approach.

"Bowler hat." Lawrence noticed that one of them was wearing a hat that absolutely did not fit his identity, and such a weird dress reminded him of what Aunt Susan told her a few days ago: "——Jack let me Let me tell you that one of his men noticed yesterday that two strange young men came out of the alley where you were attacked. One of them was wearing a bowler hat that was a little badly worn."

"It seems that these two guys are probably the ones who knocked me sap." Lawrence looked at the two **** who were holding their weapons getting closer and closer, drew two pistols from his arms, and pointed them at the two people. Triggered on his knee.

　　 "Papa, papa--" After the two gunshots, the two gangsters immediately fell to the ground, threw down their weapons, clutched their knees and wailed.

"It seems that the scene in the movie that shot a dozen large-caliber bullets and can charge forward without incident should be fake." Lawrence thought about this problem while slowly raising his pistol and walking into the two men. .

　　 "Why are you here to attack me?" After walking beside the two of them and pointing them with a pistol, Lawrence asked his own question. "I don't remember I offended you."

　　 "You did not offend the two of us, but you made a huge mistake." The **** in the bowler hat raised his head and said viciously. "I gave you a lesson last time and wanted you to voluntarily give up. I didn't expect you to repent."

"Yes, your guilt is so serious." The other **** also raised his head and stared at Lawrence. His eyes were bloodshot, "No one can save you now, and we-just the beginning. "

As soon as 　　's voice fell, the bodies of the two people in front of them began to twist, and at the same time they shriveled visibly. Upon seeing this, Lawrence quickly backed away, and at the same time pointed a pistol at the two bodies that looked filled with ominous aura.

After just a few seconds, the two bodies were turned into ashes at the same time, but two pieces slowly bulged under the pile of ashes covered by clothing. After that, the two bulges grew bigger and bigger, and looked like they were hidden underneath. Like a pair of rabbits.

　　 "Flap, pop." Lawrence pulled the trigger with both left and right hands at the same time to stimulate the primer of the exorcism bullets in the two guns, and then the two silver warheads flew out of the barrel and went straight to the two drums. For him, who has watched many movies, he must act decisively at this time and cannot wait for the monster inside to grow up.

　　 After eating two bullets that exorcise evil, the two bulges stopped moving, and then the whole pile of ashes with the two bullet holes as the core burned with blue flames. After the flame went out, only two black humanoid traces remained on the ground.

　　 "The situation seems to have become more complicated now." As a person who grew up in the Church of Knowledge, Lawrence's first reaction was that these two men were cultists who believed in a certain evil **** or lower level creatures. However, under normal circumstances, cultists will often tell who they believe in at the first time, rather than just a simple threat.

　　 Thinking of this, Lawrence took out a glass bottle from his arms immediately, then squatted there with a knife to scrape some remaining ashes on the black mark, put it into the bottle and stop it. After doing all this, he ran straight to the intersection and got on a public carriage to the St. Gutenberg Cathedral.

　　 The church was naturally open at this time. When Lawrence rushed to the door of the church, he just saw Priest Carter sitting behind a table under the church steps, writing letters to the illiterate workers.

Although five years ago, the White Eagle Federation established the Education Committee and established some public schools for the poor. At the same time, various churches have opened their own affiliated schools for hundreds of years to provide low-cost and even lower-level people. Free education.

　　 But for these poor people, there are still very few people who can successfully master literacy skills in school. Because most of them need to go out to work early to support themselves. So jobs like writing letters for people are still in great demand. For example, Lawrence didn't know how many letters he wrote for those workers in the past few years when he rented in a tavern.

　　 Seeing Lawrence, Priest Carter immediately finished writing the letter in his hand and asked his apprentice Peter to take his place, then walked over and asked. "Lawrence, why did you come here suddenly today?"

　　 "I just encountered a strange attack." Lawrence whispered. After hearing these words, Priest Carter immediately led him into the church. Because according to the habits within the Church of Knowledge, when discussing matters related to the transcendental world in public, the word strange is often used to refer to the transcendent.

　　 After the two of them came to a partial hall, Priest Carter asked seriously. "I just said that you encountered an attack related to extraordinary power. Can you tell me the specifics?"

"Of course." Lawrence nodded and described what happened today. The main description focused on how the two people suddenly began to shrink and turn to gray, UU reading www.uukanshu.com and hitting the two behind. The blue flame that burned everything after the strange thing that was born. Finally, he took out the two pistols he had just shot and the ashes collected from the wreckage and gave them to Priest Carter.

"This should be related to the power of evil. You are here for a while. I will find a professional to come over." Priest Carter made a few gestures and summoned a group of silver-white light in his hand. As a result, the group of light touched. The color faded immediately after reaching the glass bottle with ashes.

　　 Seeing this scene, he told Lawrence and immediately took these things into a door next to him. A few minutes later, he walked out with an old man with a serious facial expression.

　　 "Lawrence, this is High Priest Arthur from the Faculty of Faith," Priest Carter introduced, "Now you repeat the whole thing you just encountered."

Next, Lawrence explained the whole thing in detail in front of the high priest. After listening to the narration, the high priest named Arthur gave a few details and the previous attack. The matter raised several questions.

　　Finally, when Lawrence had answered all the questions raised by the high priest, Arthur nodded with a serious face, then looked at him and said. "This is indeed caused by some kind of evil supernatural power, and your timely interruption is very correct. According to my experience of fighting these evil forces over the past few decades, if you did not react in time to let the other party take shape. It will be very troublesome."

　　 Lawrence breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. After all, two people who died this time would always have all kinds of troubles. And now the words of the high priest are equivalent to an endorsement for himself, so I don't have to worry about this issue in the future.