Struggle in the Steam Age

This astral space named Sea and Flame is darker than the outside when it is dark, because there is nothing in the sky here, only a dome like black velvet. The active volcano crater in the distance did have some red light, but it was too far away from here, and there were trees in the middle, so Lawrence and his camp were still pitch black.

Because extraordinary monsters are usually not very afraid of fire, and at the same time choosing to set fire in the camp at this time may also attract some people with bad intentions, and it is easier to make themselves by the fire an obvious target, so Lawrence and the others follow a A person with dark vision and a person who does not have this ability are combined into a group and divided into three night shifts, and no light source is used during the whole process.

According to the grouping, Lawrence was assigned to the first half of the night, his teammate was the warrior Reso, while the dwarf mechanic and his mana robot were on the midnight shift, and in the last half of the night was Ratman Miss La card and paladin john vigil

"I hate this feeling." Leto murmured in a low voice. As a warrior who is not born with dark vision like Ratmen and dwarves, and does not have the magic of [Dark Vision] like Lawrence, when facing the dark and extremely quiet environment outside, he always It was a feeling of trembling in the bottom of his heart, but fortunately, the cold touch of the ax and the small buckler in his hand and the single-shot large-caliber pistol at his waist could give him some comfort.

"Indeed, the sky of this small plane is really too dark at night." Although [Dark Vision] provided Lawrence with a clearer vision, he could also feel that the darkness in this world was not just darkness. , which probably has some factors related to magic.

Speaking of strange magic, Lawrence suddenly remembered the first prey their team killed during the day: a puppet spider manipulating a group of zombies. If this kind of undead creature is not because of some magical experiments, it means that there must be a nearby environment with strong death energy for a long time to become what it is now.

However, according to the information Lawrence had seen before, the extraordinary creatures in the astral plane of sea and flames should be more affected by water and fire, such as water-shooting turtles or those kobolds related to flames. This puppet spider obviously does not belong to the above two types, and it is very special.

More importantly, according to today's investigation and the information seen before coming in: the power of water and fire in this astral space are separated, and the power of water is mainly concentrated in the sea around the island, while the power of water is concentrated on the island. The power of fire. At the same time, there will be certain rules in the distribution of monsters encountered in different places.

But according to magic theory, the power of flames and the power of undead are mutually exclusive in most cases. If there are exceptions to the outer main plane due to various complex environments, this kind of small plane with incomplete rules is often very unified in this regard, and it will not appear obviously different from the local environment for no reason. Incompatible monsters. .

"It seems that we should suggest searching the surroundings tomorrow, maybe we can find some kind of treasure related to the undead, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why such an undead creature appeared in a space full of flames." Lawrence stared at it vigilantly. While thinking about it. Apart from this explanation, it is difficult for him to understand why this situation occurs.

When the vigil time came, Lawrence woke up Cog who was snoring in his hut according to the previously agreed plan, and then returned to his hut. Lesso, who lived next to him in the shack, soon lay down and fell asleep, while Lawrence sat cross-legged on his quilt and meditated.

After entering the state of meditation, he found that the phantom of Bai Ze in his mind was flickering continuously with his meditation, just like the images in old movies, and it was the same as the phantom of Bai Ze in the past when he was meditating. completely different.

And Lawrence's spirit was also attracted by this flickering phantom, and at the same time unconsciously, the energy in his body spun with the flickering frequency of Bai Ze. This flicker was so inexplicably attractive that he himself didn't realize that he had spent far more time in this meditation than usual.

Just when he was about to reach the limit, Bai Ze Xuying changed. After a burst of flickering, Lawrence found that Bai Ze's phantom was a little bigger than it looked before, and at the same time, the small horn that was originally hidden in the hair on the top of his head was also exposed, and there were little scales on his limbs.

The biggest change is that now there is a milky white scroll phantom above Bai Ze's head, this phantom is at most one finger's height away from the phantom of Bai Ze's body.

After discovering the major changes in the phantom, Lawrence immediately used his will to contact the phantom of Bai Ze floating above his mind, and soon he figured out what the scroll was.

"This is the one that Bai Ze dedicated to the Yellow Emperor in the legend. It records the names, appearances and spells of exorcising all ghosts in the world. It can ward off evil and exorcise ghosts. "Bai Zetu" ah.

Different from what Lawrence imagined, there is no information recorded on this phantom Bai Ze map, and now it is just a simple blank scroll.

Of course, this phantom scroll floating above the phantom of Bai Ze is not a decoration. After a brief communication, he quickly figured out how to use the different Bai Zetu in its records.

Its appearance can be regarded as the result of further excavation of the warlock's bloodline. In the future, as long as Lawrence has seen any monsters, he will leave the image of these monsters on the phantom of this Bai Zetu. With the deepening of his understanding of these monsters, it will be easier for him to find their weaknesses when facing these monsters, and it will be easier for him to carry out fatal blows.

In addition, when the understanding of these monsters reaches a certain level. Lawrence can summon its phantom to fight for himself, and the only thing that limits the strength of the phantom is his knowledge of these monsters other than Lawrence's own level.

"This is really a big gain." Lawrence thought, after watching this most important change, he realized that he has now successfully promoted to an official-level warlock, if according to the ancient division method , he is now considered to have broken away from the black iron-level transcendent sequence, and has become a newly promoted bronze-level transcendent.

The first feeling after the upgrade is that the magic reserve in the body has almost doubled, and the five senses have been strengthened a lot compared to before. He can now hear the voices of John and Cog talking outside, and they are changing shifts. This also shows that it took Lawrence more than two hours to upgrade his meditation just now.

Realizing that it was still a while before dawn, Lawrence immediately started his post-upgrade tidying up work. Perhaps because he was promoted to a higher level, he found that he had an opportunity to change his spell list and choose new spells at the same time.

When searching the list of optional spells, Lawrence realized that he was listed out because he was a traverser or because of the strength of Bai Ze's bloodline. Among the optional spells in his bloodline, some druids of this world actually appeared. He was really overjoyed by the exclusive spell.

After some selection, Lawrence added water creation and food purification to his zero-level spell list, and added camouflage and disguise to his level-1 spell list, and at the same time converted the secondary deflection position to endure the environment.

When it came time to choose a second-level spell, Lawrence was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a very good spell among the spells available to him. After a while of thinking, he chose Mage Armor and Spider Web, which are almost universal to spellcasters.

After careful consideration of the latest three third-level spells, Lawrence chose Dispel Magic, Disaster, and Missile Storm.

It is a pity that Bai Ze's blood seems to lack some powerful attack spells of the evocation system, which also prevents him from getting the fireball, which is almost a symbol of the caster. However, this does not mean that Bai Ze's bloodline is weak, but on the other hand, it shows the strength of Bai Ze's bloodline, because both dispelling magic and calamity are much more precious than fireball, and even Lawrence has never heard of it. Learn disaster.

In addition, Lawrence, who has been promoted to a higher level, has successfully obtained his third talent, danger perception, which allows him to vaguely predict some dangers related to himself.

In short, this level promotion is considered to be a comprehensive improvement for Lawrence, and it also gives him sufficient protection for his next action in the astral plane.