Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 28 Courage and Iron Fist

When Stani sprinted forward, he had already predicted the opponent's possible route of rolling left and right to dodge.

But the only thing he overlooked was that the necromancer accidentally fell forward and fell directly into the cellar he had just crawled out of.

The sword that he thought was sure to hit the target missed, but the witch hunter was not at all panicked.

He twisted his ankle and raised his toes nimbly.

The cellar cover was lifted up and flipped back into place with a bang, covering the cellar entrance tightly.

He stepped hard on the cover again, and with the tip of his sword, he pushed accurately against the lock, locking the entrance to the cellar and preventing the two known people below from lifting the cover again.

Now let’s deal with the guy who just discovered his whereabouts and warned the necromancer in advance!
……

Pierce usually moves around the manor without carrying his best bow and arrow.

Normally at this time he would have fallen asleep on his soft bed.

But tonight the weather was not right, and it seemed that a rainstorm was about to come. Harvey and Reiner went to the experimental workshop again, which made Pierce worry that they would be drenched by the rain when they returned to the main building.

At this moment, he was only carrying two raincoats and wearing thin cotton and linen pajamas.

Although he had no weapon, the hunter's years of hunting experience still made him keenly aware of the other party's malicious intent.

He immediately dropped the cumbersome clothes in his hands and ducked behind the huge metal column of Unit 00.

This was the method he usually used to avoid black bears when he encountered them in Jackdaw Ridge.

It’s a pity that there is no tree in the experimental workshop, otherwise he could even jump to the top of a tree in just three seconds.

But the witch hunter Stani is not a stupid and slow beast. When the power of the knight's blood is stimulated, his movement speed is far beyond that of ordinary people. The sword in his hand flashing with cold light is even more frightening to Pierce than the claws and fangs of a black bear.

He narrowly avoided the opponent's first horizontal swing of the sword, and the sword blade hit the brass column of the alchemical instrument, making a deafening sound.

Dang~
Pierce felt a chill on his back, and the enemy's sword tip still cut through his clothes.

But there was no obvious pain. He understood that it was not because he was not injured. The blood boiling at the critical moment of life and death made those who were desperately trying to survive run two miles even if they were dragging their intestines.

The hunter rolled and fell onto a pile of crates, and only then did he realize that warm liquid was flowing out of his back, soaking his torn clothes.

Lord Harvey and Reiner are still trapped in the cellar.

And Mr. Asdalen, he was unable to move and could only wait to be killed after being discovered by the murderer.

I can't run away!

A streak of silver lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a huge roar of thunder.

The light that shone into the workshop through the ventilation windows also illuminated Pierce's pale face covered with sweat.

The thug with his face hidden by a hooded robe rushed towards him without saying a word. A flash of sword light shot out from his ribs and went straight to the hunter's heart.

The attack was as fast as lightning, stealthy and swift.

When Pierce realized it, it was too late to dodge. In desperation, he could only kick his legs and bounce his body backwards, feeling a sharp pain in his chest.

He rolled over twice in a panic, then quickly stood up, grabbed a crowbar, and struggled to assume a defensive posture.

"Huh? He actually dodged it." The witch hunter kicked away the crates blocking his way and walked towards him step by step.

The hunter was cornered.

"Who are you anyway? Why are you attacking Lord Harvey? He's a wizard from the Union!"

Pierce stammered as he questioned the other party, his eyes anxiously glancing at the metal lab table covered with a tarp and the locked cellar entrance.

"Dead people don't have so many problems." The witch hunter laughed sinisterly and raised his sword again.

"Stop!" A weak shout was heard, and Stani subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.

The witch hunter snorted coldly at the metal lab table covered with a thin cotton cloth, stretched out his sword and pried open the cloth, revealing a transparent mineral the size of a coffin.

And a strange man whose whole body is wrapped in minerals, with only his head exposed.

The strange man frowned and stared at Stani angrily.

"Huh, the evil creation of the necromancer?" The witch hunter frowned, not knowing whether this thing was an unformed stitched corpse monster or some other unknown creation of undead experiments.

He subconsciously swung his sword towards the neck of the humanoid monster.

Asdalen was unable to move, and he closed his eyes with a bitter smile, waiting to die.

But suddenly he felt his face getting hot, and a splash of warm liquid sprayed on his face.

He suddenly opened his eyes and saw Hunter Pierce rushing in front of him, with the sword piercing his chest, revealing half an inch of sharp cold light.

"you……"

Pierce spat out another mouthful of blood, which splashed into Asdalen's eyes, but he did not close his eyes to dodge.

The hunter let go of the amber ore he was holding tightly and slid to the ground.

With a loud bang, the metal cover of the cellar flew into the sky and hit the ceiling of the workshop.

Reiner jumped out of the cellar, and the originally dark blue soul fire in the eye sockets of the skull had now turned into a bright white light.

"Pierce!" he roared with a metallic grinding sound.

Harvey fell into the cellar and hit Reiner's metal body. His eyes rolled back and he fainted.

In a panic, Reiner thought that he had been ambushed. After checking and fiddling with Harvey for a while, he found that there was no bleeding wound on his body.

This delayed us for two or three minutes.

When he returned to the ground, he saw a scene that made him want to tear his eyes out.

"Ahhhh! Asshole!"

All the inscriptions on the alchemical prosthesis lit up instantly, and its strong metal legs stomped on the ground, plowing a deep groove in the hardened ground.

He lunged at the witch hunter who was standing with a sword and punched him in the head.

The sword and fist collided with a loud bang, and sparks from the friction of metal flew everywhere.

The witch hunter's body shook violently, and he staggered back several steps, looking at the curling sword in his hand in disbelief.

"You bastard!" Reiner continued to roar and pounced on the other party without any pause.

In a state of extreme rage, he seemed to have forgotten to use even his favorite weapon, the flame welding gun, and just instinctively swung his fists at the enemy.

The long-lost fear gripped the witch hunter's throat. Others might not know it, but he was very clear about how much power he could unleash as a blood knight after stimulating his bloodline ability.

But facing the skeleton monster in front of him that was covered in metal armor and could speak, he seemed as weak as an underage child.

Every punch the opponent threw at him made him feel like he was facing the attack of demon beasts on the battlefield in the past. The force was so strong that it was difficult to resist.

After three punches, the long sword, unable to bear the weight, broke with a clang. The witch hunter had no way to avoid it and was hit hard on the shoulder by Reiner.

A horrible sound of bones breaking was heard, and the enemy's figure soared into the air and fell heavily into a pile of broken crates.

"You bastard! You bastard! You bastard!"

The angry roars did not stop.

This was the last scene Pierce saw before he lost consciousness as he lay on the ground due to excessive blood loss.

It was Reiner's massive alchemical body, straddling the enemy and pressing him down, punching him again and again until his chest was sunken and bloody...

(End of this chapter)