Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 426: Eternal Night Ruins (Part )

Blake, whose body was charred, suddenly "came back to life" and sat up, which really scared everyone in the airship.

White, who was originally in a low mood with red eyes, said in surprise, "God bless you, your zombie body can withstand that strange red light attack?"

Blake groaned twice in a hoarse voice and lay down twitching again. As the magic of the zombie transformation technique faded, his body, which was severely burned, finally began to gradually regain his sense of pain and cried out in pain, unable to bear it any longer.

White quickly took out the last few doses of recovery potion and coagulation dressing, and carefully applied them all over his body.

The last refugee guide who survived the airship was lying next to the observation window of the pod when he suddenly cried out, "Master Wizard! Look down!"

A few people gathered around the observation window and looked down, and found that not far from the camp where they had just settled, a natural clearing in the dense forest was suddenly filled with densely packed people. A rough count showed that there were dozens of people.

These people stood there silently without saying a word, looking up at the airship that was already dozens of meters high in the air.

From the outside, it looked exactly like the skinned monster that had just attacked them...

Just the three skinned monsters were enough to force the Eye of Illusion, a high-level spellcaster, Duncan, whose disability had impaired his strength and made it difficult for him to cast spells normally... and three mid-level necromancers to try their best to deal with them. They only barely escaped at the cost of the deaths of three guides.

And now, dozens of such powerful and strange enemies have gathered in the dense forest without anyone noticing. How could they not be frightened and break out in cold sweats?

Eye of Illusion gripped the pod's armrests tightly with both hands, his voice strained as he spoke, "Fortunately... fortunately they can't fly, otherwise we would really..."

Before he could finish his words, a skinned monster on the ground suddenly moved, raised his hand and pointed at the airship in the sky. Immediately, two people beside him condensed a long and thick javelin with black water in their hands, assumed a throwing posture and took a running start, and then their arms suddenly swelled up.

The two thrown black water spears pierced the airship with a whoosh like lightning. Their momentum did not decrease at all even at a height of dozens of meters. In an instant, they pierced through the outer bag of the airship above the pod, and flew out from the other side before falling obliquely to the ground.

The split airbag inside was obviously damaged and leaking. The airship stopped climbing with a slight tremor and barely stabilized, floating in the air without moving. Even when Ren White turned the power lever to the extreme output gear, it could only fly slowly and levelly.

"Oh no! They are attacking the airship's airbags!" Duncan didn't care about the scars all over his body. He struggled to get up and was about to jump off the airship again. He had to stop the other party from throwing spears. Otherwise, if the airship with only six sets of split airbags was damaged for more than half, it would immediately lose all power and fall to the ground.

The Eye of Illusion took a deep breath and immediately decided that he could not let the teacher go down alone to delay time, so he raised his hand and opened the hatch.

Michelle, who had just woken up, suddenly reminded weakly, "Magic guns... We brought three magic guns!"

Yes! And there's also a magic gun! Even more powerful than the enemy's black crystal thorns... an extraordinary magical weapon with greater penetration and range!

The Eye of Illusion turned around and immediately found the silver metal spear hanging on the pod's weapon rack. He rushed over to take it down, threw one of it into White's hands, and began to load the magazine according to the method he remembered in his mind.

To be honest... all the members of the expedition team in this pod were somewhat resistant and opposed to using this kind of weapon - this kind of terrifying weapon that could be easily manipulated and used by mortals to confront spellcasters head-on was really something they found difficult to accept.

Especially for a genius mage like the Eye of Illusion, who appears gentle and polite to ordinary people, but is actually extremely arrogant, forcing him to admit from the bottom of his heart that a magic gun can surpass the magic he has spent countless efforts to study and master is like being tied to the church's stake and publicly executed. The magic gun in his hand was cold to the touch and slightly heavy, but at this moment, it gave the two people holding it in the pod a real sense of security and hope.

The Eye of Illusion vaguely remembered that this Type 3 magic gun was somewhat different from the Type 2 sniper gun that Wayne had used before. There was no alchemical sight on the long barrel. This meant that he and White, who were responsible for operating it, had to rely on their completely unpracticed marksmanship and aiming skills to fight back against the enemies on the ground below.

Another javelin whizzed over, and Duncan barely managed to draw out a bit of magic power to condense two missiles, and narrowly avoided it from piercing the outer shell of the airship. However, his magic power, which was almost exhausted after casting the Transfiguration Technique, made him tremble all over. The consequence of forcibly absorbing magic power was that he could hardly stand.

The Eye of Illusion immediately raised his rifle by the pod window, clumsily pointed the muzzle at the enemy below, and pulled the trigger without hesitation...

With a slight "zi" sound, the bullet shot out along with an invisible white light.

I don't know if it was because he performed exceptionally well in a critical moment, or because the enemy team below was already too densely packed - this completely random shot somehow hit a skinned monster. Although I don't know where the bullet hit... but the opponent's body was obviously shaken and he fell to the ground, motionless.

The magic gun can actually penetrate the strange skin that even high-level combat techniques cannot break!
The enemies gathered below were also obviously startled. They scattered away from their comrades who had been shot and fallen to the ground, trying to hide in the shade of the trees.

There were only a few enemies standing there motionless, still holding their heads covered with crystal masks high, trying to continue to condense black water spears to shoot down the airship.

The Eye of Illusion snorted coldly, raised his hand and fired another shot... Then the random shooting technique immediately revealed its true form, and the bullet landed on an open space within a radius of three meters where no one was standing. It was obvious that it was not even an outline.

White, who was a step slower than him, had just put down the gun, but because of extreme nervousness and unfamiliarity with the weapon, his finger seemed to be welded to the trigger and he couldn't pull it off. He emptied the magazine in an unknown direction with a "zizizi" sound, but did not hit a single enemy.

"Calm down! Slow down and shoot them one by one! We don't have many bullets!"

The Eye of Illusion quickly reminded him, took out a spare magazine from the magazine pouch and threw it into the Necromancer's arms, causing him to reload in a hurry.

White, who tried the second round of shooting, finally found some feeling. He accidentally hit the metal tube on the back of a strange man with a bang, and for some reason, it suddenly caused a violent explosion and burning. The flames rose from behind the enemy and enveloped him completely. After just a few seconds of explosion... there was only a pool of black and yellow traces that was not sure whether it was oil or pus and blood.

"The bullets can explode the canisters of black water!" the Eye of Illusion exclaimed in surprise. "Aim for the large canisters behind them! That stuff is extremely flammable, just like dragon flame powder!"

Seeing that the magic gun's counterattack was indeed effective, even the seriously injured Michelle struggled to get up, picked up the last remaining spear, leaned against the window, and tried his best to aim and shoot downwards.

Under the continuous and intensive attack of a large number of bullets, the skinned monsters on the ground finally realized the powerful counterattack from the airship in the sky. They retreated slowly and silently, and disappeared into the deep jungle.

Having finally gotten a chance to catch their breath, everyone stopped their attack, manipulated the rope to pull the damaged split airbag into the cabin, and repaired it using the rubber fruit patch that had been prepared long ago.

After inflating again, the airship finally regained its power and staggered upwards into the sky...

(End of this chapter)