Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 556 Bloody Confrontation

Dave led the special forces team slowly towards the ruins of the settlement. Through the bushes, they could clearly see the figures of the Demon Lizardmen hiding in the shelters of the ruins. The warriors of the Silver Moon Tribe who came to ask for help were right... This Demon Lizardmen team, dispatched from Floating Island No. 1 and responsible for sweeping the surrounding area, had a total of more than 500 people. It was probably the standard combat scale deployed in a one-way spiral corridor inside the floating island.

That means there must be two or three red lizardmen among them, leading their actions as leaders.

It was not the first time that the special forces soldiers had dealt with them. They had even sneaked into their front-line lair not long ago, so it was naturally impossible for them to feel afraid at the moment.

"At a distance of less than 300 meters, even if you poke out one of my eyes, you can still hit their ugly heads!" The wolf head, whose wounds had not yet healed, gritted his teeth and grinned. "Boss, why don't we open fire?"

Dave slowly shook his head and said firmly, "Wait for Wayne and the others to open fire first. Don't forget that our first priority is to find the Red Lizard Leader hiding among the enemies!"

As they were talking, several lizardmen suddenly jumped out from the ruins of the settlement, holding black crystal shields and rushing towards a pile of rocks - they tried to change the direction of their cover, climb to a high slope far away from the river bank, and from there launch an attack on the low-lying airship!
A bullet shot out from the bushes and accurately hit the running enemy through the gap in the shield, causing its huge and swollen head to explode directly, and black and red brain matter sprayed all over the ground.

More intense gunfire followed - the soldiers led by Wayne finally opened fire!

The lizardmen hiding in the ruins in groups of three or four were immediately targeted. The firepower from the ground was obviously more powerful than the threat from the air. By the time they finally identified the direction of the attack, dozens of their fellow tribesmen had been killed.

The airship raised its altitude at the right time, and the lizardmen who had escaped from the air lock began to gather their troops and slowly moved towards the pile of rocks.

"They're gathering their forces!" Dave ordered decisively, "Go after them! Get as close as possible before opening fire. There's definitely at least one Red Lizardman out there!"

With a loud bang, in the chaos, the black water tank carried by a demon lizard man was hit, detonating the black water stored in it. The explosion sent up a ball of red flames, reigniting the surrounding ruins.

Taking advantage of the cover of fire and smoke, the special forces team had already reached the pile of rocks.

"It's now!"

Two magic bullets were fired almost simultaneously, piercing through the chest of a demon lizard man and then shattering the shoulder blade of an enemy behind him.

A gap was instantly created for the dozens of targets hiding behind the rocks, and the person surrounded in the crowd was... a leader who did not have a black water tank on his back!
"Nine o'clock, to the right rear of the pile of rocks!"

The Eye of Illusion took a deep breath, activated the magic power in his body, and poured it into the sniper magic gun sight in his hand. The Astrologer gently placed a hand on his shoulder, and with the activation of magic synchronization, his eyes, which had already been transformed by illusion, directly locked onto the target through the sight.

The figure of the red lizard man appeared clearly in his field of vision. With the help of the alchemical sight, he could even see the contraction and expansion of the breathing sacs on both sides of the other's head.

He pulled the trigger without any hesitation, and the bullet shot out from the extended barrel at a high speed. The intense burning heat of the dragon flame powder, accompanied by an unignorable magical fluctuation, flew straight towards the enemy!
The special forces on the ground saw only a flash of white light. The enemy standing in front of the Red Lizard Man was shot in the chest and instantly exploded in two. The target's head behind him instantly exploded, turning into a red and black blood mist. Without even a chance to struggle, he was killed on the spot. The soldiers couldn't help but cheer. The target that posed the greatest threat to the Bloodline Warriors had been eliminated. Daf didn't wait any longer... Clutching a knife in one hand and a magic revolver in the other, he roared and rushed into the enemy's pile of rocks.

He slashed the enemy's neck with a knife at an angle, and when his skin cracked and hissed out red and black fishy liquid, he raised his hand and pressed a gun against the crystal armor on the opponent's face, smashing his head with a bang.

A strange sound of "puffing" came from the side, and Callum and Wolf Head cooperated to pierce the enemy's leg with two spikes. At the same time, they slid and twisted their bodies, cutting the demon lizard man in half horizontally.

The counterattack of the Demon Lizardmen was more ferocious than expected. Although their leader was hit by a fatal sniper attack from the sky, dozens of enemies hiding behind the rocks still gathered their Blackwater weapons and engaged in fierce close combat with the Bloodline Warriors who rushed in.

This was different from the situation experienced by the special forces team infiltrating the floating island... They faced fully equipped soldiers who no longer hid or concealed themselves, fearing the presence of their magical weapons! The close-range fire from the magical revolver required almost no aiming. The special forces soldiers would close in fiercely, first using melee weapons to parry or lift the enemy's shields, then deliver a brutal, face-to-face shot!

Another group of demon lizardmen rushed out from behind the pile of rocks, and violent energy fluctuations seemed to be rapidly condensing - Daf turned his head and his pupils suddenly contracted... That was not the magic fluctuation of the caster, but another red lizardman leader finally appeared!

A red lizard man in the enemy camp, who was protected by several black shields, suddenly raised his hands, and two scarlet lightning bolts shot towards him!

The spider ran headfirst into the arms of the corpse of the enemy he had just killed, tumbling to the ground in a panic, narrowly avoiding one of the lightning bolts. Unfortunately, a soldier behind him was hit hard, and without the protection of the enemy's skin camouflage, he was instantly carbonized by the deep red plasma.

The sniper from the air attacked again, but the several overlapping black shields pressing on the enemy's head made the "decapitation operation" ineffective. Although the crystal shield was instantly shattered by the special sniper bullet, several lizardmen immediately condensed shields again to fill the sudden defensive gap.

Daf roared, desperately urging the blood energy in his body to circulate wildly. With the violent pumping of his powerful heart, the dark red lines of the blood mark even spread along his neck to his cheek. With one knife, he beheaded the enemy who rushed in front of him along with his flexible skin, then turned around and rushed forward, together with the wolf head whose violent blood was also stimulated.

An alchemical sword bursting with flames flew out from behind them, stringing together the two stacked lizardmen in front of them into a gourd... Wayne also rushed to reinforce from the firing position at the back.

Under the all-out attack of several high-level bloodline warriors of the special forces team, the enemy who had formed a tight defensive line hiding in the pile of rocks was suddenly caught in a dilemma and soon paid the price of dozens of their fellow tribesmen being killed again.

The only remaining Red Lizardman leader launched another lightning attack, but it was avoided in advance by the Bloodline Warriors who had been forewarned. Only a few soldiers who were unable to evade the attack far enough were slightly injured, but they did not lose their combat capability on the spot.

As the encirclement gradually shrank, the offensive and defensive momentum changed in an instant... The Demon Lizardmen who had been slaughtering the Silver Moon Tribe as "hunters" not long ago were now trapped in a pile of rocks. The frontal attack of the Bloodline Warriors, the precise aerial sniping of the airship team... and the concentrated fire of the expeditionary soldiers in the bush belt in the distance were gradually eroding their remaining few manpower.

Now they have become like the survivors of the Silver Moon Tribe huddled in a clay mine. After several failed attempts to break out, they can only wait to be caught in a trap.

(End of this chapter)