Struggle in the Steam Age

Nora naturally realized that something was wrong, so when the island shook violently, she quickly swooped down and hugged Lawrence from behind, and then flew out along the tunnel with all her strength. Just as they were flying fast, the entire island erupted into violent turmoil as if it couldn't support it, and large and small stones began to pour down from everywhere.

Fortunately, Nora's flying skills are superb, so she avoided all kinds of stone attacks and flew outside quickly. Although the smell of mucus on her body rushed straight into the nostrils of the two of them because of the fast flight, the stench was no longer important to them at this time.

At the beginning, that is, there are some cracks on the sides of the tunnel and you have some pinball-sized stones falling. But when they flew out quickly, these cracks became bigger and bigger, and the volume of the falling stones also continued to increase. Sometimes even a few stones larger than a person fall from the side or top of the cave.

"I think we need to move faster, this island seems to be sinking." Just when Nora had to dive to avoid a large piece of rolling stone, Lawrence suddenly found that there was accumulation under the dry cave just now. Water appeared, and the water level on the ground rose rapidly.

"No problem, I'm going to speed up." Nora snorted lightly and then accelerated sharply. Lawrence even felt that his face was deformed by the wind. At this time, more stones fell, and Lawrence had to cast magic to knock some of the stones that hit him into the air.

As the dolls accelerated, they were getting closer and closer to the exit. It's just that at this time, the stones on both sides of the cave and on the ceiling fell more and more frequently, and even a whole piece of the ceiling fell down. This makes the entire space under the entire island look as if it is about to collapse.

Of course, this is not just what it looks like, but it is really about to collapse. When the two of them rushed out of the cave with the sound of the wind, there was a burst of thunder-like collapse sound behind them, and then Lawrence saw the upper structure of a large area of ​​the island fall down like that, and at the same time a gust of wind with a foul smell It blew from behind.

"Is this island sinking just like that?" Nora stopped at this moment and looked at the shattered and sinking island and said to Lawrence, with regret in her tone. "I remember that there are still a lot of carvings that have not been taken out. That is a huge discovery. But now that we have sunk like this, we will lose a big discovery."

It is very normal for Nora to say this. After all, after the two shared knowledge, the little doll also obtained a series of knowledge sent by the God of Knowledge in Lawrence's mind, including knowledge about the intelligent races living near the New World. . But these strange murlocs do not exist in these memories.

In particular, the carvings left by these murlocs clearly show that they are a civilization with a high level of development, but they have no connection with any surrounding civilizations at all. This is a very worthwhile study from any angle. This is especially true for those who specialize in the humanities.

"Fortunately, we have written down those patterns. You must know that the most important thing about this kind of thing is knowledge, not the carrier of those knowledge." After talking about this, Lawrence's face was full of rejoicing, although everything in the last cave was It was created by the things in the big ball on the top of the hole, but considering that the ball does not have its own consciousness, these things should be created by the ball imitating the original things.

Unlike the last adventure on New Shaw Island, everything Lawrence and the others saw this time can be made public. So they need to prepare now for the papers they may need to write in the future. Fortunately, after communicating with Nora, Lawrence learned that although he failed to bring back those reliefs, Nora caught all the things left by the intelligent creatures in the huge sphere at the last moment and packed them into the astral plane. in the face.

"There are many and miscellaneous things inside, but because the liquid there is corrosive, only precious metal products and some stone carvings are left." Nora said to Lawrence. "If I remember correctly, the things I fished out should be able to fill a space the size of three of your offices."

"It sounds like I've gained a lot this time." Lawrence said in his mind after recalling the size of his office and the various jewelry in the space he saw through Nora's line of sight just now. "At least the salvaged items are definitely enough to open a small museum. If some water is poured into it, it is not impossible to open a medium-sized museum."

At this time, the Enterprise, which was wandering nearby according to the order, also spotted the two of them, and quickly drove in their direction to meet them. Seeing this, Nora also took Lawrence and flew in the direction of the big ship. When they got closer, Lawrence found a group of people on the deck welcoming them.

"Salute!" After Lawrence and the others landed on the deck, the first mate immediately issued an order. After hearing the order, all the people on the deck who came to greet them either raised their arms or raised their weapons to them. Two people salute.

"What are you doing?" Seeing this, Lawrence and Nora hurriedly returned the greeting. After everyone saluted, Lawrence looked at the first officer in a strange way and asked. "Why did you salute us together? We didn't seem to have done anything worth saluting to us just now."

"You are too humble, my brother." John squeezed out of the crowd and said to Lawrence at this time. He had just learned from Lesso what Lawrence and the others had done to save themselves. So from the bottom of his heart, he decided that Lawrence could now be regarded as his life-and-death friend, so he used the word brother in this paladin to indicate the close relationship between the two parties.

Under the explanation of John, a paladin who has been active in the surrounding waters recently, Lawrence finally understood why everyone is so excited now. To put it bluntly, the matter is very simple, that is, the mobile island that Lawrence and Nala just destroyed is notorious in this sea. There are many inexplicable ship disappearances in this area in history. about this island.

And now that Lawrence and the others have destroyed the island, they have removed a great harm for the Sea of ​​Stars, which is why the crew members on the ship saluted them. For these seafarers who make a living at sea, those who can help them solve the dangers they may encounter while sailing are worthy of their respect from the bottom of their hearts.

"My brothers, everything you do today will definitely become a new epic, sung throughout the sea of ​​stars and even the New World." After explaining the ins and outs of the matter, John finally concluded. "I believe that every ship passing through this sea will have your story told."

"I didn't think so much when I came to rescue you." Lawrence said openly. "At that time, I was planning to go out for an adventure. Everything was prepared for the adventure. What I didn't expect was that I saw it before the ship set off. Lesso came to me for help, and I stopped by to save you."

"In any case, thank you." Paladin John said, at this moment, Nora used her skirt as a cover to take out the silver cup from under her skirt. "By the way, Mr. John, is this what you are looking for?"

"Holy Grail!" Looking at the goblet with holy pure white flames protruding from the mouth of the cup, John's eyes widened. "Yes, this is the lost Holy Grail of our Church."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the little puppet Nora seriously and said, "This is a sacred object of our church, and we must take it back. But don't worry, the church will definitely pay you a satisfactory reward."

As Lawrence knew before, due to various reasons, the number of sacred objects lost by the church is not a small number. But except for some cults, most churches, especially Orthodox churches, often choose to exchange their sacred objects from those discoverers at a reasonable price.

It is precisely because of this approach that adventurers are more willing to send back to the church after discovering holy objects. This naturally made it easier for the church to reclaim their holy objects and prevent them from being lost.