Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 12 Killing Feast

The iron door of the church was forcibly opened with a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

Many of the native monsters turned their heads suddenly, and saw two figures leaving the church and stepping into the misty drizzle...

Dull and suppressed roars echoed throughout the streets, and the wandering monsters swept in madly like a tide!

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Several harpoons, spears, and pitchforks pierced through the rain and shot out!

Reinhold had clearly broken one of his legs and needed to use a cane to stand, but his body was still extremely agile, even faster than Li Nanke, whose legs were intact.

He dodged the attack by the thrown object with a slight move, and with a swing of his strong arms, the chainsaw axe cut through the layers of rain and chopped off a harpoon thrown at Li Nanke to the ground.

The burly man glanced at Li Nanke coldly, and exerted force with the hand holding the axe handle. The teeth on the weapon began to rotate at high speed, making a crackling sound.

Faced with the wave of monsters rushing towards him, Reinhold roared and strode forward, intending to use the power of one man and one axe to forcibly split the surging waves.

The ferocious expression of the indigenous monster running in the front is close at hand and clearly visible.

The thick axe blade cut through the rain curtain, and the high-speed rotating saw teeth cut through the shoulders and chest. The flesh and bones could not stop the cutting of the weapon at all, and it was split into two like butter encountering a red-hot blade!
Blood gushed out, organs were scattered all over the ground, and the indigenous monster had been split into two pieces at an angle!

With the death of the first indigenous monster, a surging tide of monsters followed, trying to completely swallow the two.

However, the powerful armed monk is like a solid iron wall and a stubborn reef. Even the raging waves have to calm down and divert in front of him!

The violent sound of chainsaw axes cutting into flesh and bones was endless, the roar of monsters, the heavy breathing of men, and the roar of revolvers completely announced the beginning of the feast of killing.

The blood mixed with the rain turned the streets red, completely turning the streets of the town into a bloody road.

Reinhold strode forward, with Li Nanke following closely beside him. The two were surrounded by swarms of indigenous monsters, but their steps were always firm and they moved forward.

Li Nanke slashed the saw blade horizontally, blocking the sickle that was attacking Reinhold, and raised his left hand...

"boom!"

The muzzle flashed, and the powerful kinetic energy of the bullet penetrated the skull, causing the monster's head to tilt back, and then it fell limply to the ground without a sound.

At the moment of the monster's death, a weak invisible force surged into its body, injecting a symbolic mark called 'self'.

Li Nanke was slightly stunned, but the battle was critical at the moment and he didn't have time to think too much.

At the same time, Reinhold swung his chainsaw axe to chop down a monster, and the metal cane stabbed silently and quickly. As soon as a monster raised its knife to chop at Li Nanke, the sharp tip of the cane pierced its heart.

"where to!"

Reinhold looked in the direction Li Nanke pointed and saw a narrow alley not far away...

The armed monk chopped with his chain axe, spilling blood.

If it were any other time, such an intense battle would probably cause Li Nanke to cough repeatedly due to the pain in his lungs. But now, although his chest still felt slightly stuffy, it was much better than before when he was short of breath after intense exercise.

As monsters fell one after another, the energy accumulated in the 'self' gradually increased.

The two fought for a while, and finally worked together to tear a hole in the tightly surrounding waves.

Li Nanke rushed out without hesitation and ran wildly in the rain.

The figure with the cane was faster than him. He passed him in a few breaths and squeezed into the alley smoothly.

The alley entrance was right in front of him. Li Nanke was about to rush in, but his hair stood on end and he instinctively rolled to the side.

Gravel flew everywhere, and a harpoon pierced into the brick ground!
His extremely high synchronization rate and keen sense of danger saved his life again at the critical moment.

Li Nanke climbed up, twisted his waist, turned around and swung his arms. With a sharp look, the muzzle of the revolver in his left hand drew an arc.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Among the monsters that were chasing them relentlessly, three monsters holding long weapons and about to throw them stood still with a bloody hole between their brows.

After temporarily resolving the throwing threat, Li Nanke immediately dived into the alley.

"Good marksmanship!"

The man holding the chainsaw axe took a step forward and blocked the entrance to the alley. His burly figure and broad shoulders blocked most of the alley.

Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that the remaining monsters could no longer pose a threat to the two of them.

With Reinhold's strength, he could occupy this key position, which could be said to be a one-man defense. And he only needed to protect the back of the armed monks to prevent enemies lurking in the dark of the alley. Li Nanke quickly opened the pistol cylinder, poured out the shell, pressed down the full moon-shaped clip, and then closed the cylinder. The whole process of changing the bullet took less than two seconds.

He took a few deep breaths to completely calm the restlessness in his chest.

With the blessing of 'Breath of the Lake', Li Nanke's endurance in sports combat has been greatly improved, and he is gradually saying goodbye to the embarrassment of being a real man for five seconds.

It is precisely because the extraordinary ability of this characteristic is very suitable for him that Li Nanke is eager to upgrade the 'Breath of the Lake'.

According to William's memory, apprentices need to pass trials to become armed monks before they can master the runes bestowed by the church and learn a secret method called "psychic meditation."

The power of runes can be slowly increased through day and night practice of secret meditation. This is a gradual and steady process and there are no shortcuts or quick methods.

Li Nanke couldn't help but recall the strange energy he had gained from killing the monster just now, so he took advantage of his free time to put his thoughts into the spiritual world.

Originally, the 'self' was like a dry puddle, but now, having absorbed strange energy, it finally accumulated a shallow pool of clear water. The invisible thread from the 'self' to the 'animal nature' and then to the 'breath of the lake' was like a ditch between the three puddles.

When seeing this strange energy, the related information 'source energy' emerged in my mind.

The energy called 'Source Energy' seems to be able to flow along the wireless thread to 'Beastiality' and then to the characteristic 'Breath of the Lake'.

He raised his eyebrows and tried to inject source energy into the Breath of the Lake...

Suddenly, this special light flashed, and breathing through the mouth and nose became smoother, and waves of comfort came from the lungs.

Only after all the energy accumulated by the 'self' was injected into the 'Breath of the Lake', did the light of the trident rune temporarily go out.

[Trait: 'Breath of the Lake']

[Subordinate: Animality]

[Rank: 0th rank]

[Level: Level 0 → Level 1 (63%)]

Breath of the Lake was upgraded from Level 0 to Level 1, with an additional % progress.

"Just like that... it's improved?"

With the additional power system of "self" and four elements, it seems that one can obtain source energy simply by fighting and killing enemies, and thereby quickly improve the rune characteristics.

For both the apprentice William and the armed monk, this was completely contrary to their own extraordinary cognition and was an incredible way of improvement.

Li Nanke shook off the blood drops on the saw blade, held his gun and stood guard behind Reinhold, his eyes thoughtful.

The monsters on the street outside the alley were blocked by the armed monks. After leaving behind several corpses, they did not continue their frantic attack, but slowly retreated under the roars of several of the monsters.

Li Nanke recognized those monsters. They were the monsters with slightly higher IQs that had chased him before.

Not all of the indigenous monsters in the town are obsessed with killing, some of them still retain some intelligence.

I think the same is true for the "High-level Sea-lovers". Their IQ may even be higher than the monsters they see now, otherwise they would not hide among ordinary monsters to show weakness, and then suddenly attack Ms. Liliana.

"Is this the favor from the evil god..." Li Nanke pondered.

The monster outside the alley had retreated. Reinhold was holding a chainsaw axe. The weapon was dripping with blood and was covered with a lot of flesh and hair.

The man's windbreaker was torn on his chest and shoulders, revealing two hideous, bleeding narrow wounds, which were left when he faced the wave of monsters just now.

Although the armed monk was powerful, he was missing a calf at this time, which hindered his movements. If he was in his prime, he might be able to kill his way through the entire street with just one axe.

While Reinhold was bandaging the wound, he said to Li Nanke:

"Your spear skills are very impressive. It seems that you have worked hard. As for the physical and weapon combat skills... although you have mastered them well, they are obviously not the orthodox combat skills taught in the monastery."

"The extraordinary power of the rune can only assist in combat at your stage. You cannot become a true armed monk just by absorbing a rune. You still have a lot to learn."

"If we can escape from here, I will continue to teach you on behalf of Liliana, and I will also submit your promotion application to the church. Then you will be able to learn 'psychic meditation' and enhance your extraordinary power."

Although Reinhold was finding fault with him, he actually admired the talent of this monk apprentice.

Without Li Nanke's cooperation, he would never have been able to break through so easily.

He was able to remain calm under the siege of waves of monsters, and worked together with me to fight a bloody path, and even cooperated with me quite well.

He just came to the town and experienced a few battles, but he acted like a veteran on the battlefield... He was nothing like those encumbered apprentices!
(End of this chapter)