Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 15 Trait 'Sea Scale'

After a long time, the drizzle finally put out the flames.

The central square of the town was covered with charred and burnt marks, with dried and charred bodies of indigenous people lying in all directions, emitting wisps of white smoke.

Occasionally, a few heretic monsters that were not completely dead would squirm their bodies and try to struggle to get up. A broad-bladed chainsword would split the rain curtain and chop down head-on, separating the bodies of the indigenous monsters.

The black glove holding the hilt lifted the chainsword and turned to the next target.

"The teeth of a chainsaw sword can't rotate, so it's only slightly stronger than an ordinary saw blade. Moreover, the weapon is a bit heavy for me, and my arms will become sore after a long battle."

While Li Nanke was complaining, he took quick and decisive actions and soon eliminated all remaining threats around the square.

The chainsaw sword left by Lady Liliana requires specific runes granted by the church to turn the teeth, and only armed monks can unleash the true power of the weapon.

【Killer Chainsaw Sword】

[Type: Weapons/Blades]

[Quality: Ordinary]

[Rating: 16/100]

[Details: A strange blade weapon, which is essentially a weapon with teeth driven by a motor to rotate along the blade, just like a chain saw. However, this weapon is not equipped with a power source and requires some kind of extraordinary power to drive it normally. It is precisely because of this that the evaluation of this powerful weapon is greatly reduced. ]

[Note: For those who cannot use the chainsaw sword normally, it is just an ordinary single-edged sword, or even slightly inferior... Just give up and stop playing around.]

Reinhold fell into a coma due to severe injuries and excessive blood loss, but his exceptionally strong physique as an armed monk meant that his breathing gradually stabilized after Li Nanke simply bandaged his wounds.

It seems that his life was saved, but because his injuries were too serious, he probably won't be able to recover his combat effectiveness for a long time.

After the battle in the town square, a large amount of source energy accumulated in Li Nanke's 'self' mark. This was due to the large number of monsters around the square, especially the 'Advanced Sea-Follower', which provided even more source energy than all the monsters combined.

However, he discovered that the energy value provided by ordinary indigenous monsters was not constant, but gradually decreased after he absorbed it many times...

After dealing with the potential threat, Li Nanke came to the body of the 'Senior Sea Devoted'.

The extremely high temperature metal fire rain melted holes in the corpse, leaving it covered with charred marks, but among those charred, brittle and dirty scales, there was one that remained intact and emitted a bright white light.

With the experience from last time, Li Nanke knew very well that this thing was the trait 'Scale of the Sea' bestowed by the node reward!
He took a deep breath, reached out, pinched the scale, and pulled it out fiercely.

At the same time, the frantic and chaotic mutterings once again echoed in his mind. Li Nanke gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and endured the mental erosion brought by the trait "Scales of the Sea".

In a trance, he came to the night port alone. The cold moonlight could not illuminate the dark sea at all.

Li Nanke plunged into the sea uncontrollably. The cold water surrounded and engulfed him. Along with the endless darkness came a strong water pressure.

The eardrums gradually began to feel stinging, and pain also occurred on both sides of the temples. The chest, torso, and limbs were all under strong water pressure, as if a fat man was stepping on the body. The feeling of oppression was very uncomfortable.

As he sank deeper and deeper in the sea, the water pressure increased dramatically, as if it was trying to squeeze his internal organs out of his chest and abdominal cavity.

The fear of death enveloped his whole body, and the oppressive feeling of despair almost destroyed all his will.

In his dying moments, his vision became blurry and it seemed as if some giant scaly creature was swimming past him.

He is older and larger than anything else. Just one scale on his body can fill the entire field of vision of the onlookers...

Li Nanke suddenly woke up, breathing rapidly with lingering fear. After the mental erosion ended, the "Scales of the Sea" had engraved a diamond mark in his mind. The diamond mark was parallel to the "Breath of the Lake". The two were not connected to each other, but they were both subordinate characteristics of "Beast Nature", just like two forked branches growing from "Beast Nature".

[Trait: 'Sea Scale']

[Subordinate: Animality]

[Rank: 0th rank]

[Level: 0/10]

[Details: This trait can cause a layer of illusory scales to appear under the skin at various critical locations, providing you with excellent protection against material attacks, but poor protection against energy attacks.]

[As the level of this trait increases, the subcutaneous coverage of the illusory scales will gradually increase, and the protective ability will continue to increase. It can even transform the illusory scales into entities in a short period of time, providing amazing protective capabilities...]

[Note: All the dragons in the village have given you their hardest scales. This sea scale armor is indestructible. It's up to you! ]

Subcutaneous phantom scales, enhanced defense, and temporary materialized scales...

Whether it is the underwater breathing ability of "Breath of the Lake" or the materialized scale armor ability of "Scales of the Sea", it seems that they can only be obtained after the trait level is raised to an extremely high level, or to the full level of level 10. They should be the ultimate abilities of the traits.

Now a large amount of source energy has accumulated in Li Nanke's 'self' mark. After a little thought, he injected the source energy into the 'Scales of the Sea'.

When the level of 'Breath of the Lake' is raised to a higher level, it can completely cure lung infection, but now the level 5 'Breath of the Lake' can allow Li Nanke to fight without hindrance.

Compared to curing lung infection and breathing underwater, the protective ability is what needs to be improved urgently. After all, his primary goal is to survive from the black dream.

According to Reinhold's description, there are a large number of indigenous monsters lurking in the port, and their number may be more than that of the monsters in the central square.

He was holding a powerful weapon, the thermite rifle, which had enough lethality, but his self-defense ability was very poor. If he was hit by the enemy or stabbed by a thrown weapon, he would definitely be killed or disabled.

With the injection of a large amount of source energy, the characteristic light of "Sea Scale" flickered continuously.

Li Nanke only felt his body was numb and itchy, with goose bumps all over his skin. Ripples appeared on his skin like the surface of a lake, as if something was growing under his skin.

This uncomfortable feeling started from the left chest and gradually extended to the entire upper body, until the source energy was exhausted and the numbness and itching sensations subsided and dissipated.

[Trait: 'Sea Scale']

[Level: Level 0 → Level 6 (81%)]

Li Nanke carefully examined his body and pinched his skin, but could not feel anything unusual. Both in feel and appearance, he was no different from an ordinary person.

He tried to punch himself hard in the chest, and the corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch: "It really hurts."

Although it was painful, the protective ability of the Sea Scale was really good. A powerful blow to the chest could at least leave bruises and redness, but apart from a little stuffiness, there was no substantial damage.

Li Nanke tried to cut his arm with the blade again. The wound opened and blood oozed out, but after the sharp blade cut through the dermis, it encountered strong resistance, just like a knife cutting on a piece of iron or steel.

After some experiments, he concluded that the Sea Scales had the best protection against slashing, and were slightly inferior in protection against blunt force and piercing attacks.

Possessing the "Scales of the Sea" is like wearing an invisible scale armor with excellent defensive power. It is weightless and will not affect movement. It provides 24-hour protection and you don't even need to take it off when sleeping.

(End of this chapter)