Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 16: Five Minutes of Speed
After Li Nanke arranged the bodies of the seriously injured and unconscious armed monk and Ms. Liliana, he rushed towards the port on the south side of the town.

Today, he can be said to have upgraded his muskets to cannons, and his military belt buckles are full.

In addition to the thermite rifle and the blaster rifle, it is also equipped with two Mauser military pistols left by Liliana, commonly known as the Mauser pistol and the speed machine gun. It has a 20-round magazine, a caliber of 7.63 mm, and an initial bullet velocity of 425 meters per second, which is much stronger than the previous small revolver.

He did not bring his chainsword, but still carried his apprentice's saw blade. He was a little weak, so he was not good at using the weapons of the armed monks. In fact, he preferred Reinhold's chainsaw axe to the chainsword, but unfortunately the weight of the latter was not something he could bear.

Heading south along the street, Li Nanke soon arrived at the town port.

The sea breeze is cold, salty and humid, the sea surface is a deep dark blue, and the sound of waves hitting the rocks is heard one after another.

The port terminal is a sheet pile terminal. The sheet piles inserted into the sea surface one after another support the long terminal pavement. The pavement is built with thick steel plates, but dark red rust has spread all over it.

There are also simple artificial wave-breaking embankments along the coast, but the mooring posts are empty and no ships are docked in the port.

A lonely steam carriage was parked at the end of the dock road. Five meters below the dock was the deep and dark sea, and there were no monsters lurking around.

In the distance, there were dark clouds in the sky, howling sea breezes, surging waves, and sparse raindrops gradually becoming dense, as if a storm was about to come.

Li Nanke frowned, realizing that he had to fight quickly and decisively, because once heavy rain poured down and strong winds swept through, the thermite metal mist in the rifle would probably be blown away by the strong wind before it could form, and then the most powerful thermite rifle would be useless.

He turned his head and saw a large lighthouse standing on the rocky shore next to the harbor. It was the tallest and most eye-catching building in the town of Abbes.

"As long as I take back the carriage and get in touch with the church, I can complete the final node and end this dark dream."

After finally checking the remaining ammunition, he took a deep breath and strode towards the steam carriage parked at the end of the dock.

The so-called steam carriage was a steam-powered car with partial steel plate armor, without horses, powered by a steam engine with a boiler.

The earliest version of the steam carriage required burning coal and charcoal to heat water in the boiler, using the generated high-pressure steam as the power of the carriage. It took more than half an hour to start, making it a truly old-energy vehicle.

After being improved by the priests of the church's scientific research department, the new version of the steam carriage mainly uses kerosene and light fuel oil as fuel. In addition, with spark plugs, the boiler can be heated faster, and the starting speed is shortened to five minutes. It has extremely strong power and can reach a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

However, in this town full of monsters lurking around, the five-minute startup time alone is enough to kill someone.

The steel pavement at the dock is thin and severely corroded and aged. When you step on it, it makes a hollow drum-like sound. The deep waves on both sides of the pavement are constantly surging, which makes people feel very uneasy.

Li Nanke walked more than ten steps in front of the carriage and then stopped. His hair stood on end and he felt a chill down his spine. His instinctive sense of danger warned him not to get any closer.

He gritted his teeth, ignored the danger, and rushed towards the carriage!

At the same time, many human-shaped shadows emerged from the sea, and their dull roars could even drown out the whistling wind.

The heretic monsters roared with excitement and quickly climbed up along the board piles of the dock!
Li Nanke ran to the carriage, opened the door, and slapped the ignition preheating button in front of the driver's seat.

With a hissing sound, ignition failed!

He pressed the button repeatedly, but it seemed that there was a problem with the spark plug and the car could not ignite successfully.

Li Nanke was anxious and immediately left the car, picked up the shock rifle, flicked the lever on the gun body to the scattering mode with his fingertips, and pulled the trigger at the dozens of enemies climbing onto the dock.

The powerful shock wave tore through the air and rain curtain, and snow-white air waves burst out in a fan shape!
"Boom!"

Dozens of enemies were blown away by the huge energy shock wave and fell into the dark sea with a thud.

Li Nanke took this opportunity to crawl under the car, unplug the valve of the methane cylinder of the backup ignition device, then quickly climbed out using his hands and feet and fired an ignition bomb at the bottom of the car.

Flames burst out and the ignition preheating finally began.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, he immediately turned around and fled, heading towards the towering lighthouse on the harbor shore.

The roars of numerous monsters echoed on the sea. Gray figures kept climbing up the dock, chasing madly against the increasingly dense rain.

With the blessing of the fifth-level 'Breath of the Lake' trait, the intense and rapid breathing did not cause any discomfort to the lungs. Instead, it greatly increased the lung capacity and blood oxygen volume, making the running speed faster and faster.

The rain was pouring down, the wind was howling, and sporadic harpoons and spears pierced through the rain. Li Nanke didn't even turn his head, and rolled on the ground to avoid the attack as if he had eyes on his back. "Five minutes! As long as I can delay for five minutes... I can win!"

He rushed to the lighthouse with rain all over him, kicked the wooden door open and stepped in.

The circle of cement walls inside the lighthouse are mottled, old, and full of cracks. A narrow steel staircase spirals upward along the wall to the top of the lighthouse.

He held the saw blade in one hand and pulled out the Mauser pistol in the other, and strode up the stairs with big steps.

He had only taken two steps when the wooden door of the lighthouse was smashed into pieces. Many monsters rushed in frantically, and their hideous faces were within reach!

Roars rang out one after another, and the monsters rushed straight up the steel stairs.

Li Nanke twisted his waist, turned around, swung his arms, and turned around to chop with a knife!

Blood gushed out and he kicked hard, causing the monster's corpse and its companions behind it to stumble and fall into a heap, rolling down the stairs.

The stairs, which are only wide enough for three people to walk side by side, are the most advantageous terrain at the moment!
But the number of monsters was too terrifying. A steady stream of locals from the town poured into the lighthouse, and it was filled with a sea of ​​moving heads.

The monsters that fell didn't even have a chance to get up as a large number of their companions stepped on their bodies and climbed up frantically.

Li Nanke held a blade in his right hand and a gun in his left hand. He fought while retreating up the stairs. Taking advantage of the excellent narrow terrain, he only needed to deal with two or three enemies at a time.

But this does not mean safety. His eyes never left the lighthouse gate. Whenever a native carrying throwing weapons rushed in, the Mauser pistol in his left hand would roar!
He blocked the enemy's hacking attacks one after another, causing pain in his palms and numbness in his arms. He had to face the ferocious enemies in front of him, and also be on guard against the threat of thrown weapons pouring in through the gate. Even with his strong skills, he was soon injured.

The continuous influx of large numbers of enemies quickly emptied the magazine of a Mauser pistol, leaving no time to reload. Li Nanke dropped his gun and was about to pull out another pistol when he was slashed in the left arm by the enemy.

Under the powerful blow of the knife, the scene of the arm being cut off and flying did not appear. The blade encountered an obstruction and got stuck after cutting the skin. Although the arm was bleeding, the injury was not serious.

Li Nanke groaned, immediately pulled out his pistol, and shot several enemies in front of him dead. He then turned and shot down the enemy who was about to throw his weapon, shooting him in the head.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the steel steps and the bottom floor of the lighthouse were crowded with monsters. The number of enemies was so huge that more enemies could not squeeze into the lighthouse.

He finally understood clearly why Reinhold, with his strength, suffered a heavy blow here. In front of a real sea of ​​monsters, even if there were a few more armed monks, they would be defeated.

Li Nanke had retreated to the end of the steel stairs and reached the top of the towering lighthouse.

"It's now!"

He threw away the pistol with an empty magazine, pulled out the thermite rifle and pulled the trigger. The few remaining thermite steel bullets were all ejected, turning into misty metal fog that filled most of the lighthouse.

The misty fog reflected pinpoints of light, and the beautiful yet deadly metallic mist spread, covering the long steel stairs and the countless monsters in the tower.

Li Nanke leaned back and pushed open the wooden door on the top of the tower, and howling wind and cold rain swept in.

Here, the height between the ground and the sea is nearly fifty meters, and the dark sea and rough reefs are right under your feet!

From here you can clearly see in the distance a huge monster stranded on the desolate beach on the southwest side of the town. It is a deformed giant made up of countless scales, flesh, blood and tentacles.

Just a glance at the giant creature out of the corner of my eye made me feel dizzy and the world was spinning.

[Dreamer! You have triggered a hidden node! ]

[Hidden Node: Eliminate the 'Stranded Wanderer - Orfanas'! ]

Li Nanke's pupils shrank. In this moment of life and death crisis, he had no time to think. He stepped on the guardrail on the top of the tower and jumped down from the top of the tower!

An ignition bomb dragged a red flame, tearing through the dense rain curtain, piercing through the roaring wind, and penetrated into the doorway at the top of the tower...

Finally... ignite the burning flames!
"Boom!!!"

(End of this chapter)