Chapter 25: The Bitter Battle in the Cave
At this time, Laura, holding a bow and arrows, leaned her back against a rock. On the other side of the rock, five or six enemies aimed at this side with their bows outstretched. Listening to the footsteps coming from the other side of the cave, it was clear that there were more enemies coming after them.
"We can't delay any longer, we have to kill them as much as possible!" Laura tightened the bow and arrow in her hand, but she couldn't find a chance to strike.
It is already a miracle that she can rush all the way here, not only by her extraordinary physical fitness, but also by her tenacious will and good luck. There was flammable gas everywhere, and Solari would never dare to shoot here, and the only long-range weapon was a simple bow and arrow, which greatly reduced the danger for Laura. But correspondingly, the small space also makes her very vulnerable to being flanked from front to back, and every time she is surrounded by enemies, she has to fight desperately, and she always has to add a few wounds to her body.
"Do you want to detonate the sulfur gas again?" Laura glanced at it and immediately retracted her head in fright from an arrow. Where the men were, there was a buzzing pipe. Not long ago, because there were too many enemies, Laura took the risk of detonating once, and the heat wave of the explosion instantly engulfed the nearby enemies, and even Laura, who was looking for cover in the first place, was not spared, and was blown away by the powerful air current. However, because of the explosion, the cave did not seem to be so strong, and every now and then some gravel and dust fell down, and Laura wondered if it could withstand an explosion.
While she was struggling, the Solares had already taken action, two of them put away their bows and arrows and whispered their knives and axes, while the rest of them tried to speak as loudly and defiantly as they could, creating the illusion that they were still aiming at a distance. Finally, the two pioneers reached the back of the rock, but before they could cut down with their knives, they were greeted by the muzzle of the black hole.
With a muffled thud, Laura held the shotgun to the stomach of the first man and fired it, then raised her leg and kicked the body into the second man. While the man was in a hurry, she drew an arrow and rushed forward, plunging it directly into the throat of the second person, and then blocked the man's still struggling body in front of her. The few remaining Solari had loosened their bowstrings, and several sharp arrows pierced their poor comrades' chests with a cracking sound, but did not hurt Laura in the back.
This girl is worthy of being the protagonist of the Tomb Raider series, and even without the bonus of the Black Light Elixir, she has the potential to become an excellent adventurer. For this kind of ordinary person, Ma Le only noticed the three attributes of the force system when he scanned, but ignored an amazing number, behind Laura's perceptual attribute, there was a two-digit number written on it: 13!
It is this perception close to the limit of ordinary people that makes her survive every danger and live to the present!
Seeing that two of their comrades had been killed, the rest of the group became even more angry, and two more people jumped out at that time, while the remaining one continued to fire arrows.
Laura pushed the corpse away, rolled over, picked up the bow and arrow, and instantly pulled the string and shot it, hitting one of the archers in the chest, but the other shooter's arrow also hit her in the thigh. Laura fell to the ground with a cry of pain, and by this time two melee fighters had rushed up, and she broke the arrow in severe pain, then rolled over and picked up the pickaxe and slashed it into the ankle of the nearest man.
The pickaxe was accurate and ruthless, directly breaking the tendon, and the Solaree fell to the ground with a miserable howl, holding his calf and rolling. And the one in the back didn't react, he tripped over his companion who suddenly fell, and he stumbled, and was seized by Laura, half-kneeling and picking up the pickaxe, which happened to be on the chin, and the slender pickaxe tip went straight into the brain, killing him on the spot.
But in this way, the pickaxe got stuck in his jaw and could not be pulled out for a while, and the one who fell before endured the severe pain, sat up on his knees and swung his knife at Laura.
Laura had no choice but to give up the pickaxe and shrink back to avoid the knife. At the same time, the archer's second arrow had already caught the bow. Laura caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye, and slammed her heart into the arms of the knife wielder instead of advancing and retreating, so that the other party must not dare to let go of the arrow.
But she was so naΓ―ve, the enemy was not a regular army, but a group of insane people who had been trapped on this island for many years, and some of them would take care of the friendship of their compatriots, while others would not, unfortunately, Laura met such a cold-blooded madman!
With a whoosh, the arrow came at again, but this time it was not accurate, and it only slashed through Laura's back, adding another slender wound to the shoulder blade.
At this time, Laura was entangled with the knife-wielding melee combat, and the arrow almost hit her, and it was not far from Nasolari, and this person seemed to be frightened by the crazy actions of his companions, and was stunned for a moment, and then began to scold: "You bastard, are you crazy? Almost shot me! β
But the archer remained indifferent and continued to draw his bow and arrows. The melee finally stopped, dragging the injured leg and trying to stay away from Laura, but Laura grabbed the empty block, countered in front of him, and "pounced", this third arrow honored him, and his life was reimbursed.
Laura, on the other hand, endured the leg injury, and took advantage of the fact that the opponent had just shot an arrow in the air, picked up the short knife of melee and rushed forward. The distance between the two was only a dozen meters, and although Laura was injured in the leg, he quickly rushed to within five or six meters. But at this time, the fourth arrow on the opposite side was already on the string, and Laura was still a step slower after all.
"Fight!" Seeing that the bow had been drawn on the other side, Laura jumped horizontally, threw out the short knife with his hand, and thankfully, slashed at the man's neck!
Before Laura could rejoice, a new situation occurred. The man saw Laura jumping sideways, and subconsciously followed suit, and the arrow was still pointing at Laura. After being hit by that flying knife, he lost his strength in his hand, and this arrow was shot out after all! Although the head was not accurate, it also shot Laura's shoulder. But fortunately, because the hand holding the bow was also weak, the arrow was not very powerful, it only pierced the flesh, and the arrow did not go in, so it fell, and the damage was not serious.
Laura collapsed to the ground, and after the fierce battle, her nerves relaxed slightly, and the pain all over her body began to stimulate her nerves. She pulled out a small pill bottle from her pocket, poured the white powder into the palm of her hand, and wiped it on the wound on her shoulder. Then, she looked at her thigh again, picked up the arrow that had fallen, gritted her teeth and cut through the wound, and took out the arrow that was broken in it despite the severe pain.
The thigh was also well medicated, Laura looked at the medicine bottle in her hand, this was still the gold sore medicine that Ma Le gave her to treat her back injury, which was originally intended to let her go once an hour, but then because Laura was seriously injured and dying, Ma Le directly used the black light medicine, and the wound on her waist naturally healed, and there was a lot of gold sore medicine left in this bottle.
"It's ironic to end up using that guy's stuff!" Laura complained a little helplessly, but then she frowned, remembering Ma Le's care for her when they acted together: "That Bell, is he really the lackey of the Sun Queen......
The effect of the medicine recognized by the system is different, and after a few minutes of rest, although the wound is still early to heal, it has no pain. During this period, the enemy behind did not chase after them, but the footsteps became farther and farther away, "Could it be that on the way I came, these guys encountered other troubles?" The girl guessed.
I can't care so much, it's important to save people! Laura moved her legs and feet, and felt that it was no longer affecting her movements, so she got up and continued to walk forward. Behind a narrow tunnel through GuΓ², a huge chasm looms, and above the chasm, a disused helicopter cabin is suspended, in which three people are locked up: Reyes the mechanic, Jonah the cook, and Alex the electronics technician.
At the same time, the three of them noticed the approaching Laura and greeted her excitedly, and Laura was also happy to finally find her companion and was anxious to save them. However, the place where these three people were locked up is really strange, they can't go up to the sky, they can't go down to the ground, and they can't reach the foothold before and after. Even if the cabin was broken, there was no rope ladder, and the three of them would not be able to escape.
"I want to save you, but I don't know what to do!" Laura put her hands to her lips and shouted.
"I've got to open the door first!" Jonah shouted, "Laura, do you have any weapons on you?" β
Laura thought for a moment and took out a pistol, but hesitated again: "Shooting here will ignite the sulfur!" β
Alex shouted, "It's okay, the ventilation here is good, the concentration is not enough!" β
Laura nodded, threw the pistol over, Reyes caught it, the cabin door was on the other side, only a lock was on, there was a small window next to the door, Reyes stretched out the pistol, slammed the outside lock with a few shots, and successfully opened the cabin door. But even so, the cabin door was still four or five meters away from the cliff opposite, a drop of almost one meter. If you are down-to-earth, you can barely jump over two steps. But the cabin is hanging, walking will shake, and there is a bottomless abyss below, and the impact of psychological factors is also great, let alone four or five meters, even if it is one meter, ordinary people dare not jump.
"What should I do...... You wait, I'll go find the rope! Laura shouted.
"It's too late!" Reyes shouted, "Listen! β
The group fell silent, and heard a stumble of gunfire coming from the left side of the cliff on Laura's side. "Those guys are coming back, we need to get out of here!"
Hearing this, Laura was also anxious, but how to save people in this situation? Suddenly, Alex had an idea, and suddenly muttered to Jonah and Reyes.
"What? You are crazy! Reyes yelled, "What if it's too powerful and blows us up into the sky!" β
"But there's no other way around now!" Alex insisted. Jonah frowned, but finally agreed, "I think you can try, do you remember what those guys said when they left?" The next time we come back will be our death date...... I'm willing to give it a go! β
"What are you talking about? Isn't there a good solution? Laura asked anxiously.
Reyes finally compromised and nodded helplessly. Alex leaned through the window and pointed at Laura's feet, "Use that!" β
Laura looked down and saw a gas pipeline, with two valves on a section that was only two meters apart, as if the seal was not very good, and it was hissing.