Chapter 49

However, marshes were the best place to use traps; after putting them in the mud, it was difficult for anyone to see them.

Mm, even the person who laid the trap would not be able to see it.

Traps did not differentiate between ally and foe, and if Su Mo stepped on his own trap, he would be affected too. As such, many Hunters did not like to use traps, as they had been taught lessons filled with blood and tears.

Currently, the shop sold two kinds of traps. One was a control-type trap that was big and heavy. These traps could restrict monsters for one minute, could be used ten times each, and were sold for five gold coins each.

The other type was bleed-type traps. They were small and had sharp teeth, and even though they could not restrict the movements of monsters, they could cause continuous damage to monsters for one minute. It could also be used ten times and was worth three gold coins.

Ordinarily, if players were to use traps, they would use the second kind because the first kind was expensive and took up three spaces in the bag, and it took up a lot of their weight limit too.

Su Mo was acting alone, so most of the time he had to face many monsters by himself. As such, he gritted his teeth and bought two control-type traps and five bleed-type traps. The gold coins he spent were bought from I Love Luo.

Of the money he had earned recently, he still had $30,000 in his bank account. The rest had been used up by him.

If he did not hurry and earn more, he would not be able to earn $100,000 by the end of the month. When the time came, he would have to use his fists to convince those loan sharks.

This was not a sustainable plan.

After all, the loan sharks had their own people to look out for, and people would do desperate things when they were desperate. If those people wanted to have a life and death struggle, even though Su Mo was not afraid, the other people in his family were ordinary civilians.

Moreover, a loan shark company that was so big definitely had a powerful background.

The Marsh Lizards did not know anything and seemed to be ripping into a corpse. Su Mo observed the surroundings and chose a place to fight before seeing if there were any deep holes here.

There were two deep holes, and Su Mo memorized their locations and left markers.

He then set up the two control-type traps and five bleed-type traps. He also had Lafu remember where they were; if he triggered them, that would be quite tragic.

After everything was set up, Su Mo took out the Whale String Long Bow and took aim at an adult Marsh Lizard.

Su Mo slowly gathered power in the Charged Shot; whenever he used this skill with the Whale String Long Bow, he would fully charge it for the extra 30% damage. Charged Shot was originally a very powerful attack, and adding the extra 30% damage, it became even more monstrous.

After being hit by the Charged Shot, the adult Marsh Lizard instantly lost one-third of its HP.

The other adult Marsh Lizard immediately rushed at Su Mo, and on the way, it dodged around a hole. It seemed that the Marsh Lizards were quite familiar with the terrain.

However, Su Mo was prepared for this.

The Marsh Lizard, which had thought it had avoided the hole, suddenly felt its front leg being clamped onto by something, and it crashed into the water from the massive pain from its leg.

“Whew.” Su Mo finally breathed out.

He was worried that this trap would not be able to restrict the Marsh Lizard; after all, the old Hunter selling the traps said that it would be easier for large monsters to break free.

Since he had trapped one, Su Mo didn’t hesitate to shoot at the other adult Marsh Lizard that he had already injured. As for the three small Marsh Lizards, Su Mo ignored them and Lafu went to engage them.

If Qiuqiu was higher level, it would be more suitable at drawing the attention of monsters. One Vicious Dragon Roar would be able to draw all five monsters to its side.

The mud affected Su Mo and Lafu’s speed, but it did not affect the Marsh Lizards much. Their Movement Speed was still quite surprising, and Su Mo was unable to get rid of the adult Marsh Lizard’s HP before it rushed in front of him.

What should he do after it got close to him?

Kite?

No way, even walking in this environment made him breath heavily; how could Su Mo kite? The overly realistic nature of the game made the game less playable, at least for many players.

Snap!

The sound of a trap triggering sounded out—the second control-type trap was right in front of Su Mo in order to defend against this kind of situation.

Charged Shot!

Eight seconds later, Su Mo finally finished off this adult Marsh Lizard. Su Mo looked at the time; he had used 40 seconds to deal with this first adult Marsh Lizard, and the other adult Marsh Lizard was about to break free from the trap.

Su Mo knew that he could not panic, or else he might really fall at the hands of these normal monsters.

In certain scenarios, normal monsters were even more difficult to deal with than Bosses.

Su Mo once again used Charged Shot, not towards the adult Marsh Lizard but towards one of the smaller Marsh Lizards.

An instant kill!

After he shot out a second arrow, the berserk adult Marsh Lizard finally broke free.

Su Mo started to retreat while ordering Lafu to attack the adult Marsh Lizard.

Su Mo continued to attack the smaller Marsh Lizards; he had to get rid of these smaller monsters because Lafu was already having a difficult time against the adult Marsh Lizard alone. If Lafu died, Su Mo could only pray that he would not be interrupted during the five seconds it took to summon another pet.

During battle, reviving a pet took eight seconds and summoning a new pet took five seconds.

Once he was interrupted by an attack, there was a chance the skill might fail; Su Mo could not afford to try his luck in circumstances like this.

Lafu attacked the adult Marsh Lizard. Even though the adult Marsh Lizard wanted to kill Su Mo more, because aggro was linked to the damage dealt, it could only deal with Lafu first.

After killing the last smaller Marsh Lizard, Su Mo worked with Lafu to attack the adult Marsh Lizard.

Now, it was not as difficult. Su Mo attacked while healing Lafu, and soon, they dealt with this last monster. He then quickly scanned the battlefield before leaving as if he was running away.

Blood was the most important thing in a marsh, especially the blood of the owner of a territory. When other monsters smelled this blood, they would rush over and kill the injured owner so that they could take over the territory.

The five monsters dropped two Marsh Lizard Skins, one Lizard Claw, two pieces of Marsh Lizard Meat, and 48 copper coins.

It seemed like a lot, but none of it was worth much. Altogether, they were worth less than ten silver coins.

What did Su Mo pay for this victory though? He had used his control-type traps twice, which was one gold coin, as well as his bleed-type traps twice, which was 60 silver coins. Including the arrows and potions he had used, this battle had cost nearly two gold coins.

$100!

If he went through a few more fights like this, putting aside if he would make it out alive, he would lose so much that he would not even have his pants left.

As such, he had to learn to avoid battles by observing enemies and avoiding the territories of these marsh monsters. It was best to avoid any fights until he reached the Dark Dryads’ territory.

Su Mo had participated in combat in jungles before but never in marshes.

Fortunately, finding information on enemies was not too difficult and was quite logical. Thankfully, the developers were quite detailed in this regard, and it was easier for Su Mo to discover monsters through tracks and feces compared to regular players.