Mercenary Wars

Chapter 87 Lucky Rabbit
Around the fire, the five-person tent was quickly pitched.

For a camp deep in the Lower Stoneclaw Valley, a campfire and tents are clearly not enough.

For safety and hunting purposes, they also need to set some traps.

Setting traps is also an essential skill for hunters. High-level hunters can combine spells to set up powerful traps, and in some legends there are even incredible things like "dragon traps".

But they didn't set up any dangerous traps.

After all, the animal taming specialization requires hunting live animals, while the shooting specialization does not require live animals, but it requires that the prey have no wounds other than arrow wounds. Obviously, the fake arrow wounds created by traps could not fool the examiners.

They simply used shovels and the magic trick of "shaping clay" to dig several large pits around the camp, and then placed spell scrolls of "freezing" into them.

"Freeze" is a second-circle spell and is quite expensive. Fortunately, Karklo was not short of money and was clearly prepared in advance. He took out a box of Freeze scrolls from his storage ring and handed them to the others to set up.

After setting up the Frost Trap in the pit and adding the Trick "Trap Disguise", a low-cost version of the "Frost Trap" is complete, which is more than enough to deal with low-level monsters.

After setting up a few basic freezing traps, it was already late at night. The five of them ate something, sprinkled some animal-repelling potion nearby, and then rested.

Silent all night.

The next morning, the five men washed up and ate a simple meal before preparing to go hunting.

Before leaving the camp, they placed bait in the traps.

Traps are highly effective against low-intelligence magical beasts, the most typical example being the "Shark Lizard Beast." Although the Shark Lizard Beast has thick hide and tough flesh, its intelligence is among the lowest of all medium and large magical beasts. Some bodily fluids from the opposite sex are enough to make them rush headlong into the trap.

The giant antler deer was also tied up and placed in the trap, occasionally letting out angry cries, which would undoubtedly be a good bait for some predators.

In addition, the five people also sprinkled some animal-repelling potion.

Unlike the level 5 beast-repelling potion they used last night, they are now using only level 1 beast-repelling potion, the purpose of which is to prevent ordinary wild beasts and level 1 magical beasts from accidentally entering the trap.

After all, level 1 magical beasts do not count towards the assessment results, and theoretically, in order to avoid overexploitation, the Hunter's Guild completely prohibits hunting level 1 magical beasts in Lower Stonetalon Valley—whether during normal times or during the assessment period.

Ordinary hunters might risk breaking the rules to secretly hunt level one magical beasts, but for this elite and wealthy squad, the most likely consequence of hunting level one magical beasts is probably wasting the space in their storage rings.

Therefore, they sprayed multiple bottles of level one beast-repelling potion to ensure that level one magical beasts and ordinary wild animals would never dare to approach.

"That should be enough, young master. Let's go." John said, holding an empty medicine bottle.

Calcrown nodded: "Let's go!"

The five men left the camp and headed deeper into the valley, with John leading the way with his shield.

The monsters here are indeed quite plentiful.

They hadn't walked far when a huge rabbit came into view.

The rabbit is about half a meter long, with some light blue markings on its snow-white body.

"Lucky Rabbit!"

In human culture, these rare magical rabbits are usually associated with "luck" and are considered a high-value prey—or collectible. King Louis of the Kingdom of Libreland even kept a level seven lucky rabbit.

“Let me do it!” Colin volunteered.

He then cast several spells in succession, making himself neither smelly nor make any footsteps, and quietly approached the lucky rabbit.

Others are also ready.

After a while, Colin was only a few dozen meters away from the Lucky Rabbit and was stealthily continuing to approach. But the reason why the Lucky Rabbit is so valuable is not only because of its small number, but more importantly because of its clever nature and fast running speed.

As Colin drew a little closer, the Lucky Rabbit, which had been quietly grazing, suddenly stopped moving, its ears perked up, and its body slightly raised.

Colin paused for a moment, then rushed over immediately.

Unfortunately, he was clearly not as fast as the lucky rabbit.

With a "whoosh," the beautiful rabbit disappeared into the depths of the dense forest, leaving Colin empty-handed as expected.

Gaucano fired an arrow, but the lucky rabbit was not only fast but also intelligent. It immediately used the trees to cover its shadow and darted around, making it difficult for him to aim.

John hurriedly went after him.

He charged and leaped, making a series of impressive maneuvers, but still couldn't catch up.

If he is truly determined to pursue, it is still possible for him to catch up.

But as Karclo's bodyguard, he wouldn't stray too far from Karclo, so he quickly gave up and turned back.

Gao Jiano felt he might be able to catch up, but only if he used Blood Burning Dash, and he obviously wasn't going to use his life-saving skills to chase a rabbit.

So everyone could only watch helplessly as the lucky rabbit disappeared in a flash, sighing with regret.

"They run really fast!" Andrew exclaimed.

John shook his head: "Too fast. This is only a level two or three lucky rabbit. I wonder how fast King Louis's level seven one must be."

"Forget it, catching a lucky rabbit is probably harder than passing the Level 4 exam," Calcro said.

The group stopped thinking about the lucky rabbit and continued deeper into the valley.

After half an hour.

As they rounded a towering tree, the previously obscured view suddenly opened up.

"What's that?" Andrew pointed into the distance.

As they walked, they kept looking over.

But on a distant mountain, a tall red tower could be faintly seen standing.

The tower was crimson in color, tall and slender, clearly not in the style of a forest troll.

“An illusion of the Tidal Lands,” John explained. “That area is an ancient Tidal Lands, and the tower we see is just what it looked like when the Tidal Lands were last closed. It’s probably long since collapsed by now.”

Gaugano frowned slightly and hesitated, "This tower looks like a blood elf structure. How long has it been since this Tidal Land has been opened?"

John shook his head: "I don't know, but it's probably at least a thousand years old, otherwise there wouldn't be any blood elf buildings."

Colin: "So what we're seeing now is a scene from a thousand years ago? How interesting."

Andrew: "The Tide Land, sealed for thousands of years, I bet there are a lot of good things inside. Of course, there are also a lot of dangers."

Calcro suddenly said, "What do you think would happen if this land of tides suddenly opened up?"

John stopped stepping on a tree root on the ground, turned around and said with a smile, "The Tide Land, which has been quiet for thousands of years, cannot be opened just like that."

(End of this chapter)