Chapter 1 A Longer Hunting Trap

Yingzuka Tsukiko continued to pick through the fallen leaves, saying to Sword of No Oath, "If it's a master, the traps won't be set up so simply. These things just hidden under the leaves might just be to attract our attention. Perhaps deeper in, more powerful traps are lying in wait."

"More powerful traps? What would those be?" Sword of No Oath asked nervously.

"Longer time hunting traps," Yingzuka Tsukiko replied. Sword of No Oath really wanted to slap this guy to death.

"Everyone, watch your step!" Sword of No Oath reminded, looking back. But without him saying it, after the first person stepped on a trap and screamed, everyone had already started paying attention to their feet.

"Can we continue to move forward?" Sword of No Oath asked Yingzuka Tsukiko.

"The traps themselves are not harmful," Yingzuka Tsukiko replied. "Their purpose is just to restrict movement, and you've seen the time, it can be over a minute. Then ranged classes attack. This is the main tactic used with traps right now. Advancing rashly without understanding the situation, no matter how many people we have, we'll just be whittled away."

"Can't we find all the traps?" Sword of No Oath looked at the wooden stick in Yingzuka Tsukiko's hand.

"In theory, yes. But don't forget, traps are dead, but people are alive. A true trap master won't just set up traps and wait for rabbits. When you step on it, the trap restricts you; when you don't, it's a kind of check. While you're struggling to search for traps, you've already fallen into their control, and they naturally have ways to deal with you."

"I know that..." Sword of No Oath took a deep breath. Yingzuka Tsukiko was really too long-winded. Even if he didn't understand traps very well, he could still figure out these principles related to traps.

"So, the key isn't how many traps you know, but how many people they have! How many people are waiting for us to step into their traps right now!" Yingzuka Tsukiko's voice grew lower and lower as he spoke, and after he finished, he looked around with a deep gaze. There was only a slight rustling of leaves in the forest. Combined with Yingzuka Tsukiko's tone, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill. They looked around, seeking the answer to the profound question of "how many people."

"Stop advancing for now. Call all the guild leaders over to discuss countermeasures," Sword of No Oath announced.

At this time, at the end of the team, all the players were waiting for news from the front, discussing in twos and threes. Suddenly, Gu Fei turned his head sharply and shouted, "Someone's there!"

"Who?" Not only the people of the Young Master Elite Guild, but even Sword of No Oath and the others at the front of the team heard Gu Fei's loud voice.

Gu Fei vigilantly looked at the forest they had already passed through behind them: "Someone was over there just now."

"Is it a person or an NPC?" You Ge said.

"It's a person. NPCs don't have murderous intent," Gu Fei said.

Murderous intent... Everyone looked at Gu Fei with strange expressions.

"I'll go take a look!" Gu Fei drew his sword and cautiously walked towards the direction where he had felt the murderous intent. The feeling just now was fleeting. Judging from experience, it should have been because the other party noticed Gu Fei here for a moment. Gu Fei couldn't point out the specific direction, but he was sure that there was definitely someone!

"I'll go with you." Sword Demon also drew his dagger, went into stealth mode, and cautiously walked towards that side with Gu Fei. Behind them, everyone was watching. Before long, Sword of No Oath and the others at the front of the team also came over and asked, "What's going on?"

A player pointed to Gu Fei's figure searching in the forest over there: "He said there's someone behind us."

"What person? Is it a player or an NPC?" Pouring Nostalgia blurted out.

Everyone's expression was strange. Han Jia Gongzi sighed: "Damn it, can the questions be a little more original?"

Pouring Nostalgia's face was displeased, and Han Jia Gongzi quickly smiled at him: "Sorry, I'm not targeting you." Pouring Nostalgia's face softened slightly, but Han Jia Gongzi further added: "I'm targeting everyone, including you." Everyone, including Pouring Nostalgia, had their noses crooked with anger.

"Careful!" Gu Fei, who was searching, suddenly shouted sharply. Then everyone saw Gu Fei lean back and jump back quickly. At the same time, the Dark Night Radiance Sword in his right hand slashed down rapidly. With a "clang" sound, there seemed to be a flash of light beside Gu Fei's feet. Then they saw Gu Fei land steadily and said in a deep voice, "There's a trap."

Yingzuka Tsukiko hurriedly ran over and saw a trap that had already been activated in front of Gu Fei's feet. It was more exquisite than the ones seen at the front of the team just now, and even had a faint metallic luster. The two clamping teeth, which would normally clamp a person's foot, were tightly engaged, making people shudder just looking at them.

Sword Demon on the side exited stealth mode. Gu Fei's "Careful" was of course shouted to him. At this time, Gu Fei was also still shaken: "This trap is really perverted, it can even chase after and pop up."

But obviously everyone's expression looking at Gu Fei was more like looking at a pervert. Just now, it was clear that Gu Fei stepped on the trap and immediately retracted his foot to dodge, but this trap actually jumped up from the ground for a short chase. Then Gu Fei instantly slashed down with the long sword in his hand and chopped down the jumping trap. Who is the pervert here? It's very obvious!

"Drunken Bro, you're too exaggerated, you can even dodge this..." Even Yingzuka Tsukiko didn't have the mood to study his favorite trap for a while.

Gu Fei didn't answer him, and continued to look at the depths of the forest and said, "I'm afraid there are more."

At this time, Sword of No Oath and the others had gathered around. Yingzuka Tsukiko's first sentence was: "Did you time it?"

"Time what?"

"Nonsense, the trap time!" Yingzuka Tsukiko said.

"Didn't he not get hit?"

"He didn't get hit but it was activated! After activation, the trap will disappear after the time expires, so you can still time it. You really should brush up on your trap knowledge!" Yingzuka Tsukiko had a look of heartache and indignation on his face. Sword of No Oath, the dignified president of Zenith Four Seas, was rendered speechless by his reprimand, but he also discovered a problem: This time, it was clear that everyone arrived together and saw the trap being activated. Why didn't this kid time it himself, and instead blamed them? Wasn't this deliberately finding fault! It was really hateful. Sword of No Oath thought to himself.

"This trap is even more powerful than the previous one," Yingzuka Tsukiko said. "And according to Drunken Bro's description, it can also pop up. This should be the effect of higher skill proficiency, which means its elasticity is even more terrifying."

"What's the speed of your traps, what speed has your trap reached?" Sword of No Oath suddenly asked.

Yingzuka Tsukiko smiled wryly: "Mine isn't even as good as the previous ones. I lost a level once at level 40." Below level 40, a skill is mastered every 6 levels, such as level 12, level 18, etc. Plus level 40, these levels are called skill levels by players. Usually, when you die and lose a level, you are most afraid of falling below the skill level. Because below the skill level, the skill will disappear. When you level up, you need to relearn the skill and re-grind the proficiency. "Losing a skill level" is a more terrifying threat to players than losing a level.

"It seems, we've been surrounded," Yingzuka Tsukiko said, getting up after squatting down to look at the trap clamp for a while.

Anyone with a brain had already come to this conclusion.

The place Gu Fei went to just now was where their thousand people had just passed. It was obvious that this trap was laid down after they passed. Perhaps the moment Gu Fei noticed it was when the other party secretly laid down the trap and glanced at him inadvertently when leaving. There was no doubt that this trap was definitely aimed at them.

"Is it a player or an NPC, is it a player or an NPC?" Pouring Nostalgia was still struggling with this question.

"It's a player," Gu Fei replied affirmatively to him.

"How do you know?" Someone told him, but he still wanted more accurate evidence, especially when the person speaking was Gu Fei.

Gu Fei shrugged: "I saw it." It's better not to mention the murderous intent. If he said too much, these players would also treat Gu Fei, who claimed to know kung fu, as someone with problems, just like his students at school...

"Saw it? You can tell if it's a player or an NPC with one glance? There are so many NPCs in the city, how is their appearance different from players... Hey, where are you going? I haven't finished yet..." While Pouring Nostalgia was chattering, Gu Fei disappeared with a flash.

"What do we do?" The three core members of Zenith Four Seas gathered again, along with the leaders of each mercenary guild.

"The people sent to search left and right also found traps. We are now surrounded by a large trap formation," Yingzuka Tsukiko introduced the situation. Trap reconnaissance has always been the responsibility of his mercenary guild. Sword of No Oath was very gratified to have invited this mercenary guild that was rumored to be very wretched in the outside world. It was really put to great use.

"Can't we disarm all the traps?" Someone asked.

"No!" Sword of No Oath timely stopped Yingzuka Tsukiko from starting his long "trap check theory" again.

"Why?" As a result, the person who asked this question insisted on getting to the bottom of it, so Yingzuka Tsukiko began his long speech triumphantly again.

Sword of No Oath forcibly restrained himself, his eyes gleaming as he swept over everyone, wanting to say a few more words to emphasize the seriousness of the current situation. But after sweeping around with his gaze, he suddenly felt a little doubt. Then, after carefully sweeping again, he could already confirm this doubt. He looked at Pouring Nostalgia and said, "Where's Silver Moon?"

At this time, it was a meeting of the core of Zenith Four Seas and the leaders of each mercenary guild. All the guild leaders had arrived, but Silver Moon was nowhere to be seen.

Pouring Nostalgia just called out in the guild leader's team. Someone hadn't arrived, and it was only now that he noticed it. It had to be acknowledged that Silver Moon's concealment of his presence was quite successful. Only at this special moment did someone realize that he had been gone for a long time.

"Where is he!" Sword of No Oath muttered, preparing to privately message Silver Moon.

"He left," someone suddenly said.