The Dark King - Chapter 281

Chapter 281

Sergei's mouth twitched as he put away the idea of exploring the gunpowder boxes . His eyes swept around: "If I'm not mistaken this place . . . it is the exit of the death passage that was originally rented by the Huasheng consortium . " He glanced at Dudian to see his reaction .

Dudian indifferently replied: "It seems your memory is good . "

Sergei slightly frowned as he saw Dudian admit his speculation . His fingers tightened onto boxes he was holding onto .

Scar who was moving the cannon was stunned as he looked back at Dudian: "Is this really the exit of the death passage?"

Gwyneth and Jin who saw the reaction of the two suddenly thought about the meaning behind two words . Their faces paled as they looked over Dudian .

Dudian saw the surprise in their looks: "Why are you afraid of death if you have come out of the giant wall to hunt?"

Jin and Scar wryly smiled .

Gwyneth saw that Dudian wasn't going to explain the reason why the place was called the death passage so she looked around at the surrounding environment . Her empty hand quietly affixed on the hunting sword which was on her waist .

It didn't take long for them to to walk about seven miles from the passage .

Dudian took out the map to check the place . The outer area of the giant wall was depicted in details . There were eight different badges marking the areas . They belonged respectively to six consortia, military and Ryan family . The place which belonged to them had a small circle covering it .

Scott consortium and Green consortium occupied left and right sides of their location . Their hunting grounds were divided into small areas and coded from zero to ten . The hunting ground that belonged to New World consortium was colored in gray representing unclean area .

The consortia had reached a contracted after a long run to update the map in unity so that they could easily identify each other's areas .

Dudian took out another map which was supplied to them by Huasheng consortium after the military crossbow deal . The paper was yellow in color and it was rough . The papermaking technology wasn't very advanced ten years ago . There were some blurry lines depicted by the pencil . The hunting ground was divided into three areas . The first forty miles from the exit of the death passage was first area . According to the information on map it was the habitat of the monsters from level twelve to twenty-five .

The second area was extremely wide and about seventy miles in length . There were giant boneworm living in that area . According to the atlas they are monsters which reach level thirty seven when they mature .

Even a senior hunter would have to run away if facing such a monster . There would be no room for a battle .

Huasheng consortium's hunters had gone up to outermost part of the third area but weren't able to explore . There were no records but only a black colored 'X' logo .

Dudian had seen the map before within the giant wall . At the moment he looked at the map and tried to confirm approximate range of the current position . About four miles away there had to be a small lake . Level nineteen crocodiles should be living in there . This one was an amphibious monster which had excelent laten ability and amazing night vision . It's perfect hunting time was at nights where it could attack even senior hunters . Once it bit then it would be hard to get out of its grasp .

Dudian knew that according to the Huasheng consortium's map the last time he had already been into the second area . But the problem was that he had only encountered variant skeletones and monsters which were lower than level 20 . Ten years ago the members of the team sent by the Huasheng consortium should be killed in area 3 or when they returning from there . So at the worst case they were ambushed by the monsters at second area . However after a decade the number of the monsters have decreased a lot . The traces of the monsters has long disappeared from first area . It should be result of migration or cannibalism .

In any case, the overall result was that the safety factor in the area number one and two was much higher than it was ten years ago .

This would be an excellent news for the others but Dudian didn't feel happy .

"Follow me . " Dudian took the lead as he went towards the lake .

Along the way Dudian didn't sense the smell of monsters lurking near by . However, what Dudian was most concerned was that even after walking for about three miles he still couldn't see the shadow of the lake . Did Huasheng consortium cheat them? But the drawing date of the map was not new either .

He paused a moment and ordered the Scar to stop in place . He asked Gwyneth and Jin to stay by Scar's side to protect him . Sergei followed Dudian after he put down the gunpowder boxes . He slowly went forward as Dudian drilled through the grasses . Dudian was on alert at all times as he felt that a monster would attack him anytime . His muscles were tightened as he knew that he couldn't detect the presence of some monsters .

It didn't take long for them to reach a basin . The place was covered with aquatic weeds and there was a little water at the bottom of the basin .

Dudian's eyes narrowed as he gently put his toes on the ground . He felt that the soil become soft so he stepped back . Was this place a lake a decade ago? How come such a lake would turn into a basin of water in about ten years?

Sergei's face slightly changed as he went back and said to Dudian: "Get back!"

Dudian was surprised as he rapidly stepped back . He checked the place but he couldn't detect anything: "What?"

Sergei pointed towards a place about ten meters away from them: "Do you see those branches? Can you see the eyeballs?"

Dudian looked at the direction Sergei's fingers were pointing to . He saw that rotten brances had falled onto water . The place below them was dark but it didn't affect his vision . There was indeed a jade-like mottled ball . It looked like a moss on the ground .

Dudian whispered: "Let's check it out . " He bent over and pulled a piece of mud from the ground . He threw it past to the place .

The mud hit the death branches . Bang! Water spilled around . At the same time the whole place shook up and that thing made a 180 degree twist and went into the other side of the basin .

Dudian took a deep breath . He didn't think that in the dry parts of the lake there would be potential monster which would be very dangerous for them . The scent exuded from its body was very light and it was completely covered by the various scents coming out of the basin of water .

"Sure enough . . . " There was a trace of relief in Sergei's eyes as he saw the figure to twist and run away: "This things are a little hard to kill . However once their camouflage is exposed then they will usually escape . They won't attack unless they are too hungry . "

Dudian's eyes lit up: "There has to be lots of prey so that they won't attack unless they are too hungry . Most probably they live in flocks . . . "

Sergei was startled to see Dudian's speculation about the monster just by seeing it once . He nodded and said: "They are not weak beasts . There could be monsters which could kill it only by one attack but it doesn't mean that they would be successful . These things are capable of killing level 7 or 8 monsters . "

Dudian nodded . The fur and claws of the monsters advanced as they went through evolution . However human wore only hunter armors . They mainly isolated radiation but played small amount of role in protecting their bodies . The armors worn by the hunters were nothing but a joke in front of a level 20 monsters . IT could tear them apart with a simple claw attack .

"This is the place where we will hunt . " Dudian looked around and made his mind .

Dudian turned back and went to the place where Gwyneth and others were waiting for them: "There is a water source near this place . Monsters should be coming over so we have to make traps near this area . Gwyneth you should be the fastest in our group . So after the traps are arranged you will be responsible for luring the monsters . "

Gwyneth frowned and looked at Dudian .

Dudian also stared back at her . The girl slowly recovered her eyes and didn't say anything .

"How are we going to set traps?" Jin wasn't aware of the methods .

Dudian showed him the boxes: "Go around and dig small pits . Afterwards bury them . "

Gwyneth snorted: "This should be mix of sulfur powder and other materials . If I'm not mistaken it is a poison and if the monsters don't eat them then they are useless . Why should we bury them under the earth?"

Dudian replied: "This is a weapon not a poison . You just do as I say . "

The others looked at each other . This powder is a weapon? Why would you bury a weapon under the earth?

However they didn't continue to discuss as they saw the firm look on Dudian's face . Sergei and Dudian discussed the potential places according to a hunting plan . Afterwards, they dig the pits and buried the boxes of explosives in them .

The weather got dark while the traps were properly arranged .

Dudian went back to the ruins with the others . He found a small shelter within the rubbles of concrete and they used it as a base . They began to eat dry food and rest .

Jin looked around the creepy place: "Would monsters come around at night?"

Dudian threw a bottle of undead powder at him: "No . As long as we don't burn a fire nothing will happen . Most of the monsters are cold-blooded animals and are sensitive to the heat . "

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