Chapter 43

Generally speaking, completing a collection task with a BOSS guarding the treasure requires teamwork, where one person lures the monsters while the other collects the items.

But now, there's no one to cooperate. Those pirates are unfriendly towards Dafei, and it's impossible to command them. Moreover, crocodiles, which are ambush-type monsters, are very difficult to lure. Ambush-type monsters are usually very patient and won't easily waste their energy. If they don't have a good chance, they won't move. Once they are truly provoked, they will strike with lightning speed, and it will surely be a disaster.

Stealth is definitely not an option either; once in the water, he would be exposed immediately.

What to do? If Dafei brought the big ship over, he might try to catch the crocodiles like he would catch a great white shark. But in this situation, Dafei has almost no tools to rely on!

Fishing? Suddenly, Dafei had an idea!

Of course! He can still fish! Dafei laughed and immediately got up to head for the island's forest. The pirates said there were fierce beasts on the island, and where there are fierce beasts, there must be prey. Dafei, of course, was going to be the hunter.

After entering the forest, Dafei started to move stealthily and used a telescope to search around. Soon, an animal that looked like a goat came into view—a wild goat from the island! This one, it's perfect; its meat is abundant and can be used to lure the crocodiles.

Approach, approach, quietly enter the village, don't shoot—snap! The sound of a dry branch underfoot immediately alerted the goat, which then ran away in a flurry. Damn, its speed is not something a mere human can catch up to.

Continue! Dafei then found several more goats, but without exception, they all escaped before he could get close. Dafei was at a loss.

Being a spearman as a hunter is indeed a joke. Even primitive people knew to use bows and spears. Dafei's skills are not even up to that level.

Then, find a fierce beast! A fierce beast won't run away, right! Soon, Dafei encountered a fierce beast—a large spotted leopard from the island! Dafei immediately checked its information.

—Large Spotted Leopard from the Island: Attack 17, Defense 8, Health 75, Damage 11-20, Attack Speed 23, Movement Speed 20, Special Skills: Ambush, Climbing Trees, Rapid Bite, Throat Lock.

Dafei was momentarily speechless. The reason a beast is called a fierce beast is that it has a significant advantage over mere humans. Looking at its terrifying attack speed of 23, Dafei felt a bit nervous. This attack speed is not something a human can achieve; its claws and teeth are naturally fast.

Dafei: Attack 20, Defense 30, Health 71, Land Damage 8-10 with paralysis toxin. Can he defeat it?

This is a tricky calculation that requires careful consideration. Just as he was pondering, the large leopard suddenly became alert, leaping up a tree and hiding in the leaves.

Damn! You're a fierce beast, why are you hiding!

Since the other side is showing weakness, there's no time to waste. Dafei quickly rushed to the base of the tree, raising his spear to provoke, "Come down!"

The leopard only showed its eyes in the leaves, unmoved. Dafei kicked the tree trunk, "Come down!"

Leopard: "Meow!"

After much effort, Dafei was ultimately helpless and could only sigh, "Why are you so cool?"

For humans, no buying means no killing. But for animals, unless it's necessary for hunting or defending territory, they won't easily engage in meaningless fights. Animals know what being injured means for them—top predators can't even catch the weakest rabbit and will starve to death.

Although Dafei is not injured, he is a very poor hunter. On this island, where the fittest survive, Dafei can't even catch a rabbit. Humans are indeed very insignificant.

However, humans have intelligence, and not many humans can match Dafei's level of intelligence!

Thus, Dafei went on a wild chase and finally found a rabbit's nest in a pile of grass, capturing a fat rabbit.

Hahaha, finally, the bait is ready!

Of course, a single rabbit is not enough to satisfy a giant crocodile, and the crocodile might not even care. Dafei's primary goal is not the giant crocodile but to use the rabbit to lure larger prey. Yes, small fish to catch medium fish, medium fish to catch large fish, large fish to catch the beautiful pirate!

Dafei came to the shallow beach where the crocodiles were lurking, chose a position that wouldn't alert the crocodiles, and began to assemble the crossbow. After assembling the crossbow, he fired a test shot towards the beach and placed the rabbit at the point where the arrow landed.

Dafei set it up this way to ensure that the crossbow could hit the target without aiming. After all, if a small, fast animal like a fox grabs the rabbit and runs, there's no time to aim. The crossbow has a long range and is less likely to alert the prey, making it easier to hunt.

After everything was set up, Dafei sat on the crossbow's seat and waited quietly.

Time passed minute by minute. Dafei yawned repeatedly, and suddenly, a white shadow flashed before his eyes—Damn! Dafei didn't see anything clearly and reflexively kicked the trigger.

With a loud bang, the arrow shot out, and with a thud, blood and feathers flew! Damn! It was a fish eagle! It almost stole the hard-earned bait! This is like using a cannon to shoot a fly, too dangerous. If it hadn't been slowed down by grabbing the rabbit, the crossbow would have missed!

But it's good that the rabbit is safe, and now there's an additional large bird. This is exactly the effect Dafei wanted.

Now, Dafei placed the fish eagle and the rabbit together, and without a moment's hesitation, he kept the telescope in hand, vigilantly watching the sky and the forest behind the beach.

Soon, various foxes began to peek out from the grass. Hehe, let's see who is more cunning.

The results were glorious. By nightfall, a small pile of foxes, fish eagles, and seabirds had accumulated.

But the crocodiles in the water remained unmoved. Dafei began to worry. Are crocodiles really scavengers? Did they not see or smell the bait? Or do they not care? Do I have to lure all the large beasts on the island to form a huge pile of corpses? Or is this strategy fundamentally wrong from the beginning, and they don't eat this kind of bait at all?

Just as he was anxious, the grass by the shore rustled—something big was coming! Dafei's spirits lifted.

It appeared—a scavenging giant lizard from the island!

—Scavenging Giant Lizard from the Island: Attack 13, Defense 15, Damage 11-18, Health 130, Attack Speed 8, Movement Speed 7, Experience 570, Special Skills: Rot Tracking, Strong Plague, Scavenging.

The scavenging giant lizard has an extremely strong sense of smell and can detect the scent of corpses from several kilometers away. They feed on rotting corpses, and their teeth and saliva are filled with various incurable toxins. No matter how powerful a creature is, once bitten by a giant lizard, it will die within a day or half a month. This is why the giant lizards can roam the island despite their average combat ability and speed.

Dafei's eyebrows twitched. No need to say, this design is clearly based on the Komodo dragon from Indonesia. If so, Dafei's pile of corpses can take shape. With its health and defense, it can't withstand one shot from Dafei!

Sure enough, when the first giant lizard entered the ambush area without any guard, Dafei fired and killed it.

—System Notice: You have killed a scavenging giant lizard from the island, gaining 570 experience points.

Just from its stats, the experience is decent! But compared to its terrifying special skill, which can cost one or even several lives, the experience seems a bit unfair.

With the first one, the second one soon followed. Soon, more and more giant lizards appeared in the grass. In the darkness, their frog-like eyes glowed like light bulbs, and the entire beach was lit up with their presence.

Damn! Did I lure all the giant lizards on the island? Come on, all come to add to my pile of corpses! Haha, hahaha!

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