Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 333 Establishing an Advantage

"Ok?"

When Li Wei was still more than 300 meters away from the bushes, a thought struck him, because he saw a few slightly obvious marks.

These are marks that an experienced hunter would never leave; they're very clumsy.

But it's more than enough to fool idiots, or rookies like Thomas and Javier.

These Nepalese are really cunning; they've taken the psychological warfare of traps to its extreme.

That's right, that's exactly it, this is the trap set for Ah Dai.

For some time now, Ah-Dai's reconnaissance flight route has been fixed, but with the announcement to the whole territory today, Li Wei will definitely order Ah-Dai to expand the reconnaissance range, and then many unexpected traces will be discovered in the mountains and forests on the south bank.

Ah-Dai might descend to a lower altitude to investigate, or he might relay the message back, which could then lead Li Wei to bring people over to investigate...

It makes perfect sense if Li Wei hadn't discovered their whereabouts more than ten days prior.

Then you'll definitely get infected.

Li Wei pondered and slowly approached. His +5 perception gave him a thorough understanding of everything in the forest. He could even discover more information left behind by the Necromancer hunter, as if an invisible person was operating right in front of him.

Then, he discovered a total of thirty-two traps in one go.

That's fucking outrageous.

It starts with the most clumsy, low-class traps as a cover, then moves on to one-star traps, two-star traps, and finally three-star traps, each one linked to the next, almost playing with human nature and the human heart to the extreme.

Especially that last three-star trap; if Li Wei hadn't switched to the Tracker title, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Awesome!
With a silent sigh of admiration, Li Wei began to quickly disassemble the device.

The reason why traps are so terrifying is that they are difficult to detect in advance, but as long as they can be detected in advance, even the most ingenious three-star trap can be dismantled in just a moment.

Li Wei, wielding the enchanted dagger, cut through the mess with lightning speed, completing the entire disassembly in less than ten minutes.

[Your understanding of traps and mechanisms has reached a very high level. You have gained 1000 hunting experience points, and you can now easily craft two-star traps. Your Hunter's Fate has increased by 1, currently at 58.]

Wonderful!

Li Wei chuckled to himself, "What kind of learning method is this?"

Heavenly Demon Empowerment Technique?

Working backward from practice?

Well, to be fair, they're not bad; these Neanderthals are really good teachers for him!
Ever since he bound his Hunter Card, he's always been a guy with a serious imbalance in his skills. As a dignified four-star Hunter, he's never set up a hunting trap. Who would believe that?
As a result, he has now learned it on his own through this crooked and unorthodox method.

Li Wei still dared not be careless. He switched back to the title of Flame Baron, rested for a while, and then continued to set off. This time, he deliberately followed the valley, as he was addicted to dismantling traps.

But there are no such good things as they seem. These traps are also quite valuable. For example, that three-star trap is made of enchanted fine steel. The Ni people don't have any spare food!
Of course, another possibility is that the Neanderthals looked down on them and thought that after suffering a wave of casualties, they would not dare to go any further.

Haha!

Li Wei had a good mindset, remaining calm and composed. After searching the valley, he searched the hillside, leaving almost no blind spots.

A single walk through it reveals a clean cross-section with a radius of five kilometers.

Of course, as a sign of respect, he would also casually set up a few somewhat clumsy one-star and two-star traps in the places he had searched, though he didn't know if they would work.

And so, around midnight, Li Wei finally located the Neanderthal camp. During this process, he did not encounter any more traps. Instead, he set up fourteen more traps that he had previously dismantled.

The Neanderthal camp was pitch black; even from the mountaintop, nothing could be seen.

Li Wei didn't dare get too close. Things were different now, and these nuns would definitely be more vigilant. Besides, he was a bit tired.

He found a sheltered spot, took out a blanket and a scout's cloak, and took a comfortable nap. Of course, he had to let Ah Dai out first and warned it not to fly. It was to stand guard right next to him and try to leave if it dared to go away!
Then nothing happened that night.

After dawn, Li Wei woke up and went to observe the Necromancer camp again. He could finally see a few wisps of smoke dissipating in the air. They were making breakfast, but there were not many Necromancers left. Only five remained, and the rest had disappeared.

"Based on the information we have so far, these Neanderthals are incredibly powerful, and we don't know how they got in. They certainly didn't come through the spatial rift that Duke Frost broke, but they will definitely infiltrate Duke Frost's territory and use various means to strengthen and enhance the power of Duke Frost and his subordinates."

"In other words, they still don't want to stand in the limelight; they prefer to cause trouble behind the scenes."

"They certainly won't let me go, but unless they're forced to, they won't attack my two territories themselves, because that would expose them. It's much safer to have Duke Frost send out his legion of superhumans!"

"As a native, Duke Frost naturally possesses an irreplaceable sense of law and reason, hmm..."

Li Wei pondered, observed, and waited until the five nuns finished breakfast. Two of them went east together, and two others went west together, leaving only one to guard the house. Look, they've become cautious too, traveling in pairs. Are they planning to go west to check if there's prey in the traps?
Li Wei closed his eyes, withdrew his gaze, and had already derived a series of data and answers in his mind.

The two Necromancers heading east can be ignored, as can the Necromancers remaining in the Necromancer camp. But the two Necromancers heading west only need to continue walking for about five miles, and they will surely find traces of his passage last night.

Last night, in pursuit of speed, he didn't try to hide anything.

So once discovered, everything would be meaningless. He had witnessed the cleverness and cunning of these Neanderthals; they were definitely the elite among them.

Should we take a shortcut and ambush them now?
It's possible, but the noise from the battle would definitely alert the Negro left behind.

Li Wei has been holding back for so long, not just to kill one or two and let the others escape, but to wipe them all out!

Then—we can only rely on Ah-Dai.

“Ah Dai, fly close to the ground from here and quickly fly to a place twenty miles away. Enter a hill where there is a large rock cliff. Take off from there and hover in a search position. Remember, the time is between 300 and 350 counts.”

"Gah?"

Ah-Dai was very resentful and dissatisfied, thinking, "I'm still starving!"

"Go quickly! Just pretend you're hungry. There's a nest of mutated rabbits in that rocky cliff. Go hunt them, understand? Don't worry about anything else. Just pretend you're hungry. After you're done hunting, go to another rocky cliff to eat. Keep the distance within 30 li. Give those two nuns a chance to ambush you. Go now. There are only 320 left."

Li Wei quickly ordered, "A-Dai is now smart enough to count to 500, which is a piece of cake for it. It just knows how to act wronged."

After shooing Ah Dai away, Li Wei took a deep breath, turned around, and headed in another direction.

Ah-Dai's appearance will surely cause those two Neanderthals to change their original plans.

In their view, Ah Dai would never venture deep into the area south of the river, especially into the mountains fifty or sixty miles away. But its appearance here today meant that the trap they had set yesterday had worked. Enraged, a certain Homo sapiens leader ordered this fearsome and dangerous raven to come and scout.

Moreover, this could very well be a precursor to a large-scale search of the mountains and forests by those Homo sapiens mice.

Therefore, they should be very excited to prepare for hunting in the mountains and forests. Just because they don't attack fortified cities doesn't mean they can't use traps to create a little shock for these little Neanderthals in the mountains and forests.

Of course, they might be suspicious, but in any case, they won't go through the ravine as originally planned. The most likely scenario is that they'll try to shoot Ah Dai down.

As a five-star hunting pet, Ah Dai exerts considerable pressure on them, as evidenced by their camp, which is built directly in a valley, surrounded by dense forests and lush vegetation, making it difficult for even Ah Dai to find.

A few minutes later, Ah Dai appeared as promised above a rocky cliff more than 20 miles away. He circled twice, then snatched a mutated rabbit and swaggered off to the north.

This is just playing yourself.

Although it had only been there for less than twenty seconds, its timing was perfect, allowing the two Neanderthals to spot it in a fleeting glance.

As Li Wei expected, after a slight hesitation, they turned to another valley. At the same time, they used some kind of magical artifact, and their figures suddenly became indistinct, making them difficult to detect.

Li Wei almost lost track of them.

It seems they really want to hunt down Ah Dai.

However, this is exactly what Li Wei hoped for.

Otherwise, what other way could they be led away from the fixed route and kept at a distance enough to avoid alerting the Neanderthal who was guarding the camp?
Whether they hunt Ah-Dai or not is irrelevant.

At that moment, Li Wei took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain and made a large detour, going around from another direction.

When he got within ten kilometers of Ah-Dai, he breathed a sigh of relief, because from that moment on, he and Ah-Dai were essentially connected. He could access Ah-Dai's field of vision at any time and bring Ah-Dai back to him.

At this moment, Ah-Dai was enjoying his delicious breakfast on a towering cliff, but the two nuns had disappeared; Li Wei had completely lost track of them.

These were also two skilled hunters. They may have already guessed that Ah-Dai's master was nearby, or even that he was leading a search party to come here, with Ah-Dai acting as a scout.

The Neanderthals believed that they were the hunters hiding in the shadows, and that the situation was under their control.

this point is very important.

They would make predictions based on this, while Li Wei was able to predict their predictions.

That's right, that's Li Wei's current advantage.

The establishment of this advantage is the very reason for the existence of the scout profession.

At the same time, it is also the result of Li Wei's hard work over the past few days and his all-out attitude.

Victory is never accidental.

(End of this chapter)