Over a pitfall trap stood two gu masters, one of them, a tall and disgruntled figure, watched with an air of annoyance as the other carefully surveyed their surroundings.
"What exactly are you doing?" asked Ran Kree, a rank-3 Gu master and elder of the Xiong clan. He had been sent to oversee the mission of 001, a rank-2 Gu master tasked with killing the fearsome Thousand Beast Kings. A beast powerful enough that only rank-3 and above Gu master would dare challenge.
Without turning his gaze away from the terrain, 001 replied calmly, "It's a pitfall trap for the wolves, nothing you haven't seen before I'm sure."
⸻2 hours ago⸻
001 had claimed a rank-1 Rabbit Leg Gu, and a rank-2 hold liquid Gu from the clan treasury.
Naturally, 001 was going to use the rank-2 Gu for holding blood, and as for the rank-1 Rabbit Leg Gu, it temporarily gives the user the number one strength of a Rabbit, that being its powerful legs.
"001! The clan leader wants to speak with you!" ~ Xiong Xin had received a Message Gu about 001 buying some Relic Gu. He immediately sent a message to the clan leader that the plan was working. And in turn, the clan leader wanted him to personally bring 001 over.
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"So I heard you brought a lot of Relic Gu?" ~ Xiong had a grin plastered on his face, he was very pleased with the recent information he received on how his product was doing.
001 in response shrugged his shoulders.
"You must want to become as strong as possible as quickly as possible." ~ He showed a large grin full of greed. ~ "However, sadly you need primeval stones for that." ~ He paused for a moment to put his hand on the back of his neck due to a sudden chill.
~ "Have you heard of gambling? What am I saying, of course, you have! I would like to make a deal with you. If you can. . ." ~ He pauses to look around his room and locks on an old picture of when he killed his first rank-3 demonic gu master.
He then turned his head back to 001, "If you can kill a Thousand Beast King within a month, I will give you 10,000 primeval stones! However, if you fail, you will give over your remaining primeval stones. Do we have a deal?" ~ [since he's an A-grade peak-stage rank-2 it should take him 2 weeks to get to rank-3, and even then he's only been a gu master for 1 month, he stands no chance at killing a thousand beast king]
001 sat down on a nearby chair. ~ "20,000 for every kill."
Xiong narrowed his eyes, "Ok, but you should have a backup just in case something happens, and if you end up needing that backup, then you also fail." ~ Xiong was playing a tricky game, what if the reason 001 needs the backup, is exactly because the backup did something?
001 easily noticed this. ~ "The backup can only help if I ask for it, he has to follow me, and can't sabotage the mission." ~ He rose from his seat and started to walk away.
When his feet reached the door he paused. ~ "Lastly, before I begin I want to barrow 3 rank-2 Gu worms."
⸻forest: present⸻
Ran Kree ~ "There's no way a pitfall trap will work on a thousand beast king let alone kil..."
001 put his hand on Ran Kree's mouth to keep him silent.
Ran Kree was about to discipline 001 for disrespecting an elder when he heard the sound of running wolves. With each passing second the sound of their feet hitting the ground grew louder.
The wolves oblivious to the traps in the area continued to follow the scent of what they thought to be sweet and succulent meat, and that was when suddenly the ground beneath their feet caved in, introducing them to what is known as the pitfall trap.
about 30 of them fell into different traps, and another 10 couldn't stop themselves in time, also falling in.
The hundred beast king in the group howled for everyone to stop, while also calling for backup, he was wise enough to know of human traps, and easily connected the dots, between the ground caving in and the smell of meat.
While looking around for any more potential traps, It noticed a shadow above it get larger, it tried to jump out of the way, but its legs suddenly went stiff against its control.
A loud thud sound was heard causing birds to fly away, and in its wake was the corpse of a hundred beast king lightning wolf, with a caved-in head and a sharpened log sitting on top of it.
001 had used a rank-2 Wood Storage Gu, a wood/space path Gu, it can only store wood path resources, but as a benefit, it has a lot of space. with a space of 5x5x2 meters, granting it the space to store up to 10 - 5x1x1 meter logs.
"The traps are to kill the weaker lightning wolves, they are not for the thousand beast king." ~ 001 only now replied to Ran Kree's question, then using his rank-2 Dragonpill Cricket Gu and rank-1 Rabbit Leg Gu, he started to jump from tree to tree.
"Tch, I knew that. I was just testing you."
[You're over 40 years old, how shameless can you get!] ~ 001 shook his head and decided not to push the matter.