BXBX NOVEL Chapter 466 The Dead Man's Heart (II)
With the snakes leading the way, the monsters that dare to even block our way are either killed or run away before they get eaten and that alone made the whole traveling easier as we don\'t even need to stop to kill the monsters that block us. The only biggest threat is the nearest behemoths and although they are miles and miles away from us, due to their massive size, they are able to easily get to our location in a few steps, and getting the attention of a behemoth spells a big problem and danger.
Thankfully, we are so insignificant those behemoths don\'t even have to bother us at all. Following the lead of Sigma\'s carriage and her snakes, we soon arrived in a ravine. The tall wall that made the ravine, made the area on the road of the ravine quite dark and cold.
"Past this ravine is our destination. Based on the given map, it will be a bit long so it will take us a while before we can even get out of this ravine. Based on how dark it is, it is most likely going to pit us against monsters currently living in that ravine," Sigma chatted to me since we can\'t talk with me outside the carriage.
"Then I will act as the scout for the time being to see if there are any dangers up ahead. Even if our pet snakes are protecting us, it still wouldn\'t hurt to remain vigilant in a foreign land with foreign rules and hidden dangers."
"Then I will leave it to you since you have the most access to the view outside."
Opening my bag, I pulled out an item I created alongside the potions just before I went to the quest with Tina where we confront her father and almost killed him. It was for the specific of using it as some sort of spying item since it enhances the user\'s vision is used.
[Snake\'s Eyesight Droplets]
Type: Item
Amount of uses left: 6 drops left
Info: A concocted eye drops that allow the user to increase their eyesight power. Includes night vision and zooming ability that lasts for 5 minutes. It will immediately take effect after use. For best effects, it is recommended to give both eyes a single drop.
Note: Quite useful for peeping. Of course, be ready for the consequences and for the bonk hammer to fall down on your head. NO HORNY!
As much as I want to retort on that note, what it said is true. It can indeed be used for peeping purposes. If you are a pervert, it is a very good thing and you don\'t need to enjoy the view by using a telescope. Though the most useful it has is the zoom function. It allows you to simply use the drops to convert your eyes into a Night Vision Goggles and Telescope in one.
I put one drop on both of my eyes and I can feel my eyes clear up and heat up a little bit. I blink my eyes multiple times to envelop my eyes on the liquid before I looked before me and test how it works.
[Snake\'s Eyesight Droplet\'s effect applied. Enhanced Vision and Night Vision will be usable for 5 minutes]
Good, it finally applied to my eyes. Using my eyes, I focused ahead of us to look for any kind of danger that might risk us even with the snake\'s presence. I don\'t trust everything that exists in this place which is the main reason I would rather have to be cautious about the surroundings and the monsters that reside here. There might be some monsters that are intelligent enough and they might devise a trap once we pass by. After all, a ravine can be used in a strategic way to defeat your opponent as long as you are just resourceful and smart in creating a trap that can be covered or not detected.
Using my eyes and the newly enhanced vision, I zoomed in my vision and increased the enhanced vision to allow me to detect anything unusual on the road. And it didn\'t even take me that long and immediately spotted some signs of a rock fall trap. It won\'t give us that much harm, especially with the snakes here guarding us, but it will cause a bit of delay to our movements and ensure that we won\'t have any kind of nuances while we are there. It would be a big bother if we just suddenly got trapped while we are on the way. I heard that Almira even added a timer for them to gather all ingredients, which is a bit brutal as the monsters here are hard to defeat. If they don\'t have Sigma to strategize, it is impossible to win without using any sort of power up.
Since I spotted a rockfall trap, I pulled out my Versatile Weapon and changed it to a cannon.
I chatted with Sigma again to make sure they won\'t be alarmed at the ruckus I will be making.
"Don\'t be alarmed at the noise you will hear later, I just spotted something that needed some removal."
After sending that, I aimed into the supposed to be rockfall trap. It was very elaborate and if someone didn\'t pay attention, it will immediately fall over to us once we pass.
"Got you!"
BOOM!
The rockfall trap exploded to dust upon contact with my cannonball. It made a lot of noise and that shook the ravine since every sound made here echoes around like how it does in a cave even though above is open and we can see the sky just fine.
Sigma then chatted after the explosion.
"Was that something of your doing?"
"Yeah. I apologize if it was too loud but can\'t help it, it needs a big bang of an explosion to get rid of."
After chatting, I looked ahead again to see anything and to my relief, there are no signs that a trap is laid out. Most likely they have a trap but it was a bit farther than the first one as the one who has already laid out the traps would think that the first trap got triggered and the unfortunate victims would be crushed by the rocks so the next trap would take some time before we encounter another one again.
Within the 30-minute time span, the next trap I spotted is another elaborate one. A pit trap hole. It is big enough for a carriage like the carriage of Sigma and the others have however, there are also signs of traps on the side of the trap therefore, I immediately thought of what the trapper is trying to do. If they noticed the first trap, they will step aside and avoid it, which will then trigger the second or the third trap that they prepare and the plan is a success.
I pulled out 4 scrolls and when we are about to reach the pit hole and other trap that I have no idea what was, I tore the 4 scrolls which has the spell [Levitate], and targeted everyone except for me who is currently just sitting safely on top of Mizuchi allowing everyone that I have targeted including the snakes floated from the ground. The only thing that floated on the group is the carriage though so right now unless someone saw me tear the scrolls, they wouldn\'t notice that they are above the ground right now. They can still move even though they are in the air like it was just on the ground, in fact, even the snakes didn\'t notice that they are currently levitating from the ground.
If pit trap holes work by stepping on them, the only way to avoid them is to float or jump through them. With the current circumstances, it is hard to jump on them especially since they are quite large so the only way to avoid them now is to float them which allowed me to use the scroll, [Levitate] and use its effect to bypass the traps that needed us to step or put a bit of weight on it to trigger.
If the guy is watching us right now, it would be quite great to see what is their reaction to us bypassing their little traps.
Still, I am now certain there is something that is currently trying to kill us by putting up some traps. They are all lethal and they can kill anyone which made me frown. Just who is doing this? If it\'s not a person, then does that mean monsters made these elaborate traps and used them against us? Perhaps, but we have no evidence if they are even monsters.
The only monsters that are capable of making traps are orcs, goblins, and some species of a kobold. Orcs don\'t like cold unless they are naturally living here, but they don\'t rely too much on traps. Kobold is in the forests so the only main culprit I can think of are goblins. Perhaps we even entered the den of the goblins without even noticing it.
But that doesn\'t matter. No matter the trap, I will make a way to avoid or disable the trap. We have to finish this quest and that is the only objective here.