Divine Hunter - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Mutated Monster

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by SnowPeaches

The chance of a monster mutating was not absolute. However, not only was a mutated monster significantly stronger, it also had a hundred percent drop rate of rare items that a normal monster would not drop!

Chen Mo believed it was worth trying even if the information was not accurate since it was rare to find monsters that could not respawn.

Chen Mo left the last two Black Goblins with less than 10% health. He killed one of them and left the other alive.

Chen Mo stopped attacking the last Black Goblin. When a monster did not receive any damage from Players after a certain period, their health would recover rapidly. The Black Goblin was back at full health in no time.

Chen Mo started attacking the Black Goblin again after it was back at full health.

A while later, the Black Goblin dropped below 10%. Chen Mo stopped attacking and waited until the Black Goblin’s health recovered.

After repeating the same sequence for thirteen times, when the Black Goblin’s health dropped below 10% again, it suddenly let out a furious roar!

Following it, the Black Goblin’s size doubled. Its black skin was covered in a metallic gloss, its eyes became bloodshot, and its movement speed increased significantly!

Incredible! The monster really did mutate!

Chen Mo was astounded!

He could tell that the Black Goblin’s attributes had increased after it had mutated just by looking at it. If he was not standing on the boulder, he would definitely have trouble facing the mutated Black Goblin on his own!

However, since he was standing on the boulder, he was not afraid regardless of how strong the Black Goblin had become.

Chen Mo saw the mutated Black Goblin circling the boulder agitatedly. He delightedly set a trap on a rock and tossed it down.

“Mutated Black Goblin, HP: 5000, its defense is obviously higher than the Black Goblins.”

The trap exploded and dealt less than 50 damage to the mutated Black Goblin. Chen Mo roughly calculated and figured that he needed at least 50 traps to kill the mutated Black Goblin.

50 traps was a pretty high number. Even when Chen Mo kept tossing traps down on the boulder, it would still take him around nine minutes to kill the mutated Black Goblin. If he was being chased around by the mutated Black Goblin on the ground, he believed he would need more than twenty minutes to kill it.

Chen Mo was relieved that he had come up with such a brilliant plan to kill the Black Goblins. Otherwise, it would be very tricky to kill the mutated Black Goblin!

Chen Mo was a little proud of himself. Considering the mutated Black Goblin’s outstanding speed, it would be a torture to kite the monster for twenty minutes. The monster’s attack was very high too. He would not be surprised if the monster could kill him with just one or two hits.

Chen Mo continued to inflict damage on the mutated Black Goblin at a constant tempo. Three minutes were gone fairly quickly. The mutated Black Goblin’s health had dropped by 30%.

At this rate, the mutated Black Goblin would die in around six to seven minutes.

However, Chen Mo gradually wore a stern look.

He began to feel uneasy.

Previously, when he was killing the Black Goblins with the same trick, he already noticed some unusual behaviors from the Black Goblins. However, the Black Goblins died quickly after displaying the unusual behaviors, thus he was not too bothered by it.

The mutated Black Goblin was displaying the same unusual behaviors too. The furious mutated Black Goblin suddenly became even more irascible. It kept raising its head and glaring at Chen Mo on the boulder. It was swinging its club at the boulder too as if it was trying to break the boulder into pieces!

Crap! The mutated Black Goblin had started to bend its legs to perform a jump attack!

How could Chen Mo not realize what was going on after seeing this?

If he could think of the trick of attacking the monsters on a boulder, the game designers would have thought of it too. However, they did not forbid the Players from using the trick, but they had applied some restrictions to it!

If Players were allowed to attack the monsters from higher ground, it would make the game more flexible. However, using a trick like it would accumulate a special kind of hatred in the monster, thus Players could not afford to keep using it!

The trick had worked perfectly so far because Chen Mo would have to climb down the boulder to lure the next pair of Black Goblins after killing the previous pair.

Chen Mo realized it was too dangerous to stay on the boulder and keep attacking the mutated Black Goblin. He had to leave the boulder to lower the special hatred of the Black Goblin toward him. Otherwise, when the special hatred reached a certain level, he would be the one suffering the consequences!

Having this thought, Chen Mo jumped down from the boulder and landed opposite the mutated Black Goblin.

“Awooo!”

The mutated Black Goblin uttered a roar and quickly moved around the boulder to chase after him.

“Such an insane speed!”

It did not occur to him how strong the mutated monster was when he was on the boulder. He only realized it after he was on the ground!

The mutated Black Goblin easily caught up to Chen Mo who was a few meters away in just a few seconds!

Bang!

The mutated Black Goblin stepped on a Basic Trap that Chen Mo placed previously!

Unfortunately, it did not apply the Disabled debuff to the monster when Chen Mo desperately needed it!

As he thought, it was impractical to rely on the petty 10% chance of the trap!

The mutated Black Goblin charged forward. It was within inches of Chen Mo. Chen Mo calmly set a Dazing Trap on the rock he was holding.

However, he did not toss the Dazing Trap at the monster right away. He continued to run instead.

The mutated Black Goblin soon caught up to Chen Mo. Even though he was trying his best to kite the monster between the obstacles, it did not slow the monster down by much.

Chen Mo finally threw the Dazing Trap down when the mutated Black Goblin swung its club fiercely at Chen Mo.

Boom!

The Dazing Trap exploded, inflicting 10+ damage on the mutated Black Goblin while knocking it and Chen Mo two meters back in opposite directions.

Chen Mo was well prepared for it. He started running as soon as the trap knocked him away to further distance himself from the monster.

The mutated Black Goblin was not as agile as Chen Mo. It stood still on the spot for a while before chasing after Chen Mo again.

However, the mutated Black Goblin was just too quick. The distance that Chen Mo had created with the Dazing Trap was gone in just a brief moment.

“Set Basic Trap!”

The Basic Trap was off cooldown. Chen Mo quickly set a Basic Trap while running.

“F**k! Still no Disabled debuff!”

Once again, the trap did not trigger the Disabled effect. Even though the Basic Trap managed to deal more than 50 damage to the mutated Black Goblin, the monster was already swinging its club at Chen Mo after catching up to him.

Chen Mo dodged to the side and evaded the mutated Black Goblin’s attack. To his surprise, the mutated Black Goblin’s attack speed was just as insane too. It immediately followed up with another attack after missing the first one.

Chen Mo had no chance of dodging the second attack. He raised his crossbow and used it as a shield to defend himself against the powerful blow. While doing so, he straightened his ankle and braced himself for the impact!

“Genesis” did a great job of making the game as realistic as possible, especially the combat. Players could feel the impact when they were attacking or being attacked.

BANG! -88!

The mutated Black Goblin’s club landed heavily on Chen Mo’s crossbow. It did not reduce the damage by much. Chen Mo instantly lost slightly more than half of his health.

However, Chen Mo’s stance had allowed him to be knocked more than two meters away by the force that the mutated Black Goblin’s attack applied to him.

Chen Mo immediately turned around and sped up right after the impact. He quickly cast the Minor Healing Skill to heal himself. His health was back to 120+.

Any other Players would feel helpless against the mutated Black Goblin’s attacks, but Chen Mo was utilizing the impacts of the attacks to distance himself from the monster.

That being said, Chen Mo’s plan only worked because of the enormous force that the mutated Black Goblin was applying to him. It would not work against the attacks of a normal Black Goblin.

He once again created a distance of a few meters between him and the mutated Black Goblin. Unfortunately, the distance was nothing in the eyes of the mutated Black Goblin. It had caught up to Chen Mo again in just less than three seconds.

Chen Mo’s skills were still in cooldown. He did a barrel roll when he saw the mutated Black Goblin swinging its club and managed to dodge the attack.

The mutated Black Goblin immediately followed up with a second attack. Chen Mo was ready for it. Similar to before, he raised his crossbow and braced himself for the impact.

BANG! -79!

Another huge number floated above Chen Mo. He only had less than 60 HP left. He was no longer able to take another hit from the mutated Black Goblin.

However, the impact had again distanced himself from the mutated Black Goblin.

The mutated Black Goblin continued with its relentless pursuit. There seemed to be no escape for Chen Mo.

No!

The Basic Trap was now off cooldown!

Chen Mo quickly set a Basic Trap and tossed it at the mutated Black Goblin behind him.

Boom! -47!

The Basic Trap exploded, but the mutated Black Goblin’s speed remained the same. It had failed to trigger the Disabled effect.

However, Chen Mo was not disappointed by it. He used his final trump card—he quickly climbed up the boulder before the mutated Black Goblin caught up to him.

“There’s nothing you can do but accept your fate against a superior Player like me.”

Chen Mo let out a relieved sigh glancing at the mutated Black Goblin that went enraged below the boulder.

Even though the mutated Black Goblin had outstanding attributes, it was still a monster after all. They were still abusable flaws in their logic. The unique hatred of the Black Goblin had dropped significantly after the brief scuffle Chen Mo had with it. Therefore, he was able to climb back up the boulder and toss the traps down at the monster again.

Although Chen Mo was not allowed to stay on the boulder until he killed the mutated Black Goblin, the monster no longer posed any threat to him. It was only a matter of time for Chen Mo to slay the monster.

Chen Mo spent some time tossing traps down from the boulder before jumping down the boulder to kite the mutated Black Goblin around to lower its special hatred. He repeated the sequence for a few times, and fifteen minutes later, the mutated Black Goblin’s health finally hit the deck.