Mystery: A Spark

In any case, Arthur had already passed on to Danitz all of what he had learned in his previous life that could be easily understood by the inhabitants of this world.

How much he can understand and master from it is not Arthur's concern.

After all, there's a saying that goes, "The master leads you through the door, but the practice is up to you."

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After teaching Danitz, Arthur went to the shooting range to practice shooting and reloading, consolidating the results of his entire day of practice the previous day.

This time, Danitz didn't watch from the sidelines anymore, because he had just learned a lot of civilized language from Arthur and couldn't wait to try it out on the other crew members.

All Arthur could do was pray for him silently.

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Besides that, there's probably nothing else Arthur can do.

For Danitz, digesting his potion is naturally his top priority at this stage.

Because Danitz was well aware that if he didn't fully digest the potion in his body, he would inevitably lose control when he advanced to the level of a schemer.

When Danitz was taking the potion to become an arsonist, he experienced a burning sensation that caused him great pain. He almost didn't make it and nearly lost control and turned into a monster.

It was precisely because he had this feeling during the process of advancing to Sequence Seven that Danitz remained at the Sequence Seven stage.

Before Arthur told him the acting method, Danitz was actually in a state of complete stagnation.

He didn't even bother to collect the recipe for the Schemer's Potion, let alone the corresponding extraordinary materials.

It wasn't until he learned about the acting method from Arthur that he regained his motivation to continue advancing.

Chapter 19 Preliminary Preparations

At night, Arthur once again entered the Trial Illusion.

Today he plans to learn the skill of crafting basic soulstones here and begin preliminary preparations for hunting demons.

There's not much to say about the process of learning the skills; it's just a matter of practicing again and again based on the inherited knowledge from the Skull of Gul'dan.

Continue until you have mastered the skill and can use it easily in everyday situations.

It's like when you're studying at school; the knowledge you accumulate over time enables you to flexibly apply it to answer questions during exams.

So that you won't have to look up the book to find a solution when the exam comes.

While there are open-book exams for studying, there's no chance to cram at the last minute when it comes to battle.

The ability to avoid a fatal mental attack granted by binding a primary soul stone might not be very useful in other worlds.

But in a mysterious world like this, it's practically like having an extra life.

If Arthur can master this skill to the point of complete control, then after suffering a fatal mental attack that shatters his Soul Stone, he can quickly replace it with another Soul Stone.

As long as the skill cooldown period has already passed.

In this way, unless Arthur suffers at least three mental attacks and still has no way to fight back, his life is basically guaranteed.

Arthur practiced this skill continuously until he felt mentally exhausted, at which point he finally stopped practicing and began preparing to hunt the demon.

To successfully hunt a demon, the first step is to choose a suitable target.

Arthur had essentially given up hope of encountering the hordes of demons before the Dark Temple.

These demons are so densely packed that they leave no room for human movement or manipulation.

Add to that their tendency to swarm after provoking just one, and it's like they're leaving no way out for anyone.

Therefore, Arthur basically had no choice but to look for a solution in the wasteland.

The demons there are mostly scattered and disorganized. Although there are some high-ranking demons, they are scattered throughout the area.

As long as there is no cluster, there is room for maneuver.

Since the demon hunter instructor didn't restrict Arthur's methods, he was naturally unrestrained and would consider all sorts of underhanded tricks.

Through his observation and identification, Arthur discovered that there were quite a few different kinds of demons on the other side of the wasteland.

For example, the Felguard, who serves as an infantryman in the Burning Legion, is strong, robust, and has good melee combat abilities.

There are also demon imps that primarily use magic attacks and are physically fragile.

There are also agile and nimble demon dogs.

These three types of demons are the main demons found in the wasteland.

Of course, besides these low-level demon soldiers, there are also occasionally one or two Doom Lords and Dreadlords appearing in the wasteland.

But Arthur had absolutely no interest in provoking such a high-level demon, because with his current combat power, provoking such a high-level demon would be tantamount to courting death.

While observing and identifying the types of demons on the other side of the wasteland, Arthur also tried to find a demon that he longed for.

That's a succubus.

Unfortunately, Arthur searched the outskirts of the wasteland but found no trace of a single succubus.

This left Arthur feeling deeply disappointed.

To be honest, if he really found a succubus, he would definitely choose that one without any hesitation.

After all, compared to succubi, those demon guards and demon imps are nothing but rotten fish and shrimp.

Arthur didn't even glance at them.

However, since he couldn't find a succubus in the wasteland, Arthur had no choice but to abandon his idea and honestly choose another demon as his target.

In fact, he didn't have many choices, only three: Demon Guardian, Demon Imp, and Demon Hound.

Their characteristics are thick skin and strong melee ability, strong spellcasting ability, and agile and flexible movements.

As everyone knows, among all enemies, the simpleton is actually the easiest to bully.

The demon imp has ranged abilities, and the demon hound is not only swift but also has a troublesome sense of smell; neither of them is easy to deal with.

The Demon Guardian is simply a tanky character with decent melee abilities.

Since this kind of punching bag doesn't have such high defense that it's impossible to break through, bullying it is naturally the best choice.

As the saying goes, a simple-minded soldier is easy to bully; this principle applies to any world.

So, after repeated observations, Arthur selected a demon guard whose activity range almost did not intersect with that of other demons.

This means that no matter how fiercely he fights with this demon guard, it won't attract other demons to join in.

After selecting his target, Arthur began his preparations: setting up a trap.

He certainly wouldn't engage in a true man's battle of one against this demon guard; that would be a fool's act.

In this day and age, who would still engage in one-on-one fights?

Of course, you'd call on your friends and get a bunch of helpers to take him down together.

Even a simpleton like Badhall knows to call for help when he's fighting.

Although in the end, they found help from the enemy.

But no matter what, Arthur won't actually fight this demon guard head-on until the very last moment.

In the trial environment, he couldn't find anyone else to help him, so he could only use traps.

Arthur did not choose a more complicated trap, but instead used a relatively simple rockfall trap.

Since he didn't have any tools available, he found a stone stick with one end flat and used it as a shovel. He found a good spot and dug a relatively deep pit.

Despite being described as a feng shui treasure land, it's actually just a narrow walkway with stone walls on both sides.

This means that anyone who tries to pass through here will inevitably step into a trap.

Of course, simply falling into a pit is not enough to kill a demon.

So Arthur, exhausted, climbed up the stone wall again, found a large rock on it, and pushed it to the edge of the wall.

Then, he placed a smaller stone at the edge of the rock wall to stop the large rock from rolling into the walkway.

Thus, a simple, even somewhat rudimentary, rockfall trap was created.

Of course, this is not the end.

How to conceal the hole in the ground, and how to trigger the falling rock from below, are also things that Arthur needs to think about.

Chapter 20 Misstep

The pit in the ground was dug, and the falling rocks were prepared. How to organically combine the two became the problem that Arthur needed to consider.

In his previous attempts to probe, Arthur had discovered that the demons here only possessed combat intelligence, but had no intelligence whatsoever.

This means that Arthur's trap doesn't actually need to be overly complicated to conceal; a simple disguise will suffice.

Therefore, he provided the simplest solution to the problem of how to trigger a rockfall trap on the ground.

Pull with a rope.

Moreover, instead of directly pulling down the rocks, they first used stones and thick wooden sticks to form a lever on the rock face, with the rope tied to the end of the long arm.

After circling the wasteland, Arthur finally found some vines growing on the stone wall.

After a thrilling game of hide-and-seek, he finally managed to cross the demons' territory and retrieve the vines.

After weaving the vines together to make them strong enough, Arthur used the rope made of vines to tie the long end of the lever on the stone wall, and let the other end hang down at an angle, so that Arthur could trigger the falling rocks from the other side of the trap.

After completing these traps, Arthur began his next move.

Pull the monster.

Lure that lucky demon guard to the trap, make it fall into the pit and get injured by falling rocks.

There's little hope of killing it by smashing it, because it's thick-skinned and tough.

So Arthur just wanted to weaken and limit it with traps, and then have a "fair" locker room philosophy battle with it.

That's right, although the Demon Guardians are limited by traps, it's still a fair fight.

It's fair to Arthur, at least.

Arthur went there full of confidence, intending to use his body to seduce the demon guard and lure it into the trap.