My Chaotic City

Chapter 24: The Mutation of The Huntsman’s Trap

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The Huntsman’s Trap was also a Level 1 defensive tower that could still be mutated by the ‘Change Tower’ skill.

Li Hanqiang did not dare to risk the Sword Tower or even the Fire Tower. After giving it some thought, he was still unwilling to destroy the two Basic Arrow Towers so he made up his mind and decided to change the Huntsman’s Trap.

“Come on, let’s erupt!” Li Han yelled loudly, giving it his all.

[System Notification: Dear Chaotic City Lord, you have used ‘Change Tower’ on the Huntsman’s Trap, the Defensive Tower will now be mutated, the mutation is currently in progress…]

[Ding, the mutation is successful, the Huntsman’s Trap has mutated to a Beast Hunter and its abilities have been improved. Congratulations to the player!]

‘What? Beast Hunter?’ Li Hanqiang was extremely happy. He saw the steel-toothed trap beside him start to twist and turn, quickly transforming. In the blink of an eye, it dissipated, only leaving behind a red pattern the size and shape of a square table. The character ‘hero’ was written in the pattern and the whole thing looked like an abstract smiley face.

[Beast Hunter Level 1: Special Defensive Tower, Level 1 mutation tower, current experience 0/100. The Beast Hunter can capture monster units that walk over it. The success rate of each catch is dependent on the level of the Beast Hunter and its target. Monsters captured by the Beast Hunter will lose all ability to move and continue to lose HP until they die (Elite and BOSS level monsters can break free). Each time a target is successfully killed, the Beast Hunter will gain experience. When it has gained sufficient experience, the Beast Hunter will upgrade and become more powerful. When the Beast Hunter level goes beyond Level 10, it will evolve into a Level 2 mutation tower.]

“This is…a defensive tower that can be upgraded!” Li Hanqiang’s depression was suddenly swept away. It was so amazing, as the Huntsman’s Trap had transformed into a Beast Hunter.

“200 gold coins and 30 points of Chaotic Energy used in exchange for such a Beast Hunter, this is definitely not a loss. I am Li Hanqiang, who relies on my face for food. My reputation is anything far from false!” Li Hanqiang laughed as he started to think about starting the fourth wave of monster attacks on the city to test the Beast Hunter’s power.

However, to guarantee his chances of success, he decided to wait for Dark Redemption to come back online before starting the attack. If a player with a legendary profession came to defend the city, it would be much safer.

With nothing else, Li Hanqiang returned to the Blue Ripple Pond and went idle to fish.

After a while, Big Trader came to purchase some items. He was still stuck at Level 2 as it seemed that he was determined to be a businessman.

Li Hanqiang cashed him his subsidy, making sure that not a penny was lost. Every time Big Trader came, he also provided him with 50 silver coins to compensate for the ticket money charged.

It took more than an hour for the Dark Redemption to come online. Li Hanqiang sent him a message immediately and pulled him over to defend the city.

“Okay, official activities are out. I need to level up quickly!” Dark Redemption immediately agreed.

Li Hanqiang no longer hesitated and opened the fourth wave of monster attacks. Fanning Knight and Fiery Blade Sage were still fishing at the Blue Ripple Pond when they were kicked out. The new wave of monster attacks had started and they would need to buy another teleport ticket to come in again.

[Mission Announcement: The owner of the Chaotic City No. 68, Li Hanqiang, has issued a city defense mission. The Youth Black Thorned Turtle Level 1, has been tamed and can be ridden. Amphibious, able to grow into a Black Thorned Turtle and Giant Black Thorned Turtle. Elite monster mount…]

In the mission notification, Li Hanqiang posted the attribute information of the Youth Black Thorned Turtle. It was certainly an eye-catching advertisement.

In less than five minutes, Dark Redemption was the first to reach the scene. The two idiots, Fanning and Fiery, soon followed after him. What made Li Hanqiang happy was that rays of light shone from the sky one after the other. After ten minutes, all the Chaotic Stone Slabs were occupied.

“Dude, where is the Youth Black Thorned Turtle?”

“I came to see the Youth Black Thorned Turtle, the mount for sale…”

The players were now shouting at him. There were 12 players on the 12 Chaotic Stone Slabs. Apart from Dark Redemption and the two idiots, Fanning and Fiery, seven of them were knights, so the rest of them must have been attracted to the attribute information of the Youth Black Thorned Turtle.

The remaining two were actually First-Class Star and Zhen Dejun.

“Welcome to Chaotic City No. 68, I am the Lord of the city, Li Hanqiang. The fourth wave of monster attack is about to start so please get ready everyone.” Li Hanqiang stood in the air as he shouted with enthusiasm.

“Well, I am here to see the Youth Black Thorned Turtle, not to guard the city!” A knight player shouted back at him. This caused the other players to react similarly.

Li Hanqiang touched his nose and said, “I’m sorry everyone. The Youth Black Thorned Turtle has been bought by the President of the Tianhe Guild.”

“What? It has already been sold. Then why did you post the attribute information of the Youth Black Thorned Turtle in the city defense mission notification? Are you trying to fool us?”

“That’s right! I spent a gold coin. If there is no Youth Black Thorned Turtle, you have to give us a refund.”

“Refund, refund!”

“We will rebel if you do not refund!”

“Yes, we won’t fight the monsters and let you fail in defending the city if you don’t refund us the money…”

“Come on? I am the invincible Chaotic City Lord, who is out there for me to be afraid of?” Li Hanqiang paid no heed to the shouting players. He quickly adjusted everyone’s positions for the city defense, with the melee players placed in the front, Dark Redemption in the middle, and the rest of the ranged players were remotely placed to the back. Quietly, he ended the rest of the preparation time for the attack, and the wormhole immediately began to rip open from a distance.

As soon as the regional announcement was made, the fourth wave of monster attacks began, where a large group of mountain wolves appeared.

[Mountain Wolf, Level 10, HP 900-1100. Marching speed of three meters per second. Each monster can steal 1 Chaotic Energy.]

Finally, they were no longer pigs!

Li Hanqiang glanced at the calf-sized mountain wolves, his heart as steady as the Mountain Tai1. The Mountain Wolves could only travel at three meters per second. The Fire Tower would be his father2 and only the Mountain Wolves with the highest HP would be able to rush out of the Fire Tower’s range. However, this meant that those who escaped would be left with the barest amount of HP, almost paper-thin, to be harvested afterward by the Sword Towers. It would be a perfect defense of the city.

“Let’s kill the monsters to get experience!” Li Hanqiang shouted, “Those who do not participate in the fight are a fool!”

When the city defenders saw the Mountain Wolves appear, they forgo their argument with Li Hanqiang as they took out their weapons one after the other.

The two idiots, Fanning and Fiery, were at the front and made the best example of themselves. They waved the swords in their hands like a windmill as they shouted…

Li Hanqiang’s attention was on the Beast Hunter as soon as he saw the first Mountain Wolf being captured.

The Mountain Wolves stepped on the pattern of the Beast Hunter and four small traps sprang up from the ground as they bit down on the four legs of the Mountain Wolf just like a crocodile’s mouth. A giant net appeared out of thin air, which was followed a gurgling laugh as it covered the Mountain Wolf.

‘-30’, ‘-15’…

The damage figures accumulated and the Mountain Wolf soon disappeared. Following that, the Beast Hunter gained one point of experience.

“One Mountain Wolf is one point of experience. Does that mean that after killing a hundred Mountain Wolves, the Beast Hunter will rise to Level 2?” Li Hanqiang was full of expectations but just continued to walk leisurely toward the Blue Ripple Pond.

The front line was as steady as Mountain Tai and there was no need for him, as the Chaotic City Lord, to stay here. Hence, he decided to go fishing in the Blue Ripple Pond.

As a Chaotic City Lord, he should be making plans from afar and deciding victory from a thousand miles away. With this, Li Hanqiang felt that he needed to be able to sit firmly on the fishing boat1.

He still had a Special Monster Summoning Token but had learned his lesson and was in no hurry. He planned to use it at the end of the battle.

“Hi!”

A sweet voice suddenly sounded. Li Hanqiang looked down to see that First-Class Star was waving at him.