Chapter 12: Preparation
As he strolled through the streets of the capital, Su Xiao paid attention to the shops on both sides of the streets, until eventually a certain store appeared in his field of vision.
And this was the store he needed.
— Hey guard, we already paid the security fee three days ago, so why?.. the shop owner's gaze was filled with displeasure.
— I didn't come here to collect fees. You sell these plants?..
Half an hour later, Su Xiao walked out of the store with a smile on his face. The shop owner enthusiastically ushered him out with a big smile on his face.
Su Xiao bought a lot of things.
Killing the master of Mount Kolubo won't be easy.
He would have to fight a tiger that was at least several times the size of a normal tiger. Its height at the withers reached four or even five meters. He was a real monster.
After that, Su Xiao didn't go directly to the mountain, but returned to the headquarters first.
After wandering around the headquarters for a while, Su Xiao came to the warehouse.
Due to Oki's sudden death, the guards were left without a very important boss. In just one short morning, certain groups began to form among the guards.
Two of Oki's cronies formed their own group and were ready to fight for the title of their deceased friend.
Since they were supposed to go burn down the dump tomorrow, they would have to choose a new guard leader today, otherwise going to the Gray Terminal wouldn't be very successful.
Su Xiao easily made his way into the warehouse. After staying in the warehouse for a while, he left it without being noticed and went to Mount Kolubo.
Seeing Su Xiao, the guards who were watching the gate nodded and let him pass without even asking him anything.
After passing through the city gate and through the Gray Terminal, Su Xiao came to a large forest.
He was standing near Mount Kolubo, where Luffy, the main character of the original novel, grew up.
After entering the forest, Su Xiao felt that the air in this place was fresher and contained the fragrance of various plants.
Unknown birds twittered in the branches of the trees, and sometimes small animals plied the dense vegetation.
Although Mount Kolubo had beautiful scenery, it was very dangerous. This mountain was swarming with all sorts of creatures and most people didn't dare venture deep into the mountain.
While exploring this forest, Su Xiao kept his hand on the hilt of his sword and seemingly looked carefree, but in reality, he was carefully observing the space around him.
The large dense forest surrounding it was not suitable for him. Su Xiao needed a clearing.
The open space didn't necessarily have to be too large, but it did have to meet two points.
First, it had to have a water source. The Kingdom of Goa was located on an island, which is why the kingdom sometimes lacked fresh water.
If he found a source of clean water, then his chances of finding the tiger would increase significantly.
Second, this open space had to be covered with vegetation so that he could set up traps.
Of course, Su Xiao's traps would by no means involve creating deep holes that the mountain master would have to fall into.
To kill such a huge tiger with the help of such traps will be simply impossible. He doesn't even have enough time to create such large holes.
After three hours of searching, Su Xiao finally found a suitable area.
It was a clearing surrounded by trees. The clearing was full of green grass and a variety of flowers grew on it.
After inhaling the fragrance of the flowers, Su Xiao frowned. The fragrance of the flowers might have some effect on his plan, but it had its downsides as well as its pros. The scent of flowers can mask the smell of certain things.
Taking out a shovel from his inventory, he began to dig small holes...
Two hours later, Su Xiao hid in a large tree near the clearing. The clearing didn't look anything out of the ordinary, except for the fact that there were a few ripe fruits scattered on the ground.
Sweat was dripping down Su Xiao's body, and his bare shoulders were showing off the very ordinary-looking muscles that were stretched to the limit.
In fact, men with huge, toned muscles were not suitable for combat. Strong muscles actually increased a person's strength, but they also severely limited their speed and flexibility, which was very bad for a fighter's potential.
Su Xiao came to this conclusion with a simple check. One day, he came to a well-known boxing gym and asked for a regular fight with the hall's strongest trainer.
Then a two-meter-tall trainer with huge, pumped-up muscles all over his body came out against him. He looked at least twice as strong as him.
In the end, just five minutes later, this trainer, who was said to have won the boxing championship, collapsed to the ground, and his whole body looked very bad because of bruises and bruises.
Su Xiao was honing his skills for kills, while the coach was honing his skills for normal sparring sessions. There was a significant difference between them.
If they were fighting under very strict rules, Su Xiao might not be able to beat him, but if the two of them started fighting to the death, Su Xiao would kill him in just a few minutes.
Su Xiao was sitting on a tree, holding a pistol that had three bullets left in it.
He tried to load the gun earlier, but due to the heavy wear and tear, he just couldn't do it.
As for some of the rules of Paradise, after opening the two white treasure chests, Su Xiao roughly understood some of the basic rules.
Items obtained from treasure chests were mostly ordinary items that could be picked up from other worlds, while items picked up or obtained while exploring the world might have a certain chance that the Hunter would be able to take the item out of this world in case of trouble, such as, his new sword.
As for the concept of numbers, in principle everything was very clear.
Of course, the so-called "health points" displayed only the approximate state of a person.
His opponent's health bar will only appear if he attacks his opponent and deals some damage to them. If he kills his opponent in one turn, the health bar will naturally not be shown.
As for the items, the concept of evaluating things was quite nice and simple. Just by looking at the attack parameter of his sword, for example, he could tell how good that sword was.
Just by looking at the evaluation of an item, he could immediately tell how valuable it was, regardless of whether he knew of its true value before or not.
After several battles, Su Xiao realized that although he was only half digitized, it was actually only for the convenience of assessing his condition and strength. This whole assessment was based on real data, even though it looked like it was all part of a video game.
At the moment, this part of "Paradise" was the most useful for Su Xiao.
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