Chapter 265: Exploring the Island (2/2)

And leading the way, so that they could avoid any attacks. They kept on examining the woods for all types of species. Insects, pests, snakes, rodents.

Sam doesn't want to take risks. Shadow mice are small, but the things they can do with proper guidance are beyond imaginable.

Sam has divided the whole island into four equal parts and after three hours, they didn't even finish one-sixth of the area under their tower.

Even though there are some beasts, there are no large habitats and there are absolutely no traps. But this area can be still considered somewhat dangerous if they travel alone. Because there are some spots, they could be struck between two beasts.

After that, when they moved forward, Sam and Watt didn't notice any peculiarities when they saw some expanse of land free of trees. This could become a nice camping spot.

But as soon as, Philip stepped on the land, his feet suck into the ground and the clear hard ground just before suddenly turned into a quicksand swamp.

But this didn't seem like ordinary quicksand. Philip didn't try to move much after the initial shock and Sam also quickly caught him while he stood on the harbinger.

Sam tried to pull Philip up with all his might and using the thrust of harbinger, but there is an extreme resistance.

”There seemed to be vine-like thing coiling around my leg, I think it is sentient,” Philip said in astonishment.

Sam was stunned immediately and said.

”Increase the heat of your legs, don't let it hold on to you for long.”

He increased the thrust to its full capacity and finally able to pull up Philip.

They moved back to the normal land and Sam examined Philip's leg and to his astonishment, Philip is holding a piece of small red-colored vine-like thing in between his toes.

Philip smiled and said.

”We might get something out of it don't we?”

Sam smiled and first cleared the mud off of Philip's leg with the water element. After that, he carefully took that thing in his hands and carefully examined it.

The red thing has some very small sharp protrusions on it, like a tiger's tongue. This thing can rip off the flesh on a person, at least the skin if they are not strong enough. Luckily, Philip is a warrior-mage with a good physique, so the damage is not high.

After ten minutes, Sam finally identified that thing. It is not a vine, rather it is a tongue. It is a tongue of the beast and a very peculiar one at that.

This beast is called swap swallower. This thing resides underground and the area above it will turn into a swamp.

It can sense vitality and if any living objects come over it, then they would be in deep trouble. They would be swallowed into the swamp as the beast would devour them whole.

The only disadvantage of the beast is it wouldn't move. It will only move when it is in infancy and after growing a bit, its speed will become incredibly slow, so they will settle down after finding a suitable place.

This is indeed a great natural trap.

Sam couldn't help but shake his head. This Murali guy seemed to be a little too perverted. The way he set the traps is somewhat peculiar.

Using beasts and a very unique bunch at that.

After that, they carefully crossed the whole area. Because, Sam has other plans for this place, so he has to look around so that he can use these surroundings to his benefit.

After some time, and changing directions, they finally found a habitat of considerable threat.

Jade horned rhinos. These rhinos travel in groups and despite their large size, they are incredibly fast. The main thing is although it is called Jade horned, the whole body of the rhino can be converted into a jade-like structure. Just like elemental fusion.

Although it is called Jade, it is only because of the looks, in reality, they are stronger than most metals.

The skeletons of these rhinos are just like the skeletons of the Gold Blooded tiger he killed in the start of his journey in this world.

Sam and the rest carefully avoided the rhinos and went towards other places.

They circled the whole part which Sam marked as their territory in the island until midnight.

All in all, the foundation around six habitats, which have multiple Level 5 beasts in them, seven different traps like the swamp swallower.

More than seven individual beasts which are Level 5.

More than forty or so individual beasts at Level 4.

Out of all these a single Level- 5, beast might even be capable of dealing with them.