My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 85: Details Determine Success or Failure

Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Details Determine Success or Failure

"Snow rabbits!" Elise quickly shouted.

In an instant, Laisa shivered, a look of disbelief on her face as she glanced at Raine. But the next second, she quickly realized something, and her entire body suddenly accelerated, seemingly using Gale Step, like a gray shadow rushing forward!

Soon, she returned with a snow-white rabbit hanging by each of her hands.

"Hey, how did you discover that there were snow rabbits underground?" Laisa, still with slightly widened eyes, looked at Raine incredulously.

"Intuition!" Raine smiled, saying the two words he had most frequently mentioned along the way.

"Hmph! If you don’t want to say, then don’t say!"

Laisa turned her head and left, but her heart was greatly shaken.

It was the first time she had seen someone like Raine.

In close combat, he was even more fierce than a warrior.

His perception ability was stronger than hers as an assassin.

His spell ability seemed to surpass what she knew of entry mages.

’How could there be such a guy?’

Laisa really couldn’t figure it out!

"Miss Laisa, are the two snow rabbits enough?" Elise’s eyes curved into crescents as she asked.

"Enough."

"Perhaps, we could even keep one."

"The snow rabbit meat is extremely delicious, really, tastier than spider leg meat."

Upon hearing this, Raine’s eye twitched slightly as he glanced at Laisa.

’Who would have thought she was a foodie assassin.’

’Well, in that case, she seems a bit more reliable.’

’Though her thoughts are really bizarre.’

"Miss Laisa, isn’t the success rate higher if there are two? If the snow rabbit tastes good, we can catch two more later." Raine couldn’t help but speak up. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Now, should we continue upward or set a trap here?"

"We still need to walk a bit further, about half an hour."

...

Half an hour later.

"This is about the area. There’s a hot spring, a bit of snow on the ground, and many large stones. It’s the area most liked by the Frost Blade Leopard," Laisa pointed to the steep upward slope in front of them and said.

What met Raine’s eyes were large, oval white boulders about two to three people could hug, scattered sporadically.

The thin layer of frost on the surrounding meadows had now turned into about a half-inch layer of snow.

Meanwhile, three or four geothermal hot springs were scattered among them, exuding mist that added an oil-painting-like texture to the whole scenery.

Raine estimated that the altitude here should be about 3500 meters above sea level, but still not a true snowfield.

"We’ll set the trap here."

Laisa was seen setting up a small device in the open space between two huge rocks and covering it with a small patch of meadow. She also strung a few thin, translucent lines in several other directions.

"I’ve set the explosion trap. Remember to appear only after the Frost Blade Leopard hits the explosion trap."

Laisa looked at Raine and advised.

"Otherwise, with the Frost Blade Leopard’s intelligence, it will likely sense something’s wrong and back off voluntarily."

"In that case, it would be almost impossible to lure it out again."

"Understood!" Raine nodded.

However, he didn’t voice his concern internally: what if something unexpected happened to Laisa herself during the act of luring the leopard? Should he appear or not?

But then, he thought, asking such a question might hint at doubting Laisa’s strength, and talking about it right before she goes to lure the leopard seemed ominous.

Moreover, Raine fully believed in Laisa, who had once had the experience of killing the leopard. Such unexpectedness was unlikely to occur.

So, Raine didn’t ask.

"However, I can’t guarantee that I can definitely lure the Frost Blade Leopard," Laisa looked around, a bit helpless in her eyes.

After all, this was merely the edge of the snowfield. To be honest, even if there were Frost Blade Leopards residing, they were extremely sparse, and meeting one required a bit of luck.

"Miss Laisa, did you also attract the Frost Blade Leopard this way when you hunted it last time?"

"Yes, but last time it was a ranger in our team who drew the leopard."

"But rest assured, I’ll manage this thing," Laisa signaled Elise with a reassuring look and said.

"I’m just judging which direction the Frost Blade Leopard is more likely to appear from."

In fact, Laisa did remember how her team lured the leopard last time, and she could mimic about seventy to eighty percent of it, but she was still uncertain about some details.

"Miss Laisa, perhaps... you could consider checking that direction," Raine’s nostrils flaring slightly, pointed to the northwest and said.

He wasn’t directly sniffing out the Frost Blade Leopard’s scent.

It was just that, compared to other directions, the northwest had a few faint traces of urine smell in the air, a persistent, pungent, and fishy odor.

In other words, that direction was likely a high-frequency activity area for the Frost Blade Leopard, marked by urine.

While this still couldn’t guarantee Laisa finding the leopard, from a probability standpoint, it was much more likely.

Hearing Raine’s words, Laisa wanted to refute, but recalling the magical moment when Raine caught the snow rabbits, she said nothing but seriously looked in that direction.

"Mr. Rein, have you discovered something?" Elise blinked at Raine, somewhat puzzled.

Even though she knew Raine was a Mage Apprentice, tracking was something even an Official Mage was not better at than a wanderer, and more so, she hadn’t seen Raine perform any detection spells.

"Well, some sort of intuition!" Raine smiled.

"Alright, let’s give it a try. Hopefully, your intuition brings us luck," Laisa shrugged, saying somewhat crossly.

"If not, it’s your fault."

"After all, it’s you who want to hunt the Frost Blade Leopard."

With that, she grabbed the snow rabbit and moved swiftly in the direction Raine had pointed.

In a short while, she disappeared from the two’s sight.

"Miss Elise, once the battle starts, please hold off from using Divine Art as long as possible," Raine thought for a moment, reminding again.

"Rest assured, Mr. Rein, you’ve told me this once on the road," Elise, of course, understood why Raine emphasized this.

Recalling the two times in the Deep Moss Spider Cave, Elise knew it was because the Frost Blade Leopard was extremely fast. If she were noticed too early by the leopard, it would greatly increase the risk of the entire battle.

The Frost Blade Leopard was unlike the Deep Moss Spider; according to the guidebook, its speed was much faster.

Even though Mr. Rein mastered skills similar to Charge, it couldn’t ensure that it could intercept the opponent’s attack.

"But, Mr. Rein you here...."

"Should be no big issues," Raine nodded, reassuringly.

If things were really off, Raine would not hesitate to use his spiritual power. He would immediately use the Spider Web Spell to trap the Frost Blade Leopard for one or two seconds, gaining the opportunity to intercept.

This was his backup move.

Of course, this newly acquired monster skill should be used sparingly if possible.

He could only perform the Spider Web Spell twice, including the reserved portion of his spiritual power, with one of the spells reserved for Laisa, although her unexpected betrayal seemed increasingly unlikely after this journey.

That was to say, against the Frost Blade Leopard, he probably had only one opportunity for the Spider Web Spell.

...

Meanwhile.

After setting two traps under the cornerstone of the return route.

Laisa came to an open space in front of a rock, broke the limbs of the two snow rabbits with a snap, and then made a cut with a dagger on the inner side of their hind legs.

Afterward, she quickly crawled under the rock into the shadows.

Laisa’s planned strategy was — ’When the Frost Blade Leopard was drawn by the bleeding snow rabbits and approached to prey on them, she would throw a dagger to grab its attention. Provoked, the leopard would undoubtedly chase her.’

But in reality, the last time she hunted the Frost Blade Leopard, a ranger was making the call to lure the leopard, not her.

In some details, Laisa still had some issues.

For example, she had already scattered some Snow Grass Powder to mask her scent, but she ignored the slight bloodstains on her clothes from when she was bumped by Raine in the Deep Moss Spider Cave and spat blood.

If she could have increased the dosage of the Snow Grass Powder, it could naturally cover it.

But many things do not have ifs.

So, after waiting a while...

"Seems like there’s none; turns out to be an unreliable guy too," Laisa couldn’t help but mutter to herself.

But in the next instant, Laisa suddenly felt a feeling as if she was being watched by some natural enemy, her neck hair all standing on end.