In Chen Mo's opinion, the Hunter class was a very good solo class.
However, this class had a very big weakness, and that was its lack of anti-air capabilities.
If the traps were placed on the ground, they would be completely useless against flying monsters or enemies.
Although Hunters could use crossbows and contract monsters as pets, unless the crossbows or pets were all Divine Artifacts or Mythical Beasts, without the support of traps, the Hunter's lethality would drop by more than a level.
Hunters had two main branches in the early stages, one focused on crossbows and arrows, and the other focused on contract monsters. Regardless of which branch they focused on, traps were a necessary skill for Hunters to specialize in. For this reason, Hunters could even equip off-hand weapons that other classes could not equip. Hunters' off-hand weapons were glove-type weapons, and after equipping them, the glove-type weapons would only affect trap skills.
If Hunters could stand in the air and set up traps, they would have anti-air capabilities. Although their anti-air capabilities were still not strong, they were much stronger than traps placed on the ground.
Would it work?
Chen Mo suppressed his slightly excited mood and took a deep breath. Standing on the ground, he looked at the air in front of him and clenched his hands slightly.
Whoosh!
Chen Mo's hands moved fiercely, and the skillful movement was completed in front of him in one breath!
A trap suddenly appeared in the air!
Success!
Even though Chen Mo had always been calm, he could not help but feel a little excited at this moment.
He believed that even if someone soon discovered the Freedom Skill System and set up traps on the ground like him, there would not be many people who would think of setting up traps in the air!
If he had not suddenly had a flash of inspiration, he would not have thought of this idea.
However, Chen Mo quickly discovered that the trap he had set up in the air was very unstable. It only stayed in the air for two or three seconds before abruptly falling to the ground. Moreover, the instant it fell to the ground, it exploded.
"It didn't fall directly from the start, which means that the trap can stay in the air. As for why it fell … Hmm, it has to do with skill completion!"
In just a moment, Chen Mo thought of skill completion.
The trap had to be able to stay in the air for more than five seconds before it could be used in actual combat. Otherwise, it would not be a threat to enemies who were slightly further away. However, as long as he practiced more and became more skilled, this would not be a problem.
It was possible to set up traps in the air, but what about setting up traps while moving?
Chen Mo's mind was completely active, and ideas emerged one after another.
When Hunters set up traps, they had to stand in place. Once monsters got close to them and attacked them while they were setting up the traps, their skills would be interrupted. This would greatly reduce the Hunter's combat power in close combat.
However, if they could move while setting up traps, this weakness of Hunters would no longer exist!
Would it work?
Chen Mo immediately took action.
"No!
When you move, the trap will be completely disrupted. There's no way you can succeed! "
However, after trying it once, Chen Mo knew that it was impossible to set up traps in the air while moving.
When using the Freedom Skill system to set up a trap, the most important thing was the accuracy and completeness of one's movements. When players moved, their original movements would be scattered to different locations, making it impossible for them to succeed. During the process of moving, Chen Mo's palms didn't even glow. This clearly meant that he wasn't using a skill.
"But what if I set up a trap on a carrier like a wooden board while moving?"
Chen Mo's mind was incomparably agile. If one method didn't work, he immediately thought of another.
It was very likely that it would work!
He hadn't tried it, but Chen Mo's intuition told him that this idea had an extremely high chance of success!
Chen Mo couldn't find a wooden board in the valley, but he found a relatively flat stone to replace it.
Move!
Chen Mo controlled his character to move. Then, at the same time, his right hand's fingers moved quickly on the stone in his left hand. The movements of setting up traps, one by one!
Natural and smooth!
Done in one go!
With his extremely active mind, Chen Mo's attention was also extremely focused. His movements of setting up traps were also unprecedentedly accurate and fast!
Following the fall of his hand, a trap suddenly appeared on the stone in his hand!
Success!
And the skill's completion rate was very high!
With a thought, Chen Mo waved his arm forcefully, and the stone and the trap were thrown seven meters away!
Boom!
The trap landed on the ground and exploded!
"Haha, a throwing trap bomb!"
Chen Mo was in a good mood. This kind of feeling was only experienced when he first learned about hacking and had a huge breakthrough. In an instant, Chen Mo felt as if he had returned to the past.
"Not good, not good. I'm here to find a loophole in the game, not to play the game."
Feeling that he was too excited, Chen Mo hurriedly took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
After calming down, Chen Mo once again walked into the cave behind him.
What he needed to do hadn't changed. It was to lure the White Goblins out of the cave and kill them in batches.
Originally, even if he had activated the Freelance Skill System and was able to set up traps in the middle of the tunnel, it would still have depended on luck.
But now, not only did he activate the Freelance Skill System, but he also knew that he could set up traps in the air. He could even set up traps while moving. Luring the White Goblins out of the cave and killing them had become very, very easy.
Originally, he could only set up three traps in the cave and didn't have time to set up additional traps in the middle of moving. But now, he could set up two more traps in the time he took to run out of the cave.
There were a total of five traps. As long as two of them had a crippling effect, he could safely escape the cave. If three of them had a crippling effect, he could definitely kill the two White Goblins behind him!
While he was in good condition, Chen Mo set up three traps that had a high completion rate at suitable locations in the cave. Then, he went to the end of the cave and waited for the right time.
Even though Chen Mo had mastered the technique of setting up traps while moving, timing was still the most important. He had to lure the two White Goblins out at the same time. If they chased one after the other, the traps he set up in the middle of the tunnel wouldn't be able to hit the two White Goblins at the same time.
Originally, in order to have a greater chance of escaping the cave, Chen Mo not only had to lure the two White Goblins to chase after him, but he also had to do his best to attack when the two White Goblins were further away from the end of the cave. But now, there was no need for that.
The two White Goblins were in the same location at the same time. Chen Mo immediately used his crossbow and shot an arrow.
Chi!
The short arrow accurately hit one of the White Goblins. The two White Goblins, whose aggro was linked, turned their heads and fiercely chased after Chen Mo.
Chen Mo quickly retreated.
Boom!
Soon, the two White Goblins stepped on the first trap, and it exploded.
Chen Mo looked over and saw a damage of over 20 appear above the two White Goblins' heads.
The White Goblins' speed was still the same, and the crippling effect still hadn't appeared.
But Chen Mo wasn't worried at all.
He was most worried that the traps he set up in the middle of the tunnel wouldn't cause any damage to the two White Goblins. After all, from a skill perspective, the Basic Trap Skill was only a single-target skill. But now, he was using it as an AOE skill.
If it were in a traditional game, it would be impossible for a single-target skill to cause AOE damage.
But in "Founding Era", it could be done!
As long as the Basic Trap Skill could cause damage to the two chasing White Goblins, it would only be a matter of time before he pulled the White Goblins out of the cave and killed them. Naturally, there was no need to worry.
The Basic Trap Skill could only be used three times at the same time. The first trap would explode. Chen Mo immediately took out a rock from his backpack. As he ran, he quickly set up the trap on the rock.
In just two seconds, a trap appeared on the rock. Chen Mo fully concentrated, and the completion rate was pretty good. It was at least 70%!
The distance between Chen Mo and the two White Goblins was originally about 12 meters, but the first trap didn't have the crippling effect. Now, the distance between him and the two White Goblins was less than seven meters.
So, once the trap was completed, Chen Mo threw the rock and the trap at the two White Goblins.
Boom!
The rock was accurately thrown at the feet of the two White Goblins, and then it exploded with a boom.
The two White Goblins' footsteps suddenly slowed!
The crippling effect of the trap had appeared!
"Good!"
Chen Mo knew that there was hope this time. There were three more traps, and the chance of the crippling effect appearing again was not small.
After about three seconds, the two White Goblins arrived at the location of the second trap.
Not knowing that there was another trap waiting for them, the two White Goblins stepped on it without hesitation.
The trap exploded, but the crippling effect from before had not yet ended. As for whether the crippling effect would appear this time, Chen Mo would have to wait a while to find out.
After another two meters, the two White Goblins' speed did not increase. Chen Mo knew that the crippling effect had appeared again. There was hope for him to escape the cave!
The White Goblins maintained a distance of seven meters from Chen Mo and arrived at the location of the third trap.
After the trap exploded, the two White Goblins took two steps forward, but their speed suddenly increased.
The crippling effect did not appear.
However, this was within expectations. Chen Mo's emotions did not fluctuate at all.
The crippling effect of the Basic Trap only had a 10% chance of triggering. He was already extremely lucky to be able to trigger it twice in a row. If the crippling effect appeared three times in a row, it would be too illogical.
The White Goblins increased their speed and quickly closed the distance between them and Chen Mo to four meters.
However, at this time, the Basic Trap's cooldown was over. Chen Mo quickly took out another rock and began to set up the trap.
Setting up a trap while moving was more difficult than standing in the same spot. Naturally, it took more time.
Chen Mo needed one and a half seconds to set up the trap while standing in the same spot. Setting up the trap while moving would take about two seconds.
In two seconds, the White Goblins were two meters closer to Chen Mo. The distance between them and Chen Mo was less than two meters.