Global Lord in the Apocalypse: I Begin with a Greenhouse

Chapter 12 - Trapping the Monsters

A few minutes earlier.

“I can’t go out there unprepared like this! I need to come up with a plan!”

Unable to see in the darkness and with no weapon other than the bow in his hands, heading out there without a plan would be nothing short of a suicide mission for Adrian.

“Wait! Doesn’t that palm tree have a special effect?”

As he looked toward one corner of the yard, a wide grin spread across his lips as an idea suddenly came to mind.

“That’s right! I can use it to trap them!”

[Proceed with purchase.]

Adrian purchased a flashlight helmet to help him see in the darkness.

He then prepared several palm trees to carry out his plan.

As a final step, he swiped across his screen and deactivated the automatic firing mode. Instantly, the turrets above stopped shooting at the monsters.

“I hope I’m not too late!”

Running into the wilderness, he found Darla crouching on the ground, surrounded by several Abominations.

“Come and catch me if you can!”

Stab!

Stab!

Stab!

Aiming his arrows at the Abominations’ eyes, he wanted to draw all their attention toward himself.

“You ugly freaks!” he scoffed. “Come on! All of you, come after me!”

He had noticed that the Abominations before him were different from the ones he had encountered in the old world. Despite their sluggish appearance, they could suddenly move at incredible speeds.

Roar!

Adrian’s plan worked.

The horde of Abominations began turning their attention toward him.

“Good! Come on, hurry up! Don’t waste my time!”

As he spoke, Adrian purchased tenfold arrow duplication, allowing him to fire multiple arrows at once.

He had only one goal: to make himself look like a genuine threat to the monsters.

“They move faster when I attack them more aggressively, don’t they?”

Adrian had come to this realization after watching the gigantic monsters gravitate toward the turrets that kept firing at them.

When the turrets stopped shooting, the monsters seemed confused and immediately began searching for other targets.

Sure enough, the monsters suddenly charged toward him at high speed. Strangely enough, despite their enormous size, their footsteps were almost inaudible.

Rather than leading the monsters toward his shelter, Adrian deliberately lured them toward another corner of the wilderness beside it.

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

The ten Abominations were now only ten meters away from Adrian. In less than a minute, they would be standing no more than a meter from him.

“Good! Now it’s time!”

He pressed a button on the holographic screen before him. Golden beams emerged from the ground at four different corners, encircling both him and the Abominations.

Next, enormous palm trees rose from the ground at all four corners.

Adrian then planted a twig coated in zombie blood right in the center of the four palm trees to draw the monsters’ attention.

Once the Abominations moved toward the twig, Adrian quickly slipped out of the enclosure.

“This should be enough to hold them, right?”

At Silver tier, these magical palm trees were twice as tall as the ones in his greenhouse yard. Not only did they disrupt the zombies’ tracking systems, but they could also weaken them by inducing hallucinations.

Sure enough, once all four trees were in place, the Abominations simply wandered around aimlessly, moving back and forth as though they had neither purpose nor awareness.

“I don’t know how long this will be able to hold them. What matters is that I’ve managed to subdue them all.”

The sun began to rise in the east, its rays illuminating the wilderness.

Looking around in every direction, Adrian let out a sigh of relief. No more monsters were coming.

At least he could relax for the time being.

Even so, Adrian would never truly feel at ease until these gigantic monsters had been eliminated. But for now, there was something else he needed to do.

“Darla, are you okay?”

He quickly approached the young woman and extended his hand toward her.

“Come on, let’s go. They’ve been taken care of.”

“Go away!”

Still lying helplessly on the ground, Darla turned her face away from him.

“You’re still joking around at a time like this? I know you’re injured. Let me check on you.”

“I told you to leave! So just go!”

She shouted even louder, but her voice did not sound angry or aggressive. Instead, it carried a note of utter despair.

Darla, what exactly happened? Adrian wondered.

It was then that he realized something.

Could this woman be unable to move her body but too proud to admit it? Fine. Let me do something for her.

Without saying another word, Adrian crouched down and turned Darla’s body over.

The moment her face turned toward him, Adrian’s eyes widened.

“You…”