6 The Woods 2 (1/2)
”This is the third location.”, Kate surveyed the grassy patch.
Under the moonlight, there were no monsters that could be seen and patch was accomodating rocks and boulders.
”No enemies? Let's go check if the treasure is here.”, Allen said.
Kate nodded and the both of them went towards the middle of the grass patch.
-rumble-
The ground suddenly quaked, before they even got to the center, a large boar whose tusks were made of sharp stone was charged right at them coming from behind the trees.
The boar uprooted the trees on the way and even crushed a boulder, it was obvious that it was no ordinary animal.
Allen narrowed his eyes and checked the boar, he said to Kate, ”Don't attack it! It's a rock boar, it's skin is as tough as a boulder, even dagger flashes won't injure it!”
Kate believed Allen and the both of them sidestepped to the left and right of the boar respectively.
”How will we kill it then?”, Kate shouted as the boar charged right at her. She dodged in time and backed off.
”Wait, I'm trying to remember!”, Allen said.
”I'm going to hold it off then!”, Kate took out her dagger and sent attacked the stone boar with dagger flashes.
-clang- -clang-
The flashes only made sparks on the boar's skin, nonetheless, it still attracted the beast's attention. Afterwards, the monster only kept attacking Kate.
...
”Hurry up!”, Kate shouted. She knew that she couldn't hold on much longer, her stamina was decreasing everytime she dodged or attacked the boar.
”I remember now!”, Allen shouted. It was rather hard to remember something about the stone boar, specially that he also read about other monsters too.
”What's it's weakness?!”, Kate exasperatedly asked.
”A pickaxe! It is afraid of pickaxes!”, Allen shouted back.
”...”
Afraid of a damn pickaxe? What kind of a concept was that?! Those were the thoughts of Kate.
”Are you kidding me, right?”, Kate asked as she closely dodged another charge of the boar.
”No! It's true.”, Allen said.
”How about weak spots instead?”, Kate was almost hit by another charge of the boar.
Allen paused and shouted again, ”It's eyes are soft, make him blind!”
Kate heard what Allen said and she immediately hid her dagger and took out two throwing knives, then she threw one towards an eye.
-sou-
The boar didn't react on the time and it's right eye was hit by a throwing knife!
”Roar...”, the boar was now blinded on it's right eye. It roared in anger and now charged at Allen instead. The boar somehow felt that it was this kid's fault that he's feeling excrutiating pain.
-whoosh-
Even though it's just a stone boar, it's speed was still very fast!
”Oh no.”, Allen was caught off guard and was almost hit by the boar, luckily, he dodged right on time.
He started backing off from the boar at a fast pace, however, the beast closely followed him.
”Don't get too far away!”, Kate climbed up on a boulder and aimed at the other eye of the stone boar.
Allen knew what to do and led the the boar right at Kate's location so the latter could easily aim on the remaining eye.
On the other hand, Kate smiled knowing what Allen was doing and focused on the other eye of the boar.
Suddenly for Kate, time seemed to stand still as she started to throw the throwing knife at the eye of the boar.
-sou-
The throwing knife was launched and flew towards the remaining eye.
-pshew-
The eye was successfully hit!
”Roar...”, this time, the boar roared louder than it even made the nearby birds fly away in fear!
”Now, it can't see us.”, Kate said.
Allen immediately sticked his back at the boulder where Kate was standing, ”Yeah, but let's just be quiet for awhile.”
From the name of the stone boar alone made the said beast separated from the normal boars, like earlier it's difference is that it's skin is as tough as a stone to the point it could destroy boulders. Just like a bloodthirsty wolf, the stone boar focuses on it's strength too, however, like the former, the latter also has one shortcoming, and that was it's instincts were much weaker than the former!
Suddenly, in a flash, a third eye appeared in between the boar's two eyes. The eye was in pure color green.
When Kate saw what, she asked at the boar's third eye, ”Umm... should we be worried about that?”
Allen then looked at the stone boar's third eye, he sucked in a cold breath under his mask and nodded.
He then said...
”Now we really need a pickaxe.”
***
Meanwhile, back at the Crescent Town...
In the necromancer's temporary residence...
The necromancer was still awake in his room, under the candlelight on top of a desk, which was the only serving light in the room, he was writing something on a blank piece of paper.
He suddenly stopped and muttered, ”I hope my apprentice will be alright in the woods.”
”Oh don't worry, he probably will be.”, a deep voice echoed out throughout room.
The necromancer immediately stood up and grabbed his staff beside him.
He aimed the staff on the darkness around him, ”Who are you?”
”I think I should be the one asking the questions first. What are you doing in this city?”, the voice asked.
”You'll never know!”, the necromancer said.