26 First Battle (1/2)
”Sniff!” ”Sniff!”
A big fat boar sniffed the grassy ground with its big stubby nose, moving its head side to side as if it was looking for something to chew on. The hair strands on its face looked moist as saliva was dripping from its mouth on the grass like a waterfall. This boar was the same Roughback Boar that Niko's group has been watching. The boar stood on a patch grass that lacked trees, however, it was surrounded by thick trees and bushes, and a few of those trees were where Niko and his group were hiding.
As the sunlight seeped through the green canopy and lightened up the green grassy ground that the boar sniffed, a strange light green orb floated above it. This orb was naturally the spirit of the Giant Mantis that Niko controlled and it slowly as it floated above the ground approaching the boar. As the spirit floated, it parted the grass on its way gently as if it was caressing it.
”Swoosh!” The boar exhaled as it noticed the orb approaching it slowly. Anger and confusion were seen on the boar's glossy black eyes as it began to take a few steps back.
The boar noticed that the spirit continued to float towards it without fear, causing the boar to be angered. It exhaled once more but this time loudly and rough as killing intent was revealed.
As the boar was about to pounce towards the spirit, bushes began to move on the side, startling the boar making it turn its head to look. It wasn't afraid of the little spirit, therefore, it checked if the intruder was someone stronger.
”ROAR!”
A powerful roar struck the boar causing it the be paralyzed for a second, however, as soon as Candreva who came from behind a tree was about to use the skill, Niko commanded the weak spirit to attack.
”Bang!”
The spirit collided with the bottom of the boar's head as if it was uppercut by a human. One couldn't underestimate the power of a weak spirit as it had the same strength as an average human, this was something Niko has come to learn. The uppercut-like attack was powerful enough to make the boar fall on its side in pain as it squealed loudly. Without giving it anytime to get up Zheng rushed from behind a tree and slashed the boar repeatedly at the stomach area. Guts and blood spilled over the green grass turning it crimson as the lifeless body of the boar laid on the grass.
The belly of the boar was so fragile that it was possible for a weak spirit to strike it hard enough and kill it. The difficult part would be getting the boar on its side.
Stepping out from behind, Niko looked at this scene with disgust as he saw the mess it made. Zheng didn't look fazed as he was even more excited. The crazy thing about this was the fact that all of this, took seconds!
”Good job! Although this Roughback Boar is extremely weak, it's our first time trying this! And the gore you'll get used to it, it's way too common in this world.” Ivanic spoke with a bit of hope in his eyes.