Hey guys. I am releasing a chapter today because i was soooooo hyped to create a fight scene that i started working on it after i published the last chapter. Tell me what you guys think, should i change anything, make it shorter or longer IDK. I'll post a Poll. It would have been out yesterday night but i had a few complications and had to postpone to today. I might release again tomorrow so stay tuned and without further ado
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Status: Changed a few things.
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The boar is charging at me when i jumped over it. I land on its back and start hitting it with fireball spells, when i noticed that the amount of fat on this guy is going to make it impossible to pierce with swords or fire. I quickly activate pouring a good chunk of my mana reserves into the spell, You may not think that a low rank spell can do damage to a Rank 6, but when you pour enough mana into a spell the effects can increase.
Quickly jumping off this guys back as a huge lightning bolt comes down and pounds the boar in the back, causing a big flash as the lighting hit the boar.
Direct hit, i exclaimed in my head.
After the flash faded i couldn’t believe what i saw. I poured a good 500 mana into that spell and hit it directly on the back, but there was no damage. The boar turned around and roared at me, Nigh shattering my eardrums and causing the whole mountain range to shake and tremble.
Well now he’s pissed off, i think to myself.
Why didn’t the spell work? That would have been enough lightning to 5 battalions for soldiers but it still did no visible damage to the boar and only made it angrier.
I start running along the walls of the river bed trying to get away when i was blown off my feet. I landed a little lopsided causing me to stumble and fall. I quickly turned around to see the boars mouth wide open and a red light coming from inside.
The next moment a Huge red fireball, more than 10 times the size of my beginner rank one was launched from the boars mouth heading straight or me. I quickly activated Water Lock, surrounding me in a ball of water, not caring about the consequences and hoped that it would shield me from the explosion. The water i was in instantly evaporated and i was launched 100 meters while skidding on the ground. After i come to a grinding stop i think i broke a few things and i realizing i’m bleeding out of my head. I check My health went down from 2400/2400 to 1470 meaning that attack did over 900 damage…..is this a joke. I am quite willing now to admit that that hurt like a bitch and i should probably not do it again. I Get up slowly from the ground trying not to black out and reach into my pocket. I pull out a few Rank 1 pills that i had concocted earlier today.
Blood Replenish pill
Rank: 1 Type: Medicine
Description: A novice level medicine that does not require an alchemy furnace to concoct. It is a pill that while being low rank is one of the most used pills in the world. The Alchemy Association appreciates this pill as one of the greatest contributions to the medical society.
When i wanted to learn alchemy Kyanu told me to start off with making these easy pills before moving on to anything more potent, not to mention that i would have needed the materials and Furnace to make them, so she taught me the recipe to these Blood Replenish pills for now. It's not even a real Alchemy pill more like a bunch of medical herbs and liquids thrown together, no technique needed. That's why the Alchemist associations elders appreciate it, good for teaching novice alchemists and useful in times of war. Since the ingredients that are involved in making them can be found in the forest, and you just need an ordinary pot to make it, i made several of them and sold them to a couple of mercenaries that i came across in the forest. I sort of wanted to start a business pulling monsters towards mercenary parties and then selling them the recovery medicine, but i concluded that would be almost the same thing as being a bandit.
I swallow down 3 of these pills and rip off the sleeve of my shirt and wrap my head with it. My health went up by 30 putting me at 1500/2400, still i want to avoid those fireballs at all cost. The boar starts running towards me and i jump again onto its back this time i don't do anything as i am trying to buy time so i can figure out how to beat this walking fortress of fat. I starts rumbling around trying to shake me off when i thought of an idea, if a dry run of Lightning Bolt didn’t work, then how about combining Water Trap and Lightning Bolt.
I jump off and activate Water Trap, i used another 200 MP with this spell putting it my mana at 595/1255, since i have 201 mana i regen 40 mana per minute i won't have to worry too much about passing out from mind exhaustion. The Water Trap surrounds the boar completely covering it in water. I can visibly see it struggling to break free of the water. I deactivate the spell and start the activation of Lightning bolt giving it 200 more mana.
Let's see if you like this, i shouted at it.
The the spell activates and another bolt of lightning slightly less flashy hits the boar square on and the water starts starts steaming. Using the water as a catalyst i was hoping i did some serious damage when through the steam i can see a green light illuminating the boar as he charges me with his horns glowing.
Oh shit, it's a skill, i thought.
Sometimes if an animal has lived long enough or is particularly strong, it can gain a skill much like an ability except only monsters and demonic animals can use it. The boar starts swinging its horns towards me when i managed to duck dive out of its way just in the nick of time. The spot i had been standing on, a large piece of stone, had been pulverized into shards spraying them everywhere. The ground cracks and the sides of the river shake, part of a rock formation behind the boar became unstable and has collapsed into the river bed, blocking off the escape.
Damn that bitch, i said under my breath while thinking about the luck goddess.
Of all the places it has to land it's right in my escape path.
And what's worse, the fact that this guy possesses a skill is enough to make any adventurer or mercenary concerned or outright shit himself on the spot. If it has the intelligence to activate its skill at the right time, then it could even challenge opponents above its rank. Again, i am wondering who let this boar get go unreported, there should at least be a garrison here or even a couple A Rank adventurers.
What's more i want to know why the lightning isn’t effective on this guy, I've fought boars many times before and lightning always worked on them, but this guy seems to disagree. I checked my mana to find it at 365/1255.
Shit this isn't going well. Not only can i not find it’s weakness but i have done no damage to it, not to mention i am running low on mana. No weapons, running low on magic, and almost died twice and no real weapons. I cant use my Mana constructs as weapons because they won't stand the stress, besides, those constructs were never meant to be used so roughly otherwise they would just disperse.
The boar swings its head around to hit me when as i rolled out of the way, it managed to clip me with the blunt part of its horn and send me flying down the river bed. I got up and looked at my health, alarmed that it now read 550/2400.
Sheesh i can't keep this up or i’m gonna kick the can, i thought while sweating profusely.
The boar turned around and suddenly it started glowing and large pieces of rock on it’s skin could be seen glowing.
No way, i thought. This stupid pig has an attribute.
If i had to guess i would say it was an Earth type attributed demonic animal. Attributed animals and monsters where rare as finding a four leaf clover. Kyanu explained that a demonic animal or monster would have to be exposed to 2 things in order for it to gain an attribute, an abnormal source of mana, and an abundant source of the attribute it was gaining. For this guy, it seems like stone was specifically what he had stayed around. Does that mean that this canyon is its home? This would also explain why my lightning and fire was ineffective, Stone and earth are resistant to both. Water Trap had at least contained it which would make sense.
This poses a problem though, as both my attack spells won’t work on it. This is a fight i can’t win.
I’m going to have to retreat, come back some other time and try and kill it, that is if i can escape it. The only thing keeping us both here are the high walls of the river and those i can at least climb, but i won't be able to keep my footing on the sheer rock face if the boar keeps making the ground shake with its stampedes. spewn by the boars last attack
Again i am left at an impasse, i can’t escape and i can’t fight. Guess i’ll have to upgrade my attack. I active the Soul Armor and switch to the Hind Bear Armor i acquired sometime ago
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
Hind Bear Bristling fur armor LV9(Equipped)
Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby
Effects:
Heightened Sense
+110 STR
+90 AGI
+110 VIT
Bound Skill:
Hind Bear Searing breath LV5(Active)
Cost:
450 MP per minute
I usually don’t use the armor because i am already strong enough to kill most of everything i have ever encountered, but this time it's a must. I start running towards boar and he starts charging me. I take a flying leap claws first at the hairy snout of the boar and swipe with my claws him with all the strength i have while he starts swinging his horns. We collide and the ground beneath use cracks with the pressure, we are both pushed back with zero damage to each other. I charge again this time grappling for his nostrils with my paws/hands. I grab his snout as he tries to shake me off. I activate the bound skill Hind Bear Searing breath and aim right into his nose, let's see if he can deal with fire up his nose!
I am knocked off when he pounds the ground with his jaw, catapulting me forward a few meters, stunning me slightly. It looks like i did some damage with that attack, he starts billowing smoke out of his nose and he starts shaking his head .
I stare silently at the boar who turns around to glare at me, suddenly he roars again this time even louder, shaking the entire valley. I plug my ears and try jumping out of the way but has gotten used to that trick already and sends its horns down towards me. I quickly as i can construct another barrier, this time it is more concentrated and thicker than the last. The boars attack still breaks through and manages to hit me directly this time. I am sent flying as i hit the floor of the river bed and bounce towards the wall of stone made from the collapsed rock formation.
I crash into the wall and part of it collapses causing me to be buried in the rubble. I can definitely broke several bones with that hit and i think i’m bleeding again. I suddenly remember i died in this exact same way. I slowly close my eyes as i see my health approaching 0.
Suddenly i hear another voice.
“Ash are you giving up so easily” said someone.
I looked around to see my sister. I quickly ran towards her only to pass right though.
It’s not real, i realized sadly.
“Gggrrrrr it's hard, how do you do this for a living.
I realized that this voice was my old voice from the world i used to belong to.
I remember this, i said.
It was back when i was 11. I had been failing math class for months and the teachers had threatened to kick me out of school if i didn’t fix my grades. Rene took the time to tutor me and help me fix my grades. That was one of the last times we spent more than a few hours doing something together that didn’t involve the police, angry teachers or bullies.
“I know it’s hard but if you want to do anything in the future then you need to know how to do basic arithmetics, i want you to someday surpass me, she said.
“Uggghh, still won’t using a calculator work better, a calculator is part of everything electronic these days
“If you just give up though you will give up on everything” she said.
“Everyone in school and in town hates me, it’s not like i have anything to give up on that matters” I had just gotten though running from another idiot who thought he could pick on me, unfortunately i knew these streets like the back of my hand thanks to all the running i had to do when i was outnumbered in a fight.
“If you're not going to do it for you do it for me, i want you to believe you have a chance in life. That there's more to life than just running away and fighting. Please, ash, don’t give up."
She was always saying things like that. When we lived together in the apartment she always left tons of blueprints to random things or idea she was working on all over the place. She could never find anything anywhere so i always ended up cleaning the place to help her out a bit. I started reading them a bit and learning off of all the materials she left lying around. Anything that she worked with or left lying in the apartment i studied and learned from. Of course i could never comprehend anything extremely advanced like my sister could but i learned enough to buff up my grades a bit.
I never stopped learning from what she brought home and always tried to show her that i was trying. Thinking about that, i am not giving up, even if it kills me i will always keep trying. I’ll break past the limits and show her i surpassed her. Not even the sky will limit me!
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