Somewhere he still miscalculated.
A deafening roar rang out behind him and before the guy had time to react, the beast emerged from the thicket and found itself a few meters away from him.
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The hope that the smoke screen would stop the beast was not justified. The clouds of smoke had not yet settled, as a boar appeared from them like a ghost and continued chasing its prey. The guy hoped to get lost among the trees, but it seemed that the beast sensed his every move. After fruitless attempts to hide, Lukrut, tired of running, rushed to run again, feeling the last of his strength literally flowing out of him.
- How did you get me!!! -
The monster did not think to lag behind, for unknown reasons, this beast, by all means, decided to get the unlucky hunter. The rhythmic tapping of hooves together with grunting reminded Lukrut of the proximity of the beast.
Finally, a light appeared ahead. The guy hoped to run out to the shore, where he could dive into the sea and hide from the monster, everything is better than trying to escape from it.
With the last of his strength, the young man ran out of the thicket and stopped in horror. No, it wasn't the beach.
A steep drop of 15–20 meters began in front of him, in the depths of which a stormy river flowed.
- Damn, we need to turn around before......- but he didn't have time to finish. Before the guy could react, a boar jumped out of the thicket of the forest and approached him in a few jumps.
Two sharp tusks pierced Lukrut's stomach, and a powerful blow threw him back. The boar, unable to stop, flew after its victim. So, grappling together, the hunter and the victim, the monster and the player, flew off the cliff to meet the stormy waters of the river. All Lukrut managed to do before falling was to pull out a knife from his belt and plunge it into the beast's throat. The screeching of the beast drowned out the roar of the flowing water, which quickly picked up the bodies and carried them further downstream.
Status: [Unconscious], [Fracture], [Bleeding]
-75 HP
-15HP
-9HP
Indicators: 1/100 HP
Condition: very bad/critical
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The flow of information surfaced again in front of the young man, but he could not see anything else, there was darkness in front of his eyes and the status [Unconscious] was flashing brightly, however, this was not quite true. It was more like his first day in this new world - there was a gray haze around, and the body was not felt at all, all he could do was aimlessly look through the window with information.
And how long will I be here?
As if answering his question, the information was updated:
Status: [Unconscious]
Left: 40 minutes.......
........ Just wonderful........
It remained to wait, but when there was about half an hour left before the end of the status, the counter suddenly accelerated and after just a couple of minutes it finally reset to zero.
The bright light scattered the surrounding haze and pulled the young man out of the darkness.
Rubbing his eyes, the young man got to his feet and looked around. He found himself in a small backwater with snow-white sand instead of the usual land. On three sides, the pool was surrounded by high granite rocks, and in the depths there was a waterfall. The water broke from the top of the rocks into the pool and flowed out from here, flowing into the river, forming its tributary.
Examining the surrounding view, the guy noticed the body of a boar lying nearby. It looks like the beast got more than the guy, and now he was in an unenviable position. Several of his limbs were twisted in an unnatural position, and a puddle of blood formed nearby.
Lukrut approached the monster with some apprehension. His knife was lying next to him and the guy did not forget to pick it up.
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Looking at the status of the beast, the young man smiled. The HP of the beast dropped to 30. Lukrut's strike was 10, the hunting knife added another +25, which gave 35 together.
- It looks like we were back in our places, right?-
Despite its wounds and the proximity of death, the beast continued to look at the hunter with withering fury.
- It was nice to meet you, well, come on -
After finishing his farewell speech, Lukrut plunged a knife into the neck of the beast and his HP dropped to zero.
Black Fang (boar)
Status: defeated
Reward:
+2500 experience points
Additionally:
Black boar skin (high class)
Boar's fang 2 pcs (ordinary quality)
Boar meat 3 pcs (high quality)
Open title:
[Hunter]
Increases the reaction speed and a number of indicators during hunting
Level: 3
Open Title:
[By a thread]
When your HP drops to 1, a number of your indicators increases, the chances of survival increase significantly, a number of specific skills / skills open up.
Level: 4
Your current LV: 1
+2500 experience points
LV promoted: LV 2
LV promoted: LV 3
LV promoted: LV 4
Current experience: 220/5000
The flow of information confused the young man, which caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. In this position, he read all the data and smiled. Instead of dying like a fool when he met the first monster, he fell off a cliff into the river with him. Even after that, he did not die, on the contrary, he raised several levels, received his first titles, as well as an award. Perhaps it was impossible to think of a better way out of this situation. The guy even laughed, but the laughter quickly turned into a strangled cough. Looking at his chest, he saw two holes in his shirt from which blood was faintly oozing. Carefully taking off his shirt, the guy saw two deep round wounds from the tusks of a boar. Strange, but considering the length of the tusks and the strength of the beast, he should have died long ago. Tormented by doubts, Lukrut again overlooked his characteristics.
His condition changed from critical to weak, and the statuses [bleeding] and [fracture] disappeared altogether. Also, part of his HP has recovered and now about a quarter of his health scale has been filled. It would be possible to attribute this to an increase in the level, but then why did not all health recover and the other negative effects did not disappear?
It was more like crude healing magic. Lukrut remembered how his counter measuring the status of [Unconscious] suddenly accelerated.
Hmm, but if someone tried to help me, where is he now and why did he help me at all?
Throwing on his shirt and getting to his feet, the guy looked around. It was quiet around, but the stranger couldn't have disappeared so quickly, right? There's nowhere to run.
- Hey! Is there anyone here? Lukrut shouted, cupping his hands like a megaphone. The echoing cry was drowned in the waters of the river, remaining unanswered. Nothing around gave away the presence of the unknown.
So his level is much higher than mine, or he has developed a disguise skill. I'll have to hope that he will come to me himself.
And having no other plan, Lukrut continued to shout. After about ten minutes, he began to think that he was mistaken, and that there was no savior, or he had already escaped.
Upset, the guy sat down on the shore near the lake. The waterfall knocked out a water haze, from which part of the lake was hidden by fog. Through its rare gaps, the other shore of this small lake was discernible, which was mainly formed by sheer granite rocks.
Carried away by the view, the guy did not notice the ripples spreading through the water, as well as a small wave approaching the shore.
At that moment, scattering splashes, a half-naked girl jumped out of the water less than a meter from the shore. Amazed by what had happened, the guy could not even really see her, however, it was difficult to miss one detail, namely the tail ...... the girl.