- Get out of the way!

Sam's ringing, but useless order rang out over the clearing. Lukrut himself understood that when an angry boar rushes at you, the least you can do is to step aside.

A huge shadow swept past the guy and two sharp fangs almost ripped open his stomach, which made him cheer up quite well. As you like, but this is definitely not how he planned to end the hunt.

After wandering in the forest for half a day and having used up almost all the arrows, the hunters were already halfway to the camp when their road crossed with this beast inopportunely.

The monster weighed under a hundredweight, black, rock-hard skin and tiny, burning eyes, if not for the sparkling inscription above it, Lukrut would easily have believed that he was having a nightmare.

Black Fang (Boar)

Type: Monster

LV: 7

[Killer of a Dozen] [???]

Seriously!!! The first monster I encountered has level 7!!

Damn, it's suicide! I wonder if I've always been so unlucky?

Suddenly, the monster turned around sharply, catching the guy by surprise and pointed its fangs at him, I won't have time to dodge!

The beast's eyes flashed and in a moment he was already a meter away from Lukrut. Fangs aimed at the stomach, preparing to tear it to shreds. At that moment, a flash flashed nearby and someone's hand literally pulled the guy aside. The boar missed and drew a long furrow, uprooting a small tree.

- What the......- Lukrut stopped, looking around in surprise. He was sitting next to Sam at the top of a nearby tree.

- What was that?! Some kind of hunter skill?!!-

-Skill?-

-Uh, I wanted to say skill....-

I'm using words that don't belong to this world again....

- Yes, exactly. It's called "quick step", with its help, I can increase my speed several times, but even that was barely enough to dodge the attack of this beast-

-Of course, he doesn't look like an ordinary boar - Killer of a dozen, this creature even has titles, is it worth starting to worry?

- You're right, I haven't encountered such people in this forest yet, it's a pity that I dragged you into this-

-Hmm, it's nothing, the only thing I regret is that I can hardly help against this beast-

-You don't have to worry about it, I think I won't be able to oppose him either-

- And what are we going to do?

Sam glanced wearily at the nearly empty quiver with three arrows, and then at the boar. The beast had already managed to determine where the hunters had gone and was now turning circles around the tree like a shark. The hunter and the victim swapped places.

"I don't even know," Sam said, I really don't know. I think it's safer to stay here until he can get to us. Let's hope he gets tired of it sooner than we do.-

Lukrut had nothing to object to, Sam had a third level, about half the size of the monster. If Sam was a player, you could try to attack (for example, kite him), but Sam was not a player. The NPS levels were different from the players' levels and with his third level, he didn't have a chance against a seventh level monster. Is it worth mentioning Lukrut of the first level? The situation, to put it mildly, is unpleasant, so we could only wait.

Having settled down comfortably, between two strong branches, the guy began to study the knife, given by Sam, before the hunt.

Hunting knife

Quality: Low

Indicators: damage + 25

An ordinary knife, something like this is often given to a novice player. True, a novice player does not have to fight with high-level monsters, but this is not an ordinary game, right?

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Sighing, Lukrut tried to find a way out of this situation. Images from various games and books popped up in my head, but nothing seemed right.

Suddenly, the tree was shaken by a monstrous blow and Lukrut, who did not expect it at all, almost fell down.

- What was that!-

- Beast - calmly replied Sam

-What?- the guy, holding tightly to the branch, looked down.

Apparently, tired of waiting for the prey to descend to him, the monster moved on to more active actions. Using its huge and strong head like a battering ram, the beast tried to break the tree on which the hunters were sitting.

- Will he really succeed?!-

- It looks like that-

- And what do we do now? Do you have any other hunter tricks in stock?"

Sam shook his head negatively

- You see, I'm the only hunter in the village, but that doesn't mean I'm a good hunter at all - It's noticeable by your level......

- But I have enough hunting experience on this island, and in all the time that I hunt here, I have never come across such an animal. We don't stand a chance against him. It's enough that we didn't even notice his approach. I have a skill that allows me to track the position of prey within a radius of five meters from me, but......it didn't work on him. We are simply not rivals to him-

-Fine, the hunter and the prey have changed places - Lukrut summed up

As if to prove the above, the boar once again hit the tree, after which the trunk creaked and tilted dangerously.

- A bad sign - Lukrut remarked sadly and added -We need to get out, listen, don't you have a skill that could slow down this creature?-

- Slow down? Hmm I could use restraints, but I don't think it will help-

- There is no choice. Can you put them on when he tries to take down the tree again?

Sam nodded.

- Great, then it's time, because our friend can't wait to meet us -

Sam grabbed the rope that was in the bag, and muttering something, deftly threw it in the direction of the boar. Reaching the beast, the rope glowed faintly and quickly entangled him, from which the beast stumbled and fell, plowing a wide furrow and crashed into a tree.

- It worked, but it won't hold him back for a long time-

- Then let's run! Lukrut shouted and jumped down from the tree, followed by Sam. Once on the ground, the hunters began to run, hoping to reach the shore and, if possible, get off the island.

Before they had even run hundreds of meters, the furious squeal of a wild boar resounded over the forest.

- He's angry, he needs to accelerate -

However, fear already gave them the necessary acceleration.

After ten minutes of running, Lukrut stopped.

-I can't stop anymore!-

-We can't stop, he can catch up at any minute-

-If he could, he would have already caught up-

-And still we need to continue to be.... damn, watch out!!-

A black shadow suddenly appeared from the side, jumped forward, but before she was able to reach the goal, Sam pushed Lukrut away. This saved his life, the boar missed by a few centimeters and flew forward, stopped between the hunters.

Clouds of steam escaped from his nostrils, and piglet greedily sucked in air. Beady eyes blazing with anger looked from one to the other.

- Let's run away! I'll meet you on the beach," Sam shouted, and before Lukrut could object, Sam threw a small bundle in the direction of the beast and ran. A second later, clouds of smoke poured out of the bundle, quickly creating a saving curtain.

Dymovukha, of course, then you need to run.

Turning around, Lukrut rushed to run towards the thicket, hoping that the smoke would delay the beast.