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Chapter 15 Slaying the Black-Backed Boar, Magic Core

【Sword Skill - Lion Slash LV9 (1/90)】

After two days, Dorothy finally made it close to the depths of the Giant Spider Forest.

She made this judgment because she discovered traces of the monster.

Dorothy looked down at the huge footprints on the ground, each footprint as big as a washbasin.

"I've seen these footprints before; they belong to a black-backed pig!"

Black-backed boars launched a direct attack on Lauren village.

There were many footprints left at the scene, so when Dorothy saw the deep pit in the ground, she knew that it was left by a black-backed boar.

Although Dorothy had no hunting experience, she could still roughly tell whether a footprint was new by looking at it.

"The soil around the edge of the mud pit was damp, and the bottom of the pit where people had been trampled was not frosted over, so the footprints must have been left today."

"Sigh~"

"I can still feel a trace of residual magic."

Dorothy's eyes brightened slightly.

Come to life!

Although he was not yet proficient in sensing magic, he needed to concentrate every time he used it.

But this also made it much easier for Dorothy to track the monsters.

Dorothy quickly found her target by following the clues.

A black-backed pig that is 3 meters tall and slightly larger than a horse-drawn carriage.

It was smaller than the black-backed pig that attacked Lauren's village.

However, Dorothy did not let her guard down.

She hid in the shadows, patiently waiting for her opportunity.

The black-backed pig kept rooting around in the soil with its snout, searching for food.

And every now and then it would raise its head, twitch its nose, and sniff the surrounding scents.

They seem very vigilant.

Dorothy put her index finger in her mouth, licked it with her tongue, and took it out, covered in saliva.

A slight coolness emanated from my fingertips.

Judging from the feeling of the breeze, I am downwind.

Your own scent is unlikely to be detected.

However, Dorothy couldn't determine just how sensitive the black-backed pig's sense of smell was.

Therefore, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it becomes.

"Huffing and puffing."

Suddenly, the black-backed pig made a soft grunting sound. It had just been rooting around in the ground with its snout, but now it was using its hooves as well.

It appears they have discovered food.

Dorothy narrowed her eyes, her hands already gripping the hilt of her sword.

Just as the black-backed boar completely buried its head, Dorothy darted out from behind the tree where she was hiding.

Magic surged from his body, covering the short sword.

"Lion Slash!"

Dorothy used all her strength in this sword strike.

A massive magical slash detached from the blade and shot out.

boom!

The magic slash struck the black-backed boar's neck with a loud bang.

"squeak!"

The black-backed pig cried out in pain.

Dorothy's eyes widened slightly.

Her attack didn't sever the black-backed boar's neck!

"Damn it, so cautious!"

Dorothy saw the broken yellow light on the black boar's neck and instantly realized that her magic slash had also been blocked by the black boar's magic.

"Tsk, is this what Warcraft is like?"

Dorothy didn't think any further and started running quickly.

As the black boar turned around to see who was attacking it, Dorothy had already moved to a different position and raised her sword.

Although that attack didn't kill the black-backed boar outright.

However, a deep, bone-revealing wound had appeared on the other person's neck, from which blood was constantly oozing.

"Lion Slash!"

The second strike!

The sword struck the same spot as before.

puff!

Boom!

With a gushing sound of blood, the black-backed boar's enormous head fell to the ground.

"Huff~ Huff~"

Dorothy was panting heavily.

Feeling the magic power within his body that had been mostly depleted.

"This thing is hard to kill."

As she muttered the words, Dorothy's lips curled into a smile.

"Unfortunately, my stats are high enough!"

Dorothy walked up to the black-backed boar's carcass and plunged her short sword into the thick skin.

"The smell of blood here will soon attract other magical beasts, so I need to act quickly."

Cut through the thick skin and fat to remove the best cut of tenderloin.

Next, they began searching for the magic core.

Soon, Dorothy found the black-backed boar's magic core in its chest and abdomen, near its heart.

The black-backed boar, as huge as a carriage, had a magic core that was only the size of a fingernail.

If Dorothy hadn't actually been able to sense the magic emanating from this thing, she would have thought she'd come to the wrong place.

"This is the magic core?"

Looking at the demon core in his hand, stained red with blood.

"So small!"

Of course, although it looks small, its value is quite high.

I shook my hand, but the blood on it didn't decrease.

She squatted down, grabbed some withered leaves from the ground and rubbed them together, only then did she feel that the stickiness on her hands had lessened considerably.

Dorothy put the cut pork into her basket, grabbed the magic core, and quickly left to search for her next prey.

Half a day had passed since Dorothy left.

A series of footsteps sounded.

A small team of five people arrived at the slain black-backed boar.

The burly mercenary captain approached the carcass of the black-backed boar.

He observed the scars on his neck.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Hiss! This black-backed boar has no obvious signs of combat, only a wound on its neck, indicating it was killed by a powerful slash!"

"I couldn't do something with such a powerful strike."

Then he turned to look at the blonde girl standing in the middle of the group.

"Can Elor detect any residual magical energy in the air? How many of them are there?"

The blonde girl being questioned by the mercenary captain was none other than Elor, who had previously taught Dorothy.

Elor nodded.

"Although the magic has almost completely dissipated, I can still catch some of it."

Her beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

"Judging from the remaining magic power, the person who launched the attack was very strong, probably at least at the level of a beginner warrior."

"As for the number of people... there's only one!"

Elor covered her slightly open mouth in surprise.

The mercenary captain pondered upon hearing this.

"One person... and a rank-up warrior...?"

"Then he shouldn't be an unknown figure in the nearby mercenary circle."

"Let's be more careful in our actions from now on, and try to avoid conflict with them as much as possible."

They all nodded slightly and left quickly, not daring to linger.

Meanwhile, Dorothy was twenty miles away from the squad.

Dorothy filled her water bag by the creek.

"Finally, we can treat ourselves to a nice meal tonight. I'll also try out the taste of monster meat."

Dorothy took the meat out of the basket and washed it in the water.

As Dorothy washed the meat in her hands, she suddenly felt an urge to complain.

"Ugh, I want salt, I want cumin, I want chili!"

"hateful!"

He slapped the water hard, his mouth already forgetting what tasted like.

But those seasonings are simply beyond my current means.

"Well, at least I can get some sliced ​​meat today..."

They reached the shore, piled up the dry grass they had prepared, and began to make fire by rubbing sticks together.

Although she wasn't very good at making fire by friction, she was strong and had great stamina.

After half an hour of fussing, a wisp of black smoke slowly rose.

Dorothy sliced ​​the meat into thin pieces, skewered them on a branch, and began to grill them.