Chapter 17 The advantages of being friends with a panther 2 (2/2)
as Mars asked Victoria she seemed to start shrinking slowly into her on shadow until she had completely disappeared into her own shadow that quickly moved around him in a circle before stopping in front of Mars as the shadow opened up and she jumped out from it again and landed right in front of him with a expedition that said 'praise me'
”well you certainly are amazing Victoria”
as Mars was praising Victoria while smiling and petting her on the top of the head he was secretly terrified by the stealth powers she had, as he imagined him pissing her off before they made a contract and getting hunted down by an enemy he could neither see nor outrun while slowly getting withered down by mid range shadow magic as he was using all his strength on shadow decoys until he was pounced from behind without warning and getting his neck snapped by this fearsome shadow death panther
”well the name of your kind was given certainly fits perfectly”
as Mars came to this conclusion Victoria was still purring with her eyes closed sitting in front of him enjoying having her head patted
”Victoria do you know any good hunting spots around here?”
”yes... a little away is a lake... with lots of prey”
”then let's go”
having played enough Victoria seemed to enter hunting mode as she led the way cautiously sometimes stopping and listening with her ears twitching cutely as Mars did his best to follow while making as little noise as possible as man and beast moved towards the lake Victoria knew about, after a few minutes they arrived at the edge of a clearing with a lake in the middle, as Mars was peeking from behind some bushes at the lake he spotted the prey Victoria was talking about
”...that seems a little big”
on the edge of the lake was a wild boar the size of a mini van with 2 sharp 3 meter long tusks that was dipping into the lake as it was drinking water while it was staying alert of its surroundings, Mars marveled at the size of the boar before his [Energy: information] skill activated and information popped up in the edge of his vision
[adult earth boar
male
class: 5
an adult earth boar or 'tank boar' as they are known as by members of the hunters guild have the ability to use earth magic to manipulate surrounding rock and dirt to create a thick armor around their body when threatened]
”we need to take this one by surprise, Victoria circle around to the side and try to hit it's throat
with magic while i distract it”
”okay...”
as soon as Mars gave the command Victoria melted into her shadow and moved into the clearing, while Mars unsheathed his bone sword and waited a few seconds before standing up and walking out in the open as he yelled at the boar
”HEY OVER HERE!”
the earth boar was instantly enraged as it turned around a saw a puny human with a tiny sword was yelling at it, not even bothering to use its earth magic to make armor it roared at Mars while it charged at him
”ROOOAAA---”
only in the next moment a spear of darkness flew out from its flank and priced it throat cutting its roar short and almost decapitating it as it fell over and slid forward on the ground while bleeding from its throat as its eyes gradually dulled and it stopped moving completely
”phew... well all went as planned”
as Mars walked up to the dead minivan sized boar Victoria ran up to him while purring happily
”you did well Victoria”
after patting Victoria on the head Mars transformed and grabbed one of the front legs of the dead boar and begun to drag into the forest towards his cave creating a trail while Victoria followed after him
”what do you say Victoria, how many days do you think we can live off this boar?”
”boar... taste good... so a few?”
as Mars was dragging the boar through the forest and talking with Victoria he started to notice a
group of familiar presences closing in on him
”...looks like they are here again”
letting go of the boar leg he looked over at Victoria that also was alert and looking around
”let's kill all of these ****ing spiders”