Chapter 234 - Phobia (1/2)
Meeting BearCalw was sure interesting for Chan, even though he might have pissed his pants just a little bit because of her... unusual behaviours. King Xakro ill.u.s.tratio lll did mention that BearClaw is under his control, but he didn't mention that she is undoubtedly crazy. Maybe he has a different definition of crazy, whatever the case might be, it doesn't matter anymore. Chan just wants to get this task over with!
It became a bit more interesting when they had a little situation with creatures that Chan has built quite a strong phobia against. Wild Boars! The Dense Forest Kin grand leader helped develop such a phobia, even though he or best described ”it” had no such intend. Well maybe just a little.
Seeing that the man who was brave enough to enter the Tavern with her alone even after considering the risks, crawl into a ball out of fear due to a group of Wild Boars got her a bit puzzled. Where did the little man's bravery go? ”There must be more to this.” She thought and dashed out of the Wagon to take a better look at the situation.
Seeing around 7 Wild Boars storming against the 10 Guards, she didn't consider any risks nor was she scared like Chan and even the Guards who are barely handling their selves in this situation. One thought came into her mind, ”Finally, some good food.” Respectfully, she is sick of eating 5-8 days old bread. They did have meat to eat, but less commonly since there are 12 mouths to feed. At this case, she is looking at around 500 to 700 Kilograms of Free meat. It would provide as a month's worth of free luxurious food. The Continent has a lot of Wild Boars to spare, it is no big issue.
The moment she walked out of the Wagon, one of the 7 Wild Boars changed its target. The men with sharp shinning sticks (Swords) look a lot more dangerous than a woman who is a bit taller, but doesn't look armed to the teeth. The Wild Boar seperating from the pack, charged towards her at the speed it could gather under a short distance and using its short strong legs, it made a little leap.
The Wild Boar itself, looks like he breaks over 80 Kilograms. Maybe 100? Either way, such a mass hitting anywhere on the upper body is lethal even if she was wearing a set of thick heavy Armour. To leave everyone surprised, she didn't reach for her Sword. Seeing that she had to act quick at this moment, slicing the Boar isn't an option.
The Boar leaped over a meter high, trying to avoid its lethal short tusks, she just dashed towards the Wagon with all her speed to avoid getting hit and unleash a move which isn't crazy but isn't common either. Using split seconds to her advantage, she charged against the Boar's waist with her shoulder and forced it to lose orientation.
It was like hitting a heavy lumpy rock, but not neccesarily damaging to her arm. The Wild Boar's back side was first forced to the right side and since she charged with her shoulder almost from below the belly, the Wild Boar hit the ground head first before it tumbled a couple of times.
This move however, isn't really damaging to a thick skinned beast and was just a move that was both bold and desperate at the same time. The Wild Boar growled in anger and stood up to fight against the enemy who dared to enter their territory.
Little did the Wild Boar understand, this time Bear Claw has the ability to arm herself. Instinctive enough, the Wild Boar made another leap at almost the same height as before. However this time it was drained out of luck, because her sharp 80 Centimeter Sword sunk a few inches deep.
The momentum the Wild Boar gathered however, made it impossible even for someone as strong as her, to keep her Sword at the same position for more than half a second. It didn't work for the worse though, because the Wild Boar was lifted over her head as she bend backwards as much as she could and was sent tumbling down against a couple other Wild Boars.
The ten Guards proved useful enough as it seems, they managed to kill three on their own already and only one Guard is on the ground, he doesn't appear to be dead though. Maybe just knocked out, he is lucky enough if he didn't break any bones.
A move these Guards seem to all follow, is to all stab one Boar at once instead of taking on one of them alone. A smart move they likely trained for, the odds of running into Wild Boars through travels is more than common. It tends to be a hassle since more than half of them walk in packs, or best named ”Sounds” especially through the mating seasons regardless of Gender.
While 2 or more Guards aim for the head, the rest stab all around the backside until the Wild Boar drops dead. It became a bit difficult especially with bigger male Boars in the group, they have become the most troublesome.
She took quick glance at Chan who is now sweating in fear, and dared to ask. ”You are afraid of these little things?”