Head-on Confrontation

The strength of the boar "monster" did not lie in its power or speed.

Rather, it was its bizarre jumping ability and high endurance.

Even after being stabbed twice by Earth Spike, each time driven deep, it still maintained a remarkably strong vitality...

The boar "monster" fled toward the outskirts with awkward movements, blood spilling all along the way!

Ul followed the trail of blood closely behind, but he did not press too near, lest the "boar leap the wall" and launch a desperate counterattack before dying...

Yet even though Ul deliberately controlled his pace, he soon caught up with the boar "monster's" figure.

The prolonged blood loss rapidly drained the boar "monster's" stamina. At first, it could still rely on short bursts of speed to shake off Ul, but as it lost more and more blood, its pace involuntarily slowed.

After all, not every creature in this world could bleed for seven or eight days each month and still survive.

The more blood it lost, the more unsteady the boar "monster's" steps became...

Until finally!

The boar "monster's" body began to sway, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Seeing this!

Ul several times wanted to strike, but in the end, he forcibly restrained himself.

"What if this boar fights back before dying and wounds me?"

With this thought, Ul never made a move, instead carefully trailing behind the boar.

And then!

Half an hour passed like this!

The boar "monster" staggered along for over half an hour, its steps weak, as if it might fall at any moment, yet it never did...

Finally, Ul grew impatient!

Just as he could no longer hold back and was about to strike...

Suddenly.

The boar, which had seemed so "weak," furtively scanned its surroundings, then abruptly sped up and, with a dart, dashed into a small forest ahead.

Ul: "..."

What the hell... wasn't it said that after the founding of the nation, animals weren't allowed to become spirits?

Watching the boar "monster's" figure vanish into the small forest, Ul's handsome face turned a bit green!

In this day and age!

Men weren't like men, and women weren't like women, that was one thing.

But even pigs had lost their piggishness.

Was there really no sincerity left in this world?

Ul was heartbroken, feeling deceived by this world...

Back when he watched anime, Ul thought the people in this world were far too naive, even to the point of being unbelievable.

But now, a boar had nearly outsmarted him, so one could imagine what kind of people those big shots really were.

After this incident!

Ul realized this world had suddenly become dangerous.

Because his original plan to dominate this world with his intelligence had instantly fallen through.

In the blink of an eye!

He went from a "brilliant" transmigrator to one who was "weak, pitiful, helpless... but very good at eating."

"It's all that damned boar's fault; otherwise, how could I have ended up like this?"

Without a shred of self-reflection, Ul decisively pinned the root of the problem on the boar "monster."

"Maybe it's not that the people in this world are too shrewd, but that this boar is an exception..." Ul cursed in his mind, then suddenly thought of another possibility, and his expression instantly turned serious.

"It really is a monster. It seems I must eliminate it today, or it will surely become a major threat in the future." Ul's gaze gradually hardened.

Originally, Ul had been debating whether to enter this small forest. After all, while this world had no saying about "never entering a forest," a forest at night was definitely not a good place to be.

But now, he had no choice but to go!

The boar "monster" was clever, but it couldn't bandage its wounds like a human, so even if it fled into the forest, the blood on the ground would not disappear.

Ul followed the blood trail into the forest!

A forest at night was definitely not a good place to be—at least, that was how Ul felt.

The pitch-black forest was deathly silent, where almost any sound would be amplified infinitely...

Ul felt like a startled bird at this point, occasionally spooked by some inexplicable faint sound...

If this kept going on for long.

Ul even suspected that before he could find the wild boar "monster," he himself might collapse first!

Thankfully!

That "if" never came to pass.

Because Ul had only just entered the mountain forest not long ago when he reached the end of the blood trail.

Following the blood trail, Ul soon spotted the injured wild boar "monster" in a small cave!

This wild boar "monster" had somehow caked itself in mud from who knows where, and thanks to the mud's clotting effect, the bleeding from its wounds had slowed considerably...

Ul had originally planned to launch another sneak attack, aiming for a single lethal blow.

But pulling off another ambush this time was clearly impossible. Setting aside the terrain and casting distance, just the wild boar "monster's" vigilance alone made it hard for Ul to evade its notice.

Beasts have far keener senses than humans. The reason the first two sneak attacks succeeded was entirely because this wild boar "monster" had been too overconfident.

But now, forget about ambushing!

The moment Ul made even a slight rustle in the forest, the wild boar "monster's" head snapped up, its eyes darting around with extreme caution, scanning the surroundings several times...

Seeing this!

Ul abandoned any thought of a sneak attack and simply walked out into the open.

At the sight of Ul, the wild boar "monster" instantly bared its ferocious fangs, slowly rising, body tense, one hoof pawing at the ground as it let out a low, guttural growl...

Ul moved forward step by step, keeping a wary eye on the wild boar "monster" while searching for the farthest casting distance.

Suddenly, with a low roar, the wild boar "monster" bared its jagged tusks and lunged straight at Ul.

"ROAR!!!"

That roar genuinely startled Ul, making his casting speed lag by a second or two compared to usual.

Fortunately, though, Ul's position was quite far from the wild boar "monster," so by the time it charged over, his Magic Circle had already been successfully drawn.

A water-blue Magic Circle bloomed with light in front of Ul, Magic Power rapidly converging into it.

The next second!

Three bullet-like water droplets suddenly shot out from the Magic Circle, speeding toward the wild boar "monster"...

Basic Water Magic—Water Bullet!