8 First Battle in the wilderness Part II

Stars exploded in his vision as he crashed back down to the ground, his back and head slamming into the dirt at odd angles. The world went hazy for a brief second, and then the pain caught up with him as he dimly noticed his health bar in the corner of his sight turn yellow.

Before he could open his mouth to cry out, the boar was on him again, it's heavy hooves stepping down on his side and abdomen as it tried to drive its tusks down to impale him. Just before it could, he managed to grab hold of his sword and raise it desperately above himself, blocking the animal's attack and locking its tusks in place. The worn steel shuddered against the impact, but held firm.

Unperturbed, the boar simply pushed it's head down harder, utilizing both gravity and its heavier weight to slowly bring it's sharpened tusks down. It's mouth foamed, its eyes had gone bloodshot red, and it's reeking breath began to hit Toyo's face in waves as man and beast silently struggled.

Gasping madly for breath, Toyo pushed back with all his strength, his hands going white around the hilt of his sword. Try as he might, though, it was clear to see that it was a losing battle. The boar's tusks were mere inches away from his chest now, and with each passing second, it got steadily closer.

With a cry of rage, Jae suddenly appeared on Toyo's left, staggering forward on his good leg as he lunged with his sword. Before the boar could make a move to retaliate, Jae buried the weapon up to the hilt into it's exposed side.

With a horrific, high pitched squeal, the boar lurched sideways off of Israel- with Jae's sword still buried inside it- before staggering back and refacing to strike again.

Stumbling to his feet, Toyo barely managed to lift his sword before the beast hurled itself forward again in a mad bout of bloodlust.

Taking on a defensive stance, Toyo lowered his sword to block the attack, only to realize too late that he had failed to time it right. At the last second, he and Jae darted to the side, but the boar's tusks, slashing from side to side, still managed to tear his pants and rip open painful gashes across his legs.

Pain lanced up his body in waves of hot agony, but Toyo knew he couldn't afford to get distracted. Glancing in fear at both his and Jae's frighteningly low health bars, he realized that if either of them got hit head-on by the boar again, they would die.

Again the boar advanced, blood trailing from it's foaming mouth as it charged violently forward, but this time, Toyo counter attacked. Swinging his sword as fast as his tired arms would allow, he aimed the slash directly at the monster's head.

Just before his hit could connect, the boar halted it's charge and staggered to the side, barely evading the attack.

Taking advantage of the brief halt, Jae limped quickly forward and grabbed the hilt of his sword in an attempt to wrench it free. The boar spun around in a rage, knocking him back, but before it could attack him, Toyo again swung, this time severing one of its tusks and slashing open its snout.

Squealing repeatedly, the boar shook its ruined face and tossed its head back and forth as blood spilled out into the grass. Toyo closed in for the kill, only to miss his swing as the boar spun and instead slash at the open air. The animal then jerked abruptly, crashing into him before he could recover and knocking both them, and the sword, to the ground.

With a hard kick to the injured snout, Toyo forced some space between him and the writhing monster, while in his peripheral vision, he saw Jae grab his sword and stagger forward.

"Kill it!" Toyo screamed as the boar attempted to gore him from the ground.

"Get back!" Jae cried.

Pushing himself backward on his hands and knees, Toyo again kicked the beast when it attempted to rush at him. He kicked a third time, even harder, in order to stun it, and before the boar could get to its feet or launch another attack, Jae swung the sword and lopped its head off clean at the neck.

A geyser of blood and gore spurted out from the gaping wound, but before any of it could stain Israel's torn beginner clothing, the dead boar shattered apart into a thousand pixelated shards. Jae's sword, which had remained buried up to the hilt in the monster's body, clattered to the ground, its rusty blade now clean of blood.

Hissing in pain, Jae dropped to a knee and leaned on Toyo's sword for support as blood continued to seep through his pant leg. Opposite him, Toyo didn't bother trying to get up and simply held his throbbing head in his hands as he struggled to fully regain his breath. A moment later, he vomited.

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As they sat there, both silent and in pain, Toyo caught sight of both of their health bars: he was at one hundred and three, while Jae's was now at eighty-nine.

And both of them had started out at nearly three hundred HP thanks to their level up.

A fresh wave of fear washed over Toyo, and it was all he could to keep from breaking down.

If we can barely survive against the weakest enemy on the easiest Floor in the game, how the hell are we supposed to stay alive until the end?