NOVEL NEXT Chapter 71 - Chapter 71: Wild Boar
Chapter 71: Wild Boar
Azir is running with a fierce expression.
“Help! Help meeee!”
It’s definitely Azir’s voice.
His face looks so terrible that I couldn’t recognize him at first.
Chasing after him, raising a cloud of dust, is a huge brownish boar.
It’s a body shape that doesn’t quite fit the wilderness…
It’s about the same size as Elizabeth, so it’s not among the largest Kidanakemo.
However, it’s bigger than an average car and is relentlessly chasing Azir with incredible speed and power.
The giant boar seems to have trouble changing direction, despite its fast speed.
Azir’s face is contorted, covered in various liquids, but he’s still a skilled mercenary.
He deftly changes direction while giving out strange cries, narrowly avoiding the boar’s attacks.
But it seems that his luck has run out.
Kuro catches up.
“A-A-Ah, K-K-Kuro! H-Help meee!”
“Gyau~ gyugyau!”
Kuro effortlessly slides her knife toward the boar’s snout and jumps on it as if it’s routine.
The boar, now targeted at Kuro bouncing around on its back, madly thrashes around.
“Gyagyagyagya!”
“S-Sorry~! I’m counting on you, Kurooooo!”
Kuro skillfully rides the boar, which has turned into a massive rodeo machine raising dust.
Azir seems to have escaped successfully.
And somehow, Shiro, who had approached the giant boar, begins to fiercely strike its nose with her metal rod.
With each swing of Shiro’s rod, accompanied by heavy thuds, the terrifying screams of the giant boar echo around.
“But…!”
“Gyau~!”
However, unlike during the Black Wolf incident, it’s clear that Shiro isn’t just using brute force.
You can see that she carefully observes the opponent and pays attention to small details like positioning and posture.
Despite being in close proximity to the rampaging giant boar, there’s no sign of her being hit at all.
Moreover, while attacking the boar’s ears with her metal rod, Kuro manages to divert its attention effectively, allowing Shiro to strike.
Their coordination is quite impressive.
Compared to the fight with Elizabeth, it’s evident that their movements have improved.
Perhaps their way of fighting has become more refined from facing Kidanakemo every day.
It should be safe to take our eyes off them now.
Indeed, the giant boar’s snout is completely crushed, and it’s starting to show fear in its movements.
“Hey! Azir! Over here! Come here!”
“B-B-Bonus!”
On the other hand, Azir seems to have reached his limit already.
With a pathetic look on his face and staggering, he rushes over and collapses into Zamza’s arms.
“Huff, huff, huff… I-if possible, I’d prefer Gisella’s or Mil’s chest…”
After being told so, Zamza roughly drops Azir onto the ground.
…Surprisingly, he still seems to have some energy left.
“Ouch… N-No… Sorry… Got lost on the way, and that damn boar chased me endlessly… Thought I was gonna die…”
“Aren’t you with Marie?”
“Yeah, I’m alone. Hey, is it okay that I didn’t help Kuro and them!?”
“Huh? It’s already over.”
“Huh? Oh… Right…”
While we were having this foolish conversation, Kuro and the others had already finished their fight.
The giant boar still seems to be alive, but it’s lying on its side, spitting out blood and twitching irregularly.
In the end, Elizabeth charged in from the side, causing the giant boar to topple over, and Shiro succeeded in striking its heart with her sword axe.
Despite being covered in blood, Shiro carefully withdraws the sword axe so it won’t break.
“Oh… That sword axe might be reaching its limit soon…”
“Even the one Gisella made?”
“Well, normally it would be fine, but… Since the opponent is a Kidanakemo and it’s Shiro using it…”
“Scary…”
Even Zamza, who was so brave during the fight with the Black Wolf, is completely horrified by Kuro and the others’ battle.
Well, I can understand his feelings.
“But I think that meat will taste really good!”
“Yeah, let’s start butchering it.”
Mil and Gisella rush out with excited expressions, knives in hand.
Azir watches their lively actions with a completely deflated expression.
“Haah… You guys are still the same as ever.”
“Azir… You seem to have aged a bit more. Did something happen?”
“Ahh… I haven’t even had a proper drink or embraced a woman since then.”
“Well, that’s… unfortunate. But you look quite unkempt, you know. Couldn’t you have at least shaved your beard?”
“I dunno… I’m tired.”
It seems that Azir is more exhausted than I thought.
Honestly, knowing him, I expected him to indulge in revelry with the reward from the Black Wolf once we returned to Savoia.
But it seems that things didn’t go as planned…
Having completely refreshed at the hideout, I start to feel somewhat sorry for him.
I was considering giving him a hard time for complaining about bringing the boar, but looking at Azir now, I no longer feel that way.
“Well, for now, let’s have a meal at the hideout and take it easy.”
“…Alright.”