Chapter 19: Warrior

The current situation leaves everyone present in a dilemma.

Not to mention whether they can retreat now, even if a retreat succeeds, Reya would inevitably be surrounded by the Wild Boar Warrior and the second Wild Boar, which means certain death.

But if they don’t retreat...

The attacks from the Wild Boar Warrior haven’t stopped, and all of them could...

"Hmph~ Weak humans, go die!"

It charged forward two more steps, raising the dark metal nail hammer high, intending to smash Chris’s head who just stood up!

"Whoosh!"

Just as Raine raised his hand, planning to unleash his last ’Freezing Ray’ to save Chris without reservation, suddenly, a silver flash of cold light struck the Wild Boar Warrior like lightning.

Almost at the same moment, a figure appeared in front of Chris.

This made Raine hesitate in his intention to continue casting spells.

"Bang!!"

Grande blocked the Wild Boar Warrior’s second hit with his shield.

Due to the interference of the silver crossbow arrow, the Wild Boar Warrior slightly tilted its head to avoid it, and this time, it hadn’t charged up with force. The huge Nail Spike Warhammer swung with merely enough power to knock Grande two steps back.

"Quick! Fabian, Raine, hurry, take Chris away, I can’t hold on much longer!"

Grande’s face twisted, neck veins bulging as he quickly moved and shouted.

In his view, if Chris were not injured, they might barely hold this fight.

But now Chris has virtually lost combat ability, and Raine, as a Mage Apprentice, has already cast ’Freezing Ray’ twice, making the battle absolutely broken.

Hence, Grande quickly made the aforementioned decision.

Facing his makeshift ally Grande, who stood firm and confronted the situation with such disadvantage bravely, offering his team a chance to retreat.

This made Raine feel like something hit his heart.

An urge surged, and heroism welled up!

And so, as Grande roared with plans to spare no effort in resisting the third attack from the Wild Boar Warrior’s Warhammer.

"Whiz!"

In Grande’s astonished eyes, a blue-white beam, slightly thicker than a thumb, emerged from behind him, striking the Wild Boar Warrior’s eye!

"Groooo~~~"

This allowed Grande to easily dodge the Wild Boar Warrior’s third hammer, gaining time to rest his trembling shield-bearing left hand.

The third ’Freezing Ray’!

He knew now that Raine, who had newly joined the team, had the capability of a third spellcasting.

This made him happy, but he quickly realized that it merely improved the situation without enough to secure victory.

"Lowly human caster with only sneak attacks, I’ll make you pay!"

The Wild Boar Warrior covered its injured eye, with patches of white frost at the corner of its forehead, furious, screaming, and shaking its head frantically!

It was using its remaining eye to pinpoint Raine’s position.

Judging by the injury, the Wild Boar Warrior was just blinded in one eye, and the other was still functional, plus its robust constitution didn’t weaken its combat power much.

At times, confidence is more precious than gold!

Facing Raine’s surprising third ’Freezing Ray’ with precision that blinded the Wild Boar Warrior’s eyeball, Fabian’s eyes flashed, and his face shifted from panic to joy.

He showed a trace of ruthlessness and desperation, immediately moving two large steps in curves to the side of the Wild Boar Warrior.

Then, he leaped into the air, concentrating his full weight and force onto the dagger in his right hand.

Instantly!

A silver blade glanced from top to bottom, striking the enraged Wild Boar Warrior’s neck side.

"Combat Skills?"

Even Raine several meters away was captivated by this attack, guessing that Fabian was using a type of Combat Skills from the Wanderer class.

Indeed, Raine’s guess was right; this was the Class Combat Skill from the Wanderer line—Backstab!

Backstab, as the name suggests, initiates an attack from behind, often targeting the weak spot of the adversary.

For example, now, Fabian’s dagger aimed at the right carotid artery of the Wild Boar Warrior’s neck.

If successful, without a doubt, even the Wild Boar Warrior with a Challenge Level of two would be severely wounded.

However, for non-Classes, forcibly using complete Combat Skills would tear some muscle fascia, having significant side effects.

In a battle, only once such a powerful attack can often be used, greatly reducing combat effectiveness, which was why Fabian hadn’t used it until then.

But clearly, if it hits, it’s all worth it.

Everyone knew this, and Fabian, as the Backstab executor, understood it better.

But just as hopes of the four were pinned on the dagger about to pierce through the dense fur and thick skin of the Wild Boar Warrior’s neck and reach deep into the flesh.

Suddenly!

It seemed that the Wild Boar Warrior instinctively sensed the huge crisis, and shifted its head in evasion.

"Thud!"

Fabian’s dagger still pierced the Wild Boar Warrior’s neck area, but the problem was the position had shifted slightly.

The dagger initially aimed at the carotid artery now pierced deep into the rear side, the tough trapezius muscles connecting the head and shoulder blades.

The high-raised trapezius, needless to say, was thick and defensive.

Therefore.

Even though Fabian’s dagger was sharp enough, the Backstab’s execution was pretty high; even the dagger was nearly halfway in, it didn’t bring a fatal wound to the Wild Boar Warrior.

It was nothing more than moderate injury.

"Groooo~~~"

Just when Fabian intended to withdraw the dagger and retreat, suddenly, his expression changed drastically!

Because while pulling the dagger, he sensed obvious resistance, the opponent’s swollen bulging muscles, had tightly clamped his dagger.

And this pause allowed the Wild Boar Warrior’s thick right arm to swing with force, flipping Fabian whole several meters away like flicking a fly.

"Boom!!"

Fabian landed heavily, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, his face turned pale.

This strike shifted the Wild Boar Warrior’s focus from taking out Raine, the ’lowly caster’ from its perception, and now its attention was diverted.

Confronting Fabian, who caused it immense pain, the Wild Boar Warrior Broken Fang decided to eliminate him first.

It quickly turned and charged toward Fabian, struggling to get up from the ground.

"Hmph, damned bug, die!"

However, before it could swing the Nail Spike Warhammer once more, a gray shadow rushed from the side, thrusting a silver blade into its flank.

The newcomer was Grande.

Ordinarily, Grande’s Blade Piercing strike could very likely have been blocked or dodged by the Wild Boar Warrior.

But since Raine’s ’Freezing Ray’ blinded one of its eyes earlier, greatly disrupting its lateral vision. Coupled with Fabian’s Combat Skill ’Backstab,’ which caused substantial damage.

Moreover, Fabian’s dagger was coated with Paralyzing Poison prior to the battle, even a tough Wild Boar Warrior would be affected somewhat.

So, under these combined factors.

Facing Grande’s full force thrust, the Wild Boar Warrior only realized when the blade broke through its Leather Armor and pierced its abdomen.

Seeing this scene, both Fabian and Chris’s eyes widened, faces filled with joy, as if saying ’This is the one!’