Chapter 234 - Phobia

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?"

Without giving Chan the chance to answer, he saw another Wild Boar taking a leap and hitting Bear Claw on the right side of her waste, sending her down as if she weighed nothing over 5 Kilograms. This Wild Boar however, appeared to be a little bit smaller. Likely around 40-60 Kilograms, a new a.d.u.l.t to be more exact.

Fearing that he will loose the person who plays so much importance to this task, he tried to be bold enough to help her. But hesitated once he grabbed his sword, then decided to go forward with this when he counted the circ.u.mstances of failure.

But again, he was hesitant once he reached the door. With his mind he wanted to go, but his body just didn't follow along. These Wild Boars are totally killable, but the image of the large one he ran into, keeps popping up in his head which just increases his resistance.

Finally deciding to step out, he was even more scared to see that Bear Claw has grabbed the WildBoar by the head and has started twirling it around! "This woman really is crazy! Chan thought to himself, feeling a bit bad about it but also glad that it proved tremendously useful. "What the hell did King Xakro do to her?"

Trying to mimic her moves, he positioned his sword forward and was bold enough to yell. "Toss the Boar!" He did come out to help after all, he even felt embarrassed to let everyone know that he is scared of these furry beasts and this is a good way to cover that fact.

Seeing that Chan is positioned, Bear Claw tossed the Boar towards him but not Head first. Such a manoeuvre would be hard to attain, so the Wild Boar just spun once before its belly met Chan's Sword. Such an impact, pushed Chan about 4 meters back along with the Wild Boar but surprisingly he didn't cut himself and neither did he fall down like an embarrassment either.

The intense fear of humiliation accompanied by the anxiety caused by the growling Wild Boars behind him gave him more strength than he usually has, in aids of escaping or winning against this threat.

However, the wild boar isn't yet dead. It was growling in anger followed by pain and even tried to get up again, the Sword dug through its waist begged to differ. Putting his leg over the Boar's bell and pulling the sword out, he aimed against the Wild Boars neck and pushed down with all his might.

The Wild Boar let out a last growl before it passed away, and turning around he saw that the team of 10 Guards have already taken care of the rest. Good enough, only three were on the ground. Approaching closer to see what the situation is, he saw a Guard who was holding his wrist and asked him. "How did we fare here?"

"I just sprained my wrist badly when the Boar moved while I was stabbing him! The jackass was bigger than the rest!" Beautiful peace of language, but acceptable in such a situation.

"How do you know your wrist is not broken?" Asked Chan just to make sure that this Guard is still usable.

"Because I can move my fingers." Well at least the Guard is skilled enough to know basic biological facts.

"What about the rest?" By that, the Guard knew that he meant the three men on the ground.

"They are roughed up bad but I think they can survive this if they can rest in the Wagons." Such an act, meant that both Chan and Bear Claw have to walk on foot since the 2 other Wagons are filled with Gold and supplies.

Interesting enough, Chan ordered. "Alright, let's check how much we can help them now and let them rest in the Wagon after." Gesturing at another Guard, he requested. "Try to find some straight sticks, I was told they help with sprained arms and even cracked bones."