"I was wondering why there were so many wild boars this year! There must be some undead creature born in the forest!"

"Don't be so frivolous! When we were discussing increasing the mission rewards, you said you would rather die than pay!"

Shortly after the old man recovered from his injuries and rode away on a tall horse, several farmers from the surrounding area rushed to his house.

A group of old men were blaming each other in a mess, making people wonder if there would be an end to it.

"This little brother said that we should talk to the lord, but I still want to ask your opinions on this matter."

After taking a puff of his pipe, the old man at the beginning spoke with a sad face.

There is a saying: If you are hesitating between two options, choose the second one, because if you didn’t choose the first one, it must be because you are not firm enough about the first option.

After hearing what the old man said, the voices of the other people suddenly lowered.

"Well, little brother, can we not look for the lord? Once they come, this year's harvest..."

It was only at this time that Carl remembered that the nobles of Aundair were not the kind with ideals and responsibilities. If it were not for the pressure from Queen Aundair, their taxes would not be collected until ninety years later.

Wasn’t this how Eruden was forced to become independent?

Carl nodded in understanding and replied, "Of course, we don't have to look for the lord, but I suspect that there are guys with Emerald Claws hiding in the forest to the east. To be honest, in my hometown, there were guys like that years ago..."

After telling these old men what happened in Hongye Township, the people who were originally extremely resistant to the lord were actually a little shaken.

But at this moment, Carl changed the subject.

"In fact, you can continue to entrust the Adventurer's Association. If any dangerous beasts or monsters appear in the nearby area, the Adventurer's Association is obliged to help."

"Ah? Really? Then let's go now!"

"Boys, if you two work hard, we will definitely reward you handsomely!"

With the promises made by a group of old men, Carl and Lisanna headed to the forest where wild boars were making trouble.

"Hehe! Maybe I can make a lot of money from this mission! Then my wallet will definitely be full!"

Walking in the woods, Lisana felt as relaxed as if she were back home.

"Although I really don't want to discourage you, you'd better not take those people's words too seriously. The reason I kindly reminded them was to prevent someone with the Emerald Claw from hiding in this forest. What they said was basically just to trick children."

No matter which world they are in, adults always have an inexplicable confidence when facing people younger than themselves.

They will feel that the other party has little life experience, so they always "play tricks" in certain areas.

And the more elderly people have worked hard all their lives, the more they like to care about money.

There are some truly simple and humble elderly people, but they are very few.

As he was imparting his experience to Lisanna, there was a sudden noise coming from the bushes in the distance.

Carl quickly protected Lisanna behind him, and Lisanna took out the revolver that Carl had just made for her and turned on the safety.

The deep forest suddenly became quiet, and the birds around stopped making any sounds.

At this moment, accompanied by a "grunt" sound, a wild boar at least 1.6 meters tall jumped out.

Two yellowed fangs were swinging fiercely on a body weighing at least 400 kilograms.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

Almost as soon as it appeared, Lisanna hid behind Carl and fired.

However, the reason why wild boars can run rampant in the forest is because of their thick skin.

Although the bullet transformed from magic power hit the wild boar, it did not cause fatal injuries to it.

On the contrary, stimulated by the pain, the beast sprinted faster.

"V!"

Seeing that the wild boar was about to come close, Carl controlled V and launched a freezing ray.

Two blue-white energies as thick as bowls flew out and hit the wild boar's head and mouth respectively.

Carl and Lisana dodged to the side, and the poor wild boar ran straight into a tree that was so big that it required at least three people to hug it.

The two fangs were stuck in the tree trunk and couldn't be pulled out.

Seeing this, Lisana happily took out her sniper rifle and shot directly at the wild boar's spine.

The smelly blood spurted out and the wild boar died on the spot.

"Its fangs seem to have been corroded by some kind of negative energy. It looks like something has happened in this forest."

Pulling the boar's head off the tree trunk, Lisana touched the yellowed fangs and became more certain of Carl's guess.

But just as Lisanna was about to break the boar tusk and take it away, she saw Carl take out a food sampler from his backpack.

Under Lisanna's puzzled gaze, Carl thrust the thing directly into the wild boar's carotid artery.

Blood flowed out along the grain sampler.

When the blood had almost all flowed out, Carl simply opened the opening of the backpack and put the wild boar in it.

Seeing Lisanna looking at him in shock, Carl explained:

"Some of my fellow rangers are really frugal. Bringing these back will serve as a treat for them."

Uncastrated wild boar meat doesn't taste good, but it's meat after all.

Lisanna nodded, then quickly climbed up a nearby tree and acted as a scout.

"Brother Karl! We have found our target in the west! They are probably two wild boars. Do you want to go over there?"

"Just snipe away anything you can find! I'll support you on the ground."

"Okay!"

“Bang! Bang!”

Two gunshots rang out, and Lisana grabbed the vines on the tree and moved towards the two wild boars that were shot dead.

Carl moved on the ground, guarding against enemies that might appear at any time.

This mode of cooperation is almost unsolvable for wild boars that lack intelligence.

Throughout the morning, the two used this tactic to kill thirteen wild boars.

As the two continued to go deeper into the forest, the aura of negative energy became stronger and stronger.

“Hmph!”

In the shadows, there was another sound of a wild boar.

Carl and Lisana, who were already skilled at it, were just about to find it and kill it, but suddenly they felt the temperature of the air around them drop.

In the deep shadows of the forest, two blue flames lit up.

Just as Lisanna was curious and wanted to see what it was, a huge skeleton boar, whose body was rotten to the point that only bones were left and whose skull was flickering with a faint blue soul fire, slowly walked out.

Behind it, several wild boars with pale hair and emaciated bodies followed it. They looked like mummified undead spirits.

"Oh my goodness, we encountered a hidden boss! V!"

Calling loudly to his Iron Guards, Carl gave them orders while rushing towards the Undead Boar.

V found the shield axe from his backpack and threw it to Carl.

As soon as he got the weapon, Carl separated it into a shield and a long sword. The undead boar on the opposite side also ran in the woods, targeting Carl who was rushing forward with his shield raised.

"Bang!"

The two sides collided with each other, and the dull sound echoed in the forest.

(End of this chapter)