"Puff! Damn! It's too big!"

Ordinary wild boars in this forest are 1.6 meters tall when they are on all fours. Although the skeleton wild boar king, which is bigger than them, has little flesh on its body, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and its weight is still not comparable to Carl's.

After a brief stalemate, Carl was pushed away by the opponent.

The power armor's shock-absorbing system reduced the impact force Carl endured to the minimum, but Carl still felt a little uncomfortable in his internal organs.

Lisanna and V in the distance also launched an attack on the Skeleton Boar King at this time, but this guy's resistance to frost energy was too high, and V's attack was not very effective.

"Lisana! Find a way to deal with those wild boar corpses first, and leave this guy to me!"

As he spoke, Carl chanted a spell.

Emerald green flames emerged from the long sword, and Carl embedded the long sword into the shield with a "click", and the flames immediately spread to the entire shield axe.

The atmosphere in the forest became much more tense. Even the sound of flying birds disappeared, as if Carl and his friends were the only ones left in the entire forest.

A dead leaf from last year fell from the sky, and Carl and the Skeleton Boar King seemed to have heard the starting gun of track and field athletes, and ran out with all their strength.

"Clang!"

The shield axe burning with emerald flames was dragged on the ground, and the friction sound of stones could be heard from time to time, making people feel uncomfortable.

In the blink of an eye, Carl and the Skeleton Boar King were about to collide again.

But this time Carl gave up defense, and the shield axe dragging on the ground was swung out violently by him controlling the power armor.

This was Guan Yu's unique skill that he had read about in novels in his previous life. Although it was not used with the Red Hare, Carl felt that the power of his power armor could make up for it slightly.

“Ping!”

The shield axe made of the material of the fire giant's armor was of amazing quality. The axe blade actually cut off one of the Skeleton Boar King's tusks and continued to lift it from the lower right to the upper left with an unstoppable momentum.

The effect of the 0-level spell Emerald Flame Sword erupted at this moment. The emerald flames began to spread along the split position of the axe blade, almost covering half of the Skeleton Boar King's body.

Unfortunately, Carl's spellcaster level is only 4th.

The flame burned quickly and disappeared quickly.

After burning most of the Skeleton Boar King's skeleton to black, they disappeared without a trace.

First its fangs were cut off, and then it was burned.

The Skeleton Boar King's ferocity was almost boiling at this moment.

If he were still alive, Carl would be able to see a huge wild boar spewing white mist from its mouth and nose, staring at him with bloodshot eyes.

"As expected, the best defense is offense. I already have this power armor to protect me, so why would I need a shield?"

Seeing that his tactics were working, Carl's face lit up with joy.

During this winter vacation, he also took the time to learn the training techniques of the [Giant Weapon Master] from his father, but learning this kind of "non-basic expertise" is much more difficult.

Just as Carl was happy about the success of his tactics, the Skeleton Boar King, with a gash on his skull, stomped heavily on the ground.

The thudding sounds spread far through the ground, but nothing happened around.

"Playing tricks!"

After activating the dragon crystal, Carl leaped high with the help of the jet.

After performing the Thunder Sword trick in mid-air, he canceled the fire elemental jet and slashed at the Skeleton Boar King with the help of gravitational potential energy.

This undead was also very stubborn. When he saw Carl attacking him, he didn't even try to dodge.

The axe blade chopped down, splitting its skull in half.

The soul fire then dissipated, and the huge body instantly turned into a pile of skeletons.

The movements of these mummies were far less powerful than those of ordinary wild boars, but they did not have many vital parts, so it took Lisanna a lot of effort.

When Carl joined the battle, the two quickly achieved the final victory.

"Phew! This is killing me! I wasted so much energy on these money-losing things! I've even used up all my spell slots!"

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, Lisana lifted the body of the wild boar corpse and was very angry.

“Then you’re wrong.

V! Put them in this dimensional bag and sell them to the Necromancer School as experimental materials when you return!"

Carl took out a new dimensional bag from his power armor, and he even didn't let go of the skeletons and mummies.

"Do necromancy mages accept these?"

"Of course they did! Animate the Dead is a third-level spell. Before that, they need to find suitable materials to practice with! These beast spirits are great practice materials."

Hearing that these things could be exchanged for money, Lisanna swiftly helped V stuff the remaining wild boars into the dimensional bag.

This dimensional bag is also the type with an enlarged opening. Carl's experience in the dungeon has taught him to always make the opening of the dimensional bag very large to prevent the stored items from not being able to fit in.

"So are we going back to the farm next?"

"No need! Just go back to the city. The association will be responsible for counting the prey and settling the rewards. Why go back to the farm?"

Controlling V to transform into a motorcycle again, Carl sat on the seat again and carried Lisanna towards Arkanix City.

Behind the trees in the distance, several pale, translucent figures watched Carl and the other man leave without any reaction.

Their figures glowed faintly, vaguely reflecting their features when they were alive.

Her face was obscured by her unkempt hair, and her body was surrounded by thin, fluttering rags.

Banshees, undead remnants of the elves.

They were blessed with stunning beauty, but instead of using this gift to bring joy to the world, they used it to corrupt and manipulate others.

Obviously, the Skeleton Boar King was shaking the ground not because he was furious, but to keep them away from the battlefield.

After confirming that Carl had left, several banshees floated back into the depths of the forest.

There, female skeletons, whose number was equal to that of the banshees, were used as nodes to outline some kind of magic circle. A coffin was half buried in the soil, and it shook from time to time.

…

After returning to the Adventurer's Guild in the city of Akanix, Carl handed in the mission objectives and received a reward of 2 gold coins and 60 silver coins at the price of 20 silver coins per wild boar.

The receptionist who had been interested in Carl had changed shifts, and after handing over the 13 fangs as proof, Carl took Lisanna and left the association.

"By the way, Brother Carl, weren't you worried that there might be an Emerald Claw in the forest? Why are you just leaving now?"

"Because according to Emerald Claw's style, if they create undead, they will definitely create Karrnath Undead Soldiers or Skeleton Knights. The wild boar is obviously infected by negative energy and transformed naturally."

“What about those farmers?”

"What do we do? I've told them everything I can think of. Am I supposed to help them search the entire forest? We're not babysitters. We can just remind them when we see something's wrong. Why are you still taking care of it? We don't have the time to do that!"

Besides, we were away for so long that they had plenty of time to go to the association to change the tasks and increase the rewards, but the price of a wild boar is still 20 silver coins.

See! This is their little trick.

If we had gone to the farm to submit the mission, they might have left the wild boars behind."

(End of this chapter)