Chapter Ten: Berserk
The three approached slowly, trying to launch an attack before the wild boar realized their intentions.
“Chirp,” Zane stepped on a stone.
The wild boar was immediately awakened and shook its body.
“Damn, let’s go!” Endless Sea shouted as he rushed in to stab with his sword.
By coincidence, it struck the head.
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A blue weak point damage popped up.
“What?” Endless Sea was stunned, his jaw nearly dropping. “Is that all for a weak point attack?”
“Come on, you’re so weak! Watch me!” Zane calmly swung his sword.
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“…” Zane quietly retracted his sword behind him and glanced away.
Sure enough, after feeling the pain, the wild boar quickly regained its senses, spotted Endless Sea’s sword stance, and was furious, intent on teaching this clueless guy a lesson, ignoring Zane completely.
“Damn, you shameless bastard!” Endless Sea cursed under his breath and took off running.
Zane clasped his hands together, “Hope he has something to do.”
Endless Sea was just bait; the real killer move depended on Starry.
The moment the wild boar locked onto Endless Sea and charged, Starry made her move.
The head was the weak point, which she had observed clearly before. Now all she had to do was maximize the damage.
Zane recalled the moves Starry used in his dreams and suddenly got an inspiration.
Start
Swing the sword!
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The Qiu Yue Sword sliced fiercely across the wild boar’s head, leaving a clear blood mark.
Wait, it’s not over yet.
Starry gripped the hilt with both hands, using the momentum from her swing to draw a small circle in the air, then returned her sword to the wild boar’s tail!
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Zane’s original target was to attack the wild boar’s head a second time, but unfortunately, he couldn’t replicate Starry’s skill. It was the best he could do to imitate it poorly, and the wild boar managed to evade most of the attack.
Even so, this time the attack took away 184 health from the wild boar, and combined with the two sword strikes from Zane and Endless Sea, the mutated wild boar was left with just 297 health!
The wild boar looked deeply wronged, stopping in its tracks, its blood-red eyes glaring at Starry, unable to restrain itself as it moved forward.
Of course, it had 200 health! The wild boar was bleeding profusely.
Endless Sea sensed something was wrong; he suddenly stopped and turned back.
Good lord, he hadn’t noticed before, but now it was shocking: the wild boar’s health bar had dropped by two-fifths! He quickly opened the system notification.
System Notification: Starry dealt 134 damage to the mutated wild boar with a normal attack.
System Notification: Starry dealt 50 damage to the mutated wild boar with a normal attack.
His voice trembled a bit, “Heroine, you’re not cheating, are you?”
“Enough nonsense, come back and output!” Zane shouted.
“Okay! If we keep this output up, we might have a chance!” he exclaimed excitedly.
Just then, the wild boar bellowed and charged forward.
Furious Charge!
The wild boar’s speed was astonishingly faster than a hundred-meter sprint!
Starry instinctively stepped to the right, narrowly evading the wild boar’s charging range.
Safe…
Not really! The main body hadn’t even escaped yet!
In urgency, Zane held his sword horizontally in front of him, staring at the aggressively charging wild boar like the Grim Reaper coming to collect souls. He swallowed hard; he had to block it!
“Chirp—” The durability of the broken iron sword visibly dropped. Zane was knocked back, and a large damage figure appeared.
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Thankfully, he wasn’t dead. Zane celebrated in the air, but suddenly he couldn’t smile anymore because he realized something.
Would free fall… cause health loss?
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Perhaps today was Zane’s lucky day; he got stuck in a tree, and the collision only took away 11 health.
In the distance, Endless Sea gave a thumbs up, “Bro, you’re awesome! You didn’t die!”
Phew, though he had narrowly survived, he couldn’t let his guard down; the real danger was still very much alive!
Taking advantage of the wild boar’s momentum, Starry aimed a sword strike at its back and quickly withdrew.
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This action undoubtedly intensified the wild boar’s anger, preparing for another charge.
However, Starry almost simultaneously figured out its attack range and retreated.
In the instant the wild boar galloped by.
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The wild boar’s head burst forth with blood.
Suddenly, it stopped.
The oppressive energy surged throughout its body.
This must be the berserk state; its body had doubled in size!
System Notification: Attention, the mutated wild boar has entered a berserk state, evolving into a boss-level monster in 3 minutes. Attack +50%, Defense +30%, Attack Range +100%, All speeds increased by 20%.
The wild boar’s original attack was 35-50, but after the boost, it surged to a terrifying 53-75, and its defense was 26 points. Zane and Endless Sea could not break through its defenses. The expanded attack range also made sense, as its body was now larger. This meant the area it could attack had also increased.
As for the speed increase, it didn’t make much difference to Starry; even with a 20% boost, she could still evade it. Years of training had honed her instincts beyond the scope of this minor speed increase.
“Damn, how do we fight this? Starry, you have to run! I can drop a level, but you’re our main output; you need to preserve your level!” Endless Sea pretended to be noble.
Unfortunately, the wild boar had no interest in him at all, fixating solely on Starry, launching its next charge.
“Look out—!”
Starry easily dodged it, not forgetting to add damage.
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Due to its size doubling, as long as she predicted well, it was even easier to hit its head and deal weak point damage.
The damage wasn’t as high as before; boss-level monsters presumably had hidden bonuses, and combined with the defense from berserk state, she could only deal 84 damage. However, the wild boar only had 79 health remaining, and with a whimper, it passed on.
Bathed in golden light, the three leveled up.
But the NPC guy and Endless Sea stared blankly at Starry.
They were completely stunned.
Let’s check the loot first; Starry tucked her scattered hair back and bent down to pick up the items…
Oops… forgot the body…
“Can you help me get him down?” Starry said regretfully.
“Sure, Starry heroine!” Endless Sea responded eagerly.
When the three gathered together, Starry touched the loot: a ring glowing with blue light, a dark hammer, a white necklace, and 5 silver coins.
Let’s check the ring first; after wiping off the boar’s blood, the attributes popped up.
Ring of Stamina:
Rarity: Blue
Required Level: 8
Stamina: 5
Description: Wearing this allows you to party all night long!
“5 stamina… not bad. Do you guys want it?” Starry asked, though in reality, she was only asking Endless Sea.
He hesitated a bit but held back. “Let’s see what else there is first.”
“Okay.”
She pulled out the hammer.
Shattering Hammer:
Rarity: Black Iron Equipment
Required Level: 9
Attack Power: 20-30
Strength: 10
Trait: Attack Speed -20%
Description: A masterpiece of the blacksmith’s hammer, which the wild boar swallowed and then fled.
A blue-rarity wild boar could actually drop black iron equipment? Must be some ancient fortune. Plus, the attack power was too overpowering, even surpassing the Qiu Yue Sword. This was expected since the Qiu Yue Sword had no level restriction, while the Shattering Hammer was a level 9 heavy weapon; such attack power was not surprising.
At that moment, Endless Sea’s eyes nearly sparkled. “I want this!” He jumped up and shouted.
Suddenly realizing that this was a bit inappropriate, he scratched his head. “Uh… never mind, you guys decide.”
“No problem, I already have a weapon; he doesn’t like using this kind of weapon.” Starry casually tossed the hammer to him.
He hurriedly tucked it into his inventory; he couldn’t equip it yet, but he had to keep it safe.
“Should I transfer some cash to you guys, or you’ll get too shortchanged? I only touched this boss once from start to finish.” Endless Sea said, feeling embarrassed.
“Let’s hold off for now; this quest has just begun. There might still be many good things later; it’s not urgent to discuss this.” Zane replied nonchalantly.
“…Okay, thanks, both of you.”
“Don’t mention it; we fought together anyway.” Zane waved his hand.
Starry continued to look through the next item.
Old Agility Necklace:
Rarity: White
Required Level: 8
Agility: 1
Description: Don’t know whose necklace was fed to the wild boar.
A mosquito leg attribute, but better than nothing.
“I’ll use the necklace; I’m stacking agility.” Starry said.
“Of course!” Endless Sea replied quickly.
“Then I’ll take the stamina ring; it would be awkward if I get one-shot again later.” Zane said.
They split the couple of coins, and the loot was settled.
The boss gave so much experience that Starry shot straight up to level 7, while Zane and Endless Sea both reached level 6.
They all put their points into agility. The necklace’s required level was still insufficient, and Starry’s attack power had already reached 60-65, which definitely meant she could dominate in battles against monsters of the same level.
Zane continued to increase his stamina; otherwise, he might die again later.
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