The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 10 Hunting the Invading Pigs

Dingo Forest.

This not-so-small forest is home to many monsters, but due to its weak magical environment, it is mostly inhabited by low-level monsters.

Hidden within Klein's vines, Yanami was secretly watching the Steel-Toothed Boar not far away, thanks to Klein using the stench of the Insect Cup Grass to mask Yanami's scent.

I'm sorry, my dear gardener, you're supposed to be a gardener, but you have to fight alongside me.

Yanami took the unsheathed demon sword, Blood Eater, with Klein's vines tied to its hilt.

"Ready?"

Upon hearing Klein's words, Yanami nodded slightly and then began to chant softly.

"Wind, please spiral upwards."

As Yanami finished chanting her magic, swirling air currents suddenly rose around her, causing her blue hair to ripple like ocean waves.

This is a magic that makes the body lighter, allowing Yanami to move more quickly.

The steel-toothed wild boar is enormous, standing about 1.5 meters tall. Its muscular body allows it to easily dig into the ground with its steel tusks, uprooting the tender roots of Klein one by one, then putting them into its mouth to chew and crush them.

"Unforgivable..."

Yanami murmured softly, frowning as she stretched out her palm towards the steel-tusked boar.

"Mind Blast! Klein, now's the time!"

"Hmph, hmph!"

At the same time, the screams of the steel-tusked wild boar pierced the forest. Its head seemed to have been severely injured, shaking wildly a few times before painfully slamming its head against the ground.

Entangled!

No, Klein didn't have that skill at all. It should be:

Activate skill: Accelerate growth!

Taking advantage of its dizziness, Klein's vines sprouted from under the steel-toothed boar, avoiding its sharp tusks, and began to wrap around its limbs, firmly controlling its movements.

"Hmph hmph hmph! Awooo chirp—!"

The wild boar recovered from its dizziness, its strong limbs bulging with muscles, and began to struggle wildly, even stirring up the soil.

At the same time, Yanami burst out of the vines wielding the demon sword Blood Eater, a vine tied around her waist that dragged along with her charge.

"Magic, arm my blade!"

Yanami learned the magic she had recently discovered. Although Klein also wanted to learn it, there was a problem—Klein couldn't chant it, so the matter was left unresolved.

At this moment, Yanami held the sword in her right hand, while her left hand emitted a shimmering glow. As she finished chanting, her left hand swept across the sword, causing it to glow as well.

However... she runs so slowly, even with the speed-up magic, she's still slow. After all, her agility was only 8 before.

However, another reason was that they were already quite far from the Steel-Toothed Boar, as getting too close would alert it, and Yanami's foot injury had not yet fully healed.

It took Yanami two or three seconds to reach the steel-toothed wild boar, which then began to violently struggle.

However, the steel-toothed boar was huge, so aiming wasn't that difficult. Yanami paused slightly in front of it, gripped the hilt with both hands, and while supporting the end of the sword with her right hand, she thrust forward and pierced its neck directly.

Seeing that Yanami had pierced the Steel-Toothed Boar, Klein quickly pulled the vines to drag Yanami back, while the magic sword remained on the Steel-Toothed Boar.

This was done to protect Yanami's safety. Although Yanami could use the magic sword, the boar would definitely fight back fiercely when it pierced her, and Yanami herself was too weak. Klein was afraid that she would be hurt by the fighting steel-toothed boar.

"Awooo, awooo, awooo—!"

As expected, the tough-skinned, steel-toothed wild boar did not die immediately, but began to struggle frantically.

"Klein, it's going to use magic!"

As if she had foreseen it, Yanami reminded Klein that this was precisely the ability of [Hostility Sense].

The surface of the steel-toothed wild boar gleamed, and then its muscles, which were originally as hard as stone, bulged, and the brown steel bristles could not cover the protruding blood vessels.

Magic? So the "ooh ooh ooh ooh" wasn't a scream, but a chant?!

At that moment, Klein activated his skill against its magic.

Activate skill: Appraisal

Success rate: 64%

The identification failed... but it looks like it's a muscle-strengthening magic, right? Nine Dragons Magic?

"Bang!"

Although Klein's vines had been strengthened after the upgrade, they were still torn apart by the enraged boar, flying wildly like kite strings.

"Yanami, back off!"

"it is good."

Yanami retreated behind Klein's vines, so that even if the boar charged, Klein could temporarily hold it off.

Although the steel-toothed boar had broken free of its restraints, it did not immediately rush over to attack Yanami. Instead, it frantically shook its head.

It tried to shake off the blood-devouring flesh from its neck, but the blood-devouring flesh's power twisted and turned into a sword holder for the blood-devouring flesh.

No matter what the steel-toothed boar did, it couldn't shake off the blood-devouring monster, but the excruciating pain forced it to struggle desperately.

After shaking wildly for a while, realizing that the boar was powerless against the blood-eating beast, it turned its steel fangs toward Yanami, who was hiding.

"Klein..."

Yanami took a step back in fear, but behind her were Klein's vines.

"Don't worry, it should be almost done."

The steel-toothed boar charged forward, and at the same time—Klein transferred his soul, targeting a seed that had recently sprouted and had now developed into a plant.

And that sapling was entangled on the hilt of the Demon Sword Blood Eater.

Klein sensed the magic power of the Demon Sword Bloodthirst, then channeled his own magic power to connect with it, ultimately creating a resonance.

launch!

Klein manipulated the Demon Sword Blood Eater, wielding all the magic power accumulated from devouring flesh and blood, and released it all at once in the form of sword energy into the neck of the Steel-Toothed Boar.

"Bang!"

The explosion was accompanied by flying blood and flesh. The steel-tusked boar's neck was blasted open by the chaotic sword energy, leaving a huge gash. It didn't even have time to let out a final scream before it fell straight to the ground.

"Success! We finally took care of that bastard!"

Yanami happily raised her hands, ready to go and check on the wild boar.

"Wait a minute, let's not get any closer. They might not be completely dead yet."

"Ah, okay, Klein."

Upon hearing Klein's words, Yanami obediently lowered her arm and stood at a distance from the Steel-Toothed Boar, silently observing.

"Klein, can I finally eat pork? I've never eaten the meat of a steel-toothed wild boar before."

Why are you so concerned about the meat...?

"You can eat as much as you want."

"Yay!"

After all, she was a major contributor, even though there were only two people in the team—no, one person and a blade of grass.

If the magic power of the Demon Sword Blood Eater could be stored for a longer time, it would be great; otherwise, it could be used as a bomb.

While the Demon Sword Blood Eater is very powerful, its weakness is also obvious: the accumulated magic power will automatically deplete, and it can only be maintained for ten minutes. Otherwise, Klein and the others would not have needed to risk controlling the Steel-Toothed Boar first.

Fortunately, I learned how to use the magic sword first, and then used the offspring to control it, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to do anything about this pig.

If you use vines to connect the Blood Eater, they are very likely to break, so you can only use the offspring to activate the Blood Eater. This is also the biggest risk, because if Klein's soul is completely crushed when it is transferred to the offspring, he will basically die.

The wild boar struggled on the ground for a while, then slowly lost its vitality.

"Can we roast the pork now?"

"Go."

I never expected this wild boar to actually break into the plantation. Looks like I need to get stronger quickly.

The effects of the demonic tide are gradually becoming apparent. The powerful Steel-Toothed Boar is clearly not a species belonging to the Wild Dog Forest, and it has even now invaded Klein's plantation.

Klein had previously planned to plant foul-smelling flowers outside the plantation, and now it seems that this must be implemented, and the forests near the plantation should also be planted with them.

Fortunately, Yanami's ability is very suitable for hunting; she can communicate directly in her mind without disturbing her prey with any sound.

"Klein, its magic core has been shattered."

Yanami said while dealing with the wild boar carcass.

"What's the use of a magic core?"

Klein was previously used as fertilizer in the ground.

"I'm not too sure either, but it seems that after being processed by an alchemist, it can be used to restore magic power, and can also be used to make alchemical items and equipment."

"Do you know alchemy?"

"No way."

It seems that it can only be used as fertilizer.