While I was gleefully sipping the sweet taste of victory.

I didn’t notice that three pairs of eyes were upon me.

At a distance of about 50 meters, three pairs of inhumane eyes were intensely staring at me.

I'm sure I still wouldn't have noticed them if they'd just been hiding, they deliberately exposed themself.

In the half-light of the trees, three black figures were emerging alongside a series of cacophonous hoofsteps .

Three pairs of dark and hungry eyes.

They have a long fluffy tail raised like an antenna.

My stalkers had two pairs of sharp white tusks each.

My stalkers were three identical black warthogs.

These guys were warthogs, but there was something unwarthoge-like on them.

Aren’t warthogs and pigs from the same family why are you guys so intimidating?

I don’t know how big a warthog should be but these three guys are definitely bigger than your average warthog.

It's only a rough estimation but I think that each of them is 2 meters long and around 100 cm at the withers.

Their emergence was soon followed by an extremely loud animalistic grunt.

Upon revealing themself, none of them made any other moves and so neither did I, In order not to make them panic.

We just stood there staring at each other.

The tension in the air was palpable.

I sent a quick glance at my backpack.

My backpack was 3 meters away from me.

I think that I can maybe- I say maybe take care of one of them.

But there were three of them here and on top of that, these guys seem to have confidence in their ability to take care of me. I do have an impressive attack power while my body is enhanced by aina, but I was unsure about my defense. Can my enhanced body take an impalement from these tusks?

Aaaa~

A shiver ran down my spine from the idea of being dumbly impaled by a pig.

It’s settled then, no matter how overconfident I am, I’m not betting my life on it.

The best course of choice here is ret-

My thoughts were interrupted by the sudden move coming from one of the warthogs.

It charged at me with the clear intention to impale me with its tusk.

Influenced by the first charge, the two others warthogs immediately joined the charge.

“Holy shit!”

Without any delay, I took my leap and rushed to where my backpack was. I grabbed without even slightly decelerating and ran to the direction that would offer the most possibility to lose my pursuer.

In short, I ran even deeper into the forest.

After several minutes of running, I finally noticed that the trotting noise behind me had disappeared.

Maybe speed isn't their forte, I guess it makes sense given how big they are.

It seems I had lost them for the time being.It was only a hunch but I felt that these three had given up on me yet.

I didn’t want to go any further in the forest. Who knows what kind of monstrosity like these three are waiting for me there. But I couldn’t go back either.

I decided to hide in a tree.

As soon as I did, two of the three warthogs appeared within my sight.

They ran past the tree at their full speed, visibly still hounding me.

Once they disappeared from my sight, the third one appeared from where the two first came from.

The third one was slowly walking and snorting around.

He walked his way, but just as I was about to blow out a sigh of relief. he came back and started to sniff around the area I was in.

This son of a pig hasn’t noticed yet that I was in a tree, he just knew that I didn’t go where the other two went.

He was just below me, from here I could clearly see how massive this guy was.

Suddenly an idea came to me.

I stealthily retrieved Olga and Martha from inside my backpack and unsheathed it.

It was only a matter of seconds before this guy would notice me.

If I were to be spotted by this warthog, I would’ve no choice but to fight it, after all, I’m not sure if I can outrun it from this distance and if I were to there was also the possibility that the others would come back and join the fight.

So I had no better plan than this one.

Taking him off guard.

With both of my hands firmly gripping on Martha and Olga’s grip, I jumped onto the third warthog.

Grooiiinnn Groooiiiiiin

With Martha on the left hand, I stabbed the warthogs deep into its neck and with all my might I dragged Martha down vertically with the intent to fully sever his neck.

With Olga on the right hand, I frantically stabbed the- sorry stabbing wouldn’t be the right word.

It was more like fisting.

I mean, when I stabbed Olga into its ribs, she disappeared deep within the flesh to make its way on the other side.My entire arm was deep inside the warthog.

The warthog was dead for sure, its head was almost entirely severed.

After several loud and desperate groans, the warthog's body stopped twitching.

The warthog breathed his last.

I’m gonna be honest I didn’t think it would be so easy, stabbing through its body felt like cutting through a creamy cake.

Was that big body just for show?

I knew that I was very strong while doped on aina but this guy is downright 2m long and almost taller than me.

I removed my hands from its carcass and saw how stained with blood they were-No not just my hand, actually, it was my whole body that was covered in blood.

“That was all you were good for, dirtying me,” I said while sending a kick onto the warthog carcass.

The kick sent the carcass 50 meters away splattering blood all over its way before crashing into a tree.

“Eh.”

My kick was sent by a fully enhanced foot, but I didn’t expect it to be this strong.

Perhaps, I had no reason to run away from these three?

At first, I thought that it was the warthogs who were extremely squishy but it seems it was me who underestimated once again my own strength.

“It’s a good thing that modesty never killed anyone.If not I would be dead for ages.” I said before breaking down into laughter.

Suddenly I heard a series of approaching hoofstep, it came from where the two first warthogs went.

Shortly the two warthogs came into view, without even stopping they charged at me.

Oh dear, If only you knew.

I’m no longer the same Ronandt, who was earlier afraid of you.

I have been reborn once again from my ashes thanks to your comrade.

The two were charging at me not side by side but rather with one leading the other.

“Perfect.”

I received their charge with my mightiest kick. I aimed for the skull, I was too short to reach the head with my feet, so it was more of a jump kick rather than a simple kick.

I could hear a bone-cracking noise coming from the charge leader's skull, my blow sent flying, not only the charge leader but also the one who was behind him as well.

They were thrown off not too far away from me.

I went to where the charge leader was;

The poor creature already had one foot in the grave.

Not wanting him to suffer any longer I crushed its skull under my feet, killing it on the spot.

The last one did not seem too hurt because, by the time I finished his comrade, he was already back on his feet and started to flee.

Being the compassionate man that I was, I let him get a head start, but after a few breaths, I ran after him.

Of course, I won't spare him. If I let this guy live, I’m sure he will go deep into the forest, go through a lot of grinding, become overpowered, and one day will definitely seek revenge on me.

No no, I can’t allow that.

It didn't take me long to catch up with him, I let go of Olga and Martha who were in my hands, and caught the warthog with both hands by its tail and used it to slam him repeatedly on the ground.

After around ten slams against the ground, there was almost nothing left from the warthog, only a squishy mess of blood, bone, and flesh.

I let go of what was left of its tail and took Martha and Olga who I had ruthlessly dropped on the ground earlier.

“I guess, my job here is done. I'd better retrace my steps if I don't want to get lost in this forest. ”

I threw a glance over what remained of the warthog.

“May you guys rest in piece.”