Chapter 28 - Level Up

Niko who gazed towards the hurt boar, turned his gaze towards the man as he spoke coldly, "And what would be our benefit? We could just wait for the boar to kill you and then kill it."

His tone was almost of pity and arrogance could be seen within it as well. This was extremely unlike Niko, however, he had his own plans.

The bald man's face turned dark as he knew he was in a disadvantageous position. The situation was already a lose-lose situation without any good outcome. If he continued to fight the boar like this, he had the confidence that he would be able to kill it, however, there would be too many consequences. He would definitely not leave this fight unharmed, and although he was confident in winning, there was still that lingering belief of loss which most likely meant death.

With these strangers around, the situation became even more complicated for him. As someone who has been in this strange world for a while, he knew how evil humans could be. It was like entering the world without laws caused their minds to be extremely strange, almost as if Hobbes was right all along. Human beings were truly evil in their core and the human society on Earth prevented their true feelings from erupting. The bald man himself had done various terrible things in this world, and a few human lives have been taken away by him both in this strange world and the on Earth. He was no stranger to these things, besides, he possessed his own plans towards this situation.

"Niko! So cool!" Zheng's voice could be heard in his mind. Niko's actions at the moment were completely unexpected, all Ivanic told them was to be wary of the other group and to not do anything disadvantageous to them, death was not unexpected and if those other people die they should leave unless they are able to take on the boar themselves.

Zheng was incapable of fighting at the moment, therefore, he did not make an appearance, while Ivanic watched from between the trees as he spoke to them.

"Be careful…" Ivanic spoke with worry as he knew how people in this world could be.

"Don't worry!" Niko spoke with confidence, but in truth he was worried. He was about to try something that he only saw in books and movies. All of this act he was trying to pull off made him completely nervous, however, he knew enough to not reveal it. Of course, he would never trust this man in front of them. He knew how evil and greedy humans were as he himself had his own experience with them, there was no way he would let his guard down. His heart was racing and his body getting sweaty, if he pulled this off he would thank those books which gave him various ideas as on how to act.

The bald muscled man was obviously stronger than them, but only by a level or two. This level difference wasn't enough to make him completely out of his league, and Niko wouldn't be doing something like this if he didn't have something under his sleeves.

The man looked towards Niko with an angry and helpless look and spoke, "I…"

Niko didn't want to waste time as he spoke seriously, "We take the drops, you take the body."

The man's face was extremely dark as he knew the position he was in. He couldn't afford to lose the beast he has been fighting and not only that but the body of this beast could be extremely useful as well.

"Fine." The man said with a grim expression.

Niko smiled and looked towards the boar and so did Candreva. The boar was getting ready to attack once more and as it was about to move.

"Roar!!" Candreva used the roar on the boar and everyone was quick to react.

The little spirit struck the face of the boar with force, however, the boar didn't fall over like the other normal boars. If they were able to make the boar fall on its side, they would be able to strike its belly which was extremely fragile.

The bald man also wasn't slow as he knew the importance of attacking fast. He used his skill once more and the serpent like aura struck the front leg of the boar and finally, it fell on its side as it was no longer able to support itself. Not only was it weak, but it was also lacking a leg and its huge body didn't help either.

"Bang!" The sound of the beast falling on its side echoed, waking up one of the guys who was knocked down earlier by the boar. The spirit once again moved and with power struck the exposed belly of the boar sending ripples throughout it. The strength of this little spirit was surprisingly strong and since Niko has begun to understand it much more the movements were much faster, especially since he had to control only one.

The strike was surprisingly strong as blood and other substances gushed out of the mouth. The eyes of the boar opened wide like it would pop out as it made a strange cry before it's death.

"The belly really is fragile! Too fragile!" Niko thought in his mind as it was almost too easy to kill such a beast. He understood that the boar was already weak and tired but still.

Suddenly a strange occurrence happened. Niko's body began to be enveloped by a white dazzling light, which made him look like an angel. He felt a strange power surge within his body whilst his mind cleared and a very comfortable and happy feeling was covering him.

"Level up!" Ivanic said with a happy tone as it turned out Zheng and Candreva have also been through the same thing. The watch on Niko's wrist buzzed, but he dismissed the thought of seeing what changes have occurred in his body due to the situation it was currently going on.

Items began to appear above the boar as his eyes turned towards the bald man, who no longer looked as grim as before.