Chapter 32: Lysara’s First Blood
We broke camp at dawn.
As we walked along the road, I hoped to find a town where we could blend into the crowd.
Granted, thanks to the child, we could transform, but two isolated travelers on this path would inevitably arouse suspicion—especially if someone knew of Lysara’s powers.
From time to time, we spotted strange creatures resembling meerkats along the road. But as soon as they met my gaze, they instantly fled underground, vanishing in a flash.
Strangely, this world seemed far less dangerous than that damned tutorial... that hell.
We continued our march for several hours until a massive silhouette rose before us.
A boar.
Of course, it wasn’t an ordinary terrestrial boar, but it shared the same bulky silhouette. Yet a single glance was enough to understand it belonged to an entirely different order of creatures.
It was far larger than a normal boar, its stocky and powerful body carved with knotted muscles, laced with veins pulsating with glowing red energy. Under the flickering daylight, its dark skin, rough as raw steel, seemed capable of repelling the sharpest blades.
Its snout, bristling with curved bony horns, made it appear even more menacing, as if it were made to crush stone and flesh with ease. Its eyes, two blazing furnaces, stared at me with bestial intelligence—a silent fury just waiting to erupt.
Despite its imposing appearance, I knew it wasn’t that formidable. It wasn’t an invincible monster, just another creature in our path.