Chapter 18

Kyle pulled his knife from the neck of the Steelhide Boar, the blade sucking free with a wet, heavy sound. The level 10 beast slumped into the dirt, its thick hide no longer the impenetrable armor it had seemed when Kyle had first encountered the species back with the party. Beside it lay two smaller boars, their carcasses already cooling. He wiped the blade on a patch of moss. The last time he'd fought one of these, it had been a desperate struggle that left him battered. Now, his increased...