Eli coughed, rolled over, and pushed himself up. His ribs throbbed and his sword hand was trembling from the hit, but [Maid's Dexterity] was already correcting his stance, pulling his weight forward and lowering his center of gravity.
His eyes locked on the boar.
"Now you don't want to help me?" he yelled.
When he was being pummeled by wolves left, right, and center, Juli had been frantically trying to intervene whenever she could. But now? She was over there enjoying the show!
'She's a wicked demon!'
Juli shouted from afar:
"Huh? I can't hear you from all the over here!"
A thick vein throbbed on his forehead.
"You're literally twenty steps awa—!"
The Mossback was already halfway towards him. Eli spat out mouthful of soil and raised his sword again.
He dodged left this time and swung low, aiming for the legs instead of the flank. The blade caught the boar's front ankle and skidded off the bark with a sound that made his hair stand.
