The Oinkswine gets aggravated again as Alo approaches closer.

“Fugo~oo!”

The pig screams angrily and kicks the ground behind its feet twice.
The soil gets shaved and dust scatters.
Then, the pig jumps up on the third kick.

Alo extends her arm at the pig’s feet who’s in mid-air.
The black light that’s oozing out of Alo’s hand touches the ground where the pig jumped.
The ground started shifting, and it rose upwards.

Alo remembered the〖Clay〗skill she obtained when she evolved.

“Fugo~o?!”

The pig tripped and fell with its right shoulder striking the ground.

How clever.
Making use of the pig’s straightforward style, Alo’s trap paid off nicely.

The pig’s attack and speed are rather low for a rank D monster, but they’re still higher than Alo’s.
If you attack head on, you’ll be at a disadvantage, and if you get hit, the tides will turn for the pig’s favor.

The only thing I can think of that Alo should do in this situation is to keep a distance and slowly but surely deal damage to it at a time, and worry about the quantity of experience gained later.

Alo raises her left hand forward.
Sound emanates from the clothes’ sleeve up to the shoulder.
Alo squats down and holds her upper left arm with her right hand.
She then pulled her left arm off of her shoulder.

Alo then swung her left arm at the pig’s leg and scooped it up.

“Fugo~o!”

The pig screams with an ear-piercing sound.

T-That arm…… it’ll stick right back later, right?
You might break it if you keep swinging it like that.

Alo swings her arm at the pig again.
She’s aiming at its face now.

The pig bites the arm and pulls Alo.
Alo quickly lets go of her arm and steps back.

When the pig bit deeper, Alo’s arm rang.
The pig then spat Alo’s arm out and it rolled on the ground, then it stared hatefully at Alo.

…… That bone… is still functional, right?
It’s not missing any parts, is it? I mean, I heard it ring just now.
Even if we take it back with us, we can still fix it up again, right? Right?

I make a quick glance at Partner.
Partner comments a long “gra~a……” at me.
I-I see. So, it’ll be quite difficult, then……
W-Well, it was just a “ring” that I heard, and I didn’t particularly see anything wrong with the arm, other than being covered with drool, so no problems…… right?
Gurgh…… I don’t want to think about the next evolution without the arm.

The pig taps its feet that Alo hit with her arm and checked for injuries.
Then, it stares at Alo hatefully again.

Well, it’s true that an injured forefoot is a bad thing to happen.
And, Alo’s MP decreased.
If Alo loses all her MP here, she’ll have to resort to close quarter combat.

Alo should lower the pig’s HP as much as she can before all her MP runs out, that way, she can still fight when her MP does run out.

…… And besides, she can reach and grab her arm back.
If she can reach it, it’s only a matter of speed.
I don’t want to keep watching this in suspense any longer though.
And, don’t you dare think about throwing your skull too.

Now then, after receiving that, the pig’s HP should have decreased by now. Let’s have a look see.

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Species: Oinkswine
Lv: 9/30
HP: 52/68
MP: 33/33
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…… Strange.
When I first checked its status, it had 57 HP before.
So, you’re saying… the damage Alo dealt… was only worth 5 HP?!

No, I don’t think that was from Alo’s one attack.
There was that time when it got hit by Alo’s〖Clay〗and tripped, that time when it got hit by Alo’s arm swing, and that time when Alo’s arm rang, and it spat it out… all that only lowered 5 of its HP?!
This breaks down to about a 1:3:1 ratio here.

…… Well, the gap in their rank is high after all.
I’m reminded of that time I confronted the Giant Centipede whose rank and level was way higher than mine.
Any attack from the Centipede was a sure fatal damage if it hit me.
I was just like Alo that time and was also in the verge of giving up.

“Fugo~o!”

The pig attacks again.
This time, with killing intent.
It’s slightly slower than before, and it’s swaying as it runs.
I guess the injury from its front leg, despite the small damage, still caused it to be hurt.

Alo holds her hands out at the incoming pig.
The pig smirks, kicks the ground, and jumps in the air.
It anticipated〖Clay〗and avoided any possible traps by jumping.

But, a naive move.
Alo’s hands aren’t aimed on the ground, but at the pig this time.

A small tornado comes out of Alo’s hand and swirls towards the pig who’s at mid-air.
It’s Alo’s〖Gale〗skill.

The twister hits the pig and quickly disperses.
Losing balance, the pig falls down squirming.
Alo runs at the pig while it’s falling and attacks its injured leg again.

She seems to be following my tip on attacking the same spot over and over again.
That’s it, keep it up.

“Obu~u?!”

The pig lands face first on the ground.
It then gets up and shakes off the dirt from its face.

Meanwhile, Alo retrieves her right arm back.
She’s… not putting it back on her right shoulder.

W-Well, in any case, at least she got it back.
…… I wish I could ask a specialist from the Lithuvar Tribe to help me here.

But still, she seems to be doing well in this battle, the pig’s at its limit already, I think.
The same goes for Alo, she’s almost at her limit as well.
The only reason why Alo has been able to battle against the pig is because she still has some MP left.

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Species: Oinkswine
Lv: 9/30
HP: 49/68
MP: 33/33
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This is the pig’s current status.
Although it’s steadily receiving damage, we’ve still got a long way to go at this pace.

On the other hand, Alo’s status right now is…

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〖Alo〗
Species: Skull Low Mage
Lv: 4/13
HP: 26/26
MP: 9/22
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Right… of course her MP is that low now.
She already showed her ace skills〖Clay〗and〖Gale〗to the pig.
The only skill the pig hasn’t seen yet is Alo’s〖Life Drain〗.
With her current MP, Alo only has one shot at this.

From here on, it’s only a matter of how much damage Alo can deal with the little MP she has left.
Guess it’s about time I crash the party.