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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: Wild Boar, Wild Mistake

Another fine morning in Goblin Swamp.

I woke up to the sound of goblins arguing over a dead snake, a frog screaming for no reason, and Pibbit trying to ride a log like a horse.

Typical Monday.

I checked my system window:

[Level: 2]

[EXP: 130/800]

[Skills: Bubble Shield Lv.1, Mud Sprint Lv.1]

Still no impressive combat moves.

Still no fireballs.

But at least I could now sprint through mud like a greasy eel.

And I owed it all to making Gringa pregnant… twice.

This world made no sense, but I'd stopped questioning it.

Enter: The Wild Boar

I was gnawing on a questionable mushroom when Ma Grugga stormed into the camp, waving a pig tusk.

"Big pig! Big meat! Kill it or it kill us!"

The goblins panicked.

Splorp ran headfirst into a tree.

Snagga hid in a puddle.

Pibbit climbed a log and shouted, "I AM KING NOW."

I sighed.

Of course it'd fall to me.

Because apparently, being Frog Prophet came with unpaid overtime.

[Quest Accepted: Slay the Wild Boar]

[Reward: EXP + Meat + Probably Injuries]

The Hunt

I gathered the Idiot Brigade.

Again.

"Alright, we kill big pig," I declared.

Splorp raised a rock.

"Big pig scary."

"Yes. That's why we kill it before it kills us."

Pibbit raised a stick.

"I have stick."

"Good for you, Pibbit."

We marched off into the swamp.

We Find It

And there it was.

A hulking, mud-covered boar the size of a small house.

Tusks like tree branches.

Angry little eyes.

Foaming at the mouth like it just got dumped by its boar girlfriend.

"Holy frog balls…" I muttered.

Splorp immediately wet himself.

I had two choices:

Run.

Die.

But then… my system pinged.

[Quest Bonus Objective: Impress Female Goblins Watching]

[Additional Reward: +50 EXP]

I glanced back.

Half the tribe's goblin women were peeking from the bushes.

They wanted a show.

Damn it.

The Plan (If You Can Call It That)

"Okay lads, we hit it with everything we got."

Splorp: "Rocks?"

"Yes."

Pibbit: "Mud?"

"Also yes."

Snagga: "Bite?"

"…Sure."

On my signal, we charged.

And by "we," I mean they did, while I ran around the side using Mud Sprint.

[Mud Sprint Activated!]

I zipped through the muck like a little green torpedo.

The boar roared.

Tossed Splorp into a tree.

Bit Pibbit's stick in half.

I leapt onto its back.

Idea: Jab it in the butt.

With my Slightly Pointy Stick.

I stabbed.

[Critical Hit: Pig Butt Puncture! 48 DMG!]

The boar shrieked, bucked me off, and charged straight into a swamp tree — knocking itself out cold.

We won.

I had no idea how.

The Aftermath

The tribe erupted in cheers.

"Gob! Gob! Gob!"

Ma Grugga clapped my back so hard I swallowed a fly.

"Good kill, Frog Prophet! You strong!"

[Quest Complete: Slay the Wild Boar. +250 EXP]

[EXP: 380/800]

No level up yet… but as the goblin women swooned, one of them — a mildly terrifying goblinette named Skragga — winked at me.

[New Partner Potential Detected]

I broke into a cold sweat.

Not again.

That Night

We feasted on boar meat.

Gringa waddled over, rubbing her belly.

"Me crave frog legs now."

I patted her head.

"Anything you want, dear."

Skragga sidled up next to me with a smirk.

"Frog Prophet, me hear you good at makin' babies."

I spat out my boar meat.

[Potential Pregnancy Bonus: 3%]

This cursed system would be the death of me.

But if it meant another skill…

…I might consider it.

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