The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 264 Wild Boar Valley

One or two wild boars are no problem for Moran.

But a group of wild boars, at least seventy or eighty, would be a bit troublesome.

Don't underestimate these beasts just because they're wild animals; the beasts of Valen are on a completely different level from the beasts of Blue Star.

Among wild beasts, the most difficult to deal with are those with strong defense and high speed.

Black-haired wild boars are known for their strong defense, and crucially, they are also very fast when charging, making them a very troublesome species among wild animals.

Moran once saw a description in a book called "Natural Sewing" that said the straightest black hair on the back of a black-haired wild boar could be used to make sewing needles, which were better than gold or silver needles, as they were impervious to water and fire and would last for a thousand years.

This shows just how strong the black fur of the black-haired wild boar is; many magical beasts can't even compare to it.

The black-haired wild boar was large, and even with her current level of the Empty Blade Technique, she probably wouldn't be able to sever its neck even after using several techniques.

Fire magic cannot break through the defenses and would also damage the valley's environment. Moran was planning to consider this place as a potential residence for his fourth year.

Water magic might only be useful with the Drowning spell, but at most, her Drowning spell would be enough to completely envelop and drown a few wild boars.

Adult wild boars are too large to be completely enclosed. If they cannot be completely enclosed, there is no control effect, and they can easily break free. Once they break free, the drowning effect is lost.

Controlling the wild grass in the valley with vine magic is also not feasible. The black-haired wild boar is too strong, and the wild grass in the valley is too fragile. Even with the enhancement of the basic vine magic, the black-haired wild boar can easily break free.

However, one can use vine magic to hang oneself on a cliff halfway up the mountain to cast spells.

The black-haired wild boar has high defense and great charging power, but it is still just a wild beast and cannot use magic. On the mountainside, the wild boar was within her spell range, but it could not attack her.

It would be even better if the wild boar charged into the mountainside; no matter how strong the charge, it wouldn't break the mountain, but it would likely kill itself.

This makes casting spells much safer, and you can try spells that target precise targets, such as Golden Arrow, Flying Leaf, and Throwing Knife.

Wild boars have high-defense fur, but they do have vulnerable areas such as the fur around their eyes.

The more Moran thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. He found a few thick vines on the surrounding trees, then used his vine magic to control them, making them wrap around his waist and lower himself down the cliff.

The wild boar herd had already spotted the two-legged creature.

Originally, she was far away on the cliff, outside their territory, and not among their fragrant fruits and roots, so they couldn't be bothered with her.

But this two-legged creature came down from the cliff.

Dozens of dark eyes watched her descend, their anger rising at the intrusion into their territory. They were ready to swarm her as soon as she landed and trample her into grass.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly stopped.

Moran stopped about seven or eight meters off the ground.

She can't reach the wild boars here, but she can still "take care" of as many wild boars as possible.

Seeing the herd of wild boars huffing and puffing as they looked up at her, Moran knew her chance had come.

The golden arrows shot straight into the eyes of the leader of the pig herd at the front.

Just as the arrow was about to strike, the boar leader suddenly lowered its head, and the arrow hit its head.

It cried out in pain, but it was clearly not very harmful. Instead, it angered the wild boars, who charged toward the cliff where she was standing at a command.

Moran was seven or eight meters away, and although the wild boar was aggressive, it did not affect her.

However, since they weren't raising their heads, it was difficult for her to shoot them in the eyes. Even a basic Golden Arrow technique couldn't penetrate the wild boar's fur defense, let alone Leaf Spell, Fire Arrow Spell, or Throwing Knife Spell, whose magic level was even lower than Golden Arrow.

If precise, targeted spells aren't working, then we'll have to try area-of-effect spells.

The earthen wall spell trapped them, the falling rocks spell smashed them—the old routine failed right after the first step.

The earthen wall technique she's created is no match for a single charge from a black-haired wild boar.

Without being able to trap them inside the walls, it's difficult to guarantee how many wild boars the already limited-range Falling Rock spell will hit.

Before long, the wild boar ran out of the range of the falling rocks spell, and even out of her casting range.

"I have no choice but to try the Swamp spell!" Moran stopped casting the spell, waited for the wild boar to walk into the spell's range again, and then suddenly turned the grass under the wild boar's feet into a swamp.

Two wild boars got stuck in the hole immediately.

Half of its body sank into the swamp, and its two hind legs sank into the swamp, but because it was on the edge of the swamp, it quickly broke free.

Then cover the wild boar's mouth and nose with the drowning spell. When the swamp spell expires, only a drowned wild boar will remain on the grassland.

Having lost their companions, the wild boars were both angry and afraid.

Although they lack intelligence, their survival instinct is stronger than anything else.

Fearing the sudden appearance of the swamp, the remaining wild boars refused to come any closer to her, only barking at her from a distance.

Moran waited for quite a while, casting two more Vine spells, but no wild boar entered her casting range again.

At that moment, she missed her flying broomstick terribly.

If she had a flying broom, she would have chased all those wild boars into the swamp and drowned them.

Without a flying broom, you either need to practice the Swamp spell to expand the swamp area and trap more of these wild boars at once, or you need to learn the Mind Magic's Confusion spell to make them line up and jump into the swamp in order to safely and reliably eliminate the wild boar herd and take over the valley.

"Oh, what a pity."

Actually, if we take a bit of a risk, it's not impossible to take down these wild boars.

But Moran didn't want to take risks when she wasn't sure of the outcome. Even though she was in a wilderness survival class and the headmaster had saved her from danger without any punishment, she still didn't want to put herself in danger.

She'll deal with these wild boars sooner or later, but not now.

She used a levitation spell to lift the dead wild boar into the air, and the vines pulled them up together.

The wild boar carcass was shrunk and placed in a leopard-skin bundle.

There are wild boars in the valley, so we can't go there for the time being. We can only go down the mountain to find the stream flowing out of the valley and complete today's lesson.

If we hurry down the mountain, we can finish the task before noon and go out to make snake soup.

The holly snake is too big; handling it here would be difficult and could easily attract wild animals.

Thinking of the delicious snake soup, Moran walked even faster.

She practiced her magic on a few unlucky little animals along the way, and finally reached the stream at the foot of the mountain, far from the valley, before noon.

"Dean, Dean! I've completed the mission!" Moran exclaimed eagerly.

As soon as she finished speaking, a dark portal appeared in front of her. She quickly tidied her things and stepped into the portal.