Chapter75

He hung there for a second, charging the attack while his eyes locked onto the boar's head, and he couldn't help but think about the sheer absurdity of the power gap.
'The difference between two and three shards is what, five times? Ten?' he wondered, the mana in his fist humming with a heavy, vibrating pressure, 'whatever the case, if this thing had been fully evolved, I would have died here.'
He slammed back down with all his weight, his fist connecting with the boar's skull in a single, explosive crack that sent a shockwave through the dirt and silenced the creature's roars instantly. 
The boar's head hit the ground hard and its body went limp, the three shards orbiting its tusks losing their glow and falling to the dirt with a series of soft clinks.
He stood there for a moment, breathing in shallow gasps while he looked at the corpse, and he wondered just how much these shards would sell for since evolved shards like these were rare enough to attract a lot of attention from the guild.
Then, a thick burst of golden light tore itself free from the monster's chest, splitting into two streams. One shot toward him, sinking directly into his ring, while the other shot across the dirt and sank directly into Juna's unconscious body. 
The sudden surge hit him so hard that his vision blurred and his legs gave out, dumping him to his knees as a wave of immense heat crashed over him.
'What the fuck was that,' he thought, gripping the dirt as he tried to keep his balance while a cascade of notifications flickered into existence in front of his face.
[ EXP Gained: 15,000 ]
[ Rank Progress: 16,500 / 500,000 ]
[ Summon Juna gained: 15,000 EXP ]
[ Wing Progress: 15,000 / 300,000 ]
[ Loot dropped: Corrupted Boar Tusk (Common) ]
[ Passive Trait Triggered: Fragment's Blessing ]
[ Rarity Upgrade: Common ➔ Uncommon ]