The forest continued to shudder under the boar's advance.
Its massive shape burst through the trees, threatening to pummel everything in its wake as it lowered its head and surged forward.
There was no hesitation in its eyes, no probing movement to measure its enemy's strength. The boar was lost in a frenzy, willing to attack regardless of who stood before it.
Its momentum was thunderous. An ordinary creature would have retreated.
For a brief moment, the chieftain almost did.
It had taken an instinctive step back before it froze again. Undisguised anger replaced its hesitation as it reflected on what it was about to do. It had already been forced to retreat from battle, and then from its own territory.
It wouldn't retreat again.
The chieftain drove its feet into the earth and invoked its unique ability to the fullest. Power surged through its limbs as the ground beneath prepared to swallow the coming force.
The collision gave off the illusion of a detonation.
