Bear-san and Cereille
I left the man to Cereille, whom she had been harboring her vendetta about for many years. Whether capturing or killing the man, I think it has to be done by Cereille’s hands. Even if I defeat the man, I don’t think that his defeat by my hands will completely appease Cereille’s heart. All I could do was set the situation up for her.
However, I left Swaying Bear with her, but I’m still worried about Cereille.
I’ll kill all the monsters here as soon as possible and go to Cereille’s side.
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“Hugging Bear, if there are any monsters that come near the bear house, take them out. I’ll handle the others.” (Yuna)
`Ku~u ~ n’
Hugging Bear squealed with a “leave it to me” expression. Both Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear were so reliable.
“But don’t push yourself too hard.” (Yuna)
If a strong monster appears, I will deal with it.
The monsters may have been holding back until now. They might have thought that we had taken their bait Keith, or that new baits, me and Hugging Bear, had arrived. They attacked us with drool all over their faces even though Hugging Bear nor I looked tasty.
To teach them how dangerous it was to attack me, I unleashed my wind blade magic on the monsters around the bear house, taking down several wolves and goblins.
“If you run away, I won’t chase you, but if you attack, I won’t hold back.” (Yuna)
I said to the remaining monsters, but there was no way the monsters could understand me, so they climbed over the monster corpses and attacked me and Hugging Bear.
I defeated the monsters that attacked me one after another. They were not strong, just numerous. If I keep casting magic, I can defeat them.
As we are steadily reducing the number of monsters, Hugging Bear, behind me, cried out.
“Thank you, Hugging Bear. I know, so it’s okay.” (Yuna)
The only monsters in the way were wyverns. While dealing with goblins, wolves, and orcs, we checked the wyverns’ positions in the sky.
The wyverns glided in.
Such opponents with whom I had fought many times. I’m accustomed to their movements. I sent the bear’s claws flying with wind magic at close range as they glided toward me, and quickly defeated a wyvern.
The remaining wyverns that kept coming at us were also killed.
Experience helps. I was able to defeat them with less difficulty than the first time I faced them.
And speaking of the rest of the monsters, they ran away when the wyverns attacked. Apparently, they were more frightened at wyverns rather than Hugging Bear and I.
The monsters in the vicinity of the bear house had disappeared.
I didn’t chase after the fleeing monsters. That was not my role. My role was to protect Keith and defeat the monsters that attacked us.
The monsters were no longer being manipulated, and I had destroyed the magic stone that the man hid, so there was no need for them to go to town. Then there was no need to chase after them and defeat them.
Now, the monster that had been attacking us was gone. However, it seems that there was still a big one left. As I was wondering what to do, the ground shook.
The ground rose.
It looks like I don’t have to dig it up.
A colossal worm emerged from the ground.
I’ve already confirmed it with my detection skills.
Everything he did was a second attempt at the same thing as that mage who tried to attack the capital. However, it was a degraded version of the original attack.
“Hugging Bear. Stand back.” (Yuna)
`Ku~u ~ n’
When the worm emerged from the ground, it opened its large, disgusting maw and checked its surroundings. When it found me, it opened its maw wide and attacked.
It’s like telling me to attack that part since it’s exposing its weakness.
I created fire bears and made them charge into the worm’s maw. The fire bears walked inside the worm’s body and burned its body from the inside. The worm suffered for a while and it collapsed.
“It’s dangerous to put everything in your mouth mindlessly.” (Yuna)
With this, I’ve completed the elimination of the monsters in the surrounding area. The monsters that had left the vicinity of the bear house and were in the distance seemed to have fled on instinct when the worm appeared.
Now my work is done. All that is left is Cereille’s side.
I asked Kumakyu to take care of the bear house and Keith, and then I headed for Cereille’s place.
I’ll beat him myself if they don’t seem to have beaten him yet.
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-Cereille’s POV-
The worm emerged from the ground.
The worm’s body was huge, and it was not an easy monster to defeat. It was a monster that rarely appears, and most people never see it.
The worm stood in front, overshadowing Yuna, who was dressed as a bear.
“Yuna!” (Cereille)
I screamed.
If she doesn’t run away, she’ll be in danger. The worm opened its big maw and attacked Yuna. But Yuna didn’t even try to escape.