Chapter 10

Chapter 10 – Kuma-san Practices Magic

I woke up early in the morning to eat breakfast and headed towards the town exit . This is for the sake of practicing magic that I couldn’t use inside the inn yesterday .

「Oh, it’s the little lady wearing the weird outfit from the other day . Are you planning on going out?」

The gatekeeper noticed me and decided to approach me .

If I remember correctly, he’s the same person that helped me a few days ago when I came to town .

「Yep, here’s my guild card . 」

I showed my guild card and held it up to the crystal .

In order to detect criminals, it seems like it’s necessary to verify your guild card when leaving town .

For example, if someone committed a crime in town, the guild can register them as a criminal and they will be caught at the gates .

「Looks like you became an adventurer . Hey, what’s with this ‘Bear’ occupation?」

He looked at my card as he asked .

「Just ignore that . 」

「Well, it’s not like it’s wrong . 」

He patted my head as he said that .

「Ooh, this bear feels pretty nice . 」

「Hey, stop that . 」

I brushed his hand away .

「Ooh, sorry, sorry . It’s dangerous out of town, so be careful . 」

「I’m just going to practice some magic outside . 」

「I see . Well, as long as you don’t approach the forest, you shouldn’t encounter any monsters . There’s the occasional stray monster though, so take care . 」

I retrieved my guild card and headed out of town .

I made sure there were no signs of life around me after walking a bit .

First, I tried using the body enhancement magic that was described in the book .

It wasn’t that difficult .

Looks like all I had to do was distribute my magical power throughout my body .

This was a skill used by warriors and swordsmen back when it was a game .

The duration of the effect was short but since it raised your strength, it was popular in fights .

I tried it out by distributing my magical power throughout my body .

I started to run in order to test it out .

Ooh, fast .

I tried jumping .

「Wahhhhhhhhh!」

I casually lept 10 meters and the landing didn’t hurt .

It was probably an effect of the body enhancement .

I tried various things out to make sure of it .

I tried dashing, jumping, bear punching and bear kicking, both with body enhancement on and off .

I confirmed my status .

Name: Yuna

Age: 15

Level: 8

Skills: Language from a Different world, Letters from a Different World, Dimensional Box of the Bear, Observing Eyes of the Bear

Magic: Bear Light, Bear’s Body Enhancement

Equips:

Black Bear’s hand (Non-transferable)

White Bear’s hand (Non-transferable)

Black Bear’s foot (Non-transferable)

White Bear’s foot (Non-transferable)

Bear Suit (Non-transferable)

Bear Underwear (Non-transferable)

…Bear’s Body Enhancement?

Bear?

Bear’s Body Enhancement:

Enhances physical power by distributing magical power throughout the bear equipment .

I closed the status window, wordlessly .

I decided to practice the next magic as if I didn’t see that .

Um, around here, I guess .

Ignoring the bear issue, I looked for an area where I could practice attack magic .

I ended up picking somewhere close to the entrance of the forest .

In this world, casting magic requires the following steps:

1) Gather magic power

2) Create a mental image of the magic you want to use

3) Incantation

In the game, it was:

1) Gather magic power

2) Incantation

It was simpler in the game .

After gathering your magic power, all you had to do was cast the spell .

After you gathered your magic, just saying ‘Fire’ was enough to cast the spell .

In this world, it’s necessary to create an image .

But that wasn’t a problem with my experience with games, manga, and novels .

I gathered magic in my hand and envisioned a fireball burning .

「Fireball」

Yep, I easily did it .

A fireball is within the bear’s mouth .

It wasn’t hot and the bear wasn’t burning .

I extended my arm and envisioned the fireball being thrown .

My target is a boulder about 10 meter from me .

The fireball soared out from the bear’s mouth, striking the boulder and destroying it .

As a test, I tried gathering magical power and created a fireball just from the mental image .

I was able to confirm that I could use incantation-less magic .

However, shouting ‘Fireball’ made it easier to envision, and the activation was faster as well .

Incantations were required in game as well, so it looks like it’s easier to cast magic through incantations .

I’ll try using water magic next .

「Waterball」

Just like fireball, a ball of water formed in the bear’s mouth .

I fire the water ball towards another boulder .

The boulder was barely broken after getting hit .

It looked like fire was stronger .

In that case, I’ll try freezing the water then .

I envisioned a sharpened tip and shot it towards the boulder .

An ice spear flew out from the bear’s mouth and destroyed the boulder .

I can’t use fire inside a forest so ice is quite useful .

I’m finished with fire and water, so I guess wind and earth are next .

I wrapped the bear hand in wind and…

「Air Cutter」

…sent out a blade of wind . The boulder was cut perfectly in two .

Next is earth magic .

I wonder if earth magic is defensive-type…

In game, earth magic created a wall to fend off enemy attacks .

I gathered magical power in the bear and extended my hand out towards the ground, envisioning a wall .

「Wall Shield」

The ground surged upwards and created a wall .

I don’t know how strong it is, but I made a wall

That means I have mastery over all four elements; fire, water, wind, and earth .

I checked my status to confirm .

Name: Yuna

Age: 15

Level: 8

Skills: Language from a Different world, Letters from a Different World, Dimensional Box of the Bear, Observing Eyes of the Bear

Magic: Bear Light, Bear’s Body Enhancement, Bear’s Fire Element Magic, Bear’s Water Element Magic, Bear’s Wind Element Magic, Bear’s Earth Element Magic

Equips:

Black Bear’s hand (Non-transferable)

White Bear’s hand (Non-transferable)

Black Bear’s foot (Non-transferable)

White Bear’s foot (Non-transferable)

Bear Suit (Non-transferable)

Bear Underwear (Non-transferable)

As I thought, it’s related to bears .

Bear’s Fire Element Magic:

By collecting magical power in the bear glove, fire magic becomes useable .

Spell power varies depending on magical power and mental image .

Power increases more when envisioning a bear .

Bear’s Water Element Magic:

By collecting magical power in the bear glove, water magic becomes useable .

Spell power varies depending on magical power and mental image .

Power increases more when envisioning a bear .

Bear’s Wind Element Magic:

By collecting magical power in the bear glove, wind magic becomes useable .

Spell power varies depending on magical power and mental image .

Power increases more when envisioning a bear .

Bear’s Earth Element magic:

By collecting magical power in the bear glove, earth magic becomes useable .

Spell power varies depending on magical power and mental image .

Power increases more when envisioning a bear .

In other words, I can’t use magic without the bear equips .

Geez, I get it already .

I’ve already accepted it .

However, there’s one thing that caught my eye .

‘Power increases more when envisioning a bear . ’

‘When envisioning a bear,’ it says .

As a test, I tried envisioning the flames in the shape of a bear .

A blazing red bear was created before my eyes

「Umm…」

I tried firing the bear at a large boulder for now .

The boulder melted .

It’s lava .

This is dangerous .

This magic is sealed .

Let’s prepare some water .

It’d be a problem if that started a fire, so I’ll use water to put it out

Normal water couldn’t put it out, so I created a Water Bear and finally managed to put out the lava .

Dangerous, dangerous .

I heard rustling sounds coming from the bushes in the forest while I rested for a bit .

A single wolf appeared .

A partner to help me practice magic came .

Since using fire magic might start a fire in the forest, let’s use ice magic .

I gathered magical power and envisioned thin ice .

「Ice Arrow . 」

It impaled the wolf through its head .

The wolf who had its head impaled stopped moving .

As I thought, this bear equipment definitely comes with aim-assist .

It was just like the rocks from a moment ago, where it’ll definitely hit what you’re aiming at .

It’s useful though, so I have no complaints .

I approached the wolf and placed the corpse into the Bear Box .

I still can’t dismantle the corpse, but I do have the Bear Box .

I’ll go and sell it later

「Wolf, huh…」

I’m a bit worried, so I decided to head deeper into the forest .

It might be good for magic practice as well .

Even in game, wolves were the practice targets for new players .

I used the power of the bear boots and started to run through the forest .

I increased my speed and jump power by putting magical energy into the boots .

Even the shock from landing is removed, thanks to them .

It’s way too convenient, these bear equips!

I ran through the forest and occasionally jumped while looking for wolves .

I looked down as I jumped and saw a pack of wolves .

「I wonder if there are a lot of them . 」

I could probably just run if things look impossible .

I landed in the middle of the wolf pack .

At the same time, I created and fired three ice arrows .

Each one impaled the heads of the wolves .

It looked like using three at once was okay .

More wolves rushed out towards me from behind .

「Wall Shield . 」

I immediately raised an earth wall that the wolves collided with .

At that moment, I attacked them from the right .

「Bear~punch . 」

A wolf was blown away .

I attacked another wolf again .

「And another Bear~punch . 」

Another wolf flew .

I’ll use magic again since I was able to make some space .

Bear punch’s power has gone up, without a doubt .

「Wind Cutter . 」

A wolf was cut cleanly in half .

Blood showered down in the form of rain .

Yep, this definitely isn’t a good feeling

It half felt like a game, but the fact is that it was reality .

Let’s not use wind cutter .

Ice should be good enough to kill them .

I’ll probably need to get used to this feeling eventually .

I leapt upwards .

I created as many ice arrows as I could envision and dozens of arrows were formed .

I aimed at the wolves howling on the ground and fired them towards the pack .

As I expected, they aren’t able to land direct headshots, but they still pierced through the wolf’s body .

Dozens of wolves were defeated in an instant .

I landed on the ground and Bear punch a wolf that was nearby .

I repeated the physical and magical attacks over and over…

The ground was littered with countless amounts of wolf corpses when the battle finished .

I placed them one by one into my Bear box .

It’d be nice if the corpses disappeared and leave behind items like in game .

I don’t have any hesitation towards defeating monsters .

It’s something I did in game after all .

The problem are the blood soaked corpses that remained after defeating them .

This is the only difference from the game .

In total, there were about 40 corpses .

Due to mental exhaustion, I decided to end today’s magic practice here and return to town .