Chapter 21

Chapter 21 – Bear-san Goes On A Tiger Wolf Hunt

I left the Bear House, mounted Swaying Bear, and headed out .

There isn’t any problems with just using the bear feet, but recently, my favorite way to move around is riding on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear .

If I rode one exclusively though, the other one would get into a bad mood, so I had to alternate between them .

While riding on Swaying Bear, I used detection magic to examine the surrounding area .

Its detection distance increased as I leveled up .

A countless number of monsters were detected by the magic .

I wonder if this is it?

「There seems to be two Tiger Wolves . It looks like a couple {pair}1 . 」

I told Swaying Bear to head in that direction .

Swaying Bear began to run and weaved in between the trees at a gallop, advancing forward while ignoring the tree branches and bushes in the way .

When I ran through with just the bear feet, it didn’t go as swiftly .

Today, we advanced while ignoring the wolves that were nearby .

After moving for a while, the Tiger Wolves’ indicators got closer .

I told Swaying Bear to stop .

Was there a river flowing nearby? I could hear the sound of running water .

Somehow, it looks like I’m near a river .

I considered whether to dismount from Swaying Bear and go slowly on foot or to continue riding Swaying Bear .

If they came to attack, it would be fine, but if I had to give chase, it would end up being quite troublesome .

Not to mention, there were two of them .

If I was something like a hunter from the game, I could approach from a direction that faced the wind, so that they wouldn’t notice my smell, but I didn’t have such an ability .

I guess I should rush in with Swaying Bear after all?

I told Swaying Bear to head towards the Tiger Wolves .

Swaying Bear began to run .

A black shadow ran through the middle of the mountains .

When Swaying Bear reached the river, I saw the two big tigers . The Tiger Wolves appeared to be resting next to the river .

They sluggishly stood up when they noticed me .

「Grrrr~」

I examined their appearance .

「They’re bigger than I thought . 」

One was as big as Swaying Bear .

The other one was slightly bigger .

Was the smaller one a female and the larger one a male?

I slowly slid off Swaying Bear .

I stroked Swaying Bear’s face as I asked her to take on the smaller opponent .

Wind magic flew towards the two Tiger Wolves .

They moved quickly and easily dodged it .

Swaying Bear ran towards the female Tiger Wolf .

I shot flame magic towards the male .

The Tiger Wolf dodged to the right and charged towards me .

Fast!

Its speed and agility were different from normal wolves .

The Tiger Wolf arrived in front of me in an instant .

I created a wall of earth, but it was easily destroyed .

Un, it looks like basic magic isn’t effective .

I was forced to create distance by jumping backwards .

I jumped into the sky and ran away .

The Tiger Wolf looked up while groaning .

As I soared through the sky, I wondered about what to do .

Then the Tiger Wolf jumped up .

「No way!」

I was falling towards the Tiger Wolf’s sharp fangs, which were coming towards me .

「Bear punch!」

I struck the side of the Tiger Wolf’s jaw hard and sent it flying .

The Tiger Wolf crashed into the ground .

As I landed, I fired countless ice arrows .

All the ice arrows bounced off .

It was the same for the Goblin King, but it seemed like normal magic at my level couldn’t deal any damage .

In that case, let’s try using the same method I used to defeat the Goblin King .

I opened a deep pit in the ground and dropped the Tiger Wolf down .

As I approached the pit to attack, the Tiger Wolf came running back up, using the walls of the pit .

If it approached with that momentum, the attack power of its claws would be multiplied .

I dodged backwards .

It looks like the pitfall is useless too .

Meanwhile, Swaying Bear was fighting against the smaller Tiger Wolf .

Attacking and defending with claws .

Attacking and defending with fangs .

It was an evenly matched fight .

A normal bear would have lost in speed, but my bear was also fast . It was faster than the Tiger Wolf . Its stamina was also high, and even though it had run here all the way from the town, it didn’t look tired at all .

But, that Tiger Wolf was surprisingly strong, to be able to match my bear .

I’ll leave that Tiger Wolf to Swaying Bear and focus on defeating the Tiger Wolf in front of me .

I want that fur, so I need to cause as little damage to it as possible . What should I do?

「Water Bear!」

A bear made of water appeared .

The water bear ran towards the Tiger Wolf and hugged it tightly with both arms .

Then, it pressed the Tiger Wolf’s face against its body .

The Tiger Wolf’s face went inside the water bear .

It was pinned by the bear, disabling its movements . A large volume of air came out of its mouth as it shook its head and began to drown .

The bear magic was strong, as expected .

When I looked over at Swaying Bear, the other Tiger Wolf was also pinned down .

I created a ball of water and sent it towards that Tiger Wolf .

The ball of water wrapped around the Tiger Wolf’s face .

The two Tiger Wolves struggled to escape but, since they were pinned down by the water bear and Swaying Bear, they were unable to escape .

After a while, the two stopped moving .

Subjugation complete .

I stowed the Tiger Wolves away in the Bear Box and returned to the Bear House .