298 Bear-san’s Journey in the Deser (1/2)

Is there a good place somewhere?

I looked around with at the surroundings while riding Swaying Bear. (TN: neck turning sfx.)

I have no plans at this time, but I would like to set up a Bear Gate.

There’s no limit to how much Bear Gates I can install and it will not be wasted if made it.

But I can’t buy a house or set up a Bear House in town, so I’m looking for a hard-to-find place outside of town.

There are still many rocks in this area, so if I want to set up a Bear Gate, its better to make it in a big boulder.

I moved away from the road and went to a big chunk of boulder.

It seems that nobody comes around here.

I stopped when I found a boulder that looks good enough.

Is this a good spot?

I magically drill a hole in the boulder where a Bear Gate will be set up.

Then, I set up a Bear Gate a bit deeper in the hole.

Finally, I covered the hole with Earth Magic and hid the Bear Gate.

Is this good enough?

Whenever I use it, the hole will be pitch black, but I have to hide it so it can’t be helped.

Then I head back to the road.

As I travel with Swaying Bear along the road, I saw some thin objects that were not visible from the boulder.

Is that a pillar?

From here, it still looks like a thin stick.

As I move closer towards the bar it gradually became thicker and larger, enough to be recognized as a pillar.

As I approach the pillars, the ground at my feet gradually turns into sand and the rocks gradually disappears.

When I arrive at the pillar, the whole area turns into sand and it seems like this is the real entrance to the desert.

The pillars are as big as a large tree, it has the thickness of four or five people holding hands around it.

The height is surprisingly high.

I looked up.

Doesn’t it look like a 10-storey apartment building in the neighborhood?

I tried to touch it, I don’t know whether it was made by magic or not, but it feels sturdy.

I want to challenge myself to make the same thing, but I don’t want to surprise anyone, so I’ll restrain myself.

And when I look ahead, the second pillar can be seen.

Certainly, if aim for the pillar, I won’t get lost.

No matter how much skills I have for Bear Map, I will get lost if I didn’t know the destination.

But with this, I won’t get lost this time.

I jump onto Swaying Bear and head out for the second pillar.

[Well then, Swaying Bear. Aim for that pillar.]

Swaying Bear started running after answering with .

When I look at Swaying Bear’s feet, he’s running on the sand just like on a normal ground without being buried in the sand.

As expected of the summoned beast that God gave me.

He runs fast and has a lot of stamina.

He can run on water, so there is no problem with sand.

Moreover, there’s a high quality of .

It is the finest gift.

It is a desert I’ve seen for the first time, but it may be a surprisingly beautiful landscape.

Perhaps that seems to be the impression that I have because of the Bear Equipment and the Bears.

Without it, I might have perceived it as a land of the dead and be forced to escape quickly.

As expected, there’s not much to see in the desert.

I can see only sand.

Everywhere I look, it’s just sand, sand, sand.

There are only hills made of sand.

It is both beautiful and scary.

Looking up, the sun is blazing so severely.

Maybe taking off the Bear Costume, would make the surrounding hot enough to kill me.

My appreciation of the Bear Costume soar even further.

[Swaying Bear, tell me if it gets too hot.]

Swaying Bear speeds up after answering.

Apparently, he’s saying there’s no problem.

A black bear running through the vast desert.

I imagine it’s a bit strange.

Whether in the original world or in the fantasy world, it may be the first time for having a bear in the desert.

If only I have a camera, I would take a picture to commemorate it.

The landscape is good, it will be titled [The Desert and the Bear].

Interesting combination.

Real photos, not synthetic. (TN: Photoshopped.)

It is a combination that you can never believe in this world or in my former world.

Swaying Bear runs comfortably in the desert.

After a while, I arrived at the second pillar.

And I can see the third pillar ahead.

Certainly, if I head towards the pillar, I will not be lost.

Blitz’s group didn’t said it, but traveling in the desert seems to be monotonous.

In other places, like the forests or the mountains a lot of things can be seen, but there’s only sand here.

There are very little changes in the dunes.

The rest of the scenery is similar.

Can I leave it to Swaying Bear and sleep?

Sleeping while moving in the desert, would look like mocking the people who are seriously traversing the desert.

Also using the Bear House and the Bear Gate.

Before going to the next pillar, I’ll switch Swaying Bear with Hugging Bear.

Swaying Bear had been running since we left the town.

He might be tired because he is running in the desert.

These children do their best for me.

I don’t want them to keep running endlessly, even if they have infinite health and stamina.

I have two Bears, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, so I just have to switch them.

[Thank you, Swaying Bear.]

I stroke Swaying Bear’s head to show gratitude and returned him to the Bear Puppet.

Then I summoned Hugging Bear.

The black bear doesn’t fit in the desert, but so as the white bear.

Black bears are in the mountains, while white bears are on the snow, that should be the image.