317 Bear-san, Fights the Big Scorpion. (1/2)

I’m left alone, looking at the Scorpions.

[Now then, it’s a good thing that I’m the only one left, but what should I do now? Swaying Bear?] Yuna

I asked Swaying Bear who stayed with me.

Swaying Bear has a face that says [I don’t know.]

Yeah, of course.

[Can I roast it with Flame Bear?] Yuna

Just try to imagine…

Even if it didn’t burn the shell, the insides may get cooked with heat. If the pan is heated, the heat will reach deeper. If the heat reaches inside it, it may be able to bake its meat.

When I look at Swaying Bear, he cries , while shaking his head a little.

I wonder why?

Swaying Bear, sits up and touches his stomach.

[Do you have a stomachache?] Yuna

Swaying Bear shakes his head.

It’s different, apparently.

Swaying Bear moves his neck and looks at the big Scorpion.

[Scorpion?] Yuna

Swaying Bear’s belly…

Scorpion…

The answer that leads to it is…

Well… Pomf! (TN: muffled clapping sfx.)

Oh, I see.

[Crystal plate.] Yuna

Whether my answer was right or not, Swaying Bear sounds happily.

He touched his stomach to represented the crystal plate in the Scorpion’s stomach.

Well, of course….

I don’t know how robust the crystal plate is. But I don’t think it can withstand the heat of the Flame Bears.

The Flame Bear has extremely high temperature. If it gets baked by the Flame Bear as well, it may break.

Electrical appliance breaks down at extreme temperatures. As for my personal computer, I left the air conditioner on during the summer.

But then, I can’t use lightning magic as well. I don’t know how it’ll affects its body. If the electricity flows into the body and the crystal plate cracks, I will not be able to be recover it.

If I think about it that way, I can’t use the internal destruction magic.

The rest are water, ice, wind and soil, but I don’t feel like they’re all going to be fatally damage by it.

Before fighting, I thought it would be easy to defeat it using the Bear Cheat, but when I think about the crystal plate in its body, the attack method suddenly narrows.

This could be a surprisingly troublesome fight.

I pat the head of Swaying Bear and thank him for warning me.

So, before fighting the big Scorpion, I have to deal with the small Scorpions that are getting in the way.

I lean over from the height of about 2 or 3 floors and shoot an ice arrow towards the Scorpion that was crawling just below.

The ice arrow stuck onto Scorpion’s back. However, it kept crawling as if it was nothing.

Did it stop halfway?

Either the shell is too hard, or because the ice arrows were not powerful enough, it seems that they cannot be defeated by the current level of attack.

I thought it was just a small fry and a little delicious?

But it seems to be stronger, harder, sharper, and faster than I thought.

The Scorpion with an ice arrow sticking on its back, raised its tail up. And it shoots it’s needle above, towards me.

I quickly lower my body and avoid it.

I look down as I crawl. Then, the Scorpions began to gather.

Hey, that’s too fast.

I only shot a single ice arrow.

Look at how much coordination is taking place right now. But if I stay here, I’ll be fine.

Then, the Scorpions climbed the wall while I was thinking of such a dumb idea.

You must be kidding me! Moreover, their climbing speed is so fast.

However, it seems to be the right choice to block the passage. Scorpions were no longer able to chase Karina and the others from here.

I move directly above the climbing Scorpions.

The Scorpions climb the wall instinctively.

If I take a position directly above them, they will quickly identify me as an air head asking to be hit.

I shot a hard, sharp, fast, ice arrow at the ticking chelicerae of the nearest Scorpion. The ice arrow sinks into the Scorpion’s chelicerae, then falls to the ground and stops moving.

Like any living thing, the mouth(chelicerae) is the main weakness. If you can’t stop it with your teeth or anything, it’ll destroy your body.

I aim and shoot down the chelicerae of the Scorpions climbing like a shooting game. There are a lot of them, but their number will surely decrease.

I thought I could annihilate the small Scorpions with simple grinding, but the big Scorpion slowly began to move.

And it’s heading towards me.

I caught a glimpse of it’s pitch black eyes. It’s disgusting.

The big Scorpion raises its tail high and aims the tip at me.

I ducked and laid prone on the floor. Several needles dart out of the big Scorpion’s tail.

The needles hit the wall that the small Scorpions were trying to climb, even the wall behind me. Some of the walls collapsed. Thanks to that, the Scorpions, which were climbing the wall, fell to the ground.

The size of the needle is about the size of my arm. The tip is very sharp.

If I get hit by it, even I would be worried of whether the Bear Equipment can bear it.

I think it can withstand the impact, but what I’m really worried about was getting impaled by the sharp tip.

Though I don’t think the Bear Equipment will break, however I can’t imagine when I get hit by it.

That’s why I’m not going to try it.

The big Scorpion isn’t stopping it’s barrage. More and more needles are flying. The small Scorpions are still trying to climb the wall without giving up.

This might be bad.

It’s a hassle to fight the small Scorpions and the big Scorpion simultaneously. I just wanted to reduce the number a little more if I could.

I attacked the small Scorpions and called back Swaying Bear.

It is dangerous to leave Swaying Bear like that, so it is better to return him. Of course, I don’t doubt Swaying Bear’s ability to fight. But he might not only get attacked by the Scorpions, he might get eaten up as well.

Therefore, I decided to send him back because it was dangerous if there was a chance of it happening to Swaying Bear.

However, Swaying Bear cries as if he hates it a little.

[I’ll be fine.] Yuna

I pat Swaying Bear’s head, but Swaying Bear doesn’t like it.

[It’s dangerous, so please.] Yuna

[Sorry. I’ll call you when the fight is over.] Yuna

I sent back the reluctant Swaying Bear.

I’m glad he’s worried about me. But, I’m worried about Swaying Bear as well.

If anything happens to Swaying Bear, I could not regret it even if I try to. I’m sure I won’t be able to forgive myself.

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear are my precious family. I cannot afford to bring my precious family to danger.

I deeply apologize to Swaying Bear within my heart.

I’ll summon you later, so forgive me.

But I have to defeat the big Scorpion.