Chapter 63：Bear Hunt (2/2)

The third thing is that we need to prepare something to make a trap for the bear.” Sam finished his words and led the team to the stream. After that he started picking the mud near the stream and started applying all over his body. He took off his shirt and applied the mud all over the upper body and then he took off his pants without a care about the lady behind.

Eve, immediately closed her eyes and turned around to avoid looking at the man, while the man himself doesn't seem to care at all.

Jack and Shor were dumbfounded as they saw Sam's actions without a hit of shyness. When Sam completed the task, wore his cloths after soaking them in mud, he turned around and looked at the three people, then only realized what happened and he couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile. He felt that he was back in those days when he was a soldier taking a mission in forest. He completely didn't feel awkward being naked in front of the team as that was how he was in his past life.

Sam just disregarded the whole matter off and instructed the whole team, to apply the mud as walked back to the camp. After sometime, the three people came back with their whole bodies covered in mud.

He then stood up and said. ”we need to prepare something to trap the bear. Even though we can take it head on if we go all out, we will be exhausted by the end and if other teams spot us, we will be done completely.

Before that, let us go and find out where the bear's home is. After that we can think of the rest of the plan.”

Sam, Jack and Shor are walking while carrying the sharpened bamboo poles and Eve is carrying the bamboo section in which he placed the dried stick with the fire spark.

Soon, they arrived at the spot they opened their eyes yesterday. Sam then started searching for trails of the bear and finally found them and from then on, they slowly and carefully followed the trail.

After walking for more than an hour, they finally found a cave in their line of sight. Sam stopped them and changed the path as they walked in a different direction, after they reached a good distance and found a safe place, he kept the poles down.

”We are going to make these preparations here. Jack, you stay near the cave and inform us as soon as the bear left the cave and also see in which direction it left.” After giving the instructions to Jack he took out the rope he made of the bamboo outer layer and started tying the poles. He made three frames of the eighteen poles that he and Jack made.

”Both of you go search the nearby places and find a bee-hive. Also check it out if you can find some vines nearby. Don't go too far though.” He instructed Eve and Shor and then walked towards a nearby tree with the dagger.

The trunk of the tree is not too thick. It is only about average. He placed the dagger's edge on the truck and used a stick as a hammer and started chopping the tree bit by bit.

After sometime, Shor and Eve returned. But Sam is still only one-third of the tree trunk. He still didn't stop after their arrival and after a horrendous effort, the tree was finally down.

But Sam was still not done as he started chopping the wood on the upper side of the trunk. After all, he is making a log off it. When he was almost done with it, Jack came and informed about the bear's departure.

Sam immediately got alerted and became faster in his actions. He turned towards Shor and Eve.

”We found both of them, but we don't know how to retrieve it.” Shor said in an awkward tone. Then only Sam realized that he forgot the fact he is dealing with amateurs.

”Shor, you go and take watch near the bear cave. Eve lead me and Jack to the vines and bee-hive.”

Shor nodded and left to take watch. Eve led Sam, who is holding the pole and the live dried wood (dried wood with fire spark) along with him and Jack to the bee-hive.

”Both of you go and get some vines.” Sam gave the dagger to Jack and sent them off.

He started a small fire nearby and started burning some green grass and he placed the burning green grass with near the bee-hive with the help of the pole. Soon, due to the smoke, the bees started falling off the hive and Sam got the honey he needed.

Soon, Jack came with the vines along with Eve and all of them walked towards the place they camped temporarily.

Sam started setting a log trap with the vines and the log. He set the trap in such a way that if the bear stepped on the rope, the log will come and hit the person who stepped on the rope. Of course, the rest of them didn't understand.

Meanwhile, with his instructions the Eve and Jack worked on a tree which is aligned with the path of the log swing and tied the three frames made with the bamboo spikes he created

He made the things with the help of Jack as soon as possible, afraid that the bear will return. When he was finally done with the traps.

He halved the honey filled hive and placed on half near the rope and covered the rope with some dead leaves. Then he took the other half and squeezed it slightly. Honey started dripping from it. He then turned towards Eve.

”You, take the hive and make a trail of honey until you can see the cave and drop the hive there and then you and Shor climb tree as fast as you can and stay still without making a noise.

Eve nodded and started performing the task.

Then he turned towards Jack and said. ”After we lure the bear here, we have to make sure that we kill it, otherwise a beast in its last struggle is an absolute nightmare.” Sam said and passed a bamboo pike to Jack as both of them climbed two tree which are the positions, they need to take respectively to make the final move.

After waiting for an hour or so, they finally heard the foot steps and growls of the bear which made both of them alert. Soon, they saw a bear which is sniffing and licking the trail of honey and soon ran excitedly after it saw the hive.

Before the bear could reach the hive, the trap activated and a log swung in full force towards the bear. The bear sensed the danger and tried to avoid it by backing down, but the log still hit it at the upper ribs and threw it towards the tree with bamboo spikes.

The bear hit the tree and the spikes pierced into it albeit only few of them. But Sam was not happy as he saw the bear still moving.

”NOW” He shouted and he and Jack moved at the same time as a pike and a dagger both pierced into the eyes of the bear at the same time, seizing its movements.

Even though the plan was success, Sam was not happy. He felt that it was barely passable as he looked at the wounds of the bear.

The spikes placed on the tree almost did no damage. If he and Jack didn't take the opportunity of the dazed state of the bear, they might have been in a pickle as they can't confront the bear, even in its injury due to log trap as it will make it hard to fight a bear in its raged state.

He underestimated the animals in this world. Just like them as they are stronger than the humans from earth even in their normal human state after their cultivations are sealed, the animals also are a bit stronger. Sam marked these thoughts in his mind as he told Jack to call Eve and Shor to come back, while he picked up the bear's dead body.