Chapter 49 (2/2)

“I do not think so! I don’t want the damn goodness and tranquility!” Ray protested loudly.

“You opposition is invalid! For evil people, the word of the strong counts, isn’t that correct?”

“…I see, so I guess I will save those people!”

Sui Xiong laughed and withdrew the tentacle, “A wise choice. If you had done it earlier, there wouldn’t have been any trouble.”

Ray smiled, hung the long gun on the back hook on his back, inserted the long sword into the sheath on his waist, and inspected all of his equipment. Then he set off for the place where the fighting and cries for help came from.

He was powerful, and after all the trekking he’d been doing, he’d become very accustomed to walking in the mountains. He walked quickly, like a vigorous monkey jumping between rocks and trees. It wasn’t long before he came to the source of the distress calls.

In the woods, four adventurers were fighting fiercely with a giant bear, which was as tall as two people combined.

It was more an unsuccessful attempt at defense than a fierce battle. The giant bear was very powerful and highly defensive, and although its reaction speed was slightly slower, it protected itself well and gave the adventurers no chance to attack.

The four adventurers were not old. Two of them, who were fully armored and responsible for the frontal attack, were about twenty-four or twenty-five. The one wandering around with bow and arrow trying to contain the bear was just above twenty, and the one lying in the tree and using magic to provide assistance was less than twenty. They could be called a group of young people.

Being young often meant a lack of adequate exercise and growth and lack of strength. Young adventurers had the highest rates of death because their lack of experience made them unable to avoid dangerous situations that sophisticated adventurers could mostly avoid.

For example, with the giant bear they were fighting, if experienced adventurers like Rhode and Ryan had encountered it, they would throw it a piece of fresh meat, throw more when it was busy eating, and then retreat slowly. They might even prepare some sweet treats, put them in the trunk, and leave when the giant bear struggled with the big tree.

Most bears in this world were lazy and obsessed with sweets, and when it was easy to get food, they were generally reluctant to risk injury and fight against heavily-armed adventurers. If sweets were close at hand, even if you were unarmed and took on a clear posture that said “I am prey”, they would still be too lazy to pay you any mind.

However, these young people were apparently too inexperienced or lacked the appropriate preparation. They could only fight with the giant bear, relying on their underdeveloped bodies.

This approach had little chance of success: the giant bear had grown to be nearly the size of a truly fierce beast. A team of well-equipped, well-funded senior adventurers—probably at the level of Gerrard and his companions—could kill the bear without risking serious injury.

Out of the group of four young people, in Sui Xiong’s opinion, he could see one or two of them being killed and the rest severely injured if they fought against Gerrard. He was invincible when fighting against skeletons with a tomahawk in hand at that night in White Leaves Village; he could do some real damage to these youngsters.

Obviously, they could not beat the giant bear. The only reason there were no casualties until now was because they were a reasonable team with a certain capacity to withstand the bear’s pressure.

The two in charge of defending the front were a warrior and a priest. Both were wearing heavy armor and holding a shield. This solid armor had saved them more than once before in times of crisis. With the help of heavy armor, the priest could sometimes pray and cast a spell to restore physical strength to his companions or himself.

In addition, the mage’s spell played a significant role. Although he didn’t use no advanced spells other than the simple ones like Shield Spell, Flying Bullet Spell, Creamy Spell and Blurring Spell, the young mage cast the spells in a timely manner so he was able to offer help every time.

In other words, they were constantly depleting their magical ability to consume the physical strength of the giant bear. But only physical strength, because so far, the giant bear had not been injured at all.

If this continued, the ending was obvious: when their magic was depleted, the four youngsters would not be able to withstand the giant bear’s attack. Perhaps the gunner could run away, as well as one of the fighters or the priest, but at least one wouldn’t make it. The mage, who wasn’t particularly agile, was likely doomed.

Ray lurked near the battlefield, quietly watching their battle, but didn’t rush to help.

“Why don’t you save them?” Sui Xiong transferred his words to Ray’s brain using magic.

Ray gently shook his head and replied with temporary telepathy, “They can still keep fighting; it’s not yet the time.”

“When they can’t hold on any longer, they’ll be seriously injured.”

“Not too seriously, because I’ll step in. For these young people, the experience of fighting hard until the last minute is precious and can really help them grow up.”

Sui Xiong did not urge him again. On the topic of adventure, Ray was an expert. Since he said that this plan was best for the young people, Sui Xiong chose to believe him.

Not to mention…even if he really refused to rescue them, Sui Xiong could do it himself when the crucial moment came. Fighting at this level was completely under his control!