Chapter 632

Bear-san Decides to Fight

But are you sure the two of you can handle this situation? (Yuna)

The Giant Spiders in the forest might come to the village.

Im not so weak as to have a bear worrying about me. You go to the royal capital instead of worrying about me. (Deborane)

Deborane waved his hand in a gesture as if to ward off puppies.

Besides, weve taken down so many of them that even if the Giant Spiders come, they wont amount to much. Ill take them down myself. (Deborane)

Thats called raising a flag.

But someone had to report to the Adventurers Guild and take care of the Giant Spiders that had been defeated.

It would be faster for me to go to the royal capital than for Deborane to go there, and I could not dismantle the Giant Spiders.

I might be the right person for the job.

All right. (Yuna)

As I was about to depart to go to the capital on Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear alternately and let Hugging Bear rest, Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear reacted with a kuu~un.

What? Why are you suddenly cooing at me? (Yuna)

Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear were looking out of the village.

Did they show up again?

A Giant Spiders response was heading toward the village when I checked with my detection skill.

I think one of them showed up again. (Yuna)

I knew that he had set up a flag.

But its just one spider, so its not really a flag.

Thats a handy bear. Well, Ill take it down myself, just like I said before. (Deborane)

Deborane and Lanz started walking out of the village.

The Giant Spider was heading our way.

Hm? It was too far away to be sure, but it seemed to be one size larger, and it was red.

As I wait on the sidelines behind Deborane, the Giant Spider picks up speed.

Lanz! (Deborane)

Yes! (Lanz)

It approaches.

It was bigger, and it was red.

The two of them drew their weapons.

The red spider jumped in front of them. Lanz tried to block it with his sword, but suddenly his sword and body were wrapped in threads.

Lanz! (Deborane)

The Red Spider remained in the air; its sharp legs pointed at Lanz; Deborane twisted his body and waved his greatsword to the side. The greatsword hits the Giant Spiders leg. Thanks to that, the trajectory of the red spiders leg s.h.i.+fts, resulting in its landing position also s.h.i.+fting.

Deborane then swings his greatsword in pursuit, but the Red Spider evades.

What was that spider?

Its movements were different from those of the Giant Spiders Ive killed. Besides, its bigger, and its color is red.

Youve got to be kidding. Why would something like this show up? (Deborane)

Deborane looked at the Red Spider with disbelieving eyes.

The red spider clicked its mouth, and its body glowed red as it attacked Deborane again.

Deborane swings his sword, but the red spider avoids him.

Bear! Attack! (DeboraneYuna)

Deborane shouts with a look of urgency on his face.

I quickly fired an ice arrow, but it was easily dodged.

It was fast.

Move Away! (Yuna)

I have a bad feeling about this, so I shoot a rain of ice arrows at the red spider, making it impossible for it to escape.

The red spiders body glows red, but countless ice arrows. .h.i.t it.

Did you beat it? (Deborane)

He set a flag again.

An unharmed red spider, glowing red, appeared from the rain of ice arrows. A WW golden pattern was floating on a part of its body.

The red spiders eyes looked at me.

I was horrified, and at that moment, I unknowingly released a bear wind magic. I had a gut feeling that I had to defeat it here.

The bears wind blade hit the red spider.

I thought I had cut it up, but the bear wind blade only left three carved marks on the ground where it went through, while the red spider was undamaged.

Are you kidding?

The red spider withstood bear magic.

The red spider was angry, and its mouth was ticking. Just when we thought it would attack us, it moved towards the village.

We could only look on in wonder.

Youve got to be kidding. I didnt expect to encounter such a thing. (Deborane)

Sweat broke out on Deboranes forehead.

Then, as if remembering, he looked at Lanz.

Lanz, entangled in the threads, lay motionless on the ground.

Lanz! (Deborane)

Deborane reached out to help Lanz, who was wrapped in the thread, but let go the moment he touched the thread.

d.a.m.n, numbing thread. (Deborane)

Numbing thread?

Apparently, if you touch the Giant Spiders thread directly, you could go numb.

Get out of the way! (Yuna)

I grab the thread with my Bear Puppet and forcefully tear it off.

Lanz, wake up! (Deborane)

Ah, Deborane-san. Im sorry, my body is numb. (Lanz)

There was still a chance that that red spider would attack us again.

There was no time to hide it.

I will cast a healing spell on Lanz.

I imagined toxins disappearing from his body.

Move. (Yuna)

Lanz moved his arm.

You can also do something like this? (Deborane)

That was not what I was interested in at the moment.

What was that spider? Its not moving like a normal Giant Spider. (Yuna)

I knew in the short fight that this was no ordinary Giant Spider.

It moved fast, avoided my attacks, and even withstood bear wind magic. It was no ordinary Giant Spider.

Thats a King Spider. (Deborane)

King Spider? (Yuna)

Is it like a leader of the Giant Spiders?

So it was like a Goblin King?

Deborane-san, are you sure? (Lanz)

Ive only heard about it in doc.u.ments and stories, but its color is red, and when it used its magic power, a golden crown pattern appeared on its body. That is a characteristic of the King Spider. (Deborane)

When I released bear wind magic, a jagged, gra.s.s-like pattern appeared on the red spiders body.

It is said among adventurers that if you encounter one, you should run away. You probably saw it, too. It moved fast, easily parrying my sword, dodging and withstanding your magic. Its attacks emit toxic threads, and its hard legs can pierce even iron armor. (Deborane)

The Goblin King also withstood the bear wind magic, but it inflicted damage. But against the red spider, the bear magic didnt feel like inflicting any damage. I couldnt compare them with just one hit, though. However, I could tell that the gigantic red-colored spider was strong.

Bear, I dont want to make the suggestion I made earlier. Im going to ask you straight to the point. Can you beat that thing? (Deborane)

Earlier?

You mean about going to the royal capital?

The impact of the red spiders appearance was so strong that I didnt know what he was talking about for a moment.

You must have felt the strength of that spider, too. (Deborane)

I felt it.

It was not something I would want to fight if I could.

Deborane-san, even an adventurer like me has at least heard of the King Spider. No matter how strong the bear is, that thing is impossible. (Lanz)

You beat the Goblin King and the Black Viper all by yourself, didnt you? (Deborane)

Deborane ignores Lanzs words and confirms to me again.

Are you trying to get me to do something? (Yuna)

Im just confirming. If you cant beat it, Ill withdraw from the spider fight. Please dont feel bad about it. (Deborane)

Dont you want to have materials from that spider? (Yuna)

Whats the point if I die before I can get any? There is a saying among adventurers that if you meet a king of monsters, you should run away. (Deborane)

If the armor was just hard, I should be able to kill it with bear fire from the inside. However, because of its size not being big enough, I could not use that strategy.

If I want to defeat it, I may have to use a series of bear magic attacks, like when I first defeated the Goblin King.

It should have appeared in the past, right? How did they defeat it then? (Yuna)

I dont know the details, but I heard that theyyou sacrificed a lot, hunted it down, and defeated it. (Deborane)

Many sacrifices

I could tell from that brief attack and defense alone that ordinary adventurers would be no match for it.

Even just one Giant Spider has the power to best an adventurer. A Giant Spider of that size if found in a village can be defeated with the right number of adventurers, but a King Spider, even with the right number, will still suffer from casualties. (Deborane)

I agree with that.

No matter how many adventurers you have, they would only end up as a pile of corpses if they were not capable.

If you cant defeat the King Spider, Ill let the villagers escape right now. Ill help you with that. (Deborane)

Deborane-san, to let everyone in the village escape (Lanz)

I couldnt possibly think that it would be possible with the number of people in the village.

Well use horses. (Deborane)

I saw several horses dead. We dont have enough horses. (Lanz)

In that case, well prioritize the young ones and leave the old ones behind. In the worst case scenario, the old ones can act as decoys for us to escape. (Deborane)

Deboranes words made me angry.

Does that anger you? Neither I nor Lanz can defeat the King Spider. If you cant either, then we can only escape with the villagers. And if we cant all escape, then its only natural that the young people who can rebuild the village should be the first to escape. (Deborane)

What Deborane was saying was right. It was a good argument.

Even adventurers could not defeat everything. If they could defeat any adversary, no one would have any trouble in this world.

And Deborane was only airing his opinion on what he could do.

In return, I would be the coward who had a way of letting everyone in the village escape but kept quiet because I didnt want my secret ability (of bear portals) to be exposed to the public.

I have no right to be angry with Deborane.

Deborane behaved more like an adventurer than I did.

If I did not want the populace to know about the transfer gate; if I wanted to protect the villages inhabitants, and if I could not accept Deboranes idea, then there is only one choice available: I had to go back to the village and defeat the King Spider.

All right. I will fight. No, I will defeat it. (Yuna)

Deborane grinned at my words.

I felt like Deborane was taking advantage of me, but it couldnt be helped. But I have bear equipment and bear magic. This was neither an ocean nor a small s.p.a.ce. I think I could not take it down with no effort.

But the problem was that King Spider had escaped into the village. If I used magic, the village and its people would be harmed.

I regret that I couldnt defeat it before it escaped into the village.

Well then, Ill head back to the village for now. (Deborane)

What do you plan to do? (Yuna)

Ill inform the village chief.That if you can defeat it, there will be no problem, but in case of emergency, well ask him to decide whether to flee the village or stay in the village as long as we could return to inform the Adventurers Guild in the Royal Capital. (Deborane)

It would be best if no one were harmed.

But we must also consider what would happen if I could not defeat it.

Either we all remain in the village and wait for the adventurers to gather, or only those who could escape will run away.

In the former case, they might all die. The latter would leave the weak behind.

If I didnt have the bear cheat ability, would I be able to make a decision like Deborane?

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