Chapter 3: The Cave Bear
Randster rushed forward and plunged his sword into the head of the ferocious cave bear, and the beast opened its foul mouth and let out a howl of rage. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The flames gathered in the mage's hand erupted from her hand at the right time, and the entire fireball smashed into its mouth. The loud explosion fanned out with the cave bear's broken teeth, tongue, and splattered blood, and the pain caused it to stand on its feet like a human, and let out a bear roar that shook the entire forest.
Thrown off his back by the mad beast, Lancet jumped to Moria's side and took a defensive stance.
It took about half a minute for the brutal elite beast to fall silent.
The massive loss of blood made it lose its violent nature, and its originally hard jaw was directly blasted into pieces by the female mage's spell.
Now it was like mud and it was lying on the ground, looking like it was dying.
"It's not as fragile as you think, don't go there." Lancet stopped the female mage from trying to go over and take a look, and the vitality of this elite cave bear was absolutely tenacious beyond her expectations.
Sure enough, the cunning beast launched its final attack, and with the last of its strength it kicked its hind legs, and pounced on Lancester with its jawless mouth and two broken teeth.
"As long as you are familiar with the characteristics of this beast, you can do twice the result with half the effort when you deal with it." At this time, he did not forget to "give lessons" to the female mages around him.
Randster grabbed the magic sword in both hands and stabbed forward, the sword piercing through the bear's mouth and into its soft throat.
He held his bottom plate to resist the beast's forward charge, allowing its corpse to freeze in this instant.
Then Lenster drew his sword into the bear's throat, and its body fell to the ground with a thud.
"Don't be afraid if you are plotted by it, at this time, this big guy can basically be said to be at the end of the crossbow, as long as you dodge calmly, it has no strength to use the next move."
Lancet wiped the blood from his sword on the black-brown bear skin and neatly put it into its scabbard. He kicked the corpse of the elite monster with one foot, wondering how much the intact bear skin would be worth.
Maybe it can be sold for a good price in Aden.
It took Lancet a long time to peel off the entire bearskin, carefully rolled it up and put it in the dimensional bag, then cut off the jawless bear head and hung it on the side of the rune black horse's saddle.
"Going back?" Moria, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground copying spells and ritual scrolls, saw him hang the bear's head on the horse's back, and began to pack up her belongings.
Lancet went over to help her put the blank scroll in order, and looked up at the ravens hovering in mid-air.
"Ed, let's go inside the cave and take a look, you keep an eye on me, don't let people steal my loot." The witcher was referring to the bear's head hanging from the horse, of course.
"Nothing escapes my eyes, don't worry, master." Ed let out two hoarse hisses, and in the blink of an eye, he hid his form.
Watching the mage pack the scrolls into the dimensional bag, Lanster nodded at her, and the two of them walked towards the cave.
Illuminated by the light of the light at the tip of Moria's wand, the entire narrow interior of the cavern can be seen.
Ranster took a cursory examination of the small place, and the doubts in his mind began to grow slowly.
He knew that the cave bear was accustomed to keeping its nest deep underground and accustomed to the darkness, so at first he thought it was the place where the beast would eat after hunting.
He did find a lot of rotten or fresh pieces of meat here, but there was something incongruous about this place, except for the half of the stag that the cave bear had eaten before.
What is it?
Lancet frowned, looking around the small area again.
"These can't be human flesh, right?" The female mage also found some rotten flesh left over from the cave bears in the cave and covered her mouth and nose in disgust.
"Why is there so much meat here and there, and don't these beasts like to eat bones?" Moria walked quickly to the ventilated hole, and she couldn't stand the stench of rotting flesh and couldn't help but complain.
Bone?
Lancet was stunned for a moment as he listened to the female mage's words, and then he quickly and carefully inspected every area of the place, discovering a fact.
"There were no bones, no human clothing or other items, but it was clear that there was flesh from various parts of the human body." He gradually had an idea in his mind.
Could it be that the beast in this cave was raised by whom?
Ranster's brow furrowed as he came to such a conclusion.
If someone were to raise this beast with people from the North County, they wouldn't have to give the shaved flesh to the cave bear, right? It stands to reason that this place must have a lot of human bones and other objects, but there is nothing but meat.
That is to say......
"Those bones are what the owner of this cave bear wants." Lancet rubbed his aching brow, and things were getting a little more than he expected.
Who can use human bones in this day and age?
Necromancers use human bones as casting materials for certain spells, but according to the number of missing people here according to Tavernkeeper Todd, enough bones have been collected to be used by several necromancers for years.
This is clearly unrealistic.
Just as Lancet pondered the answer, Ed's hurried voice came over his head.
"Master, I found two big guys going towards the cave where you are, it's two!"
The roar of a bear from outside the cave confirmed his suspicions.
The other party's small pet is really more than the one just now.
The female mage had apparently heard the voice as well, and she neatly put on her shield spell and looked at the witcher who had walked to her side.
"Remember what I just taught you? Now it can come in handy. Lancet drew his sword behind him and headed for the entrance of the cave.
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Near the entrance of the cave, two cave bears saw the decapitated and skinned bodies of their dead companions, and they let out an earth-shattering roar and rampaged through the forest, as if to vent their anger.
When they saw the two men coming out of the cave, they immediately roared and pounced on them from different directions.
"One for each person." Ranster said.
The mage replied with a spell condensed at the tip of her wand, and a ray of purple cold shot straight towards the cave bear that pounced on it.
The freezing cold struck the beast in the front leg, and the ice quickly enveloped its entire leg, causing the unbalanced Cave Bear to fall to the ground.
Then a hypnotic shot struck the cave bear in the head, and with the female mage's seeming gaze and soft-whispered incantation, it had temporarily become Moria's thug, and pounced on his companion beside Lenster.