"I don't know......"

Kirito replied helplessly, how could he possibly know when the monster named "Lord of the Forest" would come?

"Don't wait, it's coming."

Kirito didn't know when the "Lord of the Forest" would come, but Ling Ze had already spotted the monster's traces.

The heavy earth-shaking sound was transmitted rapidly, and soon, a small mountain-like body appeared in their field of vision.

The monster was seven or eight meters tall, with a gray fur, each hair as thick as a needle, its two eyes shining bright red, its sharp fangs peeking out of its mouth, its limbs as thick as logs, its hands had huge claws like short knives, and a long, black and sharp horn on its forehead.

"Is this guy a bear? It also has horns. ”

Klein complained, in order to relieve the pressure in his heart, he regretted a little in his heart, looking at the size of this monster, it is obviously not an ordinary elite monster, I am afraid that it is not a boss-level monster weaker than the "node BOSS"! It's too reluctant for them to come to the strategy as a team!

On the head of a huge beast that looks like a bear, but is definitely not an ordinary bear, a crimson figure buoy appears, and the name displayed on it is "King Bear Um".

"Woooo

The huge beast let out a low roar that didn't look like a bear at all, and its tall body stood upright to obscure the sky, turning the surroundings of the "Wind Forest Volcano" team into darkness, completely covered in its shadows, and only its bright red eyes could be seen.

"This, this, this ......"

Asuna's mouth opened in surprise, she looked nervous and helpless, for she was the one who had come to the Lord of the Forest, hoping to fulfill the old man's wish and to get the best ship possible.

However, the strength of this "Lord of the Forest" is obviously a little beyond her understanding, and if there are casualties in the "Wind Forest Volcano" team for this mission, then Asuna will definitely not be able to forgive herself.

"Hurry up, I'll cut off the queen!"

Asuna, who was anxious and had already thought of a lot of things, was obviously a little too nervous, and she was ready to sacrifice herself before the battle began.

Listening to Asuna's scream with a trill, Ling Ze only felt that this girl was really cute, she was very responsible and ready to sacrifice herself, but how could these men present leave her? After all, they are a team, and the decision to come to the "Lord of the Forest" was not made by her alone, and everyone should take responsibility for this result.

"Don't be too nervous, Asuna, this guy is big, but with this size, it shouldn't be too agile to move, as long as we keep shuttling between the trees and don't confront it, this forest that belongs to it will become its constraints."

Ling Ze laughed and calmed Asuna, and his calm performance also calmed down the other companions who were also very nervous although they didn't make a sound.

The normal-sized "Black Bears" who had fought with them before were very fond of using straight line rush attacks, so Ling Ze's words still gave them some confidence.

"Don't think so much, get ready to fight!"

Ling Ze commanded them, in normal times, he was rarely responsible for commanding, and he let them discuss and command on their own, but in this unexpected situation, in the face of a completely unfamiliar monster like "King Giant Bear Um", Ling Ze felt that he had to take over the command to relieve their pressure and let them all concentrate on the operation.

"Woolulu!!"

"King Bear Um" roared again and opened his massive jaws, his attack swinging forward somewhat unexpectedly.

Ling Ze's premonition alarm bell sounded, and a blurry picture appeared in his mind, in the picture, the depths of the throat of the "King Giant Bear Um" began to flash with a beautiful and vicious red light, and there was a special effect of fire around the red light.

"Jump into the fountain and take shelter! It's fire breath! ”

Ling Ze immediately realized the problem, hid behind the stout old tree, and then let the bear, who only knew how to rush forward stupidly, hit his head against the tree to cause a coma effect, and it was obviously not feasible to encounter this "fire breath".

Because this "Flame Breath" is different from the "Lightning Breath" spit out by the second floor boss "Bull King Astrios", the "Fire Breath" has the property of being able to bypass obstacles to a certain extent, even if the tree that is an obstacle can survive the attack of "Fire Breath", the person hiding behind it is likely to be burned to charcoal, after all, the flame is more explosive.

"That's right!"

Kirito followed up and added, he also found out that there was a problem with the attack of the "Great King Giant Bear Um", and the information about the "Flame Breath" was still what he told Ling Ze when he talked about it just now, so he was naturally able to react.

The springs that had been complained about by the "Wind Forest Volcano" team before had suddenly become their life-saving saviors, which made people have to suspect that these springs, which are small in diameter but have quite deep water, may have been prepared for this, in order to facilitate the fight against this monster.

At the same time that everyone jumped into the mouth of the spring without hesitation, orange flames burst out from the mouth of the "King Giant Bear Um", and the terrifying "Flame Breath" fanned out past the place where the "Wind Forest Volcano" team had just been.

"Tut-tut, it's no different from magic."

Looking at this "Burning Plains" general scene, Ling Ze couldn't help but complain, at this time he was standing on the high branches of a giant tree, in addition to burrowing into the underground spring, it was obviously a good way to climb to a high tree, after all, this "King Giant Bear Um" only had one mouth, and his "Flame Breath" would definitely not be able to target everyone, let alone really be able to hit so accurately.

The "Flame Breath" raged on the ground for nearly five seconds or so, and a terrifying heat wave swept through everything around, but probably because the forest was already very humid, the flame did not have a tendency to cause forest fires, but was quickly extinguished after the "King Bear Um" stopped spewing out.

"This guy is definitely not a bear ......"

After the "Flame Breath" stopped, Kirito, Asuna, and Klein rushed out of the heated spring water, and although the water did not heat up to the point of boiling for five seconds, the feeling of the water gradually rising still made them very frightened in the water.

The ground was scorched black by the flames, and smoke was constantly rising, and some of the ancient trees that bore the brunt of the attack were not falling, but they had turned into white charcoal, and if they hid behind the trees, they would never be able to escape this kind of attack.

Ling Ze had already changed his position, and although the tree he was on was far away, it was almost unable to hold on.

"Whether it's a bear or not, I don't think we have much chance of winning, should we retreat? With insufficient preparation and intelligence, it is too dangerous to challenge this powerful enemy! ”

Klein retreated again, and he couldn't be blamed for it, because most of the people in the "Wind Forest Volcano" wanted to run now, and it was difficult for this unknown and powerful monster to attack directly.

"At least collect more information, master this bear's attack pattern, and only next time can we defeat it, let's collect information on it while retreating."

After the initial shock, Asuna quickly regained her composure, agreeing with the idea of retreating, but planning to gather more information about the monster.

"No problem, just do it."

The crowd quickly came to an agreement and began to act.

The reason why they didn't choose to run with their heads down was because as long as there was a spring, they should be able to avoid the monster's "fire breath" unscathed.

"As a monster on this level, it shouldn't have any other special attacks, as long as it can use the big tree to resist physical attacks, and use the spring to resist magic attacks, this guy has no choice, it's not impossible to kill it!"

Kirito reminded his companions loudly, which surprised everyone, didn't he say that he would withdraw while fighting? Why are you murderous again?

But at this time, they didn't bother to give advice, because the terrifying giant bear had already begun to act.

"Stay out of the way!"

Ling Ze reminded loudly, but he himself was not too nervous, after all, the level advantage was here, the level of the fourth layer of the "elite BOSS" was not as high as him, although in terms of numerical value, this BOSS must be much stronger than him, but he could still touch this BOSS, but he would not even dare to fight head-on.

King Bear um begins to make a four-legged stride, and its size is even more exaggerated than that of the second level of the Bull Bau, which seems to be able to shake the earth.

However, although its breakthrough was exaggerated, this forest did have a great restriction on this monster, but the restriction was not as great as Ling Ze had imagined.

Because the long horn in front of this monster's forehead is like a giant axe, all the giant trees in front of it are directly and easily cut off by its small head.

The sharpness of the sharp horns was terrifying, like a giant's weapon, and the broken tree was a piece of cake.

"That's an exaggeration, isn't it? But if you think about it, it's understandable. ”

Ling Ze thought in amazement, after all, this guy is known as the "Lord of the Forest", if the forest has considerable restrictions for it, then it does not need to stick to the forest, after all, with this guy's strength, it can also gain a firm foothold in other places, and in this real SAO world, there will not be such obvious weaknesses.

"Does anyone know what a bear's predator is?"

Kirito felt that his idea was ridiculous, this guy was really not a monster they could deal with now.

After all, they had only just come to the fourth layer for a short time, and they hadn't had time to improve their level and "sword technique" proficiency.

"Although I'd love to say that this guy isn't a bear, even if it's a bear, in the real world, large bears have few natural predators."

Asuna's expression was serious, and she felt that it was time to give up the idea of continuing to try, this "Lord of the Forest" was too dangerous.

"I do know that bears have natural predators, but I'm afraid it's hard for us to find them, after all, among the 10,000 players who participate in the Neon game, there may not be any old hairy."

Ling Ze made a little joke, when it came to the natural enemies of bears, it was really only the fighting nation Lao Maozi in the north.

"What does that mean?"

Ling Ze's words made everyone confused, obviously they didn't understand the stalk about "Bear and Lao Maozi".

"It's nothing, it's not so much that it's useful, haven't you all noticed? The bear was unable to move immediately after exhaling and breaking the tree, and although it did not fall into a coma or vertigo, it did have such a stiff movement. ”

Ling Ze shook his head, no longer joking, but told his discovery, this monster is such a supermodel, it must also have a corresponding strategy.

Although it is no longer possible to stun by hitting a tree, a short stiffness is still an opportunity, and the action mode of "King Bear Um" is not complicated, as long as you keep focused, you have a chance to win, after all, this is only an elite boss.

"It's really good to defeat it, you take a closer look, the tree that was broken by this guy, but it also dropped items, those woods, should also be props to improve the evaluation of the task, it is estimated that it can only be obtained by guiding this bear to hit the tree, and the design of this task is really a link."

Ling Ze felt that Kayaba Jinghiko still had two tricks, although the old man who gave them the task did not say that he still needed any special wood, but now this kind of wood that fell out through a magical method was obviously not simple.

"Good! Let's do it together! Take the opportunity to give the Lord of the Forest a few hard blows, and let him know that we are awesome! ”

Seeing that Ling Ze still insisted on fighting the "Lord of the Forest", Klein finally chose to trust Ling Ze's judgment.

After all, Ling Ze's prestige among them was still very high, and Ling Ze's discovery did give them a chance.

"King Bear Um" stops moving for about 10 seconds after colliding with the tree, and stops for about 5 seconds after spitting out "Flame Breath", so as long as they can use this short time effectively, they can achieve their goal of killing this guy.

"Come on, let me try your color first."

Now that the combat policy has been determined, the "Wind Forest Volcano" team immediately entered the state, Ling Ze, as the existence of the "main tank" who often makes cameo appearances, took the initiative to take on the task of luring the enemy into hitting the tree, because Jerome and their "Zhengyin Tank" are too slow, so only he is the most suitable, after all, even the "main tanks" with rough skin and thick flesh may not be able to resist the terrifying impact of this monster, and the importance of agility is reflected at this time.