The Bear

Night time had arrived in the caravan.

Damian was sleeping besides the fire were the other warriors were sleeping. He was relaxed with no worries as he had his hands behind his head sleeping.

Sarah was inside the goods carriage letting out deep breaths of hair as she was sleeping soundly by the cartons.

She was sleeping on a makeshift mattress and blanket made out of fur from the hunted wolves by Jonah.

She was snuggling up to the wolf fur as she was dreaming about her having her way with Jonah.

Jonah was the only one awake. He was looking into the stars as if trying to decipher the secrets of the heavens.

Just staring silently.

Contempating.

'There have been more and more wolves showing up, charging at the caraven.' Jonah thought.

Jonah was also noticing that there were a lot more beasts showing up other than wolves.

This didn't seem like just a beast tide.

"Huff..." Jonah let out a turbid breath at this thought.

They were cutting it close.

They weren't that far from Alron by now. They only had three more days before they reached that city.

The beasts roaming around had started increasing the more they went ahead. This wasn't meant to be the case in normal circumstances since the beast population usually lowered the closer they were to cities.

But the beast population was growing.

This had come completly out of left field. It should've been the opposite trend but instead the beasts were growing.

Jonah narrowed his eyes at this thought.

'That means they are getting faster.' Jonah analyzed.

But then Jonah grabbed his chin as he started thinking.

What could possibly scare them so much?

Jonah shooke his head.

He didn't know.

Jonah hadn't told Damian about his observations but he seemed to have already noticed.

'Damian has been ordering us to take breaks less often and has even sped up the speed of our horses slightly.' Jonah mused.

Damian hadn't told them to outright run yet since it could lead to panic between the carriage drivers.

Jonah knew the warriors could handle the pressure but the carriage drivers were another story.

Jonah nodded his head as he thought about Damian's decision.

It was a logical decision.

It was a decision he would have made as well.

Jonah started rubbing his hair as he showed a pensive expression.

He has been thinking for the three whole nights and it was starting to give him a headache.

His werewolf nature and cultivation made it easier for him to stay awake during the night. Especially when the moon was out.

This helped Jonah stay alert, while at the same time allow him to pass the time during the night.

But Jonah hadn't slept for some time as he continued to just think and think for the past few days.

He was just trying to tire his nervousness out as he analyzed multiple escape routes he could take if things went for the worst.

Maybe he should just leave right now and start running.

He would probably reach on time before the tide broke out.

Jonah shook his head again at this thought.

He narrowed his eyes and showed his steely determination.

He threw all of his thoughts of escape immediately out the window.

He couldn't leave behind Sarah.

She was his only friend.

But he also couldn't leave behind Damian.

He was Sarah's only family left.

Jonah was sure Sarah would be devestated if something happened to Damian.

Also he started to warm up to the guy a bit more.

Sure he was a sis-con but at least he wasn't cold and heartless towards his sister.

Damian cared about Sarah.

And Jonah was starting to notce that.

As Jonah was continuing his train of thoughts he suddenly squinted his eyes as something bright shone upon his face.

'Oh?' Jonah was slightly perplexed at this sight.

It was daytime now.

The sun was out.

Jonah groaned slightly from that sight.

He had promised himself he was only going to think for a bit then go to sleep after switching his spot.

Clearly that didn't happen.

Jonah begrudgingly got up from his seat and went to wake up everyone from the camp.

It was time for another day of travel.

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Sarah was sitting inside the goods carriage swinging her legs up and down by the side. Looking at the back of the road as she ate a apple with her right hand.

She was using her left hand to grip the edge of the carriage as kept herself stable from falling off the carriage.

Sarah took a bite again as she had an innocent, joyful smile on her face.

Damian had given this apple from the food portion of the goods carriage to keep Sarah quiet during the trip so she doesn't accidently mess herself up again like last time.

It was a burden to get rid of that carriage.

Sarah knew this and didn't complain. Instead she was very pleased with Damian even though he was treating her like a mother driving a car trying shut their kid up with McDonalds.

Sarah took a bite again to savour her apple.

'Mmmh, This apple's pretty good!' Sarah thought with joy.

They were already close the Alron by now.

They were only about 30 minutes away by now.

Sarah was in a merry mood as her swinging became even more exaggerated.

Sarah was excited at this prospect!

Finally!

The trip was finally over!

While she was eating her apple, Sarah decided to check up on her system and see what was going on.

[First Lycanthrope killed!]

[+500 Seduction Points!]

[Killed an ordinary wolf!]

[+100 Seduction Points!]

[Used Seductress' Blade!]

[-1000 Seduction Points deducted!]

[Current Seduction Balance: 4690 Seduction Points]

[Status:

Name: Sarah

Cultivation: Law Tempering: Tenth Stage

Attributes: All attributes are currently set to the mortal average. All stats are currently 10 points.

Skills: Body Malleability lvl 2, Seductress' Aroma lvl 1, Seductress' Blades lvl1 ]

Sarah smile froze for an instant.

It had gone down.

Her 5190 SP points had gone down to 4690 SP...

She felt a bit sad since she only got a 600 SP for killing that damn wolf!

But it didn't matter. She could easily earn all of that back and more after she has her fun with Jonah.

She was getting red cheeks as she imagined what they were going to do during their private time when the carriage suddenly stopped.

Roar!

'Was that a bear!?' Sarah had her mouth open from shock. She quickly got out of the carriage and took a peak around the corner to see what was happining.

What Sarah was met with was a gigantic red bear with a bleeding eye.

It was about 10 meters tall!

That was huge!

Everyone in the caravan were looking with shock.

What the hell!

Why was it so big!

Also why was it red!?

They were all frozen for an instant before they started charging around the bear surrounding it.

They were arranged in a formation as they were getting their weapons ready.

The spear bearers were in the front along side with an axe holder bearing shield on one arm while on the other they had their trusty axe!

There was only 2 shield bearers and 1 axe bearers in the formation. The other two warriors in this expedition was Jonah holding a greatsword and a female archer shooting from the back.

The archer wasn't aiming for the bear's eye in case she accidently angered it.

If they pushed it too far then it would go on a rampage. Killing all of them in an instant.

Jonah was in the front besides the spear bearers and the axe holder getting ready to strike the beast.

Damian was onsite as well with his sword. But the sword would just be like a pin prick to the bear. He was useless in this battle.

Everyone on the battlefield were paused. Sweat trickling down their cheeks as everything seemed to have stopped in this instant.

All sounds and sensations replaced with just the presence of their enemy.

These warriors were most likely going to die. It was going to be very difficult not to.

The bear had finally lost it's patience and swipt it's humongous paw towards the warriors.

The spear holders ran to the sides trying to pincer attack the bear. Dodging the heavy blow that was coming towards them.

The bear was standing upright so they went for it's legs, piercing the flesh of the bear.

They twisted their spears with great strength as they sent the bear toppling down.

The bear had lost it's balance with it's paw still swinging in the air.

The spear wielders were fast!

Jonah and the axe wielder had already blocked it's blow with extreme strain. Jonah taking most of the hit while the axe wielder puked blood from the shock of the strike.

Jonah yelled a warcry as he went for the head of the beast. Heaving the greatsword from the top slashing down.

But before he could reach the bear he suddenly saw it open it's mouth.

There was light coming from down it's throat.

Jonah squinted for an instant before his instincts started to scream t him in a panic!

Jonah loosened his grip on the greatsword and quickly ducked. Using the angle of his hand to point the tip of the greatsword towards the sky he twisted the handle to make the face of the greatsword point towards the bear's mouth. Using the greatsword as a momentary shield.

All of this happened in an instant before he was sent flying with a fire blast. His hair and clothes catching on fire as he drew an arc in the air.

"Jonah!" Sarah screamed with shock. Her eyes were wide open as she saw Jonah get blasted by a flame breath.

'Why the fuck can it breathe fire!' Everyone on-site though in unison.

Damian had wide eyes as he saw all of this happen.

They were fuck!

But that wasn't the end of their miseries.

The bear suddenly combusted into flames. It was blanket by a tornado of fire before it disappeared to reveal a burning bear.

The bear didn't seem to be hurt by the fire. At the same time it seemed to be almost made out of fire. It's previously bleeding eye now looking as if it was bleeding lava from it's veins.

It looked like an elemental made purely from fire.

How were they going to fight this!

They couldn't...

Sarah looked at everything with unending shock. Could her skills even do anything even if she tried? Her blades cost points and at the same time they only as long as a sword.

Sarah had no power.

she was seeing her death incarnated as a flame demon standing before her. Blocking her path.

'We were so close!' Damian thought with indignance as he had a fiery expression. Not refusing to die to such bullshit!

The bear roared again, but this time fire followed along his roar. Making a flaming pillar that reached towards the clouds.

But before the bear could make it's next move it suddenly froze.

Shing!

A split second later multiple large needles were piercing out of the bear's figure. Looking like a large flaming porcupine.

"Heh, thanks for making yourself so noticeable dumbass." A voice was heard as the bear tumbled to the ground.

A cultivator with a grey hair and a sword rested on his shoulder as he looked at the bear with greed.

He was finally going to get some essence stones to play with.