Chapter 298
298 Bear-san’s Journey in the Desert
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Is there a good place somewhere?
I looked around with
I have no plans at this time, but I would like to set up a Bear Gate .
There’s no limit to how many I can install Bear Gates and it will not be wasted if made it .
But I can’t buy a house or set up a bear house in town, so I’m looking for a hard-to-find place outside of town .
There are still many rocks in this area, so if I want to set up a Bear Gate, its better to make it in a big boulder .
I moved away from the road and went to a big chunk of boulder .
It seems that nobody comes around here .
I stopped when I found a boulder that looks good enough .
Is this a good spot?
I magically drill a hole in the boulder where a Bear Gate will be set up .
Then, I set up a Bear Gate a bit deeper in the hole .
Finally, I covered the hole with Earth Magic and hid the Bear Gate .
Is this good enough?
Whenever I use it, the hole will be pitch black, but I have to hide it so it can’t be helped .
Then I head back to the road .
As I travel with Swaying Bear along the road, I saw some thin objects that were not visible from the boulder .
Is that a pillar?
From here, it still looks like a thin stick .
As I move closer towards the bar it gradually became thicker and larger, enough to be recognized as a pillar .
As I approach the pillars, the ground at my feet gradually turns into sand and the rocks gradually disappears .
When I arrive at the pillar, the whole area turns into sand and it seems like this is the real entrance to the desert .
The pillars are as big as a large tree, it has the thickness of four or five people holding hands around it .
The height is surprisingly high .
I looked up .
Doesn’t it look like a 10-storey apartment building in the neighborhood?
I tried to touch it, I don’t know whether it was made by magic or not, but it feels sturdy .
I want to challenge myself to make the same thing, but I don’t want to surprise anyone, so I’ll restrain myself .
And when I look ahead, the second pillar can be seen .
Certainly, if aim for the pillar, I won’t get lost .
No matter how much skills I have for Bear Map, I will get lost if I didn’t know the destination .
But with this, I won’t get lost this time .
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I jump into Swaying Bear and head out for the second pillar .
[Well then, Swaying Bear . Aim for that pillar . ]
Swaying Bear started running after answering with
When I look at Swaying Bear’s feet, he’s running on the sand just like on a normal ground without being buried in the sand .
As expected of the summoned beast that God gave me .
He runs fast and has a lot of stamina .
He can run on water, so there is no problem with sand .
Moreover, there’s a high quality of
It is the finest gift .
It is a desert I’ve seen for the first time, but it may be a surprisingly beautiful landscape .
Perhaps that seems to be the impression that I have because of the Bear Equipment and the Bears .
Without it, I might have perceived it as a land of the dead and be forced to escape quickly .
As expected, there’s not so much in the desert .
I can see only sand .
Everywhere I look, it’s just sand, sand, sand .
There are only hills made of sand .
It is both beautiful and scary .
Looking up, the sun is blazing so severely .
Maybe taking off the Bear Costume, would make the surrounding hot enough to kill me .
My appreciation of the Bear Costume soar even more further .
[Swaying Bear, tell me if it gets too hot . ]
Swaying Bear speeds up after answering .
Apparently, he’s saying there’s no problem .
A black bear runs through the vast desert .
I imagine it’s a bit strange .
Whether in the original world or in the fantasy world, it may be the first time for having a bear in the desert .
If only I have a camera, I would take a picture to commemorate it .
The landscape is good, [The Desert and the Bear] .
Interesting combination .
Real photos, not synthetic . (TN: Photoshopped . )
It is a combination that you can never believe in this world or my former world .
Swaying Bear runs comfortably in the desert .
After a while, I arrived at the second pillar .
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And I can see the third pillar ahead .
Certainly, if I head towards the pillar, I will not be lost .
Blitz didn’t said it, but traveling in the desert seems to be monotonous .
In other places, like the forests or the mountains a lot of things can be seen, but there’s only sand here .
There are very little changes in the dunes .
The rest of the scenery is similar .
Can I leave it to Swaying Bear and sleep?
Sleeping while moving in the desert, would look like mocking the people who are seriously traversing the desert .
Also using the Bear House and the Bear Gate .
Before going to the next pillar, I will switch Swaying Bear to Hugging Bear .
Swaying Bear had been running since we left the town .
He might be tired because he is running in the desert .
These children do their best for me .
I don’t want them to keep running endlessly, even if they have infinite health and stamina .
I have two Bears, Swaying bear and Hugging Bear, so I just have to switch them .
[Thank you, Swaying Bear . ]
I stroke Swaying Bear’s head to show gratitude and returned him to the Bear Puppet .
Then I summoned Hugging Bear .
The black bear doesn’t fit in the desert, but so as the white bear .
Black bears are in the mountains, while white bears are on the snow, that should be the image .
[Hugging Bear, are you all right?]
Maybe there is a possibility that the resistance is different with Hugging Bear .
Hugging Bear cried
He looks fine to me .
For a moment, I thought Swaying Bear was strong in the heat and Hugging Bear was strong in the cold, but it seems that wasn’t the case .
Well, it seems that there is no such difference, because Swaying Bear can normally run on the snowy mountain .
But is it so hot?
I’ll try taking off my Bear Hood for a bit .
At that moment, the hot air slaps my face .
And I can feel my face getting hot .
[Ooh, hot!]
I immediately put on my Bear Hood .
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[What’s this? This heat? This is not a place where people should be! Is Hugging Bear really okay?]
I’m worried and looked at Hugging Bear .
But Hugging Bear looks neither struggling nor stuffy .
He just have a cute face .
He looked at me with [What?] face .
He really looks okay .
I now respect the people who travel in places like this .
God, thank you for the Bear Equipment .
I really wanted to say that .
I used to have such an idea, I felt that God made me the way he wanted me to be, so I am half thankful for the Bear Equipment and I am also thankful for giving me Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear .
[Then, Hugging Bear its scorching but please . ]
I stroke the lower chin of Hugging Bear and climb on his back .
Later, I need to give thanks to Swaying Bear as well .
If I don’t, he might pout later .
When that happens, they will not even look at me .
Hugging Bear ran through the vast desert .
He ran smoothly and the scenery gets boring .
I took out a cold drink from the Bear Box and drank it .
Keeping the drink outside, will make it warm quickly .
So I’ll put it back in the Bear Box as soon as I’m done drinking .
I’m thankful to the Bear Box as well .
I can infinitely store things, big things like Bear House, I can also store cold things and it will never get warm .
I am really grateful .
When Hugging Bear is running, he cried
I thought it’s a monster, but there are people traveling on a lizard ahead .
Maybe those are the ones who started earlier than me .
It’ll be troublesome if me and Hugging Bear were seen, so I want to overtake without them noticing .
However, it is difficult to overtake in a desert with wide visibility .
I just need a place to hide and overtake, but I cannot find one in this desert .
There are only sand dunes everywhere .
What now?
Let’s look at the map .
If I proceed within expectations, it is very likely that I might be able to do it .
For now, let’s move without catching up .
Surprisingly, the lizard was running fast .
The speed was surprisingly fast, so I have to make a big detour to pass .
While I was wondering what to do, they stopped at a third pillar .
I will make a big detour and overtake them while they’re resting .
I’ll use the hills made of sand to hide and proceed carefully .
I could see a wolf-like shadow at the end of the dune, probably because of the detour .
Is that a Sandwolf?
I stopped and looked at it, but it’s too far to confirm .
If it’s going to attack, I’ll just kill it .
Now I’m weighing myself down, just to defeat the attacking and dangerous monsters .
Normally, a wolf will not attack alone against something like Swaying Bear or Hugging Bear .
Occasionally they may attack if they think they can win as a pack .
How about this time?
I used Detection Magic .
Sandwolves are scattered around .
Looking at the detection skills, Sandwolves gradually begins to gather in one place .
And they slowly moves toward us .
Apparently, they recognized us as a prey .
I can escape with Hugging Bear, however .
If they attack, they might be a good souvenir for Fina .
Sandwolves had a reddish brown fur .
Normal wolf is gray, snow wolf is white, and sandwolf is reddish brown .
I got off Hugging Bear so that I can fight at any time .
While standing in the desert defenseless, Sandwolves slowly began to surround me and Hugging Bear .
Their number is about 10 .
It seems they thought they could beat Hugging Bear with this number alone .
When a Sandwolf howled, they attacked us simultaneously .
I evade the attacking Sandwolf and hit a Bear Punch on it’s torso .
Hugging Bear also countered with a Bear Punch .
Double Bear Punches explodes .
In addition, I shot an Ice Arrow at the head of the attacking Sandwolf .
Hugging Bear’s sharp claws slashed a Sandwolf .
And within just a few seconds of the battle, all Sandwolves have fallen on the sand .
It’s a weak meat diet .
If it didn’t attack, I didn’t even think it would .
This time, the Sandwolves who attacked are the bad ones .
For the time being, I was able to get some souvenirs for Fina .