That's a black bear!
Unlike other bears, it is so large and looks so aggressive. It crawled and stood upright, waving its claws in the air, breaking several trees along the way.
Judging from the direction of the black bear's travel, it did not notice the presence of John and the two, but headed towards the herbivore bait covered in blood. This guy was obviously attracted by the smell of blood.
John immediately put away his dagger and returned to the stone to squat down. "Why didn't I expect that the rotten smell of the corpse would attract ferocious beasts and put the two of them in such a dangerous situation?" John blamed himself, but There is no use regretting now, it is better to use the limited time to think about how to deal with this behemoth.
Based on John's experience, he tried his best to gesture to Stritch, telling her in the most understandable way he thought not to make any noise to let the black bear feel the threat.
But everything soon became in vain. The black bear's deep eyes looked at the deer that John had not had time to dissect. This was the largest prey they captured, and it was also the food that was more likely to be favored by a bear besides the two humans.
The deer's body was next to John, so when the black bear gradually approached, John hid on the other side of the stone to avoid being directly looked at by the black bear.
As expected, the black bear opened the deer's belly with its paw and began to eat. John saw that the main food was missing. What was more worrying was that he didn't know whether he could leave this ghost place alive.
The huge figure of the black bear blocked John's sight, so he couldn't see Stritch, let alone pass instructions to her. "I don't know what Mrs. Manstar would do in this situation." John thought in his heart.
Ouch——
The monster roared again, its sharp snout pressed against a bloody large intestine, and a palm-sized piece of meat rolled back and forth between rows of ice pick-like teeth, and finally slipped into its esophagus.
"Damn it, this feast that was supposed to belong to the gang was instead enjoyed by an animal." John said harshly, and at the same time he secretly decided to make the beast pay the price.
But at present, John is at an extreme disadvantage. There is no possibility of killing the black bear now. Only John can get his own gun and use the firepower of bullets to compete with the bear.
So how do you get the weapon? Stritch was on the other side of the blind spot, and Black Pearl was running far away. Besides, the black bear was about to finish the food in front of him and raised his head.
"Will Black Pearl come by herself?"
John couldn't help but ask in his heart, Black Pearl is his comrade and brother, and he has a very deep relationship with him, but it is a horse after all, and it will be afraid when facing more dangerous animals. John cannot place his hope on it. Black Pearl came closer by herself.
Ouch——
The roar of the black bear came again. This time it didn't sound like a roar of authority, but a kind of struggle, as if it was being hurt in some way. When the black bear turned around, John understood everything.
Stritch was lying on the back of the black bear, with the dagger in his hand inserted into the black bear's neck. The blood flowed down the dark hair and blended into a strange deep purple color.
"Mrs. Manstar?" John looked at Stritch in front of him in surprise. He could never imagine how she had the courage and strength to jump onto the broad bear's back and insert the dagger into the thick bear skin.
"John, this guy is not dead yet, think of a solution quickly." Stritch said through gritted teeth. It seemed that she could no longer hold on.
He only reacted when he heard Stritch calling for John. It can be said that Stritch also thought of a way to relieve the siege, so he decided to sacrifice himself to buy time for John.
"Black Pearl!" John whistled and called Black Pearl's name. He knew that Stritch might fall off the bear's back at any time, and he had to seize the opportunity.
Finally, Black Pearl also realized the crisis of the situation and ran to John with a chirp. Stritch's mount also neighed and raised its front hooves towards the black bear, trying to rescue Stritch who was in danger. Her horse is called Tianmei, but it is not sweet at all at this time. Just like her owner, she looks like a brave female warrior.
John drew the roller-lock rifle from his saddle, the most powerful weapon he owned.
"Stritch, jump down!" John shouted to Stretch, and he found himself calling Stretch by his first name for the first time.
Stritch was also shocked when he heard this name, and then he broke free from the bear's back and fell heavily to the ground.
After breaking free from the restraints, the black bear used its huge palm to slap the dagger off its neck. It seemed that the short hand knife did not cause much damage to it, but the same could not be said for the gun in John's hand.
Pulling the bolt - opening the dead eye - aiming - pulling the trigger, John made an action that he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, and then the first bullet came out like a whirlwind and hit the black bear in the chest. It clearly felt the powerful impact and quickly took a few steps back, but the injury was not fatal. It recovered immediately and rushed towards John with hatred and anger.
Seeing that the beast was getting closer, John hurriedly pressed in a second bullet and fired again, this time hitting the black bear's injured neck, but it did not stop because of this, but shook its bloody head. Keep charging.
That's too late! The black bear was getting faster and faster. John held the third bullet but had no time to reload.
At this critical moment, John activated the Eyes of Death, as if he wanted to extend this moment of life.
In the light orange Death Eye field of vision, John saw the black bear jumping into the air, but his legs were as motionless as if they were filled with lead. The Death Eye could only delay the passage of time and had no effect on speeding up the body movements.
Suddenly, a golden bullet hit the black bear's left eye, and white body fluids splashed out in an instant and dispersed forward.
After two seconds of slowing down, John automatically closed the Eye of Death due to the consumption of energy. The black bear's body collided head-on with John's body, and the two bodies rubbed against the ground for a long distance before stopping.
"Ah, this disgusting thing."
John looked at the messy bear head in his arms. The vest and lining were soaked in red and white paste. The black bear was still breathing heavily and looked dying.
John clicked the pistol, and the result was that he stood up exhausted after being frightened for the past few minutes. There was a sharp pain in his chest, and then he fell down again with his eyes blackened.
