If you abandon all the arrogance and vanity of being a human being, and honestly speaking from a biological perspective: a single human individual can at most be regarded as an existence in the middle of the food chain in nature.
Humans don't have sharp teeth or claws, nor do they have strong enough muscles. Naturally, they cannot be compared with carnivores, which are also mammals, such as tigers and lions, but even compared with the more closely related primates, humans are often weaker.
A complete disadvantage.
Even if it is considered tall and powerful among humans, it will not end well when faced with a brown bear.
This is a situation where wisdom should be used to win, but——
The distance between the two sides, which had not been widened much to begin with, was getting closer and closer. Several times of charging, the huge male bear named Arakami had swept away a pile of snow on the nearby ground. The snow water quickly fell under the clear sky. The melting, crystal clear water reflects the figures of one person and one bear who are facing each other without giving in.
"Roar!!" The thick roar could be heard over a long distance, and the beast's fishy smell was expelled from its lungs, making it so thick that it made it difficult to open one's eyes.
It stepped on the ground with its broad soles, then pressed its whole body down slightly, then jumped up and slapped Henry on the head with its right palm with a claw that was more than ten centimeters long.
The sage who repeatedly avoided its attacks made it feel threatened. The wisdom brought by his age made Arakami understand that if human beings are not killed, they will bring more people with them next time when they escape. return.
It does not intend to give him any more chances, and will use the most brutal and direct method to ensure that this man can never move again.
so.
Henry can only take it hard.
"Bang!!" The huge impact force actually came into contact with the arm, and the bones and muscles screamed. Although he amplified the strengthening magic in an instant, he actively leaned forward to avoid the terrifying claws, and at the same time raised his big and small arms to increase the contact area, using his entire shoulder to bear the blow. But the slap of a brown bear is still not something humans can bear.
"Bah!" He had no choice but to shovel a large amount of snow with his right leg stretched out to the side.
But he took the slap from Alakami.
"Ha--" Henry let out a breath of white air, then lowered his weight and the muscles in his legs surged, and then kicked forward hard.
"Roar--" The huge brown bear staggered back as he pushed it, and the sage also seized this opportunity to raise the ax in his hand and hit it hard on the head.
"Bang!!" Its attack failed, but Henry's counterattack hit accurately. However, the powerful defensive ability of the brown bear's skull was revealed at this moment. The sage took advantage of the opportunity and the actual attack only made its head shake a little. After reacting, Alagami turned his head directly and opened his mouth. Biting towards his wrist.
"Crack——!!" He could only abandon the hand axe. The hand ax that failed to penetrate and was bounced off the skull was directly bitten by Alakami in his mouth, and then he swung the ax to the side and said "Whoosh——" Throwing it out, he rushed up again and bit Henry's throat.
"Hoo-ho!" The sage withdrew his right hand and put it close to his body. Then, the moment he exhaled a breath, he moved his calf again and punched it hard in the face, knocking it completely crooked.
Two consecutive attacks on the head made Alagami start to feel dizzy, and this was exactly the opportunity Henry wanted. He did not pursue the victory because he judged that Alagami would immediately swing his claws to fight back. Henry took advantage of this The gap moves to the left.
"Roar!" The old brown bear waved its powerful claws wildly, then chased after him, and then slapped him down again. But the snow that had been swept away by it before was also cleared of obstacles. This palm missed and hit the ground, only splashing a lot of soil. Without the snow impeding his movements, the sage quickly moved around to the side of Arakami's blind eye, stepped forward again, and then struck hard with a flying kick on its right forelimb. Shoulders.
"Ouch!" The brown bear's roars began to show pain after being hit hard one after another, but for the tenacious beast, this only made it more ferocious. It waved its claws wildly, forcing the sage to keep distance again. Once the powerful claws of the bear were touched, it would cause death or injury.
The two sides once again opened a small distance. Mira and Lulu, who understood that the current situation was not something they could intervene in, hid behind the trees, while the sage faced the huge brown bear who was grinning and breathing rapidly. , his expression remained calm.
How smart this bear is was once again shown. Although it was aching in many places after being attacked, it did not attack more crazily because of the pain. Instead, it stayed where it was and began to carefully look at what was in front of it. of this human being.
It's weighing the pros and cons, it's.
think.
The sage narrowed his eyes slightly. A thinking beast is far more dangerous than a brainless beast. He didn't think the bear would choose to retreat, and even if it did, it would definitely be just to recharge its batteries before coming back. It understands humans too well, and is the same as any other creature that has been recorded in folk myths around the world. These unique wild animal individuals usually have minds and physical abilities that surpass their own kind. To use the most appropriate way to describe it - —
They are so human.
Revengeful, able to think, and even able to endure hunger and pain beyond the instinct of beasts.
This is no longer a bear that exists in the natural cycle, because it has not been used for two hundred years. It was only then that the sage remembered the meaning of "Arakami" in the local language.
"Aragami"
In the Crescent Continent's aboriginal culture, which is dominated by polytheism, gods are not the only supreme and benevolent beings who protect mankind that the White Church believes in. Although the corresponding Rigal language of the vocabulary does have this meaning, the "gods" of Crescent Continent walk in a gray area. They can be good or evil.
"Aragami" is such a unique existence. It is a word used to describe monsters who are crazy about fighting and have lost their minds and live only for revenge and killing.
If such a word is placed on a bear, you can more or less guess something.
For bears that exist in nature, 60% of their food is berries, various tubers, and small insects. Although they are powerful and can hunt small and medium-sized creatures, they are not creatures that only eat meat like lions and tigers.
This bear is already out of touch with nature, and the sage can already feel it from its attacks and caution.
It is enduring hunger.
It overcame its animal instincts. Although it was skinny, when it looked at Henry, it was not looking at food, but at a threat and enemy.
Filling the stomach is only a secondary purpose of what it is meant to do.
Just kill everyone here.
Not to hunt; not to fill our stomachs. But for revenge, kill all the humans here.
This is a bear that has broken away from the natural cycle and evolved into a god of vengeance during the conflict with humans.
it's been.
Not an animal anymore.
Therefore, there is no need to keep it anymore——
"Bang——!" The battlefield was moved to the flat ground swept out by it. The sage's high speed could be used without reservation. He rushed forward but deliberately retreated to lure Arakami to attack, and then attacked again. He stretched out his hand, but instead of blocking the attack, he grabbed its right forelimb and then used the force from his waist to throw the brown bear's head sideways.
"Boom!!" With the snow as a buffer, this heavy throw didn't really have much effect, but in any martial arts, destroying the opponent's balance is just the beginning of a continuous move. He quickly got up and took advantage of the huge brown bear. Before it could react, I punched it hard and fast on the base of its ear.
"Bang!!" The lightning-like punch even knocked away the snow on the fur, and Arakami, who was hit hard in the cochlea, immediately began to feel tinnitus and loss of balance - but that was not all. At the end, Henry aimed at the eye on the left side that was not blind, and then punched hard again.
"Boom!" "Ouch!" He used all his strength to punch the brown bear, who was dizzy and unsteady, until he half stood up from four feet on the ground. He was more than two meters tall. Henry's huge body covered the sunlight in front of Henry, and the sage kicked off his feet again, rushed forward, hugged the huge brown bear's body that was shrunken due to lack of fat, and then used all his strength to lift it up completely. , and hit the ground hard.
"Bang!!" The huge body that had lost its fat and still weighed hundreds of kilograms came into close contact with the ground full of pebbles. The melted cold snow water immediately wet its fur, turning all the mixed-colored hair into Dark color.
Arakami had a broken canine tooth, his left eye socket was swollen, and his balance was messed up due to the impact on his cochlea. However, even so, he was still roaring and waving his limbs "Hiss--" and was kicked by his hind legs. The moment Henry's claws hit him, the thick warm clothes on Henry's body were torn apart again. He was lucky. If the huge brown bear's blow hit the belt a little lower, then his whole body would be ripped apart. The huge force caused him to fall to one side.
But even if you are lucky and only have your coat torn, this still gives the other party a chance to get back up.
This is one of the rare tough opponents in Henry's battles, except for those battles of a competitive nature. It is true that it is one thing that he does not have a powerful Claymore in his hands, but after the sage made up his mind to kill the opponent, he was able to stand up after so many attacks. This old bear's physique and perfect will It can be seen.
For human beings, creatures such as ligers, tigers, wolves, leopards, bears, and small and medium-sized dragon lizards are the most threatening.
Larger individuals, while generally stronger, are not necessarily more threatening.
Because just as huge pythons do not have venom, and the largest spiders and scorpions are also the least toxic, relatively small predators often evolve various other advantages than those that are simply the largest. Rely on brute force.
In the past, when we faced a huge crocodile that was ten meters long and weighed one ton in the swamp area, our Mr. Sage could easily deal with it. This was partly because he had a weapon in his hand at the time, and partly because of this giant crocodile. His attack method is very monotonous and his mind is not smart enough.
The intelligence level of reptiles is much lower than that of mammals. The wolf lizards that exist in the southern part of the Rigal continent are even one of the main prey of the local forest leopards - even though the two sides are of similar physical size, the wolf lizards even move in groups.
Large predators with only brute strength and low intelligence are biological individuals that have developed a single weapon to the extreme.
These creatures, especially those of the order Mammalian Carnivora, which are of medium size, have adopted an all-purpose form that is balanced in all aspects and has excellent adaptability.
The huge brown bear, which the locals call "the God of Desolation" with 70% fear and 30% hatred, is scarred but still roaring.
Its ferocity is unparalleled even among its kind.
But for some reason, that gesture was a bit sad.
"Bang——!!" "Click!!" The unresponsive brown bear was hit hard on the chin, and Henry punched it so hard that its jaw was dislocated.
"Roar!!" It stood up again, but its movements were slow because its cochlea was hit hard and its only eye was swollen and painful. Before its right forelimb was fully raised, Henry moved forward and grabbed the entire thick, smelly brown bear paw.
Then, the sage twisted his body and pressed down hard.
"Crack!"
"Ouch!" After the joints were reversely twisted, Arakami lost support and fell to the right. It still wanted to use its left paw to scratch and fight back, but its body, which was already exhausted after several injuries, now It finally began to bite back. The blurred vision and the lack of balance caused by the inner ear made it unable to judge the direction clearly, and the sage quickly returned to the place where it first charged, on the compacted snow. Among them, he found the short spear with a broken pole, and walked up to it again with the front piece.
"rest in peace."
"Roar!!!" The huge brown bear, with two broken canine teeth, blood stained and crooked jaw, still roared unwilling to be outdone.
Aiming at the neck of his opponent who had been crippled and unable to resist, Henry stabbed the sharp weapon accurately.
"Teacher, be careful!" Mira warned from behind, but the sage had already distanced himself before that.
The blood of the old bear whose carotid artery was cut quickly dyed his fur red. However, he still roared and waved his claws in an attempt to kill the enemy in front of him. And after missing, he wailed and rushed towards the bush that he had come out of before, trying to find a safe place to rest.
It first charged wildly in the deep snow, then its movements became more and more sluggish, and finally it became a staggering step and then resting for a while.
Hot and smelly bear blood dripped all the way, and the bright red color looked extremely eye-catching on the dazzling snow.
Arakami struggled and walked a dozen meters away before falling to the ground.
The two girls who came out from behind the trees stood behind Henry, and the three of them watched this scene in silence.
It is still struggling, even if it falls down, it is still trying its best to get up.
The wound Henry had inflicted was undoubtedly fatal, but it still struggled.
When everything finally calmed down, it was already quite some time later.
After finally twitching, and then raising its neck as if to roar, but only making a slight "hiss" sound of airflow, it lay down on its huge head with its eyes open.
"..." Mira swallowed, not daring to step forward because she was not sure whether the other party was really dead.
Lulu walked up quietly. Despite her petite body and light weight, she was very nimble when walking in the snow.
She held the hunting spear that had been converted from a mountain knife and looked at the huge brown bear lying in the snow, its hair covered with dirt, blood, and dark colors wet with snow water.
"Pacunes Pasch (RIP)."
"Arakami (O God of Desolation)."
Say it in the language of the barbarians.
