Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

Bear-san Fight’s the Slime (2)

Kagali-san and I put a distance between ourselves from the Slime for a moment.

“Yuna, you have no other way? You must have some kind of bear power.”

“Do you have any special move, Kagali-san? You’re a fox, right?”

“As I said before, I have not regained my powers as I had hoped. Simply put, I am not powerful enough to use magic while flying in the sky. I underestimated the Slime’s capabilities.

I was not so sure about that.

I never thought that magic would be so ineffective.

Even if I tried to destroy the inside of its body, it would be immediately ejected. Even if I tried to use lightning magic, it would diffuse in the process.

Actually, I was optimistic because of my bear magic and lightning magic.

I had no idea that giant Slime would be so troublesome.

Even in games, I had never fought a Slime this big. At most, it was as big as a person, maybe a little bigger.

I doubt anyone had ever fought a Slime big enough to cover a part of a town.

“Well, what are we going to do now?”

Kagali-san looked at the Slime from a distance.

The least we could do was ensure its movements were slower than expected.

Strength really was not proportional to appearance.

The biggest problem was that magic could not be controlled once inside Slime’s depths.

How to manipulate magic at a distance….

The word “manipulate” reminded me of the time I was with Marina and the others in the town of Shirin when we were defeating moles.

Elle was manipulating magic by putting water magic into the mole’s hole.

I explained to Misa that it would be harder to manipulate it if it was removed from her hand, but easier to control it if it was still connected to her hand.

That was what I was told at that time.

“Kagali-san, can I try something?”

“Yeah.”

Kagali-san looked for the magic tools, and I moved to a position where I could see them.

“I think I’ll try around here.”

I created a rope from my Bear Puppet. The rope was made with earth magic.

I then stretched the thin rope of earth made with earth magic towards Slime.

The rope that came into contact with the Slime from the mouth of my Bear Puppet and went inside.

It was being dissolved as I expected, but I supplied it with more earth magic to reinforce the rope each time it did so.

And as I went deeper into the Slime, the earth magic was still connected to me, so I could still operate the magic.

Well, if wireless was not an option, I would use it wired.

Even in games, the wired connection worked better than the wireless one, and it never cut off.

Another example would be a wireless cell phone charger. If you take it away from the charger stand, it won’t charge. But if it was connected to a cable, it would still charge no matter how where you placed the phone, as long as the wire could reach it.

This time, I was the machine that supplies magic power, and the earth-magic rope served as the cable.

And if I could not connect wirelessly, I decided to use wired instructions.

The earth magic, extended like a cable, goes deep inside Slime’s body.

No matter how deep inside, it can be manipulated. I extend the earth magic toward the magic tool.

“I see, so you keep the magic power flowing. I guess, that is only possible because Yuna has a large amount of magic power.”

But unexpectedly, it was difficult to keep the magic power flowing because the earth magic was being melted.

But if I used earth magic to grab the magic tool and crush it, that would be the end of it.

“Almost there.”

When the earth magic stretched like a rope was about to catch the magic tool, the magic tool moved.

“It dodged!?” 𝑏𝑒𝘥𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝘭.𝘯𝑒𝑡

The rope of earth magic passed through the side of the magical tool.

I aimed at the magical tool to pull back the rope of earth magic, but again it evaded me.

Finally, it moves out of sight to the back of its body.

I suspended my earth magic, making the rope dissolve with its magic power supply removed.

“Is it protecting the tool?”

I could only assume so.

“But I don’t think Slime has the intelligence to protect magic tools.”

“Perhaps, but it may have been the created who placed a formula together to protect it from being broken?”

There was a large number of magic tools made. It was created with the intention of manipulating the huge Slime. Even with a normal-sized Slime, it would become a big problem if the magical tools were to break.

“It could be. It’s a tricky thing to deal with.”

Well, it could also be possible that the Slime had a will and was protecting the magic tool, different from what Kagali-san said.

Then again, I tried several times and the biggest problem I had was making the magic tool move far away from me.

The further away they were, the more difficult it would be to track them.

Moreover, if they entered our blind spot, I could not do anything.

Kagali-San would give me instructions from above, but I could not see them from my side.

Even if I wanted to move, I would have to make a big detour.

The only one who could follow the magic tools was Kagali-san, who could fly.

Also, as a matter of fact, the longer the earth magic was, the more magic power I had to keep pouring into it so that the part protecting the earth magic would not dissolve.

“Kagali-san, can you carry me and fly?”

Only I could attack the magic tool inside the Slime.

And only Kagali-san, who could fly, could chase after it.

Then all I have to do was to have Kagali-San take me along when flying.”

“Do you want to ride on a little girl like me?”

“No, I am not going to ride Kagali-san as a little girl. I just thought maybe for a short time you could become a big fox and let me ride on your back.”

I have no interest in riding Kagali-san as a little girl.

I could not let people see me in a stuffed bear costume riding on top of Kagali-san as a little girl.

“I don’t really want to look transform into that since I’m not in good shape yet.”

“You can’t?”

Then I would have to come up with another idea, but I couldn’t think of one immediately.

“…It’s not that I can’t do it. However, it will consume a lot of magic power, so I won’t be able to do anything except fly.”

“All you have to do is carry me and chase after the magic tools.”

“Okay. I will give you a ride if you can destroy that magical tool.”

Kagali-san agreed and took off her clothes.

Naked, Kagali-san’s body glows gold, and her body transformed. Her face becomes pointy, her arms and legs turn into animal feet, her body is covered in golden fur, transforming her into a big fox. At the same time, her body grows large enough for me to ride her.

“Here, get on!”

I placed the clothes Kagali-san had taken off in my bear box and climbed onto her back.

“Here we go. Hold on tight, I can’t help you if you fall into Slime.”

Unlike Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, there was no fall protection.

If I fell into Slime, it would be the end of me.

Kagali-san flew with me on her back.

After all this time, I think this might be the first time I’ve flown. If this wasn’t the time to take down Slime, I would have enjoyed it.

Unlike Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, it was unstable. If I didn’t ride it properly, I might really fall off.

“There it is!”

Kagali-san’s ears twitched as she discovered the magic tool. I firmly clamped Kagali-san’s body to prevent myself from falling, put magic power into my Bear Puppet, stretched out the earth magic like a rope, then chased after the magic tool inside the Slime.

Then, when the magic approaches, it was avoided in the same way as before.

I, on Kagali-san, continued to chase after the magic tool.

“How can it move so fast!”

It avoided me the moment I touched it.

It was difficult to catch it.

The longer the earth magic goes on, the more disadvantageous it becomes for me.

Then, if one didn’t work, two should do.

I sent out another earth magic from my other Bear Puppet, and chased the magic tool that escaped. Nevertheless, the Slime’s body was so big that chasing it was troublesome.

I could chase around if it were near the surface of the Slime, but chasing further inside the Slime’s body was difficult.

Finally, I managed to trap the magic tool, which had lost its escape route, and pushed it out of the Slime.

“Got it.”

Just when I thought all that remained was to destroy it, a part of Slime stretched out, seized the magic tool, and returned it to its body.

It was an in an instant, and neither Kagali-San nor I could react fast enough.

“Again!”

I tried to push the magic tool out of the Slime in the same way, but it was immediately taken back into my body again.

“Yuna, can’t you catch it inside your body?”

“I can’t, the grimoire moves too fast, and the longer the magic goes on, the more magic power I have to pour into it to keep it from melting.”

When chasing the magic tool, the earth magic would inevitably be longer.

Furthermore, perhaps because I was inside the Slime, it was more difficult to manipulate the magic than I had expected.

It moves slower than in water.

The unique viscosity of Slime was making it slower.

“Kagali-san, you can’t use magic after all? Like, hit it with magic the moment it pops out?”

“I’m too occupied with flying in this form and chasing after the magic tools. I could have done so if it was before the fight with the serpent.”

The fox’s ears drooped.

Was there any other way?

I was too busy chasing after the magic tool with both hands.

If I could fly.

But bears couldn’t fly.

There was a famous saying, “A pig that can’t fly is just a pig”.

A bear that couldn’t fly is really just a bear.

“Well, Kagali-san, can we take one more rider?”

“Another rider?”