I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

At this moment, this sturdy big guy is slowly rising and falling with its breathing in sleep.

“Swish… swish…”

The sound of branches and leaves being trampled rang out from the forest.

Asuna and the others walked slowly in a dead silent forest, gradually approaching where the One-Strike Bear was.

The monsters near Axel are all weak monsters.

When they sense the presence of a powerful monster, they tend to avoid that place.

Although the One-Strike Bear wasn't powerful enough to cause all the monsters in the entire forest to flee, the closer you got to its location, the fewer monsters you'd find.

This also caused the sound of Asuna and the others stepping on dead branches and leaves to become particularly harsh at this moment.

Chapter 19: Your attack is so weak, did you miss lunch?

"Hwwwwww..." (I searched the internet for the sound of a bear out of curiosity, and then I thought about it and this seems more appropriate.)

A low roar suddenly came from the front.

Asuna quickly stopped Darkness and Chris and began to observe slowly.

In the distance, the giant bear sleeping under a tree seemed to sense something and woke up from its sleep.

It raised its head, looked forward, and let out a series of low growls.

And Asuna's figure just happened to enter the other party's field of vision.

A hint of fierceness instantly spread in the giant bear's pupils.

Asuna ignored the bear, which could attack at any time.

After all, Asuna had faced more dangerous species than it alone, let alone the One-Strike Bear in front of her.

But...

“Huh… Is this… Is this the One-Strike Bear… I feel like… If I get hit by it, I’ll definitely be knocked away… Whoosh…”

Asuna glanced behind her and saw Darkness's face gradually flushing and becoming abnormal. She felt that this was a good opportunity to heal her.

Darkness is definitely terminally ill. If we want to help her re-establish her values ​​in the new world, I'm afraid we can only do it by breaking her down and rebuilding herself.

“Darkness.” Asuna said softly.

"Ah... yes!"

"How about letting you deal with this bear?

Let us see for ourselves the power of the Crusader!"

“So… is that so?!” Darkness’ body trembled slightly, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.

Bullying the weak female knight who had just joined the team, causing her to cry for help under the attack of a powerful monster.

At the same time, because of the armor on her body, the female knight could only endure the pain from the monster while crying and asking for help from her teammates!

Finally, when the monster was about to take the armor off the female knight...

"Snapped!"

Before Darkness could finish her thought, Asuna patted her shoulder hard.

"I don't care what shameful things you've conjured up in your head.

But now is the time to defeat the One-Strike Bear!

Remember what I said before, if you don't satisfy me, you can be asked to leave the team at any time, Darkness."

Asuna said in a low voice: "Think about it, you have always wanted me to attack you, right? As long as you perform well this time, even if you only break a layer of its skin, I will recognize you!"

"Then, if you want, I can play with you all day long!"

Darkness was immediately surprised and said, "Really?!"

"Really!" Asuna nodded, then pointed to the One-Strike Bear that was running towards them with a fierce look in its eyes, "Use that guy to prove your strength!"

"Remember, you have to attack it to get my approval!"

“Well! Just leave it to me with confidence!” Darkness nodded heavily, drew out the heavy sword from his back, and rushed forward excitedly.

"Hey, Asuna, is this really okay?"

Chris poked Asuna's shoulder and asked quietly.

"Would that be too much for her?"

“Don’t worry, that guy can even withstand my attacks, let alone this bear.” Asuna rolled her eyes. “As long as Darkness doesn’t do anything stupid, that bear can’t do any harm to her.”

Asuna still fully recognizes Darkness's "hardness".

As long as she doesn't put her head under the paws or mouth of a bear in pursuit of excitement, there will basically be no accidents.

He was already extremely tough, and with a set of decent quality armor and a heavy sword, even if Darkness was injured, he would at most be injured by the power of the One Strike Bear.

If the defense is good, maybe not even the skin will be broken.

“Go and help her, in case something unexpected happens to her.” Asuna frowned as she looked at Darkness’ clumsy attack and said to Chris.

"Ah."

Chris nodded, checked his equipment, and joined the battlefield flexibly.

“Ho ho ho—!!!”

The beast's roar became more and more ferocious. The One-Strike Bear in front of him couldn't understand why the guy standing in front of him was so tough? !

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The black bear paws kept waving, causing strong winds.

The ground beneath Darkness' feet had been plowed into two long furrows by her, but under the attack of the bear, she continued to retreat.

Darkness no longer had any extra thoughts at this moment. She just wanted to find an opportunity to cause damage to the One-Strike Bear in front of her!

If she had not endured Asuna's attack before, she might have enjoyed the pleasure that the One-Hit Bear brought her now.

but now.

“Too weak, too weak, too weak!” Darkness silently compared them in her mind, “There is no comparison with Asuna’s attack!”

Darkness held the heavy sword with both hands and defended with all his strength. Only a trace of sweat remained on his face, and he still looked at ease.

When hitting a bear, it feels like you are hitting a piece of stone that will not break at all. Even if you keep hitting it back, it still doesn't change at all.

It gradually became manic, and just as it was about to open its mouth to bite the stone below, a sound of breaking air was suddenly heard.

laugh!

A sharp arrow with a cold light flew out from Chris's crossbow and hit the bear's throat.

"Roar--!!!!"

A trace of blood immediately flowed out of its mouth, and Youli's original cry became hoarse.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

A powerful bombardment suddenly came, and the two huge bear paws seemed like meteorites falling from the sky, smashing down hard on Darkness's head.

Darkness jumped back quickly. If he was hit hard, the heavy sword in his hand would be scrapped.

However, before Darkness could run far, the Strike Bear, completely controlled by anger, pounced on her from behind!

"Darkness!"

A cold light shone from Chris's hand again, and then she hurriedly reloaded the arrows, trying to attract the attention of the bear.

"boom--!!!"

"laugh!"

A huge bear paw slapped from the side, knocking the heavy sword in Darkness's hand away!

A splash of blood splashed onto Dakness's face due to the tremendous force.

"Blood?"

Darkness was stunned.

What he was thinking about was not how to launch the next attack, but...

"Does this count as damage I caused?"

Although the bear actively rammed its paw against the blade of his sword in order to deprive himself of his defensive weapon, it still caused bleeding!

"Darkness!"

Chris's anxious voice came to my ears.

Darkness finally came back to her senses.

"call--!"

Looking at the bear's paw gradually approaching her head, a strong sense of fear suddenly struck her heart.

"Am I...going to die?"

Chapter 20: Is this...death?

Darkness seemed to be frightened silly, his deep blue eyes staring blankly at the rapidly approaching giant bear paw, even the dirt on it was clearly visible.

But even so, she just stood there blankly, as if she knew that her avoidance was in vain.

After all, she was too close to the One-Strike Bear.

If I had a heavy sword or something else solid, I might be able to withstand this blow.

However, if she were to rely solely on her own body, especially such an extremely important part as her head, it would be impossible for her to withstand it.

"So... I just liked that feeling because I knew their attacks couldn't kill me..."

In an instant, Darkness thought of many things.

That was something she had never thought about before.

At this critical moment of life and death, she seemed to understand something.

But it seems a little late to realize it now.

Darkness smiled bitterly in her heart.

She knew that Asuna was very powerful, but she was too far away from her, so how could she save her in an instant?

And Chris, she was just an ordinary thief girl. She could use arrows to cover herself and had tried her best, but she was unable to defeat the One Strike Bear and save herself.

"But if there is a high priest, I should still be saved, right?"

Darkness thought about Aqua.

As high priests, they possess the strongest healing abilities among all professions.

Even if he only had one breath left, if a high priest came to rescue him, he would surely be able to pull him back from the brink of death.

"I'm sorry, this is all I can do."

Darkness closed her eyes in despair. She could already feel the strong wind pressure.

Probably in the next second, I would be knocked down miserably.

Fortunately, I have upgraded my defense and resistance to the maximum over the years in order to enjoy attacking.

However, even if he was lucky enough not to die, he would probably be in a very miserable state.

However, before Darkness could continue to imagine the miserable state of herself after being hit, a sharp sound of breaking wind suddenly rang out from behind her.

Immediately following, there seemed to be a sound of something collapsing.

Zheng! ! !

Darkness’ long hair was blown all over the place by the sudden burst of wind pressure from behind her.

She opened her eyes subconsciously.

I saw a silver streak suddenly flashed by, easily piercing through the bear's solid fur, leaving countless bloodstains, and after cutting off its forelimbs, it still swept across the bear's upper body with undiminished power.