Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear - Chapter 618

Bear-san Fight’s the Slime (2)

 

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

 

“Yuna, do you have any other way to deal with it? Don’t you have any kind of Bear Power that you could use?” (Kagali)

 

“Do you have any special moves, Kagali-san? You’re a fox, right?” (Yuna)

 

“As I said before, I have not regained my powers as much 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.” (Kagali)

 

I was also the same.

 

I never thought that magic would be so ineffective against it.

 

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

 

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

 

I had no idea that a 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 big area of a town.

 

“Well, what are we going to do now?” (Yuna)

 

Kagali-san looked at the Slime from a distance.

 

The least we could do was ensure that 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 subjugating moles.

 

Elle was manipulating magic by putting water magic into the mole’s hole and controlling it while not cutting it off from her hand.

 

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?” (Yuna)

 

“Yeah.” (Kagali)

 

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.” (Yuna)

 

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

 

I then stretched the thin rope of earth towards Slime.

 

The rope that came into contact with the Slime that was connected to my Bear Puppet and went inside it.

 

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 did not lose its connection, so I could still manipulate the magic.

 

Well, if wireless was not an option, wired was not so bad.

 

Even in games, a wired connection worked better than a wireless one, and it would usually be 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 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 since I could not do things wirelessly, I decided to use wired manipulation.

 

The earth magic, extended like a cable, went deeper inside the Slime’s body.

 

No matter how deep inside it went, it could be manipulated. So I continued to extend the earth magic towards the magic tool.

 

“I see, so you keep supplying it with magic power. I guess that is only possible because Yuna has a large amount of magic power.” (Kagali)

 

However, it was unexpectedly difficult to keep the magic power flowing because the earth magic was constantly being melted and absorbed.

 

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

 

“Almost there.” (Yuna)

 

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

 

“It dodged!?” (Yuna)

 

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

 

I tried aiming at the magical tool once more, but it evaded me once more.

 

Finally, it moved out of sight to the other side of its body.

 

I canceled my earth magic, making the rope dissolve after the magic power supply was removed.

 

“Is it protecting the tool?” (Yuna)

 

That was what I could only assume.

 

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

 

“Perhaps, but it may have been created with a formula that protects it from being broken?” (Kagali)

 

There was a large number of magic tools that were created and used with the intention of manipulating the huge Slime. Even with a normal-sized Slime, it would certainly become a big problem if the magical tools were to break while trying to manipulate it.

 

“If that is the case. It’s going to be a pain to deal with.” (Yuna)

 

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

 

Then, I tried again several times, but the biggest problem I had was the magic tool moving far away from me.

 

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

 

Moreover, if they entered a blind spot, I would not be able to do anything.

 

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

 

Even if I wanted to move, I could not 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 use to maintain it so that the earth magic would not dissolve.

 

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

 

Only I could target the magic tool inside the Slime.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“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.” (Yuna)

 

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 transform into that since I’m not in a good shape yet.” (Kagali)

 

“You can’t?” (Yuna)

 

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.” (Kagali)

 

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

 

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

 

Kagali-san agreed and took off her clothes.

 

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

 

“Alright, get on!” (Kagali)

 

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 the Slime.” (Kagali)

 

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 around with me on her back.

 

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

 

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

 

“There it is!” (Kagali)

 

Kagali-san’s ears twitched as she found the magic tool. I firmly clamped my legs on 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 I was about to approach the magic tool, 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!” (Yuna)

 

It avoided me the moment I touched it.

 

It was difficult to catch it.

 

The longer the earth magic stretches out, 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.” (Yuna)

 

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

 

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

 

“Again!” (Yuna)

 

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

 

“Yuna, can’t you catch it inside the body?” (Kagali)

 

“I can’t, the magic tool moves too fast, and the longer my magic goes, the more magic power I have to pour in to prevent it from melting.” (Yuna)

 

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

 

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

 

It felt like it was moving slower compared to moving in water.

 

The unique viscosity of Slime was probably the reason for that.

 

“Kagali-san, you can’t do any magic that could be used to hit it the moment it pops out?” (Yuna)

 

“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.” (Kagali)

 

The fox’s ears drooped.

 

Was there any other way? 

 

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

 

If only I could fly.

 

But… bears couldn’t fly, right?

 

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, if that’s the case, Kagali-san, can we add one more rider?” (Yuna)

 

“One more rider?” (Kagali)