Bear-san Goes To The Bee Tree

I arrived at the forest where the bee tree was located by riding Swaying Bear. According to Helen-san’s story, the tree was at the center of the forest, and I would understand which tree it was when I saw it. She said that the view was breathtaking. What did she mean?

I thought that a giant beehive was something more revolting than beautiful, though.

I used detection magic to confirm where the monsters were before I entered the forest. There were about 15 orcs. There were also goblin reactions a bit further ahead. It seemed that neither information was false.

I headed towards the orcs, because I thought that was where the bee tree would be.

I rode Swaying Bear without hesitation. After I had advanced for a while, flower petals started to dance in the air around me. I continued to move forward, and when I left the forest, I was greeted by a colorful field of flowers.

The spectacle was so beautiful that I nearly forgot to breathe. Flowers that were red, blue, yellow, orange, and many other colors were blooming all around me.

The field expanded endlessly. The flowers were spread out everywhere. It was a scene I couldn’t have believed could be found inside a forest. A giant tree was standing in the middle of this scenery.

Was that the bee tree?

「It’s huge….」

Still, there were things destroying this beautiful landscape. The orcs were eating honey, and their ugly faces were dripping with drool.

Those bastards, how dare they eat my honey?

When I thought about killing them and leaving the forest, goblins rushed out from my right. They continued to run towards the orcs. The goblins, holding wooden poles and knives picked up from an unknown location, attacked the orcs.

Was it possibly a turf war?

Well, since I had seen both groups with my detection magic, I had intended to kill them all, so this was great, and less trouble for me.

There were many more goblins than orcs, but the difference in power was too large. Goblins died after receiving just one heavy blow from an orc. Still, with their numbers, many goblins could attack one orc together. The battle was surprisingly even.

I thought of attacking when it was clear who would win, so I decided to wait and see, but I had to drop that idea after a few seconds. The orcs and goblins were crushing the flowers while they fought. The place where I could get honey was… At this rate, all flowers in the area would be crushed by the time the battle ended.

As I got ready to act, Swaying Bear stopped me. Two black shapes rushed out from the forest on my left. The black bodies were heading straight towards the orcs and goblins.

They were, without a doubt…

「Bears!?」

Yes, the two figures that entered the fray were bears.

A big bear and a small one.

The bears attacked the goblins and the orcs, who both hesitated after their attack.

The goblins, who couldn’t continue to fight after the number of enemies increased, ran away.

When the orcs saw that the goblins had ran away, they changed their targets and started a new battle.

There were 15 orcs and two bears. The difference in number was too big.

When a bear attacked one orc, there was another orc that attacked the bear from the side. The orcs attacked the bears with clubs, and the bears, who couldn’t defend themselves, were taking hits. I didn’t really want to save the bears, but they were surrounded by the orcs.

「Hmm, what should I do?」

In other words, there was a three way battle for the honey.

I didn’t know who was the first one here, though.

What should I do then?

Well, I thought it was okay for me to kill the orcs, the goblins, and the bears.

I was a bit reluctant to kill bears, though. Not to mention, there was no way I could kill them. It would be like killing Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear’s friends.

As I was thinking about what to do, the bears’ situation became more and more dire. They weren’t losing, though. They knocked down the orcs in front of them and killed them by biting their necks.

Those bears were strong.

If it were one on one battles, they wouldn’t lose to those orcs. There were a lot of enemies, though.

The second the bears wanted to change targets, their movements became dull. A red orc appeared by the giant tree. It was an orc subspecies, an orc of a different color that also appeared in the game. They were several times stronger than the normal orcs, in regards to their offensive abilities and durability.

One of the bears attacked the red orc, but he was struck down by the club the orc was holding. If the club had been a sword, it would have been a fatal strike.That still didn’t mean the bears weren’t in a dangerous situation.

The second bear rammed into the orc, but the red orc didn’t even budge. The red orc wanted to strike it down, right there, but at that moment, I started to move.

I fired a long distance water bullet, like a sniper. The water bullet hit the red orc, and the orc staggered.

The bear that was struck down shakily ran away into the forest. The other bear chased after it.

The red orc that was left standing there alone didn’t notice that the attack came from me. He attacked a fellow orc with his club, as if he was venting his anger. The orc that was hit was pulverized.

It wasn’t something that made me feel comfortable, so I left, riding Swaying Bear.