Chapter 79

As we entered the forest, we immediately spotted a bear with a pitch-black body surface .

It crouched on the ground and was eating a fish that seemed to have been taken from the river .

The black bear seemed to only eat the head of the fish and threw its body parts to the area .

Isnt that the one that was rumored in the Adventurers Support Center?

Mea said, keeping her voice low .

I did hear about him at the Adventurers Support Center, and he was given the ostentatious moniker of The Head Eaters Black Fiend . It is consistent with the characteristics of a magical beast .

It may be that its not long since it was discovered, so the official name is not yet known, or it may be that they havent been able to check it against the past reports .

Perhaps it was a rare type of mutant .

Since the mass outbreak of unicorns, maybe theres something that can drive the magic field crazy .

Anyway, this black bear was a demonic beast that had been requested to be defeated .

Somewhat reasonable reward money can be expected .

Wasnt there about two adventurers thats been eaten Wow, weve run into some strange things right away, not a good omen They seem to be slow, so lets run away before they find

Oh wind, form, blade .

The magic power emitted from the tip of the staff I wielded manipulates the wind and makes the blade form

Gua?

The bears head flew clean off as it looked back at us .

Looks harder than Grey Bear . This is why mutants

A monster appears out of the blue in an ordinary hunting ground for beginners .

To the adventurers, its nothing but a nightmare .

It is said that the most common reason for the partys demise is the appearance of mutants, and the second most common reason is the magic beast disaster monster panic .

It seems that this demonic beast is slow-footed, so it didnt seem to cause massive damage, but we still know that two people have already died .

The time should have been covered, so I wish the adventurer who wanted the unicorn had killed them while theyre at it .

Mea was looking at the headless bear with rapt attention .

Speaking of which, Mea, werent you trying to say something earlier?

N, no, nothing! It was an unnecessary warning to Abel

Right . I thought I was supposed to take out the ears .

I roll the black bears head over, hold the side of its head in my hand, and place the blade of the wood carving knife against the base of its ear .

A-, Abel

Yeah?

Mea calls out to me and I turn around .

Mea um, after all I guess Im a burden, arent I? I cant fight and I cant do anything about it

N, no no, thats not

I dont want you to sound so sorry .

Im the one who is financially indebted to her, so its hard for me to get out of the way .

Besides, there are many things that Mea does for me .

Like carrying things um, and like carrying things

Next time, when I have time, I might teach Mea some magic .

I applied force to the wood carving knife and tried to shave the black bears ear .

Hard . Its crazy hard .

If the demon beast dies, the magic power that makes its body hard should be cut off, but its not cutting at all .

The handle of the wood carving knife is made of the world tree and has a powerful magical power .

It has the power to sniff out the wavelength of the trees magical power and match it .

However, it is only a knife specialized in wood . If it is used against a demonic beast, it is just an ordinary blade .

The ears could be cut off with the wind magic, but I wanted to remove the fur as well .

However, as expected of a wind blade, the wind blade couldnt be fine-tuned to that extent .

I thought this bearskin could be used for something

Mea! Let Mea do it! If its that then Mea can do it too!

As I was holding the black bears head in distress, Mea desperately tried to persuade me on it .

N, no, Its not that Im not that muscular . Sure, I may be a bit lacking in stamina, but maybe that has something to do with the drain on my magic power . Because my muscles are fine! I do a couple of push-ups before I go to bed and

Although I handed over the wooden carving knife to Meas momentum, I thought it would be impossible as expected .

I know my weaknesses, too, and Im analyzing them and planning my own countermeasures .

Muscle training and such .

When I used the status disclosure magic to check it, my numbers hardly increased, but Im sure its my magic that has a problem .

I developed that magic many years ago, but the status disclosure magic has many flaws .

The status barely reflects the results of muscle training, and when I try to check my magic value, the status shows like it has bug .

I dont know the reason for either, so theres nothing I can do about it at all .

I guess the concept of quantifying a creatures ability value was a mistake after all .

Im still developing it, but as long as I cant improve on its shortcomings, its going to be difficult to put it to use .

I once beat Gizel in an arm-wrestling match .

After enough fierce battles, I won the match, even though I was supposed to be inferior in terms of muscle strength .

This is another reason why I dont trust status disclosure magic .

Gizel was smiling and laughing, and I was sweating, but a win is a win .

By no means was Gizel cutting corners to build up her brother . I think .

So, as expected even me, compared to girls my own age

Abel! Ive cut it! It was a bit of a struggle, but U managed to cut it off, Abel!

Eh, ah, ahhhh, yeah

Should I take the skin off too?

Yes, please

I take Meas instructions and roughly tear the black bears body with wind magic .

Mea uses the cleft as a starting point to peel off the black bears skin .

It seems that she closely watched Maizen taking off hounds pelt, so It looked like she knows the procedure and the gist of it .

I didnt see much of it, but maybe Mea was observing things to see what she could do .

Shes having a bit of a hard time because of the quantity, and shes rattled at the end because of the fat and blood blade damage . But somehow she managed to get the skinning done .

We have money to some extent, so maybe wed better buy a dismantling knife and sharpening stone for Mea in the future .

Id also like to replace the blade of the wood carving knife .

The handle is, after all, a world tree, but the blade is cheap and worn out so I can t take it .