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– Chapter starts here –
Silver continued weaving through the trees and grass.
The forest is a bit dim deep inside because of the thick tree canopies covering it, but it could no longer hide most things from Silver’s exceptional sensory abilities.
Picking up some delicious mushrooms, like shiitake mushrooms, and some wild berries along the way.
He encountered rabbits and peasants a few times, but he did not bother going after them.
He also no longer set traps like when he started, because simple traps were not as good as his slingshot or arrows.
While bear traps were not a thing here, it is also meaningless or tasteless for him because they are not only dangerous but also not useful.
It had to be set where bears or other medium- to large-sized animals move around, which is here deep in the forest.
But it is too tiring to go deep here every day just to check if it caught something.
Even if it does, it might have already been feasted upon or gone bad the next day you check the bear trap.
Besides, Silver did not even know how to make one, and he does not plan to learn how to; it is too troublesome but mostly because it is boring.
Silver is starting to get addicted to picking up mushrooms because he likes them, whether they are in a stew, a soup, or a gravy.
He really likes it.
So he is also starting to get distracted, which is why he did not notice the fact that the forest is starting to get quiet.
Though his movements remained cautious and quiet, his attention was mostly on the places where mushrooms would most likely be found.
Then he thought, ‘Oh right!
Mushrooms can be artificially cultivated, and I should have a memory of watching or reading something about it.’
He was about to parse his memories to look through the information, but he stopped as he finally noticed the quiet surroundings; then he became more serious and alert.
He gripped his bow tightly as he prepared an arrow.
Growl…
This growl is not one of those he was familiar with, so it is definitely not a wolf or a boar.
Then he saw it!
A bear!
A tall brown bear!
It is a few times taller than he currently is.
Silver did not run or hide and move away.
Instead, because of the impetus from having a sword and an unreasonable impulsiveness, he knocked the bow to its limit, then aimed and shot!
Shhh!
The arrow flew fast and hit the bear on its back because it currently had its back to Silver.
The moment the arrow flew from his bow, he had already started regretting doing it.
Silver wanted to slap himself from a few moments ago.
He might be fully equipped with everything he has right now, but he still does not think he can take down this bear.
Roar!
Unfortunately, the bear roared and turned to find him before charging towards him very fast!
The shrubs and all the grass in its way were trampled on by its claws as it ran fast.
The sense of danger that he had only felt for the first time had made him a bit panicked!
So he blanked out for a second; it is fortunate that he managed to force himself to calm down because the bear is already at a lunging distance away from him.
Roar!
It roared as it lunged at him!
Silver instinctly rolled to the side, looking pathetic, but he did not manage to get far away enough from the bear.
Instead, the bear is in a good position to quickly turn to face his direction while Silver is still at its clawing distance.
It faced him, then it struck out with a claw full of power following a loud growl!
Silver gritted his teeth as he stood slightly unbalanced from rolling; he saw the bear’s claw coming at him, but he couldn’t force another roll, so he held his precious bow in front of him, using it to stagger some force from the bear’s strike. New chapters come out on novelping.com first.
Then he used the force from the claw strike to make a back roll, this time making more distance between him and the bear.
He looked at his precious bow with a heavy heart as he saw that it was in a completely ruined state.
The wooden body was broken in half by the force of that claw.
Then he hissed before touching his chest, finding that he was grazed; it must have been at that moment when he rolled backwards.
The timing was not precise enough, though it caused him to move farther.
He looked at his hand stained with his own blood for a second before unsheathing his gladius with the other and then holding it with both.
He looked around to find that he was in an open clearing.
He was unlucky enough to be so, as the best way to avoid a bear is to climb a tall tree.
The nearest tree is quite a distance away; it’s a bit thin or young.
It is tall but not as wide as most trees.
Silver just felt that he was just too unlucky.
His life here was going too smoothly.
As the saying goes…
When bad luck comes, it comes in pairs.
Sometimes it can even come in droves!
Just from a sudden impulsiveness…
‘I swear I will definitely learn this hellish lesson!
Bury it into my fucking skull!
‘Silver thought in the past as he hissed again from tensing his chest muscles to get into a stance as the bear was about to strike again!
And strike, it did!
A lunge with a swipe of its claw!
Thankfully, he was steady this time, and he already prepared by placing his sword in a position that is more convenient.
Then he parried the claw swipe with his sword, leaving behind a shallow cut while using the force to leap into the nearest tree!
It’s the nearest one and the one that is reachable for his maneuver, so even if it is a bit unsecure, he still chose to climb this young tree.
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