Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 143

Chapter 143 – Bear-san Dives Into The Mine, Part 4

Senya-san placed the whole Iron Golem inside her item bag.
Watching their fight had made me realize that I really wanted a mithril weapon.
I didn’t know if I would be able to use it well, but I still wanted it for situations when I couldn’t use magic or the monstrous strength of my Bear Suit.

The golem would stop if I just destroyed the magic stone in its chest, but that would also render it unusable, so nobody would buy it. Well, I didn’t really care about the magic stone, so destroying it was fine with me.
If I had mithril, I could just pierce the stone and be done with it, or if I had some sort of vibration attack, I might be able to destroy only the magic stone within and leave the body intact. I had seen a lot of such attacks in manga, where they had done no harm to the exterior but had destroyed what was inside. Such unrealistic things could only be found in fantasy worlds.
Hmm, maybe I shouldn’t be saying this while being in one myself…
Anyway, I might be able to make vibrations with magic and send them inside the golem’s body.
Well, I didn’t think that it was possible right now, so I decided to put it on hold.

After the Iron Golem’s body was safely in Senya-san’s item bag, we decided to take a short break to check on how everyone was doing, since we would encounter more Iron Golems from now on.

「So, Jade, how deep are we going today?」

Toya-san asked while refreshing himself with a drink.

「Like we usually do, we will go as far as we can without doing the impossible. Maybe those five Iron Golems won’t be around this time.」

Sadly, I knew that those five were present because of my detection magic.
I had noticed five more reactions, though. It was five people, most likely Idiot Rangers and they were near our tunnel. If we continued down this tunnel, would we cross paths?
The map was still dark, so I didn’t really know where exactly would we meet.
Still, Idiot Rangers were closer to the five Iron Golems than we were, so if we both kept our paces, they would get to the golems before us.
Well, that meant if all went well, the world might get to see its lucky day.
Just as I decided to not let the others know about this, Jade-san spoke to me.

「So, Yuna, after seeing us fight, do you think you could defeat an Iron Golem on your own?」

「Hmm, it might be complicated.」

「Complicated?」

「As Mel-san said, magic isn’t usable inside caves, so that makes it hard. Also, if I use brute force here and miss, the mine might collapse as a result. I could defeat it if we were fighting out in the open, I think.」

「I see.」

Jade-san seemed a bit disappointed.
Well, if they really wanted to get past those five Iron Golems, I could drop the golems in a pit, but we wouldn’t obtain their materials that way.

「If only I had a mithril sword…」

Toya-san joked around.

「You should stop with this joke. It’s not funny.」

「Yeah, it’s lame, Toya.」

「I’m not saying it as a joke!」

「Toya, you can say that only after you polish your skills a bit more, okay?」

「Tch!」

His final reaction made them all laugh.
We finished our break and continued moving forward. It didn’t take long for us to arrive at the passage where I had detected Idiot Rangers before.
So, this was where the tunnels linked together. Would it be okay if I went back taking their path? I would be able to complete the map that way.
Any time an Iron Golem appeared, Toya-san and I would block it, while Mel-san covered us with magic.
Senya-san and Jade-san would then use the opening we made to hack it down.
Using this tactic, we had defeated three more Iron Golems.