Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Chapter 75-260)

Chapter 227

Chapter 227 – Bear-san Fights The Cockatrice, Part 1

Mumuroot-san ran quickly as the Cockatrice followed him in the sky. From not far behind, I realized that while his attacks were effective at attracting the Cockatrice’s attention, they did little to no damage.
I thought of attacking the Cockatrice from behind, seeing how it was focused on someone else right now, but that could also backfire as it might turn towards me and back at the village, making Mumuroot-san’s efforts go to waste.
Better to just keep following them for now.

The Cockatrice managed to close a bit of a distance to Mumuroot-san and then flapped its wings, sending a powerful wind attack against him. Without stopping even for a second, Mumuroot-san casted a windwall to block it and continued running through the village, eventually making it to the forest.
Mumuroot made quick use of the trees, dashing behind them to dodge the Cockatrice’s attacks.
After a while of doing so, Mumuroot stopped at a clearing with a small hill and readied to face the Cockatrice, which slowly descended.
Certainly, this spot was spacious and suitable for such a confrontation, but without the trees to shield himself, his only option was to face it head-on.
Well, our goal was to lure the Cockatrice away, so this should do.

The Cockatrice again flapped its wings at the now stationary Mumuroot-san, sending dozens of sharp feathers his way, but Mumuroot-san simply created another windwall while also leaping backwards to dodge any stray feathers.
Immediately after landing, Mumuroot-san sent a wind blade at the Cockatrice, but it swiftly dodged by flying back up. The wind blade curved and struck the ground, leaving behind a deep graze.
The Cockatrice then began slowly beating its wings to gather up wind, but Mumuroot-san immediately used wind magic to disrupt it.
Wow, they were battling on equal grounds; Mumuroot-san was really cool.
Wait, this wasn’t the time for me to stand by and watch them. If they were of about the same strength, there was a chance that Mumuroot-san could lose if I didn’t intervene.
Right now, the Cockatrice had its back turned towards me, and all its focus was concentrated on Mumuroot-san.
Thus, I gathered a small Bear Fireball and shot it directly towards the Cockatrice’s defenseless back. The Cockatrice didn’t notice it at all, so the small Bear Fireball managed to damage its wings.
The Cockatrice let out an angry shriek, immediately turning around to face me.

「Young lady! Why are you here?!」

Mumuroot-san called out to me, but I simply ignored him and sent another small Bear Fireball at the Cockatrice. In games, it was common sense to deal as much damage as you could while you still had the chance. Still, the Cockatrice wasn’t going to let me continue hitting it for free. It once again beat its wings, sending red and black feathers directly at me.

「Young lady!」

Copying Mumuroot-san, I created a windwall to block the feathers while Mumuroot-san took the chance to send another wind blade at Cockatrices’s back. Again however, the Cockatrice simply flew higher up to dodge it.

「Why did you come here?!」

Mumuroot-san rushed up to me, clearly mad that I had disobeyed him.

「To help you, of course.」

「What are you saying?! Get out of here immediately while I distract the Cockatrice.」

「Don’t worry, I won’t get in the way. I can handle myself. This way, we can take it down together.」

The Cockatrice now circled above, waiting for us to act.
Mumuroot-san threw a glance at it before turning back to me.

「Fine, but promise me one thing: if it gets too dangerous, save yourself at any cost. I don’t want to see any children die today.」