Chapter 52: Golden Mountain Bears (2)

Landing at the front lines, my entire army kneels towards me.

"This still might just be part of the army so try not to die yet, okay," I say with a smile.

"ORAAAAAAA" The warriors cry out.

Flying up, I focus my attention on one of the warriors at the front and lift my index finger up and in my surprise he charges towards the bears. The rest of the warriors follow him, while my subordinates stay in the back to help with struggling warriors.

...

15 minutes passed and we were destroying the bears. In the beginning, their big and intimidating presence slightly hindered their movements but after seeing how slow and wild they are, the army teamed up into groups to hit them from all sides.

In the 15 minutes that passed the number of bears never dwindled but I decided to let my citizens use this chance to level up. Of course, I did as well since I was so close to evolving.

[5600 XP gained]

[You leveled up (x3)]

[Discarding extra XP]

[Evolution available]

Ignoring the evolution notifications I continued to help out the warriors that looked like they were struggling.

The person that did the most damage would be Akito. He was covered from head to toe in dark red blood that stained his metal and leather armor. He also took on 10s of bears by himself, only sweating lightly. I also noticed that he had a huge sadistic smile on his face when blood splashed all over him.

"Seems like he's got addicted to the feeling of slaughtering your enemies. Not that I'm complaining though, since he's crazy strong,"

『Status』

[Name: Akito]

[Race: Elf]

[Status: Direct Subordinate]

[Level: 50/50]

[HP: 80/80 MP: 100/100 SP: 40/40]

[Strength: 10]

[Defense: 10]

[Magic: 30]

[Speed: 25]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 10]

[Skills: [Slash] [Body Enhancement] [Gust] [Wind Magic] [Healing Magic] [Intense Focus] [Water Control] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Senses] [Contortion] [Cut] [Tangible Bloodlust]

[Mastered Weapons: [Spear (Partial)]

[Titles: [Direct Subordinate] [Party Leader] [Great Commander]

…

Looks like he just finished maxing out his level.

While Akito was doing the most damage he wasn't that far ahead of Kumo who was tearing through the bears instantly with her spider legs. She also activated her tattoo which provided some moonlight for which she used [Moonlight Magic] on. She created thousands of spears and blades that cut and stabbed any bear that got in her way. She also used [Thread Manipulation] to create nets that fell onto the horde of bears slicing them into cubical pieces.

Aika was fighting in the war but she was more towards the back practicing her swordsmanship. I saw Yin fighting towards the back as well so I flew over to her and said,

"Protect Aika. Let her practice her swordsmanship but if any real threat comes to her, make sure to get rid of it instantly. I'll also check on your progress later, you better have made some, otherwise, I won't be happy,"

"Y-yes my queen," Yin stutters surprised by my sudden appearance.

Flying back over the warzone I see Aimi who was doing the same tactic as Kumo, creating nets that sliced her enemies, but hers were much larger and sharper. Also whenever they cut through the bears then landed on the ground she was able to pick them back up and cut through dozens more, unlike Kumo, who left them on the ground.

Next, I saw Aiso who was using both of his blacksmithing hammers. Every time he hit a bear it exploded into a pile of blood, staining the battlefield. He didn't have many skills but the fire that some harpies created landed onto the grass burning it which then Aiso was able to manipulate the fire with [Fire Control].

Seems like when magic gets interrupted by an outside force, it then has to abide by the laws of the world.

BAM

Hearing a loud sound I snap my head in the direction and see Akio going crazy with a sledgehammer, but his demeanor was still very calm, fitting for a great leader. Whenever he hit the ground, he used [Earth Control] creating small fissures that opened under the bears causing them to fall under then quickly closing them, making sure nobody on our side fell in and to kill them since they weren't that deep.

…

Another 15 minutes passed and I saw my army slowing down so I knew I had to finish this now.

Using [Shadow Magic], I slip through the [Forest of Poison] undetected, tracing back the endless waves of bears. As I avoided the huge amount of bears I noticed that the forest was getting thicker and thicker.

The trees eventually got so close that the bears had to use the branches of the tree to move forward. They also started to slope up which I then noticed I was moving up a mountain.

Not even 5 minutes of traveling up the mountain I came across a cliff with a massive cave and also felt a presence as strong or stronger than the phoenix.

"5th guardian my ass. This thing could have an even fight with the phoenix," I mumble to myself while hiding in the shadows next to the cave.

Tump tump tump

Hearing footsteps that echo through the cave I then see a humanoid figure appear from inside.

"Oh, is that the leader of the Golden Mountain Bears…"

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I severely underestimated the power of that siren's kingdom. I never thought it would take so long to destroy it…

"...but it's alright, seems like they are slowing down,"

As I continue to summon more bears near the bottom of the mountain, the golden glow in my gold and black eyes disappears. My sight returned from one of the scouts' visions as I felt an overwhelming presence coming in my direction.

"Is it the siren…? No that was too fast, there's no way she could get here so fast," I mutter to myself.

"Could it be the wolf or deer? But why would they come now of all times, do they maybe want to split the resources from the siren's kingdom,"

Sitting up from my stone throne, my gold jewelry clinks together as I walk towards the entrance of the cave.

Suddenly the overwhelming presence disappears as I dash towards the entrance to find nothing, not even a single trace of somebody being here.

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The leader of the bears was a woman about 6 feet tall littered with golden jewelry. I thought Ava had a lot of jewelry but the leader of the bears outclassed her.

Her hair was black with strands of gold in it. Her eyes were extraordinary… not like I'm one to talk, but the white of her eye was black, and the pupil was dark gold. She was wearing a short-sleeved black shirt that cut off a bit above her belly button. She was also wearing extremely short shorts.

When I looked at her shorts I realized that she had a small stubby black bear tail. I then looked back towards her head and saw 2 black and gold bear ears poking out from her hair.

『Status』

[Name: Queen]

[Race: Golden Mountain Bear Queen]

[Status: Calm]

[Level: 14/100]

[HP: 750/750 MP: 300/300 SP: 900/900]

[Strength: 230]

[Defense: 120]

[Magic: 100]

[Speed: 200]

[Luck: 1]

[Charisma: 10]

[Skills: [Body Enhancement] [Forbidden Magic: Midas] [Gold Manipulation] [Earth Magic] [Contortion] [Boost] [Feral Claws] [Fire Immunity] [Enhanced Regeneration] [Enhanced Senses] [True Queens Dominating Presence] [Berserk] [Concentrate] [Army Control] [Summon: Golden Mountain Bear]

[Body Modification: [Deaths Stone]

[Titles: [Queen of Golden Mountain Bears] [Blessed by the Emperor Spirit of Gold]

…

Holy shit… no wonder I was getting my ass kicked when I went against the phoenix, I was only an even match due to my soul equipment and an insane amount of skills.

Also what is [Body Modification: Deaths Stone], it doesn't seem linked to any of her skills… seems I have to be much more careful.

I decided to take the upper hand after activating all of my buff skills and presentation skills. This also included my tattoo which glowed white and black filling my entire being with power, it even started to turn into a mist that dispersed off my body.

My entire sneak attack plan was thrown out the window as the queen noticed my suddenly large presence that seemed to increase gravity 10 fold.

Jumping out of the shadow I activate [Fire of Deaths Sword: Raiu] and [Fire of Deaths Armour: Araes Dress]. Even my crown turned a pitch black after activating my soul equipment.

We both collided in the air with her using a reinforced golden spear and me using Raiu. Raiu cut cleanly through the spear as the queen used [Contortion] bending her back. She dodged my sword and reached out with her 1 finger that turned completely gold.

Sensing the danger in her golden finger I retreated, landing near the edge of the cliff. Making a wall of Amaterasu I barely caught myself from falling over the edge of the cliff which I then stared at the queen trying to anticipate her next move.

"No wonder, you were able to beat that selfish phoenix… but that doesn't mean I can't beat you," the queen says grinning.