Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Hearing her shout, the silver guards and the adventurers quickly regained their footing. Although the enemy was a Battle Grizzly and dozens of Battle Bears, they too were veteran warriors and their number currently surpassed their enemies.

When it seemed that everybody had steeled their heart to duke it out with the Battle bears, the Battle Grizzly tossed out something which it was holding in its paws.

The object skidded the ground after it was tossed and appeared in front of them. Immediately everybody inhaled a cold breath of air as they stared at the thing that was flung casually by the Battle Grizzly.

The thing in front of them was not any object but a human with a wide gaping hole in his chest. On a closer look, the person was none other than an adventurer who was one of the many people who were assigned the task of night guard.

The bloody condition of the adventurer immediately dispersed any thoughts of backup these people were expecting from those sentries and nightguards that were outside.

ROOAARRR… the battle grizzly bellowed and the battle bears immediately started their charge once again.

Alvara who refused to move from Cynthia's side, tightly gripped the sleek long sword in her waist and bit her lips. No matter how she saw it, the situation looked quite dire for them. They have just entered the forest and already met such a troublesome enemy, if they suffered heavy casualty here, their future journey would be even more troublesome.

There was no guarantee that they wouldn't be attacked in their journey ahead. Alvara who was tightly gripping her sword ready to act at any moment, saw the indifferent face of her Miss and sighed internally in her heart.

She made a silent decision and committed herself to protect the Miss no matter the cost.

The adventurers and silver guards did their best to stop the advance of the battle bears but even if they did, their mind was clearly more cautious of the Battle Grizzly that was not showing any signs of advancing forward.

Due to them not being able to pay their full attention to the enemy, they made more mistakes which would have been otherwise fatal if not for their level being much higher than their enemies.

The Battle Grizzly remained unmoving after that display of power, its crimson eyes that had a slight tinge of intelligence, surveyed the formation made by the humans relying upon which they were able to stop its tribe.

Its eyes focused on a few high levelled adventurers and its beastly instincts emitted a low growl. When the fire had spread to one of the corner of the campground, the low neigh of the horses attracted its attention and its eyes promptly darted to where the Bane Moose were resting.

An intelligent light flashed in his eyes and it once again bellowed with a heavy voice. The Battle bears that were having difficulty breaking through the defence of the humans, disengaged and gazed towards a particular direction.

<br/>The adventurers that were suddenly given a moment of respite, followed the gaze of the battle bears before widening their eyes to their limit.

Alvara cursed incessantly in her heart when she saw the direction in which the battle bears were gazing, her pearly white teeth, couldn't help but grind against each other. That was because the attention of the battle bears, after the roar, was suddenly shifted towards the Bane Moose who had been taking a rest after a day of weary travel.

Seeing the battle bears shifting their attention to a different prey, Alvara's pretty face was drained of all colour. The Bane Moose although stronger than some weak monsters, were no match for a battle bear.

If the Bane Moose were to be killed, they would have no means to travel to the capital and they would be stranded here in this forest.

"Silver guards, adventurers, form another formation around the Bane Moose. Do not let these battle bears kill them" she hurriedly cried out.

Her level was the highest amongst all the silver guards at around 349. However, she was duty-bound to protect the miss and couldn't leave her position no matter the situation. She could only prey that these people would be able to somehow stop these battle bears.

Some of the adventurers and silver guards ran up to the charging battle bears and hacked at them with all their strength. Although they were able to spill some blood, the defence of the enemy was clearly very thick, these people weren't able to cut the momentum of the battle bears.

Some of the people hurriedly tried to leave their position and provide support to those who went to save the Bane Moose but were suddenly stopped in their tracks when they felt a strong burst of wind and sharp cries of pain from the vanguard of their formation.

The [Sword Knights] and the [Sword Master] that were able to somehow stop the battle bears were struggling and no match against even a single attack from the Battle Grizzly.

A ridiculous force was currently generating in those powerful paws of the battle grizzly as it looked with savage eyes at the thinning formation of the humans.

"This is bad" Alvara hurriedly cried out, being stopped by the Battle Grizzly, she could already foresee the ending of the Bane Moose. In this situation, even the indifferent face of Cynthia, crumbled.

However, at this moment when everybody thought that the situation had gone from bad to worse, a small party rushed to the campsite from within the forest and stood in between the Battle bears and Bane Moose.

The adventurer's team that had arrived, was none other than Chuck and his teammates who were positioned as a sentry not far away. When they heard the savage roars of the monsters and the hurriedly spreading fire around the campsite, they quickly rushed here only to see that the situation had already advanced this fast.

Taking the state of his surrounding in his eyes, Chuck inhaled a deep breath of air before taking out his shield from his space ring and positioned himself like a boulder between the charging Battle Bears and Bane Moose.

His two teammates quickly spread apart and covered each other's blind spot. From their swiftness, one could see that they were very accustomed to fighting in a team.

An atmosphere like that, one cannot bring it if the other party was not very familiar with each other.

The arrival of chuck's team instantly sparked wild cries of joy from the adventurer and their mood instantly lightened up. There was no need for these adventurers to doubt the prowess of Chuck and his team since they were all aware of his great exploits and feats.

When one of the battle bears approached the adventurer in greyish black armour giving off a golden glint, a great shield with a momentum of a charging bull was smashed onto its face.

Chuck activated his Superior Normal skill [Great Shield Bash] and instantly stopped its charge and pushed it far back.

The battle bear that was smashed with a great shield that had a black bull carved in it, growled in pain towards its assailant. One move, just one move was enough to stop the momentum of these battle bears.

The scene instantly caused hurried gasps of awes from the adventurers and silver guards who had themselves experienced how hard it was to deal with a battle bear.

"Focus on the enemy in your front" Alvara the guard commander swiftly shouted and unsheathed the longs sword in her hands. The moment when the Battle Grizzly was about to release another burst of that devastating attack, a dense sword shadow accompanied with howling gale pierced its paws thus redirecting the force of the attack.

BANG… the attack charged towards the trees and cleaved them in half. The attack had enough force and incision that dozens of thick sturdy trees were just like a twig getting smashed in an instant.

GULP… the scene caused the people on the frontlines to hurriedly gulp down a mouthful of saliva as cold perspiration ran down their bodies. They no longer dared to distract themselves and focused all of their attention on the battle grizzly in the front.

Wind rustled and engulfed the sleek long sword as Alvara took a battle stance from beside Cynthia. That attack that pierced the paws of the battle grizzly earlier was something that she dished out.

Although she was not in the frontlines, the distance was enough for her to send flying attacks.

The battle grizzly wailed in irritation when it was attacked and immediately commanded the dozen or so battle bears to split up and charge towards the pesky humans fiercely. In its anger, it also activated some its skill and its fur immediately became the colour of crimson.

The battle bears from its pack also displayed behaviours of getting buffed. 

Clearly, the leader Battle grizzly possessed some skills that strengthened those subordinates under him.

Seeing this change, the members of this convoy made bitter faces, even after the arrival of Chuck and his team, the situation was not looking any better.

ROAARRR… the battle grizzly snarled in a frenzied manner, the battle bears too became somewhat berserk and charged towards the human's formation without any care for their life.

Skills met with skills, sword met with claws and magic devastated everywhere. These Battle bears were a species that were a cut above normal monsters and thus they were able to use a few skills like [Battle Charge] and [Wind Claws].

Even without any skill, their physique was so that they could easily tank some of the weak novice tier magic such as the [Fire ball], [Electro bolt], [Earth Spikes] etc.