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🕑 Added 2025-04-20 15:03:29 +0000 UTCBear-san Fighting the Ice Dragon Part 3
Instead of me, Kagali-san was swallowed by the Ice Dragon's cold air.
It was because of my mistake that Kagali-san died.
A drunken little girl…
She was someone who would fight alongside me even in times of danger.
…Someone who would give me advice when I was in trouble.
"Kagali-san!"
I rolled to the ground after being pushed away and immediately searched for Kagali-san.
But the Ice Dragon continued to spit out cold air, and I couldn't see Kagali-san.
If an ordinary person were to be hit directly by the Ice Dragon's cold air...
It was my fault.
Because I was the one who suggested fighting the Ice Dragon.
I thought we'd be able to manage it because I had the Bear Gear.
I was happy when Kagali-san said she'd come with me.
But I should have refused after all.
What would I say to Sakura...
The Ice Dragon's cold air subsided.
"Kagali-san..." (Yuna)
Kagali-san was floating where the cold had subsided.
"Kagali-san...?" (Yuna)
Kagali-san had turned into a fox, and steam was rising from her fox body.
Her floating body slowly descended to the ground.
At the same time, she returned to her original form as a young girl.
I ran over to her and held her in my arms.
Kagali-san's eyes slowly opened.
"Don't touch my body. You'll get burned." (Kagali)
Steam was rising from Kagali-san's body.
It seemed that she had endured the cold by heating her body.
I was glad that she was safe.
If something were to happen to Kagali-san because of me, I would never be able to forgive myself.
"It's okay. My armor is special." (Yuna)
I held Kagali-san in my arms.
Kagali-san looked happy when I hugged her.
"So, are you okay, Yuna...?" (Kagali)
Even though Kagali-san was the one who was in danger, she's worried about me.
"Yeah, I'm okay. Are you okay, Kagali-san?" (Yuna)
Steam was still rising from her body.
The snow and ice around her were melting, probably because of the heat coming from her body.
That just showed how hot Kagali-san's body was.
That was why she was able to withstand the cold air the Ice Dragon exhaled.
"I'm okay. But I don't think I can fight anymore. Sorry..." (Kagali)
"Don't worry, leave the rest to me." (Yuna)
I summoned Swaying Bear.
"Swaying Bear, please take care of Kagali-san." (Yuna)
"Kuuuuh."
Swaying Bear approached Kagali-san worriedly.
"I'm burning" (Kagali)
"Kuuuh"
"It's okay" (Yuna)
I put Kagali-san on the back of the Swaying Bear.
"Stay away for a bit" (Yuna)
The Swaying Bear with Kagali-san on its back left.
I never thought there would be someone who would risk their lives to protect me.
I wondered.
Since coming to this world, more people have helped me.
While I wanted to protect others, I was also a little happy that there were people who would protect me.
But I couldn't forgive myself if I let the people I care about get hurt because of me.
I would have to thank Kagali-san properly later.
To achieve that, I have to defeat the Ice Dragon.
I turned my attention to the Ice Dragon.
To be safe, I was keeping an eye on it all this time, but it was not moving.
Maybe the continuous usage of cold air attack put too much strain on its body.
Perhaps it wanted to kill me so badly that it did something so reckless.
The Earth Bears protected the town from the second blast of cold.
I think the statues were able to endure it because Kagali-san's heat weakened the cold.
Kagali-san not only protected me, but also protected the town.
The Ice Dragon glared at me.
It raised its head and roared into the sky.
The sky was starting to darken.
I should take care of this before it got dark.
I ran around the Ice Dragon.
If fire didn't work, what about electricity?
The lower the temperature of ice, the harder it was for electricity to flow through it.
But the Ice Dragon was a living thing.
You wouldn't know anything until you check it out.
Bear Electricity!
A bear-shaped electricity flew towards the Ice Dragon's face.
Bear Electricity was knocked away by the Ice Dragon's arm.
It didn't seem to be numb.
The Ice Dragon's tail moved.
I dodged the tail, went around its back, and this time I used earth magic.
Countless sharpened spears attacked the Ice Dragon.
However, they were blocked and bounced off by the Ice Dragon's hard skin.
Not a single one penetrated.
Then wind magic.
"Bear's wind magic…"
Countless wind magic spells that have become Bear blades assaulted the Ice Dragon, hitting its body but only leaving blade lines of damage on its skin.
How hard was his skin?
Fire, lightning, earth, wind.
None of the magic worked.
As I racked my brain trying to think of what to do while looking at the Ice Dragon, I felt something was off about a small action of the Ice Dragon.
The place where Kagali-san was hit by the cold air.
It felt like the Ice Dragon was avoiding that place.
Was it just my imagination?
Now that I think about it, its tail had not even touched that area for a while now.
I moved to where Kagali-san was.
I felt confused by the Ice Dragon's movements.
Why?
The surrounding area was just flooded with water, as Kagali-san's heat melted the ice and snow around it.
The cold air had also turned to water due to the heat.
Perhaps it hated water?
I looked at the Ice Dragon's feet.
Ice was stuck to them.
"..." (Yuna)
Thinking back.
In previous battles, it had always avoided places where I had melted the snow and ice with fire.
On the contrary, it had exhaled cold air and frozen the waterlogged ground that had been melted by the fire.
Why didn't I notice it before?
The Ice Dragon was constantly cooling its body from the inside out.
I didn't know if this was due to magic power or something unique to the Ice Dragon's body.
Just one thing.
What was important was that I noticed that Ice Dragon was continuously cooling its body.
That would mean that if it was covered in water, it would freeze.
I had assumed that water wouldn't work on ice.
So, I didn't think water could do any damage to the Ice Dragon.
But if my thinking was correct, I could defeat it.
I gathered magic power.
Then I created a water ball the size of a soccer ball.
The Ice Dragon's wings moved when it saw the water ball.
I wouldn't let you get away.
The water ball passed beside the Ice Dragon and hit its wing.
Wherever the water hit, it froze.
The Ice Dragon tried to move its wings with force, breaking the ice, but I wouldn't let that happen.
One after another, the water balls hit it, freezing its wings.
Stopping its movements.
I continued to hit its feet, hands, and various other parts of its body with the water balls, freezing them.
The Ice Dragon forced its body to move, shattering the ice that had stuck to it, but it was too late.
My magic was already complete.
A big bear-shaped water ball has been created above the Ice Dragon.
"This is the end."
I lowered the big bear-shaped water ball.
The bear-shaped water that enveloped the Ice Dragon made a crackling sound as it freezed. The Ice Dragon tried to run away, but it was not normal water.
It was a bear-shaped water magic that I created.
There was no way I would let it get away.
I simply moved the bear-shaped water in the direction the Ice Dragon was moving.
Water was being frozen by the Ice Dragon's cold body. To add insult to injury, I also started to freeze the bear-shaped water from outside.
The Ice Dragon froze from its own magic, and from the outside I also amplified the freezing effect with my magic.
It tried to move its wings, but they were frozen and couldn't move. Next, it tried to move its legs, but those were also frozen.
It moved its arms desperately, but gradually the Ice Dragon became frozen and stopped moving.
The Ice Dragon being frozen was no laughing matter.
But it was over now.
I couldn't describe how stupid I was for not realizing this.
If I'd realized it sooner, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble.
Kagali-san also wouldn't have had to face such danger.
"Yuna, did you defeat it?" (Kagali)
Kagali-san returned riding on Swaying Bear.
I was glad that she returned.
"Yeah, as you can see." (Yuna)
The Ice Dragon was frozen and couldn't move.
"But to be precise, I've just sealed it in the ice." (Yuna)
I'd been using my detection skill for a while now, but the Ice Dragon's reaction had not disappeared.
In other words, it was still alive in the ice.
The Ice Dragon was just frozen.
In other words, it would start moving if the ice melted, and it was freed.
"...I can definitely feel his magic power." (Kagali)
"What do you think we should do with this?" (Yuna)
"I don't know. Well, you did freeze it and caught it." (Kagali)
"I wasn't planning on capturing it. I just saw that it was avoiding water and thought that maybe it would freeze itself with its own ice magic if surrounded by water." (Yuna)
I froze it further with my magic.
It may be harder to break the ice than I thought.
"But we can't just leave it like this." (Yuna)
I knew that if the ice melted, it would cause a big problem.
But that didn't mean I could keep it frozen forever.
If the Ice Dragon stopped emitting cold air from its body and I stopped cooling it from the outside, I think the ice would melt.
"But that doesn't mean we can keep watching over the Ice Dragon's ice forever, just like Kagali-san kept watching over the seal of the giant serpent." (Yuna)
"I don't want to either." (Kagali)
"No one is planning to ask Kagali-san to do it." (Yuna)
Maybe we should ask Mumroot-san to prepare a magic circle that would emit cold air for a semi-permanent period of time?
I didn't know if such a magic circle existed.
"Maybe we should make a small hole in the ice toward its mouth and pour out some poison?" (Yuna)
"You've got some terrifying ideas." (Kagali)
Well, we couldn't think of a way to defeat it.
"So, Kagali-san, do you have any ideas?" (Yuna)
"Should we drop it in the ocean?" (Kagali)
"If the Ice Dragon stopped releasing the cold air, I think ice will melt." (Yuna)
But only if the Ice Dragon could freely regulate its body temperature.
Well, if you think about it normally, I think it could be done.
"What should we do?" (Yuna)
"If we can't solve this, then we'll just have to leave it to that Ice Dragon." (Kagali)
Kagali-san turned her eyes to where the sun was setting.
There was an Ice Dragon heading towards us.
No, there were two Ice Dragons heading towards us?
"They're not fighting, right?" (Yuna)
"They don't look like they're fighting." (Kagali)
"They're not aiming for us, do they?" (Yuna)
"They don't seem like they're aiming for us." (Kagali)
They were fighting just a while ago, right?
"I hope they don't end up becoming friends and defeating us." (Yuna)
"Don't say scary things." (Kagali)
I didn't want a second battle.
That too with two Ice Dragons at the same time.
As we're talking, the Ice Dragons descended in front of us.
