Chapter 91 – Bear-san And A Reason To Kill The Kraken
The Commerce Guild Master was now captured, and all of the accomplices were caught.
After everything was finished, the sun was setting, and it was already time for supper.
「It’s finally over.」
Deiga-san accompanied me back to the inn.
「I really didn’t believe you could subjugate the bandits all by yourself, you know! Now we can finally go and buy things in the next town, so let me thank you again. Thank you.」
「You don’t have to mind it. Actually, I wanted to do something about the Kraken, but…」
「Ahahahha! That’s impossible, as expected! Even the children know how strong the Kraken is. All we can do is pray that it will return to the ocean.」
「Sorry.」
「Why are you apologizing, missy? We are already very happy that you captured all of the bandits. And recently, there is wolf meat and flour on the market. That’s also thanks to you, isn’t it missy?」
I thought that the guild would keep it a secret though…
「There is nothing you can do about the people who already know. The Guild Master of the Adventurer’s Guild made me promise not to say anything though. She said that you are shy, and that’s why you don’t want to be thanked.」
「It’s just because it would be troublesome!」
I let my real thoughts out.
I ate dinner, and when I wanted to return to my room, Deiga-san stopped me.
「As I promised you this morning, I will make the best meal I can with what I have, so come to the dining room for lunch tomorrow. I will prepare everything tomorrow morning.」
「Is it really okay? You don’t have a lot of ingredients, right?」
「I don’t really mind. After all, this is the only thing I can do to thank you, missy.」
「I understand. I’m looking forward to it.」
I returned to my room, and in order for my tiredness of the day to fly away, I changed into the White Bear and summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear, in their cub forms.
When I summoned them, Hugging Bear seemed strange.
He didn’t look at me, showing me his back instead.
From my past experiences, he was pouting.
Now that I thought about it, today, I went, fought, and came back on Swaying Bear’s back.
That was why he was pouting.
It would be bad if I didn’t take care of him.
Still, I was really tired now.
I decided to embrace Hugging Bear while I slept.
There was just one problem. If I slept embracing Hugging Bear like this, it was possible that Swaying Bear would pout.
I forcefully embraced Hugging Bear and slid inside my uton.
Thanks to my tiredness and Hugging Bear’s warmth, I fell asleep really fast.
When I woke up the next day, Hugging Bear’s mood seemed to have improved, and there was no sign of Swaying Bear sulking. Perfect.
I unsummoned the two bears and changed into my Black Bear Suit.
When I came downstairs, Blitz and his party were all there.
The four of them were preparing to go on a journey.
「Are you going out of the city?」
「Yeah, but we will be back soon.」
「With the bandits gone, there are people who want to go to the next town to buy food, so we will act as their guards.」
「Well, it will only take ten days for a round trip. And if all goes well, we can shorten that time even more, so we are planning on returning really fast.」
「I see. I don’t know if I will still be here then, so I will say this now. Thanks for everything you helped me with.」
「That’s wrong! It’s us who should say thanks. Yuna-chan, if you were not here, it would have been impossible for us to subjugate the bandits.」
I still believed that they helped me, especially in dealing with the captured women.
I didn’t have a lot of life experience, so I couldn’t find any words of comfort for the women who were captured, and couldn’t take any actions to help them.
「We will be going then.」
「Take care.」
Blitz raised his hand in response and left the inn.
After eating breakfast, I went outside as well, in order to feel the fresh air.
As I was walking around the city, the faces of all the residents I saw seemed a little happier.
When they noticed me, the people lowered their heads slightly.
The children rushed over to me as well.
It seemed that the fact that we defeated the bandits had been spread throughout the city.
When I stopped by the Adventurer’s Guild, Atora-san and the employees seemed really busy.
They told me that the shore, previously controlled by the Commerce Guild, was now temporarily under the control of the Adventurer’s Guild.
Atora-san seemed to be having a hard time.
I remembered the time when I saw Atora-san, alone inside the guild.
As a refreshment, I gave her a pudding.
When you were tired, sweet things were the best.
As I left the Adventurer’s Guild, I bumped into Jeremo-san, the Commerce Guild’s employee I met on my first day in this city.
「Missy, huh? Thanks a lot for all of this.」
「Why are you here?」
「A job for the Commerce Guild. Because the Guild Master and others were captured, a lot of work was thrown onto an underling like me.」
「I see.」
「I was able to avoid being dragged into the Guild Master’s crimes because I was just an underling though.」
It seemed that the Commerce Guild Master remained silent even now.
It was certain that he was the ringleader behind the bandits’ orders.
The residents asked for his disposal, but that was delayed for now.
Considering the feelings of the captured women, they wanted to execute him quickly, but because this was an independent city, as well as the fact that the Mayor already fled, there was no one to judge him, so they had to wait.
More importantly, Atora-san’s job was not just investigating the criminals, including Zarad.
There were a lot more urgent things to do.
Since the bandits were subjugated, there were now more places where people could fish, so they had to distribute those places equally. The things stolen by the bandits also had to be redistributed. Some of the women were captured, but there were also a lot of people who were killed. Normally, those who subjugated the bandits received the loot, but we declined.
We gave it away, so that it could be sold to reduce the food shortage.
Atora-san told us that we were too naive, but she thanked us anyway.
Blitz said that he didn’t want to receive it, since he hadn’t actually done anything.
I returned to the inn just past noon, and a delicious scent drifted my way.
「Oh, you have returned. It’s almost finished, so sit and wait.」
As I sat down, a smell that stimulated my appetite drifted through the air.
After a few minutes, the meal was brought to me.
What was placed before me was something I had never seen in this world, but still something I knew very well.
「Rice….」
「What, you know of it already?」
What was in front of me was not white rice, but it was rice nonetheless.
It was cooked together with a lot of different ingredients, and resembled Chinese fried rice.
I ate one mouthful. It was a really nostalgic taste.
It was rice.
It was not white, but it was still delicious.
Accompanying this Cantonese rice was a grilled fish that had been caught in the sea.
「This fish was caught by my son this morning.」
The bottle that was beside the fish bothered me more.
Was it possible that you put the contents of this bottle on the fish?
It was a somewhat black liquid.
I tried the fish with it. No doubt, it was soy sauce.
I then also tried fried rice with it.
I would prefer white rice, but I couldn’t possibly say ungrateful things like that.
「Missy, are you crying?」
Before I knew it, tears were dropping from my eyes.
「Your meal was so good that it made me cry.」
Being seen crying was embarrassing, so I wiped away my tears and answered while smiling.
I wasn’t lying when I said that it was delicious.
「Really?」
「Yes, it’s really delicious.」
「I am happy that you say so, but you are not forcing yourself, are you?」
Did he think that I thought it tasted bad, and that I was forcing myself to eat it?
「This is exactly like the food from my country. I thought that I would never be able to eat it again, you see. I am so happy.」
「This is exactly like your country’s cuisine? Is it possible that you come from the country of Harmony and Peace?」
(TL note: 和の国 The oldest recorded name of Japan. 和 refers to Harmony/Peace.)
「The country of Harmony and Peace?」
「Am I wrong?」
「Yes. It’s a place that is farther than that, a place so distant, I won’t be able to go there anymore.」
「You came from a place that far away? Aren’t you lonely?」
「There are times when something makes me remember home, but this place is fun as well. Still, it’s times like this, when I can taste my home country’s taste, that makes me really happy.」
「I see. I really would love to make more for you, but I don’t have enough ingredients. Before the Kraken arrived, there was a boat that went to the country of Harmony and Peace once every month, but now…」
「The Kraken, huh…」
Did I really not have any ways to defeat it?
I thanked Deiga-san and left the inn.
I kept walking until I arrived at the ocean.
The vast sea.
Beyond it was a country with rice and soy sauce. It might be possible that they even have miso.
I absolutely wanted rice.
The Kraken, huh?
My way of fighting was restricted.
I could use a big warship and, before it sank, kill the Kraken. The problem was, there were no ships like that in this city.
I could fly in the sky and kill it from there. The problem was, I couldn’t fly.
To experiment, I went to the sandy beach and tried to freeze the sea.
It did freeze, but the waves covered it. If we started to fight, the Kraken would act violently. If that happened, the sea would grow wild, and the waves would exceed several meters, possibly even more than ten meters. If the ice broke, I wouldn’t be in a position to fight.
So, the ice would have to be really thick, and if I had to mind my every step, I wouldn’t be able to fight well.
If it was just a lake, I would be able to do it though.
Should I try to make a big bubble of air and dive into the sea?
I tried to make one, and entered the sea.
I entered the sea just fine.
Still, if I took an attack from the Kraken like this, that would be the end, wouldn’t it?
Could I even attack from inside this bubble?
If it broke, that would be the end.
There was also the problem of oxygen.
Even after thinking a lot, I found no good ways for now.
Maybe I should ride the bears to battle?
I summoned Swaying Bear and Hugging Bear.
「Can you two swim?」
The two entered the sea and swam without trouble.
They could swim.
Well, polar bears could swim as well, right?
If we had a problem, it would be that I was the one who had never swam in the sea before. More importantly, how many years had it been since I last swam?
Thinking about it, the last time was when I was in primary school, during the lessons we had inside the school’s pool.
If I fell off from the bears, I would certainly die.
Still, when I was on the bears, even if I slept, I wouldn’t fall, so there might be no problem at the sea either.
If I rode on them, my lower half would be soaked without a doubt. When I fought, my whole body would get drenched as well.
It also didn’t change the fact that I could do nothing to it if it dove into the depths of the sea.
I should put this plan in reserve.
Hmm, I couldn’t find any ways to defeat it.
Was there a story of people who fought inside of the sea?
It would be the best if I could just breathe under the sea. There was no use asking for something impossible.
Couldn’t I just divide the sea, like Moses did? No, that would be impossible. That way, I couldn’t chase it if it fled.
More than that, I probably couldn’t do it anyway.
…No good.
…Discarded.
…Rejected.
…Refused.
…Nope.
…Impossible.
Finally, a good idea hit me.
Yes, this was the idea I would go with.
If it failed, it wouldn’t hurt me.
If it worked, I would be able to fight.
If it didn’t work, I could just fight while riding on Swaying Bear or Hugging Bear.
Author’s note:
The reason to fight the Kraken is rice and soy sauce.
And this is Yuna, who tried her best to find a way to fight the Kraken.
I think I really racked my brain hard to find this way.
If there is anyone who has thought of it as well, please, don’t say it. I implore you.
It’s planned that the Kraken will be defeated the way Yuna always does, exploiting her overpowered Bear.
Then, I am counting on you for the next time as well.
TL note: Of course she will use her overpowered Bear. Without it, she has nothing.
Why not try an air based bear golem? She should be able to ride on it and fly through the air. Once she finds the kraken, she can just make a lightning based bear golem army and send them into the ocean to fight it.
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Maybe based on common sense “How dafuq Bears can fly? Unless da Bears have wings and tail like a Dragon”. <(")
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So we call it Bearagon.
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lol
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Its made of air, why wouldn’t it be able to fly? Besides, since when did her powers rely on making sense? ;)
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I think the problem is how long will yuna be able to sustain that air bear golem. Perhaps from magic consumption, it will be more than if she can use flying magic or items that allow her to fly. I was thinking perhaps while she’s riding air golem, she can send her strongest lighting magic to kraken, but then again the damage to the surrounding will be unimaginable..
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She has the bear suit, the only time she might have MAYBE been a little low was when she slaughtered the 10 000 (I think) monster army. With the bear suit no magic consumption is too big.
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No, the last time he slaughter the army, she has to switch between black and white bear to restore her mana. The problem is wether she can do it when fighting solo against leviathan or not, perhaps it’s what she considered beforehand. When fighting the 10k, she has time to move between enemies and to reach another enemies’ formation, so she can switch the suit, but in one on one fight, it may be more difficult, plus she’s out of elements here. Once she fell to the water, like what she said, she only has short time to finish it.
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I’m not sure its even possible for her to run out of magic at this point.
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Read the next chapters. You’ll see,.
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…///It’s planned that the Kraken will be defeated the way Yuna always does, exploiting her overpowered Bear.
Then, I am counting on you for the next time as well.
TL note: Of course she will use her overpowered Bear. Without it, she has nothing.\\\…
I respectably disagree with the translator here.
if you review Chapter 1, as well as times of Yuna musing about other adventurers who base their skills strictly on physically fighting leveling up their abilities, it becomes very clear that Yuna gained A LOT of experience and skills in sword-fighting by her incessant gaming as a magical swordsman back in Japan. It will be long into the future, but Yuna will get a chance to show that her sword-fighting skills haven’t gotten rusty whatsoever, even if she’s not fighting as the bear. Her fighting skills by themselves are nothing to sneeze that.
Of course, I’m merely referring to Yuna’s muscle-memory. In reality, without her suit Yuna would have to take out her opponent on the first move or close to it, or else she would collapse from exhaustion or muscle-cramps (which in fact will happen to one of Yuna’s opponents, when she has just enough of her Bear powers to physically outlast him in the tournament ring). So yeah, in this instance, without her suit Yuna would have had no chance against the Kraken, since she couldn’t fight it with weapons but only magic, and she nearly exhausted that magic to the point of her worst-ever physical collapse–and that WITH her full Bear suit. However, if Yuna ever got herself into good physical shape (which she never has, and it’s hard to think of what would motivate her to do so), she could still be a high-level adventurer. Even so, I think she could definitely beat more than a few people if Yuna didn’t allow her opponent to extend the struggle long enough for her lack of strength and endurance to tell.
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Actually, Yuna won’t discover her electrical/lightning magic and master it for quite some time yet.
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I agree and would like to propose its theme song.
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Thanks for the chapter!
Legit reason to defeat Kraken. XD
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Quest: “There’s a Kraken on the loose. Ye gods! Help this poor village.”
Yuna: “Yeah, no can do. I can’t swim or fly.”
Quest: “Fair enough. Quest canceled.”
NPC: “By the way, you can get rice and soy sauce once you complete that quest.”
Captain Yunahab: “RIP AND TEAR!”
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Rice is justic
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Forming a water bear and make it drag the kraken to land, then roast it? Seems like a fucking funny idea hahaha!
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Almost similar the spoiler, but slightly different :”>
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Can’t she just make a Earth bear golem go under the water, then when the Kraken wraps its tentacles around it, bite one of the tentacles, then drag it onto land?
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Will insert pic Bear-san VS Kraken again in next few chapters. lol
Tks for the new chapters.
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The power of Asian food! White rice is justice! Thanks for the chapter.
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couldnt she summon a giant ice bear and have a kaijuu battle
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The commerce guild master can be bait to lure it to shore, or make bombs with magic and drop them around the place its at til it surfaces the kraken is known to be close to the shore after all.
Aww poor yuna feeling nostalgic, also do japanese people really like soy sauce ? i hate it so..kinda bums me that they talk so fervently about something i dont like in almost all japenese novels.
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They grew up with soy sauce so for them it would be like us not having cheese
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By the way:
Yuna enjoying pizza at her Bear Shop.
Then she is told there will be no more cheese, because monsters are attacking the cattle at the cheese village.
Never come between a bear and her favorite ingredients, or it’s going to be RIP for you monsters.
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Bear stuff is the best stuff~~
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thanks :D
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Why not create depth chargers? or bear mine bombs.
Lure it in to the bay then litter the area behind the kraken with bear mines, create bear torpedos :P, use a big ass metal spear to pierce the kraken then charge it with lightning!
I dont want swaying or hugging bear to be fighting they might get hurt
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Bear submarine for firing the Bear torpedoes(was gonna say bearpedos, but that’s too close to pedobears -_-), she can already craft pretty much any bear structure she can imagine, after all.
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I don’t think Yuna is into modern militaries’s techniques though. Girls are love swords and magics more than guns <(")
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Not all. If you follow this translation through a lot of chapters, another translator picking it up will also be doing a translation of Mitsuha–who does depend on a lot of modern weaponry.
Now, the Bloody Bear vs. the Teleporting Swindler–now that would be a battle!
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She still has a ton of money even without her bears though, and it does seem like she’s really good at making money from her background in the original world.
If no bears then this could easily turn into a merchant’s world domination novel.
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Thanks for the chapter!
Desert chapter as usual <3
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Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
somehow i can imagine she’ll end up splitting the ocean in half anyway..
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And now it’s time for meatbun vs takoyaki
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pudding is gonna take over this city.
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thank you.
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Wouldn’t she just harpoon it with her bear strength, drag it to land and then fry it with her bear fire and turn it into grill squid or is it octopus?
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Octopus only has eight appendages and no real bones, kraken has been known to have about forty tentacles of various sizes, and sometimes bone armor, should be classified under squid, for cooking purposes.
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I love u translator-san for all ur good work~
Ehehe, well, that sure didn’t come out right…
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Thanks~ I will accept it while reading only the sense you wanted it to be~
I am not alone in this work too, and you have to thank the boss, the editors and all the proofers that helps me and my poor english^^
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i love u boss, editor-sans and poofers~
sound any better?
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btw, how time consuming is it if u wanna apply to be proofreader? maybe i’ll apply for it in order to get more frequent kuma chapters. unfortunatly dont speak japanese. do i need any special ability?
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Well~ Around 30min-1h for proofing a normal length chap I think^^
Special ability are not really needed, just have to be confident in your english^^
You apply, the Boss will give you a little test, you do it, and if he is happy with you you will have the chaps in advance^^
good luck^^
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okie~ so i’ll try and contact u guys and join the team?
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giant fire bear to make boiled kraken?
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No, nononono no Kraken no. Not a water bear.
There could be miso.
Let’s do this shit!!!!!!!
Thanks so much for all your hard work!!!
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when she wore the bear shoes she can run so fast right? did author forgot that as long as you run fast you can walk on the water surface? when will her bear shoes have the time to shine?
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Summon water bears to aggro the kraken then summon a big earth bear to bring it to dry land
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thank you for your translation~
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Thank you very much
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Thanks for the chapter,
Poor common sense -chan is going to get bear stomped yet again!
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so kraken will be defeat by bear? now that is something i want to to see
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Go lv up and unlock the bikini bear suit ?
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yes pls
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Why do i think that there is/was a transported person in the country of harmony and peace?
About Kraken, isn’t a Whale a distant cousin of a Bear? Then summon a Moby Dick golem and let them kaijus fight
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Now that’s an idea. Actually, sperm whales do a lot of preying of kraken (giant squids) in real life.
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Thanks 4 the chapter!
Moses… I can see our favorite bear parting the ocean.
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Well, Yuna doesn’t need that miracle because she can do another miracle of that type with her…
Oops, you’ll just have to read on to find out about that one…
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Thanks for the chapter.
“Author notes: The reason to fight the Kraken is rice and soy sauce.”
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I really don’t know how to respond for this….
Considering how powerful Bear’s magics are, she could just summon multiple number of fire & air bear and make a boiled/fried kraken…
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water walking jutsu!
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Thanks for the chapter.
Even without the Beat, Yuna is still a skilled swordswoman and mage with a large amount of experience.
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maybe he transfer all the sea water inside her item box :D
thx for the chapter ^^
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I think the most amusing way for yuna to defeat it would be swimming out to it, stuffing it in her item box and dropping it on land :D
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Actually, that’s not really too far from a couple future subjugations she’ll do using the Mierra seacoast.
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Lets fight a kraken for rice and soy sauce!
Thanks for the chapter.
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what about a bear submarine?
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O_o I find it amusing she actually considered making thick ice to walk around on while fighting. It takes a ton more effort to freeze salt water than it does fresh water so wouldnt that also count towards mana consumption? If not she could just go with a giant Kraken-cicle, drag it on land then shatter it against some Earth Bear Golems that are stronger (harder material) than previous variants.
Also I am stupid so I did check to make sure the whole “freezing saltwater takes lower temp than freshwater” is true :P the freezing point of saltwater is in direct relation to the amount of salt in it (more salt, lower temp required). Google gave me a fairly decent read that I will not remember in most likely 15minutes or less.
Oh also boiling saltwater takes a higher temp than freshwater too…just tossing that out there too!
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Time for meteor bear to appear
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Drain the ocean, store the water inside bear item bag
Mass panic arround the world? But rice and soy sauce is more important
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thanks
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Initially I assumed it would be squid ink in the bottle which tastes exactly like soy sauce , thus giving her motivation to kill it
Hmm,I guess she could use the flame bear or create a lightening bear…but both would end up harming her as well if she’s in the water when attacking. Hmmm. Looking forward to how she takes care of it
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I think it might be a good idea to send her to the other place the country of peace and Harmony or whichever it was it might be a fun idea for houseboat
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Kuma: There is no way I can fight Kraken!
Rice: exists
Kuma: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/295/986/922.jpg
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Yuna will do everything for her happiness
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