[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-205":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1619985,2087,"Chapter 205. The Scales of the Treasure Carp","bear-school-astartes-chapter-205",205,"\u003Cp>The clouds covered the moon, and the night was deep. A group of eight, everyone carried a torch except for Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Lady of the Lake’s Sword slit open Pingbala Lang’s neck at a speed undetectable even to normal people, the blood he sprayed out momentarily doused the torch, causing the flame to dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood that splattered onto the fire emitted a foul smell due to the high temperature, and the sound of the body collapsing softly on the ground was drowned out by the flow of Longquan River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining six, who initially bore fierce expressions, now had their confident faces twisted and frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked both absurd and ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lann interacted with Nojima Iizuka, his polite demeanor seemed to have given these people a misconception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It led them to believe that this foreign warrior was someone who followed rules, and combined with Lann’s youthful and handsome appearance, he seemed like a typical young hothead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pingbala Lang’s group even initially planned not to draw their swords, wanting Lann to think this was just a physical scuffle, not a matter of life and death, thereby lowering his guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even robbers rarely murdered, let alone ’colleagues’ having a spat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They intended to overpower him, and then, in Lann’s incredulous, despairing, and hateful eyes, draw their swords and thrust them into the gaps of his armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, this young man in front of them had a decisiveness to kill greater than this band of rōnin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaagh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the rōnin was the first to recover from panic, screeching as he drew his sword and lunged at Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who could pass Izusuke’s test certainly had some skills, and his screech was sharp and furious, as if he wished to transform into a rampaging bull to crush his enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he attacked, he used the most discreet and fastest thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This contrast during an attack might have been the technique he relied on to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, to Lann, this technique seemed far too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he cut down one person, the Lady of the Lake’s Sword, which had a small segment of its runes light up, sliced through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bright runes on the blade left a persistent trail of light in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the flashing sparks of clashing blades, the divine weapon from the goddess effortlessly cut across the opponent’s blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t feel like cutting through steel but like slicing butter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During its upward motion, the blade severed the opponent’s wrist, entered below the ribs along the body line, and exited at the right shoulder’s collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann accomplished all this single-handedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his other side, the arm guard of his high-tier Bear School Armor blocked a rōnin’s full-force slash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s arm took it as though catching a falling leaf, without any hint of reflexive tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The arm guard deflected the blade, and with his advantageous arm span, Lann’s hand backhanded the opponent’s chin in the process of deflecting the blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rōnin’s jawbone connection was directly shattered, causing his jaw and tongue to dangle limply downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intense pain made him whimper as he curled up on the ground, his writhing body stirring up a layer of dirt and grass roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the remaining five were still fumbling and scrambling, their eyes frightened as they tried to draw their blades from their waists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drawing a sword wasn’t easy, especially when one’s heart was in turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I say, it’s truly puzzling...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann casually swung his sword, which had again lit up impressively, while strolling towards them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic runes left residual light trails even as he walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you dare to strike at a fully armored, large-sized warrior?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their chins trembling, the men retreated, finally managing to draw their swords amid the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when they looked up, Lann’s faintly glowing cat-eyes were already looming over them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Splash—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of bodies falling into Longquan River wasn’t prominent, as the swift and voluminous river produced loud flowing sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann calmly watched the seven bodies slowly carried into the center river section by the current.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d just searched the bodies, not hoping to find any riches but hoping to find some swordsmanship manuals or something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the dire skill level of these rōnin, perhaps it was due to their own incompetence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The performance of the Iwami in battle, and the thought patterns of East Asian cultural spheres, indeed filled him with astonishment and curiosity, eager for more understanding and even learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was East Japan swordsmanship, but wasn’t it because he had no other choice! If he had a proper Ming Country martial arts set at hand, he certainly wouldn’t be conflicted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But very regrettably, reality had taught Lann not to believe too much in martial arts fiction plotlines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying secret scrolls from school on oneself always had some degree of exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clapping his hands and rinsing the blood off his gloves with river water, Lann was just about to stand up. But he suddenly noticed a colorful-scaled carp below the diffusing blood in the river, opening and closing its big mouth ceaselessly as if sucking in the nutrient-rich blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, the unit for carp is \"head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This carp was similar to a chicken he’d seen at a banquet not long ago; although in appearance it was a couple of inches in size resembling a small goldfish, its length floating in the water was already nearing one and a half meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann wasn’t overly surprised, after all, he’d already eaten a chicken sized by the \"head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly raised the Lady of the Lake’s Sword, its glowing magic runes serving as a fish-gathering light, causing the carp to edge slightly towards the riverbank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos seemed quite interested in catching this big fish, voluntarily correcting the water surface refraction for Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake’s Sword entered the water silently, but at the moment Lann pierced it, he felt something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann pulled the speared carp towards the riverbank, yet the weight which felt over a hundred pounds earlier grew lighter upon dragging, until the entire large koi disintegrated into the air in front of Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a single scale remained on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann looked at the now empty blade, letting out a gasp of surprise. The otherworld always managed to show him various fascinating marvels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter bent down to pick up the scale, this remnant of the great carp seemed to have encapsulated all its life essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal-clear, gorgeous in color, with a texture akin to a piece of jade kept alongside someone for decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thing, even sold as a jewel, surely wouldn’t be cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Temeria, it would be worth at least four to five hundred Oren. If Margaret used her fame to promote it, the premium could probably double.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s a jewel if it doesn’t have a hefty markup to call it a luxury?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, Lann thought of Margaret’s Magic Pocket and future lab plans, filled with financial anxiety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come to the Hirate family here to find work mainly to avoid being crushed by the scourge of war, not to earn much money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now looking at this beautiful scale, one on its own is worth a large Demon Hunter commission! And without the cost of Magic Potion or bombs, it’s pure profit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann cheerfully placed the scale into the Alchemy Pouch at his lower back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he was about to sheathe his sword, his relaxed gaze suddenly sharpened, looking towards the rugged mountain wall behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a thick pine tree midway up the cliff, a figure clad in purple-black striped clothing was leaping down agilely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nimbleness of that movement far exceeded the bounds of ordinary human capability!\u003C\u002Fp>",1296,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","54e3bd01b1332a740c9908e6f0b65789bf23732cae86cb57cb126ace92b847ca","bear-school-astartes-chapter-206","bear-school-astartes-chapter-204",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]