[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-294":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},1619974,2087,"Chapter 294. Entity","bear-school-astartes-chapter-294",294,"\u003Cp>The next day, just like when he was in Auridon, Lann woke up in the village elder’s house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike the situation in Auridon where it was just a disturbance by a Water Ghost, this village harbored an evil presence that attracted Netherworld Dogs. Lann did not let himself conduct the usual [Deep Memory Dive] when he slept last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early in the morning, before the sun was too high, Lann had already geared up and walked onto the fields that had been abandoned for two years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fields were not far from the village, you could even turn around and see the smoke from chimneys rising, at most seven or eight hundred meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A disturbance by a daytime Demon Spirit at this distance could indeed scare the entire village senseless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the opposite direction, about half a kilometer away, was the edge of the Brokilon Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, let me see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann, without hesitation, stepped onto the dried and cracked field in his steel-plate boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A ’crack’ sounded as dry clods of earth shattered underfoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The field, abandoned for two years due to monsters, was not overgrown with weeds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, water wasn’t lacking here, with the forest not far away. Yet the field felt perpetually drought-stricken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Supernatural forces, without a doubt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann muttered, first squatting to pinch a clod of hardened earth, then standing up to survey the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond the fields was lush grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked for a while and came to the side of a corpse in the field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the only victim, a widower. He had died when the Demon Spirit first appeared two years prior, and no one had dared the risk to collect his remains since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exposed to the wilderness for two years, he should have been reduced to bare bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, his dried, desiccated muscles and skin clung tightly to his skeleton, his clothing and the condition of his body seeming more eroded than decomposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Lann had to describe it... it was like something freshly excavated from a pyramid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dehydration techniques for pharaohs’ mummies weren’t half as good as this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann, maintaining a calm expression, pulled out the Dragonbone Dagger, and started to carve into the dry, brittle body with ’cara-cara’ sounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Muscle dissolution occurred before death, he was forced into extreme physical exertion, leading to muscle fiber breakdown... Danced to death by the Dance of the Demon Spirit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tip of the Valerian steel dagger peeled back the dried skin like parchment, revealing the remnants of muscle within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s biochemical knowledge easily identified the signs of muscle dissolution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All signs pointed to the presence of a daytime Demon Spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mentos, retrieve monster data, I remember daytime Demon Spirits don’t stray far from their remains?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann half-squatted next to the body, but his gaze began scanning the ground for traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, daytime Demon Spirits are not confined to their remains. According to records, they linger due to resentment left at the death site. This may not necessarily be a burial ground, but it certainly is a crime scene.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks for the correction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann acknowledged Mentos’s correction in his mind, while on the other hand, trying to use his extraordinary senses to catch any clues from two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it seemed unrealistic, he had to try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lann lowered his gaze to search, the temperature in the field began to slowly rise like a frog boiling in a pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The steam from the ground, entangled with the cold winter air, distorted and blurred the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pupils of Lann’s cat-like eyes started to narrow as he looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sharp sound of a blade unsheathing. Lann abruptly drew the Lady of the Lake’s Sword from his waist, slashing horizontally behind him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sound like cloth tearing through the air followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The floating figure in mid-air was slashed across the chest by Lann’s Lady of the Lake’s Sword, but as it was not in a material form, it caused no effective damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So despite being caught off guard by the speed of the slash, it simply floated backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the horizontal slash, Lann turned his body, facing the ’floating object’ head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a half-charred body pulled from the fire, with tattered clothes and flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hair floated as if underwater, the entire lower jaw missing, a putrid long tongue dangled from its throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Daytime Demon Spirit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it fully manifested, despite the windy winter, Lann felt his mouth dry up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It isn’t completely invulnerable, otherwise it wouldn’t have dodged just now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If an ordinary Demon Hunter confronted a Daytime Demon Spirit for the first time and saw that their slash had no effect, they might start to panic and subsequently lose calmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lann’s eyes narrowed slightly, maintaining his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentos and his own observations soon noticed those easily overlooked details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Spirit seemed incompatible with the material world, its outline blurring the surrounding environment into shades of grey and white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if its art style was in conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Aron Dite cut across, although the Demon Spirit appeared undisturbed, the path the long blade traveled visibly lost its grey-white hue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hadn’t reverted back to normal since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lady of the Lake’s Sword’s [Demonbane] attribute was not for show; its underperformance stemmed from its inability to make contact on the material plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A normal slash can harm it, though the efficiency is dismal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann quickly assessed the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crazed Demon Spirit screeched, charging toward the Demon Hunter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sidelining with a nimble step, Lann dexterously dodged the direct assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the process, he swiftly repositioned himself, gripping Aron Dite with both hands high above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Iwami Style·One-Character Slash]!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a \"bang!\" sound, the sword technique-induced airflow reverberated in a roaring crescendo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, upon striking the Demon Spirit, it felt no different from slashing through thin air, emitting a sound more akin to a weapon missing its target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rotting woman levitated, emitting a scream from her jawless throat, her decaying tongue flailing wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A near-transparent spherical sound wave spread from her, expanding to a three-meter radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within three meters, the intensity of this soundwave could inflict physical harm. Beyond that, ordinary people would feel nauseous just from hearing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a Demon Hunter was not an ordinary person; they were created to combat monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"[Yarden Magic Seal]!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing just outside the substantial soundwaves, Lann composedly sheathed his sword, forming a series of hand signs toward the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violet magic glow-emitting runes emerged from the ground, forming a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yarden Magic Seal], akin to a Magic Barrier, acts as a trap that hinders enemies within its circle and forces Demon Spirit-type adversaries to materialize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Spirit’s shriek ended, with the [Yarden Magic Seal] encircling it precisely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What had appeared like a poor television signal now revealed its ’high-definition’ corporeal form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining a low center of gravity, left hand on the scabbard, right hand gripping the hilt...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter fixed his cat’s eyes on the Demon Spirit, gliding smoothly with a step, maintaining a Iaido stance, closing in on its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Iwami Style·Ultimate Skill·Iwami Cross Slash]!\u003C\u002Fp>",1181,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","d4f8849ffeae7ff8baeb4c8ed3d1ee09602781006c6da825300b08ad193aa827","bear-school-astartes-chapter-295","bear-school-astartes-chapter-293",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]