[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-378":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},1620208,2087,"Chapter 378. Slash!","bear-school-astartes-chapter-378",378,"\u003Cp>A man who had never appeared in Yan’an walked into the great cathedral of the Healing Church.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the church agent praying here did not seem surprised at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this night, any strange thing could happen, so there was no need to be surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann looked at the woman in the white robe who had twisted around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had white hair, a frail figure, and blood-stained bandages wrapped around her wrists. She was a far cry from the typical image of a powerful pope that people imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann had once seen a portrait of the Eternal Fire Archbishop, Cyrus Himmelfat, in Gos Velen’s market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from the painting techniques that emphasized pomp and grandeur, the guy looked like an indulgent, gluttonous pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet that painting was finally sold for fifty Oren.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Amelia looked just like an ordinary helpless woman praying in front of a holy statue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lann knew very well—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ordinary helpless woman would not be so calm when a strong man unsheathes a sword and walks toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eyes beneath the pure white hood looked over at Lann.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter’s eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, and he halted his steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this incense-filled cathedral... there suddenly appeared a stench belonging to a Beast Plague victim!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia’s bones began to twist unnaturally, and as they deformed violently within her body, bulges began to appear on her robe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain followed her like a shadow, and Amelia’s eyes uncontrollably rolled upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, the Demon Hunter smacked his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk... another strange thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the Beast Plague was controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it wasn’t controlled in the direction of ’healing,’ but rather, the power of beast transformation was being controlled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was something Lann had never seen, and something Henrik had never mentioned—a phenomenon where the beast transformation process was artificially controlled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Healing Church indeed has researched something strange amid countless cases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the church agent’s eyeball, beneath the pupil at the lower eyelid, a symbol resembling an abstract beast’s claw emerged prominently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without upward-rolled eyes, this symbol would likely remain hidden beneath the eyeball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scream erupted from the already transformed throat bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skin was finally torn apart by bone deformation, and thick beast-like fur emerged from her body, her hind legs transformed into backward-bending joints...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blood splattered by the torn skin even sprayed up onto the walls of the cathedral hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, when Lann lowered the arm shielding his eyes from the blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What appeared before him was a gigantic white-furred monster with forked antlers and a face resembling a wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pure white robe that Amelia originally wore had now become a blindfold for the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the dim candlelight of the cathedral, the pure white monster even had a somewhat heterogeneous sacred aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of its paws was tightly holding something, clasped to its chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Lann’s first time witnessing a priest transforming into a beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small, curled-up body swelling in an instant into a monster with a mouth big enough to swallow an entire person... he had never seen such a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transformation of a Werewolf or a Beast Plague patient’s flare-up was much milder than this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a canine’s panting, it made the beast’s black nose moist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with that, the breath from its serrated teeth carried the stench of beasts wafting from its innards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Click,’ a soft sound, the Demon Hunter closed the Lady of the Lake’s Sword, which had just been partially unsheathed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I finally understand where the weapon difference between Church Hunters and ordinary hunters comes from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fighting style of ordinary hunters involved swift acceleration, paired with transformable weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Church Hunters preferred to use heavier, larger heavy weapons for hunting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hunter’s tactical choice had always depended on the type of prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Studded leather gloves reached toward his lower back’s Alchemy Pouch, burying half his arm inside, grasping something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the white beast before him directly swung that beastly paw, large enough to hold an entire person, down onto Lann!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sidestep to dodge, the footwork from the Ninja Manual wasn’t as swift and crisp as hunters’, but it was nimble enough to evade the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The enormous paw that could cover a person struck the marble cathedral floor, immediately creating a web-like crack on the precious and sturdy slab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of the impact shattered the cracks in the stone, with large clouds of dust and smoke rising up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few shards turned into shrapnel, shooting out in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece was headed right for Lann’s face, but the young man didn’t even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shard collided in mid-air with a golden barrier, the Chaos Magic Power emitting a ’crackling’ sound of stress under pressure, but it was far from shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Lann’s body continued to grow, the quality of his Chaos Magic Power was also improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now his Quen Rune should be able to withstand two or three close-up shots from a bow or crossbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white-furred beast, having missed its strike, immediately tried to withdraw its hand for another attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But meanwhile, Lann’s hand, clutching something, was drawn from the Alchemy Pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia didn’t even have time to see what it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only saw a massive black shadow, leaving a fan-shaped trail in the air...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Bang!!!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Awoo!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain came before the sight, and Amelia’s wailing echoed ceaselessly through the cathedral!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive black blade slashed down from top to bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had practically ’smashed’ off the beast’s deformed wrist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blunt blade first shattered the wrist bone and then tore through the skin and flesh on the bone under immense force and inertia!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster’s wrist was severed to the ground, and the mix of flesh and bone was sent skidding across the marble floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that greatsword...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wooow! Awwooo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia, cradling her severed beast claw, staggered backward, screaming incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that could be called a ’sword,’ it would be too much of a stretch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was massive, thick, and heavy, with a blade too coarsely sharpened...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was practically a hunk of iron!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for the outstanding hunters of the church, their Church Giant Swords adopted a leek-leaf-style tapering blade, with etched surfaces to reduce weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could a human who hadn’t undergone ’Blood Therapy’ wield such a sword?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pitter-patter...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments of bone and blood-ground flesh slid off the massive blade onto the marble floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant sword of Valerian Steel, after severing the giant monster’s wrist, still had enough momentum to smash a jagged rough crack into the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also emitting a tolling bell-like roar!\u003C\u002Fp>",1102,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.942Z",1,"novelbin.me","450f056a405e1f51018eafc0085b759a9979d4e4f594c3f1bd72c1a6becce28d","bear-school-astartes-chapter-379","bear-school-astartes-chapter-377",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]