Elden Ring, building a legion of ashes

Chapter 76 Rune Bear

Thick drool involuntarily dripped from the corner of Rune Bear's mouth.

He remembers this thing!

This is a human being.

It is a top-quality ingredient.

It firmly ranks first in his recipes, not only is it plump and juicy with a good balance of fat and lean, but most importantly, it contains a lot of salt in its blood.

This is so much tastier than any sour and astringent rhubarb, spiky wild boar, or muddy fish!!!

Moreover, the two of them clearly appeared out of thin air; it was like a gift from heaven!

"Aaaaaah!"

"Runic Bear! It's Runic Bear!!"

Patch was so frightened that he screamed, his voice cracking.

Others may not know the extent of Rune Bear's strength, but doesn't he?

Ordinary fading agents are no match for it; one slap and they're reduced to minced meat!

"Even I, Uncle Patch, have to avoid his sharp edge!"

The survival instinct kicked in.

In an instant, Patch took off running at an astonishing speed.

However, after running a distance, when he turned around to see if the unfortunate faded one had been eaten, he was surprised to find that there was nothing behind him.

Then I turned my head again.

But he found that Xia Tong had already run far ahead of him!

When facing Rune Bear, Xia Tong has one principle:

He doesn't need to run faster than Rune Bear, he just needs to run faster than Patch!

"roar--!"

Rune Bear, on all fours, roared and chased after them.

When it runs, it's like a heavy tank, and the ground trembles.

Beneath its brown fur are exaggeratedly bulging muscles, brimming with explosive power.

At this moment, it still had some broken tree debris clinging to its body, and it was unstoppable as it ran.

Patch, standing in front of it, was so frightened that it screamed and wished it had two more legs.

Suddenly, the running rune bear let out a high-pitched howl.

"Awooo—!!!"

The invisible sound waves spread forward, causing the leaves of the surrounding dense forest to fall in a rustling sound.

Xia Tong was at least thirty meters away from Lu Enxiong, but even at that distance, he still felt a sharp pain in his eardrums and a buzzing in his head.

Patch, who was closer than Xia Tong, was so shocked by the roar that his limbs went weak and his face turned deathly pale.

The fine sweat that had broken out from the fright was now chilled to the bone by the cold wind, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Patch hadn't felt death approaching like this in a long time!

"Hey! Faded One! Good bro!"

"I considered you a friend, you should have saved me! You shouldn't have run away alone!"

At this moment, Xia Tong is the only lifeline that Patch can grasp.

But then he suddenly realized that he didn't even know the other person's name!

"I'm always the one tricking others, but this time I'm the one getting tricked!"

"And how did he know the box contained a teleportation trap?!"

Patch cursed inwardly, but dared not stop his footwork.

He was running almost on his hands and feet, and because he was caught in such a hurry, he had no weapons in his hands!

In the end, two legs can't outrun four legs.

Patch still couldn't escape.

Rune Bear leaped forward, then swept his right forelimb across the ground.

"Bang!"

He then swept Patch away, sending him flying and crashing heavily into a tree as thick as a person's waist.

"Ouch!"

Patch groaned in pain, feeling as if his bones were about to fall apart.

Of course, Rune Bear had no intention of letting him go.

It stands upright, ready to descend from the sky and give Patch a fatal "bear hug".

Xia Tong certainly remembered this move.

Once the Rune Bear grabs you, it will constrict you tightly, crush your spine, and then open its blood-red maw to tear your head apart!

That's a killer move.

"Why!"

Xia Tong sighed softly.

Although this guy is really annoying, he is an important NPC after all, and if he dies, you won't be able to buy anything from him.

Then, three meteors shot out from his staff.

It flew straight toward the Rune Bear!

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

All three meteors struck the Rune Bear's massive body with pinpoint accuracy.

However, it did not cause any substantial damage.

It barely pierced the Rune Bear's tough, thick fur, drawing out a small amount of blood.

It can stop the wound with just a slight twitch of its muscles!

However, thanks to Xia Tong's Gorilla Meteor, hatred was drawn away.

Patch was thus temporarily saved.

He seized the opportunity and quickly climbed the tree closest to him.

"Climbing a tree? Dude, are you serious?"

Xia Tong was speechless.

Bears can climb trees!

Sure enough, although the Rune Bear was hurt by the magic, it grimaced and glanced at Xia Tong in the distance.

But between hatred and the delicious food that was within its grasp, it chose to eat the easy snack in front of it first!

"Crack! Crack!"

The rune bear's sharp claws pierced deeply into the tree trunk.

The once sturdy tree appeared to be teetering on the brink of collapse in the face of Rune Bear's terrifying weight and monstrous strength.

It climbed up quickly, sending wood chips flying everywhere.

The enormous weight caused the tree to sway violently from side to side, and Patch clung tightly to the trunk, nearly falling off from the impact.

"Ring ring—"

After taking a swig of Blue Dew Holy Grail, Xia Tong suddenly shook the Soul Summoning Bell.

Summon two fanged imps, the soul jellyfish Kurala, and the headless knight Rutil.

The fanged imp is small yet extremely agile, making it surprisingly effective against large and clumsy monsters like the Rune Bear.

When the fanged imp was summoned, it charged toward the rune bear with a wicked grin.

Kurala, guided by Xia Tong, floated towards the middle of the large tree.

"Patch! My name is Xia Tong! I hope you can remember this name!"

"You'll remember me, won't you?"

Xia Tong shouted loudly in Patch's direction.

At this moment, Patch had almost climbed to the top of the tree and had nowhere left to retreat.

But the Rune Bear behind them was also climbing fast, its mouth wide open, tearing at the creature below. The two were practically racing against time.

"Good brother! Xia Tong, good brother!"

"I've got it! I've definitely got it!"

"Please save me!"

At this moment, Patch's voice was already trembling with sobs.

Faced with Lu Enxiong's gaping maw and foul breath so close to him, his mind went almost blank, and he could only go along with Xia Tong's words.

"Would you be willing to sell me all the good stuff? Would you also trick me into opening trap chests?"

Xia Tong asked slowly and deliberately.

"No way! Absolutely not!"

"Just save me!"

Patch kicked away the Rune Bear's gaping maw, feeling like he was about to wet himself in fear!

"Okay! Now jump down!"

"Jump down?"

Patch looked at the height of more than ten meters above the ground and was immediately at his wit's end.

"Jumping from that height would definitely kill you! Xia Tong, you're kidding me!"

"Aren't you going to jump? Then I'm leaving!"

Xia Tong made a move to leave.

"Roar! Roar!"

Rune Bear climbed another step up, its paws almost reaching Patch's ankles.

At this moment, because they were close to the slender top of the tree, Patch and Lu Enxiong were swinging violently from side to side like on a swing.

Between being bitten to death and being thrown to one's death.

Patch gritted his teeth and finally chose to believe his "good brother".

When the tree swung to its lowest point, he closed his eyes and suddenly let go!

"Aaaaaah!"

He screamed as he fell through the air.