"Are you ready?"

I asked Saemi, hearing my question she just nodded saying we could go, with that I activated the teleportation and soon Saemi and I were enveloped by a blue light, as soon as the light finished enveloping us everything turned blue in front of us, as soon as we realized we were in a forest again.

"It's cold"

Saemi said as she looked around, she was right, it was quite cold, we were probably only coping because of the clothes I made before we came here, the forest we are in is totally frozen, there is plenty of snow everywhere you look.

"It's okay, if you pour some mana into your clothes, they can probably keep you warm”

Hearing my words Saemi was a little confused but soon did as I said.

"Oh, it's really warm"

Saemi said with a smile on her face.

"Right? so we won't have to worry so much about the cold”

After that Saemi and I decided to explore this new floor, it seemed to be a pretty cold floor most of the time and probably at night it would be even colder, thanks to our new costumes we were warmed up so we wouldn't have to worry about it too much, within a few minutes walking we encountered the first monster on the third floor, it looked very much like a polar bear, with its only difference being its fur, which was more like armor than fur.

"That... and a bear?"

Saemi asked with clear doubt on her face.

"I think it was meant to look like one"

I said as I looked at the bear that was lying comfortably.

"What are we going to do?"

Saemi asked looking at me.

"Let's fight, I want to know how strong the monsters on the 3rd floor will be"

Hearing my answer Saemi nodded.

"Let's do the same thing we did against the salamander, you cover me from behind while I will face him from the front"

"Understood"

With that Saemi went to position herself between the trees to start shooting with her magic while I started walking towards the bear, as soon as I got some distance from it the bear lifted its ear.

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(I think it detected me)

That's what I thought when I saw the bear lift his head and start to look around, as soon as his eyes stopped on me his expression began to show that he was clearly seeing me as prey.

(Wow, he really is bigger when he's standing up)

I thought as I looked at the bear that was on two legs.

"Roaaaarrrrrr"

A large roar characteristic of bears could be heard as it roared in my direction, however, this did not seem to be a simple roar, as soon as I heard the roar, I suddenly felt something, a strangely uncomfortable feeling.

(That ... and fear?)

I wondered, and the worst of it was that I couldn't move, I was completely paralyzed, looking at the bear again I noticed that he was about to do something, in his mouth a blue energy began to gather.

"Are you serious?"

I asked myself after noticing what the bear was about to do.

"Makoto"

Within seconds I hear a voice next to me as I am pushed all the way to the ground, while I was still a little bewildered trying to understand what just happened a blue glow passed beside me and Saemi who had pushed me, as soon as we looked at the place where the blue glow hit, we saw that there was a totally frozen tree.

"I-Is that thing able to use magic?"

Saemi asked, not believing her own words, realizing that I could already move quickly I stand up along with Saemi while looking at the bear.

"I wouldn't call it magic, I think it is something like the salamander, although it was created out of the stomach"

"That's what we call magic"

Saemi said sarcastically.

"Anyway, be careful with your screams"

I said rolling my eyes.

"Although I don't know how I think his screams have a fear effect or something"

Hearing my words Saemi looked a little surprised but soon agreed, this really was a place where you would see everything, while we were talking, I didn't notice that the bear was already prepared to launch his second shot, it was too late when Saemi and I realized that there was a blue glow coming towards us.

"Damn it"

I said as I hugged Saemi to protect her, as soon as I hugged Saemi I felt a huge pressure coming from my back and with that Saemi and I were thrown into one of the trees nearby.

"Are you okay?"

Saemi asked with panic stamped on her face.

"I'm fine, although I'm a lot colder now than I was before I wasn't frozen, I think our outfits are doing just fine"

I said with a smile, after getting up we looked at the bear again, he was still looking at us both with the same expression as before but you could see a little surprise in his eyes, he probably didn't understand why we didn't turn into an ice statue.

"Saemi, can you distract him?"

I asked.

"Sure, how much time do you need?"

With a smile on my face, I turned to Saemi.

"5 seconds is enough"

After that Saemi began to launch a burst of wind bullets at the big bear who had no choice but to defend using his arm, although it didn't look like it was going to kill him clearly it was pissing him off.

"Dark manipulation, Flame, Visualization of weak points, Fast step"

Saying these words, I quickly appeared behind the bear, holding strongly my black sword that was on fire I direct it towards the bear's weak point, with one blow the bear falls to the ground lifeless.

"Good job"

Saemi said as she approached.

"Thank you"

Saying those words I moved my arm towards the bear and used my ability, within seconds two messages appeared in my head saying the new abilities I acquired.

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE ACQUIRED THE SKILL (INTIMIDATION)

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE ACQUIRED THE SKILL (GLACIAL RAY)