Having found the Phantom Beast Brown Bear's location, the rest was simple. Russell led Grove straight to the tallest cedar tree.
"Roar!"
The Phantom Beast Brown Bear roared, trying to drive Russell and his party away.
"A Phantom Beast, my lord!" Grove's eyes widened. Any knight would be excited upon seeing an ownerless Phantom Beast.
Even a laid-back Great Knight like Grove had always harbored hopes of becoming a Phantom Beast Knight.
"I know." Russell spoke calmly. "There are no manors nearby. This forest is unclaimed, so we can capture this Big Clumsy Bear as we please."
In truth, this forest did have an owner: Grand Duke Shadowflame.
However, as uncultivated wilderness, many knights entered it to capture Phantom Beasts, and Red Castle turned a blind eye to it.
Besides, Grand Duke Kunsitan was now dead, and the position of Grand Duke Shadowflame remained undecided. Calling it an unclaimed forest was not entirely wrong.
"Roar!" Seeing the two humans and a beautiful white horse ignoring it, the Phantom Beast Brown Bear roared again, trying to scare them away.
This was its territory. The honey hanging in the trees was all its!
"Big Clumsy Bear, can you understand human speech?" Russell called out, attempting to trigger Lucky Whisper, but it did not seem to work.
The Phantom Beast Brown Bear continued roaring. "Roar!"
"My lord, it does not look like a Phantom Beast capable of understanding human speech," Grove said.
"Roar!"
"I think so too."
"Roar!"
"My lord, what should we do?"
"Roar!"
"By the usual practice, we would naturally beat it into submission. But I have always been kind and prefer mutual consent." Russell smiled faintly, his gaze already settling on a large tree nearby and the enormous beehive hanging from its branches.
He was just about to have Grove