Amid that fear, there was naturally also the relief of having narrowly escaped disaster.
Never had they felt more fortunate than at this moment.
At the most dangerous moment since the founding of Free City, the professors from Saint Marian Academy happened to be here.
Free City had been blessed by fate!
"Rumble!"
The Rock-Armored Giant Bear, clad head to toe in hide armor, knocked the Earth Bear to the ground. Its raised giant claw blotted out the sky, and with countless magical beasts having been cut to pieces, it had already gained a temporary advantage.
That massive claw came crashing directly toward the Earth Bear's head, smashing it brutally into the ground.
But the Earth Bear was a pure Ground Type magical beast. Even with its entire head buried in the soil, it had no fear of suffocation.
Its paws clenched into fists and hammered against the ground again and again, like pounding war drums that produced thunderous booms.
The earth continuously split apart and closed again.
The Earth Bear desperately fought the Rock-Armored Giant Bear for control over the ground beneath their feet.
Most of the Ground Type energy was absorbed by the Rock-Armored Giant Bear, but a portion of it was still seized by the Earth Bear.
The horrifying wounds across its body, some several meters long, healed at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. The energy fluctuations within it grew increasingly powerful.
"Roar!"
The Rock-Armored Giant Bear let out a furious roar. Its palms abruptly curled into fists, which pounded heavily against the Earth Bear's head, the back of its neck, and its spine, hammering its tough flesh until it visibly caved in.
In only a few moments, nearly half of the Earth Bear's body had been buried underground.
Yet it had not died,