"It's getting closer!"

Rant Valo exclaimed in fear. The bear looks so strong. It could probably rip him apart with a swing of its claws. Rant Valo couldn't help but hide behind Floriana Sabina.

"Why are you hiding behind me!?"

Floriana Sabina turned back to look at Rant Valo with a frown. She was being made into a meatshield right now.

"You're strong right?"

Rant Valo didn't care about his pride anymore. That bear is so scary for him to care. He would rather hide behind a little girl than get ripped to shreds.

GUOOOHH!!

The bear clearly saw them on the river banks. The bear suddenly accelerated as it moved towards them at a quick pace. The water on its way was parted with its big body pushing it away.

Floriana Sabina raised her head and looked down at the bear. This bear was too weak for her to even care about it.

"You're just a stupid Forest Bear!"

Floriana Sabina created a big ball of red flames and threw it onto the head of the bear. The bear's eyes were opened wide in shock as it saw the big flames. It had never something like that in its whole life.

The big ball of red flames hit the bear and cooked it to a crisp. Its body burned in flames as the high temperature of the ball of flame slowly burnt its outside and cooked its inside.

"Disciple, do you want to try some bear meat?"

Floriana Sabina turned her head to Rant Valo and flashed a cute smile. Rant Valo felt his cheeks twitch from the sheer absurdity of what just happened. It only took one attack from Floriana Sabina and the bear was gone. It didn't even have the chance to scream in pain.

The only thing that it could do was stare at the big ball of red flames with its eyes opened wide. It was probably too shocked to even have screamed. It died pathetically. Just silent and incinerated.

"Bear meat? Is that even edible?"

Rant Valo had never heard of anyone eating any bear meat. Even the merchants that pass through their village from time to time never mentioned such a thing. So Rant Valo was very confused right now since he never thought that it was actually edible.

"Don't you know, you can eat any meat in the world, Disciple?"

Floriana Sabina looked at Rant Valo oddly. Any meat in the world could be eaten. There are only so few meats that could poison you and even those could be properly eaten with proper procedures.

"You can??"

Rant Valo reacted in shock. His eyes blinked repeatedly in confusion. Even his villager brain couldn't imagine something like that to be possible. Admiration was building up in his heart as he realized that Floriana Sabina has been teaching him so much about the wide world.

It was really fun on his part. He gets to learn about the world while getting strong. There's no one out there that wouldn't want to explore this fantastic world full of mysteries and cultivation powers.

"Of course. Try slicing the bear and you could probably still eat the meat under the burnt skin."

Floriana Sabina scanned the bear quickly with her Spiritual Sense. She found out that the bear still had edible meat inside. Unlike the meat that was closer to the skin which was very much so burnt. Which they couldn't eat.

It would be a very awful taste to eat burnt meat. That much should be common sense.

"Okay."

Rant Valo approached the bear slowly. When he was close enough to the bear he could even smell the aromatic fragrance of its meat. There was also a mix of the burnt smell but Rant Valo could still tell that it was an umami-packed meat.

Rant Valo unsheathed his knife and started carving away the burnt parts on the bear's arm. After removing most of the burnt parts in one spot. He slowly cut into the cooked meat under it.

"Wow! It smells really delicious!"

Rant Valo exclaimed in amazement. His eyes went round. He never tried bear meat before so he was very curious about its taste. He sliced a big chunk of the cooked meat and stabbed it with the knife before pulling it out.

"I know right?"

Floriana Sabina nodded her head as if she already expected this from the beginning.

"Have you tasted one before, Master?"

Rant Valo asked Floriana Sabina curiously. She sounded like she already had one before. And from the tone of her voice, she had probably enjoyed it too.

"Yes! It was cooked by someone from the sect. That bear was so delicious my mouth is still watering to this day."

Floriana Sabina's mouth opened wide and drool escaped from her mouth. She was imagining the bear meat that has been served to her hundreds of years ago.

"I'll take a bite then."

Rant Valo couldn't wait anymore and took a big bite of the bear meat. He chewed on it and its texture surprised him. It was totally unlike what the meat he has been eating before was like. This was quite chewy as the bear was very muscular.

Munch Munch

"It tastes a little sweet and it's very grainy."

Rant Valo talked as he chewed the bear meat in his mouth. It was also somewhat mild as it has no fat to help with its flavor.

"Disciple, gimme some!"

Floriana Sabina went towards Rant Valo and pulled a large chunk from what's left on Rant Valo's knife. She then pushed it down her throat and ate all of it.

"Mmmmm! It's different but it's still great."

Floriana Sabina's eyes glowed from the delicious taste of the bear meat. She was a little bit disappointed about it as it was not up to her expectations. It was a very different taste from what she ate before but she could recognize some parts of the taste that were quite similar.

"..Why can't I eat meat?"

Veia was sulking from the side as she watched Rant Valo and Floriana Sabina chow down the bear meat with gluttony. She could guess just from looking at them that it tastes very delicious.