Chapter 298: Chapter 298

They had already hiked 15 kilometers and reached halfway up the mountain. Everyone in Class 1 was exhausted beyond measure, but Serena seemed as fresh as she had been earlier, showing no signs of fatigue.

"Instructor, aren’t you tired at all?" Kian Keating couldn’t help but ask.

Carrying 30 kilograms, hiking 15 kilometers, even these grown men were struggling, yet she seemed unfazed.

This was just too impressive!

Serena shook her head, "Not tired."

This kind of intense training was something she had been accustomed to since childhood, and the training she had undergone back then was even more rigorous.

She was long used to it.

As this conversation continued, everyone in Class 1 looked at her with even more admiration, silently lamenting that they had completely misunderstood Serena before, thinking of her as frail and delicate!

Seeing that they were truly exhausted, Serena did not push them any further. She spoke calmly, "Ten-minute rest right here."

"Thank you, Instructor!"

The group in Class 1 cheered immediately, resting right where they stood, relaxing their vigilance and beginning to replenish their energy.

Serena never let her guard down, always observing everything around them. Her expression suddenly changed as she spoke in a low voice.

"Get up, leave here as quickly as possible!"

Though unsure why, Class 1 instinctively obeyed her command, quickly rising and starting to retreat.

Just as they withdrew, a ferocious brown bear charged from behind the bushes at them, baring its teeth and growling menacingly.

"Oh no, we’ve encountered a beast!"

"Calm down." Serena’s face showed not a hint of panic, as she directed, composed and unhurried, "Kian Keating, take everyone in Class 1 to the valley exit, I’ll cover the retreat."

A young girl, without even a gun—how could she handle a large predator like a brown bear!

Kian Keating looked at her worriedly, but still followed her orders, efficiently directing the others to retreat to the valley exit.

The brown bear, clearly hungry for several days, with foul-smelling drool dripping from its gaping jaws, eagerly lunged at Serena, who was closest to it.

"Instructor, be careful..."

As everyone was holding their breath in concern, Serena sidestepped nimbly, dodging the vicious brown bear’s attack.

Seeing its locked target escape, the bear growled even more irritably, continuing to pounce at Serena.

Serena dodged the bear’s attacks and spoke softly, "When you go on missions in the future, if you encounter a powerful enemy without any weapons, and find yourself at an absolute disadvantage, you must remain calm, exhaust the enemy’s strength, and seize the moment to inflict a fatal blow..."

With those words, Serena swiftly seized the opportunity, landing a heavy punch on the brown bear’s head as it lunged at her.

The bear roared in pain and anger, continuing to charge at Serena, trying to bite her head off.

"Watch closely, this is how you engage an enemy barehanded to protect yourself and achieve victory."

Serena reminded them before fully immersing herself in the fight, her moves brutal, protecting herself while severely injuring her opponent.

"We underestimated the Little Fairy, she’s even more formidable than we imagined!" Watching this scene, Kian Keating couldn’t help but sigh with genuine admiration.

"Yeah, not only is she a great shot, but she’s also skilled at unarmed combat! If the opponent were a person instead of a bear, they’d have been defeated by her long ago!"

"Who would believe it—a girl who looks like a fairy fighting a brown bear empty-handed and actually having the upper hand!"

Serena moved with agility, every time evading the brown bear’s attacks with precision, the bear unable to catch her, instead letting out constant roars from being struck.

Soon, Serena found the brown bear’s weakness, her rosy lips curving coldly.

The fight was nearing its end!

But at that moment, another black bear suddenly charged out of the bushes, its open maw aiming straight for Serena’s head.

"Instructor, watch out!"

There wasn’t enough time to dodge...

Serena instinctively raised her arm to shield her head, thinking that the arm being bitten would just result in a minor injury—nothing she couldn’t handle—but a bite to the head could be fatal.

Just as the black bear was about to bite Serena’s arm, a gunshot rang out, "Bang!" The bear didn’t even have time to let out a cry before it collapsed to the ground.

The other brown bear, frightened by the gunshot, immediately turned and fled into the depths of the forest.

A headshot with one bullet—the ultimate test of marksmanship.

Serena raised an eyebrow in some surprise; few possessed such exceptional shooting skills...

Turning, she saw a man in black holding a gun, and her eyes grew even more startled.

Damian Quinn approached with his handsome face taut, striding briskly toward her, his face full of worry.

"Serena, are you okay?"

Recalling the scene just now, Damian felt a squeeze in his chest. He couldn’t bear to imagine what would have happened if he hadn’t arrived in time...

Pick up on his apprehension and anxiety, Serena immediately smiled at him, "I’m fine, don’t worry."

Even if the black bear had bitten her arm, she had ways to handle it.

Damian’s jaw remained set tightly, his demeanor emanating an intimidating chill, "Serena..."

Before he could finish, Serena gently coughed to interrupt him, then whispered in his ear, "Shh, don’t scold me in front of my students, please give me some face!"

She needed to maintain her dignity, after all! Otherwise, how would she maintain her authority as an instructor in the future? Updates are released by novel※fire.net

Damian bit his back molars, irritated but amused by the girl’s concern over saving face in front of her students, ultimately swallowing the words he had been about to say.

However, in this moment, her fierce yet cute demeanor was so adorable it made one want to tease her...

"Instructor, glad you’re okay, you really scared us earlier!"

Kian Keating and the others rushed towards Serena, each of their faces showing concern.

They had retreated to the valley exit, too far to help her, luckily, the Little Fairy remained unscathed in the end!

"By the way, Instructor, who is he?"

Everyone in Class 1 immediately turned their gaze to Damian Quinn, their eyes filled with curiosity.

He seemed to know the Little Fairy... No wonder, his aura was just as powerful!

Damian Quinn spoke in a deep voice, "I am your new instructor, my surname is Quinn. You can call me Instructor Quinn from now on."

Damian had deliberately toned down his aura, yet it still invoked a sense of fear and awe in everyone.

"A new instructor? So now our Class 1 will have two instructors?"

"That’s so strange! All the other classes have just one instructor, why do we have two?!"