Even though there are just too many orangutans that are blocking the way. Sam didn't find it any difficult to go past them.
They are concentrated in one place and at the end of the day, they didn't really study some war strategy. They are beasts after all.
So, Sam sneaked into the forest carefully and crossed the large area by circling around it through the forest.
There are occasional Orangutans that are coming and scouting there, but it wasn't that difficult to escape with the help of energy vision. He didn't even need to use the crystal table.
After climbing onto the hill which also has a decent density of vegetation, Sam carefully climbed it to see why these monkeys are not crossing the hill and swarming the mountain region with the sheer numbers.
But he didn't have to wonder for too long. as he witnessed a scene.
There is a team of Orangutans entering the hill to scout once again and when they crossed the area Sam was currently in, reached the peak of the hill, there came the ambush. The peak has a too many rocks and trees as hiding places and a group of bears launched themselves into the team of orangutans and started a killing spree.
There are only four bears, but they really did a number of the orangutans that are a team of ten and only two of them escaped.
This caused Sam to feel very intrigued. He activated the Crystal table and took a look at the surroundings.
The hill is actually quite small. After reaching the peak and descending to the other side, they would enter a small valley that would be leading into the depths of the mountain region.
But around the peak of this hill, there are many groups of bears standing in ambush and they are clearly trying to interrupt the scouting of the Orangutans and also thin down the numbers as much as they can.
He couldn't see too much into the valley as the range is limited, but he can see the ambushes waiting from the bears.
These bears have brown fur with a green hue and have similar size to a fully grown adult grizzly bear. It might grow further.
As soon as Sam saw the bears, he already knew that these are the ones he came looking for.
He couldn't get the accurate number of the bears. But from the looks of it they are clearly outnumbered by a large margin.
Maybe, they could use some help.
Sam didn't go into the range of the bear ambushes. Instead, he stayed within the safe zone and managed to keep an eye on both of the scouts of the Orangutans and also the Bears that are at the peak of the hill.
All the while making sure that he didn't fall into the radars of both parties.
He could see the Orangutans that just escaped communicating with the rest of their companions.
They are discussing loudly and yelling at each other.
But Sam is not currently focused on them. He is looking at the largest monkey there is in the bunch.
In fact, not one. Four of them are sitting in the middle of the whole camp as if they don't care what the rest of them are doing. All four of them are communicating since the start.
They are not completely too big. The average height of the Pre-transcendent stage Orangutan is around 1.8 meters and the Transcendent Orangutans he killed in the forest are around 2 to 2.1 meters and these large Orangutans that are even bigger which seemed to consummate level creatures are around 2.4 meters.
They are not really too big or too small. But for a consummate level beast, they are clearly small and even Dia who is closest to the size of a normal horse has a bigger presence than these beasts.
They are just too small. But this is one of their advantages. They use this lack of presence and intimidating aura to hide within the forests and make sneak attacks easily.
They are the best in that aspect.
These four seemed to be the leaders of this invasion, but they are letting their subordinates do all the work for now.
The front team of hundred or so Orangutans is the only actives one for now and they are dividing into teams of varying sizes and entering the hill to finish the scouting from the looks of it, their target seemed to get a gauge of the ambush that was set up in the valley after the hill.
But the bears are not letting them cross.
As for the advantage the Orangutans have over Sam and other creatures which is their affinity with the vegetation and the forest, it is not working anymore.
The bears also have the same level of affinity and they can also take advantage of the trees, but not as much as Orangutans, but they can still supplement it with their superior physical strength.
The battles are great.
But the bears didn't account for one thing though. The cunning of the Orangutans.
Even though they are not exactly too clever when dealing with their prey and enemies they can be very smart. The Initial beating Sam took in their hands is proof of that.
This time, when the scouts moved, few Orangutans, didn't enter too deep into the zone of ambush, rather they just hid and after a while, another batch of teams entered and they directly jumped into the ambush zones.
The bears once again started tearing them apart.
But this time, they are in for a surprise. The first batch that hid in the forest made their move and ganged up on the bears.
After the initial advantage of surprise which bears had and helped them kill the scouts easily vanished now and they became victims of the same element of surprise.
Sam who is watching it from a far, took out his bow and took out a bunch of arrows. He let Raiju out and made him adapt to a size that is similar to that of a Bear here. And used him for moving around. Along with that, he plucked a bit of fur from Raiju's body and tied to the arrows.
Soon an arrow with lightning energy flashed through the forest and lodged into the head of an orangutan that is about to finish off a bear.
Before the group of beasts could realize what is happening, another arrow came and pierced through the ear of the ape from one side to another.
The Bears became wary and so did the Orangutans they stopped fighting and formed their own groups as they looked around verily, but before they could really do anything, Sam already shot three more arrows and three Orangutans are done for.
When the group once again returned to a state where the Bears are now superior, the Orangutans panicked and were about to flee, but the bears didn't let them. They just took the chance and attacked.
After dealing with this group, Sam moved to another side and helped another bear group.
After a few minutes, all the scouts are dead. This time, no Orangutan managed to escape and give information to their companions.
The Bears which are now free from the threat of their enemies started examining the arrows that helped them.
The first thing they did is take a sniff like any ordinary bear and the silver fur which has a strong scent of Raiju attracted them the most.
Most of the arrows didn't get too bloodied and the fur was intact without any blood on it which preserved its original scent.
And the Bears that got the scent have only one thought in their minds, it is the scent of another predator.
But they are also familiar with the arrows which are not exactly a thing for a beast. They either belonged to the three known creatures for them and they are humans, elves, and centaurs. Of which they had no friendly relationships with any of them.
This caused them to be a bit warier, but they have a bigger problem now.
The Orangutans awaited their companions to come back and when they saw no one coming back, they became angry.
That is around eighty Orangutans dying at the same time.
And the rest of the Orangutans are not exactly happy about it.
The Bears that are part of the ambush are now feeling the effect of injuries. They have been constantly attacking and fighting with the Orangutans for hours and they are not only tired but they are also injured quite significantly.
Sam took out some wine that has significant healing properties and made of fruits that are medicinal and sent the shadow mice to send them out.
Even though Shadow mice don't act that great in forests and in the presence of some predators, Sam is nearby and they are okay.
Shadow mice dropped the wine bottles from the space hade rings they have and returned.
The bottles have a scent of Raiju has Sam deliberately rubbed each of them in Raiju's fur.
Along with the scent of the delicious and healthy fruit wine, they couldn't control themselves and one who is closest to the death has volunteered to take a taste.
And when the wine worked properly they are surprised.
At this moment, there is another batch of bears that came out of the valley to take over the position from the bears here.
The injured bears took the glass bottles and left some for the newly arrived bears and communicated about the arrows with silver fur to them before leaving.
