Chapter 2163: Big Bear Mishka

"Of course it's okay! We don't have anything else here, but there is no shortage of Qingbing. You can do as much as you want! But Qingbing is troublesome to mine. I have to hire a few more miners." The dwarf stroked his beard and calculated. .
"Don't have to be so troublesome. I can mine by myself, and it can be done in two hours at most."
"You mine? Two hours?" Bayerhof looked up and down Qiao Ann, and finally couldn't help but vomit, "Little mage, do you know how to mine? Two hours... With your tiny arm, how many can you dig out? Pound Qingbing!"
"I don't dare to say too much, 100 tons of Qingbing is not a big problem." Qiao An answered calmly.
"I'm kidding!" Bayerhof excitedly picked up the large blue ice pick beside him, "Little Mage! If you can dig out 100 tons of blue ice in two hours, I'll eat this pick on the spot. !"
"Oh! Bayerhoff, my poor friend, you just made a mistake." Clark patted the dwarf on the shoulder, with a gloating smile on his face. "Soon you will realize that this mistake is even better than being a fake witch. Fraud is more serious."
"Huh! Don't want to bluff me, Brother Clark, I have been working in the mine for thirty years, and no one knows the blue ice mining industry better than me!" Bayerhof held his chest out, "Because I trust others, I have eaten it once. Unfortunately, I won't make the same mistake again!"
Joan laughed at the stubbornness and arrogance of the dwarf, took out his pocket watch and looked at the dwarf, and said to the dwarf: "Mr. Bayerhof, it's not yet nine o'clock in the morning. Let's set off now and ride on horseback. How long will it take to reach the mining area?"
"Huh? Little Mage, are you so anxious?" Bayerhof shrugged and reached out to grab the hip flask. "Why don't we have a good drink to relieve the fatigue of the journey, and we will deal with the pack of evil wolves again tomorrow morning? Too late."
"Forget it, Bayerhof, you've already drunk enough!" Clark snatched the jug. "Hannah asked me to persuade you to cheer up and get rid of the entanglement of the demon of alcohol, and take you out to blow your hair and find A fight with monsters occupying the mine is good for your health and mental state, don't you object?"
"This...well! I'll take you to the mine!"
The dwarf reluctantly glanced at the hip flask for the last time, resolutely averted his gaze, grabbed his enchanted blue ice pick, and reappeared the long-lost pride on his face.
"I'll take you to find Mishka first, and then go on the road together. Now the weather is good. You can reach the gorge where the mining area is located in at most three hours. If it goes well, we will be back in time for dinner, grilled sturgeon, Hannah’s Specialties, you must try them!"
Bayerhof opened the back door of the kitchen and walked out in the cold.
Joan and Clark followed out, through the backyard filled with coal, and came to a small house built of blue ice, which looked like a warehouse.
Bayerhof whistled outside the door.
The heavy ice sculpture door was pushed open with a creak, and a furry white bear came out and saw the dwarf waving the bear's paw happily, as if saying hello.
"Hey! Mishka, my dear child! I'm so sorry, I'm not in a good mood these days and left you out." Bayerhof went to hug the white bear and kissed its cheek as if it were his own flesh and blood. Look, the big guy who wrestled with you in the past has returned and brought a mage friend!"
Mishka probed over and looked at Clark.
At the moment of eye contact, Frost Giant's eyebrows opened and smiled, but White Bear turned his head and looked very upset.
After Bayerhof’s repeated persuasion, this human-like white bear barely pretended to be happy, and the frost giant waved its paw perfunctorily.
"Mishka doesn't seem to like you very much," Joan whispered to Clark.
"No?" The Frost Giant felt good about himself, "This must be your illusion, brother Joan, Mishka is just a little shy!"
Playing with a white bear as a sandbag when you have nothing to do, expect others to like you?
Qiao An shrugged, and was speechless to someone like him who had no idea.
Maybe it’s because Qiao An looks pretty and quiet, not like the kind of second person who loves to wrestle with bears, but Mishka is very friendly to Mr. Mage who met for the first time, with big sullen eyes, like a four or five year old. He looked at him like a boy.
With the encouragement of Bayerhof, Joan boldly approached the white bear and gently stroked its fur.
The white bear shook his head with enjoyment and made a deep whine.
Qiao An touched the storage bag, took out a red apple and handed it to the white bear.
Mishka even folded her palms and bowed to him to thank him, then took the apple and threw it into her mouth and chewed.
"It's strange that Mishka is a professionally trained bear. He usually strictly abides by two principles, one does not eat food given by strangers, and the other does not eat things he has never seen before."
Clark looked confused.
"The polar regions don’t produce apples. Mishka probably hadn’t eaten apples before, and I saw brother Qiao'an for the first time, so why did he eat it unsuspectingly? Brother Qiao'an, shouldn't you be using this stupid bear? Charm spell, right?"
Qiao Ann smiled and shook his head.
"Silly big guy! Mishka is smarter than you think!"
Bayerhof laughed.
"Most of the animals have a wild intuition, able to distinguish people’s inner goodwill and malice. Mishka’s intuition is especially developed. Although I first saw Qiao'an for the first time, I could tell at a glance that they are gentle and kind-hearted children. It's very different from a brutal and rude fellow like you!"
"Hey, I don't believe your bullshit!" Clark rubbed his nose sadly.
Qiao An felt that Bayerhoff's words had some truth, so he performed "Advanced Internal Vision" to check Mishka's physical attributes.
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Reconnaissance target: male adult polar bear "Mishka" (supernatural large mammal, subspecies of magic beast)
Life level: 10
Attributes: Strength 30, Dexterity 15, Constitution 24, Intelligence 3, Wisdom 18, Charisma 13
Special abilities: low-light vision, sensitive sense of smell, good swimmer, sneaking in snow, proficient grasping; mind link, evasion, spell sharing, multiple attacks, loyalty
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The results of the investigation surprised Qiao An secretly.
As a white bear raised by rangers, Mishka has established supernatural effects such as "mind link" and "spell sharing" between Mishka and his owner, so he has been upgraded from an ordinary beast to a "magic beast."
Coupled with the long-term training by Bayerhoff, Mishka has far stronger physical attributes and mastered more skills than ordinary white bears, which is not surprising.
What really surprised Qiao An was Mishka's spiritual attributes. The 3-point intelligence has exceeded the upper limit of natural animals. No wonder it is particularly human.