Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 380 Fighting the Fierce Flame Alone
Watching three male fire dragons come to this hunting ground to hunt and then leave with their spoils, even with his patience, Lin Lin felt a little numb. His luck was a bit bad.

Time passed second by second, and this hunting ground, which was home to a large number of herbivorous dragons, remained vibrant with life. All things were thriving, and predators kept coming to visit this land. After the three male Rathalos, Lin Lin discovered a Blue Velocidrome, two female Rathalos, a Great Jaggi, and even a Black Wolf Bird!

This is so vibrant...

Lin Lin curled his lips. The Velocidrome and the Rathian were obviously here to find meat. The giant bird was searching for shield bugs lurking in the river mud. As for the Black Wolf Bird... this crazy black bird was here to fight. It immediately targeted a Rathian and charged in for a fierce battle. Lin Lin didn't know the final result because the two flying creatures disappeared from his sight while they were fighting.

"These two guys..."

Lin Lin sighed. With such a commotion, all the herbivorous dragons around had heard it and scattered in all directions. They probably wouldn't be able to stay still for a while.

"I guess I've waited in vain today..."

Lin Lin looked up at the sky. They had set off early in the morning and were now waiting until almost evening. The sky was beginning to darken. Although the Rathalos had excellent eyesight, it was still limited at night and almost never went out hunting. If they still hadn't found it before sunset, they would probably have to wait until tomorrow.

Lin Lin sighed, took out a piece of food he carried, took a bite, took out his water pouch and drank some water. After finishing the food, his stomach was half full again.

Just as he was about to take out the second piece, the suppressed gasp from the date made Lin Lin pause.

"Here it comes, here it comes, meow!"

Lin Lin quickly stuffed the second piece of food back into his backpack and looked in the direction the dates were pointing.

At first glance, the body is intact, not disabled.

At first glance, the bright colors of the body indicated it wasn't Old Deng.

At first glance, comparing it with the surrounding environment, this guy is nearly twenty meters long, not a small one.

Finally, this guy looked quite energetic. Although he had some scars, they were probably just from fighting for territory with other monsters.

'At least it wasn't a real patient; now we've got the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled all together...'

Lin Lin looked at the dates and nodded:
"That's it!"

Nia looked left at Lin Lin and right at Yezao, knowing that it was no longer her turn to follow. So she very consciously headed back to find Steak and the others, who were hiding not far away.

This newly appeared young and strong fire dragon must have had a lot of hunting experience. From the moment it appeared in the air, it didn't go through the circling stage at all. It directly locked onto its target and launched a dive. Five seconds later, it used its claws to pin a herbivorous dragon to the ground, and its tightened claws easily crushed the opponent's spine.

"Boss Meow, this guy doesn't seem to be planning to bring the food back to the nest... What do we do now?"

Seeing the fire dragon lower its head and begin to eat, Yezao quickly nudged Lin Lin gently.

Their original plan was to locate the creature's lair before starting the hunt, but this creature clearly acted differently from the old, weak, and disabled trio of dragons they had encountered before, so that plan naturally fell through.

Lin Lin pondered for a moment. Ye Zao's question essentially presented two options: First, wait for the fire dragon to finish eating and then try to track it. However, since male fire dragons fly faster than they can catch up on the ground, they might lose track of it if the nest is too far away.

Second, rush out now to stop them from replenishing their energy by eating, and go all out to kill them. Ideally, disable their flying ability so that they won't even need to pursue them to their lair.

Lin Lin grinned and reached out to grasp the handle of the shield axe: "Is that even a question?"

Then Date understood and drew her cat sword, "I'm ready, meow!"

Lin Lin crouched low and circled behind the fire dragon, preparing to launch a sneak attack while it was feeding, all the while making a few teasing remarks to Yezao:
"You've only spent less than a day with the little black cat, how did you get such a bad habit of speaking?"

"Eh?!"

……

This male fire dragon had a very regal air when it was eating. In other words, it was completely focused on tearing apart its prey at its feet, without even looking up to check its surroundings. I don't know if it was starving or if it was absolutely confident in itself and unafraid of being attacked by other creatures.

While it's not normal for a foolish monster to provoke a dragon that sits at the top of the usual ecological niche, this is clearly not the case now.

"Clang!"

A heavy scraping sound suddenly rang out, accompanied by the whistling of the wind.

The Rathalos sensed something was wrong and hurriedly tried to turn around, but the heavy axe had already drawn a smooth arc and cleaved down diagonally, landing on its tough wing membrane. With the added force, the protruding bone spikes only hesitated for a moment before successfully slicing it open, leaving a gash more than two meters long.

Having achieved a decisive victory, Lin Lin disassembled his sword and shield, his gaze fixed intently on the massive creature before him, ready for battle.

This male fire dragon was extremely unprepared, which allowed Lin Lin to find an opportunity to circle around to its side and behind. As soon as he made his move, Lin Lin used all his strength, directly combining his sword and shield, and then unleashing a powerful attack on its wing.

Although this attack lacked the power of the energy bottle and thus lost the damage caused by its explosion, the force of Lin Lin's own power and the terrifying weight of the Horned Dragon Armor still resulted in considerable damage, easily leaving a wound on the opponent's wing membrane.

Although this two-meter-long wound is insignificant compared to the fire dragon's exaggerated wingspan and is far from enough to disable its flight ability, it will at least have a slight impact on the stability of its flight posture.

"Roar, ahhh!"

Turning around, the Rathalos discovered that the creature that dared to attack it was such a tiny creature. It took a deep breath and let out a furious roar.

Raising his shield to block most of the sonic waves, Lin Lin's steps faltered slightly, but he felt a surge of joy.

This talisman is really powerful! In fact, from the moment he struck down to the Rathalos turning its head and roaring, there were only less than two seconds. If it were before, even if he could disassemble the sword and shield in time to block the sonic wave, it would have to be extremely difficult. But with [High-Speed ​​Transformation], Lin Lin could even spare some attention to Rathalos's reaction after disassembling the sword and shield, take a step to the side to adjust his position, and then raise his shield to block.

After the Rathalos roared, seeing that the tiny creature in front of it remained motionless, it immediately launched an attack without hesitation, opening its mouth to bite down on the creature in front of it.

Originally, after Rathalos turned around, it should have been facing Lin Lin directly. However, due to Lin Lin's step just now, its position was actually slightly to the right in front of Rathalos's head, closer to the wing membrane that Lin Lin had just injured.

So, after seeing Rathalos's movements, Lin Lin took another step to the right, successfully avoiding the foul breath exhaled from its mouth. Then, he twisted his waist and body, delivering a spinning slash to Rathalos's head. The heavy force immediately shattered several of the hard scales on its skull.

Of course, compared to the Rathalos's massive body, the loss of a few scales was insignificant. On the contrary, the pain fueled its rage. Seeing that its attack had missed, it did not hesitate. It shifted its stance and swept its long, crimson tail across the room.

If a hunter were to be directly struck head-on by this tail, which weighs several tons, he would undoubtedly be sent flying like a baseball. However, Lin Lin was far too familiar with the fire dragon's movements, and he realized what its next move would be as soon as the dragon began to turn around.

A 180-degree drift, and mostly a double drift, means that if you're standing in this position, you'll be swept away at the end of the first drift and the beginning of the second...

His thoughts raced, but in battle, it was just a matter of a split second. Lin Lin slipped, sliding backward as if he were on an ice rink, and then turned around and swung his sword again—a sliding back slash!

When Lin Lin finished retreating, the Rathalos's tail had just turned 120 degrees. The slash naturally missed its target, but the shield that was protecting him just happened to block the long tail that was swinging towards him.

"Boom!"

Lin Lin was so shocked that he leaned back slightly, but he quickly recovered. Without saying a word, he raised his hand and released the insect silk, while simultaneously embedding the sword and shield into the ground, completing the fully charged counterattack.

"Oh!"

As expected, after the first tail sweep, the Rathalos paused slightly to regain its balance before turning around again and letting its large tail sweep across, colliding solidly with Lin Lin's shield.

As the silken threads loosened, Lin Lin twisted his body and channeled the energy he had just absorbed from the Rathalos's tail sweep into his shield, causing the brownish-yellow shield to emit a hazy red glow.

Attribute-enhanced Refill Slash!

When the Rathalos turned its head back, it saw Lin Lin standing in front of it, still unharmed.

"Roar, ahhh!"

The pride of a king would not allow such a weak and insignificant creature to remain unscathed after provoking him. The Rathalos took a deep breath and roared once more.

Fortunately, the action of the attribute-enhanced Refill Slash was similar to that of the Spinning Slash. The shield that was protecting him once again solidly blocked the deafening sound wave. This time, with the shield's enhanced state, the impact that Lin Lin felt was much weaker than before, only making his arm feel slightly heavy.

However, the next moment, Lin Lin's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he hurriedly lunged forward, rolling over.

"boom!!!"

A blazing fireball fell from the sky, raising clouds of smoke and dust. The grass on the ground turned to ash in an instant, spreading outwards with the scorching airflow.

Feeling the hot wind coming from behind, even with the protective gear blocking the way, he could still vaguely feel the scorching temperature. The spot where the fireball had landed was right where Lin Lin had been standing!

If he hadn't blocked the sound wave in time, he would have only had two choices: either risk damaging his eardrums and losing his hearing to dodge the attack, or preserve his hearing and try to use his transformed Ice Shark armor, which had several fire-resistant beads, to see if his current fire resistance could save his life.

Before he could even feel relieved, Lin Lin hurriedly looked up to reconfirm the Rathalos's location. Just now, that guy had jumped back and used the hot air from the fireball explosion to fly directly off the ground. This was troublesome because once that guy was airborne, it would be almost impossible for him to attack it again.

What's more troublesome is that the smoke and dust generated by the fireball explosion greatly obscured the view in the vicinity, making it impossible for Lin Lin to determine the exact location of the Rathalos for the time being.

"Meow behind me!"

Date loudly reminded them that its close-range attacks were unlikely to inflict sufficient and effective damage on large monsters. Therefore, in the battle plan they had discussed earlier, Date mainly used its boomerang to harass from the side, while preparing various items for support at all times.

Lin Lin was in the center of the smoke and dust and could not see his surroundings clearly, but Date Palm could not. Therefore, it could clearly see the figure of the male fire dragon that was vigorously flapping its wings and rapidly diving towards Lin Lin.

Upon hearing Yezao's reminder, Lin Lin turned around without hesitation, raised his hand again, and unleashed a burst of insect silk, instantly forming a fully charged counterattack stance.

"Fuck!"

The ear-piercing scraping sound assaulted Lin Lin's eardrums. In the dispersing dust, he saw a pair of sharp claws with purple liquid seeping from their tips, slashing fiercely at the shield, leaving a faint purple scratch on the outer side of the shield that Lin Lin himself could not see.

Thank you, dates, you saved my life.

Lin Lin sighed inwardly, but did not launch a counterattack immediately after fully charging the bottle as usual, because the Rathalos had just swooped down with its body slightly turned to the side and returned to the sky after the attack.

However, there was at least one piece of good news: the smoke and dust caused by the fireball explosion were not very thick to begin with, and after being blown away by the strong wind generated by the Rathalos's dive, it dissipated without a trace and no longer obstructed the view. Lin Lin successfully reconfirmed the Rathalos's location.

The creature was hovering in mid-air, flapping its wings, facing Lin Lin in a somewhat strange posture, with flames constantly gushing from its throat, as if it were attacking the ground beneath it.

But Lin Lin knew that things were clearly not like that.

He decisively lunged to the side, rolled on the ground before getting up again, and at the same time he made the tactical roll, the Rathalos's lowered head also lifted up instantly, and the pillar of fire that it spewed at the ground swept forward instantly, leaving a straight wall of flames on the ground.

Feeling the intense heat rushing towards him, Lin Lin took a deep breath and shouted:
"Dates, bring them down!"

(End of this chapter)