Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 407 The Hunt Begins

When faced with Thousand Blade Dragon's sudden Knight Kick, Jumpy, having witnessed the opponent's power before, instinctively tried to avoid its attack, quickly dodging to the side.

However, since her body has now updated its operating system, Jump Jump is still a little unaccustomed to it. Her movements are a bit awkward, and she couldn't completely dodge the attack. She was kicked in the shoulder, which brought a burst of pain.

Jumpy was somewhat surprised. It had no doubt that if it had been accidentally kicked by this Thousand-Blade Dragon before, it would have been seriously injured on the spot. But now, feeling the burning pain on its shoulder, Jumpy felt that it seemed... it had not affected its combat power at all? It seemed that the power of the Mad Dragon had indeed greatly strengthened its body.

Even though she suffered a setback at the start, and even though her physical strength had greatly increased after waking up, Jump still had no intention of turning around and fighting Thousand Blade Dragon. Instead, taking advantage of the moment when their bodies passed each other and Thousand Blade Dragon's momentum slowed down, Jump took big strides and rushed forward.

Rather than fighting this Thousand-Blade Dragon to the death, Jumpy would rather quickly return to the leader's side and get used to the upgraded operating system.

With its X-shaped claws shoveling up large amounts of dirt, the Thousand-Blade Dragon stopped its charge, turned its head and stared intently at Jump Jump's fleeing figure with its scarlet eyes. Without pausing for a moment, it suddenly flapped its wings and rushed after Jump Jump.

After the brief exchange, it had already noticed something amiss. The creature opposite it was not only quite tiny, but also lacked any fighting spirit and didn't even dare to retaliate, only knowing how to run away. Its movements were also clumsy, like a newborn baby that couldn't control its arms and legs. Clearly, it couldn't be the Black Devouring Dragon that had once suppressed it.

Normally, if there is no enmity between the two sides and the other side takes the initiative to run away and give up the fight for the territory, the Thousand Blade Dragon, as the winner of the territory struggle, only needs to mark the territory again by sharpening its claws and scales.

But this is clearly not the normal situation. The Thousand Blade Dragon infected with the Mad Dragon Disease is unusually aggressive. It will even kill other Thousand Blade Dragons when they fight for territory. After discovering that Jump Jump's strength is not as expected, its first reaction is to chase after it and kill it.

"call--"

The Thousand-Blade Dragon was still covered in dust, and its figure was as conspicuous as a beacon in the night in Jump Jump's perception. When Jump Jump realized that the other party was relentlessly chasing after him, and that he could not outrun the other party's two wings with his four legs, he had no choice but to turn around and face the Thousand-Blade Dragon's attack head-on.

"Whoosh-"

The Thousand-Blade Dragon, flying in mid-air, flicked its head, and the sharp scales standing upright on its neck flew out with a sharp whooshing sound, stabbing fiercely at Jumpy—it was with this scale dart that it had forced Yoko and Jumpy into such a miserable situation before.

Jump Jump's first reaction was to jump backward to avoid it. However, with its current four-legged, two-winged body, it was difficult to leap as lightly as before. Due to a miscalculation of the dodge distance, Jump Jump failed to avoid all the sharp scales, and one of them pierced Jump Jump's newly formed wing membrane.

Unable to dodge completely, Jump thought it would bleed profusely again, like before, and the more it moved, the wider the wound would become. However, when the sharp scales pierced it, it only brought a slight pain, which quickly disappeared without a trace, which surprised Jump.

It was unaware that this was because its newly formed wing membrane was covered with a thick layer of fine scales like hair. The layers of fine scales absorbed most of the impact of the sharp scales, and its wing membrane was in a state of high-speed metabolism, with a fairly strong self-healing ability. The combination of the two was why the Thousand Blade Dragon's attack did not have the desired effect.

However, even though it doesn't understand the principle, it doesn't prevent Jumpy from recognizing the powerful defensive capabilities of its new wings. When faced with the continuous attacks of the Thousand Blade Dragon, Jumpy will actively use its wings to block the attacks if it encounters an attack that is difficult to avoid.

This resulted in the Thousand Blade Dragon's attacks becoming increasingly fierce, with severed, hair-like scales flying everywhere, almost overwhelming Jumpy and making it unable to fight back. However, Jumpy was not seriously injured. On the contrary, as the concentration of scale powder on the battlefield increased, it became more and more aware of the Thousand Blade Dragon's every move. In addition, as it gradually became more proficient with its new body form in the continuous battles, Jumpy became more and more adept at dodging.

As the battle dragged on, the situation on the battlefield subtly changed. At the beginning, Thousand Blade Dragon was unilaterally beating Jumpy, and Jumpy could only try to protect his vitals and take the hits. But as Thousand Blade Dragon continued to attack, it became increasingly difficult to hit Jumpy, who was focused on dodging. The outcome of the battle, which was clear at the beginning, gradually became shrouded in mystery.

Aiden sat on an ancient tree in the distance, holding up his binoculars to watch the battle between the two giant beasts. He took a big bite of his food, chewing as he pondered silently.

A full week has passed since their elite team followed Lin Lin to the Unknown Tree Sea to conduct their investigation. During this time, although they have found some traces left by the Black Devouring Dragon, they have not been able to truly confirm its whereabouts.

According to Captain Julius, if no new discoveries are made today, they should retreat to Barbare to gather more information.

After all these days, they still haven't found the other party. Maybe they're too late. The Black Dragon left the area after fighting Lin Lin.

As a result, just as Aiden arrived at the edge of the core area of ​​this forest after the search area was expanded once again, he heard the roars of monsters, as if they were fighting.

After rushing over, Aiden was pleasantly surprised to find that the two sides fighting were actually their two targets for this mission: the Black Eclipse Dragon and the Thousand Blade Dragon!
This was exactly what they planned: first, let the two monsters fight to exhaust their strength, and then the elite team would enter and take them down one by one.

After witnessing and confirming the identities of the two fighting monsters, Aiden fired a signal flare to call the other members of the mission. Before the others arrived, his task was to sit back and observe carefully the details of the battle, to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their intelligence, so that the subsequent battle would be easier.

Aiden glanced at the Thousand-Blade Dragon, which was emanating black energy, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

"This guy is really big, it must be over twenty meters long. The previous sighting report of the Thousand Blade Dragon was only about sixteen or seventeen meters long, so it's almost twice as big. Plus, the aggressiveness after being infected with the Mad Dragon Disease... Lin Lin said that this guy will drive all the other creatures out of its territory, and it seems to make a lot of sense."

Aiden took another bite of the food he was carrying, silently pondering:

This guy's stamina is incredible! Doesn't it ever get tired? They've been fighting for so long, and its attacks haven't weakened much. Meanwhile, the Black Devouring Dragon on the other side is becoming sluggish; it must be running out of energy...

I initially thought this guy might win, seeing him gradually turn the tide...

Aiden took out his water pouch and took a swig, then pounded his chest to swallow the dry, hard-to-swallow food, and slowly let out a sigh of relief.

However, this makes sense. The length of this Black Devouring Dragon... looks to be only about twelve or thirteen meters. Compared to the Thousand Blade Dragon, it is really too small. With such a big difference in size, the difference in the intensity of its life energy must also be quite large. It is normal for it to run out of energy while fighting.

"Hopefully, this guy can exhaust the Thousand-Blade Dragon's stamina a bit more, making things easier for us later. As for this Black Eclipse Dragon... it's in such poor condition that Lin Lin and the others probably don't need to participate in the battle anymore. We can quickly kill the Black Eclipse Dragon and then deal with the Thousand-Blade Dragon..."

Two clear bird calls came from not far away. Aiden listened for a moment, then quickly covered his mouth with his hand and imitated the sound of "Gugugu" in response.

A moment later, accompanied by a rustling sound, a person was standing on a branch of the tree trunk next to Aiden. Carrying a Fire Dragon Heavy Crossbow, with healthy wheat-colored skin, it was Nadia.

"Everyone used to say you were lucky, but I didn't really realize it. Now it seems they were right!"

Nadia raised her heavy crossbow, observing the two dragon beasts fighting on the battlefield through the scope, and sighed:

"We had so many people and didn't find a single clue, but you just happened to run into two targets, and they started fighting right away, without us even having to try to lure them in... Tsk tsk, I wish I had that kind of luck." Aiden scratched his head sheepishly, "Senior Nadia, please don't tease me."

Just then, Nadia suddenly let out a soft "Eh," as if she had made some discovery. Aiden quickly asked:

"what happened?"

Nadia's eyes remained pressed against the scope, but her tone was somewhat hesitant:
"Aiden, do you remember Lin Lin telling us about his battle with the Black Devouring Dragon?"

"Yes, I remember. Is there a problem?"

"He said he cut off one of the claws from the left wing of that Black Devourer, right?"

Upon hearing this, Aiden quickly aimed his binoculars at the left wing of the Black Devourer in the distance and observed it carefully for a moment:

"But this guy's wing claws are intact! This means..."

"This means that either the Black Eclipse Dragon has a fairly strong self-regeneration ability."

A cold voice rang out. Aiden put down his binoculars, and on another ancient tree next to him, a figure had appeared at some point. His white hair fluttered in the wind; it was Julius.

"Either there are multiple Black Eclipse Dragons, and this one isn't the one that fought Lin Lin."

Under the tree, Fabius, dressed in a cast-iron suit, finished what Julius hadn't said. He looked up at the three people in the tree and unconsciously gritted his teeth.

It wasn't that he was antisocial or wanted to be special; everyone else was climbing the tree to observe while he stood there. It was simply that the Babel spear, combined with his heavy cast iron armor, made climbing extremely difficult, and even if he were up there, the branches might not be able to support his weight.

Nadia sighed softly:
"Hopefully it's not the second one, otherwise we'll be in for a lot of work..."

Julius simply observed the battlefield carefully through his binoculars without offering any opinion. Although he also hoped for the first scenario, his intuition told him that the latter was far more likely.

"That Black Eclipse Dragon is no match for the Thousand Blade Dragon; it's retreating."

Aiden was eager to try:

"Should we leave the Black Eclipse Dragon here for now?"

Julius shook his head, ruthlessly rejecting the proposal:

"Proceed as planned. Leave the Black Corrosion Dragon to Lin Lin and Ye Zi, and we'll focus our efforts on dealing with the Thousand Blade Dragon."

"Aiden, go set up the traps. Nadia, the fire support is yours. Fabius, we'll draw the Thousand Blade Dragon's attention head-on."

"Get ready to destroy the fruit, let's go!"

……

As the elite team gathered, sharpening their blades and preparing to strike the Thousand-Blade Dragon, Lin Lin and Ye Zi, having received the signal, also rushed to their target location with their two cats.

However, they were stopped before they even got close to where the signal flare was launched.

Seeing the enormous black figure slowly descending with flapping wings, Lin Lin's breathing quickened. Without hesitation, he drew his Horned Dragon Shield Axe and attacked the enormous black figure in front of him.

"We haven't even arrived at our destination yet, have Aiden and his team's plan failed?"

Yoko also drew her Horned Dragon Horned Insect Staff and beckoned Koga to join the attack.

"I don't know, let's stick to what we agreed on. We'll leave the Thousand-Blade Dragon to them and take care of this guy!"

Enemies meeting are bound to be furious. After searching for so many days, Lin Lin still couldn't find any trace of Tiao Tiao. Even though he could still sense Tiao Tiao's presence through the Bond Stone, he was still seething with anger. Now that he saw the culprit who had caused Tiao Tiao's disappearance, he was about to swing his sword at its head without saying a word.

"Roar!!!"

To sense its surroundings, the Black-Eater Dragon constantly scattered scales in all directions. Even though it wasn't in combat mode and wasn't using its full strength, it still detected Lin Lin's presence when he got close enough and immediately let out a roar.

"Damn, that was a pretty quick reaction!"

Lin Lin quickly stopped his attack, raised his shield to block the sound wave, and paused slightly.

Upon spotting the enemy, the Black Eclipse Dragon immediately flapped its wings, sending a cloud of scales flying over and onto Lin Lin's body to enhance its senses. With this heightened perception, it immediately recognized the tiny creature opposite it as incredibly familiar, and it instantly flew into a rage, letting out a roar followed by an even louder one.

Enemies meeting are bound to be filled with hatred. The pain of this guy cutting off one of its claws was so unforgettable that even after the wound healed and the pain subsided, the anger and hatred in its heart towards Lin Lin would not easily dissipate. Therefore, as soon as it confirmed the identity of the person in front of it, it immediately fell into a state of rage.

"Still yelling? You're never going to stop!"

(End of this chapter)