Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 411 I Will Be Your Eyes
The bad news is that this Thousand-Blade Dragon seems to have reached its limit, and its aura has intensified, making it seem much more troublesome than before.

Good news. Before this, the opponent had already lost an eye, leaving a large blind spot in its vision. At the same time, a large hole was also torn in its wing, significantly weakening its flight ability. In addition, it had also consumed stamina in the previous battle with the Black Devouring Dragon. Even if it had reached its limit, the increase in strength would certainly not be that exaggerated.

Seeing the Ultimate Thousand Blade Dragon rushing towards him like a mad dog, Julius only had time to warn it "be careful of its blind spots" before activating Demon Transformation and charging forward to fight the Thousand Blade Dragon.

Fabius, the most resilient spearman in the team, has temporarily lost his ability to fight. Aiden is a newcomer, and although he is very talented, he lacks experience and is unable to stand alone in such a high-intensity battle. Almost all the pressure has fallen on Julius.

Aiden rushed forward after Julius, dodging the scales thrown by the opponent with a somersault, and successfully rolled into the blind spot on the left side of the Ultimate Thousand Blade Dragon. Just as he was about to swing his Insect Glaive to attack, he suddenly stopped, recalling his conversation with Lin Lin, and instead tumbled and released his Kinsect.

"Let's go check out its meat!"

After reaching its limit, the Thousand Blade Dragon's attack power increased dramatically, and its stamina seemed inexhaustible. From the start of the battle with the Black Devourer Dragon until now, it still showed no signs of fatigue, and it relentlessly attacked Julius, who was darting left and right in its field of vision, with each move.

Forest crossbow bolts were fired continuously, attacking the Thousand-Blade Dragon while also relieving pressure on Julius. In the midst of this chaotic battlefield, a turquoise-shelled caterpillar darted left and right, dodging attacks from all directions, and crashed headfirst into the Thousand-Blade Dragon's wing.

However, it did not successfully absorb the white essence as Aiden had hoped. Instead, it was directly thrown away, and its shovel-shaped pincers failed to leave a single mark on the Thousand-Blade Dragon's wings.

"The meat has indeed become firmer..."

Aiden's expression tightened. Fortunately, they managed to destroy one of its wings before it reached its limit, otherwise they would have been completely unable to restrict its flight ability.

"Buzz..."

The caterpillar slammed into the Thousand-Blade Dragon's wing, leaving it dazed and disoriented. It tumbled twice in the air, but the battlefield was ever-changing. Before it could recover, the Thousand-Blade Dragon's attack had already engulfed it, whipping it dozens of meters away with a lash of its tail.

Aiden's expression turned quite grim. Although Kinsects are helpful tools for Insect Glaive users, they are also quite fragile creatures that require their owners to constantly invest materials to nurture them and make them stronger. He had only recently acquired this Kinsect and hadn't had time to strengthen it at all. Now, after being struck by such a powerful tail whip, it had no chance of survival.

Aiden could only cautiously swing his Insect Glaive and gently probe the flesh of the Maximized Thousand Blade Dragon, while loudly reminding his two teammates to be careful:
"The texture of the Thousand-Blade Dragon's flesh has changed, don't attack its wings!"

Without the essence of the insects to strengthen his body, Aiden's attacks felt like he was half-weak. His thrust was weak and feeble, landing on the Thousand Blade Dragon's tail and being bounced away.

"Don't hit the tail either, it'll deflect your blade!"

Fortunately, he didn't use much force, and the recoil wasn't strong either; it was still within Aiden's control. He flipped over to avoid the sweeping tail and then gently thrust it forward again.
"No change in the legs, you can fight!"

Julius burst forward with power, dodging the Thousand-Blade Dragon's arched head. He spun around and swung his twin blades, but the blade struck the dragon's head with a sharp clang. The recoil made Julius stagger, and he quickly rolled on the spot to avoid the dragon's next attack.

"His head has hardened too!"

The deflection just now disrupted Julius's rhythm. Faced with the Thousand Blade Dragon's relentless and seemingly tireless attacks, he became increasingly flustered. Many moves that he could have dodged with a slide step were forced to be rolled. And because of the short time he wasted from rolling to getting up, he was forced to use a more vulnerable flying pounce to dodge.

As the situation became increasingly critical, the continuous firing in the forest had to be stopped. A flashbang was then thrown, and the blinding flash interrupted the Thousand Blade Dragon's pursuit.

Julius took a deep breath; though unwilling, he had no choice but to issue the order:
"Retreat first!"

……

"Sniff"

A familiar, rich aroma wafted into its nostrils, and Tiaotiao immediately felt its mouth water and its stomach rumble. Instinctively, it wanted to open its eyes to find the delicious food, but then belatedly realized that it seemed to have abandoned its sight.

"woke up?"

When the familiar voice came, Tiaotiao immediately wanted to snuggle up to Lin Lin's chest and act cute, just like always. However, it couldn't see Lin Lin, so driven by instinct, it slightly flapped its wings, and black scales spread out, covering Lin Lin's body.

"Don't--"

The jumping was too fast, and Lin Lin's attempt to stop him came to an abrupt halt. After coughing twice, he helplessly pushed the head, which was almost half the size of his body:

"You're so big now, I can't hold you anymore..."

"Also, other Black Eclipse Dragons might only be able to use scale powder to find their way, but you're different. In the future, try to release scale powder less often if it's not necessary... cough cough..."

Lin Lin popped a Dispelling Fruit into his mouth, then gripped the Azure Bond Stone tightly.

Jumpy just tilted its head blankly and stuck out its tongue to lick Lin Lin. Why couldn't it understand what the leader meant? Could it be that the leader could help it regain its sight?

Regaining sight is something that can only be achieved by transforming into a Heavenly Returning Dragon. At this moment, Lin Lin is thinking of a shortcut.

If Jump can't see, then share what you see with it. Since he and Da Kong were able to communicate through their senses because of their bond, there's no reason why he can't do the same with Jump.

Lin Lin kept his eyes closed, focusing his mind intently as he repeatedly sensed the invisible and intangible power of the bond. After a moment, his expression brightened, and he reopened his eyes: "I've got it!"

He had already seen that pitch-black world, with only a few blurry red outlines moving around him. So this is what the world of the Black Eclipse Dragon is like...

Jumpy was stunned as it experienced the perspective shared from Lin Lin. Through those eyes, it saw the pitch-black dragon in front of it. It had no eyes, looked like an alien, with its wing claws wrapped around its shoulders and a cloak-like wing membrane covering its body.

This is... me?

Isn't this no different from that dark-skinned guy?
Originally, Jump was quite satisfied with its new form, which fulfilled its dream of flying and gave it power far exceeding its previous strength. Apart from the unpleasant price of losing its sight, Jump was still quite satisfied. However, when it saw its current appearance, which was exactly the same as the guy it used to hate, it couldn't help but feel a sense of resentment, like hating the house because of the crow.

“It’s okay. You’re different from that guy. You are you. You are the little dragon that I kidnapped from the desert. No matter what you become, you will always be Jump, one of my most important partners.”

Lin Lin gazed at the frozen Black Corrosion Dragon, gently stroking the smooth scales on its head with his hand, his tone warm.

“We’ll catch up with that guy sooner or later and take him down. You’ll still help me then, right?” “Roar!”

Jump Jump was stunned for two seconds. Overwhelmed with emotion, he suddenly let out a roar, wanting to respond to Lin Lin's expectations.

But before she could finish her shout, she saw Lin Lin suddenly cover his ears, and Tiao Tiao quickly shut her mouth in embarrassment.

It was accidentally forgotten that as its body strengthened, its voice also became much louder. If it wasn't controlled carefully, it could easily cause accidental injury with a shout.

Tiaotiao stuck out its tongue again and licked Lin Lin hard from bottom to top, leaving sticky saliva on him as an apology.

Lin Lin: ...

Never mind, it's my own dragon, I won't mind...

"Alright, come and eat some meat. You look like you've used up a lot of energy, so hurry up and replenish it."

Lin Lin pointed to the campfire beside him, where a whole roasted pig was propped up on a tree branch and was being turned around by the two cats. The aroma of the roasted meat was coming from there.

Date palm originally wanted to find a larger herbivorous dragon so that there would be enough meat for Jumpy to eat his fill, but unfortunately, he was not very lucky. After searching for a long time, he only found a greedy mushroom pig. Since he had no other targets, he could only kill it and bring it back.

Given Jump Jump's current physique, a whole roasted pig would probably only be enough to fill its stomach, so Lin Lin didn't bother to cut it up and just made a whole roasted pig, since it would only take a few bites anyway.

Just as Jumpy was engrossed in his meal, the nearby bushes suddenly began to rustle slightly. Niaru, with her most sensitive senses, was the first to notice and immediately jumped up, pointing sharply in that direction:
"A monster is approaching, meow!"

“It’s not a monster, it’s me, Julius.”

Julius parted the bushes, heard Nialu's scream, and sighed helplessly:

"I didn't see you when I got back to the camp, so I followed the tracks here. But it seems you've already finished fighting?"

As Julius spoke, he took a few steps forward, then turned his head and met the gaze of Jump, whose face was covered in grease—well, to be precise, it was a one-sided eye contact, since Jump's eyesight had deteriorated, and although he looked in Julius's direction, it was just a habitual reaction.

Julius turned his head and saw Lin Lin and Ye Zi sitting next to Tiao Tiao, calmly munching on barbecue. A question mark slowly appeared on his forehead.

Remembering something he'd overheard at the guild about a "Rider Project" that involved making friends with monsters, Julius's gaze began to shift slightly.

At the time, Julius thought that ridiculous plan was utter nonsense, but looking at the harmonious relationship between humans and dragons, and even the fact that the dragons were the targets of the mission, Julius felt that the world was becoming a different thing from his own.

Isn't this too outrageous?
Without even asking, Lin Lin guessed what Julius was thinking, and pointed to the large object beside him:
"This is Jump Jump."

Julius's usually cold and serious expression completely crumbled. "But didn't you say before that Jumpy was a yellow Velociraptor King?"

"Yes, when we were fighting that Black Devourer, Jumpy was still a Yellow Velocidrome. But when we met again, it had already turned into this."

Julius watched Jumpy with wary eyes. After a moment, he realized that Jumpy had only "looked" at him for a few seconds before lowering its head again to eat heartily without pouncing on him. He couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief.

'This guy… judging by its size and the scars on its body, it seems to be the Black Devourer Dragon that fought the Thousand-Blade Dragon before? It's unbelievable, it's actually so docile…'

"and many more!"

Julius's mind raced, and he suddenly discovered a blind spot.

"You mean, it turned out of a yellow Velocidrome into this? Are you really sure it's Jumpy?"

"Of course, unfamiliar Black Corrosion Dragons will start fighting as soon as they meet, unlike our Jumpy who is gentle, kind and respectful."

Gentle, kind, respectful, and frugal? Can this phrase really be used to describe a monster? Such an obscure expression…

"Well, things are probably more serious than I thought."

Julius sighed, "We already thought it was just a matter of multiple Black Eclipse Dragons, which was troublesome enough. Now we've discovered that other monsters can also turn into Black Eclipse Dragons. I'm afraid a great catastrophe is about to befall us..."

Thousand Blade Dragon overcame the Mad Dragon Disease during the battle and achieved what Aiden called the "limit," which was already bad enough. Now, it has been discovered that the Mad Dragon Disease can also transform infected monsters into the source. At this point, the guild will probably have to send all its high-ranking hunters to deal with this matter in order to have any hope of successfully controlling the situation...

"There's no need to be so pessimistic. Jump Jump... is special. I don't know if Aiden told you about that ancient book I once read. It mentioned something that only when the Heavenly Dragon is born will a new Black Eclipse Dragon appear."

"Many of the things mentioned above have come true, so I think this matter is probably also correct, and Jump Jump may just be an exception."

As Lin Lin spoke, he silently apologized to Puff, who was far away in Yanhuo. Based on what had happened, there was no way to reasonably "deduce" much information about the Heavenly Returning Dragon and the Black Erosion Dragon. He could only find this reason to forcefully disclose the information.

Considering that the guild would most likely want to see what else was said in that fictitious ancient book, Lin Lin had no choice but to blame Puff for burning the book. After all, there were indeed quite a few books left to him by his master Kevin in the room that it set on fire, so one more wouldn't make a difference.

Julius nodded. "Indeed, I heard about the contents of that book from Aiden. That Thousand-Blade Dragon reached its limit during the battle, becoming even more troublesome. If we hadn't weakened it in the previous battle, we might have even suffered casualties in this one."

"Huh? It's really reached its limit?"

Julius nodded:

“Fabius is injured and Aiden’s insect hunter is dead. The two of them can’t exert much combat power for the time being. However, the ultimate Thousand Blade Dragon poses a great threat and cannot be ignored. Therefore, I would like to invite you to temporarily join our team to complete the mission of defeating the Thousand Blade Dragon together.”

Although these two are only five-star hunters, bringing them into the team would normally expose them to dangers they shouldn't be facing. However, the situation is urgent, and Julius has no other choice.

(End of this chapter)