Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 435 Sigh, the eaves are ruined, dragon-like steamed shrimp heads

When the Broken Dragon recovered from the dizziness brought on by the flash, it frantically looked around, only to find that the dark dragon had not taken the opportunity to rush up and attack it, but had disappeared from its sight.

Did they run away?
It seems the slime mold explosion successfully damaged it...

This made the Broken Dragon breathe a sigh of relief. It had already been under enough pressure from being suppressed in the direct confrontation, and it had finally managed to seize the opportunity to turn the tide. However, it did not expect that the big black bat would actually have the same ability as the Poisonous Bird.

Thankfully, that guy retreated on his own after being injured by the slime mold; otherwise, it really wouldn't have had much confidence if the fight had continued...

Thinking this, the Broken Dragon took a step to return to its nest, but as soon as it took a step, the pain in its thigh forced it to stop, and it staggered.

Even after Jump stopped, the Broken Dragon's leg injury still limited its mobility to some extent.

"Qiang!"

A metallic clang rang out. Although the sound was not loud, it was exceptionally clear to the Broken Dragon's ears. It paused and turned its head to look in the direction from which the sound came.

It was a golden shield, its surface illuminated by the glow of the surrounding lava, giving it a dazzling golden-red hue.

Lin Lin pointed his charged sword at the Shattered Dragon from afar, the tip of the sword slightly upturned. Although he didn't speak, the provocative meaning in his gesture was clearly conveyed to the Shattered Dragon.

"Roar!"

Upon taking a look, Suilong felt an inexplicable anger rise in his chest.

The big black bat from before was one thing, at least it was big enough, and the two were evenly matched. How come this tiny creature that appeared out of nowhere dares to provoke me like this?
In particular, this guy had a strange, foul smell about him, which disgusted him so much that he wanted to punch him into dust.

Because its attention was focused on Jump Jump during the previous battle, and Lin Lin was lying on its back with little presence, the Broken Dragon was unaware that the human in front of it was in cahoots with the Black Devouring Dragon from before. It simply thought that the human had appeared out of nowhere on the roadside and roared as it was about to kill it with a single punch.

It's always been the wrathful dragon that beats up other creatures it doesn't like. What level do you think you are to provoke me?
However, after a few rounds of fighting, the Dragon's thoughts underwent a very subtle change.

Because almost all of its attacks miss, even if a punch occasionally manages to graz the opponent's edge, it will be solidly blocked by that golden shield.

What surprised Broken Dragon even more was the opponent's behavior after being contaminated with slime mold.

The slime mold that was always invincible and would explode upon contact, leaving its opponents in a terrible state, has suddenly become ineffective!

If it weren't for the fact that the slime molds that adhered to the ground after it punched would still explode normally, it would have suspected that its slime molds had secretly died while it wasn't paying attention.

"Hey! You're done for without slime mold? Why don't you just stop calling yourself Shattered Dragon and start calling yourself Fungus Dragon?"

Lin Lin struck his sword and shield together, making a sharp sound to attract the attention of the Broken Dragon. He didn't care whether the other dragon understood or not, and just kept provoking it.

And the Broken Dragon was indeed provoked. It stopped thinking about why the slime mold was ineffective against Lin Lin and instead raised its head and let out a deafening roar.

With its roar, the slime on the shattered dragon's body underwent a visible color change, from its initial bright green to a warning orange-yellow.

Seeing this, Lin Lin's expression also became much more serious. Before the hunt began, Sophia had talked a lot about the Broken Dragon, including this:
When the wrathful dragon enters an enraged state, its saliva evaporates, and the components within it that can activate slime mold spread throughout its body, activating the slime mold. In this state, when the slime mold is impacted, it no longer scatters and adheres to the ground, but explodes directly.

—The Mycology Beads can only prevent the slime on your body from becoming active and exploding, but they can't affect the slime on the Brachydios. Be careful in the upcoming battle...

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Enraged, Shattered Dragon unleashed another punch, but this time, the force of the blow was far greater than before. Two booming sounds followed, the first from the fist striking the ground, and the second from a violent explosion.

Even though he had dodged out of the range of the Shattered Dragon's fist attack beforehand, the force of the explosion still made Lin Lin's body slightly unsteady. The Shattered Dragon seized this opportunity, raised its head high, and was about to finish off this ignorant human with a headbutt.

However, this human in front of it had too many tricks up his sleeve. The shattered dragon watched helplessly as he seemed to release something, and then his body was dragged away from its original position by some invisible force. Before it could change its move, it slammed its head heavily into the ground.

Using the slingshot to pull himself out of the Shattered Dragon's attack range, Lin Lin immediately fused his sword and shield together. Before the Shattered Dragon could pull its head out of the crater in the ground, he unleashed a powerful punch.

"Oh!"

With Lin Lin's current strength, even without the boost from the bottle explosion, this attack still possessed considerable destructive power, directly shattering its carapace and leaving a long, narrow wound on the dragon's head, from which blood slowly seeped out.

This time, the Shattered Dragon did not roar in pain again. It simply stared intently at Lin Lin with its crimson eyes filled with killing intent, and then lunged forward once more.

……

To be honest, dealing with the relentless attacks of the Shattered Dragon in its enraged state was quite stressful. Fortunately, Jump had injured its leg beforehand, making it difficult for it to move nimbly. Lin Lin didn't stubbornly insist on fighting it head-on, and instead focused his energy on dodging attacks. With the help of the Wirebug, Lin Lin managed to keep the Shattered Dragon completely pinned down for a while.

When Ye Zi arrived at the battlefield with the two cats and Sophia, the Shattered Dragon, which had fought three battles against Yan Ge Long, Tiao Tiao, and Lin Lin, was struggling to maintain its high stamina consumption in its enraged state. The slime on its body had also returned from orange to emerald green. At this moment, it was panting heavily, moving slowly, and covered with long, narrow wounds, but it still stubbornly launched attacks on Lin Lin.

Lin Lin's condition at this moment was not very good. Although the fierce battle had helped him overcome the Mad Dragon Disease, it also brought great physical exhaustion. In one-on-one battles, the Shattered Dragon would not give him the opportunity to eat and replenish his strength, which made Lin Lin's reaction slower and slower as he fought. Later, he often did not have time to dodge attacks and could only hold his shield and take the hits. After a lot of this, he eventually suffered a serious shock injury.

"Brother Lin Lin! Are you alright?"

Ye Zi waved her hand and released Xiao Jia to temporarily attract the attention of the Broken Dragon, while she quickly came to Lin Lin's side and reached out to support his slightly swaying body.

"Phew—I'm fine, just a little tired."

Lin Lin finally got a chance to catch his breath. He peeled off a piece of the food bag, quickly swallowed it with the "big green tea," and felt the warm current spreading in his stomach. He felt much better and regained some energy. "This guy's condition is really bad, let's give it our all!"

"Roar!!!"

Exhausted from continuous battles, the Broken Dragon's attention was momentarily diverted by a bright red rhinoceros beetle. When it came to its senses, it discovered that the enemy it had been fighting for so long had visibly recovered significantly, and now had a companion by its side. It immediately let out a roar—although the roar was now weak, the sense of frustration and anger in it was genuine.

You scoundrel, you schemed against me!
If it were a one-on-one fight like before, the Brachydios knew it would never give its opponent any hope of winning. But now it was the one being ganged up on and couldn't recover like its opponent. The fight couldn't continue.

"Boss, it's running away, meow!"

"No need to rush, I've thrown a Color Ball... Hmm, it should be close enough to catch it now..."

……

The Broken Dragon originally intended to hunt prey to replenish its strength, but when it arrived at the lava lake where it often hunted lava beasts, it discovered that the little creatures had vanished—the leader of the lava beasts had gone to confront the Broken Dragon, but even the leader had been beaten up. Unable to defeat the beasts and unwilling to be eaten, it had no choice but to run away…

The lava beasts migrated their territory, originally thinking they could avoid them if they couldn't afford to, but little did they know how upset the broken dragon, who had made a wasted trip, was.

The long battle had exhausted him, and his wounds needed energy to heal. However, there was no food to replenish his energy. The Broken Dragon looked around but found no sign of life. He had no choice but to endure his hunger and limp back to his nest, intending to recover from his injuries and alleviate his hunger by sleeping.

With heavy steps, the Broken Dragon traversed the familiar path through the complex underground caverns, returning to its lair.

It first glanced at the charred corpse beside it, then at the dragon egg with a crack, and seeing that the chick inside had not yet hatched, it stopped paying attention to it, curled up its body, closed its eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Soon, a crystal-clear snot bubble bulged out of its nostril.

five minutes later.

A furry little head peeked out from the cave entrance, looked around for a moment, and then quietly retreated back inside.

"How about it?"

Yoko looked at Niaru.

"That's its lair inside, meow. It looks like the previous battle exhausted it; it's sleeping soundly, meow."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zi couldn't help but turn around and glance at Lin Lin, who looked tired, and pursed her lips.

"I'm sorry, Brother Lin Lin, I should have come with you. We both accepted the mission together, but I made you fight alone for so long."

"Hey, there's nothing to apologize for. If I had to say, it was because I was in a hurry to make decisions in order to give Jump Jump a chance to fight."

"No, I should be the one apologizing. If I hadn't come along, you wouldn't have had to split up your forces to ensure my safety."

Sophia seemed a little guilty. Although she had a great love for the Broken Dragon, she wasn't selfish enough to ignore the dangers and difficulties her friend was going through for her own passion.

Lin Lin rolled his eyes:
"Come on, whether it's capturing it or facing the Brachydios alone, it's my own decision. What are you apologizing for?"

"Alright, enough talk. Let's hurry up and capture that guy before he recovers his strength!"

Lin Lin didn't dwell on the topic any longer. He glanced at Yezao, who weighed the large package on his back and nodded to Lin Lin.

"The trap is ready, meow."

Date took out a disc-shaped paralysis trap, tiptoed into the nest, carefully avoided the slime-covered forepaws and head of the Broken Dragon, circled around to its legs that touched the ground, pressed the trap into the ground, and twisted it to activate it.

In an instant, a pulsating golden current was released from the small disc. The moment it came into contact with the current, an intense numbing sensation spread through every muscle of the shattered dragon's body. It was jolted awake from its slumber, but even moving its body slightly was incredibly difficult.

"Lie down right now, meow!"

Nia grabbed a deep red sphere in one hand and threw it at the head of the Broken Dragon. As the two collided, a large cloud of pink mist was released from the sphere. This was a powerful anesthetic made from a mixture of extracts from Paralysis Mushroom and Sleep Grass. The monster was inhaled through the smoke, which quickly rendered it unable to resist.

Niaru seemed afraid that one or two darts wouldn't be enough, so she took out four more capture tranquilizer darts and threw them at the face of the Broken Dragon. The pink mist immediately became quite thick, and the Broken Dragon, which was in the center of the hypnotic mist, trembled twice before collapsing to the ground again. If it weren't for the faint breathing that could still be seen, it would have been practically dead.

"Yawn... Nialu, you've lost too much, meow!"

Date, yawning and fighting off its drowsiness, emerged from the thick fog. This thing was used specifically to capture those huge monsters, so its hypnotic effect was naturally quite strong. If Date hadn't had relatively abundant stamina, it felt like it would have fallen asleep along with the Broken Dragon.

"Alright, that's finally done. Sophia, why don't you hurry up and check on your darling? We need to get it away from the village while the hypnosis is still going on."

Lin Lin's words were just a joke, but Sophia genuinely approached with a "let's see and cherish it" attitude, carefully examining the Broken Dragon from top to bottom.

"So? Did you figure anything out?"

Yoko was a little curious.

Unexpectedly, Sophia leaned close to the base of the dragon's tail, examined it carefully for a moment, and nodded quite seriously:

“Darling is female…”

Yoko suddenly lost her composure. "Sister, do you really need to look so closely? That's so weird!"
(End of this chapter)