Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 448 The Temptation of Taking a Bath

"boom--"

The mountain rocks crumbled, the earth trembled, and a dense ring of cracks, like a spider web, appeared on the rock face.

The peach-haired beast king that was thrown out was bleeding profusely from its head, collapsed to the ground barely alive, and had no strength left to struggle.

Lin Lin took a couple of deep breaths and finally reached behind his back to draw his shield and axe. However, instead of the standard left sword and right shield, he only drew the charged sword, walked slowly to the peach-furred beast king, and held it high with both hands.

The Peach-haired Beast King, its eyes blinded by blood, could only see a crimson shadow hovering in front of it. Terrified, it tried to escape, but its body was too weak to muster any strength, and it could only make a "hoarse" sound from its throat.

The next moment, the sword pierced down suddenly, and blood gushed out like a fountain, staining Lin Lin's brownish-yellow armor back to a bright red color. The viscous blood dripped down the edges of the armor, and the strong smell of blood completely suppressed the indescribable stench.

The Peach-haired Beast King's claws twitched slightly twice before falling silent. Lin Lin stood there quietly, one foot on the Peach-haired Beast King, his hands still holding the sword drawn, without making a sound.

This figure, resembling a bloodthirsty demon, exuded an indescribable sense of oppression simply by standing there. In the territory of the Palico tribe, which had been attacked by the Peach-haired Beast King, all the Palicoes who dared to charge forward and fight the Peach-haired Beast King with their Palico picks were now trembling with fear, hiding behind cover and secretly watching that figure.

It was terrifying. It appeared suddenly without a sound, and immediately began to beat the Peach-haired Beast King with its bare hands. In the end, it executed the beast king in an extremely violent and bloody manner. Such a brutal act completely shocked the group of Ailu.

The figure they were watching waited a moment before finally making a move.

He casually flicked the blood off his charged sword, put it back on his back, and then gently reached out to remove the blood-stained helmet, revealing a cold, expressionless face.

Under the trembling gaze of the group of Elu, the face finally changed, and he slowly opened his mouth:
"yue~"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lin Lin... finally vomited...

"vomit--"

Just now, when Yezao saw Lin Lin unleash his power and beat up the Peach Hair Beast King, she was stunned. But now, seeing Lin Lin's reaction, she finally came to her senses and quickly ran to Lin Lin's side, reaching out to throw a round ball at him.

The sphere collided with the ground and shattered instantly, releasing a thick, pale blue smoke. This smoke had a faint, bitter fragrance, but after coming into contact with Lin Lin's body, it kept making a hissing sound. The bloodstains on his armor, as well as the foul-smelling brownish-yellow particles dissolved in the bloodstains, were rapidly peeled off by the smoke.

In just two seconds, the strong, fishy stench emanating from Lin Lin had completely dissipated. Although it hadn't completely disappeared, you could still smell it if you looked closely. But compared to the previous stench that would make your stomach cramp just by smelling it, it was practically nonexistent now.

After vomiting a few times, Lin Lin finally recovered. He wiped his mouth, straightened up slowly, glanced coldly at the corpse of the Peach-haired Beast King, then stopped paying attention to it and turned to look at the group of Palicoes that were hiding behind the giant mushrooms.

As Lin Lin's gaze swept over them, the group of Ailu all shuddered and curled up even more tightly, fearing that they would be targeted by this terrifying god of destruction.

Lin Lin was somewhat helpless. He had originally planned to help the Ailus drive away the Peach-haired Beast King, so that he would have more confidence in asking for help. However, he had lost his mind after being provoked by the Peach-haired Beast King's arrogant farts, and ended up scaring the cats instead.

He cleared his throat:

"Ahem, everyone, don't be afraid. I am Lin Lin, a hunter. This is my hunting partner, Date, who is also an Felyne. We mean no harm; we are just helping someone in need. Now that Peach-furred Beast King is no longer a threat to you."

After Lin Lin finished speaking, the room fell silent, with no reaction whatsoever.

Seeing this, Date Palm immediately started meowing loudly, repeating Lin Lin's words in the beastman language.

This time, the wild Ailu finally reacted. They whispered among themselves, peered out, and sized up Lin Lin and Date, seemingly to confirm whether they were truly no threat.

At this moment, a three-colored Ailu limped over, carrying a wisp of brownish-yellow smoke. It bowed respectfully to Lin Lin and Yezao, and meowed a few times in the orc language.

This is the Ailu who was hit by the same fart as Lin Lin.

Compared to humans, Ailu's sense of smell is much more sensitive. Lin Lin was so stimulated by the stench that he went berserk, so you can imagine how much torture this smell must be to Ailu.

Seeing the other's contorted and pained expression, Yezao quickly threw a deodorizing jade at it as well.

Enveloped in pale blue smoke, the three-flowered Ailu was slightly panicked. However, perhaps because it had seen the date also throw a date at Lin Lin, it did not make any particularly big movements. It just looked around and found that the smoke did not cause any harm. On the contrary, it neutralized the strong stench to a very weak level. It was overjoyed and bowed again.

"Meow meow meow!"

"Boss, it said it's very grateful to us, meow! Thanks to us for taking down that Peach-furred Beast King, their territory was able to return to peace, meow!"

It seems that this wild Felyne tribe has never had any contact with humans, and none of the cats even understand Hunter's Language. If it weren't for Date Palm nearby, they probably wouldn't even have a chance to communicate. Although Lin Lin has a unique talent that allows him to understand Orc language, understanding it and being able to speak it are two different things.

With this three-colored Elu as an example, the Elu who were peeking out confirmed that Lin Lin was a friendly intelligent life form. They all left their hiding places and gathered around Lin Lin, meowing all at once.

"Meow meow meow!"

"Meow meow meow!"

Everyone was talking at once, their voices clattering and disorganized, but they were all basically saying the same thing. In short, they were thanking Lin Lin for killing the Peach-haired Beast King. To express their gratitude, some offered to throw a banquet for Lin Lin, some offered to give them precious gifts, and others said they knew of a nearby lake where they could bathe and wanted to take them there to cleanse themselves…

Lin Lin was a little overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the group of Ailu, so he turned to look at the dates:

"Ask them if they know any trace of the Heavy Beetle, or the Black Erosion Dragon that the elite team was tracking."

"Consider the intelligence a token of our gratitude. We have important matters to attend to and cannot attend the banquet. It would be inconvenient to take the gifts either. However, there is a place to take a bath, so we can familiarize ourselves with the area."

So Date once again acted as a translator, relaying Lin Lin's words into the orc language.

After Yezao finished speaking, the group of Ailu fell into a brief silence. They looked at each other, and after a moment, one Ailu stepped forward, indicating that she roughly knew some information, but was not sure if it was what Lin Lin and the others needed—or that calico cat.

"Meow meow meow, meow meow meow..."

I don't know if the beetle you're looking for is the one with the green carapace and a crescent-shaped tail. If so, I have indeed seen it before.

Date quickly described the physical characteristics of the heavy beetle in detail. Upon hearing this, Three Flowers confirmed her suspicions and began to recount the story.

That happened two days ago.

At that moment, it had just left its nest to find some fresh fruit to bring back and improve its diet. But just as it picked a fruit, the ground suddenly trembled. It quickly found a bush to hide itself before looking around carefully.

This sight startled it, for it saw a monster, entirely black and demonic, descending from the sky with cloak-like wings. Not far away, on the ground, a beetle lay sprawled, its four heavily armored limbs kicking and struggling to flip back over.

The violent tremor that just occurred was probably caused by the sound of that heavy beetle being overturned.

The dark monster originally wanted to give chase, but the Heavy Beetle was not fighting alone. It had several Thorium Beetles as helpers. Under the control of pheromones, those Thorium Beetles launched suicidal attacks on the Black Erosion Dragon as if their lives depended on it.

The Black Eclipse Dragon didn't appear to be unharmed at the time. After killing a beetle with its two claws, its wing claws were also injured by a beetle's suicidal attack. Then, it abandoned the beetle as its target and quickly flew away from there.

But after that dark creature left, both the heavy beetle and the several treacherous beetles that fought with it behaved very strangely. Those treacherous beetles that had always been subservient to the heavy beetle and had no ulterior motives actually turned around and started fighting with the heavy beetle again.

However, given the difference in tonnage, the difference in strength between the heavy beetle and the piercing beetle was obvious. The heavy beetle easily tore the piercing beetles into pieces and even began to eat the remains of the piercing beetles to recover its strength.

Upon hearing this, Lin Lin and Yezao exchanged a glance. It seemed that the heavy beetle had already been infected with the Mad Dragon Disease...

Date quickly pressed for details, wanting to know if this three-flowered Elf knew the whereabouts of the heavy beetle and the black dragon. Although she hadn't held out much hope, to her surprise, the Elf had a pretty good memory. She turned her head and took out a piece of wood with pictures painted with various pigments from a pile of miscellaneous items on a giant mushroom, and showed it to the person and the cat.

It was a map of the primeval forest hand-drawn by a Palico!
"Meow meow meow!"

After the heavy beetle finished eating the thorn beetle, it headed in this direction. That area is full of poisonous pools, and it's a very dangerous place where you can easily get poisoned if you're not careful. If you really want to go, they have a lot of antidotes stored there, and you can give Lin Lin some dates.

The black dragon flew to the other side; it could only make out the general direction from the ground, but it seemed to be heading towards the highest peak of the primeval forest.

Finally having a definite clue, Lin Lin and Yezao were overjoyed and began to rub their hands together, ready to go all out. The peach-haired beast king they had just killed was just a warm-up for Lin Lin. He didn't even feel tired at all. The life energy fed back by the Mad Dragon Virus was surprisingly abundant, greatly improving Lin Lin's physical strength and power limit. Now, he could perhaps truly be called a human at the limit.

Noticing Lin Lin and Yezao's excitement, the calico Ellu hesitated for a moment, then meowed twice more.

Although this might be a bit of a downer, it's best not to go to the summit. It's a legendary forbidden area, where the wrath of the giants lingers. Rushing in might incur divine punishment, and that black guy is probably already dead.

Even without Lin Lin's prompting, Yezao had already started asking about the so-called giant god and divine punishment.

However, the calico cat didn't seem to know much about what was going on. To it, these things were just vague and ancient legends passed down in its tribe. After communicating for a long time, they only confirmed one thing: the so-called giant god was the owner of the huge skeleton that almost spanned the entire primeval forest region.

Lin Lin naturally wouldn't back down just because of some vague legends, but in order to keep Sanhua Ailu calm, he still had Yezao say that he would make a careful decision and would not easily trespass into the forbidden area.

Having obtained the desired information and achieved his purpose in visiting the Elru, Lin Lin should take his leave. However, before leaving, Lin Lin had Yezao ask the other party one more question:
Where is the place where I can take a shower?

Although the odor-reducing jade is no longer as unbearable after using it, there is still a certain degree of residual smell!

"Meow meow meow!"

That's easy, I'll take you there!
Sanhua looked down at its body and instinctively wanted to lick its fur to clean itself, but when it thought about where the smelly stuff on its body came from, it forcibly restrained the urge, and instead carried the cat pick on its back, taking the lead and leading Lin Lin forward.

The Ailu tribe has lived here for many years and has carved out a network of tunnels. No matter where you want to go in the primeval forest, you can find a convenient passage. The only problem is that the routes are a bit complicated. Without the guidance of a local, you may get lost after taking a few forks in the road.

"I won't be following them, meow!"

Yezao took off the large package from his back, searched carefully inside for a moment, and finally took out a small glass tube from the bottom and handed it to Lin Lin:
"This is the pure white fluid from Little Puff's body, meow. Remember to dilute it before using it, meow! I'll go tell Yoko and the others so they won't worry, meow!"

(End of this chapter)