Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 472 The Blacksmith's Busy Life

Enhanced Berserker Disease?
The blacksmith looked at Lin Lin with suspicion. Although it was not apparent that the Mad Dragon Disease had any negative effects on him, was it really necessary to do this?
"Trust me, it's okay!"

Lin Lin gave a thumbs-up, smiled confidently, and revealed his gleaming teeth:
"In a direct battle, even its mad dragon dust couldn't do anything to me, let alone the mere materials after it dies."

The blacksmith thought about it and realized it made sense, so he nodded in agreement and prepared to redesign the equipment with a new approach.

"Hey? Brother Lin Lin, you're awake! I was wondering why you weren't in your room!"

Lin Lin turned his head and saw Ye Zi walking over, curiously peeking in:

"What's wrong? What are you discussing?"

Lin Lin: ...

Why does this question always seem so familiar?

Then, Ye Zi casually picked up a platinum dragon scale from the table, examined it from side to side, and then suddenly realized what it meant:
Are they discussing the design of new equipment?

The blacksmith's gaze lingered for a moment on Ye Zi's hand holding the dragon scales before shifting to Lin Lin, his expression somewhat strange.

As expected of our guild's hunters, they easily accomplished what even top hunters couldn't do!
Lin Lin wasn't surprised at all. Although Ye Zi hadn't reached the limit like him, she wasn't far off, and her tolerance to the Mad Dragon virus was equally terrifying.

Just looking at how Yoko held the dragon scales in her hand, something suddenly came to his mind.

According to his own speculation, Ye Zi should be the protagonist of Rise of Dawn, Lie Yan, and in the player community, Lie Yan has a nickname, "The Great Western King who is plagued by a hundred diseases".

The Great Western King has become much more restrained since Ye Zi started spending time with him, and he no longer indiscriminately attacks monsters with gentle temperaments.

As for the "being plagued by all kinds of diseases" part, it refers to the unique skills of the Flamefire Village hunters, such as Demon Subduing Life Depletion + Blood Loss + Karma Armor [Shura] + Ghost Fire Entanglement + Mad Dragon Syndrome [Eclipse]... and so on, which rely on burning blood to get sick and increase damage in the game.

Now it seems that Yoko has already taken the first step down the path of being plagued by numerous illnesses...

Should we stop it? In the game, returning to a stronghold completely removes all debuffs, but in real life, doing that would be really dangerous...

Well……

Lin Lin thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook his head. There was no need for that this time. The Heavenly Dragon Armor would at most give him a Dragon Madness buff. He had already overcome the limit and had an antidote to cure it, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

“Yes, I was discussing the design of the armor with Lin Lin. I originally thought that only he could withstand this armor, but now it seems that you can handle it too, Ye Zi.” “Haha, if Julius and the others hadn’t been unable to withstand it and given up participating in the distribution of materials, the materials produced by this one Heavenly Dragon might not have been enough.”

Ye Zi blinked, then turned her innocent gaze to Lin Lin:
"Aren't two sets of armor enough? Then I don't need armor. I can just make a new Insect Glaive using materials from the Tenkai Dragon."

Compared to armor, Yoko still wanted a new weapon. After all, besides the armor she was wearing now made from the ultimate Thousand Blade Dragon material, she was about to get a set of Kirin armor, so there was no need for her to have another set of Ancient Dragon equipment for the time being.

Conversely, her weapon options were far fewer. The iron longsword she initially used, forged from iron ore, and the dragon bone club crafted from materials from the remains of an ancient dragon from the Frozen Isles, were no longer adequate for her current combat needs and had been gathering dust at home. The Diablos staff, while powerful, was too cumbersome and hindered her agility. Her most favored weapon, the Shadow Spider staff, was destroyed in a battle against the Sky-Turned Dragon after only two days of use…

"Don't worry, we'll definitely have enough material!"

Lin Lin interrupted Ye Zi, after all, one Heavenly Dragon wasn't enough material, but there was still Jump Jump, wasn't there?

If you break someone's insectoid club, it's not unreasonable to take some scales from them to make a new one, right?
Just as Lin Lin was pondering whether he should call Tiao Tiao back to gather some materials, the blacksmith spoke up again, offering a compromise:
"How about this, let's make your armor and Yoko's Insect Glaive first, and if we have enough materials, we can make Yoko's armor as well?"

"If that's not enough, we can collect some of the scales that Jumpy sheds in his daily life, and that should be enough in a while."

Lin Lin and Ye Zi both nodded in agreement.

After communicating and exchanging ideas with Lin Linye for a while, the blacksmith finally settled on a general idea. He planned to go back and finish the design drawings for the two sets of armor first, and then discuss any details that needed to be changed.

After completing the most difficult battle, Lin Linyezi finally had some free time, but his workload suddenly increased dramatically. Just thinking about it made the blacksmith's scalp tingle – a set of heavy beetle armor of map king level, a set of armor of ancient dragon Qilin, blueprints for armor of ancient dragon Tianhuilong for both men and women, and a Tianhuilong Insect Glaive designed from scratch...

Sigh, just thinking about it makes me feel exhausted. And Elder Dragon materials are so much harder to process than those from regular monsters. Even Gemma can't help much...

Well, let's take it slow. There's no rush this time anyway. We can teach her while she forges, and by the time she's helped Gemma settle this batch of orders, she'll be more or less a capable craftswoman. By then, I'll probably be free again and won't need Gemma's help to share the burden anymore...

(As shown in the picture, the male version of the Skyward Dragon set is called "Ark", the female version is called "Friendship", and the Insect Glaive is called "THE Tracker". When aiming the Insect Glaive, the spearhead will unfold into a crossbow. I think this design is pretty cool.)
(PS: Actually, in addition to the normal material equipment, there is also the Sky Dragon excavation equipment in 4G. The model of the male melee swordsman set is particularly in line with Lin Lin's consistent equipment style. I originally wanted to get that set, but unfortunately I searched through the entire artbook and still couldn't find the original artwork.)

After the blacksmith returned to his room and began racking his brains to come up with design plans, only Lin Lin and Ye Zi remained in the corridor. Their eyes met, and the air suddenly fell silent, a unique and ambiguous atmosphere slowly spreading.

Lin Lin glanced around, took a deep breath to suppress his rapidly beating heart, and then turned to face Ye Zi.

Before he could even speak, Ye Zi had already spoken first, but she was staring down at her toes, so Lin Lin didn't see the blush on her face:
"By the way, Brother Lin Lin, there was actually something else I wanted to talk to you about earlier. Now that the alchemy is finished, shall we go and take a look at the protective stone together?"

(End of this chapter)