Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 492 Stop! Stop it! Please stop fighting!
It was an orc wearing a blue, sickle-crab-shaped mask. Judging from the huge mask that completely covered his head and the bluish-gray skin peeking out from under the straw cloak, Bref concluded that, like Shion's Chacha, this was a member of the Grimaldian race.

(As shown in the picture, the white part on the mask is actually just graffiti by the Grimaldi; the real eyes are where the two small triangular holes at the bottom are.)

"Yampaka!"

Upon seeing Brave looking at him, the Grimmman wearing a sickle-crab helmet immediately began to dance with excitement.

This is actually quite normal. The Felynes have always been warlike, and their culture naturally tends to admire the strong. In addition, it had just been chased to the brink of extinction by a Tail Hammer Dragon. If it weren't for Brave standing in front and taking down the Tail Hammer Dragon, this little thing might have already turned into a meat patty.

Bref rubbed his temples. Unlike Ziyuan, who was exceptionally gifted and had only spent a short time with Chacha, he was already able to understand the meaning of the Qimian language with a high degree of accuracy through guessing and inference. However, with Chacha as a precedent, he could still roughly understand some less complex meanings through body language.

"You mean you want to follow me?"

Brave pointed to his face.

"Crack! Yangbaka!"

The little blue faceted creature hurriedly nodded its head vigorously.

"Tsk..."

Brave clicked his tongue, glanced back at Soshin, whose hunting partner had been a great help in the battle just now.

They already have a dog, and now they want to add a cat... wait, a monster?
Finding hunting partners is a very serious matter for every hunter. Whether it's a Palico or a Hound, a hunter usually doesn't have more than two partners. This isn't a strict rule of the guild, but mainly because hunters have limited energy, and it's difficult to take care of too many hunting partners.

but……

Bref recalled the scene when he hunted the sea dragon with Shion. Although Chacha was not very helpful in direct combat, as a Felyne, she possessed a unique "dance support" ability, which could play a significant role in battle.

Performing different dances can bring them different blessings, including but not limited to strengthening their power, healing injuries, and removing toxins... The principle is unknown, but it is quite similar to the melody played by the hunting whistle.

Having such a companion is like having a hunting flute player by your side; the help in hunting is immense.

On the other hand, although he usually takes two fanged hounds with him when he goes hunting, Little White is not his hunting partner. He is just helping his teammates take care of him. It doesn't seem like there would be any problem finding another hunting partner.

Brave nodded:
"Alright then, you can come with me, but since you're with me, you have to abide by human rules and never point weapons at humans indiscriminately, understand?"

He was giving a heads-up, since the reputation of the Feta Clan wasn't very good. Even with Chacha as an exception, it couldn't be guaranteed that all Feta Clan children were harmless. Well, judging from the size of this Feta Clan member with the blue mask, he was probably a Feta Clan child, just like Chacha.

"Yampaka!"

The little masked creature nodded frantically.

A slight smile appeared on Brave's face, and his muscles relaxed considerably.
"Oh, by the way, do you have a name? If not, I'll give you one."

The Felynes don't seem to have the habit of naming their members, or rather, in their culture, they don't have a specific name that would be considered a name in human terms. This is true for Chacha, and it's also true for the little Felyne in front of us.

"Well, let me think about it..."

After a moment's thought, Brave clapped his hands.

Why not just pick a syllable from the strange creature's gibberish, like Ziyuan did, and make it its name? It seemed to have said "Yambaka" several times, so how about...?

"Kyanba! Yes, from now on you will be called Kayamba!"

"Yangba!"

Little White put down the Kayamba it was holding in its mouth, and then the little guy started bouncing around very rhythmically, three circles to the left and three circles to the right, twisting its neck and wiggling its bottom, looking like it was dancing freely because of its excited mood—well, the Felynes seem to really like dancing, no wonder they've come up with a way to enhance their combat power through dance.

After resolving the problem with the little monster, Brave sharpened his knife and sheathed it back into its scabbard.

However, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he looked back at the huge corpse lying on the ground and drew a scalpel from his waist.

Since he'd already killed it, he might as well extract some material from it—of course, that was only part of the reason. More importantly, he wanted to see if he could understand the truth behind its relentless fighting by extracting and studying the material.

At first, he had considered whether it might be the Mad Dragon Disease that Lin Lin had described in detail in his letter. However, during the battle, he paid special attention to the fact that the opponent's blood was not purplish-black, his eyes were not scarlet, and there was no black mist surrounding his mouth and nose. Clearly, apart from his inexplicable fighting spirit and powerful aggression, this guy did not seem to be infected with the Mad Dragon Virus at all.

Brave decided to start by peeling off the creature's tail, because during the battle he had noticed that the surface of its tail club was shrouded in a thin layer of black mist, which seemed very unusual.

Therefore, during the battle, aside from attacking the camel hump, the part of the body with the best flesh and the easiest to damage, Bref concentrated his attacks on the tail club as much as possible. Although he failed to cut off its tail directly, he made a wonderful discovery.

—After each attack landed on the part shrouded in black mist, he could feel a trace of "qi" fed back from the blade. It was precisely because of this unique feedback of "qi" that he was able to always unleash his power again at the crucial moment to dodge and counterattack when his stamina was almost exhausted, and finally successfully kill his opponent.

This phenomenon is quite unusual. Bref suspects that some unknown mutation, different from the berserker form, has occurred in this tailed dragon. If it cannot be investigated and clarified as soon as possible, it may pose a threat to the village.

Neither of the two hounds had claws suitable for grasping, so Brave had always had to skin them himself. But now things had changed a little, because he now had his own Felyne companion. So Brave beckoned to Kayamba:
"Kayamba, come here. Today's first lesson for you is how to extract materials from monsters. Come closer and learn as I demonstrate."

"Click!"

Hearing his idol's call, Kayamba eagerly went over to watch as Brave skillfully dismantled the materials from the Tailhorus.

However, Bref soon lost interest in continuing to teach.

"what is this?"

Bref looked at the slightly viscous liquid, which was clearly different from blood, and took out a medicine bottle to collect it.

Bref brought his nose close to the bottle and took a careful sniff. He felt a slight sense of relief, and his tired body regained a bit of strength. A strange light flashed in his eyes.

This stuff seems to effectively improve the hunter's physical condition. If it weren't for the different color, smell, and sensations it evoked, as well as the subtle differences in properties between it and the Nourishing Extract and the Rampage Extract, he would have suspected that it was either the Rampage Extract or the Nourishing Extract.

The mad dash extract can be blended into a powerful potion, and the nourishing extract can be blended into an ancient secret elixir. I wonder if this unknown liquid can be blended into some new potion. I might try it later...

and many more……

Brave couldn't help but pat his face. His hunting instincts had inadvertently kicked in, and he subconsciously started thinking about how to help with the hunt. The most important thing now was to find out why this Tail Hammer Dragon was behaving so abnormally.

And it was quite obvious that the bottle of bodily fluid he had collected was most likely related to the strange changes that had occurred in this guy.

"Kayamba, give me a hand, let's collect more of this special bodily fluid! We can take it back as samples for further analysis."

……

Just as Bref was collecting that unique bodily fluid and pondering whether to name this state "Ferocious Transformation" based on the unusually ferocious and savage behavior of the Tail Hammer Dragon, Lin Lin, far away in Flamefire Village, also successfully found an opportunity to escape from the encirclement of the crowd.

Hiding in a shady corner of the wooden house, Lin Lin took a deep breath and revealed a smile of relief.

At first, everything was normal. They accompanied Ye Zi back to his hometown to visit relatives. Ye Zi had endless things to talk about with the villagers. He and Sophia would occasionally help share the workload. When Ye Zi got tired of talking, they could add to his conversation. Everyone was happy and chatted back and forth. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

When Ye Zi casually revealed that she and Lin Lin had confirmed their relationship, the crowd erupted in a frenzy. They all shifted their focus to Lin Lin, chattering about everything from his background, age, talents, and experiences to their relationship. Their gossip was even more intense than Chang Pu's.

To put it in a more understandable way, it reminded Lin Lin of a netizen who had seen netizens go home for the Chinese New Year and be bombarded with questions from all sorts of relatives, from their academic performance and college application to their boyfriends/girlfriends, wedding dates, and when they would hold their grandchildren...

On his side, although he wasn't dealing with any distant relatives, Lin Lin was truly sweating profusely when all the acquaintances he knew in Yanhuo Village—from Puxian Daowen Suifengren to Huoya Shuiyun Aicao Guomi Shanqihuang—would eagerly ask him questions, whether they were cheerful and outgoing or calm and reserved.

Fortunately, after being bombarded with a barrage of questions at the beginning, the group's gossip desires were largely satisfied, which gave Lin Lin the opportunity to find an excuse to sneak out and catch his breath.

It really strains my throat. I should have asked Guomi if they had any throat lozenges...

Lin Lin took a sip of water from his water pouch, let out a long breath, then stood up and strolled along the village road. Looking at the familiar scenery around him, which was almost unchanged from two years ago, he couldn't help but feel a touch of nostalgia.

This house looks quite new; it must have been built in the last two years. I remember this used to be Ye Zi's storeroom, right? When Lin Lin first arrived in Yan Huo Village, Ye Zi vacated this house, giving him a place to stay.

Ah, what a lovely girl! Praise be to Yoko!

Lin Lin paused for a moment. From the outside, the newly built house looked almost identical to the house in his memory. However, Lin Lin clearly remembered that after he returned from the Frozen Islands, the house had been burned beyond recognition, and a large number of books left to him by Teacher Kevin had been reduced to ashes—including the Monster Hunter Encyclopedia that Lin Lin had fabricated, titled "The Tale of Peaceful Customs."

All I can say is that the craftsmen of Yanhuo Village are truly skilled; they have almost perfectly replicated the original house, to the point that Lin Lin couldn't immediately determine whether it was a demolition and reconstruction or a repair and renovation of the original structure.

Lin Lin observed for a while but had no intention of going in. Even if it was rebuilt, there were no traces of the life that had been left inside.

Well, speaking of which, it was because of this incident that Little Puff was forced to move her little nest from the house to the lakeside, right?
I wonder if this little guy will regret being exposed to the wind and sun?

Thinking this, Lin Lin started walking towards the lake again, but before he could get close, he heard two fierce roars from monsters.

Both voices were very distinctive and quite familiar, with a strong sense of gunpowder in their roars. Almost the instant he heard the voices, Lin Lin realized what had happened.

Oh no, it looks like Oozora is about to fight Puff!
NO! NO! NO!

No fighting! No fighting! What are the benefits of Jin Ke La... Ugh!
"Stop! Stop it now! Stop fighting!"

As Lin Lin shouted, he moved with incredible speed, and in just over ten seconds, he had crossed the barrier of a cluster of houses and arrived at the source of the roar on the shore of the lake.

To Lin Lin's left, Da Kong flapped its wings and flew in mid-air, its single azure eye staring down, flames from the dust in its mouth overflowing from its mouth.

To Lin Lin's right, a large fox with a beautiful violet body was coiled up, its thick, fluffy tail sweeping across its front, its abundant fur easily creating several huge, glossy bubbles like a brush.

(End of this chapter)