Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 501 The Inextricable Bond Between the Heavy Crossbowman and the Two Nargacuga

After receiving the information from Chacha, Lin Lin quickly took action, preparing to take Yezi with him to carry out the rescue.

Putting aside the fact that this unreliable girl Ziyuan is actually the legendary King of Endurance, Lin Lin absolutely cannot let anything happen to her, since she was entrusted to him by his master's wife.

However, just as Lin Linyezi prepared his equipment and tools and was about to leave the village to find Da Kong and fly directly to his destination, a figure jumped off the small boat and stood at the entrance of Moga Village, lazily stretching, with the katana on his back swaying slightly with his movements.

"Yawn~ Finally done, that was exhausting..."

Clearly, this man was Bref. Since killing the ferocious tailed dragon, he hadn't had a moment's rest these past few days, dealing with two more ferocious monsters. Fortunately, these ferocious monsters weren't particularly troublesome, and he managed to take them down smoothly after a little time.

"There shouldn't be any monsters around here that can threaten the village for the time being, right? I really want to rest for a couple of days..."

As Bref was talking to himself, the ground suddenly trembled violently again, causing him to stumble. If the dog next to him hadn't caught his skirt armor in time, he might have fallen into the sea—although he had lost count of how long he had been in the sea over the past six months, it didn't mean he enjoyed it.

"Okay, okay, here we go again! Damn earthquake!"

Bref sighed; it seemed he wouldn't be able to get a proper rest until the earthquake problem was resolved.

He took off his helmet and hugged it to his chest, rubbing his temples with his other hand. Just then, he suddenly noticed that his companions were acting strangely.

Zacian and Kayamba didn't react much, but Shiro seemed inexplicably restless. Even Fukumo Usagi, who should have been resting on Shiro, seemed to sense something, flapped its wings and flew straight towards a certain direction of the village.

"What's wrong with Afu?"

Bref looked at Little White with a puzzled expression, but when he noticed Little White's ears twitching slightly, he immediately became excited, ignoring Bref's confusion, and took off running on all fours.

"Eh?!"

Before Bref could even reach out Er Kang's hand, Xiao Bai's figure had already darted around the corner and disappeared from his sight.

Brave scratched his head, looking completely bewildered:

"what's the situation……"

He decided to follow them and see what was going on.

Then a few minutes later.

"Holy crap, Lin Lin?!"

Brave stared wide-eyed at the two hunters preparing to leave the village from another direction; he was clearly shocked.

"Wait, didn't you join that brigade? How come you're here?"

Lin Lin gave his long-lost katana-wielding teammate a bear hug:
"long time no see!"

"Although I really want to talk about what we've been through during this time, unfortunately, now is not the time."

"I'll explain everything to you properly after I rescue Ziyuan..."

"Aster?"

Brave paused, then asked, "Wasn't she out hunting velociraptors? Something happened?"

It wasn't just those ferocious monsters that threatened the villagers' safety; some dangerous monsters were inherently aggressive. So, while he was hunting those ferocious monsters, Shion wasn't idle either.

Just as Rachel said, Violet had a very solid grasp of the basics, and what she lacked was enough combat experience. After experiencing many battles in Moga Village, she quickly made up for this lack and played a huge role in hunting monsters of the Sea Dragon level, thus successfully advancing to four stars.

However, she did not become complacent or proud because of this. Of the four people in the team, Lin Lin and Ye Zi had already been promoted to five stars back in Jieyun Village. Bref was already a near five-star, but after this sea dragon hunt, the "near" was removed. Even though she was promoted to four stars, she was still the weakest one in the team.

So, this girl, unusually ambitious, decided to challenge herself with a five-star difficulty level. Not long ago, a villager in the Waterless Forest region was preyed upon by a velociraptor and only survived by sheer luck. As a result, that velociraptor was added to Anxia's list of targets for subjugation.

Because of her mentor Rachel, Ziyuan is quite familiar with Nargacuga. Even if she failed to hunt it, she was still confident in her ability to protect herself. After discussing with Anxia for a while, she successfully accepted the commission.

Bref happened to be there at the time. Although the reason that Ziyuan used to persuade Anxia did not convince him, he did not stop her. It was not because Rachel was familiar with the Nargacuga, so Ziyuan was fine with it, but because Ziyuan was accompanied by an axe beetle!
Even if it's not the best, it's still a large monster. Even if it can't win in a head-on fight, it should be easy for it to run away with Shion, given its ability to fly. So Bref just let her go.

But now...

Lin Lin gestured to the little one following behind him:
"Something has indeed happened. Yezi and I are on our way to rescue them. Why don't you come along? I'll tell you the details on the way."

By this time, Breve had completely forgotten about the idea of ​​resting:
"go with!"

Thus, the list of rescue personnel was finalized.

Lin Lin, Ye Zi, Bref, Nia Lu, A Fu, Xiao Bai, and Cha Cha as their guide.

Date palm should stay in the village. After the discussions in Flamefire Village, its development of the Felyne Dragon Piercer is progressing quite well. It is now in the final debugging stage. Before it is completely completed, it doesn't really want to run around. In addition, this is a rescue mission, so one more or one less won't make a difference.

The reason Brave didn't bring Zacian wasn't because of any elaborate planning; it was simply because the dog was afraid of heights...

As for his other hunting partner, Kayamba, it seemed that he knew Chacha, who was also a member of the Felyne tribe. Upon meeting, the two little Felynes seemed to get along quite badly. To avoid them fighting during the rescue, and considering that Kayamba had only been with him for a few days and didn't have much hunting experience, Brev decided to leave him behind. Thus, the team seemed a bit odd. Of the three hunters, the two male hunters brought nothing but weapons, armor, and some tools, while Yoko brought three companions: a cat, a dog, and a bird. If you added the small insect-like creature for combat, that made four companions. Lin Lin even wanted to complain about how this girl was covered in accessories.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Lin Lin swallowed his words back, because he suddenly realized that he hadn't included the spacecraft crew in his calculations.

Without wasting any time, the group walked out of the village entrance, and Lin Lin raised his left hand, causing the Boundary Stone to emit a bright and clear sky-blue light.

Didn't we agree to set off for the rescue as soon as possible? Why did you just stand there and not move once you left the village?
Cha Cha was still wondering what was going on and was about to come back to urge him when a huge shadow enveloped him.

"Chabaka!"

Cha Cha immediately looked panicked.

Oh no! The Sky King is attacking us!
But when it frantically turned its head to seek help from the hunters, it found that the hunters were all very calm. Lin Lin even stepped forward, reached out and touched the Rathalos's huge head, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Tea?"

No, you mean we're going to ride this thing to a rescue?

Am I awake?
"Stop being so confused! Hurry up and get on the way, we need your directions!"

Chacha's body suddenly felt light, and she was lifted up by the back of her neck and carried onto Da Kong's back. Then, the pair of huge wings flapped, carrying everyone on its back and soaring into the sky.

Amidst the howling wind, Lin Lin cleared his throat:
"Alright guys, let's get this straight."

"It all started when Shion found the velociraptor that was her mission target."

……

Ziyuan rubbed her stomach, feeling the hunger in her abdomen, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

How she wished she had a protective charm of hunger patience on her right now!

It all started with that damned velociraptor...

Nargacuga are extremely agile, cunning, and ferocious hunters. Their favorite thing to do is to hide in the shadows and deliver a fatal blow to their prey. If a hunter knows nothing about them, he may not even realize the enormous danger he is in when he sees the red meteor dancing in the darkness.

But for Ziyuan, these were not problems. She had a teacher who wore Nargacuga armor and used a Nargacuga heavy crossbow. Although she had never faced this cunning hunter in person before, she knew more about him than any other monster.

She knew this creature didn't have a hard carapace, only soft, black fur. She knew it loved to leap around, circling behind enemies to their blind spots before launching an attack. She knew its hearing was extremely sensitive, and sonic bombs were a good way to deal with it. She also knew that the electric shock projectiles fired with [Sea Dragon Strike] could inflict very effective damage on this kind of monster.

But she was unaware that velociraptors could also have companions to live with.

Logically speaking, velociraptors should be solitary monsters, unless they are in their breeding season and their offspring are not yet adults.

However, Shion encountered an unexpected and special situation.

As she methodically weakened the target Nargacuga according to her pre-planned battle strategy, she had no idea that another Nargacuga would suddenly emerge from the shadows—and it wasn't the ordinary Nargacuga she was fighting, but a larger one with white markings that clashed with its jet-black fur.

Compared to the Nargacuga that was the target, this Nargacuga with white markings was much stronger. It was more agile and its attacks were more ruthless. More importantly, unlike the ordinary Nargacuga, which only revealed the hidden spines on its tail when excited, this guy's tail spines were always in an upright position.

The thorns it whips out with its tail are quite troublesome. Under its master's control, they form spinning blades of air that cut towards its opponents. If Shion hadn't reacted quickly and slid away, its fate would undoubtedly have been exactly the same as that tree stump that was split in two by the air blades.

(As shown in the picture, the white Swiftwind Nargacuga is speculated by some players to be an older individual of the Nargacuga based on the white patterns on its body.)

If it's a single Nargacuga, Ziyuan can try to hunt and kill it. If it's two ordinary Nargacuga, Ziyuan believes that with the cover of Guga, she can still escape smoothly.

But the "White Gale" that appeared later was truly extraordinary—based on its swift movements and its body being much whiter than the jet-black of a normal velociraptor, Shion gave it this nickname—this White Gale alone had already brought Shion immense pressure, not to mention the normal velociraptor that had been fighting with her for a long time and was already full of anger.

Caught between two velociraptors, Shion fled in a very sorry state. If it weren't for Guga's support, she probably would have been killed there.

Even so, the situation is still far from optimistic.

To save Shion, Guga was once again severely injured. The "eight-part light wheel" formed by the thorns thrown by White Gale's tail slash cut a huge gash in its abdomen. It was only because the beetle-type monster was so resilient, and because Shion sprinkled some life powder in time, that it managed to keep its life hanging by a thread.

But that's not all. If the fact that Guga was seriously injured was bad enough, then something even worse was yet to come.

The two velociraptors had their eyes on her. It was hard to say whether they were holding a grudge or saw her and Guga as prey. In any case, under their relentless pursuit, Shion had no choice but to retreat to a camp she had set up in the Waterless Forest.

This is a campsite set up in a huge cave with only two entrances: one is a narrow passage that hunters have to crawl through, and the other is a skylight about five meters in diameter directly above the cave.

Generally speaking, flying wyverns are all very large. Only the Guga, which is less than six meters long, and some other small monsters, such as the Pteranodon, can enter the camp through the skylight.

Huddled in the camp, surrounded by solid rock walls, the two velociraptors couldn't break in, which was certainly safe. But the problem was, it was just a camp.

Aside from some supplies prepared in the item box, this place is practically bare. Only some moss that has grown due to the damp environment can cover the bare rock walls. The food reserves here are severely insufficient. You can barely survive for two or three days, but if you stay any longer... well, you'll probably be too hungry to even walk.
Without a doubt, Shion and Guga are trapped in this camp.

What's worse, the two hunters were very patient. Unable to break into the camp, they lay in ambush not far from the camp, waiting for the violet to come out on its own due to lack of food.

(End of this chapter)