Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 512 The Bitterness of the Coat Cat
Da Kong had already sensed Lin Lin's return. Now, feeling his call, he flew straight over without hesitation, startling many villagers.

"Roar?"

Da Kong landed slowly, tilting its head to look at Lin Lin. Why was it in such a hurry to find it as soon as it got back? Was there something urgent?
Lin Lin raised the two packages in his hands:

"I'll have to trouble you to make a trip to Dongdoruma and Longli Temple. We need to deliver this to them."

Da Kong immediately let out a soft roar to indicate that there was no problem, then crouched down and gestured for Lin Lin and the others to come up.

"No, we can't go with them this time."

Lin Lin shook his head. In the present moment, Moga Village was facing not only the threat of the Great Sea Dragon sharpening its horns, but also the threat of ferocious transformation. It was not a time for them to leave easily.

So, Daisora ​​tilted his head, his face full of question marks.

It had never been to Dongdoruma or Longli Academy. Without Lin Lin and the others coming along, it didn't know where to fly or how to deliver the items.
Lin Lin was silent for a moment: "That's true... It seems you still need someone to act with you."

But this person definitely can't be yourself. When the Great Sea Dragon is discovered, you'll have your own special abilities, and you'll have a chance to communicate with it while repairing its horns, greatly reducing the danger.

Lin Lin's gaze swept around and finally landed on Zi Yuan, wondering whether he should send the girl on a trip to clear her mind or something.

But now it seems this girl is carefree, and Bai Jifeng doesn't seem to have left any shadow on her. Is there still any need for this?

"I'll come, I'll come!"

Sophia raised her hand repeatedly. Although she couldn't understand the meaning of Da Kong's roar, she could understand Lin Lin's words and knew that Da Kong needed a guide to lead the way.

"Huh? Sophia?"

Lin Lin pondered for a moment and realized that this was indeed the most suitable candidate.

His thinking was a bit narrow just now. He subconsciously only chose people from the four hunters, completely ignoring that it was just a message delivery and there was no need for combat personnel to be involved.

Of the two civilian staff members present, Anxia had never met Dakong before and the two were not familiar with each other, while Sophia had spent quite some time with Dakong and could understand each other's basic intentions.

The only problem is...

"What will happen to Bao Bao if you go?"

After Lin Lin asked the question, Sophia hesitated. Seeing this, An Xia quickly took over the conversation:

"I'll take good care of it! Sophia, you can go without worry!"

That sounds a bit strange.

Sophia sensed something was off, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that Anxia and Baobao had gotten along quite well during her stay at Anxia's house these past few days. So she felt relatively at ease leaving Anxia to take care of Baobao for a few days.

"I believe Anxia will take good care of it. Give me the things."

Seeing Sofia carrying two packages containing samples, climbing onto the dragon's back, Bref seemed to remember something and suddenly reminded her:
"By the way, Sophia, if we're not too pressed for time, could we go see a researcher named Kukoshin when we go to the Dragon Academy?"

"Ok?"

Sofia turned to look at Brave, and asked in confusion:

"Kukhin? Who's that?"

Lin Lin rubbed his temples and retrieved the name from his memory. "A researcher from the Dragon Academy. I was the one who saved him and his teacher during the battle at Lingfeng."

“It would be good to go and look for him. We promised him that we would visit Longli Academy when we had time, but a series of things happened and we have been busy for more than a year and still haven’t been able to go.”

"All right……"

Sofia paused, then said somewhat strangely:

"But if you don't go yourselves, what can I do if I go to him? He doesn't even know me..."

Lin Lin gritted his teeth. "Before we parted ways, we talked about some things related to 'Hunting Arts' and 'Hunting Styles.' At that time, he told me that he would study several Hunting Arts for the Charge Blade. I would like you to help me find out how the research is going."

At the time, Kukoshin said that he had already completed the initial prototype of the Hunting Art [Shield Saw] - which is the prototype of the Charge Blade's enhanced axe state (chainsaw) in the later works - and then Lin Lin also put forward his own ideas, hoping that he could also develop [Break Limit] and [Energy Blade], which were the ten great lightsabers that he had been longing for for a long time...

Bref nodded in agreement. Since arriving in Moga Village and gradually figuring out the techniques of Sighting and Rising Dragon, he had become increasingly interested in new moves. He had previously heard that the Dragon Academy had a Hunting Art called "Cherry Blossom Spirit Blade Slash," which was similar to the Wirebug technique "Cherry Blossom Iron Insect Spirit Blade Slash" from Fire Village. The most important thing was that it didn't require the Wirebugs that he couldn't raise to assist him. If he could develop a few more Hunting Artes, he would definitely make time to go to the Dragon Academy to study them.

"【Hunting Arts】 and 【Hunting Style】? I've got it. I'll ask them for you later. Is there anything else?"

The hunters exchanged glances and shook their heads.

"Then I'm off! Let's go, Oozora!"

Sophia waved her hand, and Da Kong let out a low growl, flapped its wings, and didn't move.

Sofia: ?

She looked down at the sky, then turned to look at Lin Lin:

"what's the situation?"

Lin Lin twitched the corner of his mouth:
"You need to tell Da Kong which direction to fly in first..."

"oh oh……"

Sofia coughed awkwardly, "Um, let's go to East Doruma first, fly north!"

The giant spaceship finally took off again, and after climbing to a sufficient altitude, it shot northward like an arrow. Compared to its speed, airships were simply pathetic.

……

Just as Sophia officially set off, temporarily acting as a messenger, a messenger also arrived in Flamefire Village, far across the sea. Coat Cat looked at the village ahead, where wisps of smoke were rising from the chimneys, and sighed wearily.

"After rushing and hurrying, we finally arrived..."

Celestina flipped herself off the car and jumped down, stretching her limbs a couple of times.

They specially hired a marubird taxi in Jieyun Village and traveled day and night, almost exhausting the poor marubird to death, finally compressing the original seven-day journey into four days.

"That's really quite strange..."

Celestina casually took a Thunderbug from the insect cage to reward the Marubird that had led them on their journey, while complaining to the Coat Cat.

"When I passed Feiye Fortress, I thought those village guards were joking with me, but it turns out there really was such a terrifying creature in the abandoned shrine."

"I bet that's no ordinary pufferfish dragon. It might be a second-tier or rare species or something. Its combat power might even be comparable to an ancient dragon. I don't know how the people here can be at ease living next to such a terrifying creature?"

"Perhaps it's because the Foeosaurus is relatively docile? After all, there are precedents of powerful monsters living peacefully with humans."

The cat replied, "Let alone powerful monsters, even ancient dragons can have close relationships with humans. The hunter they're looking for and the newly born Sky Dragon are the best examples."

Compared to this special pufferfish dragon that can live peacefully with humans, it is now thinking about finding the two hunters as soon as possible and telling them to hurry back to East Doruma.

With so many days passing, the time for the battle against the colossal Elder Dragon that Minagard had anticipated was fast approaching. The appearance of the colossal Elder Dragon was completely unexpected, and the repair progress of the fortress used to block it was far behind schedule. Even after receiving the news, an emergency manpower was organized to expedite the repairs, but there was still not enough time to restore the fortress to its full strength.

In this situation, high-ranking hunters with experience fighting ancient dragons are invaluable. The more high-ranking hunters Minagard has, the greater the chance of successfully defending it.

Of course, besides Minagard, the earthquake in Moga Village, which was suspected to be caused by an ancient dragon, was also really worrying. However, after careful consideration, Big Coat Cat realized that if he were the Grand Elder, and had to choose between a large city with hundreds of thousands of people and a small fishing village with a few hundred people, he would definitely concentrate all his manpower on Minagard.

After all, in the small fishing village, even if the problem couldn't be solved, relocation would be relatively simple. The land would be gone, but the people could be saved. However, with so many people in Minagard, relocation was simply unrealistic. The defense of the "fortress" could not be compromised. Otherwise, if the colossal ancient dragon broke through the city walls and entered the city, along with a large group of winged serpent dragons following closely behind it... it would be a living hell.

The cat in the coat sighed again, and as it walked onto the vermilion bridge, it muttered to itself:

Please, please, please don't go anywhere else...

If we fail to find them this time, it might really be too late...

At this thought, the cat felt even more remorseful. Why couldn't he have listened to advice and avoided that damned skeleton dragon's territory? If the airship were still around, they wouldn't be in such a predicament now, unable to even catch up with someone to deliver a message.

"Welcome, two guests who have come from afar."

As soon as the cat in the coat crossed the bridge, it saw a dragon woman dressed in a red shrine maiden's outfit in front of it, holding a large handful of colorful dumplings skewered on bamboo sticks, seemingly eating snacks.

Clearly, this person is none other than Huoya, who can eat fifty skewers of rabbit dumplings in one sitting without affecting his regular meal.

She was enjoying her afternoon tea, sunbathing on a bench overlooking the village's cherry blossoms, when she heard a Fukumo rabbit on the eaves reminding her that someone had arrived. That's when she came over to check on the situation.

This Ailu looks strange. Its robe looks to be of high quality and certainly wasn't cheap, but it's covered in dust and looks travel-worn. Could it be that its family has fallen on hard times and is trying to settle down in Flamefire Village?

Suppressing her curiosity, Huoya stepped forward and asked eagerly:
"Is there anything I can help you with? I am Fire Sprout, a village shrine maiden and also a guild receptionist."

Yes, although Huoya is currently responsible for handling the villagers' demands and recording them as various requests to be submitted to the assembly center, she, like her sister, is a proper guild receptionist with a formal position.

Guild Receptionist?
Upon hearing this, the cat in the coat breathed a sigh of relief. Since they were colleagues under the same organization, it would be easier to talk to them.

It took out its guild badge, revealing its identity:

"Fire Sprout, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm a guild messenger responsible for delivering secret orders. I've come here in search of two hunters. Do you know their whereabouts?"

Fire Sprout blinked. Guild Messenger?

Generally speaking, guild messengers usually travel all over the continent by airship, so why are they coming here in a Maru Bird car?

However, the guild emblem in the other party's possession could not be faked; only the Hunter Guild could master this unique craftsmanship.

"I wonder which two hunters you are looking for?"

"Lin Lin, a five-star shield and axe user from Yukumo, and Yoko, a five-star insect glaive user from Enka Village."

Fire Sprout: ?!

Her first reaction was that the guild's secret order had actually found its way to this couple. They truly deserved to be called hunting geniuses. Their growth rate was probably even faster than that of the old Master Puxian.
Then, her second reaction was to give an awkward yet polite smile.

She had heard Yoko mention their itinerary: first to Yuukoku, then back to Yanhuo. And the Marutori carriage the messenger was riding in even had the iconic graffiti of Yuukoku Village on it.

It's obvious that the other party must have gone to Jieyun Village first, but fell behind, so they hurriedly rushed to Yanhuo Village.

It's a pity, it was still three or four days late.

Huoya carefully considered her wording:
"A trading ship will be arriving at the port of Flamefire Village today. You can hitch a ride. If the journey is smooth, you should be able to reach Moga Village in three or four days."

Coat Cat: ? ? ?

After thinking carefully for a moment and realizing what the other person meant, the coat cat's expression changed again: !!
No?! They ran away again so quickly? And they even went to Moga Village?!
At this moment, the cat was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, and a wave of sorrow washed over him, almost causing him to burst into tears.

What kind of mess is this?! I've been running around diligently for half a day just to find the person as soon as possible and deliver the message.

But now it seems that if it hadn't insisted on delivering the message and had instead stayed in Moga Village to rest like the other crew members, it might have been able to wait for those two people in Moga Village!
but why?
You went from Jiangbo Village to Jieyun Village and then to Yanhuo Village to visit relatives, which is understandable. But why did you leave Yanhuo Village and go to Mojia Village instead?
Thinking of this, Da Yi Mao suddenly felt a lightning bolt flash through his mind, and the words that his savior Zi Yuan had said back then played in his mind again.

"We've formed a hunting party!"

A hunting party!!!
Damn it, why didn't I think of that? Since they were a hunting party, they would definitely have to meet up!
The cat in the coat sighed and looked at the fire sprout again:
"Thank you very much. Could you please point me in the direction of the port?"

(End of this chapter)