Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 520 The Great Sea Dragon's Troubles
That is... the god of the deep sea, the Great Sea Dragon...

As Sana gazed at the colossal beast radiating light, a feeling of a believer encountering a god welled up within him, and his emotions surged uncontrollably.

Compared to Sana's excitement, Lin Lin appeared much calmer.

Admittedly, the magnificent body of the Great Sea Dragon would make anyone who sees it feel their own insignificance, but Mrs. Fengshan Dragon was no less so. As Mrs. Fengshan Dragon's "male best friend," Lin Lin had long been accustomed to this visual impact.

Compared to the opponent's body, Lin Lin's first focus was on the opponent's right horn. Upon seeing that the right horn was significantly thicker than the left horn, Lin Lin had to admit that he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Heaven knows how panicked Lin Lin was when he discovered traces of the Black Dragon at the underwater ruins.

Thankfully, nothing went wrong. The Great Sea Dragon's right horn swelled abnormally, just as in the original story. The earthquake in Moga Village had nothing to do with the Black Dragon; it was just the Great Sea Dragon. All we needed to do was fix its horn.

As for the traces of the black dragon, they were probably just an accidental discovery.

Lin Lin composed himself, shifted his gaze from the giant sea dragon, and began to scan his surroundings.

Thanks to the light emanating from the sea dragon, even though Lin Lin and his companions had concealed the luminous algae, the seabed was not completely dark. After observing for a while, Lin Lin spotted his teammates.

They were scattered in different areas of the cliff, and looked as if they were busy with something.

Lin Lin gestured to Sana, signaling him to be careful on his own, and then swam towards Ye Zi, who was closest to him.

As Lin Lin got closer, he could see clearly what was next to Ye Zi—it was a heavy ballista, a heavy ballista that had been submerged in the sea for hundreds or thousands of years along with this ruin.

Ye Zi had just finished debugging and calibrating the ballista when she looked up and noticed Lin Lin approaching her. She immediately smiled and silently breathed a sigh of relief.

After the signal flare was fired, the four of them quickly reunited, but Lin Lin was nowhere to be seen. She couldn't help but feel a little worried. It was only because Sana offered to stay outside to look for Lin Lin that she was able to suppress her concerns and continue her investigation.

'Where am I?'

Lin Lin glanced at Da Hailong and found that the other party did not seem to have any intention of waking up from sleep for the time being, so he turned to look at the ballista next to Ye Zi.

The purpose of this trip is simply to locate the Great Sea Dragon. Once found, we can temporarily retreat and prepare for battle. Right now, we are...

Following Lin Lin's gaze, Ye Zi glanced at the unusually large right horn on the sea dragon's head and gestured with her hand.

When they found the Great Sea Dragon, it wasn't asleep yet, but was slowly swimming in the water. At first, when their eyes met, the group felt a chill, thinking they were about to be attacked. However, the Great Sea Dragon merely glanced at the tiny creatures and looked away, seemingly unconcerned.

This relieved them. It seemed that the rumors about Moga Village were indeed true. The Great Sea Dragon was not a super-large Elder Dragon with strong aggression like the Mountain Dragon. Its gentle nature undoubtedly made their investigation much easier.

Since the Great Dragon did not regard them as enemies, the group did not retreat immediately, but instead stayed far behind to observe the enemy's every move.

Then they discovered that the great sea dragon would occasionally turn its head and use its giant horn to strike the surrounding rock layers. Some of the more fragile rock layers would crumble and break apart due to the impact, creating a sandstorm on the seabed. The solid rock layers would also tremble and the stable structures would show slight deformations.

After witnessing all of this firsthand, they finally confirmed that this was the culprit that had been causing unrest throughout Moga Village. The earthquake in Moga Village was entirely caused by this guy hitting the rocky surface on which the island was located!
As for why the other party inexplicably dislikes the surrounding rocks, a little observation will naturally reveal the answer.

This creature's right horn was so much thicker than its left, almost completely blocking its right eye at the base, clearly obstructing its vision to a great extent. Considering its actions, it almost always used its thicker right horn to ram into things, the answer becomes obvious.

It wants to smooth out its angles in this way so that it can regain its vision.

Bref and Shion couldn't hold back any longer. The Great Sea Dragon was an Elder Dragon, and its horns were so strong that they could easily crush the rocks. Who knew when it would be possible to grind its horns in this way? And who knew if the rock strata of the island where Moga Village was located could withstand that long?

Therefore, they came to a common conclusion: the originally planned repulsion operation needed to be slightly modified. If they could break off that giant horn and solve the opponent's problem, the opponent might retreat on its own... Even if it didn't leave, it would most likely stop colliding so frequently and causing earthquakes.

Almost at the same time they reached this conclusion, the Great Sea Dragon had already swum to its current location. After bumping around everywhere, it seemed to be a little sleepy and immediately curled up and fell fast asleep, as if it had made this sea area its own nest.

Ye Zi and the others originally planned to find Lin Lin and then leave, but the sharp-eyed Zi Yuan noticed the surrounding city walls.

—This area, where the Great Sea Dragon used as its lair, must have been the battlefield where the ruins were defended against monster invasions before they sank, much like the Battle Street of East Doruma. Here, in addition to the thick city walls that have collapsed due to geological changes, there are also a large number of defensive weapons.

So Shion suggested checking if any of the weapons here were still useful, as they might be helpful for the upcoming "Corner Repair Operation".

So the three of them split up and each searched the ruins of the city wall for usable weapons.

However, since this place has been submerged underwater for thousands of years, most of the weapons have been destroyed and are almost impossible to repair. They only found a few relatively well-preserved heavy ballistae, which can be used normally after a little maintenance.

However, the most surprising discovery was not these heavy ballistae, but a pair of huge dragon-slaying spears over there. Well, although the shape of the spears looked quite different from modern dragon-slaying spears, the activation device hidden inside the city wall was almost identical.

It looks like this; it's basically a hexagonal (or possibly octagonal) pillar with a pointed end.

(End of this chapter)