I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

In the air, Yuhaka spread its wings and surveyed the Pods below. Because the Pods were very conspicuous on the snow, Yuhaka quickly spotted them. After surveying the area and finding no other competitors, Yuhaka folded its wings and rushed towards the Pods.

Ehka charged toward the swarm of Poppies with the speed of a falcon swooping down on its prey. At that moment, Ehka suddenly transformed from its third form into its second form. Emerging from the transformation egg, Ehka swept its tail blade like a whirlwind and slashed fiercely at the neck of one of the Poppies.

With a clang, Yuhaka used its tail blade to sever Popo's head from its body. Before Popo could react, a large amount of crimson blood gushed out from the cut.

"Moo—!" (Forgive me, I really don't know how to describe Bobo's cry.)

Seeing the scene of a Pidgey being beheaded caused the Pidgey present to roar in warning and then run away. Ehaka slowly stood up, looked at the fleeing Pidgey, tilted his little head, and then looked at the Pidgey corpse lying on the ground with a happy shake of the tail blade on his big tail.

Ehaka examined the tongue on the fallen Bobo corpse and, finding that the attack hadn't damaged it, nodded in satisfaction. For Ehaka, Bobo's meat was secondary; her primary ingredient was Bobo's tongue.

After collecting the Pidgey's corpse, Ehaka transformed back into her third form and continued hunting the Pidgey horde. In her third form, Ehaka possessed excellent mobility in the snow. Given her size, Ehaka in her third form could run on all fours like a Zinogre. Under such circumstances, the snow did not slow her down at all, not to mention that Ehaka had six limbs.

"Ooh~ O·w·O~"

Following behind the Bobo herd, Yuhaka roared as he leisurely observed the Bobo, searching for suitable Bobo. Unlike the typical hunting behavior of monsters that search for the "weak," "sick," or "old and immobile," Yuhaka was looking for suitable ingredients to cook into delicious food from the Bobo herd.

Yuhaka typically avoids hunting prey that is too weak, sick, or too old to move.

However, just as Yuhaka was chasing the Bobo herd, the sky began to darken and a blizzard started to fall. Hidden within the blizzard, a figure slowly emerged.

Chapter 184 [Encounter with the Steel Dragon]

"Ouch!~O·w·O~"

After pinning a Pidgey to the ground, Yuhaka let out a proud growl. Then, Yuhaka used its agile tail blade to decapitate the Pidgey under its claws. For Yuhaka, this was a good solution, without damaging the food.

After all, the purpose of the Yuhaka is to use those prey as food, not as prey.

He put the still-bleeding Pidgey into his dimensional portal. After putting Pidgey into the dimensional portal, Ehaka looked up with a puzzled expression at the sudden blizzard. For Ehaka, the last time he had seen such weather was when he was in the snow village.

Yuhaka had a bad feeling. Just as Yuhaka was wondering, a whirlwind mixed with ice flew towards Yuhaka's back. Yuhaka naturally felt the sudden attack and dodged it with a front flip.

"Roar—!!"

Yhaka was furious at the sudden attack and roared in the direction of the attack. After all, Yhaka was not someone to be trifled with. If anyone thought Yhaka was an easy creature to bully, Yhaka would use its sharp teeth and claws to show the primitive Zerg that they were not to be trifled with.

Soon, the attackers also flew out from the blizzard.

Yuhaka stared at the monster with its huge wings and metallic body through its two large orange eyes. The storm-like garment surrounding the metallic body made Yuhaka frown. Yuhaka was a little confused by the thing that looked like a cloak of wind.

However, this attacker, Yuhaka, was someone I recognized; he was the steel dragon I encountered in the snow mountain village last time.

No, it shouldn't be the steel dragon from Snow Mountain Village, because the metallic color of this steel dragon looks a little different.

"roar........"

The Steel Dragon let out a low growl as it stared at Yuhaka before it. The Steel Dragon never showed any mercy to monsters that dared to come to its molting grounds. After all, the Steel Dragon had previously issued a "warning" to the monsters in its molting territory. If any large monsters remained in its territory after the warning, it would use force to drive them away.

This also allows them to prepare for shedding their skin. After all, when the Steel Dragon sheds its skin, it will move around a bit. Because of the "iron skin" on its body, it is quite difficult for the Steel Dragon to break through. Therefore, it will sometimes attack human settlements such as strongholds, villages, and towns, and use external attacks to break through the "iron skin" that its claws cannot reach.

"Roar----!"

Ehka roared at the Steel Dragon, telling it to get lost. To Ehka, the Steel Dragon looked dry and tough, as if it were made of metal, which made it unappetizing. Moreover, the Steel Dragon didn't look very delicious.

Kushala Daora seemed quite angry at Eohaka's warning. During its molting period, Kushala Daora was also very irritable and roared back at Eohaka, just like children arguing.

Why are you yelling?! What's it to you if I yell at you?!

It's like this.

Eyjafjalla launched the first attack, swinging its forepaws, similar to those of Zinogre, at Kushala Daora. Eyjafjalla wanted to slam Kushala Daora to the ground first before dealing with it slowly, as it had a greater advantage in size and strength than Kushala Daora.

After all, Ehka's evolutions now all focus on attack.

In response to Ehka's attack, Kushala Daora instantly jumped back to dodge it. Although Kushala Daora's metallic body is quite heavy, it can easily perform movements with agility far exceeding its physical strength by manipulating storms.

As the Steel Dragon leaped back to dodge its attack, Ehohaka used the same claw strike as before to perform a 360-degree Thomas spin, similar to that of the Zinogre, and swung its tail towards the Steel Dragon. The huge tail blade on Ehohaka's large tail swung like a giant sword at the distant Steel Dragon.

"?!"

Upon seeing Yhwach's attack, Kushala Daora quickly raised its front to dodge Yhwach's tail blade attack. Yhwach's tail blade attack grazed the Kushala Daora's belly skin, sparking and leaving a shallow scratch.

Faced with this situation, Steelix quickly flapped its huge wings, creating a tornado that swept in the surrounding snow to form a snow tornado, blocking Ehaka's vision and allowing itself to fly up quickly. However, this was not very useful to Ehaka, as Ehaka's sensory organs were also important for observing targets in addition to its eyes.

Therefore, the method of using the snow tornado to block Ehka's vision was basically a waste of effort. Ehka leaped and pounced on the airborne Kushala Daora. The snow tornado that was originally used to block Ehka's vision became an obstacle to Kushala Daora's vision, so Kushala Daora did not notice Ehka's pounce and was thus entangled by Ehka.

Ehka, after jumping onto Kushala Daora, didn't immediately pounce on it. Instead, it hovered around Kushala Daora in mid-air, while Ehka unleashed a flurry of claw attacks on the dragon and used its electric sacs to generate intense electric currents to fuel its attacks.

"Roar----!!"

Eohaka's lightning attack caused the Kushala Daora to let out a miserable roar. Kushala Daora has always had very poor resistance to electric current, and electric attacks are very effective against it. However, even so, Eohaka's claws still failed to tear through the Kushala Daora's hard scales. After all, the Kushala Daora's defense is among the best of all Elder Dragons of the same level and size.

The Steel Dragon barely withstood Ehka's electric attack, then slammed Ehka down onto the ground, seemingly trying to use its weight to knock Ehka to the ground. However, Ehka noticed the Steel Dragon's actions and immediately unleashed a fire breath at the Steel Dragon's head. Caught off guard by Ehka's sudden fire attack, the Steel Dragon was hit squarely.

"Roar------!"

The scorching flames burned the Steel Dragon's eyes. The intense burning sensation caused the Steel Dragon to roar in anger. The Steel Dragon also quickly manipulated the hurricane to blow away Eyhaka's flames and kicked Eyhaka away with force.

Yuhaka adjusted its body in mid-air and landed on all fours like a cat, while Kushala Daora also landed on all fours and quickly wiped the flames off its head on the snow.

Chapter 185 [The Fall of the Steel Dragon and the "Black" Dragon]

"Roar......"

"Roar--!"

On the permafrost where a blizzard was raging, the one-eyed Steel Dragon remained on all fours with its huge wings spread, looking at Yhwach, who stood on two legs in front of it. After standing, Yhwach's height instantly doubled, and with this huge size, Yhwach was able to intimidate the angry Steel Dragon.

With its eye injured, Steelix was tempted to retreat, but the intense stare from Yuhaka and the burning pain in its eyes prevented it from concentrating on using its hurricane ability to help it fly.

"Roar……!"

The Steel Dragon unleashed a whirlwind-like roar towards Eyhaka, charging straight in her direction. Eyhaka slightly dodged the attack, as she was wary of this type of attack, which she had never encountered before.

Then, taking advantage of this opportunity, the Steel Dragon charged towards Eyjafjalla, its body wreathed in a hurricane. Eyjafjalla had already anticipated the Steel Dragon's sudden attack, as its sensory organs detected it the moment it charged.

"Beat you!"

Ehka swung its claws, imbued with lightning power, at the head of the Steel Dragon. Caught off guard by Ehka's sudden attack, the Steel Dragon was knocked off balance and rolled on the ground before crashing to the ground.

The Steel Dragon, which had fallen to the ground, struggled to get up, but Eyhaka, who was standing nearby, wouldn't miss the opportunity. Eyhaka raised its giant claw and slammed it down on the Steel Dragon's head. With a cracking sound, the sharp horn on the Steel Dragon's head was destroyed.

Instantly, the wind-cloak surrounding the Steel Dragon vanished. Ehaka grabbed the Steel Dragon's head with his giant claws and slammed it to the ground like a sack of potatoes. The Steel Dragon rolled on the ground. Ehaka's slam had been quite effective on the Steel Dragon. Although the Steel Dragon had strong external defenses, its internal defenses were not as strong.

The Steel Dragon was now dizzy and disoriented from Ehka's slam, and Ehka even used the electric current to enhance his strength in order to fight the Steel Dragon.

Then, taking advantage of the fact that the Steel Dragon had not recovered, Ehaka unleashed a barrage of Ora Ora punches on the Steel Dragon. Moreover, Ehaka also used the electric sac in its body to enter a supercharged state, which significantly increased its strength and speed. In addition, the strong current attached to its front claws was an elemental force that the Steel Dragon could hardly resist.

Under the barrage of Ora Ora Electric Punches from Yuhaka, Kushala Daora quickly fell into a strange state of confusion, wondering, "Who am I? Where am I? Who's hitting me?" Although Kushala Daora has a hard head, it doesn't have much resistance to impact-type attacks, so it was quickly beaten into a daze.

After Eureka finished off the Steel Dragon with Ora Ora, it grabbed the Steel Dragon's heavy body and slammed it to the ground, then used the tail blade on its large tail to deliver the final blow.

Whoosh—as the blizzard slowly dissipated, the sky above the permafrost gradually cleared up.

On the snow, Yuhaka, in her first form, stared at the Kushala Daora corpse in front of her with an O_O expression. Just as she had thought, the Kushala Daora meat didn't look appetizing, and it smelled like heavy metal.

"rua~ (sticking out tongue)"

Yuhaka stuck out its little tongue with a disgusted expression. The texture of the Steel Dragon's meat made Yuhaka lose its appetite immediately. After all, the Steel Dragon didn't look like something that could be made into a delicious ingredient.

After crossing the Steel Dragon off his food notebook, Yuhaka threw the Steel Dragon's corpse into his dimensional cave for safekeeping. Although it couldn't be eaten, it should be fine to make it into cooking utensils, right?

After packing everything up, Eohaka prepared to return. Originally, Eohaka wanted to chase after the Pidgey herd, but during his battle with the Kushala Daora, the Pidgey herd's tracks and scent had been buried by the blizzard caused by the Kushala Daora, making it impossible for Eohaka to continue searching for traces of the Pidgey herd. Now, at least he had to retreat.

..................

As the earth trembled, the silent tremors pulled the black dragon from its endless sea of ​​thought.

【Again?

The black dragon raised its head, looking at the spot where the tremor had just started, and said this in its mind.

This land floating in the air, also known as the Moon, is filled with magic and is a place where no life exists except for itself.

It was indeed an ideal space for her to be alone in a quiet place, but the occasional falling rocks were a real headache for her.

Unlike when she was on the ground, the boulder that suddenly fell from the sky possessed extraordinary power, and there was no sound for her to react.

She had been struck by such a rock once before; it was just a rock with no magic whatsoever, yet it broke through her dark scales and caused her a minor injury.

Although he then deployed magical protection around himself as a countermeasure, even so, the impact that shook the earth the moment it landed still disturbed his thinking.

【Um? 】

The black dragon looked at the spot where the rock had just fallen, and a flash of light caught its attention.

A strange door appeared before him. The black dragon looked at the door with a puzzled expression. Although he didn't quite understand what was going on, he wondered if the thing standing in front of him was a "door".

The black dragon tilted its little head and looked at the sign for the Melu Cat Restaurant hanging in front of it. Although it knew that what was in front of it was a door, it was very puzzled as to how the door came to be in this place.

[Without any trace of magic, how did this door appear on this land?]

The black dragon was also very curious about this question, and the door that appeared out of nowhere aroused its curiosity, even though the black dragon could see the other side of the door through magic.

Soon, the black dragon saw several humanoid girls with dragon-like features and a human eating on the other side of the door. The black dragon tilted its head and a question mark appeared on its face. Although it didn't know what was going on, the black dragon could tell that it looked like a restaurant.

This piqued the curiosity of the black dragon.

Let's go back and take a look.

Driven by this curiosity, the black dragon transformed into human form, preparing to leave the abyss of thought where it had remained for nearly 34684 years.

Chapter 186 [Kobayashi: Another dragon has arrived!]

At the Meru Cat Restaurant, Kobayashi and Tohru arrived at Yuhaka's Meru Cat Restaurant for a meal.

Because Yuhaka analyzed the raw materials of curry powder last time, and then gave it to Origami Grandma and the others to study together, they then developed a unique curry made from materials from the Monster Hunter world.

Afterwards, Yuhaka returned with the freshly made curry and used monsters from Monster Hunter World as raw materials to make a curry rice dish.

After finishing, Yuhaka planned to treat Kobayashi and Tohru to a meal, which was a curry rice made with Meru Cat's special curry and Monster Hunter ingredients!

"Mmm, it's so spicy—!"

Xiao Lin shook himself off, quickly grabbed the water glass that was lying next to him, gulped down the whole glass of water, then put the glass down with a "ha!" and said:

"Phew... It's very spicy, but the taste is absolutely amazing!"

Tohru, who was next to Kobayashi, ate the dragon curry rice made by Yuhaka and said:

"Does Kobayashi really like this curry?"

Kobayashi nodded and said:

"Well, although I don't eat this often, this curry tastes pretty good, at least much better than the curry I've had before~"

Then, Kobayashi looked at Tohru and Kanna with some concern and said: