Monster Hunter Monster Girl Story

Chapter 71 The Isolated Island

A-Xia led Li Ai on a tour of the guild, completing the necessary supplies before the hunt.

After confirming that Li Ai's heavy armor was a chainmail set made of ore, they immediately suggested a more suitable equipment combination for the local area.

"Swimming suit?"

"Yes, all you need are common materials from the Moga Forest, such as antelope antlers, floating seaweed, mysterious bones, and waterproof seeds. You can gather more of these while hunting. Once you craft the three-piece set, the enhanced abilities it provides will make diving much easier."

After A-Xia finished speaking, she presented a list of prepared materials.

When Li Ai looked at the armor styles on the list, she found that many of them, even the local hunters, were wearing these three pieces of equipment.

Stepping onto the bridge that connects the village to the outside world, Li Ai officially entered the Moga Forest.

The village's limited foreign trade relies entirely on sea freight.

Therefore, there were no specially built trade routes in the forest like those in Kokot Village.

There was only one narrow dirt road, intermittently visible and sometimes hidden.

Li Ai had been walking for less than 10 minutes when he saw an antelope leaping among the bushes.

"It seems that there are advantages to hunting areas with fewer people."

If this were in Kokot Village, it would be difficult to find any trace of the monster even after an hour's drive.

Li Ai flexed her wrist and drew the hunter's curved axe.

Walking is much slower than taking a boat, but it gave Li Ai the opportunity to familiarize herself with the Moga Forest.

Following the list, we traveled and collected materials along the way.

As evening approached, we finally reached the only public campsite in the forest.

The campsite was built on a hillside and was even more dilapidated than the port campsites on the isolated island coast.

That night, there were only three teams, including Li Ai's.

Clearly, the group preferred to take a boat directly to the isolated island rather than travel through the forest.

Li Ai inquired with her assistant investigator about the recent habitat distribution of the colorful birds, and then rested peacefully for the night.

Li Ai continued from the camp, looking down from the high slope.

The estuary, formed by the confluence of multiple rivers, lies just ahead.

The faintly visible shallows are the only land route to the isolated island.

With her direction clear, Li Ai continued her journey.

As for the target bird, since the commission did not specify a target and it was not an urgent commission, there was no particular urgency to find it.

Because once they reunite with Cui Cui and Xiao Ben Dan, who can fly, their tracking efficiency will be much faster than their own.

Reaching the shallows at midday, facing the swift current, Li Ai inflated the leather swimming ring distributed by Jieyun Village, carried it on her back, and then began to cross the 0...

Stepping onto the sandy beach, Li Ai walked along the shore.

After beating up several small shield crabs and aquatic beasts blocking their way with their fists, they arrived at the habitat of the Sky Eye and the raccoon.

"Meow~"

"Aww~"

The sounds of bear roars and meows rang out alternately. Li Ai raised her hand to shield her eyes from the sun and looked over.

A raccoon was found sitting on the beach, exchanging several bottles of honey with local wild arthro.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the Ailus were taking out strange rocks, small wooden buckets with exposed bottoms, or dried salted fish.

"Meow!"

Ailu, the leader, took five dried salted fish.

"Awooo!"

The raccoon then removed a bottle of honey.

While both sides were still arguing and bargaining in their respective languages,

Li Ai saw that Ai Lu was wearing cat armor made in the village and a pearl bracelet on her cat paw wrist.

"Chief of the Elru, you can speak human language, right?"

"Yes, meow."

"Ah! Your tribe has people who can speak human language."

The raccoon, its throat dry from yelling, looked on with surprise.

"I would say there's something strange about the cat, but why are you saying that too?"

"Wait, can you tell the raccoon isn't human?"

This time, it was Li Ai's turn to be surprised.

"At first, it was impossible to tell, until she changed her form and went to the sea to catch fish, and then it became clear that she was a Blue Bear Beast."

"Hmm...it's hard to capture such a fleeting moment, isn't it? What are you observing the raccoon for?"

"Because this shoreline is our territory, meow."

As she spoke, Ailu raised the cane in her cat paw and pointed to a rock with graffiti markings under the coconut tree.

This is different from other common cat paw and spiral graffiti.

The pattern used by the tribe is a simple sketch of a mermaid with a human body and a fish tail.

Li Ai thought it might be the influence of passing merchant ships on Ailu, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

"I see. Then let's go somewhere else."

For a place to be recognized as a hunting ground by a guild, not only must its ecology be extremely prosperous, but its area must also be large enough.

With such a large hunting ground, there's no need to occupy just a small part of the Ailu tribe's territory.

"Okay, I'll go get my luggage."

As the raccoon spoke, it put away the jars of honey on the beach.

"Actually, it's fine if you stay, as long as you give us a bucket of honey every month, meow."

Seeing that the raccoon was really leaving, Chief Ailu's attitude softened.

"But raccoons attract honey, won't that be inconvenient for you?"

"Uh... actually, with her around, we can truly take control of this territory, otherwise it won't be long before the beach is occupied by shield crabs and aquatic creatures."

Ailu said, bowing her head.

"Oh, so you need me. I can give you honey, but I want 20 dried salted fish as payment."

The raccoon said smugly, arms crossed.

"20 cats!"

The leader of Ailu was incredulous.

The raccoon initially didn't want to back down, but when it saw a young Ailu secretly picking up the fish bones it had left on the beach and hiding them behind its back, its heart softened.

"Then let's make it 10, no less than that."

"Okay, it's a deal, meow."

After the deal was made, Li Ai saw that the Ailus easily accepted the existence of the monster girls, which made her feel increasingly uneasy.

"When I showed the Skeleton Dragon card to Chief Elru in the stream, he also felt it looked familiar..."

Wild Ailu tribes are, to some extent, observers who can delve deeper into the wild than investigators.

This is especially true in isolated locations like islands where the number of investigators deployed is very small.

Li Ai took out 300 z coins from her money bag.

"Has anyone seen a girl whose entire body radiates silver light? Whoever can provide concrete information, this money is his."

The Ailu, who had never seen coins before, were all bewildered, but the leader's eyes shone as he raised his staff high.

"Meow! I've seen it before!"

"Tell me about it."

"We call her the sea goddess. She sometimes swims near the sea at night, and perhaps because she can glow, many fish follow her."

Ding!

Li Ai flicked her finger and tossed out a coin with a face value of 100 z.

Have you communicated with each other?

"There is no meow, but it is a sign that a good harvest is coming, so when the Elu on night watch sees it, they will urgently notify all members of the tribe to come to the shore to catch the fish."

Ding!

"Is this why you want to use this shoreline as your territory?"

"Well..."

Ailu hesitated for a moment, but seeing the 100z coin on the cat's paw pad, she nodded and admitted, "Yes, meow, we're still catching too few fish ourselves, so we're all waiting for the sea god to bring a great harvest."

"Looks like we'll really be stationed here for a long time."

The bountiful harvest in Ailu's eyes was just a drop in the ocean compared to the massive schools of fish that the Great Sea Dragon could actually attract.

Given that the monster girl form has little ecological impact and is extremely difficult to track, the best approach is to wait and observe.

"You won't harm the sea god, will you, meow?"

Ailu became alert.

Do you think we have that capability...?

The Great Sea Dragon is a gentle ancient dragon. As long as it doesn't go mad due to the growth of its giant horns and cause an earthquake by crashing into the continent, Li Ai has no reason to harm it.

"Uh...sorry, I misunderstood, meow."

After Ai Lu finished speaking, she glanced at the last coin in Li Ai's hand.

"Continue the observation. Our campsite is located nearby. If Poseidon appears, please let us know."

Ding!

After Li Ai finished speaking, the last coin was tossed.

They set up camp in the jungle and gave the raccoon a map showing the beehive collection points.

Li Ai went to a tributary on a nearby island and took a look at the Sky Eye.

After enduring the spiciness to eat seven giant, fiery squid, bright red vesicles were secreted and rubbed out.

Li Ai naturally wouldn't waste it, so she punctured it all and absorbed it.

He returned to the camp in the evening and took out the twenty bottles of recovery potions he had brought.

He picked up a bottle, added an appropriate amount of honey, and shook it vigorously with his arm to begin mixing the G-grade recovery potion.

Success, failure, success, success...

By the time she had mixed the fifth bottle, Li Ai felt she had mastered the technique, but mixing one bottle at a time was too slow in terms of efficiency.

So I found a small pot, poured in the remaining 15 bottles, then poured in a jar of honey, and stirred it quickly with a stirring stick.

However, it seems that too much honey was added, and the recovery medicine turned into a jelly-like state after being stirred.

According to the guild's definition, this is a failed attempt at refining.

But after Li Ai took a bite, she found that the healing effect was quite strong.

"Did I invent recovery jelly?"

Feeling that she had made a significant discovery, Li Ai immediately wrote down the formula.

The next morning, the salty sea breeze blew into the jungle.

The night watch raccoon stretched and began its honey-gathering journey on the deserted island.

Li Ai also brought the hunting tools she needed and headed to the habitat of Little Fool and Cui Cui in the forest.

Around midday, Li Ai noticed that the birdsong had decreased and fewer monsters were inhabiting the area, indicating that they were very close.

Before long, shouts of battle training from the two monster girls could be heard.

Hearing that Cui Cui was breathing heavily, Li Ai knew that the little idiot had made great progress.

After gathering the group, Li Ai, holding the commission, began to describe the appearance and ecology of the colorful bird.

Even the well-informed Cui Cui had little impression of this monster.

"What's the point of subduing it?"

Cui Cui raised a question.

"She is not good at normal combat, but she is a rare support-type monster girl, and she can attract other monsters by imitating roars, which is also an extremely flexible ability."

Among the hunters, there are hunting horn hunters who can provide buffs to other members with buffing sound waves, and the effect will not conflict with the use of buffing items.

And the colorful bird happens to be a "hunting horn user" among the monsters.

"But after we subdue it, will it dare to fight alongside us?"

"This requires starting with the selection of individuals. Normally, even a blue bear beast wouldn't dare to throw stones at a skeleton dragon."

There are no records of two individuals of the Rainbow Bird, but individual differences still exist.

Li Ai believes that finding suitable individuals and integrating them into combat is not difficult.

"You're really scary."

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"Cui Cui sighed."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

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Li Ai was somewhat puzzled.

"I feel like you understand yourself better than the monster girl herself."

"Don't say that about Li Ai. He's been very kind to all of us."

Before Li Ai could even defend herself, the little fool retorted.

"Alright, a monster with a huge chest pouch, brightly colored fur, and a fondness for eating fish near the water, right? You little idiot, head towards the coast, I'll go to the jungle."

Instead of arguing, Cui Cui directly offered a reasonable exploration plan.

"Sure, but we need to pay close attention to any unusual behavior. If it's extremely timid in the face of a female Rathalos, then forget it."

Although extremely audacious monsters generally don't live very long.

However, if they are too cowardly to participate in the war, then there is little point in subduing them.

"That's not suitable, can we hunt it down?"

"No, if they are hunted in large numbers in a short period of time, the colorful birds will migrate away."

"It's no fun if we can't hunt..."

Noticing that the little fool glanced at Li Ai, Cui Cui seemed to remember something and reminded her, "The little fool has very poor judgment. Li Ai, you should stay with her."

After saying that, Cui Cui jumped up, spread her wings, transformed into a female fire dragon, and flew away.

A lot of leaves fell down, and the little fool sighed and said, "Cui Cui doesn't hate you. She's just saying one thing and meaning another. After you were captured in the stream, she thought of many ways to rescue you. But after we got back together, she suddenly pretended not to care whether you lived or died."

"I understand. If she were truly fed up with us, she would probably have found a chance to leave long ago."

Although on the phone, the monster girls are all shown as being captured.

In reality, however, Li Ai has no means to forcibly control the monster girl.

The only way to keep them is to guarantee their survival, provide a comfortable habitat, offer ways to become stronger, and show genuine care from the Love Hunter.

As the flight altitude continued to rise, the landscape of the isolated island soon came into view.

The dragon head points to the left, and Li Ai's telescope points to the right.

The man and the dragon began to closely monitor the situation below.

Soon, Li Ai spotted a colorful bird with bluish-green feathers.

The little fool immediately swooped down, but the sound of the fire dragon flapping its wings had long been a nightmare for most monsters, one of the sounds that they had to be wary of if they wanted to survive.

Without hesitation, the colorful bird spread its wings and fled into the dense forest.

"This one won't work, let's try a different direction."

Li Ai did not pursue them, but instead gave them new guidance.

Upon reaching the shallows, a lizard-like monster with a sea-blue shell raised its head to look at them.

Unlike the monster that was fleeing, the other party not only didn't run away, but instead stared coldly at the little fool.

Hey!

He let out an unpleasant roar as a form of intimidation.

The columnar spines protruding on its back were then crackled with intertwined filamentous electric sparks, flashing a bright blue electric light.

Hey!

The little fool didn't back down and immediately roared back.

The female Rathalos, who dared to confront it directly, seemed somewhat hesitant in its reaction.

"It's a sea dragon. This should be its territory. There wouldn't be any colorful birds roosting here."

Li Ai quickly pointed out another direction.

At dusk, the two dragons reunited in the Wolfsburg jungle on the isolated island.

"I haven't found anyone suitable; they're all too timid."

Cui Cui spread out her wing claws and told them the result.

"We're the same here... Cui Cui, what happened to your face?"

The little fool asked with concern.

"I encountered a pair of fire dragons who actually came to this deserted island to meet me, but I chased them away."

After saying this nonchalantly, Cui Cui wiped the wounds on her face, leaving a trail of blood.

"You're injured!"

"Are you... are you really that happy?"

"Cui Cui said through gritted teeth."

"No, I'm not happy. I've developed a new recovery jelly with excellent healing effects. I'll give it to you."