Monster Hunter Monster Girl Story

Chapter 77 Confidence

"That's not an abnormal individual, it's a subspecies of sea dragon, the White Sea Dragon, but it is indeed quite rare. Your information is very useful, Cui Cui."

As a high-risk target for attacking villages and towns, sea dragons have always been a key focus of observation in Moga Village.

However, the local guild has never mentioned the more powerful White Sea Dragon, whether in intelligence or maps.

Li Ai speculated that it was probably this impact tsunami that caused the white sea dragon to reach the isolated island and land.

"Thank goodness it's a habitat on this isolated island. If we had landed in Moga Village, that would have been a real problem."

The strongest village-based hunter team, the Sea Team, has set off to hunt the Sea Dragon.

If Bai Hailong were to arrive now, disaster would strike.

To be on the safe side, Li Ai wrote a report of witnessing the White Sea Dragon and had Little Raccoon ride Little Fool to the Ailu tribe by the sea to submit it to the port outpost.

For safety reasons, the Sky Eye released a large number of liquid bubbles for protection, and Captain Dragonfly was also forbidden from singing.

However, Mao Sui's negative four-heart favorability rating is really difficult to manage.

Li Ai wanted to try using the monster girl strategy, but the problem was that these monster girls didn't seem to have much interaction with the Daimyo Shield Crab.

Therefore, we can only observe first and then try to think of other methods.

After walking around Mao Sui twice, Li Ai discovered that there were numerous slashing wounds on the two crab claws.

Even for monsters that frequently fight hunters, such a dense array of wounds is extremely rare.

Furthermore, Moga Village had never issued a hunting commission for it before, and the Dragon Academy had never tracked or observed it.

The formation of these injuries becomes incomprehensible.

Furthermore, in terms of behavior, even after suffering a severe blow, the opponent still slightly swung its crab claws back, continuing to practice its defense.

This posture is very similar to how Li Ai insisted on holding up his shield to defend even when he was exhausted during his previous training matches.

Whoosh~

The hunter drew his curved axe.

"Ah~ Li Ai, you don't mean you want her to end it, do you?"

Captain Dragonfly asked unexpectedly.

"No, I just wanted to give it a try."

After Li Ai finished speaking, instead of raising the shield in the normal posture, she drew her hunter's knife with her other hand.

Upon seeing Li Ai wielding the "double-edged sword," Mao Sui, who had been weak, suddenly managed to stand up using his crab legs.

Li Ai simultaneously stepped forward and slashed horizontally with both hands, while Mao Sui Crab Claw swung back to protect her face.

Crack!

Because the force was controlled very little and the speed was not fast, the attack was easily blocked.

"Captain Dragonfly, enhance her singing voice."

"Okay... shall I have some coriander?"

Captain Dragonfly confirmed it.

"Yes."

As the song began, Mao Sui, amplified by the sound waves, became even more energetic.

Facing Li Ai's double-sided horizontal slashes, they began to push forward in resistance.

After practicing for a short while, Mao Sui was still somewhat unsatisfied with his defense, but Li Ai had already stopped.

Mao Sui raised his crab claws, trying to entice the other to continue.

At this moment, a stream of gray liquid spurted from his mouth. Despite his serious injuries, he stubbornly tried to move, causing him to collapse again.

"I know what she wants. All that's left is to show my abilities. I'm someone who can help her..."

Li Ai turned her gaze to the side and fixed it on Captain Dragonfly.

"Let's have a training match here this evening, and you'll be the referee."

"Okay...wait! Is it right here?"

Captain Dragonfly was incredulous.

The training matches were able to be held in Wolfsburg as scheduled because it is located in a safe area.

Holding the event near an area where sea dragons frequently roam is far too risky.

"Yes, and it must be formal and grand, with the highest standards."

"Okay! I will try my best."

Seeing Li Ai's firm stance, Captain Dragonfly disregarded everything else and quickly began making arrangements.

As the sun sets, Cui Cui, who was observing, along with the little fool who relayed information and the raccoon, all return to their positions.

As for Mao Sui, Li Ai did not use the anesthetic jade to put him to sleep.

The practice matches, officiated by referees, immediately began on the beach.

It was quite dangerous to do this here, but Li Ai showed no intention of making the monster girls back down.

The final match was still between Cui Cui and Tian Yan.

During the fierce battle, Li Ai kept observing Mao Sui's reaction.

As expected, the other person became more and more excited as they looked at it, and finally got up to approach.

However, the referee, Captain Dragonfly, stopped him.

The battle ended, and Cui Cui suffered another narrow defeat.

This time, neither side fought to the death, and the injuries were not serious.

Nighttime, dinner time.

Li Ai approached carrying a bucket of fish and shrimp, but Mao Sui was no longer able to eat.

It felt as if the exciting moments of the battle were still flashing before my eyes.

Li Ai wasn't in a hurry; she picked up the damp gravel and began piling it up.

Soon, a sand sculpture resembling the head of a two-horned monster was completed.

"It doesn't seem like it... Let's leave it at that."

Li Ai pointed this out to Mao Sui.

The other person was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and moved sideways to approach.

The giant crab snatched up, but hesitated for a moment and still failed to bring it down to destroy it.

Then, as if after experiencing some kind of great defeat, he fell to the ground again.

"Her nemesis is indeed the Armored Scythe Crab, but why does she seem to have no fighting spirit at all?"

Li Ai's silly imitation is of the two monsters, the Armored Scythe Crab, carrying the armored dragon shells on their backs. The dual swords she used earlier were also to simulate scythe attacks.

Mao Sui was deeply moved by all of this, especially by the Love Squad's combat training.

It can now be confirmed that the wounds on Mao Sui Crab Claw were left from the long battle with Kai Lie.

The only thing I couldn't predict was Mao Sui's despondent state; he couldn't even bring himself to attack the shell made of sand.

bang~

With a muffled thud, Li Ai kicked the sand sculpture to pieces.

"I don't know why you're so down, but when facing a nemesis, you should show some fighting spirit. When you fight me, your fighting spirit is always very strong."

In response to Li Ai's shouts, Mao Sui simply turned his face to the sand and showed little reaction.

"Could it be that they've lost too many times and lost all confidence...? Although one focuses extremely on defense and the other on offense, the difference shouldn't be this big... Could it be...?"

Li Ai moved closer and examined the wounds on the giant crab claw.

The old, deep cuts and slashes were not very deep, but the newly healed wounds were much deeper, with the entire cut line sunken in and the cuts were much thinner and smoother.

"Judging from this, Kairi's scythe-claw slash has improved rapidly in a short period of time... a monster girl transformation!"

Li Ai suddenly realized why Mao Sui's fighting spirit had waned.

It's highly likely that the Armored Scythe Crab has undergone monster-girl transformation, gaining a corresponding advantage, and Mao Sui was no longer able to keep up with its pace.

The gap is widening, which is why their confidence is collapsing.

Li Ai then pulled over Captain Dragonfly and had him practice transforming repeatedly to test Mao Sui's reaction. Tiny bubbles kept gushing from the other's mouth, and he became more and more excited as he watched.

Just as Li Ai was describing the various benefits of becoming a monster girl, the person opposite her once again fell face-down, dejected.

"I'm not confident I can try to improve things, but if I'm not alive, there's really nothing I can do. Are you willing to come with us?"

According to Cui Cui's intelligence, Bai Hailong's activity range has been moving closer to this area.

Li Ai didn't want to spend another night.

Mao Sui glanced at the destroyed skull sand sculpture, propped himself up, and followed the evacuating team, walking with a limp.

A day later, the team returned to Wolfsburg Jungle.

Although the White Sea Dragon's range covers the entire island, making this place not entirely safe, the fact that it had been a habitat for a while and its familiarity with the terrain added a great deal of security.

After resting for two days, Mao Sui was able to move around freely, and his favorability rating improved from negative four hearts to negative two hearts.

Li Ai hadn't expected the reason for the rapid progress.

After the third day of training matches, the score was reduced to negative one heart.

"That's strange, how exactly does Mao Sui's favorability increase?"

An increase in favorability is certainly a good thing, as it means that the moe transformation is gradually approaching.

The problem is that Li Ai's previous strategy has become ineffective because it severely undermined the other party's confidence.

Unable to understand, Li Ai wanted to find out more from the other monster girls.

It seems that due to different ecological habits, people don't have much of an impression of Mao Sui.

All I know is that the other person often goes to the riverbank to catch some fish and shrimp to eat, or he practices crouching and defending by himself.

It wasn't until Captain Dragonfly was asked that he provided crucial information.

"Her favorite training matches are the ones between me and Little Raccoon?"

Li Ai was somewhat puzzled.

In terms of excitement and spectacle, Tianyan and Cui Cui are clearly more visually appealing.

"Yes, I could tell that she was extremely focused and serious at the time, completely absorbed in her work."

Captain Dragonfly assured him.

"That's strange. This kind of hand-to-hand combat between me and the raccoon is probably only exciting to watch by humans."

"Could it be because you've never won before that you were eliminated in the first round?"

Captain Dragonfly offered his speculation.

"That doesn't make sense, right? Aren't monsters more likely to admire the strong?"

"Yes, but you also said that Mao Sui lost his fighting spirit because he kept losing, so he is not suitable to participate in combat training in the short term. Perhaps it is because we share the same feelings that we silently support you."

After Captain Dragonfly finished speaking, Li Ai pondered for a long time.

"That makes sense. How did you come to that realization?"

Li Ai had not taught Captain Dragonfly anything in this regard.

"As a referee, you can't just focus on the winner; you also need to understand the loser's feelings. I'm also curious, you've never beaten a raccoon, so why hasn't your mentality been affected?"

"Because I can only use it for training, I haven't even used hunting weapons... I understand, if a hunter keeps getting defeated by the Blue Bear Beast, he probably won't last long and will give up on his own."

Li Ai began to understand Mao Sui's feelings.

The training matches began as usual at noon the next day.

Some of the people who had traveled a long way to get here had already taken their seats in the audience.

Mao Sui was an odd one, lying alone in the shady clearing, waiting for the most anticipated match to begin.

The first match began soon after.

When the raccoon appeared, everyone already knew the outcome, so they weren't very excited.

It wasn't until Li Ai, with a serious expression, appeared that everyone realized his demeanor was different today.

He consumed the Super Strength Fruit, smoked, and drank Demon Drug...

After applying all the enhancements to himself, Li Ai suddenly unleashed a powerful and chilling aura.

"Little raccoon, today I'm going to fight you with all my might, watch out!"

"Come on, I won't hold back!"

With both sides eager to fight, the battle began.

In the midst of the clash of fists, after only a few rounds, the raccoon with bruises around its eyes was forced into its monster form.

Li Ai did not change his strategy and continued to focus on a fierce attack.

The bees, which already possessed a certain ability to identify, swarmed around at this moment.

My fist was incredibly slippery because it was covered in blistering liquid.

No matter how hard you hit the fur and carapace, it will just slip off. Li Ai could only target the face, the only place that could cause effective damage, and keep punching it hard.

The cost of doing this is that the bear gets too close, allowing its paws to continuously strike.

"ah!!!"

"Aww!!!"

The shouts of men and the roars of bears echoed simultaneously in the forest.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the battle had completely changed today, everyone's expression became serious, and they watched intently.

Mao Sui was also excited and stood up, wanting to get closer.

Call ~

Faced with the bear's claws coming at her, Li Ai raised her arms and used the heavy chain handguards to completely protect her face.

Then, ignoring the other bear claw he had snatched, he used his right hand in a swinging punch, similar to a one-handed sword's spinning slash, to twist his body and unleash his power.

The bear's claws and fists crossed paths.

The man and the bear both hit each other at the same time and fell backward to the ground.

10, 9, 8...

'

Captain Dragonfly observed the situation on both sides while counting down the seconds.

"I hereby announce that the training match between Li Ai and Little Raccoon has ended in a draw!"

Amid cheers, Mao Sui remained stunned for a long time before raising his crab claws and joining in the celebration.

"Hoo hoo~...What's wrong with you today?"

The raccoon, its head swollen like a pig's, leans against a large tree, panting heavily.

"Nothing much, I just wanted to unleash my full power once."

After Li Ai, who had also turned into a pig's head, finished speaking, she gave the raccoon a piece of recovery jelly, and then ate one herself.

Plop~

A small fish, still alive, was thrown onto the grass, where it thrashed and jumped about.

Li Ai looked up and saw Mao Sui raising his crab claws, waving to her.

"That's strange, her attitude towards you improved so quickly?"

The raccoon shaking the instant noodles seemed a little surprised.

"Yes, that's the power of empathy."

Five days later, after the Sea Team hunted down two sea dragons, the instability on the isolated island finally began to subside.

Water beasts, dog dragons, water dragons, and other monsters have begun to return to their habitats.

Mao Sui finally completed the monster girl transformation at dusk that day.

Boom!

The huge horn of the dragon's shell crashed to the ground with a loud thud.

Maozai, with two extremely long tentacles on its head and two crab claws of different sizes on its arms, sat on the ground with its legs spread apart, still somewhat bewildered by its situation.

It wasn't until I looked back and saw the enormous corner of the dragon's head shell that I realized what was going on.

"I've become like this too... just like Kairi!"

Crack~ Crack~...

The crab claws twitched a few times, and Mao Sui, with his red hair, laughed.

"Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Li Ai, and I am a love hunter who specializes in capturing monster girls."

"Uh... my name is..."

Mao Sui seemed somewhat hesitant about what his name was.

"You can call yourself Mao Sui."

"Was this name given by a human?"

"right.

""

"don't want!"

Mao Sui was very resolute.

"You hate humans?"

Li Ai couldn't understand it, since at least before, Moga Village hadn't been hunting them.

"Yes, when I was a child, I finally found a piece of dragon head shell, but it was almost stolen by a group of humans."

"Wait a minute, why would humans want a piece of your dragon's shell?"

The dragon-head shell carried on the back of the famous shield crab is indeed enormous.

However, that was the result of the secretory solution swelling and expanding, and it could no longer be used as material.

"I don't know, but after failing to take it, I tried to cut off the sharp horns on the skull during the battle."

"I see, so they want to replicate the Hero Hunter's achievements."

The monoblos' single horn holds special symbolic significance for hunters.