Monster Hunter Monster Girl Story

Chapter 86 Invitation

"I was only focused on escaping and didn't dare to look too much. I only know that Boss Ming was beaten badly. Then another sea dragon got involved, and Boss Ming could only run away. After that, the skeleton dragon fought with one of the sea dragons."

Bai Hailong explained the situation.

"What a chaotic battle."

Li Ai figured that the "Boss Ming" the other person was referring to must be Ming Hailong.

"Do you know the Dark Sea Dragon?"

"I don't know him. If I enter his territory, even if we are both sea dragons, he will attack me without mercy. Besides, he has completely given up his life on land, which is the complete opposite of mine."

"And this form of address?"

Li Ai asked, puzzled.

"After all, he is the strongest in the clan, and I still admire him. However, I heard from a sea dragon that Boss Ming is particularly petty and will remember everything and then look for an opportunity to take revenge, so we must not offend him."

"Did it manage to escape?"

"If they're in the sea, they must have escaped."

Bai Hailong was too busy escaping to observe from the sidelines, so he could only offer guesses.

"What a pity, it would have been better if we could have taken advantage of the situation to resolve it."

Li Ai sighed.

When the madwoman returns to normal, the one who will reside permanently and dominate this sea area will naturally be the Nether Sea Dragon.

In the coming period, the previously suppressed Nether Sea Dragon will become unprecedentedly active.

Although it only operates in the sea and is unlikely to threaten Moga Village, passing ships will suffer.

"Taking this across the sea seems to save a lot of effort."

As Bai Hailong spoke, he approached a corner of the dragon head shell and climbed up.

Nico raised her crab claws in protest, seemingly extremely uncomfortable with the white sea dragon's approach.

"Be patient with Nico, I'll have her lead the way on the way back."

Reassured by Li Ai, Nicole continued on her way.

As for the Ailu on the small boat, since they had been with the raccoon for a long time, they were not very afraid of the White Sea Dragon monster girl form.

On the deserted island, multiple grills were set up.

When the moon reached its highest point, Little White leaped out of the sea and crashed heavily onto the beach.

The Ailus were overjoyed and brought out grilled fish one after another.

Little White laughed as it quickly devoured the fish one by one. Amidst the joyful scene, only Li Ai noticed that there were several spiderweb-like bruises on the skin of Little White's upper body and the surface of its tail.

Li Ai waited for the other person to finish eating before asking about the chaotic battle.

The smiling Xiaobai suddenly turned serious: "Even though Aunt Bai is awake, she can't get along with Xiao Ai at all... It's not her fault. Actually, I'm the one who's out of place in the tribe."

"It's not your fault. You would have died long ago without Ai. What are your plans for the future?"

"I want to take Aunt Bai to other sea areas to see if there are any suitable mineral veins that she can use to strike and polish her giant horn. But Ai wants me to do her a favor before we leave... Uh! I can't tell you, you can just forget about it."

"I can forget about it, but this time, please don't choose a location with human villages or towns nearby for the impact."

Li Ai said solemnly.

"That's what Ai said too... I understand, I definitely won't go looking for anyone with human activity."

After Xiaobai expressed his approval, Li Ai felt relieved.

As dawn broke, Bai Hailong returned to the shore of the isolated island with his small boat.

He then went into the tent and wrote an observation report on the Nether Sea Dragon, concluding that it was the next extremely threatening monster.

After completing the task, I returned to Moga Village and submitted it.

The support team dispatched by the guild headquarters did not leave in a hurry, but instead conducted an in-depth investigation of the surrounding ecology.

Li Ai's report was submitted personally by the village chief, so it naturally received great attention.

Three days passed, and the passing ships still did not face any threat.

Investigators who went to explore and observe in the water only found a large-scale monster battle site and some inexplicable traces.

Some of them do match the description of the Dark Sea Dragon in the report, but no actual trace of the Dark Sea Dragon has been seen.

In the open-air guild hall at dawn, Li Ai looked at the recent investigation report. Everything seemed calm, which puzzled her.

"That's not right. After being suppressed by the madwoman for so many years, the madwoman regained her senses and left, but Ming Hailong remained silent and left even fewer traces."

Li Ai believes the only reasonable explanation is that the anthropomorphization of monsters has brought about more rational thinking.

After turning two more pages, I saw the discovery that the seabed magma flow in the surrounding waters had been interrupted for many years.

"Was there ever underwater magma here?"

Li Ai wasn't sure either, but since it was a new discovery by the investigators, it must have sufficient evidence.

Three more days passed, but there was still nothing unusual in the sea.

At this point, the support team had completed its comprehensive investigation and left Moga Village.

The ecosystem seems to have truly entered a period of calm after the ocean madwoman was driven away.

Midday on the isolated island, by the riverbank.

The sounds of hard chisels striking each other rang out.

In her crab form, Neeko held her abnormally large, proliferating crab claws horizontally in front of her, allowing Li Ai to hack at her.

The attacks that repeatedly deflected the blade had already caused Li Ai's tiger's mouth to split open.

He didn't care and continued to hack away despite his injuries.

Because the shield's defensive effect was so outstanding in actual combat, although it had no major weaknesses in slashing the dummy, its overall effect was still too mediocre.

They then chose Neeko, who was known as "the one who breaks the grass," for attack training.

As for Neeko, Li Ai will guide the attack in return, and she will try her best to catch up with the Armored Scythe Crab.

They trained until they were exhausted by evening and returned to camp.

A letter bearing the guild's seal was hung at the entrance of the tent.

When Li Ai opened it, she found it was an invitation.

The location is Tangia Port, a major maritime hub for humans. The task involves investigating matters related to the deep-sea crisis, while also serving as an academic advisor related to monster girls.

The salary will be paid at 65000 z per month throughout the entire investigation period.

There aren't many jobs where hunters can earn a monthly salary.

However, judging from the amount, this is already a lot of money, and since Li Ai was going to Tangia Port anyway, there was naturally no reason for her to refuse.

"It's finally here."

Li Ai examined his own equipment.

A three-piece swimming set, paired with two pieces of equipment made of mineral chains.

He was still holding a hunter's curved axe, and it was a battle-damaged version that had been repeatedly parried and slashed, resulting in a slightly chipped blade.

His 4.5-star physique, achieved through long-term consumption of premium items and rigorous training, surpasses the average level of a four-star hunter.

Furthermore, with the ability to gather numerous monster girls, the Love Squad's combat power is not to be underestimated.

However, these improvements are meaningless in the face of the Forbidden Black Dragon.

As for trying to win over the monster girl from her perspective, Li Ai didn't see any opportunity.

"I'm still too weak right now, so I can only pin my hopes on you, Pontos... Ai might also have an unexpected role to play."

After explaining things to the monster girl, Li Ai took a boat back to Moga Village.

As a newly promoted six-star team that has made a name for itself on the continent, the Sea Team naturally received an invitation from Tangia Port.

However, due to a shortage of top-tier hunters in the village, and concerns about their ability to handle the sea dragon attack, only Pontos was recommended to go.

Clearly, everyone hopes that this top hunter will not be confined to the small world of Moga Village.

When Li Ai entered the Open-Air Guild, everyone was seeing off Pontos, who was about to leave.

After the crowd dispersed, Pontos stood at the counter again, holding hands with Asha and chatting.

Seeing this, Li Ai was a little annoyed, so she asked for a wine barrel cup and made herself a nutritious drink.

Half an hour later, Pontos saw Li Ai and sat down next to her.

"You received an invitation from them too?"

"That's right...when did you two get together?"

Li Ai asked in a low voice.

"After defeating the Great Sea Dragon, I learned about A-Xia's feelings and, not wanting to let her down, proposed that we be together."

"Then I wish you both the best... You've only been together a short time, and now you have to part ways. Don't you find it hard to adjust?"

"Isn't that how hunters are? I used to go hunting in the surrounding area occasionally, sometimes for up to two months. And this time it's just an investigation, without a specific target. I might be back soon."

As Pontos spoke, he raised his glass towards the counter, virtually clinking glasses with Asha.

"What if things get complicated and it takes a long time to get back?"

"Well, we just dealt with the Great Sea Dragon, so there shouldn't be any more troublesome monsters, right?"

Pontos clearly didn't think he would be that unlucky.

"Alright, but I feel that getting a six-star hunter to investigate something is bound to be difficult. I can only wish you good luck."

Yes.

"The same to you."

The two clinked glasses as they talked.

The sea breeze blows at night.

Li Ai sat alone on the edge of the pier, fishing.

The float trembled twice, and as Li Ai excitedly reeled in the line, Xiao Ai, with her bluish-green skin, emerged from the water.

"I heard from the Heavenly Eye that the Calamity Sea is about to appear, right?"

Xiao Ai smiled, revealing all her irregularly broken teeth.

Apart from a few electrical discharge marks on the bone shell cap, there were no other affected areas.

"Uh...yes."

Upon seeing the village so close to the town, Li Ai's first feeling was one of tension.

But considering that the other party had been living in Jieyun Village for quite some time and should have already adapted to human villages, and wouldn't do anything too outrageous, he quickly calmed down.

"This day has finally come... By the way, Li Ai, does your card contain any information about hunters?"

"No, why are you asking that?"

Li Ai became wary.

"After watching that hunter defeat the madwoman, I wondered if there would be an extremely powerful hunter in the future who could also pose a threat to me."

"You're a skeletal dragon, there's no human being who can threaten you."

Li Ai quickly offered an explanation.

"But his performance was too heroic, beyond my imagination of humans. When Tigrex and Lone Wolf told me these things before, I didn't take them to heart. I just thought they were too weak, which is why they believed in the strength of humans."

Xiao Ai said with emotion.

Who is Lone Wolf?

"A monster girl I greatly respected, I transformed myself."

As Ai spoke, she crossed her arms and looked up.

Li Ai thought to herself that Ai was actually quite proud. Lone Wolf had clearly encountered Xia Long in the Forest Hills and only became a female version of herself because of fear.

"You don't need to worry about that. Even if there were, you've hidden it so well, who would specifically target you? Besides, the Dragon Graveyard is no longer your ultimate goal, and its impact on the ecosystem has been reduced to a very low level. No one would actively seek out a nine-star monster to cause trouble."

Li Ai offered words of advice.

The biggest threat to the skeleton dragon was that it would indiscriminately devour any creature in its hunting area.

The current state of rationality and restraint is not so scary anymore.

"Monsters are only noticed and eliminated by humans because they pose an ecological threat. You have a point, but what if they clash with humans on their path to becoming ultimate life forms? Wouldn't powerful hunters still be a threat?"

"Well... I can try to mediate for you. After all, you're not an incapable skeletal dragon anymore, and your pursuits are no longer things like territory and nests."

After Li Ai finished speaking, Xiao Ai looked thoughtfully at the sea and sighed, "Since we became monster girls, apart from Xiao Zuo, we have indeed changed a lot."

The dragon head on the right-hand ribbon sighed through the crack in its mouth, then came to Ai and shook itself as a reminder.

"By the way, regarding the Black Dragon, how do we find it next?"

"Follow me, and all you need to do is wait. When the time is right, you will see it naturally. As for what comes next, it's time for the battle. If you trust me, I suggest you take me as your advisor to plan all the actions."

"Okay... wait a minute, once the battle starts, aren't you going to stay far away?"

Ai noticed something was wrong.

"I'm earning a salary, and if I stay too far away, I won't be able to get it. Besides, I have a lot of doubts about refining black dragons myself."

"Alright, but there are a lot of cannons set up at the port over there. I won't transform into a skeleton dragon until the Black Dragon shows up."

Li Ai discovered that Xiao Ai also had a clear understanding of the defense of important towns.

"That's no problem."

"Then farewell at Tangia Port. An immortal heart, what an unimaginable organ..."

Excited, Ai's two tentacles twitched, and then she slowly sank into the sea.

"Phew~"

Li Ai let out a long sigh of relief.

"If I can't kill Ai this time, then I'll be the one who dies. Given that Pontos has to go through fate, if he can really defeat the female version of the Black Dragon, it will already be a miracle. He has no power to help me at all."

Li Ai thought of Sene, who led the hero squad, but given Ai's current level of wariness towards humans, she would definitely be extremely wary of this renowned hero hunter.

"Was I destined to die the moment Ai caught me in the stream, and all this time I've just been powerless to struggle...?"

Li Ai sighed inwardly and turned on her phone.

Ai Haibara's five-heart affection level seems to be the only favorable condition.

The problem is that this is a monster girl with three personalities. Once the other two personalities intervene, these favorability points will be useless.

"Ai, you absolutely must not survive the battle against the Black Dragon."

Li Ai faced the sea and offered her sincerest blessings.

Li Ai, who was already worried about the future and wanted to relax by the sea, became even more depressed after meeting Xiao Ai.

So he took out his phone to calm himself down, and that's when Sister Random Code's message caught his attention.

"I won't give up on the game. I was only away from logging in because I was using my phone's navigation to help others find their way."

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