Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 140: Unreasonable breeding?
The key issues had been agreed upon, and Luo Yun was not very interested in the rest, so the Fire Dragon Detel leader was left to his own devices.

Perhaps because he could finally negotiate with the leader of the Fire Dragon Detel in person, Carlos seemed very excited and no one else could get a word in for a while.

The swordsmanship master, who was feeling somewhat bored, turned back inadvertently and saw the leader of the logistics squad holding a pen and constantly calculating. Finally, he stopped writing and gradually frowned.

The swordsmanship master calmly poked the captain beside him and signaled him to look at the leader of the logistics squad.

"what happened?"

The Grand Commander walked over and asked quietly.

The leader of the logistics squad shook his head and interrupted Carlos and the Fire Dragon Detel who were talking excitedly.

"Excuse me, Commander-in-Chief. I have a few questions I would like to discuss with this Chief Deter."

The leader of the logistics squad was a man with a mustache and a serious look.

Although he is not a professional expert in material logistics, it is precisely because of his rigorous work that he was discovered by the research team leader, the young dragon scholar, and appointed as the leader of the material team.

Carlos looked at the leader of the logistics squad with some surprise, but when he saw the serious expression on his face, he nodded and gave his seat to him.

"Hello, leader of the Fire Dragon Deter, I am the leader of the supplies team of the investigation team. I would like to know some more accurate data about the breeding we just discussed."

After Tonkotsu's translation, Fire Dragon Detel leader glanced at Luo Yun who was eating without any reaction, then turned around and nodded to the leader of the logistics squad and started talking to him.

"First of all, have you ever considered the breeding cycle of herbivorous dragons?"

Herbivorous dinosaurs grow very fast, just like domestic pigs in the previous life. If there is abundant grass, they can often grow to sub-adult status in more than a year. Moreover, adult female herbivorous dinosaurs can have multiple pregnancies in a year and can lay two to three eggs, with 8 to 10 eggs in each batch.

It is precisely this exaggerated breeding ability that can supply such a large number of large carnivorous monsters in the world and become their staple food.

"We have considered the cycle issue, meow. According to our current speculation, the fire dragons will not really face food shortages in the next at least half a year. What's wrong, meow?" replied the fire dragon leader Detel.

"The problem lies in the breeding cycle." The leader of the materials class sorted out his words. He believed that the Fire Dragon Detels did not understand breeding because they had never been exposed to breeding in the past, so he planned to explain it in detail.

"That's right. Breeding herbivorous dragons is a long process. Starting from the first batch of captive herbivorous dragons, even if no young herbivorous dragons are lost along the way, it will probably take at least three years to reach a number that can supply the entire group of fire dragons.

And this can only be achieved under the most ideal circumstances, without losing any herbivorous dragons."

When the leader of the logistics squad said this, he looked at the Fire Dragon Detel leader, who had no other expression after hearing Tonkotsu's translation, and thought that it had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, so he continued to speak.

"As far as I know, there should be nearly a hundred adult fire dragons living with your tribe, and the number would be even greater if you count the fire dragon cubs. To supply so many fire dragons, the number of herbivorous dragons would be a huge number. With so many herbivorous dragons, the daily grass consumption in the enclosure area alone would far exceed the limit that your tribe can bear, not to mention that such a large herbivorous dragon group would be impacted by many monsters during the captive breeding process. Therefore, in my opinion, it is almost impossible to get the fire dragon group out of the food shortage dilemma by breeding herbivorous dragons."

The leader of the supply squad said it very directly. He had just calculated that with so many herbivorous dragons, they would have to consume a huge amount of fodder every day just to eat. Even the current investigation team might not be able to afford it.

What's more, the Detels do not have mature defensive fortifications like the investigation team, nor can they protect the farm. It is simply impossible for them to rely on breeding herbivorous dragons to help the fire dragons survive these years.

After Tonkotsu's translation, Fire Dragon Detel leader murmured for a moment, and Tonkotsu also expressed his own opinion at the right time, and he also thought that this matter was not realistic.

However, the Fire Dragon Detel leader did not respond immediately, but showed an expression as if his doubts had been explained, and looked at Luo Yun with admiration.

I didn't expect that Luo Yun could have the same understanding as the investigation team about breeding, something that the natives of the New World had never come into contact with or understood.

It's like everyone grew up in this very remote and primitive countryside. However, the eldest brother, who is also a country boy and has never been to the city, has the same ideas as the city people, which shocked the cat.

"It's like this, meow. You misunderstood meow."

The leader of the Fire Dragon Detel began to explain: "We don't want to supply the entire group of Fire Dragons. The breeding only needs to be enough to satisfy our ancient tree Fire Dragons and most of the Fire Dragon cubs. This is enough. And it doesn't need to last too long, just three years will be enough."

On the way here, Luo Yun instilled some of his ideas into the Fire Dragon Detel leader.

The fire dragon group is under great pressure of food because they have to provide for themselves as well as their cubs and kittens.

Such a supply relationship will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back when subsequent prey begins to become scarce, causing the fire dragon group to fall apart.

But if the cat and most of the cubs no longer become a pressure on the fire dragon couple, even if food is scarce, given the strength of the ancient tree fire dragons, they will always find a way to survive, whether it is collective hunting to reduce hunting risks or spending more time to open up hunting grounds farther away.

If this were the case, even if the fire dragon couple could not survive, died during hunting, or chose to leave the tribe, Luo Yun would not have any regrets.

What does it mean that we can't survive without worries?
This means that the fire dragon couple in this situation do not have a strong ability to resist risks, and that they are not strong enough.

And since they are not strong enough, they are not qualified to become part of the ancient tree fire dragon group, and are not qualified to enjoy the cat services that come with this identity.

Luo Yun believed that most of the fire dragons in the ancient tree fire dragon group possessed sufficient strength. Since they had such strength, there would naturally be no overall collapse as there was no need to consider the survival of cats and cubs.

After all, the arrogance of the ancient tree fire dragon is there. Without any worries, since you can survive and continue to enjoy the convenience of a cat, then naturally I can too. It's just a matter of flying farther and fighting more.

(End of this chapter)