Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 161: Aji's Status, Scale Change
It has to be said that sometimes all kinds of opportunities appear inadvertently in this way. Originally, in Luo Yun's view, the battle with Hailong was just like gathering people to fight.

If they win, the lives of some less powerful fire dragons will be better, and if they lose, there won’t be too many problems.

But he still underestimated the arrogance in the fire dragon's heart.

Is that bay hunting ground really just a hunting ground where dragons can be fed?
Do not!
The bay hunting grounds not only brought hunger, but also allowed the fire dragons to bring back excess prey as before, using it as a "gift" to feed their own cubs and cats.

For the fire dragons of the ancient tree fire dragon group today, strength is no longer the only criterion. Whether it can hunt for food and whether it can feed itself and its family while also taking care of the cats in the family is also a criterion for measuring whether the male fire dragon is strong enough.

During that time, they often went hungry, and their cubs even had to rely on cats, which they had always regarded as their vassals and captives, for feeding.

This was undoubtedly a torture for the proud fire dragon.

In this situation, the fire dragons once again had a hunting ground that was large enough for them to bring back prey from time to time and enjoy the service of the cats with peace of mind.

This was taken extremely seriously by the fire dragons at the bottom, and coupled with group struggles, the concepts of class, status, ethnicity, etc. gradually deepened step by step with the passage of time.

While seeing the benefits of group activities, they also began to accept it from the bottom of their hearts. Finally, the extremely loose group concept of the fire dragon group was finally successfully established.

For fire dragons in the past, becoming the leader of a group of fire dragons was a completely thankless task.

Fire dragons, especially male fire dragons, have a very high ecological niche. As long as they don't go to places like the Dragon Crystal Land, which requires sufficient strength and is very dangerous, they can basically thrive anywhere.

You can live well with your small family without any ethnic group.

Therefore, without sufficient external pressure and internal connections, the fire dragons in the fire dragon clan, no matter how strong they are, often just give in to the pressure for the sake of appearance, rather than actually obeying orders.

In addition, the fire dragons of the New World admire the strong, and their mates are chosen based on strength rather than status. As a result, the spouse has no priority.

Therefore, the position of leader was really useless in the past.

But now it’s different, under the influence of the symbiotic characteristics, the position of Fire Dragon Leader is finally useful, and very useful!
Looking at this abundant energy and feeling the efficiency of energy circulation in my body is an experience I have never had before.

In addition, in this pyramid network of energy, Luo Yun can also feel the status of each fire dragon in the ancient tree fire dragon group. Although the status may not be able to fully represent the strength of a fire dragon, it is still okay to use it as a reference.

Currently, only Luo Yun is at the top of the tower, and there are eight fire dragons on the next level, and Yaji is actually on this level as well!

You know, Yaji is a female fire dragon! The others in this tier are battle-hardened male fire dragons, the Hao Fire Dragon, and the Cang Fire Dragon, which has completely assimilated into the current group and has no intention of leaving.

Of course, the reason why Luo Yun was surprised was not because he was questioning Yaji's fighting ability.

Are you kidding! As a battle-hardened female fire dragon with the ability to transform into a golden fire dragon, she was already in the process of transformation when Luo Yun and Ya Ji had not yet left the Great Ant Mound Wasteland to settle in the Ancient Tree. At that time, Luo Yun was just beginning to do so.

This was clear from the scales that the investigation team found in their nest.

Therefore, Yaji's strength is definitely top-tier among the fire dragons.

But the key is, she is a female fire dragon!
Although both are fire dragons, the ecological niche of the female fire dragon is the same as that of the Barbarian Jaw Dragon. Although it is at the same level as the male fire dragon, it is actually half an ecological niche lower. Therefore, for the male fire dragon, the female fire dragon should be regarded as the kind of weak object that needs protection.

In this concept, even if she is the spouse of the chief, her status would not be so high.

It can only be said that in the battle with the Thunder Wolf Dragon tribe and her subsequent daily performance, Yaji's strength has conquered the hearts of many fire dragons, making them feel that Yaji is capable of reaching this position in the tribe. As for the Hao Fire Dragons of the same level, they were purely subjected to subjective cold violence.

Those three wing bones are still considered alien by some fire dragons today.

Otherwise, in terms of strength, as a Fire Dragon of the Great Fire Species, its true strength is that except for Luo Yun who has special attack against fire attribute, other fire dragons are simply no match for it.

As for the ones below them, there are the Sakura Rathalos, the battle-hardened female Rathalos, and those ordinary male Rathalos that are very strong and have the hope of becoming battle-hardened male Rathalos.

Overall, this energy pyramid network is really distorted, with too much at the bottom and too few in the middle and upper layers.

Fortunately, this characteristic is symbiosis rather than exploitation.

The benefits are shared by both parties, but just like what happened with the cat at that time, the real changes brought about by symbiosis need time to promote. At that time, this energy pyramid will begin to fill up until it becomes a perfect pyramid with no obstacles to fluidity.

Just as Luo Yun was looking forward to the future happily, a gust of wind pressure came. Without even looking up, Luo Yun knew that Yaji had returned.

After more than ten years of living together day and night, they have become familiar with each other to the point where even the sound of wind flowing caused by flapping wings can be known whether it is caused by the other party.

But today, the sound of Aji flapping her wings is a little loud. Are you in a bad mood?

Luo Yun looked up at Yaji, and sure enough, it was just as he thought.

Yaji looked a little annoyed, and even scratched the ground twice after landing, leaving a long claw mark.

He was shaking his body as if his back was in great pain.

When she found that Luo Yun had returned and was still looking up at her in the nest, Yaji was suddenly delighted. She trotted over and rubbed Luo Yun's cheek. After a soft growl, she turned her back to Luo Yun.

Well, Luo Yun finally understood why Yaji was in a bad mood when she came back.

It turns out that it was replacing new scales.

As mentioned before, female fire dragons will choose to keep their scales when resources are not abundant and there is nothing important to do, rather than replacing them frequently.

But since Yaji had never lacked food since she was a child, and her powerful talent allowed her to develop much faster than her peers, the replacement of old and new scales was a common occurrence for Yaji, sometimes she would replace them two or three times a year.

Of course, not all of them need to be replaced. An ordinary dragon cannot afford such consumption.

This time, after arriving in the wasteland, due to the lack of food and staying in the tributary of the earth vein for a long time, she gradually got used to the scorching temperature there, which resulted in Yaji wanting to change her scales for a long time, but she kept delaying it until now.

At this time, the scales that Yaji replaced were the dorsal scales, which had the roughest and hardest texture. It was not known whether it was because they had not been replaced for too long or because her life energy was too abundant these days, but some of the dorsal scales could not be replaced.

The itchy and uncomfortable feeling made Yaji very uncomfortable.

So when she saw Luo Yun coming back, Yaji immediately trotted over and asked Luo Yun to help her get the scales off.

　I wasn't very satisfied with today's second chapter, so I deleted it and rewrote it, so it will be a little late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)