Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 258 Xia Guagua's Solution
The azure pupils moved slightly, and the eyes looked at the little Xialong who was protesting beside him, and the pressure was released instantly.

In an instant, Xiaoxialong's weak cry came to an abrupt halt, and the whole world seemed to be completely covered by a pair of blue pupils, and the oppressive feeling of despair swept through Long's body in an instant.

Xiao Xialong unconsciously turned on the invisible mode, instinctively wanting to avoid the deadly danger in this way.

The four short legs seemed to have their own consciousness and were shaking rapidly without control.

After a while of stumbling, he rushed behind Xialong and tried to shield himself with his old mother's big tail in order to gain that insignificant sense of security.

“Quack!”

Hearing this trembling cry without any dignity, Xialong did not move his body. His big eyes rolled as he looked at his own unfilial and rebellious son behind him.

It's just the pressure of an ancient dragon level. Look at how cowardly he is. How embarrassing!

"Quack."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Luo Yun turned his eyes unfriendly and changed his target to Xialong.

In an instant, the scream that had reached the throat stopped abruptly.

Sometimes, giving in is also a strategy, especially when facing someone of the same level who has the ability to restrain himself.

Without any hesitation, Xialong immediately stated the purpose of his trip.

When Luo Yun learned that Xialong had come here specifically because he knew about the mission issued by the Star Stronghold, his eyes became strange.

Has this guy really confirmed his identity as Gu Long from the first group?

However, what Luo Yun wanted to do was to solve the problem that fire dragon eggs could not hatch fire dragon cubs normally. Why did this guy come over to join in the fun?
Besides releasing poison, could it be possible that he could also do scientific research?
Luo Yun subconsciously thought that this guy just came here to watch the fun. Luo Yun knew a little about Xialong's nature of eating melons.

"Cuck!"

"What's that look in your eyes!"

Although Luo Yun did not show any strange expression because of the scales on his face, Xia Long immediately caught the abnormality in his eyes and protested indignantly.

He had rarely used his super intelligence and came up with a feasible solution to come here. After all, he was a friend who had killed people together. Don’t he even have this little bit of basic trust?
To be honest, if Xialong, who originally only knew how to use biological toxins, hadn't realized that he seemed to have undergone some changes, he would have had no other options.

But things are different now. The current Xialong is a strengthened version. After the mutation of his poison-making organs, he has preliminarily completed the stage where medicine is poison. Now his hallucinogenic poison mist contains the fragrance of rare medicinal materials such as Datura, which is the best proof of this.

Therefore, Xialong was full of confidence in solving the problem of the ancient tree fire dragons this time, and was even sure that he could make Luo Yun owe him a favor.

But what can be done, Luo Yun doesn’t believe it!
Without Luo Yun's cooperation, even if Xialong wanted to do something and prove himself, he would not be able to do it.

Just as Xialong continued to quack and argue for himself, the Grand Commander finally arrived at Luo Yun's lair.

Luo Yun, who was suffering from the noisy sound of the Xialong, rarely welcomed the arrival of the Grand Commander.

Gu Long, the first group, right? Go find your first group leader to play.

The captain looked at Xialong in a daze, who appeared and kept yelling at Luo Yun with an anxious look. Especially when he saw the little Xialong who was hiding behind Xialong and looked like a coward, whom he recognized at the first glance, he couldn't understand.

Why did Xialong and his mother, who should have been in the Xingchen stronghold, come to the ancient tree, and Xialong seemed to be very familiar with Luo Yun?

Although Luo Yun mentioned before that he helped Xialong, who claimed to be a member of the first group, defeat another ancient dragon, and also gave his identity Lin, Xialong's subsequent performance in the Star Stronghold also showed that there was indeed a connection between them.

But Luo Yun didn’t say, how could they be so familiar with each other, and could the ancient dragons get along so harmoniously?
The Grand Master was unsure. As a legendary hunter, this was not the first time he had encountered an ancient dragon in the Old World.

It can even be said that with his strength, most of the time he would be sent by the Hunter Guild to resolve incidents caused by high-niche monsters and ancient dragons.

In the Grand Leader's impression, whenever an ancient dragon appears in an area, all creatures will retreat. Except for family-type ancient dragons like the Yangyan Dragon, when other ancient dragons meet, especially those of different races, they will basically fight until the other side completely retreats and leaves the territory.

Therefore, when he saw Xialong chattering incessantly while Luo Yun and Yaji, the couple, were snuggling in the nest and ignoring Xialong, the captain felt that his worldview seemed to be overturned again.

But after calming down, he changed his mind and realized that Luo Yun was an ancient dragon that coexisted with a group of fire dragons and even showed strong rationality, while Xialong was able to directly cheat people under the guise of an investigation team.

With their stable emotions and intelligence that is no less than that of humans, it seems that, perhaps, it is acceptable for them to develop into friends of different races, right?
"Oh, it's really lively."

Perhaps because he hadn't figured out Xialong's character yet, the captain didn't walk in as familiarly as usual. Instead, he greeted him first and then walked in slowly, pretending nothing had happened.

Luo Yun took a look and with the help of his mind's eye he immediately analyzed the commander's current condition. Although he looked relaxed, his muscles were tense and it was obvious that he would draw out his shield at the first moment if anything went wrong.

It seems that Xialong is not very familiar with the investigation team.

"roar~"

With a low growl, a cat immediately ran in to act as an interpreter.

"Meow Fire Dragon Boss said that you, the captain, should take this member of your family back meow." Maomao scratched his head, his big eyes full of question marks.

"Ah I?"

The Grand Commander followed Luo Yun's gaze and looked at the Xialong mother and son who were lying on the side. He pointed at them, then pointed at himself.

Although Luo Yun had said before that Xia Long said that he was a member of the first group, the captain felt that Xia Long just wanted to have a legitimate reason to ask Luo Yun for help.

It was incredible that an ancient dragon could entrust its young to the investigation team for temporary raising, and live in peace with the investigation team for so many years. It never really regarded the other party as a member of the first-term team.

At this time, the captain did not know about Xialong's behavior at the on-site base a few days ago, so he could only respond to Luo Yun's request with a wry smile.

"Well, old friend, you misunderstood, He" "Quack!"

Before the Grand Commander finished speaking, Xialong's eyes rolled around twice, and he immediately changed his strategy and interrupted what the Grand Commander was about to say.

He lowered his head and searched through the shell collection on his chest, and soon found the attachment for the task acceptance confirmation given by the poster girl.

He used his flexible tongue to stick it on and carefully handed it to the commander-in-chief.

The Grand Commander took off the familiar piece of animal skin paper with confusion, and after seeing the contents on it, especially the words "Task Acceptance Dragon", his head buzzed and went blank for a moment.

How long had he been away from the investigation team? Why did he suddenly become like this?

What did he miss? Why did Xialong suddenly become a member of the first group recognized by the base?
Why did he always miss out on various things?

"It was obviously me who first knew about Xia Long's claim to be a member of the first group. It was the first time I confirmed Xia Long's identity and the first time I had face-to-face communication with Gu Long. It was obviously me first. Why did it turn out like this?"

The captain, who suddenly fell into self-doubt, did not notice that Xialong's eyes were looking at him more and more strangely.

"This guy has seen the acceptance certificate, why is he just stunned? Hurry up and endorse it for me!"

A dissatisfied cry woke the commander-in-chief. With a bit of bitterness, he put the confirmation form back on Xialong's tongue, which had not yet been retracted. Then he adjusted his mood and looked at Luo Yun.

It was obvious that Xialong showed him the list at this time because he wanted him to help endorse it. Although no one knew how Xialong could accept such a task, as the leader of the first phase of the New World Ancient Dragon Investigation Team, he would naturally feel obliged to help if the members of the team needed help.

He immediately translated the information in the task list to Luo Yun through Maomao, and stated that Xialong accepted the task through the investigation team's reasonable and legal channels. Given Xialong's pride as an ancient dragon, he would not come all the way here and do nothing. He must have his reasons for accepting this task.

"The Pride of the Ancient Dragon"

Luo Yun glanced at the Xialong mother and son lying on the ground next to him and was very skeptical. Did this guy really have this thing?

Anyway, he didn't see it.

However, what the captain said made sense, that is, if Xialong just wanted to come here to watch the show, there was no need for him to completely expose himself to the investigation team and accept the mission before coming here.

Since it has come to this, we might as well let Him give it a try. We’ll know if it works or not after trying it.

After figuring this out, Luo Yun stood up under Yaji's surprised gaze and walked out of the nest.

"Roar?"

Seeing the Mist Dragon following happily, the little Mist Dragon was still following behind awkwardly. For some reason, Yaji felt that their backs were very annoying, so she also stood up and chased after them.

She would never give Xia Long any chance to be alone with Luo Yun!

He flew to the top of the ancient tree with the Xialong and found the battle-hardened male fire dragon guarding the fire dragon egg.

Perhaps it was because the partner of this battle-hardened male fire dragon, the female fire dragon, was relatively strong. Although this batch of his eggs failed to hatch successfully, they had managed to survive until now and had not become completely dead eggs. It was as if the cubs inside were still struggling to hold on.

After stating his purpose, the battle-hardened male fire dragon stopped the female fire dragon who had hurried back after noticing other monsters had arrived at the nest, and looked at Luo Yun with expectant eyes.

After Luo Yun let out a low roar, a ball of white mist suddenly appeared in the void and covered the fire dragon's nest. All the fire dragon eggs were entangled in the white mist.

After a moment of hesitation, Luo Yun moved aside to stop the fire dragon couple who seemed a little panicked when they saw this scene, and growled to calm them down.

Time passed little by little, and the Grand Commander and Tonkotsu, who had just received the news, arrived late. They stood far outside the nest, watching what was happening in the nest with some nervousness.

In the white fog, Xialong, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly felt a little tricky.

In his conception, although the fire dragon egg is different from the rosy dragon egg and does not have the ability to absorb external nutrients from the eggshell, in his specially made "medicinal mist", a tiny amount of toxin will corrode a small hole invisible to the naked eye, and then the white mist full of medicinal properties will be injected into it to stabilize the vitality of the fire dragon cub inside.

Then, by burying the fire dragon eggs in the same way as they did, various nutritious rotten plants are covered on them, so that the fire dragon eggs passively begin to absorb external nutrients and finally complete the hatching.

It was a good idea, and when put into practice, it could indeed achieve Xialong's expectations.

But the problem was that Xialong underestimated the resistance of the fire dragon eggshell to various external substances.

In other words, He did not expect that the fire dragon eggs of the ancient tree fire dragon group were actually different from the eggs of other fire dragons in the ancient tree forest.

The eggs absorb external nutrients more slowly, which means that it will take more time to achieve the desired effect. During this period, not only do he need to frequently replace the rotten things to ensure that they do not damage the eggshell, but he also needs to maintain his medicinal mist to keep the life of the cub inside the egg alive.

Xialong analyzed it carefully and finally came to a preliminary conclusion that his medicinal mist might need to last for more than half a month.

This is absolutely impossible for Xialong!

It’s nothing, it’s just because I’m lazy!
This is a delicate job. With so many fire dragon eggs, He would need to spend a lot of time and energy on this for half a month. In Xialong's value system, it is impossible for Him to do this.

Thinking of this, Xialong realized that the three eggs in this batch of fire dragon eggs that could hatch fire dragon cubs had reached their limit of tolerance to the medicinal mist, so he removed the white mist.

Without the life energy supply of the Xialong, the white mist quickly dissipated with the wind. When the fire dragon couple found that three of their eight eggs were full of vitality again, they couldn't help but rush over. Their two huge bodies lowered their heads and watched from a close distance. They looked so precious, as if they wanted to hang their eyeballs on the eggs.

Xialong croaked, which made Luo Yun, who was originally a little surprised that Xialong could actually do it, look slightly moved. He heard the disappointment in Xialong's voice.

After looking at the fire dragon couple who were so happy that they spread their wings and kept looking at their eggs, Luo Yun spread his wings and left here first, flying towards the top of the ancient tree, where the steel dragon once lived temporarily.

Ever since Luo Yun showed his sunshine posture, the cats began to transform the place.

The strength of their own fire dragon boss is no less than any ancient dragon, so this huge platform, which was once the temporary residence of the steel dragon on the ancient tree, will naturally be taken back by the fire dragon clan, who are the masters of the ancient tree.

(End of this chapter)