Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 107 During the banquet

"Sure enough, it's really unlucky..."

After receiving Lin Lin's comfort, Todd seemed even more depressed.

"but……"

"but?"

Lin Lin paused. "When you were at two stars, you encountered a Boom Dragon and managed to escape. When you were at three stars, you encountered a Triceratops and yet you were able to escape unscathed. To some extent, isn't this a reflection of your good fortune, Brother Todd?"

"Yes, is that so?"

Lin Lin nodded fiercely. "Yes, there's a saying in my hometown. It goes something like this: if God wants to entrust a person with an important task, he will definitely let him go through hardships and obstacles first to test his will and character."

"I see, Brother Todd, you're going to do great things in the future, that's why you're running into these seemingly unfortunate troubles!"

"Ahahaha! So that's how it is. I was saying, how could my luck be so bad?"

Todd put his hands on his hips and laughed heartily. "When I reach five stars, I will definitely go back and kill that dragon that disfigured me, and make it into equipment to wear!"

"Brother Todd, you said you encountered the Dragonite while you were gathering snow mountain grass? Was it over in the Frasia Snow Mountain?"

"Yes, I had just become an official hunter and was assigned to a snowy mountain village called Pokai as a resident hunter. I ended up running into that guy... and he was shot right down the mountain. So, as you said, I was lucky enough to survive."

Lin Lin's thoughts seemed to fly along with Todd's words, and went to the snowy little village.

"Pokai Village, if I have the chance, I really want to visit it..."

"Hahahaha! Brother Lin Lin, there will be a chance. Even though the weather is cold, the villagers there are very welcoming! And the village head's grandmother cooked a bowl of hot soup. It would be a real treat to drink it in the snow!"

Lin Lin couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "Brother Todd, you really love to eat..."

"Of course, the only things we can't miss are food and battle!"

……

Although he had been in Rocklark for quite a while, this was the first time that Lin Lin carefully observed every inch of the city. With Todd's guidance, Lin Lin not only satisfied his appetite and filled his belly, but also strolled through the streets and alleys of the city.

During this period, he also strolled around a residential area specially built for the orcs, and happened to meet Joey, the mother of Date.

The two sides talked about the changes and progress of Date in recent times, and also mentioned Date's amazing talent for mechanical engineering. Under Lin Lin's high praise, Joey seemed very happy and said on the spot that he would cook two dishes to entertain the two hunters.

Lin Lin, who was so full that he could barely walk, couldn't eat any more. He could only politely decline the offer and leave under Joey's regretful gaze.

“Where else have I not visited?”

After leaving the orcs' residential area, Lin Lin suddenly noticed several relatively secluded mansions in the distance.

Unlike the hunter's lodge, which is a property actually owned by the guild, the owners of the mansions here are truly wealthy or noble. Just from the decoration and scene arrangement, one can feel the scent of money.

"There..."

Todd curled his lips and said, "It seems to be the territory of a large chamber of commerce. I heard that they used to be nobles. They act arrogant and pretentious all day long. Anyway, I don't want to deal with them." After hearing this, Lin Lin lost interest in going over to find out. He just glanced at the sky and found that dusk was approaching unknowingly, so he walked towards the meeting place.

The dinner was held in the small square in front of the meeting hall.

Lin Lin took the time to ask, "What's the name of that chamber of commerce?"

If they are really like what Todd said, the kind of people who are arrogant and don't know what they mean, then he has to stay away from them.

"I think it's called... Zijin Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Lin Lin blinked, and suddenly a sentence popped up in his mind:
"The girl threw a banquet with good wine and a good atmosphere, but she accidentally drank a few hundred million gulps too many."

Ziyuan, Zijin...is it a coincidence?
If that's true, looking at Ziyuan's performance today, doesn't she look like she's being arrogant at all?

Lin Lin's thoughts were soon interrupted. As the afterglow of the setting sun faded and the moonlight shone into the sky, the scene before him clearly told him that his understanding of the dinner party was slightly biased.

In his impression, dinner parties should be held in luxuriously decorated halls, under beautiful crystal chandeliers, with people dressed neatly, wearing appropriate smiles on their faces, toasting to each other, chatting, and occasionally eating a symbolic meal.

Even though I know that the above scene is basically unlikely to appear in the world of Monster Hunter, I just think that the long table in the tavern is filled with wine and meat, and a variety of dishes are available for free. Comrades are toasting, eating and drinking, bragging, chatting, and that's all.

But compared with the scene before him, his guess was somewhat ungenerous.

Countless huge bonfires specially built are dotted around the city, and the rising fireworks turn the entire Rocklake into a "city that never sleeps" in a sense. The originally melancholy dark blue night sky is rendered warm by the orange-red flames, and even the cold wind unique to the desert at night is quickly warmed by the bonfires after blowing in.

A basin-sized stew was drizzled with a special sauce. A thick soup infused with desert spices stimulated the lips and tongue to salivate. Beer, with its rich aroma of malt, smelled sweet and delicious. Barrels of fruit wine, more like juice than wine, were unsealed. Fresh sandfish, caught by the fishing fleet, were also available. Their livers and roe were incredibly delicious even when simply cooked...

People were in a frenzy.

Lin Lin rubbed his stomach, which had just made some space, and looked at the table full of delicious food, his Adam's apple rolling.

Never mind, I’ll double my training volume tomorrow, so I might as well eat as much as I want today!
"Brother! Over here, over here!"

Lin Lin looked in the direction of the greeting and saw Ziyuan and Rachel sitting together arm in arm by the campfire, looking like a pair of close sisters.

Rachel concentrated on the sand fish skewers in her hand, while Ziyuan waved at Lin Lin with a smile.

Tolo just came over and wanted to pull Todd and Lin Lin over to get them drinking, but when he saw this, he pulled Todd away and winked at Lin Lin.

Lin Lin rolled his eyes, looking a little speechless, but still didn't say anything.

Had all of this group been corrupted by the lecherous president? While Shion was certainly pretty, how should I put it? She just wasn't his type. She didn't have those worldly desires...

Lin Lin scooped a bowl of stewed meat and thick soup, sat down next to the two of them, and ate while listening to Ziyuan chirping. This little sparrow look made it difficult to associate her with the polite and distant appearance he first saw.

"I'm going back to Dondoruma in two days. Do you want to come with me?"

Rachel finished her skewers, wiped her mouth, and turned to look at the two of them.

(End of this chapter)