Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 120 I miss you so much! Xiong Er! (Two in one)

"Hahaha! Jieyun Village! I'm back!"

Looking up at the steps in front of him, Lin Lin put his hands on his hips and laughed out loud in a very ungraceful manner.

Tiao Tiao behind him widened his eyes. He grew up in the desert. This time, he followed Lin Lin out of the desert and saw the beautiful mountains and rivers that he had never imagined before. He felt extremely fresh along the way, but now looking at the building built on the mountain in front of him, the sense of novelty became even stronger. Although he didn't quite understand what architectural style was, at a glance, he could intuitively find that the look and feel was completely different from that of Rocklark.

"Is this Jieyun Village, nya?"

Date sat on Tiaotiao's back, also looking curious.

After Braif finished dealing with the caravan's thanks, he saw that they had already started to enter the village, so he walked over to Lin Lin and looked up. "It's really a completely different style from Tangia Port and Lockrak. Just looking at it gives me a sense of softness."

Lin Lin nodded seriously, "Yes, the hot spring wine, maple leaves and flowing water are indeed quite beautiful."

Brave squinted at Lin Lin and asked, "So how long are you going to stand here and sigh?"

Lin Lin then realized that he had been standing there in a daze for a while.

He coughed dryly. "Let's go. Let's get Tiaotiao settled first, then I'll take you to the meeting place."

Now Tiao Tiao has grown a lot bigger, and the simple leather protective gear he had previously sewn has been damaged. If he were to bring it into the village and wander around, it would easily cause a disturbance.

Instead of taking the direct road up the mountain, Lin Lin circled halfway around the foot of the mountain until he came to an open space in front of the forest. He stopped only after he could see a farm opposite across the river.

Lin Lin glanced around and put his hands to his mouth, forming a trumpet shape:

"Bear Two!"

"Xiong Er! I'm back to see you!"

I called out two or three times, but there was no response.

Lin Lin rubbed his cheeks. It was strange. Isn’t he here now?
"Sophia? Are you there?"

Under Brave's strange gaze, Lin Lin laughed dryly twice, "Maybe I came at the wrong time?"

If they are not here, things will be a bit troublesome... How should I take care of Tiao Tiao?
Just as Lin Lin was lost in thought, Tiao Tiao suddenly raised his head, as if he had sensed something approaching.

Tiao Tiao quickly made a rapid cry to warn, but no one present was an ordinary person. Even without Tiao Tiao's warning, everyone noticed that something was approaching, and its body was so heavy that it could weigh at least two Tiao Tiaos.

Brave held the hilt of the knife, Date nervously put his cat claws into the prop bag, and Tiaotiao was tense and ready to jump up and attack at any time.

Only Lin Lin strode forward.

"Hey!"

Brave subconsciously wanted to pull the person, but failed.

Too impulsive, right? You don't even know what's coming!

"Boom boom boom"

The trees fell, and a dark blue figure came running towards them with all four limbs on the ground.

Lin Lin showed no sign of weakness and rushed forward with the same unstoppable momentum.

Brave's pupils shrank. This reckless guy didn't even draw his weapon!
He didn't care about anything else and rushed forward.

Just after taking two steps, he heard Lin Lin's laughter, and his steps stopped in place and he couldn't lift them up.

"Hahaha! Xiong Er! I miss you so much!"

Brave: ???

He turned his head to look at Coconut Date and Tiaotiao, and could see from their faces that they had the same look of confusion.

Turning around again, he saw Lin Lin leaping onto the blue-black monster that rushed out, hanging on it like a koala.

The monster also did not attack, but used its bear arms to hold Lin Linxiong, who looked quite small compared to its body, in its arms, and let out a rhythmic roar.

Lin Lin's laughter didn't last long, and soon became intermittent:

"Alright, alright! I know you miss me too, ahem... Can you please let go first..."

"Roar!"

The green bear beast was very reluctant, and finally let go of Lin Lin after his constant struggle, and sat down on the ground.

It looked at its friend who had changed his "skin" again, and the excitement in its heart still did not dissipate. It didn't care whether Lin Lin could understand what it meant or not, and it kept roaring.

Well... Lin Lin really couldn't understand it very well. The main reason was that Xiong Er couldn't organize his words. He didn't even know what he wanted to express. He was just constantly venting his emotions.

If you translate it a bit, it probably expresses the surprise of seeing him again, the longing for him after not seeing him for so long, the worry about Lin Lin's disappearance for so long, and the curiosity about what he had been doing during this time...

Lin Lin rubbed Xiong Er's strong and thick paws, then looked at Xiong Er carefully and found some differences from before he left.

"Huh? Did you dye your fur, Xiong Er? Why did it turn black?"

Xiong Er didn't understand, and he just rubbed Lin Lin's heavy armor with his head happily. Although Lin Lin seemed to change his "skin" every once in a while, when he heard the faint voice coming from afar, he suddenly realized that his friend who had disappeared for a long time had returned, and was enjoying the time together after separation.

Xiong Er didn't understand what Lin Lin said, so naturally he couldn't come up with an answer in his mind. Lin Lin had no choice but to let Xiong Er rub his head against him, while he walked around Xiong Er, carefully checking whether its physical condition was different from before.

This inspection is amazing!
Although it only appeared darker than before, when you kneaded it, you could see that the muscle strength of Bear Two, whether in its claws or body, had clearly increased significantly. The blackened hair was also much tougher than its original green fur, and its ability to withstand attacks had definitely increased significantly. The cuticle covering the claws showed signs of repeated regrowth and healing, and its hardness had increased significantly. The color had also changed from its original brown to a dark red...

"Oh my goodness, do you want to be the leader or the second?!"

Lin Lin's face was filled with amazement, and suddenly he seemed to have thought of something. Under Xiong Er's confused gaze, he pulled aside the thick black and green hair and checked the flesh hidden underneath.

As expected, all kinds of intertwined scars formed shockingly thick scars. If it weren't for the thick hair covering it, just seeing it would make people's scalp tingle.

Lin Lin felt extremely distressed all of a sudden. He was very worried about the superficial injuries that Tiao Tiao had received after the fight with the Yellow Speed Dragon King. Now, looking at the scars on Xiong Er's body, he could easily imagine how many times Xiong Er had suffered injuries no less severe than those of Tiao Tiao.

He turned his head and looked at Date, wanting it to help him get some recovery medicine to apply to Xiong Er. However, as soon as he turned around, he was met with three pairs of confused, shocked, and at a loss eyes.

Uh... no, it should be two pairs, because Lin Lin found that there seemed to be... hostility in the look in Tiao Tiao's eyes when he looked at Xiong Er?
I'm acting like brothers with Xiong Er, why are you still hostile? We're allies! Lin Lin subconsciously listened to Tiao Tiao's thoughts:
"Such great strength, such a strong body..."

"You're still so close to the leader..."

"Damn it, so jealous..."

Lin Lin: ???
Is this, is this right?
No, Tiaotiao, wake up! What kind of jealousy are you eating?

Don't be too outrageous!
"Huh? Lin Lin? Is that you?"

Suddenly, a female voice was heard from the woods behind me. The voice was breathing rapidly while speaking, as if she had just experienced strenuous exercise and was a little out of breath.

Lin Lin turned his head back and peered over Xiong Er's cover, and saw a girl wearing glasses leaning on her knees and breathing heavily. Her originally ivory-white skin had been tanned one or two degrees after a long period of field investigation, but even so, it was not much different from a normal person, and was far from a wheat-colored skin.

She looked at the hunter in front of her who was wearing heavy brown armor. Although she couldn't see his face, she guessed the identity of the person from Xiong Er's intimate attitude.

"Yeah! Sophia! I'm back!"

Sophia pushed her glasses, took a deep breath, and stood up straight. She glanced at the protective gear on Lin Lin's body and subconsciously wanted to ask what kind of monster's material it was made of. But when she glanced around and found a man, a cat and a dragon on the other side, she couldn't take her eyes off them.

"This is... the Yellow Speed Dragon King?!"

Lin Lin patted Xiong Er's head and said softly, "I'll make you your favorite honey grilled fish later. I need to talk to Sophia first."

Xiong Er didn't understand anything else, but the pronunciation of the four words "honey grilled fish" left a deep impression in his mind, and his eyes lit up immediately.

"I was so happy to see Xiong Er just now that I almost forgot about the important things I was doing."

Lin Lin stood up, walked to Tiao Tiao, reached out and pinched Tiao Tiao's crown which had become more and more developed recently, and gestured to Sophia.

"Come here, it's okay, Tiaotiao is very docile."

After Sophia suppressed her rapid breathing and moved forward carefully step by step, Lin Lin continued:
"This is Tiaotiao. I brought him back from the wild when I first arrived in Rocklak. Back then, he was just a yellow velociraptor. About a month ago, he fought a yellow velociraptor king and won. Since then, he's become more and more like a yellow velociraptor king."

Sophia's eyes lit up, and she was quite envious of Lin Lin's ability to do it so freely.

After introducing Sophia's favorite, Tiaotiao, Lin Lin straightened the date palm on the dragon's back.
"This is Date, my hunting partner. Do you remember the horse called Seabuckthorn that you drove when you first came to Jieyun Village? Date is Seabuckthorn's child."

Sophia then reluctantly withdrew her gaze from Tiao Tiao and turned to look at Date.

Listening to Lin Lin's introduction, she suddenly remembered the golden-haired Ailu who had shared hardships with her and was later rescued by Lin Lin.

Look at this little guy named Date. Although he is wearing thick cat armor, you can still see that this Elu's fur is silver.

"It's a bit different..."

Date Palm has very pointed ears, and even though Sophia's complaints only circled around her mouth, she still heard them.

Date took off the cat helmet and said, "My golden stripes are inherited from my father, meow!"

"Huh? So cute... Oh no, hello there, little Date!"

"Hello meow... Eh? Are you Sophia meow? I've heard the boss mention you meow!"

Sophia was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Then how did your boss introduce me?"

"He said he's a friend from the Scribe Corps, meow!"

Lin Lin: ...

Lin Lin put the helmet back on Coconut Date's head, turned sideways and introduced Brav.

"This is Braif, a quasi-three-star hunter, and a friend I met in Rocklark. He's from Tangia Port, but he came with me to Jieyun Village this time to rest for a while before going to Yanhuo Village."

Brave glanced at Lin Lin and said, "You're introducing me last, right?"
Lin Lin returned the look.

Sophia is a dragon fetishist, so I definitely introduce her to the ones she's interested in first! Didn't you see how her eyes lit up when she looked at Tiao Tiao?
Of course, that was the look in his eyes. Lin Lin didn't know whether Brave could understand and grasp the meaning.

After the two sides got to know each other, Sophia sorted out her thoughts. "So, why didn't you go back to the village first, but came here instead? Xiong Er often goes into the mountains to fight. What if he's not here when you get here? Wouldn't it be a wasted trip?"

Lin Lin brushed Tiaotiao's sharp teeth with his fingers, looked at Sophia helplessly and asked, "Do you think it's appropriate to bring Tiaotiao into the village like this?"

"Ah? Ah! Oh..."

Sophia quickly realized, "So you want to settle Tiaotiao down first, right? No problem, leave it to me!"

"Because Xiong Er often runs into the mountains, I've become quite familiar with this area lately. I'm sure I can find a suitable habitat for him!"

Lin Lin exclaimed, "Tiaotiao is a yellow speed dragon, and is best adapted to the desert environment. Can it find a suitable habitat here?"

Sophia smiled confidently, "Don't underestimate the knowledge of a Scribe team member!"

"There are only three most important things in a monster's living environment: water, food, and territory."

"This is a stream area with abundant water. As for food, I know the distribution of herbivores like Marubirds and Mushroom Pigs. As for territory..."

Sophia glanced at Xiong Er, who was looking at Lin Lin expectantly. "Thanks to Xiong Er, there are no large monsters around Jieyun Village anymore. As long as Xiong Er doesn't fight Tiao Tiao, the territory won't be a problem at all."

But that’s the problem…

Lin Lin pinched his brows. It was true that Xiong Er was a fool, but from Sophia's brief description, he knew that this guy had probably turned into a warmonger. Now that he was here, Xiong Er didn't pay attention to Tiao Tiao, otherwise, with the hostility vaguely revealed by Tiao Tiao, these two guys might really fight.

Shit! Is this some kind of Shura field?

　I just finished encoding 4K and took a look at the rewards, and my relaxed brain suddenly tensed up.

　　Thanks to the leader of the Hundred Years of Time and Dream Butterfly! ! ! (Bang Bang Bang)

　　Boss is awesome!!!

　　No need to say, I will continue to code as hard as I can and challenge my limits!

　　(That badge for writing 10,000 words a day looks really nice. I'll try to get one.)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)