Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 230 Before Leaving (Two in One)

After Lin Lin placed a large number of orders, Ye Zi followed suit, but what she wanted to build was much simpler.

Using various high-quality bones collected from the Frozen Islands, the materials she had accumulated before, and the "insignificant" amount of rare ores supported by Lin Lin, Ye Zi created a set of pure mineral armor called the "Alloy S" series.

Unlike the set of equipment that Brave used at the beginning, Ye Zi's Alloy S set is relatively lighter due to the characteristics of the metal material used, and the protective effect is not weakened much.

A large amount of snow-light metal is used in its production, so after forging, it will cause resonance when attacking with water-attribute weapons, thereby enhancing the strength of the attribute attack [Water-attribute attack enhancement lv4].

Because of its relatively light design, it does not affect the body's movement. When attacking, the hunter will be more comfortable and can control the weapon more accurately [See Through lv4]

In addition, due to its special design structure, this set of armor makes it easier to sharpen weapons, saving time and effort. Moreover, the polished weapons seem to be less likely to wear out over a period of time [Whetstone High Speed ​​Use lv3] [Hard Edge Grinding lv1]

In fact, Ye Zi did not value the protection that this set of equipment could provide. If she had not been injured during the battle with the Ice Fang Dragon, which made her realize that the protection of the Sickle Weasel Dragon suit was too weak, she would not have been so anxious to change her equipment.

Ye Zi was originally planning to make just this set of protective gear, but after seeing the "Frozen Ancient Dragon Bones" collected by Lin Lin and the others, Old Man Dao Wen said that he had some ideas and was ready to try to use these dragon bone materials to make a new insect-controlling stick. Ye Zi was naturally happy to do so.

……

The equipment of the three people have ushered in a new wave of upgrades. While waiting for the new equipment to come out, the three people did not sit still.

Lin Lin took a break from fighting monsters for a while. Instead of going out to fight monsters, he stayed in the village to study Kinsects and try to develop the "Fully Charged Counterattack" move... In addition, he also memorized the materials for strengthening the Sea Realm series shield axes. When he had nothing to do, he would take the captain's boat and go fishing with him when he went out to sea to see if he could catch a few more armored sea bream.

Brave was also ready to calm down and digest the gains from the recent battles, and was ready to go to Puxian to ask for advice on some of his doubts.

Compared with Lin Lin and the others, Ye Zi seems to be much busier.

She found Teacher Ni Tai and learnt some new moves from him by much coaxing and begging. At the same time, she also took on missions to go out of the village and fight monsters in the wild, while also practicing her dragon-controlling skills.

Time passed quietly day by day, and when the first spring thunder sounded on the earth, a peregrine falcon flew from the north and brought a letter.

Lin Lin flattened the letter with his calloused fingers, looked at the beautiful handwriting on it, and frowned quietly.

“Spring is coming so fast…”

After repeatedly reading what Sophia described in the letter, Lin Lin took a deep breath.

Although he is only a four-star, there is no time for him to continue growing. It is time to return to the village.

Brave was training at the training ground in the village, so Lin Lin went straight over to him.

"Go back to Jieyun? Is it finally time?"

After listening to Lin Lin's general account of the situation, Brave took out the Flying Dragon Sword in his hand, and seemed eager to try.

"It's almost time. I plan to set off once my new equipment is built."

"I'm fine. Have you told Yezi?"

Lin Lin pursed his lips. He actually didn't want to take Ye Zi with him. After all, the trip was too dangerous, and the girl still had her own Yanhuo Village to save!
"Didn't she say a long time ago that she wanted to go to Jieyun with you? Don't forget the current situation of Jieyun Village. One more person means one more force. If you don't want to go, then I will go."

Lin Lin sighed softly, "Alright, she should be on an urgent mission to get promoted to three stars these days. I'll talk to her when she comes back."

After reaching three stars... as long as you don't face the Thunder Wolf Dragon alone, you should be able to protect yourself.

……

Ye Zi's promotion was no surprise. After Ye Zi returned to the village, Lin Lin went to her and told her about it.

Ye Zi readily agreed to Lin Lin's invitation and seemed quite excited:
"After I resolve the Thunder Wolf Dragon Rebellion, I must soak in the hot springs in Jieyun Village! I've been admiring them for so long!"

Hey, hey, hey! Even if you're the protagonist, you can't just plant a flag like that! It's very dangerous!
"We'll talk about the future later. It's hard to say whether it can be successfully resolved now!"

"Yeah! Brother Lin Lin, when are we leaving?"

"We'll leave once we've got new equipment. The situation over there isn't very good, so we need to hurry."

Ye Zi counted the days in his mind, then raised his head and looked at Lin Lin with his big watery eyes:
"Brother Lin Lin, the delivery date seems to be today?"

……

So, the three hunters gathered again at the door of the blacksmith shop.

"Haha...are you all here? You're really anxious..."

In the blacksmith shop, Old Man Dao Wen picked up the tea, took a sip, and looked at the three people with a smile.

"Try them all. I've put all the equipment in the back room!"

Dao Wen put down the tea, and then an Elu cat came out and led the three of them to the compartment.

Facing us were three human-shaped racks, on which were placed a set of ice-blue heavy armor, a set of white armor, and a set of gray iron shells.

Ye Zi glanced at the three sets of equipment. Why did she feel that hers was the ugliest?

No, we have to hurry up and get some other monsters to change into better-looking armor!

In addition to the three sets of armor, two shield axes, a katana, and a bug club sat quietly on the weapon rack at the back. One shield axe resembled the armored stone snapper, a water-attributed Viking shield. The other was icy blue, its shield resembling teeth biting together, giving it a striking appearance. It was called the Shark Guard. In Lin Lin's opinion, it looked much more stylish than the salted fish shield axe.

Although the attribute energy in the shield axe's moves that are released through the energy bottle accounts for the majority, it does not mean that the attribute energy contained in its sword and axe blade is weak. Among the two shield axes, one feels moist and the other emits icy air. The two are placed side by side, and a thin layer of frost condenses on the ground in the middle.

The katana is made of ice tooth dragon material, and the blade looks amber. You don't need to touch it, you can feel the chill just by getting close to it.

The insect stick was made entirely of bone, and no longer had the shape of a traditional double-headed knife. Its lower end was relatively rough and rounded. Lin Lin tentatively reached out to touch the blade, only to find that it was faintly flashing with crimson electric light. Without a doubt, this jumping red electric arc came from the most unique dragon attribute among the five attributes.

According to the meaning of the knife pattern, this is a "dragon bone stick" he made with ancient dragon bones containing dragon energy as the core, supplemented by other dragon bone materials. It has excellent dragon energy and is very effective against weak dragon monsters such as fire dragons.

Ye Zi took her Alloy S suit to the inner room to change into it, while Lin Lin and Brave were not so particular and just took off their armor and changed clothes on the spot.

A few minutes later, Lin Lin was dressed neatly and was about to walk out when he suddenly felt a collision on his forehead.

Lin Lin looked up blankly and found that he had knocked a mark on the door frame of the blacksmith shop.

Lin Lin subconsciously touched his forehead, and a thought flashed through his mind:
Am I already this tall?

He was a tall man before he crossed over, with a height of 185 cm. When his relatives saw him, they all said that he was a handsome young man. After coming to the Monster Hunter world, thanks to the nourishing climate and soil here, he underwent a secondary growth. Unknowingly, he had grown to over 1.9 meters tall. After putting on the helmet, the hideous spikes on his head directly reached 2.1 meters tall.

Dao Wen also saw the gap in the door frame, and his face immediately turned dark.

"Go outside for an interview!"

Lin Lin laughed dryly, nodded and bowed as he walked out the door. Then he stood up in the open space and practiced various tactical moves, while Brave directly grabbed the Ice Fang Scarlet Blade and started swinging it in the air on the other side - Ye Zi was a girl, so changing clothes was always a little more troublesome. They both took a while to adapt themselves before Ye Zi came out after changing into her equipment.

The three of them adapted their equipment. Lin Lin tried it over and over again and felt that drawing and retracting the weapon was very smooth, jumping and sliding were not hesitant at all, and even rolling did not feel any hindrance.

Lin Lin turned his head to look at the broad shoulder armor, which was originally designed with a large number of ferocious spikes. If a greatsword was used with the Iron Mountain Lean, it could cause considerable damage in the collision. However, he was using a shield and axe, so he didn't need this trick very often, so he asked Dao Wen to change it into a relatively rounded shoulder guard.

After the redesign of the knife pattern, although the shape still looks quite sturdy, it fully utilizes the extremely elastic characteristics of the Transformed Ice Shark, allowing it to fully absorb the force and cushion the impact during collisions, greatly enhancing the wearer's impact resistance. [Reducing Shyness/Impact Resistance]

In addition, due to the excellent warmth-keeping ability of this set of armor and the heat-resistant protective stone on Lin Lin's body, after wearing both at the same time, Lin Lin has achieved an excellent physique that is immune to cold and heat, and the comfort of daily life has been greatly improved.

After exercising for a while, Lin Lin was very satisfied with it, and could even say that he couldn't let it go. He simply didn't take it off, but wore it as his new daily clothes.

"Why don't you try it in the water? Even though this outfit is inlaid with three Swamp Crossing Pearls, I'm not sure how well I can adapt to the water."

Dao Wen reminded him from the side.

Lin Lin followed suit and ran quickly to the riverside, then jumped in under Puff's astonished gaze.

Little Puff, who was dozing off in the sun in the shack, was startled. Although the person looked a little unfamiliar at first glance, he was able to identify the identity of the visitor based on pure intuition. In shock, he quickly kicked his feet and slipped into the river.

Humans can't breathe underwater!
Puff's eyes have a unique structure, which allows it to see easily underwater. It took two glances and instantly found Lin Lin's figure. It swung its big tail and swam over in an instant.

Don't panic, pigeon, I'm here to save you!
Thinking of this, Puff accelerated again and caught up with the ice-blue figure in the blink of an eye.

But what it didn't expect was that when the other party turned its head and found that it had caught up with it, it actually twisted its waist and whooshed away for a long distance. Its posture was like a nimble fish!

After regaining some distance, the figure turned around and waved at it, as if to say:
Come chase me, if you catch me I will let you hehehe~
Little Puff was stunned. This is not right. Is this still my Lin Lin pigeon? When did it become so agile in the water?

It didn't believe it, so it swung its tail vigorously and chased after it.

It chases him, he flees, he can't escape even if he has wings...

So, the two sides started a thrilling chase in the water.

At the beginning, the two sides were evenly matched, but as time went on, due to the limitation of oxygen, Lin Lin had to float to the surface to breathe, and the distance between the two sides was shortened. Finally, Little Puff suddenly jumped up, and wrapped its slender body around Lin Lin's body, and its sharp claws tightly grasped Lin Lin's new armor.

Hey, I caught you!
Well... thankfully, Dao Wen modified the original design so that the overall equipment doesn't have as many ferocious spikes as it originally looked. Otherwise, if Little Puff were to get tangled up like this, she might get hurt...

"Okay, okay, you caught me, little Puff is really awesome!"

Lin Lin took off his helmet and let Little Puff wrap around him. He exerted a little force with his legs and swam towards the shore with Little Puff.

Sitting on the shore, Lin Lin casually took out a small fish and fed it to Puff. After playing, little Puff had released a lot of energy and now lay quietly beside Lin Lin.

Lin Lin reached out and gently rubbed Little Puff's head. "Live well in Yanhuo Village and get along well with the villagers. If other monsters attack the village, it would be even better if you can help drive them away..."

"When I'm not here, Huoya and the others will be able to take care of you. I don't really have anything to worry about, but it's been a while since we last met, so please don't forget me..."

Lin Lin looked at the rippling lake and muttered to himself. He didn't know how much time had passed when he heard a snoring sound beside him. Lin Lin turned his head and saw that the little guy had fallen asleep without him noticing.

Lin Lin smiled lightly, without disturbing Little Puff, stood up again, and quietly returned to the front of the blacksmith shop.

"You're back? How does it feel?"

Lin Lin nodded and gave a thumbs up.

It was so awesome. I still remember the time when I was hunting kappa frogs. I jumped into the water with all my gear on and almost sank. In the end, I had to take off all my clothes before I successfully tied up the body of the kappa frog. Then, Tiao Tiao and I worked together to drag it out of the water.

But this time, he directly competed with the sea dragons in swimming speed in the water. If he didn't need to breathe, he felt that he could have directly called himself a master of water combat.

(End of this chapter)