Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 281: Isn't it just a blue bear? Look at me pushing it back with my unparalleled body!
Lin Lin picked the mandrake and put it in his bag, then sighed softly, feeling a little heavy-hearted.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon's troubles were temporarily resolved, but what was to become of the Storm Dragon? Without the protagonist's subjugation in Phase 3, what would be the fate of Jieyun Village?

Having stayed in the village for half a month, he hardly felt this invisible pressure. Now that he remembered that there was a heavy-hitting bomb living nearby, Lin Lin suddenly lost his previous mood of catching small animals with ease.

Originally, he was thinking of just catching some and taking them back, but it seemed that the natural environment had changed. The number of insects in the forest seemed a little scarce, and the number of birds also decreased a lot. After walking for a while, Lin Lin only found a black bird except for the pair he saw at the beginning.

Lin Lin had an impression of this kind of bird. It seemed to be called the Hate Bird. It could often be seen around many large carnivorous monsters. It was a scavenger-like bird and tended to eat carrion. Lin Lin was a little disgusted with it, so he simply didn't catch it.

After wandering in the woods for a long time, Lin Lin finally caught a few relatively satisfactory birds and started to head home.

Perhaps it was because the number of insects had decreased, Lin Lin saw two beehives along the way, both of which he had cut in half. He took the opportunity to bring them back to Xiong Er. Since he was already there, he might as well go and see it.

……

Xiong Er's lair.

When Lin Lin saw this guy, it was waving its claws at the rock wall, seemingly trying to hone its strength, and it had been doing this for quite some time - this was evident from the large cracks on the rock wall next to it.

It was panting and swinging its claws around the big rock in front of it again, when suddenly the tip of its nose twitched and it immediately stopped and looked around while panting.

The moment it saw Lin Lin, it restrained its ferocity and ran towards him on all fours, as happy as a child weighing more than ten tons.

Lin Lin took out half of the beehive and waved at Xiong Er.

"I'm here to see you again!"

However, this time he didn't even wear protective gear, let alone bring a barbecue grill, so he couldn't make honey grilled fish this time. He could only settle for the second best and feed it honey directly.

Xiong Er was indeed very happy. Honey was hard to find in the habitat recently, so he mostly relied on catching fish in the water to fill his stomach. He couldn't help drooling just by smelling the fragrance of honey.

Xiong Er sat on the ground, holding the honeycomb and started to gnaw on it. Lin Lin sat down next to him, took out another piece of honeycomb, broke off a small piece and put it in his mouth.

chewing...

Mm, it’s so sweet. It turns out that sweets can make people feel better.

After squeezing out every bit of sweetness, Lin Lin spat out the tasteless beeswax, turned his head to look at the messy rock wall where Xiong Er had practiced, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

Xiong Er has been exercising like crazy recently. Is it because he is more eager to become stronger after being beaten up by the overlord Thunder Wolf Dragon last time?
Hiss... It just so happens that my recent strength growth has reached a bottleneck, and ordinary training is no longer effective, so why not try more stimulating training?

For example, try wrestling with Xiong Er or something...

I heard from Ye Zi that Miss Manjusri from Yanhuo Village had acquired such great strength that she could wrestle with the Blue Bear Beast not long after her debut. Logically speaking, my strength is not bad either, so I should give it a try, right?

"Bear Two!"

Hearing Lin Lin's call, Xiong Er, who had quickly destroyed the beehive in his hand, cast his gaze towards Lin Lin. Before his eyes fell on the other half of the beehive in Lin Lin's hand, he heard Lin Lin continue to say:

"Come wrestle! If you win, I'll give you this beehive too!"

"Roar?"

Xiong Er tilted his head, but after Lin Lin's gestures, he roughly understood what he meant and immediately roared excitedly. My little brother is quite thoughtful. If you want honey, just give it to me directly. No, I have to beat you before you give it to me. Why bother?
"Come on! I'm ready!"

……

When Lin Lin staggered back to the farm, he was seen by Iwata who happened to be passing by. When he saw the bruises all over Lin Lin's body, he was immediately shocked.

"Hey, hey, hey! Are you okay?! Could it be that a monster more dangerous than the Thunder Wolf Dragon has appeared near the village? Is it serious? I have two bottles of recovery potion here, drink them quickly!"

Lin Lin's face was tense, trying to maintain an expressionless look, but his facial muscles were still a little distorted. He waved his hand and tried to speak calmly:

"It's nothing serious, just a minor injury. I've already taken medicine."

"Are you really okay? You look really bad..."

Iwata looked worried and wanted to come forward to help, but Lin Lin quickly waved his hand to refuse.

"I'm really fine, just a little tired..."

Iwata:……

You look so weak and yet you're still holding on, it's really not convincing...

"Okay, okay, you're fine. Then can you tell me what happened? What kind of monster could have made a powerful hunter who successfully hunted the Thunder Wolf Dragon so defeated?"

Lin Lin: ...

I'm glad you praised me as a powerful hunter, but I don't want to talk about the topic you mentioned.

He could only speak vaguely:
"Well...don't worry, there's no danger in the village. I just went around and checked everything. Relax."

Iwata wanted to speak again, but Lin Lin had no choice but to open his arms and gesture to him:
"Look, I'm fine! Okay, okay, don't worry."

"Okay, okay, I'm a little tired. Let's stop talking. I'm going to go back and have a nap first."

Lin Lin dragged his heavy steps, preparing to continue walking towards the hut, when he suddenly thought of something. He turned around, put down the wicker cage he was carrying, and gestured to Iwata:
"By the way, these are some environmental creatures I caught. Please take care of them for me first. I'll come back to get them when I wake up."

After explaining the matter and saying goodbye to Iwata, Lin Lin walked back to his room weakly. Under Yezao's surprised gaze, he fell headfirst onto the bed and died without a sound.

Yezao was startled and quickly jumped down from the table, trying to reach out to check Lin Lin's breath.

Boss, I went to catch an environmental creature, how did it turn out like this? Boss, please don't die!
Then, just as Coconut Date's cat claws stretched out and before it got close to Lin Lin's cheek, it heard a snoring sound like muffled thunder.

"Huang~~~"

The cat's paw that Date stretched out froze in mid-air.

Good news: The boss is just tired, not dead.

Bad news: The boss's snoring is too loud, meow! It's almost like a monster's roar, meow!

(End of this chapter)