Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 287 Disturbing Traces

Looking at Tiaotiao's appearance, it seems that he has been under house arrest... During this period of nominal house arrest, Tiaotiao must have been feeling suffocated. Now that he can finally run at full speed, Tiaotiao's mood has become extremely carefree and excited.

Since Tiaotiao was so happy, Lin Lin let it run freely, as long as he didn't let it go astray.

Lin Lin sat on Tiao Tiao's back and only needed to pay attention to the direction occasionally, and he was able to focus on the surrounding environment.

The mosses and mushrooms in the forest are still in a state of rapid growth. Many leaves of the trees are yellow and wilted, but various vines and the like are growing more lushly, even to the point of being messy.

As for more common plant materials such as sleeping grass, medicinal herbs, and detoxifying grass, it seems that they are not affected much by the rainy season, or the impact is not great, and the number has not decreased sharply.

After galloping for almost an hour and completely away from the area near Jieyun Village and deep into the wilderness where few people have been, Lin Lin slowed down, jumped off Tiao Tiao, and at the same time focused his attention and observed the traces around him.

Although the fire dragon's flying endurance is much better than that of other races, Dakong is still a baby fire dragon after all. After flying for a long time, he is a little tired at the moment. Seeing that Lin Lin slowed down, he flapped his wings a few times and landed beside him, folded his wings and returned to the ground mode.

As Lin Lin walked, he distinguished various traces and pointed them out to Dakong from time to time for him to follow and observe. He didn't expect it to learn to analyze anything from these traces, but he just wanted to help it learn how to pay attention to the surrounding environment when it was on the ground, so as to avoid danger approaching without its awareness.

Date regained its freedom from Dakong's claws, and the first thing it did was to climb onto Tiaotiao's back and comb its hair that was curled by the strong wind. At the same time, it also followed Lin Lin to pay attention to the movements around it.

"Boss meow! Look over there!"

After walking for a while, Date suddenly gave a reminder.

It was an ancient tree with only the roots left and the upper half completely gone. Judging from the texture of the bark and the texture of the wood, it was a knotwood tree that Lin Lin was very familiar with - and it was not the kind that was killed by excessive rain. Before it broke, it should have been a very normal and healthy knotwood tree.

Lin Lin reached out and touched the jagged and rough fracture, then twisted it lightly with his fingers a few times and made a judgment.

This knotwood tree must have been broken for at least half a month, and the upper part was directly broken by a brutal force.

This is the knotty cloud wood that can be used as weapons and material for dragon boats. It is very strong. Anyone who can violently destroy this tree must be a very powerful and ruthless person to launch an attack.

An ordinary Thunder Wolf Dragon would not be able to possess such terrifying strength. The overlord Thunder Wolf Dragon at that time should have been able to do it... but its body size was not too big. If it had done it, the broken part should have relatively smooth claw cut marks.

Moreover... it has been almost a month since the master and his team accepted the commission to hunt the overlord Thunder Wolf Dragon. Lin Lin still remembered that the time limit given for the original commission was one month, but until now, there has been no news, which makes people feel a little worried.

But there were three high-ranking hunters. Even if they really faced an ancient dragon, it wouldn't be possible that not even one of them could escape, right?
Lin Lin could only guess whether some unexpected changes had occurred, slowing down their progress or whether they had already succeeded or were about to succeed and were already on their way back?

After a moment of worry, Lin Lin shook his head and refocused his attention on the trace in front of him, pondering the other party's identity. There are many powerful monsters, from small ones like Super Saiyan Golden Lion to heavyweights like Luffa Abao, but those who would roam in places like streams...

Lin Lin thought about it, and suddenly a vegetarian guy with a huge body but an unexpectedly gentle temperament emerged in his mind.

If it was a Tailhammer Dragon, its hammer-like tail made of a mixture of bones and tree shells would definitely be able to cause similar damage. The staple food of that guy seemed to be various fallen and rotten trees. The number of such trees increased significantly in the stream areas affected by heavy rains, so it was not surprising that it attracted a big guy like the Tailhammer Dragon.

If it is it, then things are relatively easy to deal with. As long as you don't do anything that would be considered an invasion of its territory, there will be no problem for both parties to live in peace.

However, based on the current traces alone, we cannot rule out the suspicion of other large monsters, and it is not appropriate to make such a hasty judgment.

Moreover, these traces were left more than ten days ago, and it is unknown whether the monster is still here. Lin Lin can only be vigilant and observe the surroundings more.

Lin Lin sighed inwardly. He had originally just wanted to bring Dakong with him to teach it how to hunt, but he didn't expect to make such an unexpected discovery. He hoped that nothing would go wrong next, and it would be best not to run into the big guy who left traces.

Lin Lin tensed his mind and continued to move forward, while constantly searching and observing various traces. As a result, he did not find any traces of the large monster, but a not-so-conspicuous gnawing trace attracted his attention.

This is a specialty mushroom that has been gnawed down to the point where only the stem fragments are left. Judging from the obvious signs of fresh digging around it, it was probably left there by an old acquaintance.

A big wild boar...

Yes, it is a good target to show Dakong how to hunt, and the meat is also good. Even if it cannot fill up Tiaotiao and Dakong at the same time, at least Dakong and his stomach can be half full.

Well, let's kill this guy as soon as possible, fill our stomachs, and go back to the village quickly. The broken marks found before always make him feel a little uneasy, so it's best not to meet that guy.

Soon, Lin Lin followed the traces of mining and found a hoof print. Looking at the shape of the footprint, Lin Lin was 100% sure that this was the mark left by a wild boar.

"Come on, Dakong, I'll teach you a lesson. You'll have to learn how to hunt from now on!"

Lin Lin did not move the shield axe on his back, but pulled out a peeling knife from behind his waist, shook it in the sunlight, and the bright knife light was reflected.

In the past, he could kill a big wild boar with just a few polished bones. Now, let alone taking out a knife, he has absolute confidence that he can kill the opponent even in hand-to-hand combat. However, since this is a hunting lesson, it is better to show Dakong some skills as much as possible.

After finding the first footprints, the subsequent tracking was easy for Lin Lin. After a while, he found the target by a small river.

(End of this chapter)