Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 319 Old Grudges

Perhaps to avoid obstructing its vision, the only part of the Lanlong's body that was not protected by the swirling wind armor was its head, so it did not affect the effectiveness of the crossbow bolts at all.

After initial exploratory shots, Rachel discovered that the whirlwinds wrapped around the Storm Dragon varied in strength and had different effects on the crossbow bolts. Apart from the head, the whirlwinds wrapped around the forelimbs and tail were not strong enough for the crossbow bolts to penetrate and cause damage.

'Thank goodness, at least it's not just about shooting the head...'

As a marksman, if the only effective shooting point is the head, her positioning will be greatly restricted, and her shooting range may be blocked by her close-combat teammates.

Taking advantage of the moment when Lanlong was suspended in mid-air due to the flash, she quickly emptied a magazine and was about to reload when she discovered that even though Lanlong's vision was temporarily deprived, it still opened its mouth and spat out a water ball with a diameter of more than 20 meters, which landed precisely in her direction.

It can even pinpoint my location?

Is it determined by the direction of the crossbow bolt, or is there some other means of sensing?
Rachel's mind raced as she slid to the side, clutching her heavy crossbow, quickly avoiding the water sphere's impact point.

Before she could even catch her breath, she discovered that the water sphere that landed was like a bomb, exploding and creating a tidal wave that surged outwards!
"Grass!"

This move wasn't in the intelligence!
Caught off guard, Rachel only had time to curl up to minimize her exposure to the impact before being thrown away by the blast of water.

"Cough cough..."

Fortunately, although the water sphere had a large blast radius, the impact was weaker the further away from the center. In addition, with the protection of the Nargacuga armor and her instinctive recovery, Rachel was not seriously injured and lost her ability to fight, even though her internal organs ached from the impact.

Soaked to the bone, Rachel scrambled to her feet in a disheveled state. Her first instinct was to look at Lanlong, only to find that Kevin and Rickres had already engaged the dragon, diverting its attention and preventing it from immediately pursuing her again. This gave her a little time to drink her medicine and recover.

On the other side, Lin Lin and Da Kong were already at their physical limits. After dodging the flash, they landed at the far end of the platform.

Upon landing, Da Kong staggered a few steps, but finally, due to exhaustion, he slipped and fell to the ground. Lin Lin, who was also carrying him and had little strength left, also lost his grip and tumbled to the side.

"Brother Lin Lin!"

Ye Zi, holding Xiang Chong's hand, rushed over the instant Da Kong landed and helped Lin Lin up.

Date followed closely behind her, rushing over. She originally wanted to help Lin Lin, but her spot was taken, so she ran to Da Kong's side and took out a bunch of potions from her bag, such as recovery potions, nutritional supplements, vitality potions, and energy drinks, and poured them into Da Kong's mouth without saying a word.

Lin Lin got up, panting heavily. Seeing this scene, he felt a little more at ease. He wanted to ask what was going on, but before he could open his mouth, Ye Zi had already taken out a large pill and stuffed it into Lin Lin's mouth without saying a word.

"Gudu"

A warm current quickly spread from his abdomen, repairing the still-healing hidden wounds and injecting new vitality into his tired body.

The effect seems to be much better than the secret medicine from the date palm before?
"Brother Lin Lin, how are you? Are you feeling better?"

With Ye Zi's support, Lin Lin quickly regained his balance. He took a couple of deep breaths and casually asked:

"Thank goodness, this is an ancient secret medicine?"

"I mixed it myself, and the effect should be... alright, right?"

Ye Zi carefully observed Lin Lin's complexion, her tone somewhat lacking in confidence, because Lin Lin's condition still didn't seem very good.

Lin Lin nodded, his eyes slightly closed, trying to adapt to this strange sense of disorientation—the weakness and fatigue in his body had been relieved by the ancient secret medicine, but the weakness caused by the long-term tension in his mind still existed. Although his body seemed to have inexhaustible energy again, he was so sleepy that he wanted to fall asleep as soon as possible.

'Now is not the time to relax...'

Lin Lin tried to remind himself, forced himself to open his eyes again, and looked back at the battlefield between the three high-ranking hunters and the Storm Dragon.

"Why are Master and the others here? What's going on?"

Ye Zi breathed a slight sigh of relief. "Brother Lin Lin, let's leave this place first, so as not to disrupt Mr. Kevin and the others' fighting rhythm, okay?"

Lin Lin was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Okay."

Putting aside the mystical rule that if he and Yezi joined the battle, the number would exceed four and might bring misfortune, just considering their current strength and experience cooperating with their master, going over there would be more trouble than help...

They found a secluded spot nearby, one that wouldn't be visible to Lanlong, and Da Kong found a relatively flat place to lie down. Ye Zi then helped Lin Lin sit down, leaning against Da Kong's body.

She pondered for a moment before speaking, and in the shortest possible tone, she recounted in detail what happened after Lin Lin took to the skies.

"Use falling rocks to repel the Storm Dragon?"

After listening to their plan, Lin Lin frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.

In his understanding, the Storm Dragon is not like the Nergigante or the Primal Silver Dragon, which are purely flesh-type Ancient Dragons. Instead, it is a mage-type Ancient Dragon like the Kirin Steel Dragon. This does not mean that their bodies are weak, but that their bodies are relatively mediocre compared to their outstanding spellcasting talents.

If that mountain were to crash down squarely on it, even the Storm Dragon would likely be injured. But the question is, to what extent would it be injured? And after being injured, would it retreat, or become even more enraged?
However, in the end, he did not voice any objections, because based on his and Da Kong's previous escape experience, Lanlong would not easily let go of anything it wanted to tear apart unless there was something else that could attract its attention.

In other words, he didn't have any better options.

Could he possibly make a long-distance SOS call and summon Mrs. Fengshan Long from the Lokra Desert?

Putting aside the question of whether they could win or not, the Fengshan Dragon's body is specially adapted to the sandy sea environment, while Lingfeng is surrounded by mountains, so it can't come here!

"Awooo!"

A thunderous explosion rang out, followed by a loud roar that suddenly reached their ears. Judging from the sound, the roar came from the platform they had just been on, not far away.

Lin Lin instinctively shuddered. He recognized that cry all too well—it was a Thunder Wolf Dragon!

But the roar of a normal Zinogre is not so powerful. Could it be that the overlord Zinogre has arrived?
Did the masters fail to hunt it?

Lin Lin and Ye Zi exchanged a glance, each seeing a hint of worry in the other's eyes.

"Go and see?"

"it is good!"

Lin Lin then turned to look at Yezao, who immediately understood:

"I'll stay here and look after Oozora-neko!"

……

"Damn it, where did this guy come from?!"

Kevin forced down the metallic taste in his throat. He had just shielded himself from a slap from the Storm Dragon and was preparing to retaliate when a golden Thunder Wolf Dragon suddenly darted out from the side, almost crashing into him.

The moment he saw the figure, he almost thought it was the overlord Thunder Wolf Dragon that they had been harassing for almost a month coming to cause them trouble. However, after seeing that the figure ignored him and rushed towards the Storm Dragon with a long howl, he knew that things were not as simple as he thought.

"Awooo!"

Lanlong could recognize that the hunters who appeared in front of it one after another were all different individuals, and each of them was incredibly audacious, daring to launch an attack on it. Its attention was originally focused on these tiny hunters in front of it, and it did not notice the commotion when the Thunder Wolf Dragon came up the mountain.

At that moment, as it heard that familiar roar, the golden figure had already rushed in front of it, leaping high into the air and smashing a Sun Fist down on Lanlong's head.

"boom!"

The dragon's head was violently thrown to the side by the heavy claw strike, and crackling lightning danced on its smooth scales before finally gathering on the claw mark—but that was all.

With a forceful shake of his head, Lanlong flung Jin Leigong, who was in mid-air with his old strength gone and no new strength yet generated, to the side.

Lanlong turned his head and stared at the golden figure that had not stopped at all and was rushing towards him again. A surge of anger welled up in his eyes, which were crackling with electricity.

Normally, it wouldn't mind playing along with this poor creature, and could even learn from its use of lightning. But today, it was in a bad mood.

It opened its mouth, and boundless water vapor quickly gathered, forming a huge water sphere once again in a short time.

"boom!"

A piercing grenade flew in while it was gathering its breath, the sharp steel spikes barely piercing the dragon's scales. Just as it finished gathering the water sphere and was about to throw it, the grenade exploded, causing its head to tilt slightly to the side.

With this slight deviation, its water sphere naturally veered off course, allowing Jin Leigong to get close once more.

This time, however, it didn't gather electricity to unleash a Solar Fist. Instead, it leaped forward, its four claws gripping the dragon's body, and opened its mouth to bite down hard on the dragon's throat.

Golden light burned in its eyes. It had challenged the Storm Dragon many times before, but the endless storms and breaths gave it almost no chance to get close. Its ranged attacks, which gathered electricity, could only tickle the opponent. Now, for it, this was the only chance for revenge in its life!
It is its duty to restore the glory of the Thunder Wolf!

Unfortunately, ideals are often grand, but reality is often harsh...

Even after clinging to the dragon's body and precisely finding its throat to bite down, it didn't see the blood spurting out of its mouth that it had been longing for. Beneath the dragon's white membrane lay a jet-black carapace that had withstood endless storms, its rare strength almost completely resisting the force of its bite.

Its all-out biting could only leave a row of wounds on the opponent's throat. Although blood did drip from them, that little bit of blood was nothing to the enormous Storm Dragon.

However, Jin Leigong was not discouraged by this. Instead, he tore at the ground with even more force. The delicious taste of blood in his mouth clearly told him one thing: even gods bleed!
However, for Lanlong, the sharp pain that clearly and distinctly came from its throat was an utter disgrace. How dare it, a mere weakling to be toyed with at will, actually hurt a god like Lanlong?

The enraged Lanlong, carrying the Golden Thunder God on his body, soared into the sky, and endless storms began to gather around him.

The storm that Lanlong unleashed with all its might was enough to tear everything apart, but if the storm's target was itself, it would also be injured—and it would definitely hurt much more than the bite of Jin Leigong. Therefore, when Jin Leigong pressed tightly against its body, Lanlong dared not unleash its full power. It could only control the intensity of the wind within the range that its carapace could withstand, and then cut Jin Leigong into a thousand pieces.

However, Jin Leigong seemed determined to tear Lanlong's throat apart. If once wasn't enough, it would try again. It clung tightly to Lanlong's body, completely ignoring the pain caused by the countless tiny wind blades cutting into its body.

The pain I feel is nothing compared to the deep-seated hatred of having my homeland taken away and my people slaughtered!
While the two dragons were locked in combat, the three high-ranking hunters below gathered together to discuss their strategy.

"Should we continue with the previous battle plan? The sudden appearance of the Thunder Wolf Dragon has completely drawn the Storm Dragon's attention. This is the best time for us to retreat!"

"Not necessarily. Lanlong has started to lose its temper. I'm afraid it won't be able to hold on before we even get down the mountain... At that time, this vengeful guy will definitely come looking for us again. Losing this chosen battlefield will probably make the situation even more unfavorable for us."

“I think that since this Thunder Wolf Dragon is coming for the Storm Dragon, it shouldn’t be hostile to us. Maybe we can cooperate with it? Rachel, your timing for that armor-piercing grenade was good. It successfully created an opportunity for that Thunder Wolf Dragon.”

“Kevin, that’s a monster! Although there are some exceptions among monsters, like the fire dragon cub next to your apprentice, at least that one was hatched from a young age. Do you think a wild thunder wolf dragon would cooperate with you?”

"In that case, let's continue with the previous battle plan..."

When Lin Lin arrived at the battlefield, what he saw was golden lightning falling from the sky.

Jin Leigong ultimately couldn't withstand it. Under the relentless slicing of the Storm Dragon, even its toughest shell couldn't last long under such cutting. And once its muscles began to be injured, affecting its ability to exert force, it could no longer cling firmly to the Storm Dragon.

The heavy body crashed down right in front of him, but compared to before, the other party was now covered in countless bloodstains, and the golden body was completely stained with blood.

Lin Lin subconsciously pulled out a handful of life powder from his pocket and threw it at Jin Leigong.

(End of this chapter)