Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 536 The Great Sky Strikes!

The Laoshanlong's body was so enormous that its head alone was almost the same size as the Great Sky. If someone were bitten by it, they would most likely die.

Fortunately, Osora reacted quickly, and his flying skills were almost unparalleled. The Laoshanlong's attack, which came down like a mountain, didn't even get a taste of Osora's exhaust fumes. Instead, it bit into a mouthful of brick and tile fragments, creating a huge hole in the high platform of the battle street.

However, compared to the Sky's effortless dodge, several hunters who were not far from the Sky suffered greatly. They ran for their lives and managed to escape the Lao-Shan Lung's attack range before the dragon's mouth fell.

"Crench, crunch."

Amidst the ear-piercing scraping sound, Lao Shanlong turned its head and locked onto the figure of Ooku again. With just this one movement, a large number of brick and stone fragments fell from its mouth, making the already dusty and foggy Battle Street even more chaotic.

Ooku was clearly not one to be trifled with. Seeing Lao-Shan Lung attack him, Ooku did not hesitate at all. After dodging the bite, he directly used almost all the dust stored in his Flame Bag to condense it into a scorching Flame Bullet and spat it at Lao-Shan Lung's head. And without any surprise, it hit the target.

"boom!!!"

The massive burst of flames almost completely engulfed Lao-Shan Lung's head, the scale of the raging fire being nearly as intense as the explosion of the dragon bomb earlier.

So, you should have successfully injured this guy, right?

The moment the thought flashed through his mind, Daikō's pupils suddenly shrank.

But Lao Shanlong's movements did not falter at all, as if the raging fire spewed by the sky did not exist. His cold, lifeless pupils remained unchanged, and he directly bit at the sky again.

Ignoring the exhaustion coursing through his body, Da Kong forced himself to exert all his strength, flapping his wings vigorously to propel himself rapidly upwards, narrowly escaping just before the Lao-Shan Lung could bite down.

The attack was completely ignored?!
The sky stared at Lao Shanlong with its clear blue eyes in utter shock. It had just unleashed its full power, and even had the enhancement brought by Lin Lin through the bond. It could be said to be the strongest attack it had ever made. Yet even so, it had not been able to shake the opponent in the slightest!
Da Kong, unwilling to accept defeat, tried to continue spewing flames. However, the previous attack had already exhausted the flammable dust stored in its flame bag. When it opened its mouth to spew flames, only a few scattered flames appeared, and the flames went out.

Laoshanlong clearly wasn't going to let Daiko go so easily, and raised its claws to grab at it.

However, in order to avoid its bite, Da Kong had forcibly increased its altitude and was now nearly fifty meters above the ground. The Lao Shan Long was nearly seventy meters long, and even after deducting its tail, which accounted for nearly a third of its length, its height when standing upright was only about thirty-five meters. So, its claw swipe was naturally futile and passed under Da Kong.

Unable to catch it with its claws, the Laoshanlong stretched its neck and lunged at Da Kong again, but even after stretching its head to its limit, it could only leap up about five meters further and still could not reach Da Kong's body.

The old mountain dragon seemed to defy fate, biting and nibbling several times in succession, but Da Kong maintained its altitude and did not descend, so its efforts were in vain.

After several attempts, perhaps realizing it couldn't defeat the Sky Dragon, or perhaps because its body no longer felt pain, Lao-Shan Lung gradually calmed down, ignoring the Rathalos above. Instead, it lay down again and resumed its mechanical steps, moving forward along the Battle Street.

The Sky Dragon remained in place, warily observing the Lao-Shan Lung. It could see that the Lao-Shan Lung had already moved forward several dozen meters and still showed no intention of turning back to attack it. Only then did the Sky Dragon slow down the frequency of flapping its wings and continuously lower its altitude. After flying at full speed for nearly two days, even a Rathalos with superb endurance would inevitably become tired.

As they landed next to the land bridge, near the shard of Lao-Shan Lung's shell that had been blown away, Oozora noticed a person lying on the rickety land bridge, seemingly stunned by the impact of the falling fragment.

So Da Kong took the opportunity to reach out his claws and grab the other party, then landed back beside Lin Lin and the others.

"Thank you for your hard work, Osora."

Lin Lin touched Da Kong's scales with heartache. As a partner who could share feelings with each other, he could clearly feel the fatigue emanating from Da Kong.

It was truly my own oversight that I didn't anticipate the Lao-Shan Lung's reaction to the bomb explosion. Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough and wasn't hit.

Compared to Lin Lin, Breaf's gaze subconsciously fell on the person that Ooku had rescued.

Why is it that just looking at this person's back makes me feel inexplicably familiar and warm?
Driven by this feeling, Brave helped the boy up, intending to give him a recovery potion first, but the moment he saw the boy's face clearly, he froze:
"Zack?!"

How did he end up here? Didn't Mom and Dad say in their letter that he had run away from home? And they told me to find a way to bring him back?

Oh...right, that's why I'm here, because I ran away from home and ended up in Minagard...

But... how come my younger brother, whom I finally found after so much difficulty, turned out like this the moment we met...?

Manjushri leaned closer, carefully examined the boy, and then gently patted Brave on the back:
"Don't worry, he just fainted, he's fine."

He just fainted?

Bref paused for a moment, then realized what was happening. He examined the wound thoroughly but found no obvious external injuries. The situation was indeed as Manjushri had said; he had lost his composure due to his concern.

Manjushri sprinkles a handful of life dust:
"It sounds like you know this child quite well?"

Brave picked Zach up and carried him to the safe passage hidden inside the mountain. Hearing this, he nodded.

“My younger brother ran away from home about a year ago, saying he was going to become a hunter, but unexpectedly he ended up in Minagard.”

Manjushri nodded:

“No wonder, I felt a strange sense of familiarity when I first saw him.” “I’m responsible for his injury. If I hadn’t asked him to help transport the anti-dragon bombs, he wouldn’t have been on that land bridge and wouldn’t have gotten injured. I’m sorry.”

Bref looked at his brother's hunter's attire with a somewhat subtle expression.

After confirming that Zach was alright, he calmed down:

"No, this is not your fault. This kid has always wanted to be a hunter. This incident has taught him a lesson. If you want to do such a dangerous profession, you can't do it without enough skills."

……

Bref escorted Zach to a safe area. Manjushri, worried that Zach might not know the way since he was new to the area, took the initiative to follow him and guide him. At the same time, he also took the opportunity to return to the armory in the fortress to transport the remaining two anti-dragon bombs to the next land bridge.

Lin Lin, on the other hand, had already begun to make contact with the high-ranking hunters who were participating in the battle.

The Insect Glaive user, Byakuya, who had been retrieved by Ooku, the Light Bowgun user, Galba, who commanded the lower-ranked hunters who were assisting, and the Hunter Bow user, Elania, who was relieved of their duties to help clear out the Velociraptors and Pteranodons because they had temporarily suspended their attack on Lao-Shan Lung, all gathered on the damaged platform.

Lin Lin first explained the situation to them:
"We are the White Wind Squad, sent by the Grand Elder to support Minagard and participate in the battle."

“My name is Lin Lin, a five-star shield and axe user. This is Ye Zi, a five-star insect glaive user. This is Shi Yuan, a four-star heavy crossbow user. The one who just left is called Bref, a five-star katana user.”

Elania frowned slightly, wondering when the Grand Elder had become so reckless. Could it be that he had no one else to rely on, which was why he sent such a low-ranking hunter squad? But the battle was already raging, and they had only just arrived. The battle plan hadn't even considered them. Wouldn't joining now just cause trouble?

"Lin Lin and I participated in the battle against the Heavenly Returning Dragon a while ago, and just two days ago, our White Wind Squad just defeated a Great Sea Dragon in Moga Village—well, like the Lao-Shan Dragon, it was also a super-large ancient dragon."

"We could have been promoted to high-ranking hunters long ago, but time is of the essence and missions come first, so we are still five-star hunters for now."

Ye Zi keenly sensed the subtle dissatisfaction in Elania's eyes and couldn't help but step forward. She didn't want anyone to look down on Brother Lin Lin.

Elania carefully examined the weapons and equipment of the group:

Although she had never seen Lin Lin's golden-yellow armor before, she could sense its extraordinary nature just by looking at its aura. She had only ever seen it on armor made from Elder Dragon materials. The dark green shield and axe on her back, which looked quite "Khorne," was clearly made from Deviljho materials. This set of equipment was quite excellent even among high-rank hunters.

Yoko was very familiar with the rather revealing silver-white armor she was wearing; it was the Kirin set, which she also owned. The Insect Glaive she carried appeared to be made of the same material as Lin Lin's set. Considering what Yoko had just said, it might have come from the Elder Dragon known as Tenkai. Elder Dragon armor and equipment—the level of luxury was so high that no one would believe it if you told them you were a low-rank hunter.

As for the weapons and equipment on Ziyuan's body, they look quite uniform in style and should all come from the same type of monster. At first glance, they seem to be made from Nargacuga materials, but upon closer inspection, they are different. They may be made from subspecies or some other material. Generally speaking, they are equipment that only high-rank hunters can access.

Brave isn't here right now, so she can't see him, but since he's in a team with these three, his skill level must be pretty high.

Arania nodded slightly, acknowledging the strength of the White Wind Squad. Having them join the battle would indeed be beneficial—however, there was one thing she didn't know: Lin Lin and Ye Zi had just changed into their gear less than a day ago.

Now that they knew their target was Lao-Shan Lung, they definitely needed to make some preparations. The Thousand Blade Dragon Shield Axe that Lin Lin brought to Moga Village was obviously not as effective as the Deviljho Shield Axe. So after leaving Moga Village, they did not head directly to Minagard, but instead took a slight detour and went to East Doruma first to return to the guild and change their equipment.

Upon returning, they discovered that during their leave, the blacksmith had been working tirelessly to complete all the orders they had placed. Since there were better Ancient Dragon equipment available, Lin Lin and the others naturally switched to it.

Elania was fine, but Galba's expression was still not good. His gaze was fixed on the Sky, who stood quietly beside them, watching them.
"You mean, the Grand Elder sent you here to provide support, right?"

"nature."

"Does that include Rioreus?"

Galba pointed forcefully, his tone carrying an indescribable emotion.

As an elderly hunter nearing retirement, Galba has spent his life fighting against all sorts of monsters. His father even lost his life because of a Rathalos. Now, these young lads are telling him that a monster has come to their aid in their battle.
Lin Lin was unaware of what had happened to the old hunter, but he could sense the suppressed emotions within him. However, he did not lower himself in response; instead, his tone was firm and resolute:

“That’s right! This is my partner, the Rathalos Sky Dragon. It once faced the Storm Dragon Storm with us on the Spirit Peak! It’s a great partner in battle and can definitely be included in our combat considerations!”

Galba's expression darkened further. Although he didn't know what methods they had used to tame this male fire dragon, turning it into a mount like a herbivorous dragon that could behave so docilely, a monster is a monster. It could understand simple and straightforward commands to walk and stop, but that didn't mean it could understand complex combat commands!

Are you mistaking a Rathalos for a Palico?!

He laughed twice, his voice tinged with anger:

"Alright, alright! Since you're so confident, then let it deal with those Pteranodon herds that follow Lao-Shan Lung!"

“Those scum have been following Lao-Shan Lung around, causing a lot of disruption to the operation. If we can eliminate some of them, the defensive pressure will be much less. If you can really get this fire dragon to obey, then this is the battle plan for it!”

Da Kong glared angrily at Garba. It wasn't stupid; it could clearly sense the hostility from the other. However, Da Kong was a sensible child and wouldn't make things difficult for Lin Lin. So it simply let out a low growl at Garba, then spread its wings and soared upwards, swooping down on the massive swarm of winged serpent dragons in the air.

I've been flying at full speed for almost two days and haven't had a chance to eat or rest. Now I'll have a good meal to recover my strength!
(End of this chapter)