Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 539 The Dawn of Victory (Bonus Chapter for the Alliance Leader's Sincere Admission of Mistakes and Unrepentant Determination)
Lao Shanlong was struggling with the ropes when Da Kong flew in front of him, and he didn't react for a moment.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Da Kong moved close to Lao Shan Long's chest and shoved Manjushri, along with the dragon bomb she was holding, into the largest wound on its chest.

Manjushri didn't hesitate at all, immediately grabbing the Dragon Bomb and jumping onto Lao-Shan Lung's wound.

The stench of blood assaulted the nostrils, and the sticky, uneven flesh made it difficult to move. The old dragon's struggle to break free of the ropes caused constant tremors.

Manjushri gritted his teeth, enduring the nauseating smell of blood, and squeezed the explosive bomb deep into the wound.

That should be about it...

After squeezing forward twice more and finding it difficult to advance even an inch, Manjushri had this thought in his mind. So he pulled out the safety pin of the explosive and struggled to retreat backward through the wound again.

"collapse--"

"collapse--"

"collapse--"

One after another, the sound of ropes snapping rang out. Even these ropes, made of special materials and designed specifically to target colossal monsters, finally succumbed to the relentless, immense force of the Lao-Shan Lung, groaning as they deformed and cracked, eventually breaking in two.

Correspondingly, Lao Shanlong, who had exerted all his strength to break free of the rope, staggered forward due to the excessive force.

Just then, Manjushri squeezed out the wound on its chest, preparing to leap down so that the Great Sky could catch it. However, the Old Mountain Dragon's stumble threw it out, causing it to fall freely to the ground.

Seeing this, Da Kong hurriedly flapped his wings and rushed towards the direction where Manjushri had fallen. However, Lao Shanlong obviously did not intend to give up so easily. After breaking free from the restraint bullet, his cold gaze locked onto Da Kong.

"Roar--"

It wasn't because it was holding a grudge or anything else; it was simply because its injury triggered its underlying logic, causing it to seek out enemies. At that moment, the Sky happened to be the most threatening creature it could see, so it started breathing directly at the Sky.

Even breathing wasn't enough; Lao-Shan Lung raised its claws and swung them at Dai-Ku.

If he were to forcefully intercept Manjushri, he would inevitably be struck by Lao-Shan Lung's claw attack. After a moment's hesitation, Da Kong quickly flapped his wings to change direction and dodge the attack.

It intended to let the attack pass before retrieving Manjushri, but after missing its first strike, Laoshanlong raised its other claw and launched a smooth, fluid combo towards Osora, forcing Osora to dodge again.

These two consecutive dodges have rapidly increased the distance between Da Kong and Manjushri, making it impossible for them to catch up.

However, Manjushri was not one to sit idly by and wait for death. The most important reason why she was chosen to place the two dragon bombs was that, apart from the fact that her hammer-wielding strike-type damage was not effective against Lao-Shan Lung, she came from Flamefire Village and had tamed two Wirebugs.

At a height of over thirty meters, thanks to the Wirebug's two slowing and delaying actions, Manjushri's fall was greatly reduced. In reality, it was equivalent to falling from a height of about ten meters. For a hunter with a strong physique, this height would at most result in some fall injuries. As long as he wasn't trampled by Lao-Shan Lung, his life would at least be safe.

Seeing this, Bref became visibly anxious. After looking around and finding nothing to cushion his fall, he gritted his teeth and sprinted towards Manjushri's landing spot. He pounced on her before she hit the ground, and the two of them rolled around like tumbleweeds for several rounds before finally stopping.

If they had fallen head-on, there would have been almost no chance of survival. But with Brave's sideways lunge, the impact of the fall was greatly reduced. Although they looked much more disheveled, apart from being covered in dirt, neither of them was injured at all.

Manjushri rubbed his head, feeling dizzy, propped himself up with his hands, looked around, and blinked blankly.

"cough……"

Brave was so heavy he couldn't move and couldn't help but cough.

If it were just Manjushri's own weight, it wouldn't be so bad; he could easily bear it. But unfortunately, Manjushri was also carrying a sledgehammer on his back that weighed at least several hundred kilograms, or even over a ton. With that added on, it became quite difficult for Manjushri to handle.

Manjushri looked in the direction of the sound and realized that he had actually pinned Bref down, with his hands braced against Bref's chest.

Her wheat-colored face had a slight blush, but because of her natural skin tone, the change was barely noticeable unless you looked closely.

Manjushri quickly stood up and helped Bref, who was lying on the ground, to his feet.
"Are you okay?"

Two voices sounded at the same time.

Manjushri and Brave's eyes met briefly before they looked away again as if nothing had happened.

Manjushri gently scratched his cheek with his fingers:
"I'm fine, thank you..."

"Well, that's good. I'm fine too. You see..."

Brave was a little flustered and was about to show that he was indeed unaffected when a loud roar came from above, followed by a spray of hot blood that drenched the two hunters, making them look even more disheveled.

"boom--"

"Roar—"

With a deafening roar, the earth trembled, and the old mountain dragon let out a mournful cry. Its heavy body was forced back two or three steps by the impact, each step causing the earth to shake violently.

"Success!"

Lin Lin waved his arm excitedly, completely unaware of what was happening on Bref's side—after Manjushri threw out the Floater, he knew the other party would be fine, so he immediately shifted his attention back to Lao-Shan Lung.

Seeing that Manjushri no longer needed his help, Da Kongjian refocused his attention, preparing to detonate the anti-dragon bomb in Lao Shanlong's chest wound with a burst of flame. However, Lao Shanlong kept his attention on him, and after a while, he still couldn't find an opportunity.

However, the fighting force present was not only Ooku himself. With a soft bang, an armor-piercing grenade flew out from above the city wall and accurately hit the wound where the Dragon Bomb was located.

Noticing this, Lin Lin quickly gripped the Bond Stone, urging Da Kong to immediately move away from Lao Shan Long to avoid being affected by the explosion.

Three seconds later, the armor-piercing grenade detonated, and the scene described above occurred immediately afterward.

"Truly worthy of being called a senior figure..."

Ziyuan looked up at the top of the city wall and couldn't help but sigh, "This is really helpful at this crucial moment!"
Rhodes sighed:
"Now that things have come to this, we should be able to defeat this guy by now, right?"

After he was injured and forced to leave the battlefield, he immediately took a secret medicine to suppress his injuries and soon returned to the battle. However, the fierce battle with Lao-Shan Lung was too exhausting. Even he and all the participating hunters adopted a strategy of fighting for a while, resting for a while, and taking turns to fight. Now, everyone was finally on the verge of their limit.

To put it bluntly, the reason they were standing there watching wasn't because they wanted to, but because they simply didn't have the strength to fight anymore.

"Boom-"

Another heavy footstep sounded, the muffled thud like a heavy stomp, slamming into the hunters' hearts and dispelling the joy that had just appeared on their faces.

"No way..." As the smoke and dust cleared, the enormous body of the Old Mountain Dragon was revealed once more.

Even though it was bleeding profusely from its chest and back, and its dragon skin and armor were charred black, its body still stood as tall as a mountain.

Despite enduring a nearly full-day siege by high-ranking hunters, bombardment with four Dragonbombs infused with high-density Dragon Slayer Carbon, and countless crossbow bolts and cannonballs fired along the way, Lao-Shan Lung still stood firm.

Just as the hunters' morale was low, Elania's voice suddenly rang out:
"Don't give up, we still have the Dragon Slayer Spear!"

Upon hearing this, the exhausted hunters snapped back to reality and turned their attention to the city wall.

On either side of the towering city gate, four spearheads are displayed. Although they look weathered by time, they still retain their sharpness.

Dragon-slaying spears, and four of them at that!

That's right, they still have this final weapon to use!

As the Lao-Shan Lung advanced once more, approaching the fortress and raising its claws to destroy it, the guild master of the Minagard Guild, who had been silently watching its every move from the city wall, suddenly swung his raised hand down:
"put!"

"Chichi-"

High-pressure steam gushed out from the cracks in the city wall, and the carefully maintained mechanisms emitted the rumble of gears meshing. The tip of the dragon-slaying spear trembled slightly, and some rust peeled off during this brief tremor.

When the Laoshanlong's claws were still three meters away from the city gate, the Dragon-Slaying Spear was fired with a roar.

"boom!"

"Crack!"

The sharpness tore through the air as all four dragon-slaying spears were fired simultaneously.

The leftmost one grazed the relatively soft belly of the old mountain dragon, but ultimately failed to penetrate its vital organs due to its position being too off-center, leaving only a shallow bloodstain.
The spear on the left struck the raised dragon claw, sparking a series of sparks as it scraped against the carapace, before finally piercing diagonally into the Laoshan dragon's shoulder carapace, leaving a long white mark on the dark red surface.

The one slightly to the right struck the Lao-Shan Lung directly into the bloody hole blasted open by the dragon bomb, piercing through flesh and bone and bursting forth with a spray of blood.
The rightmost pole pierced a bloody hole in the old mountain dragon's long neck, but because the angle wasn't good and the piercing force wasn't strong enough, the depth and size of the hole were not as good as the one in the chest.

Simultaneously pierced by four dragon spears, the intense impact caused Lao-Shan Lung to stagger backward several steps. Perhaps because the increasing injuries on its body exceeded a certain threshold, it successfully affected its power. Lao-Shan Lung was unable to stand steadily, and its massive body tilted to the right, finally crashing heavily into the rock wall on the side.

With a deafening roar like an avalanche, the old mountain dragon's tilted body crushed half of the rock wall, and countless fragments of rock, carrying dust and smoke, poured down, hitting its dark red carapace with a muffled thud like a rainstorm.

Bricks shattered and rock walls collapsed. The Lao-Shan Lung's loss of balance and collision destroyed nearly half of the cliff. If the hunters deployed there hadn't already evacuated after the restraint bullets were fired, it's unknown how many more casualties would have been caused.

"Cough cough..."

Once the smoke and dust had cleared up a bit, Lin Lin put away his shield again and turned to look at Ye Zi, who was being protected behind him.

Their eyes met, and without a word, they had communicated.

Seeing that Ye Zi was alright, Lin Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and his body swayed slightly involuntarily.

Ye Zi quickly stepped forward to support him, standing shoulder to shoulder with Lin Lin, her eyes fixed on the figure lying on the ground, almost holding her breath.

Laoshanlong's giant claws twitched slightly twice before finally coming to a complete stop, and the scorching breath spewing from its nostrils gradually subsided.

no response.

"We won! We won! We defeated Lao-Shan Lung!"

A hoarse cheer suddenly erupted from the city wall, instantly igniting the entire battlefield.

The lower-ranking hunters, who were operating artillery and ballistae for support, peeked out from behind their cover, staring wide-eyed at the dark red body that had fallen like a mountain. The higher-ranking hunters, who were on the ground, saw it more clearly, but they didn't have the strength to cheer and celebrate with them. They just looked at each other, gave each other a high five, and then collapsed to the ground, not wanting to move a finger.

"Really...they've already launched a campaign?"

Hela sat there leaning against her greatsword, King Tiger, with a mixture of dragon blood and sweat dripping from the gaps in her armor.

She looked down at her disheveled appearance, then looked up at the massive, collapsed figure, and a strange sense of absurdity welled up inside her.

"Isn't it a bit too easy?"

Lin Yun plopped down on the broken bricks, his twin swords clattering as he casually tossed them aside.

He looked up at the unfocused dragon eyes and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh:
"Is this considered easy? We practically risked our lives..."

"You're right, I feel like I'm about to die. Please send a cat cart to take me home! I don't want to go anymore..."

Bai Ye lay sprawled on the ground, completely devoid of any semblance of decorum.

"You said it yourself! A third of your payment will be deducted when the cat cart arrives!"

Elania smiled at Bai Ye, noticing his conflicted expression, and couldn't help but chuckle mischievously, shouting at the top of her lungs:
"Rescue team! Get a cat cart!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute, wait a minute!"

"Haha, too late!"

The hunched figure of the Dragon Clan leader appeared at the edge of the battlements. Looking at the laughter and merriment below, a slight smile couldn't help but appear on his lips.

Just as the cat rescue team's cat cart arrived at the scene, a slight tremor suddenly came from the ground.

Bref's hand, which was about to help Manjusaki up, froze in mid-air. Shion's counting of ammunition abruptly stopped, and all the cheers ceased as if cut off by a sharp blade.

"Back off! Everyone back off!"

The moment Galba's roar exploded, Lao-Shan Lung's dull dragon eyes suddenly trembled. Immediately afterward, its dark red giant claws slammed into the ground, and Lao-Shan Lung's massive body struggled to slowly rise again.

It stood up again!

(End of this chapter)