Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 75: Another Gift from Master Shancai
"Master Shancai, don't you remember me?"

Lin Lin pulled up his visor, revealing his young and handsome face. After the hardships of hunter life for some time, his face had gradually lost the childishness he had when he just walked out of the campus, and became much tougher and more resolute.

"We met in a cave near Jieyun Village, and you gave me an ancient secret medicine!"

After being reminded of this, Shancaiye suddenly recalled the scene from not long ago from his memory.

At that time, in a cave in the stream area, the fledgling hunter in a cloud suit and carrying a shield and axe was still in front of him. As he spoke, the childish face gradually overlapped with the hunter in front of him, but this surprised the old dragon man even more.

How long has it been? Has that newbie already grown to the point where he can hunt a Sand Dragon?
For the old dragon man who has lived for hundreds of years, just one or two months is really just a blink of an eye. But in such a short moment, such a big change has taken place. Is it that he cannot keep up with the times, or is the person in front of him really gifted?
Shancaiye scratched his forehead and felt that this child was a little special, but when he was about to speak, he found that he had left in a hurry because of embarrassment last time, and he didn't even know the other person's name.

"Oh, it's you, I remember now!"

"By the way, your name is..."

"Lin Lin, my name is Lin Lin!"

Lin Lin had a happy face and his eyes were full of anticipation. He didn't care at all that the relationship between the two parties was actually just strangers who had met twice. After all, he still remembered Shancai Ye's words when they parted!
"Well, it's about time for me to get going, young man. If we meet again, I might be able to give you something good."

His palm rubbed his chest unconsciously. Last time, Shancai Ye directly gave him an ancient secret medicine, which he had kept close to his body. It was a trump card to save his life at the most critical moment. So what would he give him this time?

Shancai Ye was also thinking, and obviously remembered what he had said casually before. He was not senile yet.

But what he said at that time was mostly just polite talk. If they really met him, he would just give him something to get rid of him. However, after seeing Lin Lin's amazing growth rate, he decided to give him something really good.

This is a good candidate for being a hunter. With this growth rate, although it is unknown how far he can go in the end, it is definitely worth the investment. Even if he stops before reaching the top, it will only be a loss of a little money for him. But if he can really grow into a top hunter who can face the ancient dragon, it will be a huge contribution to the survival of mankind in this crisis-ridden world!

After thinking about it, Shancaiye put down the backpack and leaned his whole body into it. It seemed that the thing he was looking for was at the bottom of the box.

"Hmm, I found it, this is it!"

Shancaiye tried hard to get out of the backpack, and Hunt next to him quickly lent a hand and helped him up. Then the three of them saw a stone piece lying quietly in Shancaiye's palm. It looked very inconspicuous, but if you look closely, you can see mysterious lines on the surface of the stone piece, and a faint red light flickered in the lines.

"Take this and cherish it..."

Lin Lin walked forward and took the stone piece with some confusion. He thought to himself that this thing didn't look special. Could it be like the portable food that was occasionally given in the game, something useful but not very useful?
But the moment the stone flake fell into his palm, Lin Lin's eyes changed, because the moment the faint red light in the stone flake touched his skin, he suddenly felt a surge of blood and a surge of strength in his body. It felt as if even if the earth sand dragon came again, he could easily block it and overturn it.

"This is..." Lin Lin's Adam's apple rolled. When he put on the Dog Dragon Suit, he also had this illusion caused by the short-term increase in his own strength, but the feeling was not strong, and he slowly got used to it over time.

But when he put on the dog dragon suit and held the amulet, the feeling became particularly strong. He even had the urge to try the earth and sand dragon car again.

Lin Lin quickly shook his head, threw the impulse out of his mind, and repeatedly told himself that it was just an illusion. Only then did he slowly calm down.

Master Shancai looked at the young hunter in front of him with admiration. "You seem to be adapting well. I'm increasingly convinced that you'll become a great hunter in the future!"

Lin Lin quickly waved his hands to show his modesty, but Shancaiye didn't give him a chance to speak and leisurely introduced what he had in his hand.

"This is a power amulet, an item discovered not long ago from ancient ruins. You should be able to feel its effects. It can activate your life energy to a certain extent, thereby making you stronger..."

"Does it sound similar to the protective stone you use?"

Lin Lin nodded dryly. He felt that this thing was too valuable, but he was reluctant to give it up. His mind was in turmoil for a moment, and he couldn't focus on Shancai Ye's words at all.

"But actually, this amulet is different from a protective stone. You can only wear one protective stone. Wearing more than one will cause their energy fields to interfere with each other and become disordered, rendering all the protective stones ineffective."

"The amulet is compatible with the amulet stone, and they don't interfere with each other. Moreover, the amulet only needs to be carried on the body and in contact with the body to be effective, unlike the amulet stone that can only be worn around the neck."

Shancai Ye watched Lin Lin clutch the power amulet tightly and sighed slightly. "Unfortunately, although carrying more amulets will not affect its effect, they cannot be stacked. The blessing effect of one power amulet is exactly the same as that of ten power amulets."

In the end, Lin Lin couldn't bear to refuse, and with tears in his eyes, he put the amulet of strength in the closest place to his body, placing it on the left and right of the ancient secret medicine.

After thanking Shancaiye again and again for his generous gift, Lin Lin's brain started working again and he retrieved the image of the power amulet from his memory.

His impression of him in the old generation of Monster Hunter has long been vague, but at least I can remember that amulets appeared in the two games "World" and "Rise", not only amulets of strength, but also amulets of protection.

According to the game's settings, what Shancaiye said is not entirely correct. The Amulet of Strength can be transformed into the Claw of Strength through blending, making the protection effect even stronger. Moreover, the protection effects of the Amulet of Strength and the Claw of Strength can be stacked...

Is it because Master Shancai said this because he hasn't discovered how to harmonize the Claws of Power yet?
　I didn't check the information clearly, I just wrote it based on my impression. Now I have revised it.

　　PS: I just found out that this thing has existed for a long time

　　
　
(End of this chapter)