I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Soon, the culprit was revealed.

Above the Silver Rathalos, which had not yet risen, a huge shadow enveloped its body. Maxie and Ronnie, seeing this, looked up at the owner of the shadow. A huge figure pressed down on the Silver Rathalos, pinning it to the ground.

"!"

Max and Ronnie were also shocked when they saw the huge monster that appeared in front of them. After all, the huge monster in front of them was even larger than a Deviljho. Most importantly, Max and Ronnie had the characteristics of the Sky Dragon's spear wings on the monster, but they did not have any other characteristics of the Sky Dragon.

And this figure was Yhaka, who was also dumbfounded when he saw the two hunters not far away.

Chapter 528 [Youyou licked your face until it was covered in drool.]

"OowoO?!"

Ehaka looked at Maxie and Ronnie, who were not far away, with equally bewildered expressions. Some time ago, when Ehaka was playing with Silver Rathalos in the air, he suddenly smelled the scent of his own child, Bronya.

So Ehaka kicked the Silver Rathalos that was desperately trying to escape beneath him, causing it to crash, and then Ehaka flew towards its target, which led to the current situation.

Although Yuhaka isn't afraid of humans, Jilin, Milia, and Rorota (the cat and her companion) told her not to use her third form to approach humans or their cities or towns, or she would get poop balls thrown at her.

The thought of those humans throwing excrement at her sent chills down Yuhaka's spine. So, Yuhaka grabbed the Silver Rathalos whose neck she had broken off from the ground, unleashed her Dragon Aura, and soared into the sky, disappearing from the two hunters' sight.

Ronnie breathed a sigh of relief after watching Yhaka fly away and said:

"Phew...it's gone. Looks like we've been let off the hook."

Ronnie recalled the monster's fierce eyes (actually, it was wary of the two throwing feces) and couldn't help but shudder. To be honest, Ronnie had never encountered such a menacing monster before. After all, even when he hunted a Deviljho, he had never felt such terrifying pressure.

Meanwhile, Maxi, watching Yuhaka fly away, scratched his head and said:

"Wow, that was really dangerous. But what was that monster? Was it a subspecies of the Heavenly Wise Dragon?"

Regarding Maxie's question, Ronnie, who was standing to the side, sheathed his katana and said:

"I don't know. I've never seen a Tianhuilong that looks like that before. But judging from its appearance, apart from its gun wings, I don't think that unknown monster looks like a Tianhuilong at all..."

Upon hearing Ronnie's words, Maxi put his twin swords back behind him and said:

"Forget it, let those bookworms at Longli Academy think about these issues. Besides, our mission objective is out of the question... But speaking of which, what should we do with those illegal hunters?"

Ronnie, with a nonchalant expression, pulled out a flare gun and said:

"It doesn't matter. Let those illegal hunters run away. If they overestimate themselves and provoke that unknown monster, let them go to their deaths."

Max didn't object to Ronnie's words. After all, since those illegal hunters had chosen this path, they had to be responsible for their actions.

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While Ronnie and Maxie were concerned about the illegal hunters—whose real name was Bronya and her friends—were currently at a makeshift camp built by the Mewcats, Bronya brought Rosalia and Lilia back there.

“Ji Lin’s mother, we’re back.”

Upon hearing Bronya's words, Ji Lin, who was cooking, stopped what she was doing and looked at Bronya and the others who had returned, saying:

"You're back, Bronya. How was your day?"

Hearing Ji Lin's words, Bronya nodded and said:

"Hmm, today's harvest was pretty good."

Rosalia, who was standing nearby, also jumped out and said to Ji Lin:

"I caught a big fish too! A super big one~"

Upon hearing Rosalia's words, Ji Lin smiled and said:

"Really? Then it would be perfect for making fish head soup!"

Bronya, Rosalia, and Lilia all wore embarrassed expressions after hearing Ji Lin's words, clearly recalling the scene of Ji Lin making fish head soup with water dragons—how big a pot would it take to hold that?!

So Bronya released the water dragon's corpse from the dimensional cave. After seeing the water dragon, which was nearly thirty meters long, Ji Lin also had a look of astonishment on his face, clearly shocked by the water dragon's enormous size.

However, it's obvious that a water dragon of such a huge size is not suitable for cooking, not to mention that its head was riddled with holes by Bronya, making it completely unsuitable for fish head soup.

Lorota and Rokubei, standing to the side, looked on in surprise as Bronya and the others hunted down the water dragon. Lorota, also looking at the water dragon with surprise, said:

"This is the first time I've ever seen such a big water dragon."

Rokubei, who was standing to the side, nodded and said:

"Mmm, and it looks like a fish with legs, and it's really big, meow."

The surrounding Merlins also came to watch Bronya and her friends catch the water dragon. Some of the Merlins had never seen a water dragon before. After all, large fish-dragons like water dragons only appear in relatively large bodies of water. Rivers near Water Cave Village are not large enough for water dragons to swim in.

Just then, Yhwach flew down from the sky and put down the Silver Rathalos corpse from his claws. Seeing Yhwach return, Ji Lin waved to him and said:

"Master Youyou~ Welcome back~"

Seeing Ji Lin waving from the side, Yuhaka, who was flapping its wings, stuck out its tongue and took small steps toward Ji Lin. When Yuhaka came over, the surrounding Merlins all scattered. If they were stepped on by Yuhaka, they would be turned into cat pancakes.

Yuhaka rubbed his head, which was about the size of the bed, against Ji Lin, and Ji Lin patted Yuhaka's big head. Then, Yuhaka noticed Bronya standing to the side and stuck out his long tongue to try to lick Bronya.

"Uh... Mommy Youyou, Bronya is not a child anymore, she doesn't need to lick me anymore."

As she spoke, Bronya pressed her hand against Yhaka's tongue, while Yhaka blinked twice and continued licking Bronya's face, leaving her covered in sticky saliva. Bronya looked speechless. Rosalia, seeing Bronya's drool-covered face, pointed at her and laughed:

"Hahaha, Bronya, you look so funny~"

"rua~"

As soon as Rosalia finished speaking, Yuhaka stuck out his tongue and licked Rosalia's face, leaving her face covered in saliva. Lilia, who was standing next to her, also ended up with her face covered in saliva as well.

Joyful laughter immediately filled the camp.

Chapter 529 [Over here in the new Hunting City...]

At the Hunter Headquarters in New Hunter City, an elderly dragon-man dressed in what appeared to be scholarly attire looked at the two G-rank hunters before him and asked:

"Excuse me... you said that monster has wings like the Heavenly Wisdom Dragon, but otherwise it doesn't resemble the Heavenly Wisdom Dragon at all, is that true?"

Regarding the question from the dragon scholar, Ronnie, who was standing to the side, nodded and said:

"Yes, it's exactly as I described. Apart from its wings, that monster doesn't resemble a Celestial Dragon at all."

Upon hearing Ronnie's description, the dragon scholar also showed a thoughtful expression and said:

"If that's really the case, could it be a variant of the Heavenly Wisdom Dragon Clan?"

Max, who had been silent just moments before, suddenly spoke up:

"No, I think that thing is a variant of the Tianhui Longchan."

Hearing Maxie's words, the dragon scholar looked at Maxie with a curious expression and asked:

"Oh, why do you say that?"

With a serious expression, Max looked at the dragonman scholar and said:

"Old man, let me ask you first how the Dragon Academy defines the 'Chuan' alien monster?"

The dragonman scholar didn't care about the way Maxy was addressed, since he knew the temperament of the hunter named Maxy in front of him. So the dragonman scholar explained how the Dragon Academy viewed the alien monsters.

"Regarding how the Dragon Academy defines the Tan monster, we currently believe that the Tan monster is a variant monster that has undergone independent evolution by a strong individual over many years. Certain parts of these monsters have become exceptionally developed, and they use unique methods that have evolved over the years to hunt prey. This is our Dragon Academy's current definition of the Tan monster."

Upon hearing the words of the Dragon Academy scholar, Maxie smiled and said:

"That's right. Apart from the wings not changing much, the rest of the body of that alien dragon was completely transformed."

Max held up one finger and said:

"First, let me talk about the parts of that monster that I am most familiar with. There are a few things on it that I am very familiar with: the electric shell of the Thunder Wolf Dragon, the thunder horn of the Qilin, and the tail of the Dragon Slayer. These are the parts of this monster that I am most familiar with."

Upon hearing Maxie's words, the dragonman scholar looked puzzled, as if he didn't quite understand what Maxie was saying. Ronnie, standing nearby, explained to the dragonman scholar:

“What Maxie means is that the alien dragon has organs similar to those of the monsters she just mentioned.”

After hearing Ronnie's explanation, the dragonman scholar understood Maxi's meaning. Hearing this, the dragonman scholar then asked Maxi:

"You said that the Heavenly Wise Dragon has organs similar to those monsters, right? How did you figure that out?"

In response to this question, Maxie grinned mischievously and pointed to the Qilin armor he was wearing, asking the dragon scholar:

"Old man, what kind of monster-quality armor do you think I'm wearing is made of?"

Upon hearing Maxie's words, the Dragonkin scholar looked at the Qilin armor that was heavily exposed on Maxie's body. As a knowledgeable Dragonkin scholar, he naturally recognized what kind of monster's materials it was made of, and so he said to Maxie:

"If I'm not mistaken, this armor set is made from materials from the Kirin, an ancient dragon species known as a mythical beast, right?"

Maxie nodded with satisfaction at the dragon scholar's answer and boasted:

"That's right~ It's Kirin armor made from Kirin materials~"

Then, Maxie suddenly changed from a smug look to the gaze of a wild beast eyeing its prey, and said to the dragon scholar:

"Do you know how much time I spent making this set of Qilin armor?"

Maxie stretched out her hand, making a "7" gesture, revealing a pair of cute fangs in a smile, and said in a slightly dangerous tone:

"It's been seven years~ During these seven years, I've been relentlessly tracking down that Kirin. Along the way, in order to forge armor suitable for hunting Kirin, I chose the Thunder Wolf Dragon and the Glavenus as my prey..."

Upon hearing Maxie's words, the dragon scholar understood why Maxie had chosen the Thunder Wolf Dragon and the Dragon Slayer as her weapons. Armor made from the former's materials had strong lightning insulation, while weapons made from the latter's materials had good fire damage.

Max continued:

"Despite thorough preparation, we still couldn't defeat the Kirin; our armor and weapons were damaged countless times..."

The dragon scholar standing to the side looked at Maxie with an expression of utter certainty and said:

"Uh...that's to be expected. After all, the Qilin is a natural disaster-like ancient dragon monster, very difficult to deal with—"

Before the dragon scholar could finish speaking, Maxi interrupted him and continued:

"So in pursuit of stronger and more durable weapons, I kept hunting Zinogre and Glavenus, from low rank to high rank and then to G rank. I kept collecting materials from Zinogre and Glavenus to craft, upgrade, and repair armor and weapons, and kept accepting quests related to Kirin, repeatedly challenging and failing, until in the 5th year, I successfully defeated Kirin."

Upon hearing Maxie's words, the dragon scholar opened his mouth but was speechless. To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen such a persistent hunter.

Then, Max looked at the Qilin gauntlet on his arm as if recalling something and said:

"In the remaining two years, I continued to fight the Qilin. I knocked off its thunder horns 66 times and shaved off its fur 89 times. Every time I was about to successfully defeat the Qilin, it would turn into a bolt of lightning and escape."

The dragon scholars did not object to Maxi's words. Although there were few eyewitness reports of the Qilin, the Dragon Academy did have an eyewitness report about the Qilin being able to transform into lightning and escape.

Then Maxie looked at the dragon scholar and said:

"So do you know how many Zinogre and Gatling monsters I've hunted?"

Before the dragon scholar could answer, Maxi held up one finger and said:

"Lower Rank Zinogre 21 times, Lower Rank Glavenus 18 times, High Rank Zinogre 162 times, High Rank Glavenus 177 times, G Rank Zinogre 66 times, G Rank Glavenus 52 times..."