I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Kanna stopped putting the Spark Bug in her mouth, nodded to indicate that she understood, then released the Spark Bug and waddled over to Yuhaka's side before leaving with her.

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In the snow-covered village nestled at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, Yuhaka and Kanna gazed at the bustling village with curiosity. For Yuhaka, it was the first time she had ever seen wooden houses covered in snow, and it was probably the first time she had ever seen a village in such a snow-covered mountain region.

Meanwhile, Kanna was also seeing a human village for the first time. Usually, Kanna would only look at human villages from afar, since her parents and Thor had told her that places where humans lived were dangerous. So Kanna had hardly ever seen a human village up close.

Yuhaka took Kanna for a stroll in a small village called "Snow Mountain Village." They inquired with the merchants in Snow Mountain Village about the best dishes and edible ingredients available on the snow mountain. After obtaining information about the ingredients and dishes, Yuhaka left Snow Mountain Village with Kanna.

However, just as Yuhaka and Kanna were about to leave, the weather above Snow Mountain Village suddenly darkened, followed by a blizzard. This puzzled the merchants and hunters from other places. Why did a blizzard suddenly start all of a sudden? The hunters and villagers living locally looked grim, because they knew very well that the "being" had arrived.

Chapter 170 [The Passing Steel Dragon]

In the snow-covered mountain village amidst a blizzard, the villagers invited the hunters and traveling merchants outside to take shelter inside their houses, while Yuhaka and Kanna also sought refuge in a tavern.

Although they didn't know what was going on, it would be better to hide with everyone else.

After everyone had taken cover, a loud roar soon came from the sky.

"Roar----!"

An elderly villager from Xueshan Village nodded after hearing the shout and said:

"Hmm, that's the roar of [Kushaodaora]..."

Those present looked puzzled upon hearing the words of the elderly villager from Snow Mountain Village, and they all asked the village chief what kind of monster it was. Soon they learned what this monster was.

The powerful ancient dragon "Steel Dragon Kushaodaora" possesses the power to control storms.

Upon hearing that the monster outside was a Steel Dragon, many people gasped in shock, as the Steel Dragon was a very famous creature in the world.

Kushala Daora is not famous for its strength, but for being the Elder Dragon that has been sighted the most times, and also the Elder Dragon that has attacked cities the most times.

This is also the main reason why Steel Dragon's fame frightens them.

They were worried that the Steel Dragon might attack this remote mountain village. If the Steel Dragon attacked this snowy mountain village, the hunters here would not be able to defeat the monster, which was also what they were worried about.

Moreover, the Steel Dragon is a type of creature with extremely strong combat power. The hurricane surrounding it can knock people to the ground and deflect arrows.

Its body, as hard as steel, can easily withstand most weapon attacks, and its sharp claws can easily dig through the ground.

Its whip-like tail can easily sweep trees down, and its enormous body can destroy houses when it runs.

However, compared to the frightened merchants and villagers of Snow Mountain Village, the hunter players were quite excited. After all, for hunter players, hunting all kinds of powerful monsters is what they want to do most, and it can be considered one of their goals in playing this game.

Unfortunately, their weapons and items cannot be used in the village. Otherwise, some silly players would definitely try to shoot down the flying Kushala Daora with heavy and light bowguns. Of course, if they did that, the villagers of Snow Mountain Village would kill them first.

"roar............"

As the roar faded into the distance, the villagers, hunters, and merchants who had been hiding in the houses of Snow Mountain Village came out one after another. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the Steel Dragon gradually disappear into the distance from Snow Mountain Village. It has to be said that the appearance of the Steel Dragon has given the hunter guild in Snow Mountain Village a bit of a headache.

After all, the appearance of a powerful Elder Dragon species like the Kushala Daora near the snow mountain is very likely due to its molting. Although the Kushala Daora came to the snow mountain to molt, even such behavior would cause a large number of monsters to retreat from the upper levels of the snow mountain to the lower levels. This would cause some monsters to approach the vicinity of the snow mountain village to hunt.

For example, there are herbivorous monsters like the Great Boar King, the White Rabbit Beast, and the Giant Beast, while carnivorous monsters include the Snow Lion, the Barioth, and even the Tigrex. These monsters are quite dangerous, especially the Giant Beast and the Tigrex, both of which pose a great threat to Snow Mountain Village.

The former might come to the snow mountain village to gnaw on the wooden houses because of food problems. After all, for giant beasts, human wooden houses are just as attractive as a pile of food. The Tigrex, on the other hand, is eyeing the Popo that the villagers of the snow mountain village have tamed. Even if the villagers of the snow mountain village do not raise Popo, the Popo that come with the giant beasts will still attract terrifying monsters like the Tigrex to the vicinity of the snow mountain village.

Furthermore, the Snow Mountain Village Hunter Guild doesn't have many high-level hunters capable of dealing with monsters like Tigrex and Behemoths, which is a major headache for the guild.

However, none of this mattered to Yuhaka and Kanna, since the two of them had already quietly left the snow-covered mountain village.

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In East Coast City, Rorota and Rokubei, having received Zelus's message, hurriedly returned from the Volcanic Islands to East Coast City. Meanwhile, Yuhaka, along with Kanna and Rorota, went to a blacksmith's shop to bring the carcass of the Brachydios to the shop so that the blacksmith could process Yuhaka's Endless Hammer with Brachydios materials.

Seeing that Rorota and the others looked like Mewcats, the blacksmith mistook Yuhaka and Kanna for Mewcats as well, and didn't pay much attention to the source of the materials. After all, Yuhaka and the others looked like hunting cats, so the blacksmith readily agreed to Yuhaka's commission to make an Endless Hammer. The blacksmith was also interested in the craft of making such a special weapon as the Endless Hammer, so he agreed.

While Yuhaka was waiting for the Endless Hammer to be modified and processed, Yuhaka and her companions went hunting near East Coast City.

[Yuhaka is hunting]..............

In the dense forest, a figure with a pinkish-red shell is leisurely searching for its favorite food on the grass. This pinkish-red shelled monster is the great bird that the hunters call "Teacher Sheep Kuku".

At this moment, the giant bird was digging in the ground with its huge beak, searching for insects to eat. After digging a few times with its beak, the giant bird would scratch the ground with its feet and then continue digging with its beak.

But at that moment, a giant claw emerged from the soil, grabbed the giant bird's huge beak, and pulled the bird's head into the ground.

The panicked giant bird frantically flapped its wings and struggled to pull its head out of the ground, but with a cracking sound of bones breaking, its body suddenly stiffened and then collapsed limply to the ground.

The culprit poked its little head out of the soil, looked at the motionless giant bird, tilted its head, and then crawled out of the ground with an "OwO~" expression. It grabbed the giant bird's thin tail and pulled its head out like pulling a radish.

Afterwards, Yuhaka placed the giant bird into his dimensional cave and went to his little nest.

Chapter 171 [The Giant Monster Bird's Thigh Meat!]

In a secluded cave somewhere in East Coast City, Yuhaka brought the giant bird back to prepare a delicious meal.

"Youyou~"

Kanna, who was waiting for Yuhaka to return, walked up to Yuhaka with her short legs, hugged her tightly, and rubbed her cheek against Yuhaka's. Yuhaka also rubbed her cheek against Kanna's.

Zelus, who was investigating Kanna's background, saw the two little girls getting along so well and had a strange expression on her face. These two girls had only met a few days ago... and they had already become so close?

Zelus also speculated that it was probably because the two were similar in age (appearance age), and that they were both well-behaved, compatible, and foodies.

Then, Yhaka dragged the giant bird out of his dimensional cave and threw it into a more spacious area for dissection. Yhaka first dissected the giant bird's pinkish-red carapace. Those inedible parts were basically unattractive to Yhaka. Meanwhile, Rorota and Rokubei helped Yhaka collect the carapace, along with sharp claws, scales, and even important materials like fire pouches. These items could fetch a good price.

Although Great Jaggi is a very common bird wyvern monster, many hunters still have a high demand for its materials. After all, not everyone can defeat Great Jaggi when they are new to the game, and since it is not Great Jaggi's breeding season, there are relatively few hunting quests for Great Jaggi.

Furthermore, even if a hunter completes the Great Jaggi hunting quest, they may not necessarily obtain the materials they want. After all, during the battle between the hunter and the Great Jaggi, some materials on the Great Jaggi's body will inevitably be damaged, and those damaged materials are basically unusable for crafting armor and weapons.

Aside from the monster materials scraps needed to craft Palico equipment.

Kanna looked at the giant bird being dissected by Yhaka with a curious expression and asked Yhaka:

"Youyou, what is this? It looks like a flying dragon."

In response to Kanna's question, Yuhaka also gave his own answer:

"Yes, the Great Bird."

"Bird...OO? Isn't it a flying dragon?"

Kanna looked at the large, motionless bird lying on the ground; it seemed to resemble a small flying dragon from their world. Lorota, standing nearby, also said to Kanna:

"To be precise, it's a bird-wyvern type of monster, Miss Kanna."

After throwing the giant bird carapace that Yuhaka had dismantled into a basket, Lorota explained to Kanna:

"Although the Great Bird looks similar to some flying wyvern monsters, it is classified as a bird wyvern monster in terms of species classification."

Hearing Rorota's words, Kanna looked at Rorota with a puzzled expression and asked curiously:

"Bird wyverns? How are they different from flying wyverns?"

"Well..."

Lorota was also deep in thought when Kanna asked her question. She couldn't immediately recall the difference between bird wyverns and flying wyverns. Meanwhile, Yuhaka, who was dissecting the giant bird, looked at Kanna and the others with an "I know" expression and said:

"I know! Bird wyverns taste like chicken, while flying wyverns taste like beef!"

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh~~~O△O"

Looking at Kanna, who had an "I understand" look on her face, and Yuhaka, who was beaming with excitement, Rorota felt her eyes twitch. Rorota thought that humans shouldn't classify monsters into flying dragons based on taste and texture... However, Rorota thought it would be better to keep quiet for now, because she felt that if she said anything more, the two little girls would ask her a million questions.

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After Yuhaka finished dissecting the giant bird, he began preparing to use the ingredients from the giant bird to obtain a recipe from the Terra world to cook dishes.

Yuhaka dissected the giant bird's body into several parts: the neck, wings, thighs, tail, body, and cartilage.

Yuhaka kept the giant bird's thigh to prepare for cooking, while the rest would be left for later processing. Looking at the enormous thigh in his hand, which was big enough to be used as a mace, Yuhaka thought for a moment and then decided on the method for making the giant bird's thigh.

After placing the giant bird's thigh on the table, Yuhaka cut the thigh meat into the shape of a drumstick. Then, Yuhaka took out a dagger and poked some small holes in the giant bird's thigh to make it easier for the meat to absorb the flavor later.

After processing the giant bird's thigh, Yuhaka began preparing some seasonings. Because the giant bird's thigh meat was a bit tough, Yuhaka specially prepared a flour-like substance that could tenderize some tough meat, which he had purchased from a merchant in the East Coast City.

According to that out-of-town merchant, this stuff, which they call "Tender Fruit Powder," is made from the dried fruit of a plant that is then ground into powder. This Tender Fruit Powder can tenderize the meat of most dry-tasting monsters and also give the meat a faint fruity aroma, making it a very popular product in East Coast City.

If Yuhaka knew what the fruit looked like, he would have flown somewhere to find a few trees that grow that fruit and brought them back to his hometown to plant.

After preparing the tender fruit powder, Yuhaka also prepared some other seasonings, including black pepper, salt and pepper, cumin powder, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili powder, salt, and Meru Cat's special barbecue sauce.

After mixing the seasonings together and stirring them evenly, Yuhaka put the two giant bird thigh sticks placed to the side into a huge bag and marinated them with the other seasonings for a period of time. Yuhaka then put the heat-resistant bag containing the giant bird thigh sticks (used by Penguin Logistics for food delivery) into a pot of water and cooked it.

While cooking the giant bird's thigh stick, Yuhaka also brought out the three-piece set that would make the neighbor's kids drool: flour, egg liquid, and breadcrumbs!

After cooking the giant bird thigh sticks, Yuhaka took two fragrant giant bird thigh sticks out of the bag and coated them with a thick layer of batter in the order of flour, egg, flour, egg, and breadcrumbs. Then, Yuhaka put the giant bird thigh sticks into a large pot of oil to deep-fry them.

As the giant bird's thigh sizzled in the oil, Kanna, sitting nearby, watched the fragrant giant bird's thigh sizzling in the oil, and drool dripped from the corner of her mouth.

"No, this is terrible—!"

Even Kanna, who couldn't think of any praise, could utter such an amazing statement.

Chapter 172 [“Anchor”]

"Ughh ...

Kanna stared in surprise at the giant, golden-brown, monstrous bird's thigh in front of her. Well... it's normal for Kanna to be surprised by the food, after all, as a member of the dragon race, she probably hasn't eaten much cooked food (dragons probably eat their food raw, right?), not to mention the various kinds of cuisines that are different from those in Kanna's world.

"Si Guoyi~"

Kanna stared at the "fried bird leg" in front of her, which was the size of a spiked club, and exclaimed "Sugaku-i!" Yuhaka, who was standing next to her, took out his cooking notebook and wrote the name "Crispy Giant Monster Bird Leg" on it.

After Yuhaka took out the Meru Cat's special tomato sauce, Yuhaka and Kanna started eating the crispy giant bird leg in front of them. The two of them picked up the crispy giant bird leg, opened their mouths wide, and took a bite.

Click!

The moment Yuhaka and the others took a bite, a crisp texture burst out of their mouths with a crunch and a sound.

Click click click~

The crispy, golden-brown batter gave Kanna a novel taste experience. Although Kanna had eaten a lot of things, this was the first time she had ever eaten a food with such a crispy texture as batter. Well... if you count the beetles that Kanna had eaten before, then it doesn't count.

The tender thigh meat under the golden-brown fried coating is also quite good. During the marinating and massaging process, some of the seasonings were well absorbed into the thigh meat. However, because the meat is too big, the flavor cannot be fully absorbed, probably because the marinating and massaging time was not long enough.

Even so, the giant bird's thigh meat, wrapped in a golden-brown batter, still retained its rich juices. These juices emanated from the tender, white meat as Yuhaka and the others bit into it, and the flavors from the marinade spread throughout their mouths.

While Yuhaka and the others were eating crispy giant bird legs, Rorota and the others were using the ingredients Yuhaka had left behind to make fried fish. At the same time, Rorota asked Zelus, who was standing nearby:

"Lady Zelus, who is that child with dragon horns?"

Upon hearing Rorota's question, Zelus stopped searching for the location of Kanna's world and said to Rorota:

"The child with dragon horns, you mean Kanna, right? That child is from another world... uh, I should say dragon, a dragon from another world."

Hearing Zelus's words, Rorota wasn't too puzzled. After all, for a Merlin born in the Monster Hunter world, the existence of a creature like an otherworldly dragon was understandable.