Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

Unexpectedly, the shadowy figure's tone turned cold, and another claw landed on his shoulder, gripping his throat tightly as it roared, "I'm that mushroom pig, watch me strangle you!"

"what!!!"

Chen Yan suddenly opened his eyes, his limbs thrashing wildly and splashing the seawater. Before he could even speak, he spewed out a plume of black smoke.

After he finished spewing smoke, he started spitting out seawater. The sea dragons that had been circling around him were so excited to see that he had finally come back to life that they started doing somersaults.

The white sea dragon, rubbing its teeth, was smug; it knew that electric shocks were effective!

Holding Bai Hailong's body, floating on the sea, Chen Yan gasped for breath, gradually recalling everything that had just happened.

Bai Hailong suddenly dragged him into the water, pulling him into the sea dozens of meters deep in the blink of an eye.

Although Chen Yan managed to catch his breath with the help of [Strong Lungs], he couldn't break free from the pressure of the seawater and the entanglement of Bai Hailong. Just as his oxygen was about to run out, Bai Hailong finally realized that Chen Yan seemed to be dying.

The other sea dragon sisters who rushed over upon hearing the news thought it had brought them some treats.

Fortunately, the lead white sea dragon was quite intelligent and quickly lifted him onto the surface of the sea.

No matter how much they pried at Chen Yan, he didn't react. It wasn't until another, slightly smaller white sea dragon had a flash of inspiration and gave him a low-power electric shock that successfully brought him back to life.

Seeing the little white sea dragon's face full of praise, Chen Yan really didn't know whether to praise it or scold it.

Finally, he pointed helplessly to the shore, indicating that they should send him back.

Surrounded by the turbulent sea, with no solid ground beneath his feet and his body enveloped in icy water, surrounded by towering waves and constantly being filled with salty sea foam, Chen Yan, who could only doggy paddle, felt uneasy.

Seeing that he was not used to the ocean, Bai Hailong suddenly dived down and then emerged half a second later.

Chen Yan exclaimed in surprise and looked down. The seawater was getting further and further away from him. He was actually being carried in a princess carry by Bai Hailong.

Holding Chen Yan in his arms, Bai Hailong roared, and the remaining three sea dragons also rushed out of the sea at the same time, standing straight on the sea like three chopsticks of different colors, standing in front of Chen Yan.

They all pointed towards the snow-white belly, revealing the Namielle scales, large and small, embedded in the dense armor.

Two sea dragons, two white sea dragons, Namielle Dragon has so many underlings?

Fortunately, a fight didn't break out that day, otherwise, even if Azure Star were there, it would definitely have been a fierce battle... By the way, where is Namielle Dragon?

When Chen Yan asked them questions, the three sea dragons either didn't understand, grinned foolishly, or swayed and twisted. Seeing that the three of them weren't very bright, Chen Yan looked up at the big white sea dragon that was holding him.

The white sea dragon stirred its tail, splashing a spray of water onto the surface of the sea, which then fell towards the New World.

"Poppo went to the New World? Could it be that she's already gone to the Coral Highlands?"

Chen Yan seemed to be deep in thought. The Heavenly Roaring Dragon hadn't even sung yet, and the Namielle Dragon had already gone to the New World. Did that mean that other ancient dragons or special monsters might also appear in the New World ahead of time?

Was it influenced by him or by Xeno'jiiva?

His thoughts were interrupted by the head of the white sea dragon that suddenly approached. The four sea dragons stared at him expectantly, pointing with their claws at the belly of the Namielle Dragon, which was close to its scales.

"Are you trying to get me to leave something behind?"

Seeing their expectant eyes, Chen Yan looked down, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find anything good. In the end, he reluctantly plucked out four strands of his own hair and handed them over.

"These four strands of hair, one for each dragon. Don't underestimate this small gift; it carries great sentiment. Besides, my hair has been licked by countless ancient dragons. With these, you won't even need swimming rings when you go swimming..."

The four sea dragons strained to focus their eyes, but even when they were aligned vertically, they couldn't see anything in Chen Yan's hand. Thinking they had been tricked, the other little white sea dragon let out a "roar" and bit into Chen Yan's thick hair.

Chen Yan was terrified as his hair roots throbbed. If it pulled out a mouthful of his hair, he would really go bald.

"Wait, wait! I'll give you one more. One or two should be enough, right?"

Just as Chen Yan was protecting his hair, he suddenly heard a burst of intense gunfire.

Then came the whistling sound of cannonballs streaking across the sky; not only he heard it, but the four sea dragons did too.

He and his companions looked back and saw several survey vessels neatly lined up on the sea not far away, with countless cannons and crossbows already aimed at them.

"The ship from the outpost?"

Suddenly attacked, the previously cheerful atmosphere abruptly changed.

The Great White Sea Dragon held Chen Yan tightly in its arms. Suddenly, thunder roared from the dense electric shells on its back. Perhaps fearing that it might accidentally injure Chen Yan, it did not spew out lightning to attack, but instead allowed the accumulated electric arcs to jump onto the other sea dragons.

With the help of electricity, the remaining three white sea dragons seemed to be on steroids, their back shells glowing brightly with lightning.

The lightning balls gathered in his mouth expanded several times over. What surprised Chen Yan even more was that before they even spewed out their attacks, the lightning bolts intertwined to form a dense network of electric arcs, creating a massive, sky-covering lightning net.

"They can even charge each other up for a combined attack! Oh no, the hunters are in trouble!"

As Chen Yan expected, once the electric grid was fully formed, Hailong unleashed it in one breath. The incoming cannons and crossbow bolts were instantly shredded by the grid, which even swept up the debris and iron filings, covering the survey team's ships in one fell swoop.

"Squad leader, the Hailong swarm is counterattacking! Should we engage them or disperse?"

Standing at the bow of the ship, the grandson of the commander-in-chief, who was in command, frowned slightly.

I thought the first round of crossbow fire would at least cause some damage to the sea dragon swarm, but they were blown up in mid-air, and their combined counterattack was also unexpected.

Fortunately, they were well-prepared.

"Alternative plan activated! Fire all at once in three seconds!"

With a dozen or so cannon shots, the dark shells were blasted into the sky by gunpowder. The moment they hit the electric grid, the shells exploded, and countless small iron balls scattered in all directions. They entangled and attracted the electric arcs, tearing the electric grid apart.

Having neutralized the electric dragon's first wave of attacks, the ship stopped attacking and instead turned around and sped toward the shore. Chen Yan recognized this tactic.

Isn't it similar to his previous dragon-fishing tactic, except one is to lure the dragon to the shore and the other is to lure it into the desert?

The boats were very close to the shore and could reach the shore in just a few minutes. Once the swarm of sea dragons followed them ashore, they would be met with all sorts of swarms of kicks.

However, they underestimated the sea dragons, the top predators in the ocean, especially the group of sea dragons led by two white sea dragons.

Centered on the white sea dragon holding Chen Yan, the other three sea dragons swam around it at high speed.

With their perfect coordination and the stirring of their powerful hind legs and tails, a vortex began to form, and they swam even faster, especially after receiving electric power.

They can influence the direction of water flow to some extent, not to mention that they are sea dragons that are often strengthened by Namielle Dragon's divine thunder, and the speed at which the vortex forms is far beyond the imagination of the survey team leader.

Instead of moving forward, the ships were being pulled backward by the turbulent ocean currents, and one of them even showed signs of capsizing.

Just as Azure Star on another ship was preparing to launch an attack, the whirlpool, which had already grown to a considerable size, suddenly stopped. Aibo, holding onto the railing, turned her observation scope. When she saw who the figure surrounded by the sea dragon was, she was first startled, then relieved.

Then he took out some snacks from his pocket and started eating them lazily.

"Alright, it seems we don't need to fight this."

Chapter 156 Different

Near the shore, four sea dragons had half their bodies above water, their backs crackling with electricity as they watched the hunters on the shore intently.

The two extremely rare white sea dragons, one large and one small, attracted the hunters' attention. Their white base with light blue back shells was so dreamlike that they looked like two living works of art.

They are beautiful, but their eyes are too fierce, which is quite frightening.

As Chen Yan swam up, huffing and puffing, the bigwigs on the shore all looked at him differently.

Naomi looked at her good employee with a forced smile. Only she knew how many ships those four sea dragons had attacked and how much damage they had caused to the stronghold. If converted into gold coins, it would probably fill Chen Yan's dormitory.

Azure Star smiled and nodded at him, his Palico Luna meowed softly at Chen Yan, and Aibo also winked at him.

The squad leader of the investigation team looked miserable. What should have been a battle that made him famous had ended in a messy and hasty manner. All the meetings he had held over the past two weeks had been for nothing, and all the sleepless nights he had stayed up were for nothing.

As for the others, they looked at Chen Yan with curiosity. After all, apart from the retired village chief of Moga Village, Chen Yan was only the second person on record to be able to get close to Bai Hailong, who was known for his ruthlessness.

Naomi was the first to act; she stood up respectfully and offered her seat.

"Oh, Chen Yan is here! Come, come, please have a seat. We came to your territory to catch your dragon without even letting you know. We're so sorry!"

Chen Yan shuddered as he looked at the smiling leader and the huge hunting flute she was clutching tightly in her other hand.

"Squad leader, you're joking. How could I possibly make Hailong listen to me? You're not going to break my legs, are you?"

Naomi smiled even more brightly upon hearing this, and slowly walked towards Chen Yan, carrying her hunting whistle.

"Oh my, Chen Yan, you're too modest. We saw it all very clearly..."

She glanced at the people around her, said nothing more, but walked up to him and whispered in his ear.

"The damage caused by the sea dragon this time is significant, and many people at the stronghold are worried about it. If you want to protect them, you'd better listen to me..."

She reached out to grab Chen Yan's ear.

But Chen Yan wasn't unprepared; he grabbed Naomi's hand.

"Squad leader, actually, Hailong and the others are very sorry for the losses they caused us. Look at their apologetic eyes, aren't they very sincere?"

Everyone turned around and saw nothing but ferocity in the eyes of the four sea dragons.

Naomi, on the other hand, had her head down and seemed a little lost in thought, because a few scales lay quietly in her palm.

The captain of the transport ship, who was standing behind her with his eyebrows raised and his face tense, also saw it and exclaimed in surprise.

"Is this the legendary [White Dragon Scale of the Sea King]? The finest material from the White Sea Dragon? In the Old World, just one of these could fetch a whole ship full of gold coins!"

The transport ship captain had a kind face and shook Chen Yan's hand very warmly.

"Brother Chen Yan, I still have a dozen or so transport ships. Could you ask them if I could exchange them for a [Sea King's White Dragon Scale] if I let them play with them like toy ships?"

After Chen Yan compensated for the losses with more sea dragon materials and assured that they would no longer attack passing ships, but would instead help the stronghold maintain the waterway and drive away other sea beasts, the turmoil caused by the sea dragon clan finally subsided.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Yan, relieved, plopped down on the beach, watching the four sea dragons playing.

Naomi sat beside him, staring blankly at Chen Yan, who was slightly tanned, while she rubbed her hair with her fingertips and listened to him ramble on about the Great Ant Mound Wasteland.

"I thought it would just be a simple matter of avenging the little horned dragon, but I never expected it would involve a whole bunch of ancient dragons and other monsters. Ugh, just thinking about it gives me a headache..."

Seeing him like this, Naomi almost blurted out something, but when she saw the expectation rather than weariness in Chen Yan's eyes, she silently swallowed her words. She'd talk to him about it another time...

Suddenly, a dark figure crashed between Chen Yan and Harley. Chen Yan didn't even need to turn around; he knew who it was just by the fluffy feel of it.

"Xunmiao! Long time no see, let me see if you've gained weight..."

Chen Yan turned around, glanced at Xunmiao, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and looked again. He was immediately shocked and couldn't close his mouth. Xunmiao was indeed Xunmiao, but it was too fat. It was at least three times fatter. It was practically a giant dragon-shaped cat!

Even the four sea dragons started drooling silently...

Fearing that Harley and Flower Cat would worry, Chen Yan replenished his supplies and prepared to return to the desert. Naomi watched him leave.

...

Flower Cat scratched its head, and Harley yawned.

"Is that all? Shouldn't we first fight them for three hundred rounds, get half-dead, then unleash our power before dying and beat them half-dead again, then their boss comes out and beats us half-dead as well, and then we unleash our power again and beat them half-dead again..."

Chen Yan covered the little kitten's chattering mouth.