Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

Chen Yan frowned deeply. He was unwilling to believe his guess. Although Harley was beautiful and had a great figure, her popularity at the base was not much lower than Naomi's.

He and Harley only spent half a day together, so it's a bit late to say he fell in love at first sight, but it's also a bit early to say they met too late.

Chen Yan, who always liked to get to the bottom of things, took a few more deep breaths. Just as his heart was pounding more and more violently, a thunderclap suddenly exploded in his mind, and he instantly realized the truth.

"It's Heartbeat Mushrooms! You put Heartbeat Mushrooms in your shampoo!"

Chen Yan was shocked. He really couldn't understand what the point of putting heart-pounding mushrooms in shampoo was. Was it just to make people's hearts race when they smelled it?

Little did Harley, who was on top of him, be surprised. This was her family's secret shampoo recipe, which had the magical effect of improving the favorability of people she met for the first time.

She once made a bet with someone, giving a small amount of shampoo to several old dragon scholars who were quite knowledgeable about plants to analyze the formula. They spent half a month analyzing it but still couldn't figure out the secret. Yet now, Chen Yan could smell it after just a few sniffs.

Seeing that Chen Yan was about to ask more questions, she quickly interrupted him.

"What heart-pounding mushroom? Don't change the subject. I'm asking you if I look good!"

Chen Yan was an honest man, and he nodded: "It looks good, it looks good."

"Would you like to go on a date with me?"

"No...I don't want to! I want to! I really want to!"

Under Harley's threatening gaze, Chen Yan had no choice but to change his tune.

"So, do you want to set up your date in a fire dragon's lair, next to Anjanath's excrement, or perhaps next to a hordeo that's absolutely furious and wants to tear us apart?"

Chen Yan blinked. He didn't want to think about why he would choose to go on a date in a place that was either dangerous or dirty, when there were so many other suitable places to go.

But Harley must have her reasons for saying that, and Chen Yan analyzed it rationally.

"If you really want to, let's have a date next to Anjanath's excrement. It'll smell bad, but it won't kill us, and we'll save money on a meal."

Looking at the hopeless Chen Yan, Harley sighed in despair, her voice becoming weak.

"Okay...then hurry up and call the Pteranodon over so it can take us to our date by the Anjanath's droppings, otherwise if the Ceratopsian comes back, we definitely won't see the sun rise tomorrow..."

Chen Yan suddenly realized something again.

"You were planning to have the pterosaur rescue us while the horned dragon was chasing the crossbow bolt? Why didn't you say so sooner? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Faced with Chen Yan's incessant chatter, Harley finally lost her temper, her dark face turning red with anger. She pinched Chen Yan's mouth hard, forcibly silencing him.

"If that damn white-eyed dragon still listened to me, do you think I would be rambling on and on with a bunch of nonsense?"

"I'm telling you, if you don't give me back the White-Eyed Dragon later, I'll make sure you don't see the sun rise tomorrow!"

Harley didn't say a word on the way back, and it was already dark when she got back to the camp.

Harley angrily shoved herself into the tent, blocking the entrance with her back to prevent Chen Yan from entering. With her back to him, she continued to attach grass leaves to her invisibility cloak.

After not hearing a sound for a while, she turned her head and saw Chen Yan standing at the tent entrance, staring blankly in the cold wind. She snorted and spoke in a tone colder than the night wind.

"You like looking for monsters, right? Go ahead, go find whatever monster you want, don't tell me anything. At worst, I'll just rummage through your bones and pack them up and take them away tomorrow."

Chen Yan looked at Harley, who had turned her head back, and gently poked her waist with his hand.

"Boss Harley, I was wrong, please let me in. It's windy outside and I'm so cold."

"Humph!"

"Harley, I was so wrong. I promise you, I'll take you with me wherever I go these next few days, okay?"

"Hmph! Hmph!"

"Harley, I'm so hungry! Didn't you say you'd treat me to a wild vegetable feast tonight? I had Flower Cat wash and chop it all up, and now I'm just waiting for you to show off your skills."

"Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!"

No matter what Chen Yan said, she ignored him. Faced with the stubborn Harley, Chen Yan scratched his head, knowing he was in the wrong.

If Harley hadn't risked her life to save him twice today, he would have been killed by the Diablos long ago. Since that's the case, he has no choice but to unleash his ultimate move.

He took the katana and went out with the flower cat.

Harley heard his footsteps receding into the distance, and as expected, she remained silent and motionless.

But her hand, which was sticking grass leaves onto the invisibility cloak, became unsteady. Several grass leaves failed to stick properly and fell off. After sitting for a while, she still hadn't heard his footsteps return. Finally, she couldn't sit still any longer.

"Aaaaaah, Chen Yan, I'm going to kill you!"

Harley hastily threw on her invisibility cloak and ran outside, but just as she rounded the corner, a plate of delicious-looking roasted venison was shoved in her face.

Chen Yan has a lot of experience in roasting deer.

The best part is undoubtedly the hind leg of the deer. It's oily and meaty, and one bite makes you feel like you've lived a worthwhile life.

The plate that Chen Yan prepared for Harley not only contained two deer hind legs neatly stacked together, but also the freshest and juiciest roasted belly meat, a small pile of fragrant roasted wild vegetables, and even half a roasted dragon egg.

Heaven knows how much effort Chen Yan put in to snatch half a roasted egg from Hua Miao's mouth.

Harley glanced at Chen Yan, whose face was practically begging for forgiveness, gave a soft snort, finally took the tray, and turned to walk into the camp.

Overjoyed, Chen Yan called over Hua Miao, who was engrossed in her meal, and served her his own portion before heading back together.

After a few more coaxing words, Harley finally reluctantly forgave him.

The crackling fire made the small campsite warm and cozy, and also warmed Chen Yan's body.

He finally got forgiveness and breathed a sigh of relief.

The moment his fingertips touched the fork, the plate in his hand suddenly sank, and a juicy, fragrant roasted venison leg fell from the sky and landed steadily on his plate.

"If you only eat this little bit of wild vegetables, will you be able to lift a katana tomorrow?"

Harley squeezed in next to Chen Yan without saying a word, glancing disdainfully at the few pitiful bits of meat scattered among the green slabs of meat on his plate.

Harley gave him a deer leg and forked off some wild vegetables, enjoying the roasted deer leg with relish.

Chen Yan laughed heartily, while Harley snorted.

Turning her face away from Chen Yan, she poked at the wild vegetables and roasted venison on her plate, stubbornly arguing her case.

"What are you laughing at? I'm not taking pity on you... it's an exchange! I'm trading your wild vegetables for roasted meat, it's perfectly fair! Besides, why did you put so much meat on my plate? I'm not the kind of person who wastes food! So... hmph! Still looking? Just eat!"

Chapter 24 Harley is acting strange

"Hey, Chen Yan, did you touch something you shouldn't have?"

Chen Yan was groggily woken up by Harley. Although his eyes were open, his head hadn't had time to turn around yet.

"Bullshit! I must have done good deeds in my past life, so whatever I touch is what I deserve!"

"hehe!"

Chen Yan drank hot water, occasionally rubbing the slap marks on his face.

Harley, adjusting her clothes, looked at Chen Yan with a half-smile.

"Tell me, which monster do you want to provoke today? Let me make it clear first, I can't handle tough monsters like Rathalos or Diablos. At most, I can play with monsters like Barroth or Mudfish."

"That's enough, that's enough. I'm not going to hunt them, I just want to broaden my horizons. Harley, which one do you want to tease first?"

"It's a Barroth, I just saw Barroth footprints yesterday. It should be active nearby. But Barroth has a bad temper. If you don't want to be knocked away by it, don't stand in front of it easily."

Riding on a pterosaur, Chen Yan and Harley soon spotted a Barroth dinosaur munching on the carcass of a herbivorous dinosaur.

Looking down from the sky, the already short and thick neck of the Sand Dragon is almost invisible. All you can see is a large and thick, robust head connected directly to its back. It takes a few bites and then kicks its hind legs to drive away any carrion-eating abominations that come close. If the movements are bigger, you can also see its short and thick front claws swinging back and forth.

"Look, that's the Sand Dragon down there."

"Although it has a better temper than the Diablos, it is still a stubborn dragon. If you encounter it in the wild, in addition to being careful of its dragon charge, tail whip, and iron mountain lean, you also need to pay special attention to its headbutt. Sometimes it will also randomly shake the mud off its body."

After talking for a while, Harley suddenly realized that Chen Yan wasn't a hunter, so why was she telling him all this?

Chen Yan nodded seriously and circled the top of the earthen dragon a few times, but did not trigger the quest. In order not to miss any monster that might issue a quest, Chen Yan flicked a stone down the ground.

A palm-sized stone landed with a "thud" on the rugged, muddy carapace of the Sand Dragon. The Sand Dragon abruptly raised its head, looking left and right, but found no creature approaching.

Another pebble was thrown down, and the Sand Dragon raised its head again to look around, but still saw nothing. It growled a few times, scaring away several Abominations that had come to peck at its food. It snorted a few times in annoyance and then lowered its head to continue eating.

Throwing another pebble, the Barroth roared and rammed into the corpse of the herbivore, spinning around in circles. Still not knowing who was bothering it, it angrily charged at several Abominations that hadn't yet taken flight.

Looking down at the Sand Dragon that was sending bird feathers flying everywhere, Harley smiled gently and raised her hand to lightly slap it.

"It's already silly, and you're still teasing it. Okay, if you're free, I'll take you to see the Mudfish Dragon, but we might not see it; that guy likes to hide under the mud..."

Chen Yan nodded. Just as he thought the Sand Dragon wouldn't give him a quest and was about to leave, he suddenly heard a roar.

The two looked down and saw that it was the Sand Dragon that had spotted them and was trying to raise its head and call out to them.

Its short, thick neck clearly couldn't support its head up for long periods; it could only lift it for a while, call out a few times, rest for a while, then lift it again for a while, call out a few times, and rest for a while.

It only stopped when it was completely exhausted and panting.

At that moment, a white bubble appeared in Chen Yan's mind.

[The Barroth issues a quest: I want to eat bugs!]

[Crunchy and delicious, tastes like chicken, and has six times the protein of herbivorous dragon meat! Herbivorous dragon meat is just for filling your stomach; the bursting beetle is the real delicacy!]

[Compensation for the commission: Hardened Crown/Mud Armor/Rocket Headbutt]

"Have it!"

Chen Yan made a gesture, causing the pterosaur to brake suddenly, which earned him a slightly resentful look from Harley.

After learning that the pterosaur liked to eat flying walnuts, she fed it a lot, but it still seemed to be closer to Chen Yan.

Looks like he's still a traitor.

"Harley, we have a job!"

"what?"

In an oasis in the northwest corner of the Great Ant Mound Wasteland, Chen Yan and Harley rummaged through the rocks and tapped on the dead wood. Harley, holding a twig in each hand, trembled as she pulled out a beetle hiding in the dead wood.

Chen Yan's movements were much smoother. Every time he turned over a stone, before the beetles hiding underneath could escape, he would swiftly pick them up one by one and throw them into his basket.

He hasn't forgotten the skills passed down from his ancestors.

The cat was quite efficient; it would use its tail to tuck and coil inside the dead tree trunk, always managing to entangle a few beetles.

Even the pterosaur came to help; with a peck of its long, sharp beak, it caught a beetle hiding in a crevice in the rock.

"Hey, you still haven't told me what you're planning to do with all these beetles. You're not planning to roast them for me tonight, are you?"