Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

From Chen Yan's perspective, she first rubbed her eyes in disbelief, then showed a surprised expression, unloaded the crossbow bolts, waved to him, and walked confidently into the dark camp.

Chen Yan held the insect cage in one hand and the porcelain bottle in the other, silently counting to three, when he saw Harley come out again.

She went in empty-handed and came out carrying things.

He was holding a small, black horned dinosaur cub in his hand.

She held the baby horned dinosaur by its two hind legs. The little guy didn't struggle in her hands and just munched on the eggshell, crunching away happily.

"Look, look! I told you I wasn't mistaken, you wouldn't believe it, I flipped through the ashes a few times and instead of finding a roasted egg, I found a horned dragon! It almost scared me to death!"

The cat was excited, but despite its words, it still didn't dare to go forward.

Chen Yan leaned closer and wiped the ashes off the baby horned dragon's head. Actually, it didn't matter whether he wiped them or not, since those two little horns were enough to prove its identity. As the ashes fell, its true appearance was revealed.

This little horned dinosaur was only about half a meter long, and its whole body was covered with black and yellow shells. Chen Yan touched it and got his hand covered in ash. The black part was probably the ash from the furnace. Its original shell color should have been light yellow.

The little guy was petted and wagged its tail in dissatisfaction. The short, thick tail had two small protrusions at the end, and its cute shape was hard to associate with the bone giant axe that had just been used to smash the Mudfish Dragon.

It has a pair of tiny horns on its head, no more than the length and thickness of a finger. The small disc behind its head is still soft and has not yet grown thorns. The tiny eyes under the tiny horns are fixed on the eggshell held by its wing claws.

Despite being held upside down, she didn't cry or fuss, focusing solely on eating. Although her little mouth wasn't big, she ate the eggshell very quickly, finishing off almost half of it in just a few bites, completely oblivious to her predicament.

This is clearly a newly hatched ceratopsian baby.

"Where did it come from?"

Chen Yan asked Harley, Harley asked Chen Yan, and then the two of them, as if by unspoken agreement, turned their gazes to Flower Cat.

Flower Cat took a half step back and stammered an explanation.

"It hatched from that yellowish-brown egg, the one we snatched from the takin's lap."

Chen Yan was puzzled.

"Didn't we grill and eat it last night?"

The cat's ears drooped down, and it gestured a few times towards the bushes beside it.

"What we ate was actually an egg I dug out of the grass..."

"I thought this yellowish-brown egg was big, so I was planning to hide it and eat it myself. I just smeared some mud on it and baked it for you... Actually, the egg I found tasted alright when baked, it was just a little..."

Chen Yan understood, and then flew into a rage. He grabbed the tail of the cat that was trying to escape, ready to give it a cruel divine punishment.

"I was wondering why the egg looked so fresh during the day, but when I roasted it at night it smelled like rotten egg. I thought that's what eggs from the Big Ant Hill Wasteland tasted like!"

Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, the divine punishment that was meant to punish him arrived first. His ear was twisted, and Harley, furious, spun him around with all her might.

"Oh, so that's why you didn't eat the egg! Turns out it was a rotten one! You even said I'm at the age where I need to grow and eat more nutritious food. I was quite touched at the time. Well, Chen Yan, just wait and see how I deal with you!"

The horned dinosaur, nestled obediently on the ground, blinked its little eyes intently as it gnawed on the eggshell, watching the spectacle intently.

Flower Cat begged for mercy with "Meow," and Chen Yan begged for mercy with "Boss, Boss." Harley twisted Chen Yan with one hand and Flower Cat with the other, gaining the upper hand against the two, just like a peerless female demon.

After Chen Yan and Hua Miao agreed to several unequal treaties, they finally escaped a calamity.

The three looked at the adorable, bewildered desert tyrant cub and were once again stumped on what to do with it.

Flower Cat's suggestion was always simple and direct; it looked at the baby horned dragon with longing.

"Get the fire going! Get the fire going! We're having roasted horned dinosaurs tonight!"

Harley calmly analyzed the situation.

"Since the horned dragon eggs were stolen by the scaly bird, we can follow its tracks to find where it stole the eggs. However, so much time has passed that some of the traces may be hard to find."

She suddenly clasped her hands together, having come up with a brilliant idea.

"Why don't we try throwing it at that horned dragon that chopped down the mudfish dragon? Maybe it's its cub!"

Chen Yan squatted down and looked at the adorable baby horned dinosaur.

The moment his eyes met those of the baby horned dinosaur, his underlying logic was triggered; he slowly reached out and slightly pursed his lips.

"Suckling sound~"

The little horned dinosaur swayed over and nestled in his palm.

The first step has been achieved.

Chen Yan broke the eggshell into pieces and held it to the dog's mouth, where it happily ate it with gusto.

Step two is complete.

Chen Yan gently stroked its little head. At first, the little guy resisted by shaking its head, but after realizing it was powerless to resist, it resigned itself to its fate.

Step three achieved.

With the first three steps successfully completed, it was time for Chen Yan to consider the final step.

"Harley, Cat, do you think it's okay to keep it as a pet?"

Chapter 30 Please don't have another episode!

Before Harley could express her opinion, Flower Cat jumped out, raising its hands, feet, and tail in protest.

"You have a hard time raising me, and you want to raise it too?"

Its strong tone, resolute attitude, and powerful words made its fat tremble.

The two humans and the dragon were all drawn to the jiggling fat on its belly. It was clearly an Palico, but instead of a cat, it resembled a buffalo.

Seeing that this reason was not convincing, Hua Miao immediately collapsed to the ground, sobbing and wiping away her tears.

"When you took me away from Granny Cat, you called me 'Sweetie,' but now that the new one is better than the old, you complain that I'm a fat cat. Chen Yan, have you lost your conscience...?"

Seeing that Hua Miao was getting genuinely upset, Chen Yan quickly comforted and explained.

"It certainly can't compare to you. You're my dearest partner. We swore an oath under the moon, not that we were born on the same day, month, and year, but that we would marry on the same day, month, and year..."

"What I mean is to leave this little guy at the camp until we find that careless black horned dragon lady. After all, he has just hatched and has no ability to survive."

Harley breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was even thinking about how to remind you that keeping monsters as pets violates the Hunter's Guild's ironclad rules, especially if they're just temporarily kept at the camp..."

Looking at the drowsy little horned dragon in Chen Yan's palm, its adorable appearance finally made her nod with great difficulty.

"It's possible, but you have to agree to two conditions."

She held up two fingers.

"First, if we haven't found the Black Horned Dragon before we return to Star Base, then we'll have no choice but to leave it to fend for itself."

"Secondly, we absolutely cannot tell anyone about this, especially Naomi. If she finds out, she will definitely spank all of us, plus Flower Cat's, bottoms."

Chen Yan readily agreed.

At the same time, a bubble suddenly appeared in his mind, its color rapidly changing from white to blue, and then quickly from blue to light blue. Just as Chen Yan's heartbeat slowed down, the bubble's color finally stopped changing.

It is a pale blue that is almost white.

"They've come, just as expected!"

[A baby draconian issued a quest: I need to find my mother!]

[The baby horned dinosaur is looking for its mother. Is Chen Yan its mother? Is Hua Miao its mother? Is Harley its mother?]

[Compensation for the Commission: Super Hearing/All-rounder/Super Strength/Regional Intimidation]

"As expected of a map king-level monster, even the rewards from its cubs are better than those worthless fish and shrimps before!"

Chen Yan almost drooled when he saw the reward.

He's currently dressed in tattered white mission rewards, and the only thing he seems to have that's a headbutt is. The rest are either auxiliary abilities like a keen sense of smell, a big stomach, a long tongue, or strong lungs.

Even if Nergigante did issue a mission when he was intercepting Zorah Magdaros, the difficulty of the mission would probably be beyond imagination. With these abilities, it would be almost impossible for him to complete Nergigante's mission.

However, as long as the reward he receives this time is not the ability to hear the wind or the power to intimidate, either the Trinity King or the Mighty Giant can quickly boost his combat power.

He made a simple guess: the Trinity King should refer to Diablos's tail whip, charge, and slam, while Megaloceros should refer to Diablos's brute and domineering strength.

This is the skill that can truly deal with Nergigante!

"it is good!"

Chen Yan picked up the baby horned dragon and stood up, startling the dragon, which had been almost asleep in his palm, back to life.

"The first step in raising a dragon is to wash up and go to bed, as it's getting late!"

The cat jumped out again, raising its hands, feet, and tail in protest.

"You haven't had dinner yet, why are you going to sleep!"

Early in the morning, when it was still dark, Chen Yan was awakened by the little horned dragon's whimpering.

Its little head burrowed and nuzzled against Chen Yan's chest, making soft, whimpering noises. He knew the little guy was hungry, so he groggily picked up the half-eaten eggshell it had left over from last night, broke off a piece, and fed it to the little guy.

Who would have thought that the little horned dinosaur, who was happily eating the eggshell yesterday, would change its tune today? With a clumsy dragon-like ramming motion, it knocked the eggshell away, stumbled and fell on its bottom, groaning even louder.

Now the cat that had been sleeping there and Harley, who was sleeping next to Chen Yan, also woke up.

The two people and the cat looked at each other, wondering what to feed the whimpering, crying little horned dinosaur.

The cat vaguely remembered how Grandma Cat fed them.

"Chen Yan, I think it's time for it to drink milk?"

Flower Cat pried open the baby horned dragon's mouth, traced around its still-growing teeth, and boldly offered suggestions following the steps for feeding Palico cubs.

Chen Yan, who was feeling dizzy from the noise of the little horned dragon, breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He then handed the little horned dragon to Harley, who was also looking bewildered.

"Harley, this is all your responsibility. Quickly feed it something..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was punched in the face.

Harley, her face contorted with shame and anger, grabbed Chen Yan by the neck, nearly choking him to death.

Chen Yan then handed the baby horned dragon to Hua Miao.

"Meow, I heard that both male and female Felynes have quite a few of these. Try squeezing them and see if you can squeeze out a cup or two..."

Before he could finish speaking, he received another claw strike on the face from the cat. The cat parted its belly fur, almost standing on Chen Yan's face, and angrily pointed it at him.

"Look closely, this is a decoration. Do you understand what a decoration is?"