Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

Ever since that horned dinosaur displayed its might in this area, scaring away the herbivorous dinosaurs living nearby, they endured hunger for a long time before finally waiting for the herbivorous dinosaurs to return one after another to drink water.

After waiting for half a day in the swamp, enduring hunger and thirst, they finally encountered a mischievous herbivorous dragon. Instead of drinking water in the safe area on the shore with its herd, it insisted on finding a new drinking spot.

Sure enough, it came down.

With the departure of the herbivorous dragons, the feast finally began.

The largest biting fish was the first to rush forward, its sharp teeth snapping shut, tearing a large hole in the herbivorous dragon's belly. After it swallowed a piece of delicious belly meat, the other biting fish swarmed in and began to tear and fight over the hole.

A splash of blood appeared on the murky swamp.

A half-grown mudfish dragon was also mixed in with them, hoping to sneak in and eat its fill, but it was discovered by the leader of the biting fish after only two bites.

Despite their small size, these biting fish are extremely ferocious. Several biting fish of different sizes immediately turned around and attacked it. It used all its strength to escape from the mouths of the biting fish.

It huddled in a corner of the swamp, watching with resentment the school of biting fish leaping about on the surface, monopolizing the carcass of the herbivorous dragon.

The little mudfish dragon opened and closed its mouth, seemingly comparing whether the meat of a ceratops or a herbivore was tastier. Before it could figure out the difference, the calm swamp in front of it exploded.

Thick mud splattered, and a monster that shouldn't have been alive suddenly appeared.

The flesh and blood on its skull have almost disappeared, and you can clearly see the rough axe mark on its dark brown skull that is almost cut through it. At the edge of the skull, there are still some grayish-white bone fragments attached to the rotten flesh, and you can even see the fascia connected to the bone fragments.

The terrifying axe mark slid down the skull of its head, and its left eye disappeared, leaving only a hideous ravine. At the end of the axe mark, the flesh drooped, revealing the pale muscle fibers underneath, with strands of dirty blood sliding down.

Its pectoral fins, caudal fins, and short, thick hind limbs have also disappeared, leaving clean cuts, festering wounds oozing pus, and yellowish-black blood dripping onto the swamp.

With a hoarse, dry roar, several fish that had been lifted into the air were caught by a rotten mouth that was now only the upper palate, before they could even figure out how they were flying.

They were lucky; this mudfish dinosaur lacked a lower jaw and couldn't grind them down with its plate-like teeth.

But they were also unfortunate. With each contraction and expansion of its throat, the mudfish swallowed them whole. Although their throats were torn and bloodied by the sharp scales of the biting fish, it still could not stop them from falling into the abyss.

The little mudfish watched as the fish that had just bullied it were eaten, blew a happy bubble, turned around, burrowed into the mud, and disappeared.

slip away.

The newly acquired "Sad Fierce" skin for the Mudfish Dragon once again confirms that it is the true overlord of this swamp.

It didn't know why it hadn't died.

The horned dragon's deadly three-strike blow landed squarely on its body. Just as its body tensed and it was about to faint from the impact of the mud, its almost stopped heart suddenly began to beat violently. A surge of hot and pure energy rushed out and saved its life.

It didn't know why, it only knew that under the impetus of this energy, it ushered in a second growth, its body size increased, its muscles expanded, its scales thickened... and even its wounds didn't hurt as much anymore.

It's incredibly strong now. If it encounters that horned dragon again, it can take at least one more axe blow before it dies.

After declaring its dominance, the Mudfish Dragon slightly opened the gills on both sides of its head, and the fine gill filaments inside trembled. A cloud of mud mixed with a small piece of eggshell sprayed out and landed on the mud with a splat. It looked and sniffed, and finally confirmed its identity.

This is a relatively fresh fragment of a ceratopsian eggshell!

Its single eye suddenly turned crimson, and it looked up at the sky and let out another hoarse roar.

If I can't beat an adult, can't I beat you, a newborn?

It began to slowly wriggle upstream. With its pectoral fins, caudal fins, and lower limbs gone, it could only wriggle slowly. Thinking of this, the red light in its eyes intensified.

Since this eggshell was able to drift here, it means that the ceratopsian cub must have hatched in this area. It only needs to follow the stream and swamp to find some traces.

If it catches it...

It felt the struggling fish inside its belly and began to wriggle even more vigorously.

...

On the open ground in front of the camp, the little horned dragon that had just learned to crawl stared blankly at Chen Yan and Hua Miao, who were standing a few meters away on either side.

"Come here! Baby horned dragon, come to me, I'll give you kisses, hugs, and lift you up high, so you can experience the thrill of flying like a fire dragon!"

Chen Yan squatted to its left, clapping his hands repeatedly and calling out "baby baby" over and over again, trying to lure the little horned dinosaur over.

Meanwhile, Flower Cat stood on the right. Knowing that its meows wouldn't attract the little horned dragon, it frantically shook the milk bottle with its left and right paws, even its tail was wrapped with a bottle and was shaking.

It firmly believes that the little horned dinosaur, like itself, would never betray its food.

The little horned dragon wobbled a few steps to the left, and Chen Yan beamed with joy. Seeing this, the cat shook the bottle even more frantically. It then turned its head to the right, and Chen Yan shouted even more enthusiastically.

After going back and forth several times, just as it was tilting its head, looking left and right, unsure whether to step with its left or right paw, Harley happened to come out carrying a food spoon.

Just as she was about to call the three troublesome creatures to eat, the little horned dragon's eyes lit up, and it came running over and hugged her leg.

Harley scooped them up, leaving Flower Cat and Chen Yan utterly disappointed and collapsing helplessly to the ground.

"Chen Yan, why don't you think it's coming this way?"

Faced with Hua Miao's sincere question, Chen Yan took a serious look at Harley, who was teasing the little horned dragon, and a flash of insight suddenly struck him, and he realized what was going on.

"I get it! It must be because Harley and her mom have the same skin color, both so dark it reflects light, so it..."

Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, the little horned dragon transformed into a cannonball and hit him squarely in the face. He hugged the little horned dragon and fell asleep immediately.

"Chen Yan, you'll sleep with it by the camp entrance tonight!"

The cat, feeling incredibly fortunate to have escaped unscathed, nearly fell asleep on the spot when it saw the large pot that Harley brought out.

"Why are they still eating wild vegetables?!"

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Breakfast was still a simple wild vegetable soup.

Chen Yan and Harley were slurping their drinks, and Hua Miao had confirmed several times that what they were drinking was indeed the same as what it was drinking.

"How do you guys manage to make such a bitter and astringent wild vegetable soup taste so good?"

Flower Cat stared in anguish at the few swaying wild vegetables in the bowl. After drinking this for two and a half days straight, it was practically turning into a wild vegetable-flavored Palico.

It even tried to steal a sip of the baby horned dragon's milk, only to spit it out immediately.

It looks sweet, but it's actually oily and greasy, like swallowing a big mouthful of undercooked fatty meat.

Chen Yan swallowed the wild vegetable soup that he had been holding in his mouth for a while. He felt bitter inside, but he didn't say anything.

As for Harley, she was really enjoying it. She only drank the wild vegetable soup for two and a half days before complaining about it, whereas back in the day she drank it for half a month straight...

"Meow, guess what I saw when I was washing my face just now?"

Chen Yan put down his chopsticks and gestured with his hand in front of it.

"This fish is huge! I've never seen such a big fish before!"

Chen Yan stretched out his arms, his expression turning annoyed again.

"What a pity! I was so close to catching it! It just slithered away, rubbing against my finger!"

Then he pursed his lips and sighed, still feeling unsatisfied.

"If we catch that fish, we can have honey-glazed grilled fish this morning! Just imagine, such a big spring fish, first grilled over high heat for three minutes until the skin is crispy and fragrant... it's like a grilled fish that's so hot it's almost unbearable!"

The cat swallowed hard. It pounced on the pond in the corner of the camp, reaching out and scooping at the water with its paws. But it couldn't even catch a single scale, let alone such a big fish.

It complained with a mournful face.

"Chen Yan, why didn't you call me? You know perfectly well that I'm the best at catching fish!"

Harley turned her head to look at Chen Yan, who shook his head slightly.

Almost there.

The bubble only lasted for three seconds before bursting, indicating that the cat's obsession with eating fish is not enough to complete the task. It seems it will have to continue eating wild vegetables.

Seeing the sad-looking Hua Miao, Chen Yan felt a pang of guilt and gently rubbed Hua Miao's head to comfort her.

On the pterosaur, Chen Yan watched the two slashing dragons fighting in the sand pit.

They remained ruthless, each strike and bite aimed at the other's death. However, they knew each other too well, their attacks lacking variety and consisting of only a few repetitive blows. Ultimately, they all collapsed from exhaustion, unable to determine a victor.

Not only Chen Yan and Hua Miao were tired of seeing it, but even Harley, who knew nothing about swordsmanship, was tired of seeing it.

The cat was listlessly grooming its fur; after eating wild vegetables for a few days, its fur had become quite wilted.

Chen Yan was conflicted. He had originally planned to learn the three killing moves from the Flower Cat quest, and then find a way to teach one or two moves to the Dragon Slayer below, thereby breaking the balance between them and completing the Dragon Slayer quest that he coveted so much.

But this means that if Flower Cat doesn't go on a mission, they'll have to eat wild vegetables for the rest of the day.

For him and Harley, eating wild vegetables for a few days was no big deal, since hunters can eat anything when they're really pushed to their limits. But Flower Cat was suffering along with them for no reason.

I stroked the cat's fur, and it responded by weakly wagging its tail.

Seeing its listless appearance, Chen Yan felt heartbroken. What had he promised when he took the tabby cat from Granny Cat?

"I can't live without Flower Cat, just like the West can't live without Jerusalem!"

The bubble of the dragon-slaying quest in my mind burst with a "pop".

He scooped up the cat and, amidst its gasps of surprise, hoisted it onto his neck.

"Wow, Flower Cat, how come you're so heavy? You're almost breaking my neck! I remember the first time I put you on my neck, you were light and warm like a real leather scarf. How did you turn from a scarf into a barbell?"

Hua Miao tugged at Chen Yan's hair and rolled her eyes dramatically.

"You're the one who turned me into a barbell... Don't poke me unless it's absolutely necessary, let me burn fewer calories and stay on the machine a little longer..."

Chen Yan, wearing a barbell hat, took a deep breath and whistled a very loud whistle.

"Forget it! All roads lead to Rome! There's always a way! It's just a blue mission! It's just a little sheep! If the door is closed, the window will always open. If the window is closed too, then there's no roof! There's always a way!"

The pterosaur obeyed the command, turned sharply, and flew rapidly towards the camp.

"Meow, Harley, I'm sorry you've had to suffer these past few days. Come on, let's go back now, set up a fire, and grill some fish!"

The cat, in disbelief, straightened up and hung on Chen Yan's face, its paws cupping his face as it pressed him for answers.

"Really? Really? Really?"

Chen Yan answered it seriously.

"Really! Really! Really!"

Hua Miao pressed for more information.

Is it really true?

Chen Yan also answered.

"It really is true!"