Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

But when he walked in and reached out to pick it up, the little guy jumped back, dodging Chen Yan's hand. It backed up, lowered its head, shook its little horns, and swung its tail back and forth, making a low growl that was hard to understand.

"Little dragon cub, what's wrong? Are you hungry or thirsty? Didn't I leave you some cactus paste?"

Flower Cat popped out from behind Chen Yan, wiggled her wrists, and swaggered toward Little Coal Ball.

"What else could it be? Just like a little kitten, you think you're all that after gaining a couple of pounds! You've only been out for a day and you're already acting like a wild child, haven't you? Looks like I'm going to teach you a lesson again!"

The fluffy tail of the cat swayed back and forth, and the little horned dragon was most afraid of it scratching its itch with its tail.

But the little horned dragon, who usually plays and fights with the flower cat, acted out of character this time.

Upon hearing the cat's voice, its growl immediately turned into a whimper. With its wings drooping and its little tail trailing behind, it flew over the cat and rubbed its head against its belly.

Seeing how affectionate it was with the cat, Chen Yan felt envious.

"You heartless little thing! I feed you, I dig up cactus fruit for you during the day, remove the thorns, and grind it into a paste. I even have to change your diapers at night, and instead of coming to rub against me, you go and rub against the cat instead..."

Seeing the little horned dragon goring the flower cat and making it laugh out loud, Chen Yan clutched his chest and took a few steps back.

"Do you really like this jerk who rides you around all the time? Ugh, he's really broken my heart..."

He turned and walked out of the camp.

"Harley, Harley! My heart is breaking, I long for comfort..."

Chen Yan started to walk out, but was pulled back as soon as he took a step.

He looked down and saw the little horned dinosaur biting his trouser leg tightly, desperately pulling him inside.

Chen Yan was confused and thought the little guy had changed his mind.

Just as he was about to scoop it up, a small wound on his elbow suddenly stung, and his fingertip brushed against the little horned dragon's wing.

Chen Yan hissed and touched his elbow. Hadn't it already scabbed over? How did such a small movement reopen the wound?

He endured the pain and went to retrieve the baby horned dinosaur again. This time, his elbow didn't hurt, but his vision suddenly blurred for a moment, and he only managed to touch the baby horned dinosaur's tail once.

"what happened?"

Chen Yan rubbed his eyes and tried to catch the baby horned dinosaur again. This time, his elbows didn't hurt and his eyes weren't blurry, but his legs suddenly felt weak. Chen Yan staggered and missed the baby horned dinosaur again.

Seeing the little horned dinosaur repeatedly evade his attacks, Chen Yan became serious. He widened his eyes, straightened his legs, tensed his arms, and even held his breath.

Going to catch baby horned dinosaurs again!

"I refuse to believe I can't catch you!"

The mysterious force was about to exert its power when Hua Miao suddenly tried to scratch Chen Yan, but an even more magnificent and immense force stopped it. Hua Miao raised half of its paw, turned it around, and landed it on its own head.

It looked at its paws in confusion, wondering why it had tried to scratch Chen Yan just now.

The capture operation went exceptionally smoothly. Chen Yan scooped the baby horned dragon into his arms and started walking away. The baby horned dragon was terrified and began to struggle desperately in his arms, splashing soot all over Chen Yan's face.

Seeing that the little guy was being naughty, Chen Yan ran his fingers along its wings all the way to the base of its wings. With just a gentle scratch, the little horned dragon let out a half-squeak and went limp in his arms.

Chen Yan was extremely pleased with himself.

"You little brat, I can't handle you. I'll take you to take a bath, look how dirty you are."

The little horned dinosaur resigned itself to its fate, its little tongue lolling out as it watched Chen Yan walk step by step toward the stream in despair.

With a torch stuck beside her, Harley had already washed half a bag of ore by the stream.

"Chen Yan, tell Hua Miao that we won't be having grilled fish tonight. It's strange, there were so many fish in this stream this morning, but when I checked again this evening, there wasn't a single one left..."

The little horned dragon got excited again when it heard Harley's voice.

A glimmer of hope shone in its little eyes—there was still hope!

It poked its head out of Chen Yan's arms, panting and barking desperately at Harley, its eyes fixed on the stream. But to its despair, Harley didn't even turn her head...

The light in its eyes faded, and the little horned dragon settled into a comfortable position, as if it had resigned itself to its fate.

Just as Chen Yan was about to reply with a smile, the stream, three steps away, suddenly exploded.

Before Harley's horrified eyes, a huge black shadow suddenly leaped out of the muddy stream, splashing her with the icy water mixed with the foul stench of the mud.

The Mudfish Dragon leaped out of the stream with a perfect splash, its crimson single eye fixed on the little horned dragon, and a series of exhilarating growls emanated from its throat.

It seemed to see the little horned dinosaur being crushed into a pulp by it.

Harley was shocked for less than half a second before she immediately reached into her clothes. If the mudfish dragon that had been lurking for who knows how long was targeting her, Harley, who was unprepared while washing ore, would be seriously injured even if she didn't die.

Fortunately, the Mudfish Dragon had only one target from beginning to end: the baby horned dragon in Chen Yan's arms!

As for whether Chen Yan, who was holding the baby horned dinosaur, would be crushed to death by it, who cares?

"There's still time!"

Harley is an elite hunter, and her crossbow loading speed is the fastest in all of Star City! It only takes her 0.01 seconds!

Just as she raised her arm to aim, a small piece of mud stuck to the brim of her venomous bird hat suddenly slipped off, blocking her view for a moment.

It was just a matter of a split second.

That's too late!

Chapter 49 The Dark Shadow Hidden Deep Underground ★★★★★★

"There's still time."

Chen Yan murmured.

As long as you hold the knife tightly, there's still time.

His eyes reflected endless flashes of sword light, and his ears echoed with the endless cries of blades.

Flower Cat brandished its sword at his left eye, while the Ember Blade Dragon Slayer lashed its tail at his right eye. When he opened his eyes again, all he could see was himself and the sword in his hand.

The scabbard, which concealed the crimson, blazing blade, emitted a mournful cry as extraordinary heat rapidly filled the area.

Grass and trees spontaneously combusted and turned to ashes, and streams boiled until they dried up.

Harley, who was only three steps away, felt as if she had been thrown into volcanic lava. Her skin cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye. She looked at Chen Yan in shock.

Good heavens, is someone with this kind of aura and skill level not even worthy of shining the shoes of Zhanlong?

It seems her parents were right not to let her play with the katana.

Within a radius of ten miles, dust filled the air.

Chen Yan drew his sword half an inch, the crimson blade enveloped in black smoke and dust. The extreme sharpness and the unrestrained explosion pressed against the narrow blade, which the stone-forged body could not withstand, and cracks appeared and spread at a visible speed.

Even faster than the sword crumbled was his physical strength. His body lost consciousness in an instant as the power drained him, and a few white hairs even appeared at his temples.

But one cut is enough.

"Flying Blade Slash..."

Just as Chen Yan was about to unleash this earth-shattering strike, the little horned dragon pendant clinging tightly to him suddenly let out a mournful wail filled with fear, grievance, and extreme sadness.

It's still so young, why does it have to face the terrifying Mudfish Dragon, and then the even more frightening Chen Yan? The outside world is so scary, it wants to go home...

All emotions ultimately culminate in a primal, instinctive cry from the depths of one's being.

mom!!!

The earth groaned in anguish.

Amidst the little horned dragon's mournful howl, the ground within a radius of a hundred meters suddenly collapsed, then surged back up half a second later, and a black horned dragon so large that it filled Chen Yan's entire field of vision burst forth from the ground.

Its crimson eyes quickly locked onto the only cub it had been searching for for many days, as well as the mudfish dragon that harbored ill intentions towards its only cub.

So you're the one bullying my son?

A furious roar that shook the heavens and the earth shattered the air, and a devastating shockwave swept across the entire area. Chen Yan had no choice but to sheathe his sword and assume a defensive stance. With not enough hands, he could only cover the little horned dragon's ears as he flew backward, but before he even landed, he witnessed a horrific scene.

When the enraged and maddened Mrs. Blackhorn appeared, the excitement in the Mudfish Dragon's single eye vanished, replaced by a clean and pure despair.

If it had known this would happen, it would have preferred to have died in the mud...

Despite Chen Yan's blurred vision, tinnitus, and blood spurting from his face, he could still hear a chilling sound of flesh and bones cracking.

Through his blurred vision, he could only see the slimy body of the Mudfish Dragon being pierced by the huge horn of the Black Horned Dragon, with blood, internal organs, and broken bones spraying out like crazy.

The black-horned dragon lady, still not satisfied with piercing it through with her horns, used it as a weapon to perform a bloody plowing act for everyone present.

It plowed the ground for dozens of meters under its own power, leaving a trail of blood that stretched from its feet until it crashed into the mountainside and stopped. The hard rock was dented by the impact. Under the horns of this enraged Black Horned Dragon, the Mudfish Dragon couldn't even let out a scream and painfully "slept" away.

Only then did it calm down, swinging its horns and smashing a pile of meat mixed with bones onto the ground.

Chen Yan looked at the Black Horned Dragon Lady, who was displaying great power, and gave a wry smile.

"Madam, you should either come earlier or later... I just spent my life and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy it before you stole my kill. I'm so upset."

Mrs. Blackhorn stopped in front of Chen Yan, blood still dripping from her horns. She stared intently at the little horned dragon, who, seeing such a large and unfamiliar beast, burrowed into Chen Yan's arms in fear.

Mrs. Blackhorn's gaze towards Chen Yan changed, from looking at a rock to asking, "Are you also a villain who stole my son?"

Chen Yan gasped for breath, enduring the pain that was everywhere in his body. Under the unfriendly gaze of Mrs. Blackhorn Dragon, his hand, which was about to touch the little horn dragon's head, hung in mid-air.

The little horned dinosaur's forehead was already shiny from being polished, and the thought that he would never be able to polish it again left him feeling empty.

"You silly little dragon cub, you wouldn't even recognize your own mother! Go on, smell it, see how its scent differs from ours..."

The little horned dinosaur blinked its eyes. This little guy was quite clever. First, it clung to Chen Yan's arm to cover itself, and only after it was covered with a shell did it dare to timidly raise its head, stretching and shrinking its body as it approached, sniffing the scent of Mrs. Blackhorned Dinosaur's wing claws.

He paused for half a second, then took another big sniff.

My body trembled slightly, but I could already smell the scent of my mother that was etched into my genes.

It whimpered as it climbed off Chen Yan, clinging tightly to Mrs. Blackhorn's wing claws, whimpering and howling as if it were scolding him for coming to find it so late, or perhaps celebrating that it had finally found its mother.

Mrs. Blackhorn lowered her head and licked the little horn several times with her tongue. Looking at the plump and strong cub that resembled a second tabby cat, she was very satisfied. She sheltered it under her wings, glanced at Chen Yan, and turned to slowly walk back to the burrow she had crawled out of.

Feeling the bubbles in his mind transform into a roulette wheel, Chen Yan waved his hand with difficulty.

"Congratulations! Congratulations!"

Then he saw a reward that shouldn't have appeared in the rewards list, and then he saw the pointer finally stop steadily on this extra reward.

[Task completed.]

【Call for Mom!】: Your roar sounds just like the scream of a newly hatched horned dragon cub. It might summon Mrs. Blackhorn, or some monsters that want to kill the horned dragon cub.

Chen Yan almost fainted; he would have been better off just fainting.