Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

Compared to the bewildered Flower Cat and Harley, who didn't know where to start, the seasoned boss Naomi was more experienced.

She gently patted the small wooden bucket at her waist, and countless crickets flew out, fluttering along a corner of her clothes before quickly disappearing into the crevices of the ruins.

While the cat waited anxiously, the blue guide bug that flew back slowly put its mind at ease.

The fact that the guide worm turned blue means that Xia Long is not dead, and if Xia Long is not dead, it means that Chen Yan is very likely still alive.

"Alright, stop fooling around and hurry up and dig. I reckon we'll find Chen Yan if we dig a little longer."

Naomi handed Hua Miao a can of cold drink. Hua Miao took it and gulped it down in a few mouthfuls. She exhaled a breath of cold air and didn't rush to throw away the icy can. She rolled it around on her body a few times before finally throwing it away.

Naomi grabbed Harley's injured hand to check it over, and after confirming that it was alright, she took the lead and started digging along the traces left by the guide worms with her hoe.

The two women and the cat were digging enthusiastically, unaware that Chen Yan, whom they were worried about, had just woken up in a warm and comfortable embrace.

He stretched comfortably in Xialong's arms.

The moment he opened his eyes, he met Xia Long's eyes, which were fixed on him. Details of the previous battle flooded his mind, and he nervously and carefully touched his body. There were no life-threatening injuries, not even a small cut.

After sensing the bubbles in his mind, Chen Yan suddenly realized something and was pleasantly surprised.

"I never expected that my carefully planned scheme would fail to catch Nergigante, but instead I caught an incredible giant."

He reached out and stroked Xialong's single horn, his tone full of relief.

"Queen Aotu Na of the Demonic Light, to have Her lend a hand is truly a stroke of good fortune for us..."

Chen Yan wanted to stop, but Xia Long lowered her head and stuck to his hand again.

Chen Yan, who was still observing his surroundings, did not notice anything unusual.

"Were they buried by a collapsed extinct volcano? Looks like choosing an extinct volcano as the battlefield was the right decision. The air is still relatively fresh, and the temperature isn't particularly hot, so they shouldn't be buried too deep. By the way, are Naomi and the others alright...?"

Chen Yan tried to crawl out, but before he could even get halfway out, Xia Long pulled him back into her arms. He didn't think much of it, assuming that Xia Long was just terrified by the Nergigante.

Chen Yan got angry again at the mention of Meimeizi. He used both hands to rub and knead the Xialong’s cheeks and horn haphazardly, not even sparing its very sensitive chin and neck.

"I told you a thousand and one times to hide well and not show yourself, and you hid perfectly well before, but in the end you still didn't listen to me. Why did you show yourself? You don't think I can't beat Nergigante, do you...? Watch how I deal with you!"

He and Xialong were very lucky. The collapsed rubble piled up and formed a cave of moderate size, but there was very little light, with only a few glimmers of light flashing through the narrow gaps.

The dim light kept Chen Yan, engrossed in playing with Xialong, from noticing anything amiss.

The texture of touching the dragon scales felt a little strange.

It used to be ice-cold, but this time it felt a bit warm to the touch. However, considering that this was a volcanic area, it was probably due to the hot environment, so I didn't think much of it.

The dragon offered no resistance, closing its eyes slightly in enjoyment, gently scratching at the pebbles under its paws with its limbs, and even straightening its curled tail slightly.

"Oh, right, let me see the wings!"

The dragon obediently lowered its wings, allowing Chen Yan to stroke them. Just as he expected, the part of the wing bone that had been broken by the steel dragon had been completely restored. It felt smooth and warm to the touch, and the texture was wonderful.

Chen Yan tentatively pinched the two toes at the joint of its wing. Just as he expected, the Xialong did not show any pain. Instead, it breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's hope of completing the mission!"

Chen Yan became addicted to touching it, while Xia Long, perhaps because its newly grown wings were a bit sensitive, trembled as it was touched, and it had to gently bite Chen Yan's hand again to stop it.

It gently nuzzled Chen Yan's body, shaking its head, and a strange fragrance filled the small cave.

Chen Yan and Xia Long made a fuss for a while, and once again tried to climb out of His arms, but just like last time, he was pulled back after only a couple of steps.

This time, Xialong was a bit rough, directly trapping Chen Yan in its arms. Facing Chen Yan's bewildered expression, it couldn't help but bite his hand lightly, and its tongue also darted out to lick his face.

Chen Yan then realized that something was wrong.

Why is Xialong being so proactive?

After staring at the abnormal Xialong for a couple of seconds, Chen Yan seemed to have discovered something incredible. He rubbed his eyes hard and stared at it again.

I knew it!

One second the scales on the dragon's cheeks were slightly red, the next second they turned light blue, and the next second they turned grass green.

As Xialong licked him indiscriminately, Chen Yan pondered what Xialong's frequent changes in body color meant.

"Wait, wait! Let me..."

Before Chen Yan could finish speaking, he was caught in Xia Long's embrace and could not speak. He could only rely on his sense of touch to slide down Xia Long's wing bones until he touched its soft yet hard claws.

Chen Yan was extremely anxious, his ten fingers flying across the paper as he once again used all his skills to massage His toes and claws.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!"

He had to hurry, because the reward for the Chameleon quest included the Giant Tail, which was exactly what he needed right now.

If he understood correctly, the Chameleon's massive tail was equivalent to...

"I don't need anything else, just give me the giant tail!"

Chapter 65 is terrifyingly strong!

Under Chen Yan's persistent massage, the only two golden bubbles in his mind burst, and the roulette wheel reappeared.

In addition to the much-needed reward [Giant Tail], there are also some strange items like [Foot Bath Claw Tips] and [Chen Yan Scent Tracking].

Chen Yan, enduring the "pain" and "pleasure" of being squeezed and subjected to acidic liquid, prayed with five pounds of fat from the cat's body.

"I must... obtain the Giant Tail!"

The roulette wheel stopped spinning, and the pointer slowly stopped between [Stereoscopic Vision] and [Giant Tail]. Chen Yanxin's heart skipped a beat.

"Ten pounds of fatty meat!"

The turntable shifted slightly again.

[Task completed.]

[Giant Tail]: Some of your organs are greatly enhanced, and flat structures that extend to both sides and bend outwards and inwards grow from the roots and head. When excited, it remains upright, and it can remain curled up at other times. When you lie on the ground, you can sense ground vibrations through it.

Chen Yan felt a surge of intense heat rushing down on him. He had been unconscious when he received the reward from the Ao Tu Na mission and didn't feel anything, but now that he was awake, he realized just how powerful this energy was!

As expected of a quest reward of Gu Long level, the heat flow is almost endless.

The dragon trembled violently from head to tail and let out a low, hoarse roar, clearly sensing the miraculous changes that had occurred in Chen Yan's body.

Chen Yan, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to turn the tables.

With the combined effects of [Strong Lungs], [Luck], [Soft Tissue Self-Healing], [Giant Tail], and the earth vein energy transmitted by the Mirage Dragon, plus the mission rewards, Chen Yan, transformed into a humanoid perpetual motion machine, let out a roar.

He's terrifyingly strong now!

I'm not afraid to fight Nergigante again!

Afterwards, Xialong carefully protected Chen Yanzai beneath her, spread her wings and waved them left and right, easily shattering the slender stones supporting the cave with her fully restored wing bones.

With a roar, a large amount of rubble cascaded down, causing the Xialong to sink slightly, but it did not stop flapping its wings. It transformed into a stirring fairy, breaking the rolling stones into even finer fragments.

Although it is not an ancient dragon known for its strength, it can easily break some volcanic rocks.

After the rock-breaking work was nearly completed, it shook its single horn on its head, transformed into the Digging Princess, easily broke through the pile of rocks, and quickly returned to the surface.

Shaking off the dust and debris, the Xialong spread its wings again and took flight, wobbling and unsteady.

He wasn't very good at flying fast, but traveling slowly was no problem for him.

He disappeared into a cloud, his figure blurred for a moment, and when the cloud rippled again, he could no longer be seen.

The rosy glow that had been frozen in the sky for so long, seemingly wooden, hurriedly followed.

He finally understood why he had been defeated by the combined forces of the seemingly weak humans and the fire dragons that could only serve as his food!

It turns out that there are other ways to combine than just riding!

...

In the volcanic ruins beneath them, which had collapsed a second due to the rock-breaking by the Chameleon, Naomi, Harley, and Flower Cat rushed out at the last second before the passage collapsed.

The cat, which had rushed out of the passage, tried to brake with all four paws, but it wobbled and rolled several times on the ground before finally stopping. It turned its head and stared in disbelief at the even more completely collapsed ruins.

Its legs went weak, and it tried to grab Harley's legs again.

"Please...please, Boss Harley, save Chen Yan again!"

Harley pinched and pulled at the cat's chubby face, preparing to dig at the ground again, when Naomi stopped her.

"No need to dig anymore, look."

A deep blue guide insect flew across the sky, heading directly towards the base. Naomi wiped the sweat from her brow and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems they've escaped."

While in a deep sleep, Chen Yan felt increasingly breathless. When he couldn't bear it any longer and suddenly woke up, he discovered that the fat cat, Hua Miao, had possessed him and was sleeping soundly with his head on top of him.

At first, the cat liked to sleep in the cat bed, then it gradually started sleeping next to him, then it slept with its legs on his back, and then it slept with its chest on his back. Now even the chest isn't enough for it, so it has started sleeping with its face on his back.

Chen Yan grabbed Hua Miao's chubby cheek.

"You fat cat, I didn't die at the hands of Nergigante, but you almost suffocated me! Starting tomorrow, you're on a diet. You're not allowed in my bed until you lose ten pounds..."

The cat opened its eyes groggily, and upon discovering that Chen Yan was awake, it once again transformed into a face-hugging cat.

"Wow, Chen Yan, you're alive! I thought you were dead! You have no idea how bad your complexion was, how dark your eyes were, and you kept muttering things like 'I'm not going to make it,' and 'Let me go.' I was so worried about you!"

Just as Chen Yan was about to prop himself up, a sudden soreness and numbness in his waist made him gasp, see stars, and feel his limbs stiffen, causing him to fall back onto the bed.

It took him a while to recover. He never expected that Xialong's combat power and needs would be so strong. Even though he had accumulated a lot of positive energy, he still ended up with a crushing defeat.

It seems the old saying is true: you can't go all out from the start when running a marathon.

Chen Yan shakily pulled out a large pile of tiny dragon scales from his pocket and stuffed them all into Hua Miao's hands.

"Hua Miao, take these scales and ask the captain of the trading ship if he's interested in buying them."

“If he’s not interested, you can set up a small stall somewhere and try selling some. See how many gold coins you can make. We still owe Big Sister a lot of money.”

"Also, we owe our survival to Naomi and Harley. If you see them, tell them I've prepared a big gift for them. I'll present it to them personally in a few days..."

Hua Miao held the dragon scales that Chen Yan had collected. These tiny scales were not enough to make weapons or armor, but they were crystal clear and purplish in color. They were incredibly beautiful under the light and could probably be sold for a lot of money as decorations.

This was collected by Chen Yan at the beginning of his battle with Xia Long, when he was still conscious.

On the surface, he only owed Naomi three thousand gold coins for making weapons, but in reality, she had been quietly paying for the mushroom pigs that Xialong ate. Feeding Xialong for so long must have cost three or four thousand gold coins.

"I owe Big Sister a lot... I hope these dragon scales will fetch a good price. Oh, and if there are any left, go to the head chef and bake me something nice to make up for it. Just don't let anyone see this..."