Monster Hunter: I can accept monster quests

"Even if we're about to die, we absolutely cannot let you escape!"

Chen Yan panicked. He opened his blood-red maw and bit down hard on the tip of the Extinction Dragon's tongue.

Nergigante never expected that the lollipop in its mouth would start biting the dragon.

Caught off guard, His third slam of the tail veered off course, landing on the rocky ground beside Him where there were few cracks. His body, half-buried in the ground, came to a stop.

After being interrupted by Chen Yan, it was too late to strike a fourth time.

In the last few moments before the fireball exploded, He only had time to use His tail to flick His two wings onto His back, curl His body up on the ground as much as possible, flick His tail in front of Him to protect Half of His body, and He even thoughtfully pressed Chen Yan under His tongue.

...

First, a glowing fireball rose up, and after the fireball went out, it formed a rising mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke. The shockwave swept across the entire Elder's Recess, and huge pillars of dust rose from the ground. The entire northeastern corner of the New World seemed to shake as if it had exploded.

Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess circled back, and from a thousand meters above the ground, they carefully scanned every inch of land swept by the explosion. As expected, there was no living thing within a hundred meters, only charred ore. It seemed that Nergigante had been completely reduced to dust.

Black Flame King stared intently at the crevice. Its eyesight was excellent; it could see the folds of the Rock Thief Dragon's belly as it rolled over from a thousand meters away, but it couldn't make out what was inside the dark crevice.

To be absolutely sure, it prepared to go closer to take a look, but the Purple Poison Fairy grabbed its tail.

Black Flame King was taken aback, then suddenly remembered something and looked at the little Sakura Fire Dragon beside him along with Purple Poison Princess.

Sakura's dragon stared blankly at the desolate battlefield below, its head bowed. Though it didn't whimper, large dragon tears streamed uncontrollably from the corners of its eyes. Meanwhile, Hana was sobbing loudly on its back, its fat body trembling with each sob.

Purple Poison Princess slowly approached, wanting to lick away the Dragon Tears from the corner of its eye, but was knocked away by Little Sakura Fire Dragon. It looked angrily at the "culprit" who caused Chen Yan's death, tears streaming down its face.

It can see it clearly!

Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess clearly had the ability to kill the Extinction Dragon, but they didn't!

Faced with the questioning gaze of Sakura Fire Dragon, Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess were speechless and could only lower their heads and avoid looking at it.

Actually, they initially intended to kill Nergigante, but whenever they were about to deliver the fatal blow, a strange sense of unease would well up in their hearts. As the king and queen of the fire dragons, they were no strangers to this feeling.

Since there are ancient dragons that can summon wind and rain and cause natural disasters, destroying the natural ecosystem, then naturally an ancient dragon that feeds on ancient dragons will evolve to hunt them and achieve ecological balance.

If they had killed Nergigante, it would have undoubtedly disrupted the natural cycle, which is why Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess chose to let Nergigante leave.

But who would have thought that the Extinction Dragon was still so treacherous, and even when their lives were hanging by a thread, they still thought about eating people. They never expected that the Extinction Dragon would be so audacious, and that's how they fell into its trap.

Strangely enough, the moment the Nergigante made contact with Chen Yan, their palpitations vanished without a trace, as if the special Nergigante had suddenly ceased to be special.

Black Flame King nudged Purple Poison Princess's wing with his head, gesturing for it to go and coax his beloved granddaughter, Little Sakura Fire Dragon. When they were little, no matter how angry the little one got, as long as Purple Poison Princess coaxed her and he went to catch some good food for her, she would be calmed down in no time.

But this time, it seems that the trick didn't work.

Sakura Fire Dragon completely ignored the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess, who were still trying to coax it using the same methods they used when it was a child.

It now understands that although Grandpa Dragon Black Flame King and Grandma Dragon Purple Poison Princess reign supreme in a corner of the Dragon Crystal Land, they are actually timid and hesitant when it comes to fighting, not even as good as Chen Yan... no, not even as good as Flower Cat.

It pulled out scales from under its wings and tossed them to them before turning and flying back.

At this moment, Sakura Fire Dragon had never craved power so much.

If it were stronger, would Chen Yan have survived?

It wants to become stronger, it wants to become stronger, it wants to become stronger!!!

It didn't want to learn from Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess. It wanted to go to the Ancient Forest to find the Golden Rathalos and Silver Rathalos, who resided at the top of the forest and dared to declare war on Aotu Na, to learn their skills. It absolutely, positively, and unwaveringly wanted to become stronger!

Black Flame King and Purple Poison Princess quickly followed, determined not to let their little darling get angry again...

...

"Hiss hiss..."

With only a 10% chance of survival left, Chen Yan struggled to crawl out of the mouth of the Extinction Dragon.

He pulled out a dagger and slowly pressed it against Nergigante's severely burned chest, its gaze so dim it seemed it would go out at any moment.

The tip of the knife was even pressed directly against His almost exposed, slightly beating heart.

"Back when you were with the Lava Dragon, you tried to kill us, so it's not unreasonable for me to kill you, is it?"

"..."

The tip of the knife advances.

"Back at the Coral Plateau, you tried to kill us. It's really not unreasonable for me to kill you, is it?"

"..."

Further progression.

"And this time, you really went too far, actually trying to devour me alive. Killing you is really not too much to ask, is it?"

"..."

There was nothing left to pass on; if we moved even a little further, we would truly pierce His heart.

Facing Chen Yan's incessant chatter, the Nergigante closed its eyes slightly. As the most ferocious ancient dragon, it would never show the slightest fear. Hmph, it's just death...

After waiting for a long time, the expected pain did not come.

He opened his eyes and found Chen Yan sitting cross-legged in front of him, waving his own face and muttering words that He could not understand at all.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die, I deserve to die..."

Perhaps sensing the gaze of the Nergigante, Chen Yan sighed deeply, shifted his position closer, placed the dagger against his palm, and gently made a cut. Sweet and delicious blood, containing magical energy, dripped onto its tongue.

"It's settled then. You drank my blood, so you're now my dragon. You're not allowed to bully me, yell at me, or make me do chores... And also, if you ever hunt down a delicious Elder Dragon, you have to let me see if there's a quest for it..."

The Extinction Dragon stared blankly at Chen Yan, who was pale-faced, swaying, yet still bleeding himself to save him.

Chen Yan paused, and the sudden appearance of dazzling golden light in his mind almost made him faint.

[Nergigante issues a quest: Please, my beloved, accompany me to the ends of the earth.]

Chapter 83 The Journey of Vows, Towards the End Together

[Nergigante issues a quest: Please, my beloved, accompany me to the ends of the earth.]

The contract has been signed, the oath has been made, our minds are united, and we are inseparable. It is time to seek out the ancient dragon destined for death. Begin your journey of oath and join Him in His final moments.

[Mission Reward: Catastrophe Terminator]

"To the very end together, what a chilling phrase. Does it mean that when Azure Star attacks you, it will kill me too...?"

Chen Yan shivered, unsure whether it was because of fate or because he had lost too much blood.

Seeing that the eyes of the dragon were already spinning around, he took out a lump of dark ointment from his pocket and smeared it on his palm. The ointment that Harley gave him was indeed effective, and the cut wound quickly stopped bleeding and scabbed over.

Seeing that Chen Yan was no longer feeding it, Nergigante secretly swallowed the last bite, then closed its eyes and remained motionless, waiting to die.

Seeing His expression of "If you don't care about me, I'll die here," Chen Yan helplessly rubbed His nose.

Hmm, it's wet and slippery, and it feels like a giant cat's nose.

"I can't feed you anymore, or I won't have the strength to stand up. You take a nap, I'll be right back..."

Chen Yan got up, but after taking only two steps, he staggered back three steps. He leaned against the face of the Nergigante and caught his breath. After regaining some strength, he turned around, took his dagger, and stabbed it into the smooth rock wall. In a few moments, he dug a shallow pit.

Yes, he's going to climb up.

The Nergigante watched from behind as Chen Yan climbed up little by little, its gaze changing as it did so.

From "It's up to you whether you go or not" to "You're really leaving?" and then to "Don't go!", until Chen Yan was almost completely out of sight, He finally let out a hoarse gasp, as if trying to call him back.

But Chen Yan's figure still disappeared, and slowly even the sound of chiseling the wall could no longer be heard.

He stared intently at the spot where Chen Yan had disappeared, his body instinctively urging him to close his eyes, but he refused to do so.

Because the moment He closes His eyes, darkness and deathly silence will instantly rush over and engulf Him. The injury He suffered this time was so severe that He was unsure whether He could open His eyes again after closing them.

This was not the first time He had been seriously injured. As an Elder Dragon that hunts dangerous Elder Dragons, injuries were naturally inevitable.

Whenever He is injured, He will find a quiet cave to sleep in. The more serious the injury, the longer He sleeps. When He wakes up, the horns on His head, the thorns on His body, and the strength in His body will become thicker, harder, and bigger than before.

As His power increased, so did the ferocity within Him. Over time, He was on the verge of losing control of the ferocity within Him.

But this time, He tried his best to suppress his drowsiness, his little eyes staring straight up.

He feared he would never be able to open his eyes again, and even more so, he feared that once he opened his eyes, he would forget Chen Yan.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time—perhaps an hour, perhaps many hours—Chen Yan finally reappeared.

Nergigante watched him climb down step by step until he was only left with the last step before slowly closing his eyes.

He heard Chen Yan approaching, heard the clicking sound of him rubbing flint, felt the warmth from the small flame in front of him, and smelled the aroma of meat suddenly filling his nostrils.

He couldn't keep up the act any longer, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the bad guy deliberately waving a skewer of barbecue in front of his nose.

"Haha, I can tell you're definitely not asleep because I can see your eyes darting around under your eyelids!"

"Come on, try my special Chen Yan grilled skewers!"

He tugged at the limp tongue of the Extinction Dragon, placed it in his arms, blew on the dusty parts of the tongue to clean it thoroughly, and then, satisfied, picked up the skewer, crossed it from side to side, and rubbed the greasy little pieces of meat from the skewer onto its tongue.

The hot chunk of meat landed, scalding his tongue and causing it to involuntarily wrinkle.

Chen Yan clearly saw that the Nergigante tongue spread out in a circle of ripples from the spot where the piece of flesh fell, like ripples spreading across a calm surface of water after a stone was thrown into it, and continued to spread until it disappeared behind.

"I didn't expect your tongue to be so flexible..."

Chen Yan shook a few more pieces of meat onto the lake, watching the surface ripple until he noticed that the Nergigante was staring at him with a mixture of anger and confusion. Chen Yan, who was having a great time, chuckled and withdrew his hand.

Who would have thought that Nergigante, covered in thorns, would have its weakness in its tongue...

"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Eat up. These dark lizards and moonlight lizards took me a lot of effort to get. Eat some of the roasted lizards first, and then you can taste the beetles and toads later and see which one tastes better..."

Chen Yan glanced back at the explosive beetles, explosive toads, and paralyzing toads that were being grilled on skewers over a fire.

"Eating beetles and toads might cause a slight numbing sensation in your mouth, but don't worry, that's a normal reaction..."

The Nergigante didn't eat. It looked at the skewers in Chen Yan's hand, then at his mouth, and finally stared at his stomach, its meaning clear.

"Don't worry about me. Actually, I ran into a Rock Dragon that got blown up as soon as I went up, and I'm already pretty full. Listen to me, eat up, or the meat will get cold and taste greasy..."

Chen Yan let out a burp, and the Nergigante lowered its eyes and carefully swallowed the lizard, even the beetles and toads behind it, which didn't taste very good, were eaten with great relish.

After swallowing a dozen or so lizards, a whole nest of beetles, and seven or eight red and green toads, he finally had something in his stomach.

The slight warmth from digesting the food made His heart beat a little stronger. With each heartbeat, the earth's energy flowing underground slowly surged up and seeped into His body, gradually radiating heat from His cold body.

After several cycles, before the food was completely digested, He finally established a stable connection with the earth's energy. As His body began to heal, His drowsiness intensified, His eyelids drooped, and He drowsily looked at Chen Yan.