I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"It looks very similar to the crawling traces of a well-fed Megathiasaurus, but the traces are fresh, so one of them must have crawled away not long ago."

"Well, you are right, then let's follow this trail."

After listening to Bai Xing's analysis, Xier nodded. It seemed that the giant thief dragon returned to its nest after hunting.

"Aibo-san, please record this trace."

Xier called Miss Aibo over, then took out the guide insects given by the captain of the investigation team, gently opened the insect cage, and placed them close to the traces of the giant thief dragon.

The guide insect in the insect cage slowly floated out, stayed on the trace of the giant thief dragon for a moment, and then began to fly towards the depths of the forest.

"Looks like it was successful, let's catch up!"

Xier looked at the guide insect and thought that according to what the investigation team leader said, it was most likely successful.

"Hey! This thing is really convenient!"

Shirahoshi was a little surprised, but although he was envious, Xier was the only one equipped with the guide insect. For some reason, all the guide insects would shrink immediately after approaching Shirahoshi and would not come out of the cage. Shirahoshi had no choice but to give up this convenient guide.

Following the traces of the guide insect, Xier and the other two came to a very hidden cave.

This cave is about one person tall and extends downwards, looking like a large ant nest. This is probably the nest of the thief dragon.

"Let's go, we have to complete our first mission perfectly!"

Miss aibo quietly set a flag.

The three of them walked towards the cave.

Chapter 13: Cunning Hungry Man

The cave is quite narrow for large monsters, which is also the survival strategy chosen by the thieves when facing other dangers. But for hunters, it is quite spacious. Seele and Shirahoshi surrounded Miss Aibo in front and behind to prevent her from being attacked by the thieves.

"Oh~ The plants here are amazing, they are all bioluminescent."

Miss Aibo excitedly recorded everything she saw, and at the same time cut some plants with a knife and put them in a wooden tube she carried with her so that she could study them later.

"Ms. Aibo, I think these are enough. Our main task is to hunt the Great Thief Dragon."

Xier looked at Miss Aibo who started to collect plants excitedly and even wanted to put some plants in her mouth, so she reminded her helplessly.

"Eh~~"

Miss Aibo put down the plant she had just nibbled a little with some regret, and then wrote down: "It can't be eaten...Okay, that's all I want to write down. Let's go find the Megalodon!"

"Attention, we seem to have been discovered. And we seem to be surrounded."

Bai Xing reminded them from behind. However, Xier also found something wrong around them. Since they came in, some thief dragons disappeared. When they went deeper, those disappeared thief dragons came out quietly, and their number was far greater than before. They surrounded Xier and the other two, ready to kill them at any time.

"Yes, but we are not afraid of them."

Xi'er's hand reached out to her weapon, ready to fight at any time.

The battle was about to break out, and Miss Aibo had already found a good hiding place early. As soon as the battle started, she quickly hid there and never caused any trouble for Seele and Shirahoshi.

"It seems we are quite popular."

Looking at the increasing number of thiarosaurs, Bai Xing chuckled and said, it is indeed the season for thiarosaurs to become rampant. The number of thiarosaurs in this cave now almost exceeds the capacity of the cave. It seems that the newly born thiarosaurs have just reached adulthood.

Hunters will wait, but monsters don't have such good patience. As the number of thief dragons increases, these usually timid guys also become courageous. They all open their mouths full of fangs and roar softly.

At a certain moment, it seemed that their patience had finally reached its limit, and the group of thief dragons rushed forward, ready to dismember and eat the three people.

"Haha~"

Xier chuckled and showed a smile that would never appear on her face normally, although she herself didn't realize it.

"What a bunch of cute toys!"

Xier yanked the insect-catching stick on her back, but although the weapon was called an insect-catching stick, Xier did not carry any hunting insects with her. Now it was just a sharp stick.

"boom!"

However, this stick exerted extremely strong power in Xier's hands. With a fierce downward smash, she smashed the head of the thief dragon that pounced on her into the ground. Then she twisted her waist and swept out horizontally, sweeping away all the thief dragons.

This also scared Bai Xing who was standing nearby.

"Oh my god! Xier, you...are so amazing!"

Shirahoshi has never seen Seele fighting seriously. This is the first time she has seen Seele fighting a monster. Although it is not quite appropriate to say this, Seele is now like a vicious beast.

"Hahaha! Hahaha!"

Xier laughed wildly and waved the insect stick in her hand continuously, clearing out all the thief dragons around. Even Bai Xing didn't have to do much, and the group of thief dragons that surrounded her were dispersed by Xier alone.

"Huh...huh..."

It seemed that Xi'er had over-exercised. She stood there panting slightly. Bai Xing saw this and went forward to ask, "Is Xi'er okay?"

However, the next moment she was startled by Xier who turned back. She saw Xier slowly turned her face. Although the expression on her face was calm, her scarlet eyes were seen by Bai Xing.

Those scarlet eyes were as if glowing with blood, deep and full of temptation, but if someone was attracted by this bright red, they would probably be torn apart in an instant.

"Shirahoshi, what's wrong with you?"

Xier's words pulled Bai Xing out of her fantasy, but when she looked at Xier again, she found that the scarlet eyes had disappeared, and the sea-like blue color appeared again, making Bai Xing wonder if she had seen it wrong just now.

"Nothing, I'm just shocked by your beauty, Xi'er!"

Bai Xing said this glibly, and although that was partly the reason, Xier just now did have a different kind of beauty.

"Oh~ Xier will be embarrassed if you say that."

When Xier heard Bai Xing's words, her face turned red all of a sudden. Although she knew that Bai Xing was just being smooth-talking, she still felt very happy about the compliment.

"Really? Hahaha..."

Bai Xing laughed a few times, but her sharp eyes suddenly noticed that the necklace on Xier's chest had been thrown out of her clothes at some point and was exposed outside.

Of course, what attracted her was not the necklace, but the unknown spike on the necklace that seemed to be a little bigger than before, and Bai Xing felt that the spike seemed to jump slightly just now?

Bai Xing secretly threw these thoughts out of his head and felt that he might have seen it wrong just now. If Xier's red eyes could exist, then how could the flickering necklace exist?

Not knowing what Shirahoshi was thinking, Xier recalled the battle just now. Although she fought as usual, she felt inexplicably comfortable, as if something that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time was released. Moreover, since she came to the New World, she always felt indescribably relaxed. However, she didn't know the reason for this, and just thought it was because she was relaxed.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting, Xier and Shirahoshi stripped all the materials they could take away from the dead thief dragons. Unlike the Old World, hunting in the New World has a more relaxed range. Although private hunting is still prohibited, the collection of materials is much more relaxed. There is a strict censorship system in the Old World. All dragons hunted by hunters must be handed over to the union, and only a small part can be kept.

But the New World is different. Since everything in the New World is still in the development stage, hunting as a necessary part allows hunters to hunt without affecting the environment, and the gains from hunting will be more than before. If they can catch anything, they will get more materials as a reward. This is a benefit unique to the New World.

Of course, this kind of welfare is not without restrictions. In order to prevent hunters from treating things from the New World as rare goods and selling them in the Old World, thereby extending the smuggling industry, the New World Investigation Team prohibits returning hunters from bringing things from the New World back to the Old World, even if it is a piece of ore or a plant.

"All right!"

After peeling all the materials, Bai Xing straightened his back, then put the materials into a bag and set them aside to take away when he returned.

Xier, who was in charge of guarding here, discovered another downward passage.

"Shirahoshi, come quickly, there is a passage here."

Just now, Xier was still curious about where those suddenly appearing thieves came from, and the cave discovered now explains this phenomenon.

It turns out that the thief dragon's nest is not just an underground nest, but a connected nest like an ant's. The two nests are connected by a tunnel. When you first come in, this place is hidden because of the growth of vines.

Just now, when Xier was on guard, she suddenly heard the sound of wind and discovered this passage. The guide insects that accompanied her also flew out again, and their markings also showed that the Big Thief Dragon was here.

"These guys are quite good at hiding!"

Bai Xing looked at this hidden cave and couldn't help but sigh. It was interesting. When she hatched, she would also build a nest like this. A three-bedroom and a living room built by herself, it didn't seem bad to think about it.

"Let's go, Miss Aibo, you have to be careful."

Xier reminded that although Aibo had shown good qualities, she was still very worried. The big thief dragon left a deep impression on her that day, so much so that she can still remember that big mouth now.

"Got it! Is this the bone of a herbivorous dinosaur?"

As soon as she entered the cave, Xier smelled a strange smell. The smell of decay and sourness was the unique smell of the giant thief dragon. The pile of bones on the right side of the cave entrance just proved the existence of the giant thief dragon.

"Be careful."

Xier waved her hand, while her eyes kept searching for traces of the giant thief dragon.

Soon she saw the giant thief dragon behind a stone pillar.

The giant thief dragon in front of him was not the one Xier saw that day, but it was larger than the previous one. I think the one that day should be a giant thief dragon that had just reached adulthood.

Now the ferocious beast was fast asleep, its mane parted in clumps, resembling a middle-parted hairstyle, its lizard-like eyes tightly shut, and a snoring sound emanating from its chest.

(What?)

Xier winked at Shirahoshi.

(Watch me!)

Bai Xing gave Xi Er a gesture to let her back off, then he took out two explosive barrels from somewhere and placed them next to the big thief dragon.

(Where did you get these things from?)

Although she couldn't speak, Xier's surprised look well explained her thoughts. God knows where Shirahoshi got the two big barrels from.

However, no matter how many questions he had, he could only ask them later. After placing the two explosive barrels, Bai Xing quickly pulled Xier back until they came to the position just out of the passage. Then Bai Xing looked at the distance, raised his bow and arrow, took out an arrow from the quiver, and quickly drew it across the ground. There was a hissing sound of the fuse at the arrowhead, and a powerful thrust burst out from the arrow. Bai Xing held the bow steadily with both arms, aimed at the direction of the big thief dragon, and when he counted a few seconds in his mind, he instantly loosened his fingers that were pulling the bowstring.

The arrow, with a trail of fire, shot towards the giant thief dragon and hit it right between the brows. The calculated explosion occurred as expected, detonating the two surrounding explosive barrels at the same time.

Three extremely powerful explosions merged into one, and with a loud 'boom', the entire space seemed to be silent for a moment, and then flames suddenly rose.

The big thief dragon who was still sleeping never thought that he would be hit by a sleeping explosion in his sleep. He was so relaxed that he woke up at the moment of the explosion, but it was too late. A powerful arrow pierced through his scales. Although it did not penetrate his bones, it still caused considerable damage to him. The subsequent explosion made it unable to cope with it.

The shiny scales all over its body were charred black by the explosion, and the head closest to the explosion was torn apart, with blood flowing out of the wound uncontrollably.

'Roar! ! ! ’

The angry creature had only one thought at this moment - to kill the invader.

"Success!"

Hearing the angry roar of the Great Thief Dragon, Bai Xing raised his hands excitedly, and then was pulled by Xier to run.

"Eh? Why are you running?"

"Of course we have to fight in an open area. Are you going to fight an angry giant thief dragon in a cave?"

Xier said helplessly that Shirahoshi was good in every way except that she lacked common sense, which was really a headache.

"That's right, but it's not impossible to defeat him in close combat."

Bai Xing pointed at the bow and arrow in her hand. She shook it lightly, and two blades extended from the bow and arrow. It seemed that the blades had been hidden for a long time. Then Bai Xing disassembled the bow and arrow at the joints, and instantly the bow turned into a pair of double blades.

"Did you design this yourself?"

"Of course!"

Shirahoshi said quite proudly.

Xier looked at Shirahoshi in disbelief. Wow, even the Hunter's Guild doesn't have this technology. The only two transformable weapons the guild has are the shield axe and the chopping axe. These two are abandoned by most people because of their complicated operation process. Unexpectedly, Shirahoshi actually made a transformable bow by himself. Monster Hunter Iron Man belongs to him.

Shirahashi left the cave and came to a more spacious place outside. Xier let go of Shirahashi and turned around, pointing his weapon at the cave entrance, intending to surprise the big thief dragon.

However, what Xier didn't expect was that the expected big thief dragon didn't appear. When she was stunned, she suddenly felt that something was wrong with the place next to her. Xier subconsciously dodged backwards. The next moment she retreated, a bloody mouth drilled out from the place next to her. It turned out that the place was also a big hole, but it was blocked by branches and vines.

"What a cunning fellow!"

Xier didn't expect this guy to be so intelligent and to know how to take a detour and launch a sneak attack. It seems that eating is not the only thing on its mind.

"Xie'er!"

Bai Xing shouted, then jumped down the slope with two swords in hand. The two swords spun in the air like a rotating razor and climbed onto the back of the giant thief dragon. With a cutting sound, Bai Xing cut a hole in the back of the giant thief dragon.

Learning from the experience of fighting the thief dragon before, Shirahoshi strengthened the double blades hidden in the bow and arrow, giving them their own energy properties. They could form a layer of energy film when attacking to increase the lethality. However, the energy could only be transmitted smoothly when swung at high speed.

"Nice!"

Seeing that the big thief dragon was in pain, Xier did not hesitate. She jumped in, waving her insect-control stick, and made a flying circle cut horizontally on the side of the big thief dragon.

The insect stick made of unknown materials is as sharp as ever. It is not inferior even to the monsters in the New World and can easily cut a big hole.

'Roar! ! ’

The giant thief dragon roared in pain. The continuous injuries and the fatigue after waking up made it immediately hungry. However, since the two little bugs in front of it could not be eaten easily, it decided to look for something more convenient to eat!

Having made up its mind, the giant thief dragon used all four limbs and rushed into the forest like a tank out of control.

"It's trying to run! Let's chase it!"

As Xier said this, Bai Xing immediately followed, but no matter how fast they ran, they could not be as fast as the giant thief dragon, which was more than three meters long. Even if they tried their best to catch up with it, they could not catch up.

"Tsk..." Bai Xing smacked his lips in dissatisfaction.