Monster Hunter: Wild Pointer

The elder of the Qimian tribe looked around with some trepidation, "Is there a more closed and safer place to communicate?"

In the forest, there are its offspring, its eyes, many eyes."

The professor's eyes narrowed slightly under the thick lenses.

The other party's statement was obviously not referring to Zhanlong, and he had some other guesses in his mind.

"follow me."

The professor raised his hand to lead the way, and the two strange-faced people, Orlan, and Muti who was still in the "glass bottle" and the young strange-faced people followed.

On the way to the central tent of the camp, the professor translated for Orlan what the elder of the strange-faced tribe had mentioned.

Orlan felt the hairs on his body stand up. "What are they talking about? It doesn't sound like an ordinary monster."

"Don't be too nervous." The professor's tone remained calm. "The Qimian people have lived in the wild for generations, and their understanding of nature and all things is different from ours.

For example, clouds are monsters floating in the sky, and thunder is the roar of their anger. Do you understand what I mean?"

Aolan understood what he said.

The elder of the strange-faced tribe could understand the common language of humans, so the professor did not speak too directly to avoid being rude.

In short, the strange-faced people are more "superstitious", so some things that seem very ordinary to humans seem mysterious in their mouths.

A group of people entered the tent.

The professor specifically ordered Orlan to lower the curtain of the tent and instructed Muti to guard outside the tent. There was no practical significance in doing so, but having "powerful warriors" guarding the door outside would make the elders of the Strange-Faced Tribe feel at ease.

The "glass bottle" was also pointed out by the leader of the Qimian tribe, and it accompanied Muti to guard the door.

In a relatively closed environment, the elders and the leader of the Qimian tribe obviously became much more relaxed. They looked at each other and took off the packages behind them.

The leader of the Qimian tribe opened the rough animal skin package and poured out the contents.

Among them were several orange-red wings of varying sizes, identical to the ones that "Glass Bottle" had given to Orlan last time.

In addition, there is a dark red shell with a spindle shape, which looks like the broken corpse of some kind of beetle.

(Picture from "Xinren Hotpot")

"These are food gifts in return." The elder of the Qimian tribe said in a deep voice, "My children used these as gifts to attract you.

We don’t know why you humans pursue these things, which are so precious to you?

In that case, we may have the same goal."

Sure enough, the professor thought to himself.

Most of the ordinary strange-faced people are very fierce, but as the leaders and elders of the tribe, the two strange-faced people in front of them have a lot of thoughts.

They may have noticed the arrival of the investigation team a long time ago, and guessed that they were coming for the wing at that time. The delivery of meat can only be said to be an opportunity.

But they may have misunderstood one thing. Neither these wings nor the insect corpses themselves are precious to humans.

What is truly valuable is the information hidden behind it.

The professor had no intention of hiding anything. There was no point beating around the bush with the Qimian people, so he answered directly, "We call this insect the 'Star Feather Butterfly'."

We are indeed here for it, or to be more precise, we are here for the creature behind it. Do you know where it is?

Also, the matter you asked us for help with is also related to that guy, right?"

The elder of the Qimian tribe spoke, "Yes, we call it the Star Beast. These star insects are its offspring and eyes. They watch over this forest."

"Well, so what do you want us to do?"

"Kill it." Compared with the elder, the voice of the leader of the strange-faced tribe was hoarse.

When it said this, it didn't look at the professor, but stared at Orlan who was beside the professor.

In the eyes of the leader, the thin and old professor was obviously a person similar to the elders of their tribe, while Orlan, who was wearing armor and obviously possessed a higher level of martial power, was the leader of these humans.

In fact, it had suspected Muti before.

He was obviously also a powerful warrior, but Muti was pointed out by the professor to be the gatekeeper, and the professor's actions of translating for Orlan from time to time further confirmed Orlan's identity as the "leader".

The professor realized this, but had no interest in correcting it. He just continued to translate what the strange-faced people had just said to Orlan.

After all, whether it's in-depth exploration or combat, the hunters are the executors. Calling Olivia over now is likely to cause more misunderstandings and speculations. It would be the same if I told Orlan directly and asked him to convey the message later.

Orlan was a little confused. "So we're going to hunt that 'Star Beast' as they requested?"

"Star Dragon, that's the name of that monster," the professor corrected. "Originally, it was a mysterious creature that existed only in poetry and literature.

Due to our limited understanding, we are unable to classify it yet.”

"Do you have any hunting records? What's the approximate danger level?" Orlan asked.

It was not his hunter mentality, but the situation was likely to involve a battle. Even for the sake of his companions and his own safety, he had to first get these basic information before discussing other things.

"Don't be so nervous." The professor adjusted his glasses. "The Star Dragon is a docile monster. The guild has assigned it a four-star danger level, and its actual combat capability is even lower than that of an ordinary four-star monster.

Since their existence was confirmed, they have mainly lived in Lake Esther in the western Shuret region (Note), and there has never been any incident of them attacking humans.

Because of this, our understanding of it is extremely limited.”

"I don't understand." Ao Lang looked puzzled. "Why is there so little known about a monster with a fixed habitat and not too dangerous?"

It has a docile nature and doesn't attack humans, so there's a lack of research and understanding of it?

This doesn't make sense. The Caudal Hammer Dragon is also docile and rarely attacks humans. How could humans know so little about them? Even Muti knows that the meat from the Caudal Hammer Dragon's hump is delicious.

Humans are very aggressive creatures.

Hearing the hidden meaning in Orlan's words, the professor was silent for a few seconds before explaining:

“The Star Dragon itself isn’t dangerous, but research suggests it’s likely just the juvenile form of this creature, and its grown-up form possesses far greater power.

Furthermore, according to ancient texts, the Star Dragon is an 'evil beast' that brings disaster."

P.S. Note: In the setting, star dragons do not have a fixed habitat. Saying that Lake Esther is a habitat is a misunderstanding due to the limited understanding of the guild.

As I understand it, Lake Esther is the "kindergarten" of Star Dragon, or the current "kindergarten".

Another subtle thing

In the setting, Lake Esther is located in the Western Shuret region, at the foot of the Himeron Mountains. Kokot Village is also here. It belongs to someone's doorstep.

Chapter 282 The source of the mutation?

After hearing what the professor said, Orlan roughly understood.

The guild has always been conservative in its response to powerful and dangerous creatures.

To give the example he was most familiar with, there was the mountain dragon that attacked Rocklake every autumn with the monsoon.

Is it true that the guild has absolutely no way to deal with this creature?

A little difficult, but not that difficult.

Lockhart has the Sand Fleet and the Mineyama Maru.

To counter the attacks of the Haoshan Dragon, Barubale built several sand dragon-slaying ships, the latest of which was even more powerful than the Fengshan Maru.

Not to mention the Dragon Awareness Ship, a large airship that can soar high in the sky and is beyond the reach of the Peak Mountain Dragon.

By concentrating these forces, cooperating with elite hunters and a large number of anti-dragon bombs, hunting Peak Dragons is not too difficult at a certain cost.

But who told you that there is only one Fengshan Dragon in the deep sand sea?

Lockrak once hunted a mountain dragon at the cost of destroying more than half of the sand fleet, but new mountain dragons still appeared the following year.

At that time, the city was almost breached because the fleet's combat effectiveness had not yet fully recovered.

Even if the guild headquarters invested a lot of combat power to help the Rocklark Guild continue to kill the Peak Dragon in the second year, what about the third year?

What if two or even a group come at once?

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, the Rocklak Guild will not take the initiative to consider killing the Peak Dragon.

Over the years, humans and mountain dragons have gradually reached a tacit understanding.

Every year, as the mountain dragon migrates with the monsoon, it circles around Loklak. The sand fleet dispatches to repel it, driving it away from the city, and also catches a wave of sand fish, which eventually led to the harvest festival we have today.

The same is true in other regions.

Humans are not the masters of this world. In history, there have even been cases where entire civilizations were destroyed by powerful monsters. Therefore, the guild's policy has always been to maintain the status quo and maintain stability as much as possible.

Today's civilization has developed slowly and struggled to survive in the cracks between countless powerful creatures.

From this perspective, it is easy to understand why the guild does not take the initiative to capture and study the Star Dragon.

Ancient documents record that the star dragon is an "evil beast" that will bring disaster.

But now that the Star Dragon is staying quietly in Lake Esther, not coming out to hurt anyone or running around, why would the guild take the risk and bring bad luck upon itself?

Raising a large army, storming into Lake Esther and slaughtering all these docile young beasts? Perhaps that could be considered an option.

But no one could predict the consequences of doing so. Who knows whether the "evil beasts" and "disasters" mentioned in the literature were created in this way.

There are too many similar incidents in history. There are countless countries that wanted to get rid of monsters once and for all, but were destroyed by monsters instead.

At the same time, Orlan finally understood why the guild headquarters attached so much importance to this incident.

The star dragon that had been staying obediently at the bottom of Lake Esther suddenly ran out. This was a more dangerous and urgent situation than the anomaly in the dense forest.

Moreover, he vaguely felt that there might be some connection between the two things.

After giving Orlan a brief explanation, the professor continued to communicate with the Qimian tribe, "We cannot promise to kill the Star Dragon, or the Star Beast as you call it.

But we can find ways to solve it, including but not limited to killing, expelling, inducing them to leave, etc.

In return, we need you to provide all the information you know and to assist us in every way possible.”

The leader of the Qimian tribe gathered with the elders, and after a few whispered discussions, they nodded heavily, "Yes, as long as it can stop affecting this forest, we are willing to provide all the help we can."

"Very good." The professor was satisfied with the straightforward attitude of the strange-faced people.

At the same time, the words of the leader of the Qimian tribe just now caught his attention. "First, let's talk about your understanding of the Star Dragon and the matter of 'affecting this mountain forest' in detail."

The one who spoke this time was the old elder of the strange-faced tribe.

The first words it said stunned the professor, "The Star Beast won't attack us, but it will make other monsters stronger."

"Why do you say that? How did you come to this conclusion?" The professor asked repeatedly after coming to his senses.

"First of all, the owner of this forest is a fat pink man."

The professor raised his hand to interrupt the story of the elder of the strange-faced tribe and signaled it to wait.

Although he could guess what the other party meant by the "pink fat man", in order to avoid misunderstandings in the strange-faced language, the old scholar picked up a pen and paper from the table next to him and sketched a simple picture of the Peach-haired Beast King in just a dozen seconds.

"this?"

"Yes, the fat man gradually became more ferocious and active. He no longer lay down to sleep, and his strength also became greater."

"Sounds a bit like ferocity?" the professor muttered to himself.

"Later, a green dragon came here. They fought, and in the end the fat man was bitten to death or poisoned. The green dragon became the new master of the nearby mountain."

"Is this it?" The professor quickly drew another picture of a female fire dragon.

"Yes, after the green dragon took over this forest, it became more ferocious and active. A dozen days and nights ago, a dragon with a knife on its tail arrived here.

The green dragon took the initiative to attack, and the dragon with the knife on its tail was killed."

"Are they becoming more active and violent at the same time?" The professor tapped his forehead lightly. "If it's true what the Strange Face Tribe said, the source of the changes in the dense forest might be the Star Dragon.

Could it be that the Star Dragon has the ability to induce other monsters to become more ferocious? This is a major discovery."

"We watched all this with our own eyes. The offspring of the Star Beasts danced in the dense forest. Attracted and influenced by them, the monsters became even more ferocious.

Soon, the dragon with the knife on its tail will also become different. We must stop the star beast.

Otherwise, more powerful monsters will come here, become terrifying, and our homes will be destroyed." The tone of the Qimian elder was filled with anxiety.

After a brief silence, the professor comforted the other party by drawing a simple picture of a dragon. "If that's what you're talking about, don't worry. The hunters killed it during the day, and that meat is its flesh."

After hearing what the professor said, the elders and leader of the Strange-faced Tribe were stunned for a moment, and then they began to dance with joy.

The professor also secretly felt lucky. If they had come a week or two later, they might have run into a ferocious dragon, and the hunters would have been in danger.

"I have a question. How did you determine that the monsters were attracted to this forest by the star dragon? How did you confirm that their mutations were caused by the influence of the star dragon?" The professor asked after the two strange-faced people calmed down a little.

The elder of the Qimian tribe replied, "It was passed down from our ancestors. Legend has it that the star beast, whose color is like the setting sun, will bring terror to the mountains and forests."