Monster Hunter Monster Girl Story

0039 Fierce Battle in the Forest

The shield worms spat out by Yang Kuku were swatted away by Li Ai with a swing of his sword.

The blow precisely struck the tailed woman's head, scattering shell fragments all over the ground.

Even though its body was covered in wounds from continuous battles and it was bound by vine traps, it still showed no fear. It continued to straighten its neck, open its mouth which was overflowing with black smoke, and let out an angry roar.

Li Ai was now experiencing firsthand just how ruthless an individual, classified as a G-level high-risk individual by the guild, truly was.

But now that they have been thoroughly enraged and lured into the forest to fight, there is no turning back.

Li Ai charged forward with his sword, and Yang Kuku followed in sync.

The lone wolf behind them was also in position, launching a pincer attack on the tail that Broken Tail Sister cared about most.

Flames flashed from the dragon's mouth, and Li Ai, who was about to swing his sword, switched to using his shield to defend.

However, just before launch, the tailless woman shook her head and swayed to the side.

boom!

Flames and explosions erupted from the giant tree to the side, and it began to burn fiercely, igniting the vines that were wrapped around it.

Because the explosion was too close, Sister Broken Tail was also impacted, but she didn't care at all and fired again after a short pause.

Li Ai no longer used his shield for defense, but instead swung his sword to slash.

Instead of dodging or avoiding, the tailless woman thrust her head forward and stomped her feet firmly on the ground, attempting to break free again in a charging, crashing motion.

Thud~~

With each heavy stomp of its claws, the burning giant tree beside it tilted slightly.

A few steps later, the roots of the giant tree burst out of the soil and fell to the ground.

The dark green dragon wing unfolded on one side, and the tip of the wing bone directly knocked Yang Kuku away.

The tailless woman stomped her feet sideways and began to pull with lateral force.

On the other side, the giant tree was strong enough that the vines, stretched to their limit, began to snap off one by one.

"These feet, though not as well-proportioned as the little fool's, are slightly plump, but they are still just the right amount of strong."

Watching the tailless woman unleash the terrifying power of her claws to escape the trap, Li Ai sighed in admiration.

Just then, the little fool peeked out from the woods, seemingly chasing after the sound to come and help.

Lone Wolf glided to the ground, landing far to the side from Li Ai, but judging from the direction he was facing, he was also targeting Sister Broken Tail.

"We've used up all the flashbangs we brought. The little idiot isn't doing well. Besides a few bottles of recovery medicine and antidote, he only has a few tranquilizer balls left for capture."

Li Ai thought for a moment and looked at the lone wolf on the other side.

hum~

His response was a cold snort from the lone wolf.

"There's someone over there with extremely high combat power, but he doesn't seem to like me much, and we don't have good teamwork."

Thinking of this, Li Ai suddenly instructed Yang Kuku: "Yang Kuku, go and team up with the lone wolf to fight!"

wow~

With a howl, Yangkuku ran toward the lone wolf.

At this moment, the little fool walked out of the woods and came to Li Ai's side.

Although Li Ai has not yet done a detailed design of the lineup combinations when designing the game.

However, based on his understanding of monster girls and the actual combat situation, this is the best deployment at present.

While confronting the others, Sister Broken Tail's resentful gaze swept over the targets in front of her, clearly indicating that she was also studying her own battle strategy.

"If we want to fight to the death in this siege, we must start with the weakest one and reduce the enemy's numbers as quickly as possible... But after all, Sister Tail is just a female Rathalos, and she probably doesn't have this kind of tactical thinking."

As Li Ai was thinking, *whoosh*...

A shadow of a fire dragon spreading its wings swept across the ground.

Li Ai was startled, but after a moment's thought, she immediately stopped worrying.

Although the tailless woman is a high-risk individual, she's lucky if she's not ostracized by other fire dragons in the forest hills because of her extremely abnormal behavior.

Even if it screams in agony, it will attract its kind to come to it.

However, as soon as the fire dragon sees that it is a woman with a broken tail, or that it is on the forest ground, it will inevitably turn away in disgust and fly away.

The tailless woman seemed to have realized her mistake, and still didn't give the Rathalos flying overhead a second glance.

Although the flying fire dragon did not touch the forest, the wind pressure generated by its flapping wings still caused the treetops to shake violently.

Many leaves fell to the ground, and among the tender green leaves in early spring, a heart-shaped leaf of autumn yellow stood out.

The slowly falling leaf, like some kind of signal flare, drew the attention of both sides.

The moment it landed, the tailless woman pressed its claws deep into the ground and pushed off with force.

As it caused the woodland to tremble, it rushed towards Li Ai.

"Am I the weakest here?"

Li Ai stood still.

Facing the oncoming tailless woman, he began to predict the point where the two would collide first.

Crack!

The snake's bite is like a small shield pressed against its lower jaw.

The moment the massive impact struck, Li Ai nearly lost her balance due to the deformation of her body.

However, even after the change and the attempt to hold on and stabilize the situation, the disparity in strength and size still caused it to be pushed backward continuously.

*Crack!*

The little idiot stretched its head out from the side and bit the other's neck.

The momentum of the charge slowed significantly, and Li Ai seized the opportunity to draw his shield and slash out with the blade.

Sister Broken Tail opened her mouth and tilted her head back, taking the initiative to go.

After shattering one of the dragon's teeth, the red spiked edge of the snake's bite became stuck inside the dragon's mouth.

With a sudden burst of force from its claws, the tailless woman shifted its entire body to the side.

The little fool who was being dragged fell forward and let go. Sister Duanwei thought that Li Ai would also be knocked down, but she found that he had already let go and run away.

The fact that she so decisively released her weapon and fled made Sister Broken Tail sense something was wrong, but she no longer had time to give chase.

Because they spread their wings simultaneously, the one-eared black wolf bird and the giant bird that attacked from mid-air were already in front of them.

Wow!

Wow!

Two simultaneous roars rang out, and the two birds attacked in unison with their footsteps and pecking.

Under the high-frequency, continuous attacks, Sister Broken Tail rolled over and fell to her side.

After getting up, it had just spat out a fireball in an attempt to break free from the suppression, but it was blocked by the one-eared black wolf bird that had charged at it. Then, its head was pecked by Yangkuku's huge beak.

"Such a seamless and perfectly coordinated attack sequence, is this their bond skill... Let's call it [Wolf Bird Dance]."

When the tailless woman got up again, she finally managed to escape the two birds' attack by running and crashing into them.

As it moves forward, one claw drags on the ground, causing it to limp. This is a characteristic that many monsters only reveal when they are near death.

"It's a pity the vine net trap has been broken, otherwise it would have been possible to try and capture it."

Li Ai felt that given the current situation, they definitely had to take off and escape.

They were powerless to pursue, but being able to severely injure and repel the enemy, with everyone surviving, was a decent outcome.

As for the snake-bite one-handed sword, if no investigator or hunter finds it and returns it to the village in the short term, Li Ai thinks it's fine to just forge another one.

Just as they were thinking, they suddenly noticed that the dying tailless sister had turned around, then took a step with her claws and charged straight at them.

"Are you even willing to risk your life?!"

Li Ai turned and ran quickly.

The heavy thud of claws echoed from behind like a death knell.

Turn around, raise your shield, and maintain your stance to defend...

A complete defense process has already begun to be rehearsed in my mind.

However, another series of footsteps suddenly sounded from the side.

The little fool, covered in emerald green armor, roared and charged out, ramming into and stopping the tailless woman from the side.

The little fool had barely gotten up when he was knocked over by the fierce-looking Broken-Tail Sister with a headbutt.

The dragon's mouth then opened to its maximum extent, snapping down towards the neck.

Clang! Pfft!

When you bite down, your upper and lower jaws produce two completely different sounds.

The woman with the broken tail looked closely and saw that her upper fangs had been blocked by the shield, while her lower fangs had successfully pierced through the arm of the human in front of her.

Li Ai gritted his teeth and endured the pain, maintaining his shield-holding posture while reaching out with his other hand to grab the blackened hilt of the sword stuck between his teeth.

"Damn it, I can't touch it..."

Although Li Ai knew that even if she managed to seize the opportunity, it might not necessarily turn the tide, but at least there was still a possibility of fighting back.

Li Ai persisted, but suddenly noticed that the tailless sister's bite had loosened.

The ferocity that had been in his eyes was replaced by a sense of shock.

"I...I'll help you."

A soft female voice, panting heavily, sounded from behind.

Then Li Ai saw a bright green arm with a wing membrane extending from behind her.

With its four toes and claws together, it gripped the hilt of the sword and pulled the snake's bite out of its teeth without using much force.

At the critical moment of life and death, Li Ai, who once again grasped the snake's bite, did not feel the slightest tension, as if time had stood still.

"Here you go."

"oh."

Thump~ Thump~...

The woman with the broken tail took two steps back.

Her fangs were pulled from her arm, her dragon mouth was half open, and her vertical pupils seemed to have lost focus as she stared at the claw marks left on the ground.

"How did they suddenly lose their will to fight? Was it the classic near-death experience flashback?"

Li Ai dared not be careless; the arm equipped with the shield had already been bitten through along with the armor.

In the midst of excruciating pain and bleeding, there was no way to defend oneself.

Although the little idiot has successfully transformed into a monster girl, in her current state she can only be of some use when escaping and hiding.

Wow!

Wow!

Two birds’ cries came from behind.

Sensing that her tail was being attacked, the tailless woman turned around and continued to roar in response.

For some reason, her shouts and attacks didn't seem as fierce as before.

Li Ai, carried on the shoulders of the little idiot, watched her fluorescent green hair flutter in the wind and felt the swaying of her body, and suddenly had a feeling that it was not real.

"Silly boy, this distance is fine, put me down."

"Oh well."

The extremely powerful claws, which left deep imprints with each strike, came to a stop.

The silly boy gently unloaded Li Ai in front of a tree.

Li Ai first downed a bottle of recovery medicine, chewed gum, and smoked a cigarette to relieve the pain.

Then, taking a deep breath and gritting his teeth, he removed the shattered and deformed Blue Velociraptor gauntlets.

After applying herbs to the gruesome, piercing wound, Li Ai handed the bandage roll to the little fool, stretched it out, and began to wrap it around the arm.

"Phew~"

Li Ai, covered in sweat, leaned against a big tree and breathed a sigh of relief.

The little fool stood to the side, arms and claws in front of him, four toes interlocked, looking somewhat awkward and nervous.

Li Ai turned her head to look at the other person and began to observe them.

The carapace covering its extremely well-proportioned body is a vibrant green, like tender spring buds.

The vertical pupils in its yellow eyes noticed Li Ai's gaze and began to dart around, seemingly not quite used to it yet.

Are you hungry? Shall I cook you some noodles?

The little fool broke the silence by asking the first question.

"The battle is still ongoing over there, and I have to go back. You stay hidden here and don't try to transform back into a female Rathian for now."

"Can't I come with you? If there's any more danger, I can carry you and run like I did before."

The silly boy offered his suggestion to try and win him over.

"No, if Sister Broken Tail is killed or repelled, Lone Wolf's next target will be either you or me."

"Understood. Come back soon, I'll be waiting for you."

After saying that, the little fool hid in the bushes, his emerald-green shell making him extremely difficult to spot.

Li Ai is currently injured and can only avoid fighting as much as possible.

However, their observation and hearing abilities were not affected.

He then stealthily approached the battle zone little by little.

Hearing the roar cease and the forest gradually quiet down, Li Ai quickened her pace.

"It's time to pull it out."

As Yang Kuku's voice rang out, Li Ai peeked out to look.

Both birds were tattered and battered, with multiple injuries, and looked to be in extremely poor condition.

"bring it on."

After the lone wolf confirmed, Yangkuku gripped the thorn embedded in his abdomen and began to pull it out.

"Wow, thank goodness your carapace is still so hard, otherwise it would have been troublesome if it had pierced through."

Yang Kuku saw that the wound wasn't too deep and smiled happily.

"Yangkuku, you still won't come with me, right?"

"Yes, you won't stay either... How about we give it a try? I even defeated a female Rathalos while following Li Ai."

Yang Kuku asked tentatively.

"Hmph, what's a female Rathalos? Your understanding of ecology is too shallow. You have no idea how many terrifying creatures exist in this world."

"I remember Li Ai is very professional in this area, I can introduce you..."

"No need, I will never accept help from humans."

"But it was Li Ai who carried out the plan to guide Sister Broken Tail to the ground and help you escape."

Yang Kuku reminded him.

"Well... we also defeated that female Rathalos, so we're even."

"All right."

Yang Kuku sighed in disappointment.

Clearly, she desperately hoped that after this battle, Li Ai could become as close to Lone Wolf as she was to her, and become partners who could act together.

The lone wolf stared at Yangkuku for a moment, then lowered its head.

"However, you have indeed improved a lot by following him, and he... has indeed treated you quite well. As a partner's partner... I have come to accept him. After that, I will be unable to return to Mori-oka for a long time. You... try not to leave him."

The lone wolf clenched its claws tightly, kept closing its eyes and gritting its teeth, before finally managing to utter these words.

The discomfort he felt seemed to be much more serious than the injuries he sustained.

"Haha, you felt it too, didn't you?"

As Yangkuku spoke, it spread its wing claws and hugged the other.

Li Ai's phone vibrated twice. She took it out and saw that Lone Wolf had entered the contact phase with a negative seven-heart favorability rating.

"That's amazing, the one-eared black wolf bird can even enter the contact phase... Wait, what's with this tailless girl with -13 hearts?"

Li Ai's eyes widened when she saw the tailless sister entering the contact phase.

After all, the maximum negative favorability rating in the original game is only 9 stars.

"Wait a minute, Lone Wolf just said 'defeat,' shouldn't it be 'kill' or 'repel'?"

Li Ai, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, did not hear the sound of the fire dragon spreading its wings and taking off.

So he originally thought that the situation here was more likely to end with Sister Broken Tail being killed.

The lone wolf, who had been resting his head on Yangkuku's shoulder, straightened up and patted the other's back: "Besides taking the opportunity to kill him and eliminate any future troubles, I can't think of a better way to deal with that situation. Aren't you the professional? Hurry up and get him to handle it."

"Okay!...But Lone Wolf, where are you going?"

"In the dense forest and the vast ocean, I met that great one, a true powerhouse in the ecosystem. I have decided to follow him, and when I am strong enough under his guidance, I will return to the forest to find you."

"A monster that can be addressed as 'that person' by a monster girl? I don't recall ever having that kind of setting."

Li Ai found it very strange, but right now, the person who urgently needed to figure out how to solve the problem was Sister Duanwei.